Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 128 Swain: Darkwill is stupid because of acquired experience, Leblanc is stupid because of congenital nature
Piltover, Parliament Building, Zaun's members arrived here late at night.

Next to Li Ke, Jinx also came up and yawned. She felt a little bored and resented the midnight meeting. She muttered quietly, "Are you crazy? Who would have a meeting in the middle of the night?"

"If a missile hits you, wouldn't it just wipe you out?"

Jinx said with narrowed eyes.

Thinking about it, she suddenly felt a little excited and no longer sleepy.

Not to mention, she had actually imagined using fish bones to launch death missiles and then bombard the symbol of Piltover. After all, this parliament building is the tallest building in Piltover.

When Mel, who was walking in front, heard Jinx's words, the corner of his mouth twitched.

She suddenly felt that what Jinx said made a lot of sense.
It seems that holding meetings late at night is really not advisable? The Piltover council members have held several emergency meetings late at night. Now that I think about it, Jinx is right. This is really dangerous.

"You, were just saying that casually, right?" Senator Hoskar, with his big belly sticking out, turned to look at Jinx in shock and said.

"Of course, I just said it casually." Jinx nodded beside Li Ke and said obediently.

Hoskar breathed a sigh of relief and turned around, but a girl's voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"But I did think about doing this, um... when I developed the Death Missile? Don't look at me like that, okay? We are friends now, ha, I'm not as crazy as you think~" Seeing Hoskar looking at her again, Jinx shook her hands and said.

Li Ke couldn't help laughing when he heard this, but he said nothing and just let Jinx do what she wanted.

Hilco's mouth curled up. It was proved that Zaun had more lethal weapons than Piltover, especially those developed by Jinx.

Missiles with an explosion range of 100 meters, machine guns that can fire continuously and are powered by Hextech gems, and robots that can replace manpower on the battlefield.

Zaun is indeed thriving.
After everyone entered the parliament hall, Jace and Mel sat on one side, Li Ke and Jinx sat together, Vander and Hilko sat together, and the rest of the parliamentarians did not sit according to their seats and sat down casually.

Mel came up and said in a deep voice: "As for the war masons, Caitlin has found a total of four. The first one to ambush in Piltover was the Grace family, who joined Piltover thirty years ago and established the United Chamber of Commerce."

"What? Thirty years ago?!" Hoskar was shocked and said loudly, "How could it be so early? Mel, in my impression, the Grace family has made a lot of efforts for Piltover. They also contributed to the prosperity of this city-state. How could they be spies? Besides, there are no spies in the world who have been lying in ambush for thirty years?"

Hoskar found this a little far-fetched.

Thirty years, thirty years is enough for a newborn baby to become a father, enough for a middle-aged man to die, and enough for so many things to happen.

If Noxus had sent war masons to Piltover thirty years ago, why had they not taken action yet? Wouldn't it be a matter of minutes for them to take over Piltover?

Although Noxus’s external war reports are not good at the moment—

I heard that the army attacking Freljord in the north was almost wiped out, and the general leading the army was captured and disappeared.

The war they launched against Ionia, a war that has lasted for nearly a decade, has passed its white-hot stage. With the birth of the Ionian Resistance Army, Noxus' military strength in Ionia is clearly insufficient.

You should know that some time ago, Piltover's spies in Shurima got news that a large number of Noxian soldiers stationed in the Shurima port were transferred to Ionia, but the strange thing is that they returned to Shurima on the way.

But in short, Hoskar believes that even if Noxus has lost its former prestige, it is still the most powerful country on the continent of Valoran, and the only one who can compete with it is Demacia.

With Noxus' military capabilities, it would be easy to take down Piltover.
"This is actually quite normal."

Meier took over Hoskar's words and continued, "Noxus has always been like this, planning for the long term. Before launching a war, war masons will serve as scouts and enter the country they want to invade.

As an insider, the War Masons will provide Noxus with the best attack route, but Noxus does not mean that it will attack that country after sending out the War Masons. "

"Noxus will take action after weighing intelligence, information, whether it can make a profit after occupying the territory, and how to get the most benefit from the war. As far as I know, Demacia also has Noxian war masons.

But their identities are secret, even my mother cannot know who they are, and they have been dormant in Demacia for a long, long time. I even think that they may have entered Demacia a hundred years ago. "

Mel said in a deep voice that she didn't actually stay in Noxus for too long because Anbesa sent her to Piltover very early.

After she came to Piltover, with the help of the Ferros family and the power of the Midarda family that had already remained in Piltover, she successfully became a member of the Piltover parliament.

But even though he had not been in Noxus for a long time, Mel had learned the Noxian style of doing things through Anbesa's education.

"If it were in the past, Piltover might have belonged to Noxus a long time ago. But the monarch Darkwill was incompetent in his later years. In order to live forever, he issued many strange orders. One second he sent an army to attack a country, but the next second he suddenly sent another army to stop it."

"Like...like he had schizophrenia in his later years?" Mel said doubtfully. She continued, "I even think that Noel's defeat in the war was intentional on his part."

"The reinforcements that were sent out were called back. It's like he deliberately wanted to let the Noxians in Ionia fend for themselves?" Mel said in a deep voice.

In fact, she had felt that something was wrong with Darkwill Brown a long time ago.

Decades ago, Noxus won every foreign war, with the only tough battle it failed to defeat being Demacia. But how has Noxus performed in the past decade?
Without the bravery of the former Hand of Noxus, Sion, Noxus's dominance gradually weakened and it could no longer resist the counterattack of Demacia. The large tracts of land it once occupied were beaten back. Darkwill then ordered Sion to be dug out and used forbidden magic to resurrect this long-lost hero of Noxus.

But after a while, Darkwill ordered Sion to be buried again.

The reason is that when Sion goes to the battlefield, he will indiscriminately attack both the enemy and our side. The Noxian soldiers will lose their will to fight because of his brutality and flee without a fight.

But the problem is that this was not Darkwill's style in his early years. From Anbesa, Mel knew that Darkwill was a wise and powerful monarch in his early years.

Under his rule, Noxus once reached its peak, and half of Runeterra was Noxus' territory. In order to achieve his goal, he could do anything, and sealing up the weapons of war was simply not something he would do.

Not to mention that for the sake of immortality, he ignored the defeat in the Noai War, not only did he not allow the Noxians who were beaten in Ionia to come back, but he even refused to send reinforcements?

Is this still the wise and powerful commander, King Darkwill?

"I say this to tell you that Noxus is in chaos now. My mother is a typical example. The top leaders have seen that Darkwill is incompetent in his later years, and they have begun to fight for power in private. My mother left Noxus because she lost the political struggle."

“This may be why the War Masons have been buried in Piltover for so many years, but Noxus has never taken any action.”

"But these guys are just like cockroaches. If you find one in the room, it means there are thousands of them." Mel said coldly.

Her description was a bit exaggerated, but everyone present understood what Mel wanted to express.

That is the war mason that Caitlyn found today. He only revealed part of his identity. There are still many Noxians hiding in Piltover.

"Mel, can I understand that, in fact, from the very beginning, Noxus has treated us as sheep in the sheepfold?" Senator Killaman said hesitantly.

"Indeed." Meier nodded to Gilaman.

Hilco sneered and said, "So, there are no traitors in Zaun, but all of you in Piltover are traitors now, right?"

"So can I now suspect that there is a Noxian spy at this table?"

"According to what Senator Meier said, Noxus can send war masons to a closed country like Demacia. So, what about the Piltover councillors? Can you guarantee that there are no spies among you?"

Hilco's words made all the Piltover council members present frown, and even Mel fell silent.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little strange, Li Ke came out to smooth things over and said, "Don't be so nervous, Hilco was just saying it casually, I personally am willing to believe everyone present." Li Ke really had no way of confirming whether there were any Noxian spies among this group of people, but at least Li Ke could be sure of one thing, that is, the parliamentarians present were indeed from the two cities.

Take the mechanical-headed Senator Porpok for example. He is also a native of Piltover. He was actually born in Piltover.

Because Janna knew them and witnessed their birth, the worst case scenario was that someone present had cooperated with Noxus before, but past cooperation did not mean they would cooperate with Noxus in the future.

These senators are hypocritical towards Zaun, but they are sincere towards Piltover.

They grew up in this city and devoted their lives to it. Naturally, they are the last group of people who want Piltover to become Noxus's treasury.

Not everyone can see the dilution of the power of those in power as open-mindedly as Li Ke and Hilco.

Mel had said before that Darkwill was like schizophrenia in his later years. After giving an order, he would immediately reject the previous order. His brain-dead operations emerged one after another, and his behavior was confusing. This made Li Ke subconsciously think of a person - Leblanc.

I remember that in Swain's personal story, he was suppressed because he offended LeBlanc while tracking down the Black Rose organization. The defeat in the Noai War made Swain, who once had a very high prestige in the army, become a prisoner who was hated by everyone.

Until he got the power of the devil, all this changed.

He overthrew the rule of Darkwill and established the new Noxus. Since then, the empire of Noxus has shown a little improvement and favor in Li Ke's eyes.

if not?
Who in their right mind would like Noxus?

The slogans are so cool, what——

"Kings used hereditary authority and false reputation to force you to kneel, but Noxus made you stand up."

"Noxus values ​​individual ability above all else. If you have the ability, you will have a way out."

"Power is everything."

The slogans sound better than each other, but what is the actual situation?

With so many heroes, Li Ke wanted to ask, why were only the two brothers De Lai able to gain glory as civilians?

What about the other heroes? Why didn't they change classes? Was it because they didn't want to?

do you know?
Zhao Xin, who used to be a gladiator in Noxus, was forced by Noxus to go to Demacia and become the royal steward.

Riven, who worked diligently for Noxus, was blown up by her own people. After the explosion, she did not bear a grudge and put everything aside and ran to Ionia to herd cattle, becoming a farm girl, but in the end she was caught and brought back.

Kayn, who used his human body to suppress the Darkin and was evenly matched with Rhaast, was sent to the battlefield as a vanguard cannon fodder. Remember, he was just a child in his teens at that time.

When Vladimir lost control, he drained countless Noxian soldiers around him without paying any price, as if nothing had happened.

Karthus's background story tells that the poor of Noxus die in their sleep every day, and there is no one to control the plague. His sister died of the plague. Is this what a "prosperous" country should be like?

A genius like Riel became a victim of a magic experiment. Just imagine how talented the children who were captured and used for experiments with Riel must have been? Is this what Noxus always said about valuing talent?
Especially Sion, who fought for the empire all his life and made countless contributions. Before his death, he killed the King of Debon, a great hero of the empire, one for one. However, after his death, his grave was dug up and transformed into a twisted and painful zombie.

Is this how Noxus gives "honor" to great heroes?

Li Ke did like Noxus at the beginning, because the slogan of Noxus was so cool, but after learning about Noxus, Li Ke really couldn't like such a Noxus.

He once accused Demacia of hypocrisy and corruption, but if Li Kezhen really had to choose a city, he would still choose Demacia.

Another question, is Noxus really powerful?

In fact, this is not the case. Noxus is indeed fighting wars all over the world, but the question is, has Noxus won?

Oh, Noxus conquered the whole world, but just didn’t win, is that what you mean?

What is Top Brother?
Of course, Li Ke was just thinking and complaining casually. He would not be arrogant and think that Noxus is full of shortcomings and is useless.

Because Noxus did help many oppressed people stand up, and also allowed many small countries and city-states to voluntarily join them, allowing talented people to display their talents. But all these changes were actually made after Swain came to power.

As for Noxus now.
Li Ke thinks it's just a piece of shit. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of the tough guy Swain, Noxus would have been killed by Leblanc sooner or later. Even if Leblanc was not killed, Mordekaiser would come out and smash the so-called great empire with one hammer.

so.
The reason why Piltover is so close to Noxus and has had so many dealings with Noxus yet has not been annexed by Noxus is because.
LeBlanc?

Li Ke couldn't help but laugh when he thought of the King of Ideas' amazing wisdom.

He remembered that he had seen a picture in a forum. In that picture, there were all kinds of enemies created for LeBlanc after her plan failed, including Riven, Annie, Rell, Mordekaiser, Swain, Berea, and even Renekton.

She is truly the king of amazing wisdom and ideas, and a master of all strategies!

If Li Ke were Swain, he would really not be able to hold back his cursing.

Swain: Darkwill became mentally retarded later, while LeBlanc was mentally retarded from birth.

This Kled also has a say. In the canyon, Li Ke remembers that when Kled kills LeBlanc, an easter egg line will be triggered, which roughly means - the dreams of the small town girl were all crushed by me!
From this, it can be seen that Leblanc does seem to have some of the attributes of a silly beauty.
Don’t ask, if you ask, it’s the screenwriter’s fault!

She went to Shurima to cause trouble and even managed to resurrect Azir. Do you think she has the attribute of taking the blame?
Out of the ten major events in Runeterra, more than half of them are related to you!
Li Ke smiled and shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind. He looked at everyone and said:
"Okay, everyone, let's focus on the two cities now. Otherwise, the Noxians will not be driven away, but we will fight among ourselves."

After hearing this, Hilco smiled and stopped talking.

Mel then said:
"I actually didn't agree with us breaking off relations with Noxus right now, because breaking off relations with Noxus will do more harm than good to us, and small countries will not dare to trade with us.

And I'm worried that Noxus will really attack us. Although we are developing very fast and our weapons are being developed day by day, we still have too few people. The two cities combined can only have a thousand warriors at most, but the cannon fodder of Noxus is tens of thousands of people."

Mel said, a smile on his face: "But I'm not so worried now."

"Because Noxus has no time to deal with us. At least in the next two years, they will not be able to spare any effort."

"According to the information I have received, Darius's fate is unknown in the North, Swain is trapped in Ionia, Demacia has extended the battle line to the border of Noxus, and the Rether Garrison is defending the Fearless Vanguard."

"Now is indeed a good time for us to develop. It is indeed feasible to tear our faces off with them, capture all the war masons, and expel all the Noxians in the city to prevent them from snooping into our internal situation."

"So here, councillors, let's vote."

"If you support it, please raise your hands," Mel raised his hand first and said in a deep voice.

All the Zaun parliamentarians raised their hands. Before coming to Piltover, they had already spoken with one voice. They believed in Li Ke.

On this side of Piltover, hands were raised one after another.

——————February 2, Year 2 of Zuan Calendar,
Zaun and Piltover decided to no longer trade with Noxus and refused to allow Noxians to enter the two cities. At the same time, they accelerated their development and jointly researched weapons. The "Two Cities Era" belonging to Zaun and Piltover officially began.

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