After this incident, Jie and Shen finally embarked on different paths.

Although Jhin had long since died at Toothless's feet, Kai still became Zed after witnessing his teacher's death. The Kinkou sect split into two after Kushu's death due to internal conflicts of line.

However, for Ionia, this time the equilibrium split is much better than the original situation.

This split was not a civil strife. Although the Kinkou Sect had its roots dug out and its inheritance fell into the hands of Shadow Stream, from the perspective of Ionia as a whole, it was considered a waste of money.

In addition, the Noxians also lost an elite Trifari force and an entire group of Black Veil mages.

Arcane Fist, Black Veil, and the Noxians have lost two groups of battle mages.

Under the current circumstances, this price is enough to make Swain, who is on the front line of Navoli and is presiding over the war situation, furious.

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On weekdays, Swain is a high-ranking person who keeps his mood and anger hidden. He always combs his back meticulously and has a serious and resolute face.

But Swain, who was alone in the office today, was no longer calm - he was about to explode.

The angry kind.

Three months ago, when Du Couteau made a request to march into Presidion, Swain quickly made a plan - together with his staff officers, he prepared detailed battle rules and made them reasonable.

According to the information, he asked Du Couture for reasonable support.

Du Quecao's response was also very prompt, and all reasonable support was agreed.

Everything originally looked perfect.

Swain believes that under his own control, the resistance of the Ionians will be destroyed bit by bit by him. At that time, he only needs to capture Presidion and disintegrate their will to fight, in conjunction with appeasing other appeasement forces.

, the empire’s conquest of Ionia will gradually turn into encroachment, and the empire’s occupation of the entire territory will slowly be achieved...

However, the next news left Swain completely confused.

First of all, the 7th Legion, which had high hopes, was inexplicably annihilated - the war mason's report afterwards was "They accepted a escort mission and were responsible for escorting deadly alchemical gas. As a result, they were attacked by the Ionians halfway, and finally used alchemical gas and

The enemies will perish together."

Because he is not very clear about the specific situation, in Swain's opinion, the Seventh Legion should have replaced at least ten times as many Ionians as its own. After all, the combat effectiveness of this Rune Swordsman Legion is still guaranteed. Ionians

If the demi-humans want to force these girls to die with them, the price they have to pay should be quite staggering.

This wave is considered a small loss.

But two months later, the Third Army also encountered a similar thing, which was difficult for Swain to accept.

Why did the Third Legion also go to escort the alchemical gas?

That's a full army of five thousand people. During the march, they also had to accept an inexplicable task of transporting dangerous goods?

Then, they were found and attacked by the Ionians again, and were forced to detonate the alchemical gas again, and died together with the enemy again?!

If I believe it again, I will be a fool!

The angry Swain ordered a thorough investigation into the matter - there was definitely something wrong with it!

As a result, it had only been half a month since the incident, and before the investigation over there was completed, something went wrong with the Black Veil Mage Group.

Looking at the report from the war masons on the table, Swain was almost going crazy.

"The Black Veil Mage Group, escorted by Cui Fali's elite, landed from Weili and headed for Navoli."

"During the march, the team was attacked by the Sons of the Mountain under the Ionian Volunteer Army's battle order."

"The mage group and Cui Fali worked together to defeat the invading enemies, and pursued them after confirming their own safety."

"During the pursuit, they reached the Kinkou Temple and had an armed conflict with the Kinkou believers who were protecting the Sons of the Mountains."

"After the battle broke out, the enemy chieftain was killed, but Black Veil and Trifari were destroyed by unknown shadows."

What kind of bullshit investigation is this?!

After checking again and again, the result was that Black Veil and Cui Fali were harassed during the march, and then they improvised to do something. As a result, they not only ruined their "one fist" strategy, but also got themselves involved.

Already?!

Three months ago, when Swain proposed the Preidian strategy, he truly believed that he would succeed.

And if he can take over all the power and everything develops as he wants, he may indeed succeed.

But three months later, with the constraints of a pair of invisible hands, Swain finally realized that if this continued, his Presidian strategy might be doomed.

If you want to take down Prexidian, you must first clean up the saboteurs inside!

Who is doing this?

Are those nobles who built their fortunes through military service not wanting to rise up halfway and get a share of the pie?

No, it's not.

Although Swain has his own ambitions and ambitions, he has never been an arrogant person. While he has thunderous methods, he also has a refreshing side - just like he is willing to appease other forces for the Preidian strategy, Swain

Wein can also compromise with the military nobles in some aspects.

Compromise in exchange for unity is something Swain has known for a long time.

Although those military aristocrats are greedy, they are not stupid after all. Holding Swain back at this time is also a trap for himself!

Is it that the current commander-in-chief, His Majesty Brown Darkwill, does not want to gain a higher status?

This makes even more sense.

Although Swain is now famous in Noxus, his fame comes more from his status as a strategist and commander when he was a staff officer - in Noxus, a witty and cunning staff officer is respected.

But it doesn't cause people to be afraid.

A general is a person who can combine strength and wisdom, but Swain only has wisdom and no strength at all. He has no direct descendants under his command and no extraordinary strength. In any case, it will not cause Darkwill's current situation.

hostility.

Moreover, during the Ionian war, Swain faithfully carried out the commander's instructions and collected as many magic items as possible for Noxus. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Darkwill to do this behind his back.

Vin!

Who is that?

Holding his temples with both hands, Swain tried hard to calm himself down. He tried hard to recall everything in the past, trying to sort out some clues from various signs.

After eliminating one answer after another, the only thing left on Swain's list was a black rose.

Is it them?

In other words, this is... revenge after many years?

You worms of Noxus—who gave you the courage to carry out such a conspiracy under the sun?

Swain licked his lips and narrowed his eyes slightly.

The next moment, just as he was beginning to prepare his own counterattack, the messenger brought new orders from Du Couture.

The wording of this order was quite mild, but the content made Swain feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave - minus the indifferent politeness, there was only one sentence on the letterhead.

"Continue to implement the Prexidian strategy."

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Chapter completed!