"Darius, I knew it had to be you."

Quaretta walked out of the city with his lieutenant in his arms.

Her right arm was empty, save for the sword at her waist swinging as she walked.

Darius frowned, and said with a fierce face:

"Do you know how stupid you are doing? If I hadn't happened to be in the Immortal Fortress, I might have come under the crown of the council, and there wouldn't be even sand left in this area. ”

"That's not just the case, it's up to him to turn this place into a lake." Queleta was unswerving.

Swish!

Bite!

Zhao Xin's lightning-fast spear was swung up, but it was stopped by Darius's faster axe.

"General Darius, she seems to have a grudge against the General and the Empire." Zhao Xin frowned slightly.

He put down the spear that had been handed over to the tomahawk and stared at the female general in front of him.

"I'll take care of this..."

Before Darius could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Queleta:

"General Zhao Xin, someone like Imistan can be in charge of the Rayser garrison, should I be very satisfied?" Queleta asked.

She now exudes an open momentum, as if she wants to vent all her former dissatisfaction.

"Imistan is dead." Darius said in a deep voice.

“... He's dead? ”

Queleta's freshly brewing mood was blown away by this sentence, her face was slightly pale, and it took a long time for her to recover, and she sneered:

"Someone like him who hides behind and sits and reaps credit will also die?"

"He died in the path of the charge, and was personally executed by His Majesty the Parliament." Darius stared at Qurieta.

This was his problem, and when he learned about Qurieta, he wanted to kill Imistan with an axe.

However, the other side was soon transferred to the garrison of Lesser, and a long battle with Demacia began. And he had just taken command of the Northern Front, and for the sake of the Empire, he endured it.

That incident was the reason for him to join Triphal, corrupted by a group of moths with no sense of honor, this is not the empire that he has the power to serve in his heart.

"Together, we can create the empire of our dreams, Qurieta. Just plant this flag on the Noxus Black Gate. ”

Darius planted the flagpole in the dirt and looked at the black gate that had been built during the occupation of Besilico in the distance, which was empty.

"Force, knowledge, and resourcefulness. The Empire's new Three Laws of Strength. Qurieta's adjutant said solemnly.

The banner fluttering in the wind encompassed three of the most powerful men in the empire today.

"Is she your adjutant? I remember it wasn't her before. ”

Darius looked at the short-haired woman, as if to ease the awkward atmosphere.

"Infutia, my new lieutenant. It was originally Decius, but he... He's dead. Queletta had a mockery on her face.

This mockery has a death for Decius, but more of a grievance for the man in front of him.

"Dead... Sorry, I don't know..."

Darius froze, his eyes flashing with pain, but he was quickly replaced by resolve.

"yes, you don't know. Haha, he died in the assault on Freljord, and it was your conscription order that stuffed him into the army on the front line. ”

Queleta looked at the bright red banner and laughed miserably, with despair in her tone:

"Darius, you symbolize the power of the Empire. But don't you understand, you can't change anything by force..."

"Your son is dead. That's why you betrayed the Empire? Do you think only your children are dying on the battlefield? Darius snapped.

In comparison, his pain will not be half a point less than that of Queleta.

However, they fought for the faith.

Every day there are warriors around him who fall, and whose sons and daughters are they?

He had known for a long time that no one could stay out of the war, not even his son.

"The rise of Noxus is based on countless wars, as well as the blood and lives of countless sons and daughters. This is what we learned from the first day we set foot on the battlefield, and this is what you once told me. Darius stared at Queleta.

His words made Zhao Xin clench the spear in his hand. Infutia behind Queletta also tightened the dagger hidden in her sleeve, and there was a little more hesitation in her heart.

Darius's firm words continue:

"Noxus has to keep expanding, or it will fall apart. There are only two paths, it's as simple as that. ”

Queleta retorted with a sad face and fierce rhetoric:

"Darius, nothing is that simple. We were young at the time, and the choice seemed obvious. ”

"What kind of options do you want? Betrayal or planting the flag, there is no third option. Darius said in a tough tone, "The doom of the past is over, and we should look to the new future." ”

"Darius, it wasn't a catastrophe, it was an epiphany. I learned what it really means to fight for Noxus..."

This means giving not only one's own blood and life, but also the blood and life of one's children. Darius, Decius is more than my son! ”

"He's still—"

As she was about to say the name, Darius was in pain, when a silver light flashed.

Bite!

The silver light was only a fraction of a centimeter from Qurieta's neck, but it was blocked by a silver spear, and it couldn't move any further.

"General Darius, you shouldn't mind if I do anything too much."

Zhao Xin's face was indifferent, the spear in his hand struck upward, and the ordinary dagger flew straight out of Infutia's hand and stuck it in the soil not far away.

Darius reacted, his eyes wide open, and he looked at Infutia with a fierce gaze.

What he hates most is betrayal.

"General Darius, Quiletta has forgotten the laws of the Empire, we enjoy everything that comes with our exploits in the Empire, and we are obliged to give our lives. She's guilty of the Empire's deathline, and you should execute her yourself. ”

Inphtia clenched her trembling right arm, clenching her teeth against the pain.

It was the only chance just now, but she failed.

"The law of strength, there is indeed such a thing, but this is not an excuse for you to commit the following crimes. Or..."

Darius's mind was in a hurry, and he thought of a possibility, and smiled self-deprecatingly:

"That's what you mean, Queleta."

Queleta was looking dead at the moment, obviously having a long intention to die.

He's not that Draven fool who can only be reckless, but when he thinks about it, he figured it all out.

The other party has no desire to live. Noxus may have been a sad place for her.

Zhao Xin looked at the two people in front of him indifferently, as a bystander, he could see more things.

Darius didn't want to kill Quileta, he felt guilty. Queleta, on the other hand, doesn't want to live anymore, but she still has Darius in her heart.

In order for Darius to continue his firm walk, Queleta had only one choice, to actively choose to betray the empire, and then be killed, either at the hands of the lieutenant, or at the hands of Darius himself.

Queleta couldn't help but fall silent when she heard Darius's words.

She was really tired. The death of her son and the amputation of her right arm made her really unable to arouse any desire to fight for the Empire.

In the past, she also shed blood for the Empire, but in the end, what was left of her?

War is not just about glory, it's about endless pain.

"Really... I understand. ”

Seeing Queleta's silent face, Darius laughed at himself and slowly raised the battle axe in his hand.

He saw Queleta's choice and made his own.