Chapter 242 Young Kayn
The next day was the fourth day since the Noxian army entered the city.
Because of General Lester's quiet change in attitude, the atmosphere in the city became increasingly...uncomfortable.
On one side, the Noxian soldiers gradually became more and more excited and forgetful in the carnival that lasted for several days, and the intensity of their atrocities continued to escalate.
On the other hand, the temporary propagandists of the leader were blatantly running around the city, striving to spread the true meaning of the Goddess Gana.
At this time, people all over the city showed a passion far greater than that of taking the postgraduate entrance examination or the civil service examination. In this chaotic situation of war, people were racing against time to study the "political textbook" on their own.
After Riven and Fia quietly realized that the Noxians had been unusually lax in their control over the Wind Leader for some unknown reason, they gradually became bolder.
Now they not only distribute Walkmans and tapes everywhere, but also help the weak like rangers, openly clash with Noxian soldiers, and stop the atrocities they have witnessed.
After several conflicts, the Noxians suffered losses every time, but General Lester did not send anyone to hold them accountable.
The only problem is...
There were too many atrocities happening in the city, and they were increasing as time went on, and they were simply unable to stop them.
"Orianna, there's something going on ahead..."
After walking a few steps, Feiya stopped again with a haggard look on her face.
Her cat ears were too sensitive, which might not be a good thing. She hadn't had a good night's sleep in the past few days.
"Let's go take a look." Riven seemed quite energetic.
She didn't know why. She had never done this kind of thing before, and even sneered at it. But now she was more and more motivated to do it, and she didn't feel tired at all.
So the two of them started walking, and soon followed the sound to the once bustling center of the town, a dilapidated neighborhood now.
As soon as they approached, they saw this scene from afar:
There was a row of civilians kneeling on the ground, crying and begging, and several Noxian soldiers in armor and weapons, with ferocious faces and arrogantly standing in front of them.
They have seen this scene many times recently, and they don't even find it strange.
But what was strange was that this time, the people standing in front of the civilians with swords in hand were not only tall and strong adult soldiers, but also...
"child?"
Feiya stopped far away, her face full of surprise.
Among those Noxians, there were many short and thin children who looked like they had not grown up yet.
They didn't even have a set of standard armor of a proper Noxian soldier. They only wore simple red and black coarse cloth uniforms and held crudely made weapons. They looked completely different from the majestic adult soldiers next to them.
Obviously, these people are...
"Scouts from Noxus?" Fia thought of what Riven had mentioned, this very inhumane thing.
"What are they bringing these kids here for?" she wondered.
At this time, an adult soldier who looked like an officer shouted to the teenagers in a cold voice: "Kill them, boys."
"Not everyone has such a good opportunity to practice with a living person who can't fight back. It's time for you to see some blood."
"This..." Riven's pupils shrank.
This scene was very familiar to her, or rather, it was familiar to almost every Noxian veteran.
"They are... training new recruits." Riven lowered her head and explained to Fia in a muffled voice.
"Training?" Feiya's eyes widened. "Take living people? For these children?"
Riven responded with silence.
"I understand..." Feiya clenched her fists quietly.
Over the past few days, she gradually learned how to communicate with the Noxians.
Without waiting for Riven to take the first move, Fia used all her might to use the flexible body given to her by her Vastaya bloodline, and quickly moved forward like a nimble and agile cat.
"Kill them!" the officer was still yelling at the teenagers.
And the young man who was forced to step forward first finally raised the weapon in his hand - it was an ordinary sickle.
As a scout who was almost the same as a slave, this boy was not even worthy of Noxus's standard weapon. All he had was a cheap farmer's sickle.
But now, he is going to use this knife to reap lives for Noxus.
Under the gaze of officers and adult soldiers, the boy raised his sickle high, and then...
"Stop!" Feiya flashed by.
She used the flexible sword in her hand to push away the sickle in the boy's hand.
The boy stumbled back, caught off guard.
Fia turned her back to him, protecting the Noxian child and the Ionian civilians behind her.
She just glared at the adult soldiers: "Stop it, you bastards!"
"Oh no." The adult soldiers seemed to be caught off guard by this sudden change.
But Riven felt a sinking feeling in her heart.
"Fia! Watch your back!" she shouted.
"Huh?" Feiya was slightly stunned.
What's behind her? Just a few civilians and a child?
"Sigh..." Riven sighed in her heart.
Feiya is still too naive.
When she entered the city, she saw piles of dead boys abandoned by the Noxians, and she thought that these boys were perfect victims just like the Ionians.
Yes , these teenagers are also victims. They are scouts forcibly conscripted by the empire.
But don't think that the scouts who were forcibly conscripted are no longer soldiers of Noxus.
The Noxian military camp is a furnace and forge. Anyone who enters will be quickly assimilated and transformed into a war machine.
Don't underestimate these teenagers because they are young.
The younger they are, the easier it is for them to be infected by the atmosphere of the imperial camp and become more radical and fanatical supporters of the empire than anyone else.
When Riven first joined the army, he was barely an adult, and would hesitate for a long time before killing someone. But those teenagers, who had barely grown all their hair, had never seen blood, but they dared to pick up knives and kill people at the command of their superiors.
The young soldiers that Fia imagined were a group of frightened, pitiful, innocent children who were forced to die on the battlefield at bayonet point by Noxians.
But in most cases, the young soldiers are actually a group of crazy, bloodthirsty, fanatically excited war maniacs who dare to charge into battle with swords at the command of their superiors.
Most of these people became cannon fodder.
But most of them don't realize this until they die, or they die before they realize it.
really……
"Ah——" Feiya was still in a daze when a strange roar came from behind her.
The young boy, who was much shorter than her, raised the cheap, rusty sickle with a gloomy look in his eyes and attacked her from behind with fierce force.
"Enough!" Riven shouted.
She flashed and lunged forward, and slashed out invisible sword energy with her sword.
The sword energy broke through the air and cut the sickle in the boy's hand into two pieces in an instant.
"I said, stop!" Riven frightened these Noxian soldiers with just one strike.
They all knew their own strengths. A strong person like Riven who could easily slash out invisible sword energy was definitely not something that small fish and shrimps like them could deal with.
"Are you crazy?" But the pride of the Noxians was still there: "You are attacking the imperial soldiers!"
"I attacked you, Noxus. If you have the guts, go back and ask for help. Tell your boss that it was Orianna the Windleader who did it!" Riven cursed bitterly.
"You, you..." The soldiers had never suffered such a great humiliation before, being provoked like this in the Noxian-occupied area.
They were all furious and immediately turned around and ran away.
Before running away, he shouted to the young soldiers, "Stay here and hold these two women back. We will be back to support you soon!"
As soon as the words fell, the adult soldiers ran away.
There were only a few civilians kneeling on the ground in a daze, and a group of young soldiers who were caught off guard and stood there in confusion.
"It's okay." Riven helped the civilians up one by one: "You go first, it's not safe here."
As she spoke, she also handed each of these civilians a Walkman and a tape, and told them to leave quickly, find a safe place to hide, and study the true meaning of Janna carefully.
The civilians were grateful and prepared to stay away from this dangerous place.
But at this moment, when no one dared to stop Riven...
The frail boy who was defeated by Riven's sword actually stood up again with the broken sickle in his hand. He was like a machine without consciousness, speaking mechanically and coldly:
"None of you are allowed to leave—"
"My mission is not yet completed!"
