LOL: Summoner of Goddess Jana

Chapter 368 Katerina's Fear

Lux's in-depth explanation almost shattered Katerina's three views.

She suddenly doubted the significance of the mission she was performing now.

Obviously, as long as the aristocratic lords of the empire suffer and let them spit out this piece of fat temporarily, the people of Zaun can immediately stop working and go bankrupt.

If Zaun has no money, he can’t afford to squander Hex gems, build Hex gates, and it’s impossible to transport such a large amount of personnel and materials under the complete blockade of the empire’s land, sea and air.
This war that has repeatedly frustrated Noxus may not be able to start from the beginning.

Isn't this more meaningful than asking her to come here to seduce men, steal identities, steal a few pieces of information, and assassinate a few generals?
But the empire chose not to do this, because it was everywhere in the empire.
"Moth!" Katerina cursed secretly.

With these insects, how can they win the battle?
"Who are they?" Katerina couldn't help asking herself in her heart.

She wished she could know the names of those rotting nobles now, and then use her blade to remove the carrion for Noxus.

"Haha." At this time, Lux laughed and said, "Which of the famous Noxus families confiscated Zaun's money? Without their nodding approval, how could Zaun's goods be sold in the empire?" Is it so spread out?"

"The Campbell family, the Tomily family, the Myrdalda family... Oh, that's right." Lacus seemed to think of something funny.

She said to Katerina: "The general Du Kecao who is besieging us at the foot of the mountain now, and the Kecao family behind him, usually make extra money from Zaun's foreign trade business."

"When you get to the bottom of it, he's probably a behind-the-scenes shareholder of many companies in Zaun, and an important business partner of Leader."

Katrina: "."

Moth. It's me?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Katrina couldn't believe it.

Her father is as clean as water, and her family is full of loyalty. She can swear to her belief that her father has no enemies!

"Sigh..." At this time, Lacus sighed again: "Maybe General Du Kecao himself is not so greedy."

"After all, my father always said that General Du Caucao was a respectable enemy and a pure soldier."

"But what does that change?"

"No matter how pure an imperial soldier is, he is still a part of the imperial nobles. Everyone is trying to gain benefits. If you are honest and love the people, then you are an alien in the eyes of the nobles. Besides, the family has never been owned by the patriarch alone. That No matter how pure General Du Kecao is, he must prioritize the interests of the family, rather than the justice of the empire."

"Don't say they are Noxus." Lux became more and more involved: "Even if it is in Demacia, it is our Crown Guard family."

"Ahem!" Galen coughed.

He stopped his younger sister's reckless behavior of revealing his family background in time, and kept the glorious image of the defending family in front of his sweetheart.

And Katerina is not interested in paying attention to the dark history of the Demacia nobles.What she wanted to know more about was Noxus, and why Noxus became what it is now.

"I heard." So she asked under cover: "The Emperor Darkwill of Noxus seems to be a very powerful person."

"The nobles below are so messed up, can the majesty just ignore it?"

The nobles couldn't punish themselves, so Katerina subconsciously counted on Ming Jun.

And if Darkwill is really a wise and holy king, he can also start to play a role.

But the problem is
"What emperor, heh, that Emperor Darkwill has long been the puppet of the old nobles."

When Lux opened her mouth, it was a shocking secret that Katerina, a Noxus, did not know.

The vast majority of Noxus people don't know that it was never the emperor who controlled this great empire, but a mysterious association of mages representing the interests of the powerful and nobles.

This news has been top secret among top secrets for nearly 1000 years.

In order to disturb the morale of the Noxus army and at the same time respond to Swain's coup d'état, the leaders recently began to publicize the conspiracy theory that there is always a "deep state" and a "shadow government" in the Noxus Empire Come.

So this shocking Noxus secret is now known even to the old doorman in the residential area of ​​Zaun.

"The Noxus Empire has always been controlled by a mysterious organization called 'Black Rose'."

"That His Majesty Darkwill is nothing more than a puppet secretly controlled by the leader of Black Rose, LeBlanc."

"." LeBlanc's expression was not very good.

She really didn't expect that she just didn't understand the information from Zaun for a few days, and the leader took out her original skin.

It's fine to pick it up, and it's like gossip news spread all over the street.

But it's okay.
Although this is indeed the truth, it is hard to believe because the truth is too nonsense.

At least, the current Miss Katerina does not believe that there will be any "shadow government" in the empire she has lived in all her life-even though her mother and sister are members of Black Rose.

The "simple" Katerina doesn't know anything yet, and she only regards this as the leader's malicious propaganda against the empire.

So she didn't care about any black roses, but pretended to be curious and asked, "Master Lux."

"Since this black rose is so powerful that even the emperor can control it, why don't they care about those nobles?"

"This." Lux began to explain.

But in fact, LeBlanc has the most say on this issue.

Why doesn't she take care of those greedy nobles and make them less greedy?The answer is simple:
She can't help it.

I don't have that ability, you know?
Black Rose has always been known for its secrecy, and its core members almost never appear in public, let alone hold public office in person.They will only select suitable agents from the imperial nobles to indirectly control the entire Noxus.

The advantage of this is that LeBlanc and other core characters can always remain mysterious and ensure their own absolute safety-and this is exactly what she, a thousand-year-old demon, needs most.

But the disadvantage of this indirect management is also obvious: that is, Black Rose's control over the empire will be weakened a lot.

Their control of the empire must depend on the cooperation of the nobles.

The simple threat of violence will only arouse the resistance of the nobles; the clever illusion control is always possible to be cracked.

These imperial nobles are not weak, they are not only powerful extraordinary powerhouses themselves, but also benefit from Noxus' independent battle group system, and all of them are princes with huge resources.

If these people are united, Black Rose will also have a very headache.

Therefore, the black rose must allow the greed of the nobles and give them enough benefits while forcing them to cooperate.

"Anyway, LeBlanc can't control these nobles." Lux taunted her in front of LeBlanc: "If she gives an order, the nobles will not make money, the bureaucrats will not be corrupt, and the whole empire will be united. Sincerely united, isn’t Noxus stronger than our leaders?”

"If she can really control the selfishness of these people, how can the empire become what it is today?"

A very simple truth:
If the black rose had enough control over the empire, how could the coup d'état succeed in the "future" of Swain?

With such a King's Landing Dynasty, Noxus might not even have the soil for a coup from the very beginning, right?

"Then" Katerina asked herself in her heart:

Is there no other way?Can you just watch these moths crawling all over the body of the empire, and let the empire drag its decayed body, which is seriously ill and difficult to recover, to fight with young people like the leader?

Of course there are ways.

I only heard Lux ​​continue to sigh: "No matter how powerful LeBlanc is, she is just a witch who plays with people's hearts."

"A mere witch, how can it be possible for a goddess who is believed by thousands of people to lead everyone to complete the great cause?"

"Miss Kanna, after you finish the thought and culture courses, you will understand—the ones that can save our Ionia, and the ones that can save Noxus, Demacia, Shurima, and even the entire Runeterra , there has never been only one:"

"That's faith, our faith!"

As the leader of the mage prisoner army, Lux has not yet developed her military ability, but with the tacit cooperation with Sona, and in the practice training with Silas and other extremists, she has already developed her political propaganda ability. Almost full.

Unknowingly, she gave Katerina a thought lesson of being a leader in advance.

Until Lux was reluctantly dragged away by her elder brother and Sona, Katerina was still immersed in what she said and the principles she narrated.

"Wake up." Until Galen and the others completely moved away, LeBlanc patted her shoulder from behind.

"What?" LeBlanc asked with a smile, "Catalina, do you think that girl is right?"

"I..." Katerina felt cold all over, and couldn't help but hastily defended: "I, I don't have an officer."

Colefran just shook her head in disappointment: "After all, she's still a young lady. After staying in the ivory tower for a long time, I only saw some dark sides, and immediately my faith collapsed, my spirit collapsed, and I was led away by the nose. "

"I think you probably haven't even figured out why you are fighting?"

Katerina was so ashamed that she lowered her head and did not dare to look at each other.

LeBlanc didn't reprimand again, but turned to Tyrone and asked, as if doing a teaching demonstration:

"Talon, do you think what Lacus just said is right?"

"Yes." Tai Long admitted frankly.

And LeBlanc was not angry at all, she asked again: "Will this affect your loyalty to the Empire?"

"No." Tyrone said.

"why?"

"Because I have never been loyal to the empire." Tai Long replied without changing his face: "My allegiance has always been Mr. Du Kecao. He needs my loyalty to the empire, and I will fight for the empire."

"Very good." LeBlanc nodded in satisfaction.

She turned to look at Katerina again: "What about you, my eldest lady? Tyrone knows what he is fighting for, what about you?"

"I, I am for." Katerina replied with difficulty: "For Noxus."

For Noxus, for the Empire, she is willing to give anything.

This is what her father taught her over the past 18 years, and she has always believed in it.

However, this simple slogan used to work well, but now it has become difficult to use in the face of leaders.

Because, as long as the Noxians think in detail according to the theory of the leader, they will find that
The more they love Noxus, the more they want Noxus to become better, the more they need Janna ideas, and the leader to bring a complete change to this decaying empire.

For Noxus, the Empire must die.

"Ridiculous." So, LeBlanc also laughed at Katarina: "For Noxus? Katarina, if you just fight with such a simple idea, then sooner or later you will be deceived by the leader of."

"Did you know? There is a saying of the leader is right." LeBlanc also used the theory of the leader with ease: "The country is the product of irreconcilable class contradictions, and it is the ruling class that suppresses and exploits the oppressed class. a means."

"You say you are for Noxus, then you have to figure out why you must love it."

Ordinary people love Noxus because their fate is tied to the Empire.

If the empire is good, they can get a share of the cake; if the empire is not good, then they will be the first batch of sacrifices.

Rich people love Noxus because their business is tied to the Empire.

If the empire is good, they can get a big piece of cake; if the empire is not good, even if they can escape with the money, they will have to bear some losses.

"What about you? Katrina, why do you have to love it?" LeBlanc demanded.

"Because." Katerina came to her senses.

Because she is that ruling class!

If the empire is gone, the Kekao family will lose their privileges, and they will no longer be able to exploit others happily.

"Then, Katerina." LeBlanc pointed straight at the essence, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you willing to fight to the end with the enemies of the Empire for your privilege?"

"I" Katerina didn't know how to answer.

Does she really care about privileges?

Do not.If she cared about this stuff, she wouldn't have received the hellish assassin training since she was a child, and trained herself into an assassination machine that could sacrifice for the empire at any time.

It was her loyalty to her father and her boundless love for Noxus that supported Katarina through those difficult times.

But now, under the leader's theory, the belief that supported her all the way here was destroyed in an instant.

"I, I..." Katerina woke up in horror: "Mr. Lanfu, I won't go to class."

She was scared.She was afraid that after she had a deep understanding of the leader's theory, she would really betray the empire and become the leader.

"It's okay." LeBlanc, who was aggressive before, now smiled gently.

The smile seemed to be comforting, but it was also like a warning.

Katerina dared not speak.

LeBlanc smiled, gently cupped her cheeks, and comforted her with a tone of infinite trust: "Go boldly, Katerina. I believe you—"

"You will never betray me."

(End of this chapter)