Chapter 23: The Strategist

However, if the advice is accepted in this way, then the long-lost peace of the Runeterras will indeed be ushered in for a long time to come, but at the price, Demacia will not have the opportunity to completely destroy Noxus and its allies for a long time, which is tantamount to letting a tiger return to the mountains for a king.

Choosing war may cause everyone to lose their homes, and if they choose peace, their actions will be tantamount to betraying what their ancestors have done for thousands of years, II looked at the scythe stained with the blood of countless Noxians in his hand, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

A few hours passed, and the discussion still did not make any substantive progress, and the two most controversial issues were how likely it was that the organization called "League of Legends" could actually be up and running, and how much of a role it would play if it was established.

For Reginald's plan, everyone knows very well that this is just the best situation, after all, he is only a great mage and not a politician, and he can consider all aspects, from his point of view, he naturally will not think of the manpower and material resources that this plan may pay and the results later, even if he threatens to destroy the Varoran continent, but can this allow Demacia to participate in it unconditionally and without asking for anything in return for an unrealistic plan?

The meeting of course did not yield any results, and the crowd evaluated it in all respects, but it was always difficult to find sufficient reasons to agree or reject the proposal, and at the end of the day=a=book=reading=novelxt, the sunset and hunger put an end to the heated argument, and the exhausted II instructed the maid not to prepare dinner for him, and he returned to the room first.

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Meanwhile, the capital city of Noxus, Nietrick.

Perhaps many people have the impression that Noxus City is a city full of evil and barbarism, but in fact, except for the border city which is a little rougher, it is not so scary, no matter how you think about it, there is no contradiction between advocating power and enjoying life.

This is the Noxian Council Hall, the equivalent of the royal palace of Noxus, but the style of the two buildings is very different, and it is more solemn and mysterious than the grandeur and elegance of Demacia, which today is completely different.

"Lalivash, you bastard......!"

After counting the numbers, the Grand General Burnham? Darkwell slammed his fist on the table in anger, and the number he got made him feel dizzy - including all the mages, everyone above the intermediate mages were all taken away by Lalivash, and ironically, those low-level mages didn't seem to be notified at all, it seems that Lalivash didn't want to take these people who he thought were useless at all, and all the "bold" was left to him.

Fortunately, among the generals and strategists of Noxus, there are more or less habits of learning some magic, among which there are also several great magicians and wizards, plus wizards who are good at witchcraft that are not found in other countries, although they are not as powerful as orthodox magicians, but if there is a war with Demacia now, they can barely resist it......

What is this saying? Svein had already said before that he would not provoke a conflict within a month, and that group of hypocritical Demacians would not put down their so-called principles and take the initiative to provoke trouble, and there should be no trouble within a month, but what about after that, ......?

The crowd turned to each other, and there were about thirty people seated in the council hall, including generals and strategists, several of the most powerful nobles, and representatives of the council.

Most people didn't show any surprise at Lalivash's departure, he only came to Noxus because of the generous conditions offered by Burnham, as for whether he was really loyal to Noxus? Well, everyone knows what the answer is, but Burnham seems to be too confident to forget it.

So what's next? At this point, Noxus has the exact same problem as Demacia, and in the face of the "suggestion" of League of Legends, should it be accepted?

Some of the nobles asked to send troops to attack the War College, they thought that this would damage the image of Noxus, but the people who could sit in the position of general in Noxus were not fools, they knew very well the current situation, as long as the magic cannon was there, the safety of the city of Noxus could not be guaranteed at all, and all these nobles had to do was to temporarily buy a group of ordinary soldiers to become their own private soldiers, as long as they won on the battlefield, they could bring extremely high returns at a very small cost.

Therefore, the generals were strongly opposed to sending troops, but they did not approve of this proposal, and if peace was indeed ushered in, how could their position be guaranteed?

The parliamentarians were strongly in favour of accepting the conditions, and in such a country the status of the parliamentarians was pitifully low, and if the war could be stopped, they would be much more useful than the generals.

The discussion became a-for-tat for a moment, and as a leader who had lived for hundreds of years, Burnham naturally knew very well what the real purpose of these people was, and he still had one side to listen to before balancing their interests.

Kara -

Finally, the heavy door of the council hall was finally pushed open, and Burnham's eyes suddenly lit up, and there were two people in front of him, one of them was Svein, who answered on behalf of Noxus at the War College, and the other was wearing a silk purple robe, and his old face was expressionless, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking, and his wise and deep eyes seemed to be able to see through everything, and he walked calmly and step by step towards Burnham, without squinting.

He was the commander of the Strategists of Noxus at the time, Canin, and he had been Burnham's confidant since he was a teenager, and his status in Noxus was also conceivable, without his recommendation, Svein would not have been able to get the position of senior strategist when he joined the army.

Did these two finally show up? What exactly are they thinking about? After leaving the War College, Burnham asked Svein why he did this, but he only said that he would go back to Noxus to count the number of magicians before making a decision, and after receiving the data, Svein disappeared from everyone's eyes almost immediately, and hurried to the headquarters to meet with his commander Kanin.

The discussion in the hall was quieter, and everyone knew that the opinions of the strategists were very important to the generals, and Burnham was not a very clever leader in running the country, but he was quite good at listening to the opinions of others, and he did not hesitate to reward those who were able, so that in these hundreds of years, so many people were willing to die for him.

Perhaps noticing Burnham's gaze on this, after nodding to each other, the two quietly walked to his side, lowered their voices and went straight to the point: "General, according to the current situation, you should know that you must not send troops now, right?" ”

"Of course I know that, not to mention the threat of that city, the Demacians are still waiting for their chance......" Burnham muttered, glancing at the two of them, and said in a lower voice as well, "But you have been discussing it for so long, is it just to tell me this?" “

"Of course not," Kanin smiled slightly, "but General, the reason why Svein deliberately set aside a month at that time, you wouldn't completely understand what he meant, would you?" “

"You mean...... Notice the attitude of the Demacians? Of course I understand that, but ......"

"More than that, General, do you remember that Reginald said, 'Your help is needed for this plan to come true'?"

"Uh...... That's right. Burnham was stunned for a moment, then replied.

"In that case, you should be able to think that we can use this to create a little opportunity, right?"

"You...... Wait a minute...... What do you mean...... Is this used as an excuse to provoke a war? But we've lost too many magicians, and if ......"

"No, no, no, it's not exactly like this, my general, provoking a war is just a method, our purpose is to weaken Demacia and split the League of Legends" said this, Svein took over the topic "Judging from the current situation, we have no choice, only to join the League of Legends, I believe that this Demacia is the same, but because of Reginald's plan, we have every reason to send envoys to other countries, in this way, Demacia will definitely take the initiative to send envoys before us, If they do this, then we can do something in it, provoke their contradictions and even wars, judging from Reginald's statement, most of the magicians in Demacia must have been taken away by him now, and their situation may not be better than ours, if it causes a war, then the War College will definitely send magicians to help, this is our best chance. “

"So that's ......" Burnham looked at Svein and Kanin with satisfaction, for Canin, the degree of trust naturally goes without saying, and the Svein he recommended does not seem to live up to his expectations, "In that case, then let's immediately inform the League of Legends, let's say ......"

"Please wait a moment for my general, it's not yet time" Svein interrupted Burnham with a smile, "Everything we are discussing is premised on Demacia agreeing to join, Reginald is not an impulsive person, even if Demacia does not agree, he may not destroy this continent as he says, we can't show too much interest in joining, if so, Reginald will definitely be wary of us, and our plan will not succeed, so, what we need to do now, It is to ensure that Demacia takes the initiative to ask to join the League of Legends plan, as for what to do, the general should understand, right? ”

"Very well, you all heard that, right? Then hurry up and go. Burnham smiled gracefully and shouted at the top of his voice in an uncertain manner.