The two swords were evenly matched.

If Yasuo is a swordsman who learns the way of the Wind, then his enemies are like a taciturn guard.

Unlike Yasuo's cool sword moves, this adventurer, who claims to be Wen Rui, shoots very neatly - in Rhodes' opinion, this is the quintessential military temperament.

Coupled with the broken rune sword, which was originally Rod's eight points, now it has become ten.

Seeing that the two of them were fighting more and more intensely, Rod, who had already gotten the news he wanted, finally made a move.

Just as the two swords were about to cross again, Rhodes waved his hand.

To put it mildly, the wind stopped.

The two of them, who had lost the help of the breeze, finally retracted their sword moves.

With Cana's help, the wind that had been raging just now suddenly stopped, and the entire mangrove forest returned to silence as if nothing had happened.

Neither of them knew that it was due to Cana, and that Rhodes had successfully completed the achievement [Raven and Yasuo who were in shock].

"Hello, Miss Raven—we have no ill intentions, but...... Please also have something to say. Looking at the two people who stopped, Rod smiled with satisfaction, "After all, everyone doesn't want any misunderstanding, right?" ”

Raven didn't speak.

"I know your past is a bit hard to look back on—but there are things that need to be faced, just helping Queleta as an adventurer...... It doesn't mean much in itself, but if you will, I hope Miss Raven will be part of the whole project. Seeing that Raven was unmoved, Rhodes was not discouraged, "In a sense, this is also for the real Noxus." ”

With Queletta and Noxus, Rhodes captures the two points that Raven cares about the most.

This time, Raven finally stopped hiding her identity, and she removed her cloak and thick turban, revealing her worn-out Noxian armor.

"Tell me your purpose, mage."

……………………

It's been three years since Raven left the Scarlet Elite Legion in Noxus.

Even as the toughest warrior, the Battle of Ionia was a haunting nightmare for Raven - she was not terrified by the war, but by her actions.

There's no doubt that Raven loves Noxus.

For Raven, who was born an orphan, Noxus is her mother - a mother who acts rudely, but at least treats all children equally.

So Raven didn't think much about it in the past - no matter what kind of orders she was facing, she was willing to carry them out.

Once Raven was cruel and ruthless, no matter what kind of enemies she faced, she was never merciful, which made her widely known while rising to prominence, and even became a representative of the Noxian spirit.

For Raven, these praises are no more meaningful than the greatsword in her hand, which is the crystallization of Noxian war magic, and the power of the wind is fixed to the runic greatsword that is wider and thicker than the iris shield, and this greatsword gives Raven wings, and since then, Raven's dance of broken wings has become the curtain call of Noxus's countless victories.

In fact, long before the Battle of Ionia, Noxus' expansion was bloody - for those city-states targeted by Noxus, they had only two options, either surrender or destroy.

And Raven is the executor of destruction.

Although her hands were stained with blood, Raven never wavered.

Because Raven knew that Noxus would bring them a better life and greater efficiency - the same amount of money and soldiers, and the output of the Noxian Staff Office far exceeded that of the local rotten nobles.

Until the Battle of Ionia.

Unlike in the past, the Battle of Ionia was not a war of conquest, but a war of destruction.

Noxus' goal was not to occupy Ionia and annex the land, but to loot all the resources here...... By the way, he killed his own people.

That's right, the failure itself, Darkwell was deliberate.

Although Darkwell has always been LeBlanc's puppet, he is not stupid, he knows that the Noxus chariot will be difficult to stop as long as it is moving, and in order to prevent himself from being a driver to a person on the track, he took the risk of pulling the handbrake.

Darkwell wants to destroy the Noxian war machine - for Darkwell, if Noxus continues to expand and the power of the new military aristocracy grows, there is a good chance that he will be eliminated.

Anyway, the territory of Noxus is big enough now, isn't it?

In this case, Darkwell, who had long lost his fighting spirit, chose the stupidest way - self-destruction of the Great Wall.

General Du Caoq was the first person in the military?

Well, I'll tell all the Ionian powerhouses about you.

Svein is powerful?

Well, you go to the General Staff and fight a war that cannot be won.

Darius is powerful?

Okay, go to the vanguard right away, attack the impossible target to knock down.

The Scarlet Elite is powerful?

Well, when you need support, use gas bombs indiscriminately.

Everyone, including Darkwell himself, knew it was stupid to do so – but so what?

When the interests of Noxus and himself diverged, Darkwell did not hesitate to betray his country, even if he was the nominal leader of the country.

If it weren't for Svein seeing through Darkwell's intentions at the last moment and decisively retreating, I'm afraid that the entire army would not only be wiped out by the bloody elite troops.

Raven, who survived the battlefield, was faced with a ruin and fell into confusion.

This is not the Noxus I hoped for.

Having fought for the country for nearly seven years herself, she went from being a small imp to a bloody captain, and Raven never hesitated even if there were many enemies - but after this narrow escape, Raven hesitated.

A true warrior does not feel guilty about killing an enemy, and for a warrior in Noxus, as long as the commander gives the order, the unarmed are also enemies.

As a soldier, Raven never cared about the means used in war, let alone blamed herself for killing a badly wounded enemy - Noxus did not have such a soft morality, and if she felt guilty for her "humanitarian spirit", Raven would have starved to death in Noxus long ago before she was forced to steal.

This war is not only dishonorable, but also stupid.

Raven is not a gentle woman, she is no worse than any man in the use of violence - her years of military service have also hardened her heart enough, and the so-called banishment is indeed because of sin, but the sin is not because of killing, but because of senseless war, because of the blasphemy of the real Noxian spirit.

In Raven's view, there is no right or wrong means of war, but there is war itself—and she has just participated in a wrong war.

Noxus had conquered Besilico before, Fendor, and Locrond, and Raven had killed countless enemies, but she never wavered.

In Ionia, Raven chooses to go into self-imposed exile - because a soldier who once didn't need to think now has to learn to think.