Chapter 241 Teacher Swain
Another day passed, and it was the third day since the Noxian army entered the city.
"General, there is new information from the Leader." In the morning, the adjutant sent General Lester the intelligence they had gained from secretly monitoring the Leader's movements.
"Speak." Lester frowned slightly, but quickly concealed his solemnity without showing it.
"Since yesterday, they have been distributing Walkmans and tapes containing the teachings of Goddess Janna to citizens gathered outside the refugee camp. They have also announced that there are enough places in the refugee camp, but only those who have understood the true meaning of Janna are eligible for asylum."
"It's only been a day, but the Walkmans and tapes they distributed have spread throughout the entire city of Yipuhe Port... Almost everyone is studying the so-called Janna Thought day and night."
"General, I'm afraid..."
The adjutant hesitated to speak. He instinctively felt that there was something wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was.
In short, this is very wrong.
General Lester looked up at the sky thoughtfully, thinking for a long time.
Finally, he said to his adjutant with a relaxed look, "Nothing. It seems that the followers of Goddess Gana are not much different from other charlatans. They just want to make a fortune by taking advantage of the massacre and use the asylum quota as bait to spread their religion."
"They preach their religion, and we kill our people. As long as they don't take the initiative to cause trouble, we don't need to bother with them."
"But..." The adjutant looked worried.
It must be a very sensitive matter to preach so extensively in the unconsolidated territory of Noxus, right?
To put it more seriously, this is a folk religious group trying to seize grassroots control of the Barue province from the empire...well, although the empire has no intention of controlling Barue for a long time, let alone letting the grassroots people here survive.
In short, this is a power that only the empire has. You, the leader, are trying to steal the artifact by using the authority of the church, which is a threat in itself.
"I said, don't worry about it." But General Lester's attitude was unusually relaxed.
He even lost most of the hostility he had shown before, and just asked his trusted adjutant dissatisfiedly: "Do you think we are doing anything good here now?"
"Of course not." The adjutant also knew that massacring a city was not a good thing.
But the Noxians didn't care. The emperor had given the order, and the province of Barou was weak and could be bullied, so they just slaughtered them.
Is it meaningful to make moral criticism? Crying from night to dawn and from dawn to dark, can you still curse Noxus to death?
"With Goddess Janna here, the situation is different." Lester glared at his adjutant in dissatisfaction.
In the eyes of Goddess Gana, massacre is a heinous crime.
"Are we still going to stop them from spreading their teachings? What if we really anger the Goddess Janna? Will you and I be able to leave this city?"
"This..." The adjutant understood what the general meant.
There are gods above our heads. But if they always have to worry about gods, won't they never be able to hold their heads up in front of the leaders?
Noxus has been around for thousands of years and has a vast territory with unfathomable heritage. The goddess may not be willing to completely break off with them.
"Idiot, no matter how powerful the empire is, by the time those old nobles in the Immortal Fortress bring out their 'powers', we, the cannon fodder at the forefront, will have been dead long ago!"
"There are hundreds of Noxian warbands, why should we be the first to take action?"
"That guy Amistan failed to gain anything and ended up putting himself on the front line against the goddess Janna. Now the entire regiment is stuck in Piltover and used as a chopping block. Can't you see the lesson?"
General Lester cursed angrily.
The adjutant immediately lowered his head nervously. He could hear the general's concerns. However, he was still surprised by Lester's mood today.
Finally, Lester sighed and said what was really bothering him: "You know what?"
"I received news from the Immortal Fortress that the teacher will be re-employed by His Majesty."
"Teacher is going to make a comeback?" The adjutant's eyes lit up.
The teacher they were talking about was the former strategist-general of the Empire and former commander of the Ionian Army, Jericho Swain.
Last year, Swain led the main force of his army deep into Ionia territory in search of a decisive battle, but was defeated by a 14-year-old girl in Presidium.
This can be said to be the most humiliating battle for the empire in the past decade.
As a result, Swain fell from the clouds to the mortal world in one battle. Not only did he break an arm, but he was also stripped of his title and expelled from the army by the emperor. In one day, he went from being the commander of the empire to a commoner.
But Swain was, after all, the former Chief of Tactics and God of War of the Empire, and he had led troops on various battlefields of the Empire for many years.
Nowadays, most of Noxus' frontline generals, especially the new generation of military nobles, have been promoted, trained, and even taught by him to varying degrees.
He is like Sima Yi in Runeterra. Although he is unemployed at home, his students and former officials are still spread throughout the entire military system of the empire.
Lester, including Lester's adjutant, were all students who had followed General Swain.
That's why they call Swain "teacher".
"The teacher is going to make a comeback, that's good!" the adjutant said excitedly.
Only if the teacher can make a comeback can they prosper again.
So that they would not be sent to attack the Barue Province where there is not much money to be made, and would not help the empire to do the dirty work of massacring cities and destroying countries.
"What a bullshit!" General Lester's face was gloomy: "Do you know where those old guys in the Imperial Command suddenly showed mercy and helped the teacher to resume his military service? Are they going to transfer him to a new place?"
"Where?" The adjutant actually had some expectations in his mind.
After all, as one of the few commander-level generals in the Empire, Swain is already an old "firefighter".
He always fights in the most difficult battlefields of the empire. He will appear wherever the battle is most difficult.
"Does that mean the teacher is going back to Ionia?" The adjutant was quite looking forward to it.
"Haha." Lester just sneered: "No, his new base is in Piltover."
"Piltovar?" The adjutant's face darkened.
Everyone in the Imperial Army knows that Piltover is a hot potato.
Whoever goes there will be cannon fodder facing the leaders on the front line.
If Zunuo
It's funny enough that Amystan is stuck on it and can't get down.
Now, Swain was actually sent there. Facing a god, no matter how strong Swain's military strategy and wisdom were, how much effect would it have?
It was obvious that no one in the military was willing to go to Piltover to take over, so they had no choice but to let this despised old general fill the gap.
"Assholes! Those bastards in the High Command..." The adjutant couldn't help but curse out loud: "They clearly want to kill Marshal Swain!"
"We should have thought of it earlier. We should have thought of it earlier... Last year in Navoli, it was these bastards who ordered us to attack Presidium alone, but they deliberately delayed time and prevented friendly forces from coming to support us—"
"That's why Marshal Swain led us to suffer a defeat! Otherwise, we would have won, definitely won!"
Last year, they used the tactic of "when friendly forces are in trouble, remain as still as a mountain", causing the once invincible Swain to lead them all in giving away kills.
This year, there was another trick of secretly harming their teacher by sending him to Piltover to be the scapegoat and wait for death.
With all the new and old hatreds added together, the young officer could no longer hold back: "Damn it! How can we manage the military well if we are with these insects in the headquarters?"
"This group of powerful nobles who only know how to play political games and don't know how to govern a country or an army should have been punished by heaven long ago..."
"Ahem, that's enough!" Lester signaled his men to brake.
The war stonemasons in their army were not only responsible for helping them collect military intelligence, but also for monitoring these frontline soldiers for the emperor and the old nobles.
Those who understand some things will understand them, and those who don’t understand won’t be explained further.
"Anyway, the teacher has decided to go to Piltover. The first opponent he will face in the future is the Wind Leader. Do you understand?"
The adjutant finally understood.
Swain has confirmed that he will reach the front line of Piltover.
If they had an irreconcilable conflict with the Windleader, not only would they be in trouble, but Swain, who had traveled to Piltover, would also be in trouble.
Moreover, Swain was facing the Wind Leader's headquarters, so he might be even more unlucky.
And if this teacher were to fall completely, the spiritual leader of these new generation of officers and the pillar of their faction would be completely fallen.
"So let the leaders do whatever they want. If we clash with these guys, if we lose, both the teacher and I will suffer; if we win, the teacher will also suffer."
"Now it's the old guys in the command who want to make trouble for us, and His Majesty the Emperor has been bewitched by these bugs and is targeting the teacher everywhere. No matter what we do, it won't be good. Doing more is wrong, so it's better not to do anything."
"Ah." The adjutant also sighed angrily: "How could a dignified marshal be manipulated by a bunch of villains who only care about their positions and do nothing? How did the empire become like this?"
Lester continued to look up at the sky with great sorrow.
He thought of the secret letter from his teacher. There was actually some other content in the letter, which was quite dangerous. He didn't reveal it to anyone.
"Perhaps, the empire should be changed."
