In the spring of 2837 in the Valoran calendar, one night, Presti, the capital of Ionia.

This city with a deep history of thousands of years, affectionately called the holy city by the Ionians - "St. Presti", the name of the holy city shows the unique feelings and love of the Ionian people for the capital Presti, and are willing to make it more prosperous, generation after generation of people continue to build it, until its luxury and prosperity shook the entire Valoran continent, until its light flashed at night illuminated the entire Ionian night sky, until it began to be envied by the people of other parts of Valoran"The City of Never Sleep", "The City of Stars", and "The City of Miracles", all these beautiful things finally attracted the peeps of countless wolves, tigers and leopards......

After a day of bloody baptism by the Noxian army, night finally came, and the city of Presti was different from the dazzling starlight of the past, many areas were either pitch black without a trace of light, or the flames were splashing everywhere, and the houses were burning with red flames one after another. Cries, shouts, screams, slashing and the sound of footsteps mingled with the night of the Holy City as a scene of hell on earth.

A troop of about 500 men was hurrying around the corner of a street in the northern city, and they had just cleared the remnants of Noxus in a wealthy area and were hurrying to the next area. The entire North City is now in a mess, and the streets and houses have been destroyed by the scattered Noxian army, as mentioned earlier, the troops invading the North City are not the regular formation of Noxus, but the "Snake Girl" Cassiopeia led a ragtag army composed of death row prisoners, felons and other vicious criminals released from various prisons in Noxus and Zaun. Such a unit will not have much advantage in the confrontation on the frontal battlefield, and even if it is used for the slaughter of the city, it is far inferior to the regular army. But these people were experts in disturbing the peace, plundering property, invading homes, and massacring innocent people, far more than the regular Noxian army. Especially after the senior commanders of the entire Beicheng Army had quietly fled from the battlefield, leaving only this group of unorganized and undisciplined criminals, they had exerted their destructive power to the extreme.

Chen Yin, who looked tired, led this 500-person mixed army composed of bear warriors and Zelos cavalry, has been fighting continuously for more than four hours without eating, drinking or resting, and after breaking up the main force of Beicheng and detaining nearly 10,000 Noxian prisoners, there are still more than 6,000 Noxian criminal miscellaneous armies still scattered in various areas of Beicheng, creating all kinds of large and small riots. Chen Yin also tried to divide the troops to clean up these miscellaneous fish, he led the 5,000-person integrated army to quell the chaos at the beginning, thinking that he could fight Beicheng in a battle, but the reality was that he fought from more than 6 o'clock in the evening to 10 o'clock at night, and the troops in his hands were divided, and then divided, and then divided, but he was still trapped by the situation in Beicheng, Beicheng was like a quagmire, so that Chen Yin, who had no skills, had nowhere to exert his strength, no matter how many troops he had, these insidious and treacherous miscellaneous armies in Beicheng did not fight with him head-on at all, When they saw the liquidation troops, they fled from the wind, so that the liquidation troops had no choice but to do their best to encircle and intercept them. Chen Yin roughly calculated, after nightfall, the motley army that died directly in his hands added up to less than 40 people, which was completely incomparable to his record of killing nearly 300 prisoners in a motley army alone when he raided into Presti during the day.

"What a damn night! Damn prisoners! It's really infuriating!! Outside a grain station, Chen Yin said hatefully after killing a Noxian motley soldier who was hiding here and failed to escape.

"Report!" A herald arrived on horseback, stopped in front of Chen Yin, and was about to salute Chen Yin when Chen Yin waved to stop him.

"No need to be polite, what's the situation with the third detachment?" Chen Yin asked anxiously.

"Report to Lord Chen Yin, the third detachment has just finished clearing the Lawrence Monastery and Prussian Avenue area, killing and wounding a total of 122 Noxian troops, capturing 134 people, and escaping more than 30 people."

After listening to the herald's report, Chen Yin's brows gradually furrowed, such a herald report was held every 20 minutes on average, and the heralds of the 10 detachments kept him informed of the latest battle situation and progress.

"Lord Chen Yin, counting the 20 or so people we just slaughtered, there are more than 3,000 people in total, according to the information collected from various places, we have eliminated more than half of the more than 6,000 Noxian miscellaneous troops scattered in the northern city." After listening to the herald's report, an adjutant general beside Chen Yin stepped forward and reminded softly.

Chen Yin didn't answer immediately, he frowned and thought quietly for a moment, then raised his head, looked at the adjutant beside him and said, "Wrong, it's not 3,000 people, it's that 2,261 people were killed and 912 people were captured, and in the follow-up clean-up process, among the prisoners previously captured by each detachment, 202 people escaped by taking advantage of the lack of guards in each detachment." The actual number of kills was 2,971. ”

The adjutant didn't expect Chen Yin to remember these numbers so clearly and accurately, not to mention that his own commander, General Zeros, also admired him, the adjutant's expression became more cautious and respectful, and after taking a step back, he didn't dare to say anything more.

"Herald, go and inform the various detachments, and start ...... immediately" Chen Yin paused slightly when he said this, looked up at the shadowy and dark buildings and pavilions in the distance, as if he recalled something, and added in an unquestionable tone, "No prisoners will be left!" ”

"Order!!" The herald of the third detachment and the adjutant beside him straightened up at the same time and responded loudly.

After this military order was issued, the speed of the various detachments was greatly increased, and the heralds went back and forth between Chen Yin's main team and the various detachments, and two hours later, the total number of Noxian prisoners in the northern city had reached more than 5,400. The commotion in the north gradually quieted down.

On the other hand, the South City of Presti, as one of the three main battle troops entering the city of Presti, the "Bloody Baron" Vladimir advanced slowly after entering the city, and he received the original military order to occupy the South City, assist the Western Route Army to attack the Ionian Federal Parliament Building, and finally join the Eastern Route Army to besiege the Hall of Stars. However, after capturing the administrative center of Prestinan, Vladimir did not order the offensive to continue, but asked the Noxian army in Southtown to stay where it was and wait for news from several other armies before proceeding. It was not until the evening that Vladimir received news from the scouts that the three armies of the East City, the West City and the North City had all been defeated, and that Lieutenant General Sain's 80,000 main Chinese troops had entered the city, and were converging and assembling the remnants of Noxus after the defeat in the East City, and at this time they were facing off with the 60,000 troops of General Ryan of Ionia in the area of the East City. Vladimir's immobility aroused the disgust of many Noxian and high-ranking generals in the Southern City Army. As iron-blooded and belligerent Noxian soldiers, the last thing they could bear was to avoid battle and cower. With the arrival of General Sain's heralds, these disgruntled generals were secretly happy in their hearts, waiting to see Vladimir's good performance, but they were greatly disappointed.

Vladimir's immobility was not only not blamed or punished by Lieutenant General Sain, but was also praised and praised, and Sain praised him in a secret letter for his courage and resourcefulness in the use of his troops, and informed him to cooperate with the actions of the Chinese troops, march to the east city at noon tomorrow, and flank General Ryan's main Ionian forces in front and rear, and strive to succeed in the first battle. After respectfully seeing off Sain's heralds, Vladimir ignored the generals in the hall who were waiting for him to come out of the halls, and walked straight back to a room on the fifth floor of the town hall.

In the room at this time, a man in the uniform of Major Noxus, with a pale face and long gray hair, sat in front of the window with his back to him, holding a glass of blood-red wine in his hand and shaking gently.

"Master Cain! Sorry to keep you waiting! I'm sorry!! Vladimir knelt on one knee with a deferential expression and paid high respect to the man in front of him.

The man known as Cain picked up the red wine glass in his hand, took a sip, and replied in a soft voice, "Vladimir, I remember telling you many times, stop calling me Lord Cain, in this life, my name is Cain." I, not him, are no longer the servant I was a thousand years ago. ”

"No, whether you are Lord Cain or Master Cain, you will still be my master, just as the bloodline of the Darkspawn will never turn its back on the guidance of the moonlight, and Vladimir will always be your most loyal servant!!" Vladimir still knelt respectfully, his head hanging deeply, his forehead pressed against the ground, an angle that made it impossible to see any changes in his face.

"Alright, alright, whatever you want to call it. However, you must speed up the process of sending someone to find that person, and I have a thrill in my veins, feeling that the kindred I am looking for is within Presti's range, and maybe, we will meet him soon. Cain said softly.

"As you wish, master, however, my actions today may have aroused the resistance of some mid-level generals, so this matter is not easy for them and the members of their Noxian military department, I will continue to send my own blood slave guards, expand the search efforts, and bring your people back as soon as possible."

"Okay, then it's hard for you, Vladimir!"

"It's all my business, master. If nothing else, your faithful servant Vladimir will retire first. Please take a good rest! ”

"Well, stand down."

Vladimir bowed his head, half-bowed, like an old servant, and gently moved his steps back, and when he reached the door, he bowed again to Cain and gently closed the door and left.

Vladimir's eyes flickered as he walked down the aisle, and various complex and indescribable expressions were intertwined on his face, and his already pale and bloodless face looked even more hideous.