LOL: Summoner of Goddess Janna

Darius led his army to the city lord's palace.

But Quelleta is not here. The servant told him that the mayor of Queletta had gone to the port with her two children.

"Port?" Darius was surprised when he heard this.

He thought it was because Queletta had received news that the counter-rebellion army had arrived and wanted to run away with the child.

But when he led his troops to the port of Besilico, what he saw was this surprising scene:

"Cody Schultz, who is Cody Schultz's family?"

"Osa Laiman, are the people from Laiman's house here?!"

Countless citizens of Besilico gathered here with sad expressions.

Several people who looked like military officers were holding electric horns imported by Zuan and several lists that were almost dragged to the ground, and read out the names one by one.

The names are unfamiliar.

But Darius soon realized what they represented.

Because not far ahead, in the open space that was supposed to be used to store goods, there are now countless urns with these names engraved on them -

Yes, these people are dead.

There are so many urns with names engraved on the pier that they have piled up into a hill.

At the same time, the ships arriving from afar were unloading more dead people onto the dock.

"Next, Val Cross! Val Cross!" The officer was still announcing his name mechanically.

Perhaps because he read too much, his expression seemed a little numb.

And every time he announced a name, one or several people in the crowd would come forward to receive the ashes belonging to their sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters.

Then, under the guidance of the officers, they will go aside to collect their pensions.

State your name, receive the urn, and receive money. leave.

State your name, receive the urn, collect the money, and leave.

...

The scene was as orderly as a factory assembly line.

The family members were emotionally stable and so quiet that it was a bit scary.

"You're here, Darius." Just as Darius was meditating on this scene, Queletta quietly appeared beside him.

Only then did Darius wake up. He looked at his lover after ten years... well, his former lover.

Queletta is still so beautiful. Snow-white skin, graceful figure, and most importantly, her blond hair as bright as the sun, and her face as soft and charming as an angel.

The years have not left any traces of vicissitudes on her, but have only added some mature charm to her beauty.

However, Darius was not in the mood to appreciate Queletta's beauty at this time.

His attention was subconsciously drawn to the two children following Queletta.

One of them is a little boy with blond hair, and the other is a little girl with black hair. They look like they are only 8 or 9 years old. They have tender skin and some cute baby fat on their faces.

Both children followed Queletta timidly, then cautiously poked their heads out from behind her, looking at Darius curiously.

"This is..." Her child?

Seeing the two children of Queletta, Darius' mood became inexplicably complicated.

If he hadn't broken up with her back then, and hadn't given up the opportunity to be with her in pursuit of military success, maybe...their children would be as old as they are now, right?

"No!" Wake up, now is not the time to talk about the love between children!

"Quiletta." Darius' eyes became firm. Then, he looked at her warily and suspiciously: "You... knew I was coming over?"

"Yeah." Queletta shrugged noncommittally: "There was so much noise when you came, I don't think it's possible."

"Then do you know why I came here?" Darius asked again.

"Why?" Queletta answered calmly.

"Because the Immortal Fortress received intelligence that you were plotting a rebellion." As he spoke, Darius observed her expression with great concern.

"No, I'm not planning a rebellion. I'm not against Swain."

Dreas was relieved.

"But I did betray the Empire. The country of Noxus no longer deserves my allegiance to it."

Darius: "..."

Queletta's over-honesty and over-calmness caught him off guard.

He couldn't help but ask: "Why?"

Queletta didn't answer this time.

She just looked at the pile of urns on the dock and asked him, "Do you know who they are?"

"I... know." Darius could indeed guess where the urns in front of him came from.

The Noxus Empire lost 100,000 elite soldiers in the Battle of Baru'e a month ago.

Only a few thousand of these 100,000 people were lucky enough to escape like Queletta and return to their hometown from Ionia.

In addition, more than 40,000 people were caught and captured by the leader after the rout, and became prisoners of war who could not return home.

As for the remaining approximately 50,000 soldiers... they all unfortunately became the nourishment of Vladimir and Yin Lisi, sacrifices to the Blood Red Pool and the Vile Throat, and turned into flesh-and-blood twisted monsters, and Bones eaten away by spiders.

Noxus was defeated in the battle of Baru'a, and no one even went to collect their corpses after the war.

It was the leader who, in the spirit of humanity and sovereignty, collected these corpses that were almost blown to pieces, and matched the ashes of these fallen soldiers with their names and identities as much as possible according to the name tags they carried. , packed and sent back to Noxus.

So, the scene in front of me appeared.

"I am the city lord of Besilico." Queletta said: "Many people in my war group are from Besilico."

"And they..." She looked up at the pile of urns: "They are all here now."

Darius was silent for a while.

He heard the disgust, disgust, and even resentment toward Noxus in Queletta's words.

"But this is all the fault of Black Rose." Finally, Darius said, "It was Black Rose who treated you as cannon fodder and betrayed you on the battlefield."

"Now Commander Swain has overthrown the Black Rose. With him leading us, Noxus will definitely get better."

"Really?" Queletta looked directly into his eyes: "Do you really think Noxus is different now than before?"

"..." Darius hesitated subconsciously.

"No, it won't make any difference," Queletta said. "No matter who rules this empire, Noxus' expansion will never stop and cannot be stopped."

"There will be more children like them who will be sent to the battlefield by you under the loud slogans of 'For Noxus', and then quietly return as ashes."

"This is a necessary price." Darius said in a deep voice: "Noxus must expand, otherwise it will have to disintegrate. There are only two ways to go, there is no other option."

"Quiletta, this is what you believed too, wasn't it?"

"Yes." Queletta nodded: "I once believed it - but that was because, as you said, Noxus at that time had only two options: expansion and disintegration. "

"I can't find a better way besides supporting the war."

"But now, I've found it."

As soon as these words came out, Darius' expression suddenly changed.

Besides disintegration and expansion, is there a third way for Noxus?

Needless to say, the only people who can say such things are...

"Are you the leader?!" Darius quietly tightened his grip on the giant ax in his hand.

"That's right." Queletta raised his hand, condensing a whirlwind in his complicated eyes: "Actually, I didn't escape from Baru'e Province at all."

"In Balu'e Province, I experienced a lot and saw a lot. It was that experience that made me agree with the concept of the Leader and officially became a member of the Leader."

"Then I returned to the Noxian Empire."

"You..." Darius knew what this meant: "Are you a spy sent back by the Wind Leader?!"

"You can say that." Queletta replied calmly: "I only have two purposes for coming back this time."

"One, take my child away." She looked gently behind her at the two little ghosts who were holding her thighs and refusing to let go.

Then, she looked at Darius with a serious expression: "Second, help the organization instigate rebellion against you."

"Instigating rebellion against me?" Darius seemed to have heard some fantasy.

Who does the leader think he is?

He is not a speculator like Amy Stane, nor is he a naive idealist like Mel Myrdalda.

He is the Hand of Noxus, the spiritual symbol of the new generation of the Noxus Empire!

To put it exaggeratedly, even if Swain voted for the Windleader, he would not be able to betray Noxus.

Even under the impact of the leader's concept, Noxus' past national philosophy of law of the jungle and natural selection has revealed various shortcomings and shortcomings...

Darius's position will never be shaken by this.

Even if he dies, jumps off this pier and drowns, he will not betray the Noxus Empire!

Um...Darkwill's time doesn't count.

That time was for the sake of clearing the emperor's side, not betraying Noxus.

"Quiletta, it seems you don't know me well enough." Darius said in a complicated tone: "I can't betray the empire because of you, I will only..."

"Why?" This time it was Queletta's turn to question him in turn: "You clearly know that Noxus has a better choice."

"Then why are you still taking this road?!" Queletta asked him in a serious tone, pointing to the pile of urns in front of him.

"I..." Darius was speechless for a moment.

Noxus's simple and crude natural elimination law is theoretically impossible to compete with the leader.

And the sage political system of the leader has shown in practice that it is far more pure and efficient than any system in the past.

Darius couldn't speak to her at all.

If he kept saying this, he would not be able to figure out why he wanted to be loyal to the Noxus Empire.

"That's enough!" Darius tried his best to ignore the scene in front of him and the family members of the soldiers walking past him holding urns with sad expressions.

"Look at them, Darius. Do you still think they are a necessary price?"

Darius didn't want to argue anymore.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!"

"..." Queletta's eyes were full of disappointment.

"You go over there to play first." She motioned to the children beside her to leave.

The two children nodded obediently, then looked back at their mother step by step, and reluctantly stepped aside.

"Dreaus." After the children had gone away, Queletta said, "You just asked me why I betrayed the empire."

"My answer is simple -"

"Because I don't want our children to be like them in the future and become a 'necessary price' in your words."

"But these prices are necessary!" Darius said stubbornly: "Even leaders need someone to sacrifice for their path, right?"

"The development and stability of Noxus is based on..."

Um, wait...

Is he missing some important point?

"Our child?" Recalling what Queletta had just said, Darius was stunned for a moment.

He looked at Queletta, who was still beautiful in front of him, and then at the two little devils standing in the distance with familiar facial contours.

"us??"