Chapter 229 [0227] Kalya's Preemptive Strike

Lux's hesitation surprised Ino.

What's there to hesitate about Teacher Kalya's plan?

Just do it!

Facing Ino's doubts, Lux smiled bitterly - yes, Kalya had made many plans before, but those plans were all plans to eliminate disputes and relieve pain.

And this time, according to Kalya's plan, in order to prevent the new port from being built and the rune technology from being coveted by the Noxians, his choice was to take the initiative and cause trouble for the Noxians.

Of course, considering the relationship between Demacia and Noxus, Lux would not refuse this behavior of causing trouble for Noxus.

The problem is that Kalya's plan this time is essentially to support a war, which makes Lux feel a little uncomfortable.

"Karya actually told me very clearly." Lux came to Ino, "I also understand that sometimes war is an inevitable means, but when I think of innocent people dying because of it, I am a little resistant."

As she said that, Lux briefly recounted the whole story.

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It all started three days ago.

Three days ago, the day after the kidnapping in Piltover, the envoys of the Durren family of Besilico arrived in Zaun, hoping to take their young master back.

(Young Master Durren was the fat man who was trapped in the mine with his guards and was later rescued by Lux.)

Duren waited for three years here before coming to pick him up, not because the family gave up Duren, but because the family wanted to protect him - according to Duren, during the Ionian War, Noxus recruited a large number of soldiers to maintain the war, even the children of nobles had to go to the battlefield.

Therefore, knowing that Durren was not in danger, the Durren family simply let him stay in Zaun to prevent him from being sent to the battlefield.

Now that the Ionian War is over, the Durren family quickly sent someone to take Durren back.

If that was the case, neither Lux nor Kalya would care about the little thoughts of a Noxian noble.

However, it was very surprising that the envoy who took Durren applied to meet Lux and offered to spend a lot of money to hire Zaun workers to repair the city wall in Besilico.

According to the envoy, "Master Durren praised the efficiency of Zaun construction workers." It happened that the city wall of Besilico needed to be repaired. Considering that Besilico was short of manpower after the war, he came to discuss with Lux whether a group of Zaun construction workers could be hired to do the work.

This request sounds reasonable.

But the problem is that Zaun workers are only more efficient. No one has built military buildings such as city walls or fortresses. Hiring Zaun people to repair the city wall is strange no matter how you look at it.

Then, the next day, before Lux had figured out how to respond, the Piltover Daily happily published an article titled "Peace Brings Business Opportunities".

In this article, the reporter used the argument that "a commercial city of such size as Besilico still purchased a large amount of materials from Piltover after the war ended" to try to prove the conclusion that "peace will bring trade prosperity", trying to cheer up the people of Piltover and encourage the sluggish economy.

Hiring a high-efficiency construction team to repair the city wall and purchasing a large amount of metal and food materials - these two pieces of news appeared at the same time, which is really a bit thought-provoking.

So, before Duren left Zaun and came to thank Lux for saving his life, Lux, under the guidance of Karya, confirmed an astonishing news indirectly.

Besilico is preparing for a defensive battle.

So, the question is, as a non-border city, Besilico...who is it defending against?

At this point, Karya finally made a bold inference-Besilico is guarding against Noxus, they want independence!

When Kalya came to this conclusion, Lux was stunned.

She couldn't imagine that Besilico, the main commercial city and port hub in the southeast of Noxus, would declare independence and secede from Noxus one day!

From any angle, this is really too crazy!

But if you think about it carefully, this behavior may not be really traceless - in the Ionian War, the coastal cities led by Besilico took the heaviest military mobilization, but the result of the war was a complete failure.

In this case, it is not incomprehensible that Besilico and the Immortal Bastion are alienated.

Moreover, it has been less than 30 years since Besilico was conquered by Noxus and became a part of Noxus. At the beginning, Besilico was intimidated by the Noxian army and had to surrender - but Noxus fell into a big fall in Ionia, so how could Besilico follow it all the way?

After reaching this conclusion, Karya directly proposed that Zaun should directly provide workers to help the Besilico people build the city wall, so that they can defend the city without any scruples - in addition, they should contact Sarah to see if they can connect Besilico and Bilgewater and open up a sea supply line for Besilico...

If Karya's idea is followed, once Besilico raises the banner of rebellion, it will become a deep wound to the Noxus Empire, continuously bleeding the empire.

By then, if the Noxians take the initiative to attack, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. The siege of Besilico is well-supplied, and there will be war everywhere. No matter what they choose, they probably won't have the time to cause trouble for Zaun.

After Lux finished speaking, Ino couldn't help but widen her eyes.

On the one hand, she was surprised at Kalya's sharpness, and on the other hand, she was impressed by her teacher's boldness - facing Noxus, he never thought of simple defense, but took the initiative to cause trouble for the other side.

"But why can't you make up your mind?" Ino asked in surprise, "Isn't this a good thing?"

"Maybe it's good for Zaun." Lux shook her head, "But when I think about the chaos that will happen in Besilico during the siege, I feel a little heavy."

"So you didn't tell him your idea?" Ino blinked, "You didn't tell him these?"

"I did." Lux spread his hands, "Then, he proposed a bolder idea: taking advantage of Noxus' current weakness, starting with Besilico, build a Noxus encirclement network including Findo, Chuxido, and Iron Water City."

Ino opened his mouth wide, and the whole person fell into a stagnation.

"Then I said, forget it, just support Besilico." Looking at the dazed Ino, Lux sighed helplessly, "Then, I realized that Karya had unconsciously applied the theory of lifting the roof and opening the window to me."

Karya's small class·Noxus's indigestion:

The thirty years before the start of the Ionian War were the thirty years of rapid expansion of Noxus' territory - and this rapid expansion inevitably led to Noxus' indigestion, and many lords transformed into new nobles of Noxus.

And with Noxus' defeat in Ionia, these new nobles finally began to restless.