The fighting in the village was getting quieter, the Noxians were getting louder and louder, he hadn't heard the Ionians for a long time, and things had taken their worst.

There is no doubt that the village of Gruss was lost, and the Ionians suffered a crushing defeat.

Hiding in the basement of the rebuilt village, Terri, whose eyes were half-closed and half-open, held his medicine basket, the medicine sickle fell to the side, his emaciated sunken cheeks were a little bitter, and he didn't know if he drank urine.

It had been five whole days, and he had drunk all the water, and drank his own six bubbles of more and more vicious reincarnation urine, but the water could cope with it with urine, but his stomach was empty, and he was so hungry that he wanted to eat the moldy poisonous mushroom on the wood.

If it weren't for the fact that Terry was still thinking about his wife and children, I am afraid that he would have eaten the poisonous mushroom and got an illusory sense of satiety.

Speaking of which, there was a fresh shipment in the stomach a few days ago, but unfortunately compared to drinking urine, it takes too much courage to be the eighth child, and after hesitating several times, Terry still couldn't close his eyes and his Ollie.

Teli, who didn't even dare to eat, could only go hungry, wrap his lower abdomen tightly with strips of cloth, and curl up in the corner to pretend to sleep.

As early as the eve of the complete outbreak of war, he was ready to leave the village of Gruss, with the identity tag given by Wilder, he could have left this land in the name of picking herbs, but unfortunately he thought about the cruelty of war too simply, some people escaped before him, but all died under the arrows of the Noxians.

The Noxians hated deserters far more than he thought.

The ruthless Noxians did not leave any chance for the fugitives at all, even if it was the enemy, those dragon bird knights hovering in the air did not participate in the attack and defense of Gruss Village from beginning to end, but went around to the plain behind the village to cut off everyone's retreat, it cannot be said that there are none, only that there are very few people who escape from the battlefield under the pursuit of the dragon bird knights.

The Noxians did not leave a way out for the Ionian cowards, and wanted the Ionians to do everything they could to fight with them, but the intriguing Ionians only thought about escaping, but they still couldn't survive after going around in a circle, and they were infamous as cowards...... Thinking about this makes it particularly funny.

He was laughing at himself too, because he was also one of the cowards, but he didn't run away because of fear.

And he, a coward, may starve to death in the basement because he doesn't dare to eat.

Even if you don't starve to death, increasingly cloudy and foul-smelling urine can become a fatal cause.

"Damn, how can I live like this? It's better to be dead."

After a period of time in the army, Terry has learned a lot of foul language, but these foul words are all self-talking, and he has never scolded anyone, at most, he vents his dissatisfaction with the air.

Mustering up his courage again, the red-eyed Terry looked at the commode, perhaps he thought that one day, he prepared a deep rice bowl for himself before his dying in advance, and it was a pure waste to not have seventy-two poops everywhere.

At the moment of life and death, seventy-two is also a life-saving elixir, depending on whether you have the courage.

Shaking his legs to the bedpan, he stretched out his hand tremblingly, but his fingertips could no longer move forward as if they had encountered an invisible barrier, nor could they touch the dried grains and reincarnation, especially when there were flies and maggots on his stomach.

After two days, it seems that it is more difficult to survive?

"Vomit...... How can I eat!

！ How can I kiss Narissan after I eat? Isn't that Narishan eating too? Narissa also likes to kiss Porter...... No, no, I can't eat if I starve to death, this is the bottom line of my life! But, but, I'm so hungry......

Under the battle between heaven and man, Terry immediately changed his goal, grabbed the poisonous mushroom on the rotten wood, and brought it to his mouth.

He was about to put the death umbrella cover into his mouth, but Terry stopped again, looking sluggish.

"! I'm not even afraid of eating poisonous mushrooms and committing suicide, so why can't I go out and try my luck? Maybe the Noxians don't kill me, isn't it more likely to live than eating poisonous mushrooms? I'd better bring a medicine basket and a sickle, maybe the Noxians think I'm useful, and I have a better chance of surviving."

Throwing away the poisonous mushroom, Turry could no longer care about how dangerous the Noxian barbarians were, so he took the medicine basket and sickle and pushed open the door to the basement.

The maverick who came to the street happened to meet a patrol group of Noxian warband soldiers,

Terry directly put down the medicine basket and raised his hands high, and the soldiers of the three Noxus warbands were stunned for a moment, and then they pulled out the long sword at their waists and surrounded Terry with a vigilant expression.

Thankfully, because the war in the village of Gruss was over, Terry didn't get the knife directly.

Listening to the Noxian language spoken by the three of them without knowing anything, the free-spirited Terry had no choice but to leave his fate to the enemies of the Ionians...... I just don't know if these three people are discussing cooking themselves and eating them.

"Why are there deserters here? Do you want to be terminated?"

"Not a deserter, right? You see he's scrawny with a broken basket on his back, maybe he's a medicine picker, and my dogs are stronger than him."

"That's right, so what to do? Take it back?"

"Take it back and give it to the general? Anyway, the village of Gruss has to be rebuilt, and there is a shortage of Ionian laborers, and the Commander said that it is the greatest shame for us Noxians to attack the innocent and weak."

Hearing that all three of them were muttering for a long time, Terry saw that his sickle had been taken away, but the medicine basket had been returned to him, which was a good sign.

One of the soldiers said to Trie.

"You, where did you come from?"

Although this sound particularly lame and awkward, he could understand the meaning, and he nodded obediently, pointing to the abandoned house he had climbed out of, disassuring some of the soldiers.

In times of language barriers, any unnecessary actions and attitudes can lead to disaster, and Tri is well aware of this.

"Lead the way, look, yours."

The three cautious soldiers drew their weapons and walked around the basement, and the others did not see it, but they saw some shocking scene, and Terry could see the three Noxians look at him with a change in their gaze.

"Don't look at this guy who is thin and weak, he is a ruthless man, he can actually avoid searching, and live alone in this ghost place for several days."

"Look at this commode, he's afraid...... Tsk, in terms of the will to live, I have to admire, much stronger than those cowards who are afraid of us to the point of suicide, they are a man."

The third soldier didn't say anything, just untied the kettle at his waist, took a piece of jerky and wheat cakes that he carried with him and handed it to Teli, this gentle attitude made Teli stunned for a moment, and subconsciously caught it.

"Eat, finish, follow, me, go."

The soldier who said this stammered, and with a scar on his face, he looked fierce and vicious, but Terry didn't feel any malice.

Perhaps, maybe he can really survive the rule of the Noxians?

After leaving the foul-smelling basement, he finished eating what he was holding, and Maverick bowed gratefully to the three of them, but the three of them waved their hands and handed Maverick to Ingelhall, the general of the Sykester Warband,

Hanging from one arm, Ingrhauer sent a soldier who knew Ionian to interrogate Terri, who revealed that Terry was a herbalist under the command of Trolop, the Third Militia Regiment.

Knowing that Terry was not a cowardly Ionian deserter, but only a cannon fodder village doctor who was forcibly recruited, Inghalle also had some admiration for Terry.

War was not the business of these villagers, but it was the idea of temporarily forcibly conscripting villagers to fight, and these Ionian village lords deserved to be looked down upon by the empire.

"How many strong people have died in this battle, and it is a miracle that a small herbalist can survive......

In the next time, the empire will use Presidian and Gruss Village as a base to explore the surrounding area, and a guy who knows the information of local medicinal herbs is undoubtedly a very important talent, and it is useless to send him to be a coolie, but now it is necessary to determine whether he is willing to serve the empire.

Twisted melons are not sweet, they can only be used to quench thirst."

Inghaus narrowed his eyes and looked at Terry, who was a little apprehensive.

A few days of recuperation in the Sykester Warband, Special

Li's body has recovered a lot, although the daily share of food is a little small, but it is better than when he was in the Third Militia Regiment, but he misses his wife and children a little.

"The Empire is short of herbalists, ask him if he would like to serve the Empire?"

The soldier translated Inghall's words to Terry, who hesitated, but nodded,

In his opinion, he had done the best he could in this war of resistance, and since he could survive under the rule of the Noxians, why did he have to give his life for the glory of the Ionians in the mouth of the village officials?

To put it mildly, he prefers the simple and efficient atmosphere of Noxus to living in the village.

At least there are people here who really value his profession and ability, instead of relying on "high morality", saying useless nonsense every day, taking advantage of him in vain, and making him grateful for Dade's smiling face.

Now that I think about it, this kind of life is really tireless.

Receiving an affirmative answer, Inghall smiled with satisfaction.

"I'll write you a letter of introduction, and tomorrow you'll report to Blaister, and he'll make the most suitable arrangements for you."

Listening to the translator's soldier say the name "Brest", Terry was directly stunned, quite incredible, it is rumored that the hero Brest's character is strong and loyal, and there is already news that Brest was executed by the Noxians in Presid, how can he join the empire?

"Brest? Is it General Brest, who is the 1st Militia Corps? He also descended to the Empire?"

The soldier puffed out his chest and laughed.

"Of course, your General Brest was inspired by the Grand Commander to join the Empire willingly and serve the Empire, and he will be your supreme commander in the future, you can ask him if you have any questions."

By the time Terry met Brester with the letter of introduction, it was already noon the next day, and Brest was sitting alone at the eucalyptus table dealing with paperwork.

At this moment, Brest changed into an emperor-style leather armor inlaid with an iron battle skirt, with an imperial sword at his waist and an iron helmet on his head.

If it weren't for speaking an authentic Ionian language, Terry wouldn't have believed that the emperor in front of him was an Ionian general who bravely resisted the Noxians half a month ago.

After taking the letter of introduction in Terry's hand and reading it, Blaister, who had been working at high intensity for several days, rubbed the bags under his eyes that were a little darkened, and looked at Terry's haggard face with a little more smile.

"It's rare to have another compatriot join the Empire, congratulations on finding a bright way out, welcome...... I heard that you used to be a herbalist in Brad Village? Is there any family in Brad Village?"

"Yes, I also have a wife and a young son......

"In this way, you can rest assured, it won't be long before the Empire will completely liberate the entire province of Navoli, Brad Village is not far away, maybe it will be the next goal, you work hard with me, and strive to make more Ionians understand the greatness of the Empire......

"General Brest......

Hearing the word "general", Brest's smile froze, and Terry continued to whisper.

"Why do people like the General...... Will you choose to join the Empire? Rumors spread in Presidine that the general had died in battle, and the general had become a hero in the hearts of Precidian......

Brest lowered his head, and when he looked up again, the man's eyes were bloodshot and swollen red, and his face was full of pain.

"Heroes? Is it a hero who watches his fellow citizens worthless slaughtered on the battlefield and can do nothing but shed tears and remorse?

Rather than be such a hero, I should be a traitor as Wanfu refers to, and at least I, a traitor, can do something meaningful for the Ionians......

Tril, after these two wars of resistance, I have thoroughly understood that Ionians' desire to rebel against Noxus is simply a complete mistake, any act of resistance is stupid and futile, and there is no point in Ionians dying in such wars,

You also have to understand that Noxus is a very, very powerful country, Ionia

There's no way to fight it."

"So, that's why the General chose to join the Empire?"

Rubbing his face, Brest struggled to collect his outburst of emotions and became calmer.

"Not only that, but in fact, I also saw the inclusion of Noxians, which was a big reason for my choice."

"Inclusivity?"

In the maverick gaze, Brest at this moment actually seemed a little fanatical.

"The Noxian Empire has a different code of conduct than Ionia, and she is willing to show mercy and forgiveness even to us Gentiles,

I think you should feel it these days, she is passionate, strong, courageous and beautiful, disgusted with cowards and incompetents, with a big heart far beyond our imagination, with the Demacians, the Shurimas, the Freljords, and us Ionians in the Empire, and she has a heart big enough to hold the whole world!

She never engages in any false shows and despicable deception, one is one and two is two, the capable are up, the incompetent are down, as long as you are willing to work hard, as long as you can show your talent, you can get the recognition of others,

Most importantly, she doesn't swing a sword at innocents, which is why you can see me, and not die in a military disaster somewhere,

In my opinion, this Empire's invasion of Ionia is the right decision, the unchanged Ionia should have changed a long time ago, and those village elders who should have been buried long ago are not qualified to own this beautiful newborn land."

"General Natroop and General Wilder...... Did you survive?"

Brest shook his head, a little lonely.

"The Empire wants to recruit them, but it's a pity...... They chose to fight to the death, and the Empire gave them a glorious death and was buried in the newly built Heroic Cemetery in the village of Gruss...... In addition to the Noxians, there are more of us Ionians inside, and they are the real heroes.

Warriors like them...... It should have played a bigger role."

Terry, who had a sour nose, didn't know why he suddenly thought of the "General Nerhart" riding a tall horse.

"That...... Where's Nairhart who came with me?"

Brest made no secret of the contempt on his face.

"This coward killed more than a dozen villagers brought out of Wilder Village, and wanted to surrender to the empire with this as a petition, but the empire found out the truth, and the commander personally ordered that this pig and dog thing be chopped up and fed to the dog, and guess what?"

"What?"

"Dogs don't eat his stinky meat."