Chapter 403: Forever and Ever
The first thing you do when you take office is to hold a meeting.
Reflect on and overturn the failures of Swain, Darius and others, and present facts and reason to all the nobles, new officers, and old warlords attending the meeting why Noxus is so powerful but always suffers losses.
Your meeting caused chaos in Noxus.
Because Noxus is a collection of warlords, those officers and nobles are all warlords of varying sizes. Noxus is more of a bandit den than a country.
Because your decision was the cause of the chaos in Noxus, not many people responded to your army at the beginning.
Your situation did not improve until you single-handedly killed one rebel leader after another and wiped out their families.
These people finally understood that even though the indestructible immortal fortress was gone, they still couldn't do anything to you.
At the same time, Swain and Darius, who chose to support you, as well as LeBlanc, also showed their clever methods.
As soon as Darius came on the field, he was able to make almost half of the enemy soldiers defect, and when Swain showed up again, the remaining half no longer listened to the orders of the legion leaders.
As for LeBlanc...
You are often confused by the sudden increase in territory and the sudden surrender of people.
So, after Demacia happily conquered several Noxian city-states and planned to take advantage of you when you guys were fighting each other, you completed the reform and incorporation of Noxus.
Things suddenly became awkward.
Although you did not make many changes to the political environment of Noxus, you freed the army from the hands of the warlords. All the military power of Noxus came into your hands, and you transformed it into a modern army.
then……
"What are you looking at?"
You walked up to the wall of Noxus, looked at Garen attacking below, and asked.
"Ah? I, I see what's wrong with you?"
Garen, still a young and ignorant man, answered subconsciously.
So you asked again.
"Would you like to try again?"
Garen still didn't realize the problem, and for the sake of Demacia's reputation, he answered you with confidence.
“Just give it a try!”
Then Jarvan III and Jarvan IV died.
You locked Lux in the basement.
You asked, looking at Lux in the basement.
"Ms. Lacus, you don't want your brother and aunt to die, do you?"
As a result, the Crownguard family, who were qualified to become kings in Demacia, formed an alliance with you, and the conquest of Demacia became a smooth journey.
You have slowed down your expansion, something that was impossible for Noxus before because the warlords would not let Noxus stop.
But now, the power of the army is in your hands, and the behemoth of Noxus finally gets a chance to breathe thousands of years after its birth.
Noxus has shown unprecedented creativity and infrastructure capabilities, which even you, who had expected it, can hardly believe that the progress of Noxus, which has been recuperating, can be so fast.
In the twenty-first year, under your decree, the nobles' taxation was suppressed. Because they did not have to pay expensive war taxes, the nobles found that although their taxes were lower, they still earned more money.
Common people began to have money in their hands.
You start imposing heavy taxes on business, especially imports.
Piltover expressed dissatisfaction with this, but after you sent the fleet over, they kept quiet.
However, Planck began to harass you frequently .
Unable to bear it any longer, you ordered a complete siege of Piltover, cut off all its supplies, confiscated all of Piltover's property in New Noxus, and contacted Sarah Good Luck, supporting her with a group of elite soldiers and three fleets.
In the same year, Gangplank died, and this year's Piltover had a very difficult New Year.
But you have never understood why a city-state that imports 85% of its food would argue with you like this.
Sarah Good Luck thus became the Empire's admiral, helping the Empire manage Bilgewater.
In the 22nd year, the out-of-ammunition and out-of-food Piltover launched an almost suicidal attack, but you defended it.
Finally, in a desperate riot, Piltover became history.
A large number of scientists surrendered to the Noxus Academy of Sciences, and most of the businessmen who rebelled against you were hanged by you.
The remaining merchants either gave up their daughters and property, or obediently became your dogs.
You smiled as you looked at the merchant daughters who were sent over, raised the chin of a girl named Catherine, and while laughing, you spoke to Sarah Good Luck who hurried over after the destruction of Piltover.
"You see, this is how you train dogs. Use hunger to teach them who is the demander, and use fists to tell them who is the boss."
So, you and the admiral interrogated the merchant's daughter in the room together.
In the twenty-third year, the empire continued to thrive, and all knowledgeable people understood that unification was an inevitable outcome.
Because there is no internal strife, Noxus can gather 80% of its strength into one fist and let all the people of the empire support one battlefield.
This year, you are either getting married or on the way to getting married, constantly quelling the unstable factors in the empire and bringing benefits to everyone.
This year, everyone in the empire tasted the benefits of unification.
Commoners received more food and cloth, and nobles received more money.
In the twenty-fourth year, the empire's economy began to grow rapidly, and ordinary civilians could already eat meat once a week.
Everyone knew that time was coming.
In the twenty-fifth year, after two years of accumulation, the empire once again began its conquest.
Swain stood in front of more than 3,000 ships, each of which had a hundred fully armed Noxian soldiers. He attacked Ionia again with high spirits.
Darius rushed to Freljord with an army of 100,000 men, and enough food and supplies for a million men.
In the twenty-sixth year, Darius brought you two Warmothers, and Swain brought you Karma, as well as Irelia, the spiritual sustenance of the Ionians and the symbol of the will to resist.
Ashe and Sejuani were both very well behaved because they knew they couldn't resist.
But the Ionians are different.
Karma urges you to give up Ionia, but after chatting with you, she knows there is no other way and can only keep persuading you to treat the Ionians well.
As for Irelia, she is even more unique.
She stabs you while she's dancing.
So she went to the basement to accompany Fiona.
From now on, there is no land in this world that does not belong to you. You are in high spirits and raise your glass to cheer as the New Year approaches.
"My empire will last forever!"
In the twenty-seventh year, the void strikes.
Your empire is crumbling, for mortal armies have no power to stop it.
Just when you are in distress, a bomb appears next to you.
You were very happy and had someone take you to Shurima, the birthplace of the Void.
You happily detonated the bomb remotely.
Runeterra was destroyed along with the Void Will that wanted to invade the real world.
You earned the achievement, Destroyer of Worlds.
You are dead.
“…”
Thousands of words formed one sentence in Li Ke's mind.
"grass."
