Directly below the Emerald Collar, south of the Shining Silver Mountains, in the village of Boleham.

A scream rang out, and Ulysses sat up from his bed, staring out the window at the moonlight for a long time.

His best friend has been missing for more than half a month, and until now, he is still alive and dead.

Sighing, Ulysses got dressed and decided to go and sit in the courtyard.

"Ulysses! The Noxian barbarians have invaded! Grab arms and get ready for battle! ”

Outside the courtyard gate, the urgent voice of the night watchman was heard.

"What?"

After a spirit, listening to the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, Ulysses took out the iron sword he had specially forged from the blacksmith from under the bed.

Holding the cold hilt of his sword, Ulysses settled down a little.

"Listen, everybody! This place has been taken over by the Noxian Emerald Lord! Don't rebel senselessly! Lay down your arms and you'll be alive! ”

Before he could open the wooden door, Ulysses heard the barbarian language from the north side of the mountain, as well as the clashing of armor and heavy footsteps.

"Noxians? How did they get here? Could it be that he has crossed Yangyang Mountain? How can it be? ”

Without much time for Ulysses to react, someone had already knocked rudely on the door with the crossbar in it.

"Get out of here!"

Naturally, he wouldn't open the door, and Ulysses, who was holding the iron sword, looked left and right, but couldn't find any other chance to escape, just because the wall was built too high, and there was no secret passage for himself, he couldn't help but secretly complain.

"Bump!"

As soon as the words fell, a flickering dark red light and shadow rushed open the door with great violence, and the wooden bolt with the thickness of the forearm was directly broken.

Before the soldier who rushed to open the door could stand firmly, his eyes were fierce, and Ulysses handed the iron sword in his hand and stabbed it straight into the chest of the armor.

With a "bang", the iron sword that pierced the dark red armor broke in response, and the hilt of the sword flew and fell to the ground.

Ulysses, who was not ready to deal with the impact, had his wrist misaligned in an instant, and the man clutched his wrist and cried.

The soldier was about to cut off Ulysses' head, but the next moment he was stopped by a man in dark red armor.

"Mistress Margaret said before that he wanted to stay alive as much as possible, and he has lost the ability to resist, so he will stay for the time being."

"Yes!"

In the confusion, Ulysses was tied up with rope, and when the pain in his wrist was relieved, he found that he had been led by soldiers to the center of the village.

Dozens of Boleham villagers were tied with hemp rope and their hands tied together, and there were neatly dressed women wailing and crying, apparently having just killed their husbands, and more than twenty well-equipped Noxians surrounded the perimeter, and two heavily armored soldiers in terrible dark red armor stood beside the village chief with hideous dark red swords.

Soon, Ulysses noticed the pale-faced Nativida in front of the village chief, next to the Noxian soldiers.

It was his best friend who had been missing for more than half a month, but at the moment he was standing next to the Noxians.

Ulysses' face turned pale, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

"Noxians who have lost their conscience! We have not offended you, so why do you raise your butcher's knife against us, why do you attack us? ”

The old village chief glared at the plate warrior standing beside him with a sad and angry expression, but sadly, he couldn't even see the other person's face under the helmet, just as the sword in his own warrior's hand could not even break through the opponent's armor.

Moreover, How did Noxus suddenly appear in the village?

The village chief couldn't help but look at the silent Nativida.

Lifting the face shield covering his face, an indifferent face appeared in front of the village chief.

"There are not so many whys, old fellow, this is conquest, all you need to do is obedience, and the only end for the rebels is death......"

"Phew! The barbarian dog mongrel of Noxus! You'll never be able to conquer your grandpa! Grandpa, I'm going to woo woo one day......"

A hot-tempered male villager began to scold, but the next moment he was gagged with a rag and looked frightened.

"Find a better place for this 'grandfather' to settle down, so that the wild dogs don't go hungry."

"Yes."

The villagers of Boleham watched as the men of their fellow villagers who had just shouted insults at the Noxians were dragged away by the soldiers, and their faces could not help but feel a little more terrified.

"Noxus is an inclusive country, we can accept anyone who is willing to obey Noxus and accept the rule and philosophy of Noxus, but Noxus will never accept personal insults...... Nativida, I'll leave it to you. ”

"Yes, my lord......"

The last glimmer of hope faded in the night wind, and Ulysses stared blankly at his best friend who had betrayed the village, and began to persuade the village chief under the guidance of the Noxian soldiers.

"Village Chief, we are just a small village of less than 100 people, even if you add the surrounding villages, there are only more than 300 people.

We can't resist the Noxians, these soldiers behind me are just two ten-man squads of the Noxian Emerald Leader, and there are more than thirty such squads, and the army alone is more than us.

We are not opponents at all, obeying the rule of Noxus is the best result for us, I have seen the way the Emerald Collar develops, it is much stronger than us, as long as we join the Noxus family, we will not be threatened again, many people will be able to eat well, and maybe even get military merits......"

The elderly village chief looked at the betrayer in front of him with grief and indignation, bit his lip and pulled out blood, and raised his finger as if he wanted to curse, but he couldn't do anything.

He also has three young wives and, crucially, he is also afraid of death.

Ulysses, however, couldn't take it anymore and confronted his former best friend, now his enemy.

"Nativida! How can you do this worthy of the village that raised you? The village chief watched you grow up! As a result, you betrayed everyone and took Noxus with you...... Come and invade the village, and your conscience will not be troubled? ”

Feeling the sharp gaze of a thousand cuts, Nativida lowered his head.

"Ulysses, I thought about this too, and then I realized that we really don't have a choice, because the rise of Noxus is a foregone conclusion.

In the north of Yangyang Mountain, the two most powerful forces of Demacia and Noxus have carved up most of the continent, Demacia has chosen to hold on to its independence on the west coast, and will not send troops at all, let alone send troops to support us to resist Noxus, and Shurima in the south is also unrealistic, they themselves are a mess......

Ulysses, I would not have made such a choice if we had the slightest chance, the truth is, there is no way out of us, and even without me, Noxus would conquer other lands, and there would be soldiers who would set foot on our village and make it their place. ”

Raising his head, the shame on Nativida's face dissipated, and he was a little more determined.

"We can't do anything."

"Traitor! Less of your mother's shit!! ”