Philo Island, located in the western sea of the Ionian continent, has a pleasant climate and magnificent scenery, mainly planting, picking and fishing, and is the gateway to the west of the Ionian continent, with a resident population of about 50,000 people.

There are a total of three temples on the island, the temple in the east is dedicated to Kalmar, the spirit of Ionia, the temple in the north is dedicated to the spirit of nature, and the temple in the south is the temple of Qianjue, which is dedicated to the god of death.

There is a cottage stronghold on the [Brownstone Hills] in the south of the island, which belongs to the Temple of Equilibrium, and there is an unknown cave in the green swamp in the north, which should belong to the Ionian killer organization [Navoli Brotherhood], and there are no other martial arts sects or separatist forces other than bandits on Philo Island.

This is part of the information collected about the island of Philo before the war,

In Leicester's initial plans, the island of Philo was a strategic location that the empire was determined to achieve.

With the island of Philo as a springboard, the Empire can continuously export troops to the Ionian continent, and even use the inland shipping lanes to penetrate the groin of Presidian.

In the future, a number of military ports and sea fortresses will be built on Philo Island, making Philo Island an indispensable military symbol of the empire.

In order to completely control the island of Filo, the power on the island must be completely eliminated.

But now that the war has just begun, it's not a good thing to choose too many enemies.

The three major temples remain absolutely neutral, and they will not react even in the face of the Noxians' soldiers, so there is no need to think too much about it for the time being, as long as there are no soldiers poking the clergy's ass, the empire can treat the Buddha temple as a harmless mascot,

The stronghold on the side of the Temple of Equilibrium needs Lester to decide to negotiate in person, the strategy of the empire does not conflict with the concept of the Temple of Balance, and naturally it should focus on pacification, and if used properly, it may be possible to speed up the integration process between the empire and Ionia.

As for the Ionian terrorist organization [Navoli Brotherhood], Lester can only say that he has no good impression of this extremely powerful terrorist organization, and there is no need to keep it without a good feeling, and the elimination of the secret stronghold in the north of the Navoli Brotherhood will be one of the main tasks of the Imperial Army in the future, and such work does not need to be considered by a leader of Lester's size.

The Empire's repression of the interior of Philo was still being carried out efficiently over time, and there was no need to meddle in any work, and Lester flew directly to the southern hills with Sindra in a dragon bird, and soon found a camp built on the hills.

Viewed from above, the camp is built on a 'U'-shaped hill, the opening of the 'U' is the heavily defended camp gate, surrounded by almost vertical steep rock walls, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The entire camp was surrounded by a curtain wall of sharpened wooden stakes, and Lester could see the bow and arrow watchtower surrounding the inside of the curtain wall, and at this moment the Equalization Cultists in the camp also seemed to have spotted the dragons and birds in the sky, and dozens of Ionians in warrior clothes shouted and looked up at the dragonbirds, waving the weapons in their hands but there was no way at all.

"Teacher, what are we going to do?"

Sindra, who was surrounded by Lester from behind, whispered.

"Go down and talk to them."

Controlling the dragon bird to circle and land outside the gate of the camp, Lester landed to calm the somewhat nervous dragon bird, and said in a deep voice to the warriors who came out of the camp.

"I am the Grand Commander of the Noxus Empire, Lester, the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Army, who is the person who is talking? Come out and speak! ”

"What!? He is the Grand Commander of the Noxian Empire? Why did the Noxian Commander come to us alone!? ”

"This man is really bold, isn't he afraid that we will attack him?"

In an exclamation, all the warriors looked at the middle-aged man dressed as a ninja at the same time, took a deep breath, and the middle-aged man stepped forward with the ninja knife and stopped ten meters away from Leicester.

"My name is Banri, and my rank is relatively large among the brothers and sisters of the Balanced Sect.

Lord Lester, with all due respect, the Noxian Empire and Ionia have always kept the water from the wells against the water, and I wonder why you would allow the invasion of the army on the island of Philo? ”

The Ionians had expected such pointless questions, and Lester spoke unhurriedly.

"Your Excellency, I don't think you know what the Noxian Empire is, I need to explain here, for the Empire, there is never a reason to start a war, the Empire is born to expand in blood and fire, and the day it stops, the Empire is no longer an Empire.

If you have to ask for a reason, just like your Ionian sects swallow and fight each other, the strong defeat the weak, absorb the inheritance of the defeated to strengthen themselves, and the war is just raising the grievances and hatred between the martial arts sects to the perspective of the state, I think it is not difficult for you to understand. ”

I couldn't refute it for a long time,

In fact, the sectarian disputes in Ionia are enough to be called bloody, and for thousands of years, martial arts disputes that kill people and slaughter families at every turn abound.

Speaking of which, the origin of these sectarian disputes is nothing more than some verbal disputes or greed for the secret treasures of the exercises, and now the Noxian Empire is like a sect far more powerful than Ionia, and Ionia still does not know that he has been targeted by powerful neighbors.

Glancing back at the brothers and sisters in the sect, adding up all of them was probably not enough for the Noxians to cut for three minutes, he took a deep breath and plucked up his courage.

He may not be able to control others, but at least he must keep the property and followers of the Balance Sect on the island of Philo as much as possible.

"Your Excellency, the Balance Sect is in charge of the balance of the two realms, and will never interfere with the world and the country, please open up the net and let us go."

"That's what I'm here for."

Lester smiled and helped Sindra jump off the dragonbird.

"Speaking of which, I myself have a lot of connections with the Equilibrium Sect, and I formed a deep friendship with the Spirit Master at the beginning of the establishment of the Equilibrium Sect, in addition, I also have a good personal relationship with Berserk Heart Kenan, so naturally I will not embarrass you juniors."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, and they were overjoyed, and there was a little more respect for the elders on Banri's face.

If the current Imperial Commander really had some connection to the Sect of Equilibrium, wouldn't it mean that the Sect of Equilibrium would be perfectly out of the way and avoid the scourge that swept the Land of the First Born?

It's no wonder that Guiwei, the commander of the empire, actually brought only one female family member over, it seems that this statement is true nine times out of ten.

Thinking of this, he took the initiative to bow down and invite.

"The commander came from afar, and the younger generation dared to invite the commander to enter the village for a short rest and drink tea, I don't know what the commander wants?"

Lester laughed.

"That's what I mean, I left the dragon bird here, the dragon bird is fierce and afraid of life, and I ask you not to approach, so as not to disturb the dragon bird and cause danger."

"That's natural, please rest assured, no matter who disturbs the dragon bird, I will not spare him."

Walking into the cottage for half a day, Lester observed all the way, secretly assessing the general strength of the Balanced Sect,

If Jax, who has never been infected by the void in the past, is counted as the peak of mortal strength (killing the Darkspawn with a mortal body), most of the warriors in the camp should be counted as two tenths of a mortal Jax, and half a day is counted as three tenths of a mortal Jax, but a middle-aged female ninja hidden among many warriors gives Lester a strange feeling, let's count it as five out of ten mortal Jax.

I don't know if it's because the real core disciples are all in the headquarters of the Equilibrium Temple, judging from the cottage on Philo Island alone, after so many years of development, the number of the Equilibrium Sect has increased, but the strength doesn't seem to have grown much, and most of them still can't get out of the level of mortal warriors.

I didn't know that the imperial commander only looked at the strength of the cottage after a few glances, and quietly glanced at the strongest night butterfly in the cottage for a long time, and after the night butterfly dispersed and ambushed, he took the initiative to light the tea stove and start boiling water and hot tea.

"Your Excellency, I don't know who this young lady is?"

Half a day looked at the beautiful female mage with elegant manners and noble manners.

"Syndra, my student and my lover, whom I met in the early years when I traveled to the Land of the Newborn, took her with me by chance, and she is an Ionian native of yours."

"I see, Lady Syndra, I am glad to see you."

Sindra bowed slightly, in response.

Knowing Sindra's identity, he reduced his worries about the situation of the Ionians for a long time, and from the perspective of physiognomy, Sindra does not look like a kind of unsympathetic person, with Sindra blowing the pillow wind, plus the Grand Commander's words himself has a good impression of Ionia, the empire as an invader should be restrained, so as not to make things too ugly.

After washing the tea, Banri poured two cups of flower tea for Lester and Sindra in turn, and asked respectfully in a low voice.

"I wonder how His Excellency the Grand Commander is going to do things this time?"

Leicester took a sip of flower tea.

"Presidian, Navoli."

His face changed slightly, and he originally thought that he was just taking Philo Island, but he didn't expect Lester's appetite to be so big, and he actually opened his mouth to annex Navoli Province.

"Your Excellency, there are many martial arts sects in Navoli Province, and it is also the base camp of the Brotherhood, so I think that the army of the Lord will inevitably encounter stubborn resistance......

I wonder how adults are prepared to deal with those who resist? ”

The old god glanced at the test for a long time, Lester put down the teacup and smiled faintly.

"My principle is that if you can, you will never kill, the empire is warlike but never murderous, and I will not attack the defenseless and weak, of course, those warriors who dare to resist are a different matter, unless they can prove their worth, and do not expect to be easily forgiven after showing their swords to the empire.

As long as you give up resistance and agree with the will of the Empire, the Ionians will not be harmed in any way, and for most of the Ionians, it is just a change of more efficient ruler, the firstborn land is still the firstborn land, the province of Navoli is still the province of Navoli, there will be no changes that are not in your favor,

The empire has always been so magnanimous, even if it becomes a part of the empire, the Presidon of Navoli is still a sanctuary of harmony for the Ionians, not an immortal fortress with a depressing atmosphere, do you know what it means to be one country, two systems? ”

Half Day and Sindra were stunned at the same time.

"I want to hear about it."

"The so-called one country, two systems means one country, two systems.

Although the empire will conquer the firstborn land, it will not change the customs and existing system of the newborn land at will, and the empire will find a balance that will allow the empire to complete its absolute rule over Ionia, and allow the people of the newborn land to maintain their original way of life, and you Ionians will not be reduced to a third-class people, and your status will always be the same as that of the Noxians.

Those who love nature and protect the balance still let them love nature and protect the balance, the spiritualist who eats vegetarian all day let him continue to eat vegetarian, those who do not want to wield a sword let him stay away from the battlefield, and those who are willing to use courage and skills to fight for wealth and wealth will give him the opportunity to obtain military merits.

I like the Ionian way of life, and perhaps in the future this beautiful land will become a place for Noxians to retire, in which case I will not let the empire destroy and defile the beauty and holiness of the newborn land,

I will conquer you with swords and flowers on the battlefield, and after you choose to submit, I will give you enough status and respect to absorb you as part of the Noxian Empire, and in the end, we will be our compatriots who help each other rather than mortal enemies, and this is the future of this war. ”

It's hard to imagine how the young man who looks like he's only in his twenties could say these majestic words, and he only had a dizzy feeling for a long time - it seems that there is nothing wrong with joining the Noxian Empire just like that.

"I have to say that your words still make it difficult to raise the will to resist."

I shivered for a long time and took a sip of the teacup, but found that the flower tea was already cold.

"I came alone this time to convey goodwill to the sect in advance, as long as the Equilibrium Temple remains neutral and does not participate in any rebellion against the Empire, there will be no disaster, and the Empire will not interfere with your actions to balance the two realms......

You can convey my meaning to the current generation of Twilight Eye in advance through this secret letter, and I think he should make the wisest decision. ”

Standing up, Lester took out the secret letter that had been prepared long ago and handed it into the hands of Banri.

"I am waiting for the visit of the Balance Triumvirate at any time, Your Excellency for half a day, there is no need to send it,

Sindra, let's go. ”

Waiting until the neighing of the dragon bird disappeared into the sky, it took a long time to find Night Butterfly, briefly explain Lester's intention, and put the secret letter in Night Butterfly's hands.

Night Butterfly put away the secret letter and smiled bitterly.

"I didn't expect Leicester, the Commander of the Empire, to have such a relationship with our Balanced Sect, and I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse......"

Half a day also sighed.

"It's up to the head of the sect to judge whether it's a blessing or a curse, at least Lester's attitude is friendly, this letter is very important, you must be careful to deliver it to Twilight Eyes."