Chapter 264 [0262] Swain and Lux

Lamer was obviously in great pain after the Demon Eye exploded.

Similarly, Swain, who lost his high-altitude vision, was a little embarrassed for a while - it was difficult to go from luxury to frugality, and Swain was a little uncomfortable for a while after losing the Demon Eye to see the battlefield.

Fortunately, before he had the Demon Eye, Swain was already a very good commander. After just a moment of embarrassment, he quickly adjusted his mentality.

The enemy has support!

"The person coming should be Lux, the leader of Zaun." Tamara, who also saw the light column, quickly provided key information, "Zaun has changed a lot in the past three years, and all the changes are related to her. According to the known information, she is a very difficult mage who uses light element magic."

"Light element, really interesting."

Swain nodded, indicating that he knew, and then quickly issued a series of instructions. Beside him, a team that had never acted before and had not even worn armor finally started to act after receiving the order.

"I heard that the Zaun people have developed alchemical forbidden magic stones, right?" While waiting for the team to put on their armor, Swain asked Jagu beside him with a smile, "Did you ask about their raw materials and processing technology?"

Jagu could only smile awkwardly.

"The Zaun people do a good job of keeping secrets." Tamara explained very straightforwardly, "Even war masons find it difficult to infiltrate key positions in Zaun."

"But this guy said that Zaun's technology is what Piltover left over." Swain still had a smile on his face, but his tone gradually became colder, "It seems that Mr. Jagu is not as sincere as he claims!"

"Sir Swain, Zaun does use outdated and obsolete technology." Jagu was also quite wronged, "But about alchemy... I think you should know more about this part than us!"

"I know more?"

"It is said that the Zaun people once sold a lot of alchemical products to the Empire." Jagu spread his arms and put on a helpless look, "It was not until three years ago that the supply was cut off."

Hearing this, Swain's face finally became worse.

Because he heard about the alchemical forbidden magic stone, he subconsciously regarded alchemy as a way to process metal materials-just like forging and casting.

After all, in Noxus, metal processing sometimes uses wax etching, pickling and other alchemical methods, and these methods are mostly used to process gorgeous patterns.

However, when Jagu mentioned "alchemical products sold to Noxus", Swain realized that he had thought wrong.

Is Swain familiar with the alchemical products that Jagu mentioned?

Too damn familiar!

You know, the place where these alchemical products are used is not anywhere else, but Ionia!

As the marshal of the Ionian War, Swain can only describe these alchemical products as disgusting - this is not because he has extremely high moral standards, but because the abuse of these alchemical products is not fundamentally helpful to the war situation on the one hand, but on the other hand, it promotes the unity of the Ionians.

As a commander with a high political level and pattern, Swain's attitude towards the Ionian War from the beginning was "to divide the Ionians as much as possible".

For this reason, Swain also wrote a detailed letter and secretly sent it to the commander-in-chief Darkwill.

In the letter, Swain clearly stated that the Ionians lived a rich life, but the structure was loose, which was indeed different from the ones conquered by the empire in the past. Considering that there were many small and sophisticated organizations here, the most important point to conquer Ionia was not to let the Ionians unite together.

Following this principle, Swain proposed a series of very practical strategies.

First, he believed that the monks and elders of Ionia could be won over, just like in Uzeris and Beljuin in northern Shurima, and their hostility towards Noxus could be eliminated by luring, winning over, dividing and coercing them without affecting their core cultural customs.

Secondly, instigating conflicts in Ionia, causing conflicts between various sects, and if necessary, helping to escalate the conflicts and lead to bloody conflicts.

Then, give Ionian civilians a clear space for advancement, so that these civilians who can see the end of their lives at a glance can have the opportunity to become superior people, and thus stand on the side of Noxus.

Finally, for those who cannot be won over, provoked, or seduced, resort to force, and at this point, Noxus' victory will become inevitable.

It can be said that Swain's strategy is not a problem at all. If Noxus is willing to spend twenty years and follow Swain's plan step by step, then Ionia, which has never had a unified concept since ancient times, is likely to be completely divided and torn apart, and eventually swallowed up by the Noxian Empire.

Unfortunately, Darkwill ignored this detailed and reliable plan and wholeheartedly asked Swain to "use war to quickly solve the problem."

For this request, Swain is not incomprehensible-Noxian people are eager for military merits, and if they must go to war, it's not impossible!

As a second choice, Swain proposed his own plan again. He hoped that the war should be carried out selectively, and the battle line should not be spread out across the board. He hoped that Ionia's sects and organizations should be eliminated one by one like eating beans. He hoped that the civilians should not be angered. It was okay to increase taxes, but conscription should be avoided as much as possible.

In the face of this humble request, Darkwill waved his hand and allowed each war group to "act at their convenience" and issued an order to plunder magic items.

The result was... alchemical potions were abused, and the morale of Noxian soldiers dropped sharply; alchemical poison gas was used in battle, and the Ionians were completely enraged.

So far, the Noxians in the land of the first birth were completely passive, with no fighting spirit and wars everywhere, while the Ionians, who were originally a small country with few people, united together, from the initial non-cooperation to the later uprising.

Then, it was Navoli who stood tall. In the absolute dilemma, Swain fought hard in the battle of Preshiden, hoping to capture Preshiden and disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Ionians, but the result of the battle was that Irelia cut off one of his arms, and Noxus was finally defeated.

So, when it comes to alchemical drugs and alchemical poisons, even if the war has ended for several months, Swain still hates it!

"Hmph--"

Swain finally stopped talking after exhaling fiercely with his nose, and waited quietly for this special team to finish dressing.

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Although Swain also gave the order to retreat when ordering this special team to start dressing, it is not so easy for the Noxian soldiers who have already rushed to the wall to retreat.

They can use mobility to play with the program-fixed automatic artillery, but the academy guards on the wall are not fools. How can they let these Noxians leave easily?

Unfortunately, the walls of the academy are high but not thick. Even if they fight back with all their strength, the number of Noxian soldiers left is not large. When Lux led the team to the wall, the remaining Noxians had all withdrawn.

Looking at the densely packed Noxian soldiers fighting in the dark outside the wall, Lux couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, and his hand subconsciously pressed on the hilt of the sword.

"Why, are you scared?" Kalya teased, "I feel like you seem a little excited!"

"Of course I'm excited!" Lux licked her dry lips, "This should be the elite soldiers of Noxus, right?"

"It looks about the same." After confirming that Lux was in good condition, Kalya spoke again, "Use the light to find the flag!"

According to Kalya's request, Lux swept across the Noxian position like a human searchlight - however, she did not find even a flag with a symbol.

Although Lux was sure that these people were 100% Noxian soldiers from the styles of their armor and weapons, there was indeed not even a flag in this team of thousands of people.

There was no Noxian flag, no commander's flag, and even no flag representing the regiment - this was completely different from the Noxian army Lux knew!

"This is really strange." Lux, who discovered this, couldn't help but wonder in his heart, "Why don't these Noxians even have a flag?"

"Are you sure?"

"Indeed, there is no... If it was for a sneak attack, it would be understandable not to raise the flag, but now they are attacking the academy openly, so it is necessary to raise the flag in the dark, right?" Lux rubbed the hilt of the sword uneasily, "Judging from the enemy's army formation, their commander should not be a fool who would forget to raise the flag - there is definitely something weird here!"

"That's right!" Hearing this, Kalya finally laughed, "Just now when I reminded you that there was a strange eye on your head, I have made some guesses. Now that the other party has no flags and indicators, it seems that my guess is completely correct! "

"What guesses? Don't keep me in suspense!"

"Although the people who came are Noxian soldiers, they are not regular soldiers!"

"Don't lie to me, the Crown Guard family is a military family, and I still know Black Iron Armor!"

"They used to be, but not now." Seeing that the Zaun Mage Corps was ready, Kalya didn't keep it a secret, "That was the defeated army of the Noxians after the Battle of Ionia. They should be led by Swain-they didn't raise the flag because they didn't have a flag at all!"

Hearing this conclusion, Lux was finally stunned.

Kalya's small class·Noxian flag:

As an enterprising empire, Noxus's flag and other flags have very strict specifications and standards. For example, once the legion flag is captured, it means that the number of a legion has been cancelled.

The most precious collection of Lux's father, Pete, is a Noxian flag captured in a conflict - even if it belongs to a low-ranking regiment.

PS. There will be an additional chapter on 21/30, and there will be another chapter in the second half of the night.