lol: Bind Syndra at the start

These two 'pictures' made Zaun players, who were used to low-end games, mentally rigid.

It’s like players in the Iron tier can’t understand why people in the King’s tier need to keep moving and predict the direction before using a skill. Isn’t this game supposed to be about standing still and fighting each other, and whoever moves first loses?

Ryan, who had not released darkness for a long time, felt his power increase, but only he... and Syndra knew how hard this increase was.

These are the harvest and rewards for hard work day and night.

The surge of power prevented him from achieving delicate control, so when he looked at Sevika and the Alchemist Baron behind her, the latter could see the 'leaking' darkness, and when Ryan spoke, his voice turned into layers of whispers.

"Alchemist Baron?"

Countless overlapping voices exploded in Sevika's mind, but this shock only sobered her up...

She looked to her side and saw that the white-haired alchemist baron and his men had already fallen to the ground.

"who are you?"

Sevika gritted her teeth and looked at the intruder opposite her.

Ryan hadn't spoken yet, but Isa beside him had already answered for him.

"They are here to help us!"

Sevika frowned and looked at Isa who was being held by Ryan. "Are you still awake?"

"Why am I not awake?" Isa didn't know what the other party was talking about, but she had seen Sevika... when she was still Silko's assistant.

From her perspective, Sevika was a rare 'good person' among the alchemist barons. "I've seen you before. You're different from them. You're working hard to make this place a better place."

Isa's words touched Sevika briefly. The lonely watcher was not without desire for recognition.

But she quickly woke up from this touch. The scarlet around Vladimir had disappeared, and Ryan had turned into a "human".

But she still hasn't forgotten the scene of their first meeting.

"What is your purpose?"

"Our goal is to help you," Vladimir said. He looked at Sevika and said calmly, "You don't need to doubt anything. You only need to know one thing: if we want to destroy Zaun, we can do it with just a wave of our hand."

Vladimir emphasized the word 'we'.

After all, strictly speaking, Ryan alone can destroy Zaun, he is just an extra.

"You can give it a try. The people of Zaun will resist to the last man! Besides, the people of Zaun can solve their own problems."

These words caused Sevika to rebel.

But Ryan had anticipated this scene, so he said, "Then let you solve the problem yourself, and we can help you solve the trouble."

"What do you mean?"

"Let's deal with the other Alchemy Barons and support you or Jinx to take the top position."

Chapter 338 Abandoning Fantasy

Sevika doesn't trust anyone outside of Zaun.

In the original book, Jace asked Sevika to stay and fight against Anbessa and the Noxians with Lady Piltover, but Sevika directly refused Jace.

But when Jinx persuaded her to fight the Noxians, she rallied the Zauns and launched a fearless charge against the clearly superior Noxians.

There seemed to be some kind of unchangeable persistence in her heart.

You can say she is stupid and inflexible, but in a chaotic environment like Zaun, those who are not stupid and know how to adapt have either left here long ago or become alchemy barons who exploit others.

Most people in this world can recognize the cruelty of the world, but only a few can still move forward with determination after recognizing the cruelty of the world.

Ryan is not one of these few people, because since his birth, he has mastered a power that others cannot reach. This power allows him to face pressures and problems that are enough to crush most people with the most relaxed attitude.

The world is not cruel to him, and his advantage is that after mastering powers beyond ordinary people, he did not separate himself from the ranks of "human beings", but still maintained his humanity and had respect for this minority of people.

For Ryan, strength is not the key attribute to measure greatness, will and ideals are!

Sevika may not be called great, but she is worthy of her own admiration.

"We will not interfere with Zaun's development and decision-making. We will clear the internal obstacles for you and persuade the Piltover people to achieve the peace that the previous two 'leaders' could not achieve.

"But the prerequisite for this peace is that you resolve the conflicts among yourselves. After all, we can't capture and beat up every Zaun person on your behalf. We can only target the top few."

Ryan's voice no longer has unlimited overlap.

But this clearer voice made Sevika fall into a trance again. After a while, she came back to her senses, "Are you a little unconscious?"

This time she didn't ask Issa, but Ryan.

She could understand every word spoken by this mysterious and powerful being, but the words that came together sounded so strange.

"I am clear-headed. It is you who is not. Times have changed. Both Zaun and Piltover need to find a new direction."

The emergence of Hextech will inevitably lead to major changes in the world, just like the industrial revolution in Ryan's former world.

This process may take more than a decade or even decades, but it will eventually happen.

And all of this is based on the premise that Victor did not become a god as in the original novel. If things develop as in the original novel...

Ryan didn't know what others thought, but in his opinion, the concept of the multiverse would not make the world more colorful. Instead, it would stifle the "growth" and "change" of every world.

Because no matter what you do in this world, there will always be someone or 'humanoid' coming from another timeline or another dimension to correct or tamper with your actions and your entire world.

The order of cause and effect can be reversed; you can die before your father is born, and a bullet can end your life before it is fired.

This is the real chaos!

In comparison, the current chaos in Zaun is like a kindergarten kid crying uncontrollably, only a beating would do the trick...

"And like my friend said, if we want to do something, how are you going to stop us?"

Ryan raised his hand.

A gloomy air current blew past, and the white-haired alchemist baron and her men, who had lost their will due to the impact of the darkness, were lifted up by an invisible force.

"Is she a good person or a bad person?" Ryan looked down at Isa.

The latter looked at the comatose white-haired alchemist baron with hatred, "Bad guy, she killed dozens, no, at least hundreds of people!"

"Then let her be punished."

Ryan curled his fingers slightly.

Dark purple flames bloomed in the air, instantly engulfing the body of the white-haired alchemist baron.

Under intentional control, the other party regained consciousness before death, and then let out a shrill scream while being roasted.

The screams made the workers and Isa feel uncomfortable, but they forced themselves to look up at the cruel scene.

"There are several more. Do you want to do it yourself?"

Ryan's voice was like the whisper of a devil, stirring up the murderous intent in the workers' hearts.

He floated the others in front of the workers.

Then he suddenly realized something and looked at Sevika, "Which ones are yours?"

"He, he, and he..." Sevika's eyes were complicated. She had no intention of resisting Ryan at all. The other party's strength was beyond the imagination of the Zaun people.

If the other party really wanted to invade Zaun, her reason told her... perhaps the most important thing to do now was to give the Zaun people a decent death.

"Then I'll give it back to you." Ryan assigned three people to put them back on the ground, and then asked the others to "fly" to the group of workers.

His voice, driven by a gloomy atmosphere, reverberated throughout the factory. "Hate? Anger? Your enemy is right in front of you. Let me see how far you can go."

The workers were collectively caught in some kind of entanglement, their eyes were wide open, and bloodshot was seeping out of their eye sockets.

If the previous 'slogans' gave them a yearning for a better life, then the power displayed by Ryan afterwards... and after he killed the Alchemist Baron who had oppressed them for most of their lives like a bug, this yearning is slowly turning into a driving force.

"Why are you doing this?" Sevika demanded in a low voice. "You're pushing them toward violence."

"You think they didn't live in violence before?" Ryan retorted.

He lowered his head and asked Isa, "Has your life been free from violence?"

"No!" Isa answered firmly.

"Look, violence has always surrounded them, and now I'm just turning them from victims into rebels. Even if we temporarily reach a peace treaty between Zaun and Piltover, this treaty may not be stable.

"Only when you have the strength to protect yourselves can this peace be permanently secure. Since technological advancements and weaponry cannot be rapidly improved, the only way to increase your strength is to increase the number of your soldiers.

"Abandon those illusions in your head. Both Silko and Vandel failed, not because of their ideas, but because of their methods. What you need to do is to maintain peace, abandon illusions, and prepare for war!"

As Ryan's voice fell.

A worker lifted up his "tool". The work that had been creating value for the Alchemist Baron finally became the prop that ended their lives.

Chapter 339 Who says only those standing in the light are heroes?

Blood blooms in the factory.

This touch of color is not uncommon in the factory. If a worker makes a mistake during normal work and causes the factory to suffer losses, then in addition to being exploited for a lifetime, the worker will also be beaten by the guards.

Now it’s just that the owner of the blood has changed his identity.

With the first person taking action, the others also untied the constraints in their hearts. They all picked up their own "weapons" and vented all the resentment and anger they had accumulated over the years on the baron's subordinates who were controlled.

This scene would be absolutely inappropriate for children in another world, but the children in this world have no choice.

Isa stared at the scene, her cheeks tense, not knowing what she was thinking.

Sevika hesitated to speak, but Ryan's words did make her think.

To blindly emphasize peace is like trying to catch the moon in the water, and to blindly emphasize confrontation is to burn oneself. Perhaps Zaun really needs to combine peace and confrontation.

but......

"Whether it's peace or war, the people of Zaun will make their own decisions."

This was her last act of stubbornness.

Ryan could understand this stubbornness; struggle and resistance would only be meaningful if they came from one's own side.

If he and Vladimir accomplished these things on behalf of the Zaun people and indirectly became the shadow behind Zaun, then even if the struggle was finally won.

For the Zaun people, this victory is just another way of saying colonization.

"The people of Zaun do need to make their own decisions. I'm not trying to take away your right to resist. Perhaps you'll understand better if I put it this way." Ryan's tone changed slightly, "We can be Zaun's backer.

"You can try your own methods. If you encounter a problem or person you can't solve, we can solve it for you. Just like what happened just now, the so-called Alchemist Baron was vulnerable in front of us.

"But what I want to know is, without these obstacles, do you have the confidence to make Zaun a better place?"

"..."

Sevika believed that Ryan had this ability. The other party used an ability that she could not understand at all to instantly kill the white-haired alchemist baron. In the face of such power, the Zaun people were completely unable to resist.

But is he confident that he can make Zaan a better place?

Sevika fell into self-doubt. Whether in the period of Vandel or in the period of Hilko...her own position was more like a deputy. She had excellent execution and ability to handle problems.

But does Zaun need such a leader?

She looked at the workers whose cheeks were stained with blood, and remembered Ryan's speech she heard at the door.

It seems that the people of Zaun today need a leader who can give them courage and hope.

And I...perhaps because I have dealt with too many cruel things myself, I seem to have lost the ability to look forward to the future.

"You mentioned...Jinx?"

Sevika realized it belatedly, a strange look appearing on her rough face.

No Zaun knows Jinx. Just like her name, she brings misfortune wherever she goes.

Even in the crazy world of Zaun, it is rare to find someone crazier than Jinx.

She didn't know what was going on in her mind, and she saw the explosion and destruction as part of a prank.

The targets of this kind of prank are not limited to those hateful Piltover people. Pranks often appear in Zaun. In the past few years, with the protection of Shilko, other alchemy barons had to keep their complaints about Jinx to themselves.

Now without Hilko's protection, coupled with Mrs. Piltover's wanted list and the alchemy barons' support, Jinx's reputation in Zaun has become polarized.

The lower classes believed that Jinx's attack on the Piltover Parliament demonstrated Zaun's toughness and tenacity;

Because of her actions, the Alchemist Baron was forced to face the questioning and threats of Mrs. Piltover. Therefore, even though he didn't say anything openly, he secretly sent his men to try to capture Jinx.

As for Sevika herself... She initially didn't understand why Silko condoned Jinx's reckless behavior, but when she sat in Silko's position, she suddenly understood why.

Because Jinx's madness reveals a straightforward, innocent fantasy and a brave resistance to the strong.

The people of Zaun are too familiar with pain, reality, oppression... but what they lack is the spirit of daring to go crazy against the strong.