Chapter 228: Dividing Piltover
The perspective returns to the Twin Cities.
After the Battle of the Two Cities, which was far larger than one could imagine, ended, Amystan immediately shifted the blame for starting the war onto the Piltover tycoons led by Camille, and used this to show a "friendly attitude" towards the Guild of Leaders.
Of course, at the same time, Amistan also took this opportunity to wipe out the big families that originally ruled Piltover, and completely controlled this city of civilization and progress.
Piltover's history as an independent city-state has effectively ended.
From now on, there is no Zaun and Piltover, only Zaun and Noxus.
"This is our sincerity, General Amistan."
At the post-war peace negotiation meeting, Levi expressed his attitude directly to Amystan:
"We recognize the validity of the Zu-Noxus Non-Aggression Treaty and Noxus' actual control over Piltover. Zaun and Noxus will coexist peacefully with the canal as the boundary."
Everything remains the same, except that Piltover is gone.
"However." The leader won the war, of course, it was not in vain: "Since this war was privately provoked by the chaebol families such as Philos for their personal ambitions."
"As compensation for the losses we suffered in the war, their family wealth and properties should be completely handed over to the Leaders Association."
"It's reasonable to give the victim some consolation by compensating the culprit's property, isn't it?"
"..."Amystan felt a little painful.
The family businesses behind Camille and those Piltover council members, when added together, almost account for half of Piltover.
The leader is going to move back nearly half of Piltover's industries in one go, and many of these companies are the essence of various high-tech industries that have built this city of civilization and progress.
Hextech, steam robots, bionic machinery, clockwork technology, electric cars... From now on, these high-tech technologies will no longer be exclusive to Piltover.
"Okay." Amystan gritted her teeth and finally agreed.
There is no way, because she is actually the loser in this war.
But Levi's conditions went beyond that: "We have discussed this with Professor Heimerdinger, the president of Piltover University, and he is also willing to move the entire Piltover University to Zaun."
"All faculty and researchers at Piltover University will also come to Zaun with Professor Heimerdinger; students studying at Piltover University will also need to go to Zaun to study in the future."
"Because we do not take any coercive measures to require them to relocate or immigrate, these teachers and students may need to travel back and forth between Zaun and Piltover multiple times during their work and study in different cities. Regarding this, please give us some convenience in the future."
"..."Amystan's face looked a little ugly.
After moving the high-tech enterprises, do we also need to take away the universities and scientific researchers?
This is going to cut off the roots of this progressive city!
"Isn't this a bit too much?" Amystan felt that she should show some toughness.
But Levi had no intention of backing down: "General Amistan, the land and wealth of Piltover belong to you, and the talents and technology belong to us. This is reasonable, isn't it?"
"Moreover, we are the winners of this war. The Wind Leader Association is willing to continue to abide by the Zu-No Non-Aggression Treaty and recognize and respect Noxus' actual control over Piltover. This is already our greatest concession."
"Concession, is this considered a concession?" Amystan said in an unhappy tone: "Piltover is already under the control of the Empire, why do you need to acknowledge it?"
Levi responded sharply: "If we don't admit it, Piltover may not be under the control of the Empire in the future."
"You?!" Amystan's face turned cold: "You want to try?"
Because of the existence of the Piltover Canal, the geographical location of the Twin Cities is to Noxus what Panama is to America.
If Zaun and Piltover were controlled by the Windleader at the same time, the key waterway connecting the eastern and western territories of the Noxian Empire would be completely controlled by Levi.
By then, the twin cities would become a tumor stuck in the aorta of Noxus, which could cut off the blood and nutrient circulation of this big empire at any time, making it difficult for it to even breathe.
This is the bottom line that the empire cannot tolerate.
For Noxus, the waterways of the Twin Cities must be controlled by itself.
If Levi really dared to swallow Piltover and Zaun in one bite, he would be declaring war on the entire Noxian Empire.
So Amystan was confident that Levi was just bluffing and he would never dare to really occupy Piltover.
But Levi only replied: "General Amistan, the situation has changed now."
"You are not qualified to say this in front of the leader. You should talk to the leader from a position of strength."
Amystan was furious when he heard this: "Arrogant!"
In the more than ten years that she had conquered on behalf of the empire, no one had ever dared to speak to Noxus in this way.
but……
"Okay, I understand." Amystan was angry and angry, but when she saw that Levi was not scared by her at all, she reluctantly retracted her anger.
Because from the perspective of strength and status, she really doesn't have the confidence to turn against Levi now.
The empire is very powerful. It has many brave generals and magicians, an immortal fortress with hidden mysteries inside, and a million-strong army outside to conquer all directions.
But now, these millions of troops are all stuck in the quagmire of war.
The various "trump cards" hidden in the legendary Immortal Fortress have remained trump cards for hundreds of years and no one has ever used them.
Legend has it that demons are suppressed there. The Empire can even suppress demons, so this power sounds not much worse than that of a demigod.
But no one had ever seen the demons controlled by the empire, but Goddess Janna actually showed off in front of millions of people.
And unlike other gods—other gods, like the Winged Sisters of Demacia, the demigods of the Freljord, the Ionian Spirit of Ionia…
No one knew how many of their believers had been killed by Noxus, and no one had seen these gods personally take action.
But Janna, the Wind of Change... this goddess is so easy to deal with, and she really does it when something happens.
Noxus hasn't even officially declared war on the Leader yet, and there was just a slight friction, and she came down to earth in person.
How can we fight this?
Anyway, Amystan, who had witnessed the power of the true God with her own eyes, knew that she could not withstand such a situation.
"I agree to your conditions." In the end, Amistan agreed to Levi's peace terms.
The Piltover Council was completely dissolved and liquidated, and Piltover was directly governed by Noxus.
From then on, Noxus directly bordered Zaun, and both sides pledged peaceful coexistence, non-aggression, and friendly navigation and trade.
Piltover University and some factories, enterprises, and research institutes will be relocated to Zaun.
The Sungate Canal, which is known as the "money printing machine of Piltover" and is of vital strategic significance, is jointly operated and managed by a joint venture company established by Zu and Norwegian.
Of course, Levi did not completely give in.
In order to ensure long-term cooperation in the future, he naturally gave Amystan and the Noxian nobles behind her a lot of benefits in the form of cash, kickbacks, equity, joint ventures, etc.
For a moment, both the host and the guests were having a great time. Except for the Piltover tycoons who were divided up like a cake and were very unhappy, everyone was happy.
It seemed as if Leader and Amystan had become friends again.
Thus, in a harmonious and friendly atmosphere, the Zu-Nuo Peace Consultation Conference ended peacefully.
But after leaving the meeting room and bidding farewell to Levi, Mel, Victor and other high-ranking executives of Leaders who attended the meeting, Amystan's face immediately changed:
"Damn it - these leaders will definitely be a huge threat to the empire in the future!"
Amystan thought of Camille's warning to her before she died.
She herself didn't expect that she would experience Camille's previous situation and feel Camille's mood so quickly.
At the time, Windleader's strength didn't seem much stronger than her warband, not to mention Noxus behind her.
Eradicating the Leader would require a lot of effort, but cooperating with the Leader would make a lot of money. Even if the Leader was left alone, it seemed that the Leader would pose no threat to the Empire.
In this situation, Amistan would certainly prefer to coexist peacefully with the Leader.
But now, the Wind Leaders actually invited the goddess to descend to the earth. Their strength almost crushed Amistan overnight and was almost comparable to the entire Noxus Empire.
So, Amystan started to get scared, just like Camille did before.
Although the two sides are now peaceful and even cooperative.
But how could she not be afraid when there was a powerful neighbor next to her who had the ability to crush her at any time and whose ideology was completely opposite to hers?
It's like a person and a tiger are in the same room. Even if the tiger is just yawning while sleeping, the yawning sound can scare the person to death.
"No wonder Camille was so anxious to eliminate the Leader. Unfortunately... she completely misjudged the Leader's strength." Amystan couldn't help but sigh.
Unlike Camille, she did not misjudge the situation. But the gap in strength was too big, so it was useless even if she was right.
And Amistan realized belatedly that her occupation of Piltover was not so much a huge advantage as it was a step into a huge pit.
"Now that Camille is dead, I will be the one standing in front of the leader from now on."
What is the Emperor of Piltover? This is clearly the savior of Piltover!
Amystan had a strong sense of crisis. She had previously insisted on turning Piltover into her own private territory, not allowing other war groups to share in the benefits.
But now…
"Write a letter to the Emperor for me."
Amystan thought for a moment, then said to the adjutant without hesitation:
"Now the situation has changed drastically, the offense and defense have changed, and our regiment is no longer able to suppress the Wind Leader. In order to protect the safety of the cross-sea shipping lanes on the east and west coasts of Noxus, the Empire should send additional troops to Piltover as soon as possible-"
"We must send the real elite troops here. The stronger the better!"
