At the request of his father, Capet Sr., Ezreal tried to find the cake chosen by the ruler of the empire with a knife and fork on the map of the continent of Valoran. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Lacking intelligence support, he looked from the prosperous and powerful Demacia, along the route of this mission, one by one through the remote city of Bandel, the isolated Bilgewater Islands, the ancient and mysterious Ionia, and finally returned to the city of technology and magic, Piltover.

Except for the group of cute little people who built in the middle of the hills, the Noxian war machine that has been launched can throw its power into the first place.

It's a difficult question for those who are politically insensitive, Ezreal writhed his eyebrows in frustration, and suddenly, a flash of light flashed through his head, and he blurted out, "Hmm...... I don't know, father. But Senator Giancarlo of Presidium once mentioned that Ionia, with its centuries-old economic and cultural heritage, lacks the strength to defend itself......"

Old Capet was not satisfied with the answer of Ize, who was 'not doing his job' all day, but he did not question the judgment of Ionia, and he took over the conversation and elaborated: "The Demacians, they have never doubted that they can deal with the attack from the Empire alone, and the 'envoys' you have joined are actually just an idle man with the hope of reducing the losses of the war at home...... Or His Majesty the Third also has the slightest idea of surrendering without a fight. ”

At the end of the sentence, the old Capet glanced at Ezreal, who was unaware of the idea of Gawain III, but the young man who had been cheated did not understand the meaning of his father's glance, and looked at the old Capet with puzzled eyes.

The past is a long story, and the elder Capet was not prepared to talk to Izer at this time, so he skipped this point and continued: "The confidence of the Demacians is not a pipe dream, and the ruler of the empire must also understand that if the power of the country is once again consumed in the tug-of-war with the Federation, the other independent city-states whose strength has grown rapidly will have the ability to humiliate them this time. ”

"So if one day it is expected to defeat its long-cherished enemy, the Empire must first find a way to solve or contain Piltover and the other city-states. It's just that Piltover is no longer a soft persimmon to be manipulated, Bandle City is beyond the reach of the whip, and Bilgewater will have more trouble taking it than it did in battle...... These are not things that the empire can conquer in a short period of time, and if the time drags on, the federation that is back-to-back with the empire will never give him this opportunity. ”

Old Capet is worthy of standing at the top of the city, and after saying that, even Ezreal, who rolls in the field all day, has a deep awareness of the current situation on the mainland.

His gaze skipped over the ice fields where the grass did not grow and the vast central area of the continent where only sand bandits could survive, and carefully savored the ancient kingdom of Ionia on the map, looking at the continent like an outsider, and said softly to himself: "But the atmosphere of the Ionian Kingdom is very strong, is Noxus so confident that it can quickly occupy it?" ”

"You have to analyze the situation of this ancient kingdom in depth," old Capet was very pleased that his unprofessional son could take the initiative to think about this, and he was now slowly guiding Ezreal like a teacher, "Ionia was once very powerful, and even legend has it that there are still demigods living in seclusion in the vast forests of the north, but they have been immersed in powerful illusions for too long, the political system is rigid and decentralized, the army is outdated and backward in thinking, and the people are obsessed with seeking immortals and not focusing on production......"

Perhaps old Capet could use a disdainful tone to find out hundreds of shortcomings for the closed ancient kingdom, but apparently his purpose was not this, so after briefly mentioning the main problem of Ionia, he changed his tone and returned to the topic related to the empire just now.

"If the army of Noxus appears in the land of Ionia, then this kingdom, which still follows the system of elders and village elders, will not be able to organize enough resistance forces at the first time, and the scattered villages will be quickly destroyed by the imperial army one by one; And Ionia seems to be vast, but in fact there are only three southern provinces that are really worth occupying, Girrin, Songzan and Naweri; And most importantly, if the navy of Noxus continues to maintain this high-intensity military blockade, then as long as the army moves a little faster to occupy the entire territory of the three southern provinces, the empire can re-ship the main force of the army to its home country before the federation reacts, and then use the abundant resources from overseas to fight a protracted war with the federation to drag the enemy's economy. ”

The eloquent old Capet peeled off the fears of the assassinated Congressman Giancarlo about the war in front of Ezreal's eyes.

Combined with his experiences along the way, Ezreal is keenly aware of how high his father's assumptions may be true.

The blockade of Mogro Pass, the blockade of sea routes, and the mysterious disappearance of another Federation mission to the north all clearly reveal that the warlike empire's strategy is different from the past.

But Ezreal still resisted accepting his father's point of view, and he struggled, "What if the Empire is wrong?" If the operation fails, then ......"

"Yes, I've thought that way in the past, until the latest intelligence came in: the omnipresent spy of Noxus has penetrated deep into the council, and although the identity of this person is not clear at the moment, I don't think anything like this will happen only in the City of Progress."

In a rare tone of frustration, Cape Sr. announced the unfortunate news to Ize, and then continued: "If Noxus had already arranged the situation of Ionia based on intelligence before the operation, then they would have a better chance of success. ”

The words from the elder Capet completely activated Ezreal's memory, and he remembered the chase he encountered with Lux just after crossing the Mogro Pass, the clown killer who tried to kill Lux in the tournament while in Bilgewater, and the strange assassination of Councilor Giancarlo, who predicted the imminent danger.

If these were all made possible by the Empire's spies, then Ezreal had to agree with his father's statement that the ancient kingdom, which still buried its head in the sand, was likely to fall under the battle axes of the Imperial army.

"Yes...... The army of Demacia ......"

"Maybe you're right, but isn't war constantly waged because of those crazy people? We don't really know what the Supreme One who controls the empire at this moment will be thinking. The elder Capet took over his son's words and gave the young man the final blow: "Besides, high risk is high reward." Once the capture of Ionia is successful, the Empire will be able to free itself from the Confederation forever, thus restoring the glory of the unification of the entire continent in the time of Shurima. ”

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