Chapter 210 "Good General" Amystan
Piltover is neither small nor big.
Li Wei flew across the canal in a dignified manner and caused a big disturbance in the busiest commercial street in the city center. This disturbance naturally caused a sensation in the whole city.
So not long after he left, the current owners of the city, Amystan and Camille, arrived at the scene with Noxian soldiers and Piltover law enforcement officers respectively.
They were late, of course, but not too late.
Just in time to catch up with the countless citizens of Piltover who had come to watch after hearing the news, they ran into several Noxian soldiers struggling to get up from the ruins, as well as Marit and Riven who were also covered in dust and dirt.
"What's going on?" Amystan looked unhappy when she saw her subordinates looking like refugees in front of the people of Piltover.
"General Amistan, this is what happened." Marit immediately stepped forward to report.
She reported everything to Amystan about Levi's appearance and the harsh words he said before he left.
Although she did not exaggerate, Levi's original words were enough to infuriate the Noxians:
"General Amistan, this guy is so arrogant! He actually threatened Noxus with war and ordered us to hand over someone to pay compensation?"
Such overbearing demands have only ever been made by Noxus to other countries. When will it be the turn of other countries to bully Noxus?
Li Wei is guilty of the crime of death just for making this request.
This is simply a naked provocation, no, it is a diplomatic humiliation.
Marit was naturally very angry.
Camille, who also rushed to the scene, echoed in her lukewarm and mechanical tone: "Levi's provocative behavior this time is indeed too arrogant. If we don't take strong action to counter it, I'm afraid even the Noxian Empire will be looked down upon, right? General Amistan?"
Amystan's face was gloomy, but she said nothing.
Then she looked at Camille unhappily and said coldly: "It seems that you have achieved your goal, old friend."
The cause of this incident was the wave of terror that Camille set off in Piltover.
The person who least wants peace between the two cities right now is definitely not Levi, nor is it Amystan.
They had just signed a non-aggression pact and reached so many business cooperation agreements.
Zaun needs the food, raw materials and huge market provided by Noxus, while Noxus also needs various industrial products such as weapons, ships, machinery, alchemical potions, etc. produced by Zaun.
The great nobles of Amistan and Noxus also took the shares given by the Leader and established a joint venture, waiting to make a fortune from this business.
The two actually have a relationship of political hostility and stalemate, but economically mutually beneficial.
At least, from now on and for a long time in the foreseeable future, the Leader will not be able to get rid of its economic dependence on Noxus, and Noxus will be able to gain enough benefits from trade.
There is still a lot of room for cooperation between the two sides, and there is still a lot of time.
So Levi didn't want to fight.
Amystan doesn't want to fight either.
Only Camille and those members of Piltover who fear the Leaders from the bottom of their hearts can't wait to see Amystan and Levi fall out and see the destruction of the Leader Association.
It can be said that this upcoming war is entirely caused by Camille.
"General Amistan, I'm afraid this matter can't be blamed entirely on me."
Facing Amystan's murderous questioning, Camille seemed unusually calm.
She said calmly: "I just lit the fuse, but I was not the one who chose to make the fire burn brighter."
"Hmph!" Amystan snorted unhappily.
But she knew that the Gray Lady was right. The situation had developed to this point, and the responsibility was not entirely hers.
Whether it was Amistan herself or Levi, both sides actually had countless opportunities to put out the fire.
She is the emperor of Piltover, she could have stopped Camille from the beginning.
But Amystan didn't do that.
Because she didn't want the power of the Leader to infiltrate Piltover, and she also wanted to take this opportunity to give the Leader a blow.
She wanted Levi to understand that even if she temporarily compromised and cooperated with the leader for the sake of interests, the dominant position in this cooperation process should be held by the Empire and her, Amystan.
If Levi wants Camille to stop her crazy anti-Janna activities, he should act more weakly in the cooperation, take the initiative to ask for help, and give more benefits to her and the empire.
But Levi didn't do that.
Not only did Levi not go to anyone to ask for help , but without even saying hello, he publicly issued a statement that was almost a declaration of war.
This made Amystan very embarrassed.
She had just reached an agreement with Midalda and other Noxian nobles to form a joint venture with the Leader in the automobile business.
Now the funds are in place, the channels are open, and the procurement department of the imperial military has taken care of everything. They are just waiting for you, the leader, to build a factory, expand production, ship and sell, and everyone can make gold coins together...
And now you tell me you want to fight with me?
Isn't this a scam?
Because she didn't want the war to affect her business, Amystan had done her best to downplay the impact of this statement over the past week, hoping to make a big deal out of a small matter.
She also exchanged views with Levi privately several times over the past week, trying to persuade the leader to retract his statement and save the situation.
But Levi seemed to be possessed by the barbarians of Freljord. He only wanted to fight and would rather die than give in.
Now he even flew directly over Piltover and publicly read out his "declaration of war" in front of so many Piltover citizens.
This completely put Amystan in an embarrassing position.
At this point, she had to fight even if she didn't want to. Otherwise, she would become the laughing stock of the entire Noxus Empire.
"Camille, notify your group of law enforcement officers."
"No matter if the leader will come in a week, I will prepare for the battle with all my strength!"
"Yes." Camille nodded slightly. Her expression was still calm, her movements were still graceful, but the blue magic flashing in her eyes showed that she was not as calm as she appeared.
"Riven, Marit?" Amistan turned back to look at her two subordinates.
"General, what do you want me to do for you?" They both stood up straight immediately.
And Marit thought that Amystan also wanted to tell them to go back and prepare for war.
But Amistan looked at Crete, who was hiding aside and not daring to look up, and the Noxian soldiers, and said, "The ones who violated military discipline and robbed women in the street today are these guys, right?"
"Huh?" Riven was still in a daze.
Marit, who was born into an aristocratic family and had a more sensitive "sense of smell", already felt that something was wrong.
The first thing the general said was "corrupting military discipline and raping women", which gave a characterization of their behavior today.
"Oh no..." Marit suddenly felt something was wrong.
As expected, Amystan said, "Go. Dismiss them from the army, remove their armor, and send them to the slave army for labor."
"What?" Riven was slightly stunned.
She unconsciously looked at her fellow villager Crete, who knew nothing about this, in the distance, with a complicated look in her eyes.
"Didn't you hear me?" Amystan frowned and said, "Follow the order."
"General..." Relying on her noble status, Marit plucked up the courage to try to mediate.
But this time, Amystan was unusually serious: "Didn't I order the rectification of military discipline a few days ago, asking you to restrain your behavior and not disrupt the public order of Piltover?"
"But what about you?"
"The soldiers broke into houses and robbed young girls in the street; the officers knew about it but did not report it, and even helped to frame them."
"This is a complete disgrace to our regiment!"
Amystan spoke righteously and angrily rebuked her subordinates in public.
This drew loud applause from the onlookers.
Riven and Marit were silent for a while:
Shame? No, our regiment still has shame to lose...
Everyone in Noxus knows that you, Amystein, are the only one who likes to use incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs the most, and the slave army as cannon fodder the most, and you like to burn, kill, loot, and massacre villages and cities the most?
Isn't it you, the leader of the regiment, who brought this kind of mentality among the soldiers into being?
But no matter how they complain in their hearts, it does not prevent Amystan from performing justice at this time.
"What are you still standing there for?" Amystan looked at Riven and Marit coldly: "Go now, send them to the slave camp!"
"..." Riven had a complicated expression.
Marit seemed to realize something, and her expression became very ugly:
The soldiers were labeled as violators of military discipline by Amistan, and were expelled from the army and demoted to slaves.
Then she and Riven were identified as wantonly shielding, would they ...
"Don't worry." At this tense moment, Amystan quietly restrained her murderous aura.
She slowly walked over to Riven and Marit, patted their shoulders, and whispered, "In order to improve military discipline, I must take this opportunity to set an example for the entire army."
"It's not a pity for those soldiers to die, but Riven, Marit, you are our right-hand men."
"Do your best, I won't do anything to you."
