Chapter 246 Going to Wuji
At the same time, countless people prayed to Goddess Jana in their hearts, asking her for strength.
So, under the astonished gaze of the Noxian people, the wind gradually grew stronger.
Strong winds swept across the sky, huge waves crashed against the river bank, and air currents whistled back and forth, tightly guarding these weakest mortals.
Soon, someone took off.
More and more people took off.
They rose into the air on the wind , flying away from the death trap set by the Noxians.
"Wait! Don't let them run away!" The quick-reacting soldiers had already drawn their bows and arrows.
However, the powerful arrows they shot were blown away by the invisible air currents covering the sky before they could fly far. In the face of this storm, they became powerless.
"This..." The Noxian soldiers were stunned.
This is especially true for Kayn.
"This, this is... the power of Goddess Gana... everyone's power?!" At this moment, he seemed to finally understand what the booklet was talking about.
He looked blankly at the mortals flying into the sky, his expression conflicted and hesitant.
Somehow, he had an inexplicable urge to join in.
But when he looked at the adult soldiers standing beside him, he didn't dare to do such a crazy thing.
“Janna…” Kayn looked at the magnificent scene in the sky, but ultimately made no move.
He still stayed in the Noxian army obediently, but he carefully hid the "Jana Thoughts in Brief" in his arms closer to his heart.
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On the other side, General Lester was also shocked and speechless by this scene.
He didn't expect that the leader would suddenly do this to him, and the scene was so grand.
"General." The adjutant asked him with concern, "Our conventional long-range weapons, bows and arrows, guns, and artillery, seem to have no effect on these leaders."
"Do we need to send out a corps of battle mages? They may be able to stop these fleeing Ionians."
“……” General Lester was silent for a while.
He could feel that this storm was not actually that strong. It was just strong enough to make a person fly.
But the scale and scene are a bit too big.
This is not like the tricks that the special agent "Orianna" I met last time, the muscular woman who was obviously a warrior rather than a mage, could perform.
Could it be that Goddess Janna played a role in this?
Is she watching from heaven now?
When this question pops up, it makes people feel uneasy.
On the other hand, these civilians were not important in the first place. If they ran away, it would be fine. At most, it would make the empire lose some face and he, as a general, would be punished.
"Forget it..." General Lester withdrew his gaze in dismay: "This is not something our regiment can handle, let them go!"
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Riven flew out of Yipu River Port with tens of thousands of civilians in and outside the city.
This city with a population of over 100,000 people endured six days of war, and in the end more than half of the people survived.
"Huh..." Riven finally breathed a sigh of relief after flying so far away that she could no longer see the Noxian military camp and confirmed that there were no pursuers behind her.
In fact, she was able to fly out with so many people just now, which was already the limit of what this divine power could do. If the enemy really sent out a legion of battle mages to pursue them, they might not be able to escape.
"We did it, we did it!" Feiya said excitedly.
"Yeah..." Riven looked at the tens of thousands of civilians who survived the disaster and flew with her in the sky, and was excited about the feat she and everyone had accomplished together.
She had been worried that it would be difficult for these Ionians to understand Janna's theory and that they would not be able to develop even the slightest belief in it in just three or four days.
After all, Janna's ideology emphasizes equality for all, but these Ionians generally believe in a balanced order and do not treat the untouchables as human beings.
Even the untouchables themselves do not consider themselves human beings.
Riven gave lectures to the sailors on the ship for two weeks before she was able to help them get rid of the slave mentality .
So she found it hard to believe that these Ionian commoners, who were usually accustomed to looking down on the lowly people, could change their minds and develop faith so quickly.
But I didn’t expect…
"Noxus has 'helped' us." Riven came to her senses at this time.
The Ionians do not believe that everyone is equal, but they were unexpectedly taught a lesson by Noxus——
In the face of the empire's raised butcher knife, whether you are rich or poor, a commoner or a pariah, the outcome will be the same.
They are about to massacre the whole city and exterminate the whole clan, so they will not spare you a few blows just because you are of "noble" status.
You said you have money to buy life?
Sorry, the money will still belong to them even if you die.
Moreover, because the wives and daughters of rich people are generally more beautiful than those of poor people, and they have many more places to hide money at home than the untouchables, so the suffering they endure is actually even greater.
Therefore, in the face of the great terror of life and death, they all quickly adapted to the idea of equality for all and accepted the true meaning of the Goddess Jana.
Although he is far from being a leader, he is at least a shallow believer.
Although the divine power gathered by tens of thousands of shallow believers was not strong enough to confront a Noxian war group head-on, it was able to successfully rescue them from that hell on earth.
"We've rescued them, what's next?"
Fia and the others were still busy being happy, but Riven was already having a headache.
She had been busy preaching and saving people these days and was exhausted enough, but she really had no time to think about what she would do after escaping.
There are tens of thousands of people here. How can we accommodate them?
"Eating is not a problem for now..."
Riven has been a veteran soldier for ten years, so of course she knows the principle of having food and supplies before the army arrives.
So while she was leading the escape, she also took advantage of the shock and chaos of the Noxian army and separated part of her forces to steal a lot of military rations from the granary in the barracks.
With these military rations, people will not starve to death at least in the short term.
"But where should we go?"
Riven knew that the divine power they borrowed was limited, and it was impossible for them to fly too far with tens of thousands of people.
And now the Noxians have launched a full-scale sweep of the Baruo Province. Every city, town and village here will be unable to escape the sweep of the Empire in the future.
The enemy will soon catch up with us. Will we have to run away again?
Where did they flee to? Did they take their people across the sea to the neighboring province of Navoli?
That was the epicenter of the war, and the situation there was a hundred times worse than in this remote province of Barou.
"Feiya, do you know which mountain range nearby is suitable for living?"
After much deliberation, Riven decided to take her people up the mountain and establish a settlement in the deep mountains and forests where the Noxian army was unwilling to go deep.
The province of Barou was not large, and the terrain was mostly mountainous with little plain. There were only a few towns on the plains, and it was estimated that they would be swept away by the imperial army in no time.
"If we stay in the plains and towns, we will never be able to escape the pursuit of the Noxians, so we can only go into the mountains." Riven said helplessly.
"I understand..." Feiya thought seriously, "There are quite a few mountain people living in the mountains of our Barue Province. There should be places for us to stay in those mountain villages."
"For example, Wuji Village... um, wait, this won't work."
Feiya made a slip of the tongue and quickly took it back.
"Why not?" Riven was puzzled.
"Wuji Village is near the Wuji Sword Sect, and those Wuji masters don't like outsiders to intrude."
"Master Wuji?" Riven's eyes lit up.
Only then did she suddenly remember that there were still masters hidden among the people of the Barue Province.
Now that the imperial army is invading in full force, we can't let her, a fake leader, lead tens of thousands of civilians to hold the front while letting these masters stay leisurely in the mountains, right?
The sect masters in Navoli have already risen up.
Shouldn't you masters in Barue do something to help?
"What are the temperaments of those Wuji masters? If an outsider breaks in, how will they usually deal with it?" Riven asked carefully.
"It's pretty good." Feiya said, "They just don't like to interact with outsiders. But if an outsider breaks in, they will just politely drive him away and won't do anything serious."
"That's all." Riven was relieved: "Fia, let's go to Wuji Village!"
