In order to build the city walls in a hurry, Taliyah used a large scale of earth magic with great intensity, from sunrise to sunset.

Fortunately, Taliyah is the daughter of the earth, and she doesn't need magic to use magic, she only needs to step on the earth and let her imagination run wild. For her, earth magic is pure mental activity.

Whenever there is no way to continue, Jeno will send Taliyah to the Enchanted Garden in Presidian, which is very close to the spiritual realm, and is a good place to improve the state of mind and feel nature. Passing through a series of strange arches, on the top of a mountain full of flowers, Taliyah used the meditation method taught to her by Karma, sat cross-legged and meditated for about ten minutes, and then the whole person became refreshed again, and then continued to work.

It took two days to finally present Jeno with a ring of rocky walls that surrounded the Précidian, hooking the southern mountains and completely separating the western plain from the southern plain. If the enemy forces want to converge, they must bypass this magnificent barrier.

It was almost against the sky, and the rise of the walls made some people feel a sense of genuine pride, while others feared that doing so would incur the wrath of the earth.

They are not used to living in the shadow of the city walls, which makes them feel unfree, like living in a cage.

Taliyah felt the ambivalence of the Ionians, loved and hated like Irelia, where they were either rigid in tradition or radically transformed, and few were able to compromise and think calmly.

All she could promise was that she would put the walls back into the earth after the war, and that would still leave a huge scar on the newborn soil.

But there are two sides to everything, and if this is not done, Précidian will be instantly defeated by the Norwegians, and all the Ionians will have to survive under the law of loss of power and humiliation, not to mention the preservation of old traditions.

On the night of the wall's inauguration, several of the high-ranking members of the rebel camp continued to meet at the Zan family mansion, almost every night for several days, and sometimes the candles in the tent continued to burn late into the night.

The Zan Mansion had been requisitioned by Admiral Dugur of Noxus as a residence for the officers of the fleet, and many things had been emptied at that time, so the hall seemed empty, except for the bladed family crest hanging on the walls of the lobby, and the garden in the house being tended by Irelia.

The theme of tonight's meeting was supposed to honor Taliyah, but a heavy message shattered what should have been a lighthearted atmosphere.

"Taluwan was lost, and all 3,000 rebels were killed. A group of death squads carried Flaming Stones and sank ten enemy ships at sea. ”

As she spoke, Irelia had a heavy expression on her face, her hands clutching weakly in the crooks of her arms.

"I never asked them to do that, I just asked them to delay as much as possible, and I didn't expect them to put their lives into it."

As she spoke, Irelia put her hands over her face, her voice choked, and tears soon dripped through her fingers onto the mahogany tea table used as a conference table, on which was also a crystal sand table shaped by Jeno.

"All souls are with them." Karma sighed, and everyone bowed their heads in mourning for the martyrs who died heroically.

"Did I make the wrong decision?"

Irelia lowered her hands and looked out the window with moist eyes, where the entire Zan family lay in the nameless tomb in the garden. She could feel her brothers watching her. Even though they had slept with the spirits of Ionia, she was still afraid that she would disappoint and resent.

She had let the blood of countless people stain the seals and insignia they had left behind, and then she made the wrong decision to kill thousands of her compatriots, which made her wonder if she was still worthy of being in this position and be followed by everyone.

"Irelia, you have done nothing wrong, war is inevitable and sacrificed. But if you give up seeking justice for those martyrs who died bravely, then you are really very wrong. ”

Irelia turned her head and looked at Jeno hesitantly, not seeing the obvious sadness on his face.

"Actually, when you gave them the Flame Stone, you should have thought of such an ending a long time ago, you just didn't think about it thoroughly enough. In the hands of the weak, the flame stone is like a bomb that cannot be removed. ”

Jeno's voice was calm and firm, and he looked into Irelia's eyes, a faint blue light flashing deep in his pupils.

Flame Stones can be detonated remotely, but that requires some subtle mana control, or long-term training. For those who have come into contact with the flame stone for the first time and have never systematically trained their talents, the flame stone is like an explosive that does not know the length of the lead, and only at the moment of explosion can it be clear that the flame stone has been activated.

"I'm so stupid, so I can't be a leader, I can only be a dancer." Irelia's eyes darkened, not daring to meet Jeno's eyes.

"Let's put aside our personal feelings and look at this battle from a big picture."

Jeno pressed his finger on the sand table, and soon the area belonging to Talu Bay was also enveloped in black air. In the time they were building their fortifications, Noxus had eaten away almost all of Navoli, except for Presidon in the Heartland.

"In the battle of Taluwan, a total of 3,000 rebels were killed. And the enemy's fleet also lost almost two thousand men, ten ships, and a number of supplies. Although the war was not won in the end, it was a breakthrough that was placed on any battlefield in Navoli. ”

In battles without the participation of powerful transcendents, a Noxian soldier can often fight to the death for three to five rebels, and the Noxus army is more than three times the number of rebels. If this battle loss ratio is converted into the Battle of Taluwan, and the loss of enemy materials is included, the rebels can be said to have died without regrets.

"And I heard that the supplies there had been taken away by the evacuated inhabitants before the war, and not a single pickled fish had been left for the Noxians, and after the capture of Talu Bay, they were left with nothing but an empty fishing village."

Jeno is concerned about whether the Resistance's sacrifice in this battle is worth it and what role it can play. Although the strength of the two sides is not equal, the final victory and defeat are all based on the results of small battles.

"And it also buys time for the arrival of reinforcements, and I have received news from Charlotte that Vastaya's position has been assembled and moved south, and it will reach Presidium in two days at the earliest. She had reservations about Shadowstream, I could only afford to send a thousand soldiers because of Vastaya, but I didn't expect that this time Xia Luo would bring three thousand soldiers to support us, which is really good news. ”