Chapter 488 I'm Sorry, Teacher
A few hours later, the Immortal Bastion.
It was still morning in Noxus, and the blazing sun was hanging high in the sky, emitting endless heat.
But when Lester sat in the spacious back seat of the Hexagon sedan and looked up at the sky through the window, what appeared before his eyes was a cold scene of the sun setting in the west and hundreds of demons roaming at night.
"Night will soon fall..." Lester was lost in thought and did not move for a long time.
"Teacher Lester." When the car slowly stopped, Kayn, who was accompanying him, reminded, "We have arrived at General Tomeli's residence."
"Yeah." Lester came back to his senses, without any confusion in his eyes.
He got out of the car and took Kayn across the wide lawn of the manor, walking quickly forward.
Recently, Leicester has been coming to the Tomelli family's mansion every day to feast and socialize with the nobles.
Today's itinerary was also planned long ago, and it seemed to be just a routine, no different from the past. But:
"Aren't we going to the reception room to meet General ?" Kayn quickly noticed something was wrong.
"No. They're not in the main house right now." Lester replied calmly.
"oh."
"..." Lester remained silent and didn't say anything else.
Kaiyin carefully observed the servants of the manor he saw along the way, and asked tentatively: "Teacher Lester, do you feel that..."
"Today, there are a lot more servants in General Tomili's house than usual?"
Lester turned his head to glance at Kayn, but his pace did not slow down at all.
"It seems so." He gave a perfunctory answer.
During this conversation, Lester had already brought Kayn to the warehouse of the manor.
He walked quickly toward the open door. Kayn tried to follow him and see what was behind the door...
But Lester stopped cautiously, turned around and stopped him outside the warehouse: "Kayn, you should wait for me outside as before."
“Yes.” Kayn nodded obediently, then faithfully followed the order and stood outside the warehouse like a stone statue.
Lester smiled with relief when he saw this, then turned and walked behind the door.
But at the last moment after his figure disappeared, he still said something extra: "Kayn, you are a good student."
"Hey? Teacher Lester..." Kayn looked over with a puzzled look on his face.
It seemed that he couldn't understand why Lester suddenly became emotional and praised him.
But Lester just said: "I will help you realize your noble dream."
"No one can make our efforts go to waste. I won't let you regret your decision to follow me."
Having said that, Lester left the confused Kayn outside the warehouse and entered the warehouse door alone.
As soon as he entered the manor warehouse that looked ordinary from the outside, what caught his eye was a warehouse full of... alchemical poison gas bombs.
The Immortal Fortress is the most populous city in the world. If these gas bombs explode in the city, the consequences will be disastrous.
Swain had also long ago issued an order banning alchemical weapons. Bringing poison gas bombs into the capital was a capital crime punishable by guillotine.
But Lester had no reaction to the banned weapons in the warehouse, as if he had known this for a long time.
He walked through the corridors between the shelves and continued to go deeper into the warehouse. Finally, he met his friends at the end of the corridor.
They were General Tomyli, Amistan, and several other great nobles of the empire who were at the core of the decision-making level of this rebellion.
"Commander Lester, you're here!" General Tomelli and others came forward nervously.
Someone couldn't wait to ask him: "The Imperial Guards..."
"No problem." Lester said, "After all, I am still the nominal commander of the Guards, and I can still command some people."
"I have already forged the commander-in-chief's warrant. There are also some generals in the Royal Guards who are my students and old friends. When night falls, some of the Royal Guards will naturally join us in the action."
"Can this trick really fool the Royal Guards?" someone asked with concern.
"Don't worry." Lester said calmly, "Our Noxian army is the most obedient army in the world."
"As long as we tell them that 'the enemy is in the Immortal Fortress' and that we are going to the Immortal Fortress to protect the king, they will naturally open the checkpoints for us, and open the road to the Immortal Fortress and the most densely populated city center."
"And by the time they react, it's too late."
"After all... our goal has never been to win beautifully, but to lose as miserably as possible, right?"
"Haha." Everyone laughed.
Indeed, they don't have to be afraid of death. Although living with an extra life is definitely better than being dead.
But Mordekaiser has already described Mitnarachen through the gods' messengers as a beautiful paradise after death like Bandle City.
As long as one dies for Modcaesar's great cause, he or she can enjoy all the happiness that human beings can imagine in this paradise after death.
Although the shrewd imperial nobles may not believe this statement completely, they believe that as loyal subjects of His Majesty Modkaiser, they will be able to become nobles in the Underworld Empire after their death.
"What about Swain?" General Tomily said with a little fear: "Did he find anything?"
"Of course he found some clues." Lester said calmly, "Including us, a total of 34 noble families, big and small, have conspired under his nose, and have recently gathered a lot of private soldiers in their respective manors..."
"Old Swain... Swain was once a wise general of the Empire. Our actions are getting bigger and bigger. How could he not notice it until now?"
"So, as planned, I just went to the Immortal Bastion and reported you to Swain—"
"I said you were desperate and trying to collude with me to launch a rebellion next week."
"It's just that I haven't yet obtained a list of all the nobles involved in the conspiracy, and I haven't found out the possible mastermind behind this matter, so I have to wait patiently."
"Next week..." The nobles couldn't help but smile: "Haha."
"Swain believed it?"
"He believed it." Lester nodded solemnly: "Because what I said was true."
Lies cannot deceive people. Only a lie that is nine parts true and one part false can deceive people.
Lester knew that the nobles' little tricks would definitely not be hidden from Swain, who had many eyes and ears.
So he simply leaked all the information he could, and only concealed some key information.
When Swain checked it with the intelligence he collected from other places, he further proved the accuracy and authenticity of Lester's intelligence .
At this time, Lester said that there might be another mastermind behind this to support the nobles, and there might be a big fish that has not surfaced...
"Based on my understanding of Swain, he will definitely choose to wait and see." Lester said confidently, "And his reaction was exactly what I expected."
"Hahaha, you are worthy of being the favorite student of Commander Swain. If you want to deal with this old fox, it has to be you, Commander Lester!" The nobles were delighted.
Everyone knew that if Swain had really believed this "rebellion next week" nonsense and was prepared to play the long game, he would pay a heavy price for his mistake today.
"The sacrificial ceremony of the Immortal Fortress will definitely be completed successfully." Lester said confidently.
"But I wonder what the situation is like in other areas?" He looked at Amystan who remained silent.
He, Tomiri and others only participated in the attack plan on Noxus. Only Amistan knew the situation outside Noxus.
"Don't worry, Lester." Amystan's voice sounded quietly.
She exuded an uncomfortable undead gray light, which made her very conspicuous in the depths of this dimly lit warehouse.
As the most prestigious chief envoy of the guide party, she knew the entire plan of this operation.
"The Twin Cities, Shurima, Noxus, Demacia, Ionia, Bilgewater, the branches of our organization that we have established around the world are now ready to take position near the preset targets."
"At this point, no one can stop the plane channel from opening."
Except for the fringe areas of civilization that are difficult to infiltrate, such as Freljord, Ixtal, and Mount Targon, and the Jedi places where no one even wants to go, such as Shadow Isles and Icathia, they have established organizations in most areas of Runeterra.
They follow wherever the leader is active.
As soon as the plane channel is opened, the army of the undead will surge into the mortal world like a tide and quickly destroy the foundation of the power of the Goddess Janna - those living people who believe in Lord Janna.
"The Wind Leader can no longer stop us. There is only one outcome waiting for Janna's followers, and that is death!"
“The thread of faith between them and the goddess will be completely severed by the barrier between the planes. Janna’s power will be weakened. She can’t save her believers, nor can she save herself.”
In the past, the only person who could break the barriers of the planes with his great power was Modkaiser, who had mastered the magic of Ochen.
So he was not afraid of the Wind Leader going to the underworld. In his opinion, after these weak souls came to the underworld, they would quickly dissipate in the fierce wind of the underworld.
Even if there are a few ants with strong wills who can temporarily resist dissipation...
There is no way they could penetrate the barrier between the planes of life and death with their own meager faith.
Mordekaiser himself was the only one who could "break the wall". He knew how much strength it would take. A weak soul would never be able to do this.
Therefore, the invasion plan designed by Modkaiser has another purpose:
That is to direct the undead army to the Twin Cities, Big Harbor, Immortal Fortress, and other areas where the Wind Leaders are mainly active, and then...
Kill as many people as possible.
Send all those who might be Janna's followers to the underworld, so that they can no longer provide faith to Janna, and let them completely disappear in the wind of the underworld.
"Goddess Janna, who only controls the mortal world, cannot defeat my Lord, who controls both the worlds of life and death."
"This war will only end with the victory of His Majesty Modkaiser!"
Amystan's words inspired the people, and the nobles present became more confident.
Lester also nodded secretly, and instinctively looked through the window high up in the warehouse in the direction of the Immortal Fortress.
"Haha." Amystan noticed this: "Lester, are you still thinking about your teacher?"
"Yeah." Lester didn't hide it.
Swain is his mentor and the benefactor of his life.
Although Noxus always claims that ability is supreme, it claims that power and position will be held by those who are capable, regardless of background.
But since this is still an empire and there is an aristocracy, how could one's birth be useless?
Except for geniuses like Darius who are amazingly talented, powerful, lucky, and have accumulated ...
For most so-called geniuses who come from poor families, their lifetime ceiling is just like Riven’s—show up once at the awarding ceremony presided over by the emperor, and then be a middle-level officer for the rest of their lives.
A person's destiny depends not only on his own efforts, but also on the appreciation of noble people.
For Lester, Swain is the noble man who changed his life.
Without Swain, he was just a cannon fodder commanded by others. It was Swain who promoted him, so he could command others as cannon fodder.
He will never be able to repay the commander-in-chief's kindness in his entire life.
But now...
"But I betrayed him." Lester couldn't help but sigh.
"Why, do you still want to go back on your word?" Amystan said with a smile.
"Heh." Lester chuckled to himself. He knew she was joking.
Because Amystan knew better than him that the power of Modkaiser that she had given him was actually a shackle she put on him because she was worried about his background.
After accepting this power that had been integrated into his soul, it would be impossible for him to betray Mordekaiser again.
Even without this power limit...
"There's no way I can go back." Lester clenched his fists secretly.
He was still looking in the direction of the Immortal Bastion, but resentment was already emerging in his eyes: "I regarded Swain as my mentor and vowed to follow him all my life. But what about him?"
"The first people he betrayed were us, his most loyal followers!"
As he spoke, Lester commented bitterly: "Swain is simply a cold-blooded machine."
"There is no humanity in his eyes except ideals."
Swain is indeed pure. Or rather, extreme.
When he was young, he was able to send his biological parents to the guillotine for plotting to overthrow the emperor in order to pursue his ideal of assisting the king.
Later, Darkwill became increasingly incompetent under the control of LeBlanc, and he would not hesitate to point his gun at his former master.
Later, when Swain found the real way to save Noxus from the Wind Leader...
He ruthlessly abandoned those disciples and old friends who had sworn to live and die with him, and embarked on a new path that went against all of them.
Swain betrayed his origins for his ideals. This statement does not only refer to his privileges and interests as a noble.
The friends and students he had when he was the Imperial General Swain, those who once admired him, followed him, and even loved him, were all resolutely abandoned by him.
Between faith and human relationships, Swain chose the former without hesitation.
"We risked our lives to pave the way for him to the Immortal Bastion. But what did he give us?"
"Everything he promised us in the past, he has not fulfilled now!"
"We have even become sinners in his eyes, a group of villains who are only worthy of spending their entire lives to atone for their sins and live their entire lives in fear!"
Lester gnashed his teeth in hatred.
He didn't need Modkaiser's power to control him. The moment he chose to walk towards the manor, he could no longer endure it.
"Swain may be my teacher. But now, he can only be my enemy." Looking at the Immortal Bastion in the distance, Lester's eyes became more determined: "I can only say to him--"
"I'm sorry, teacher."
As soon as the words fell...
“Boom——” There was a tremor that shook the earth.
As the hurricane howled, the entire roof of the warehouse was blown off in an instant.
The sunlight poured down unrestrainedly , illuminating the darkness.
"What?!" Everyone instinctively raised their hands to block the scorching light, and looked up at the sky in horror.
Lester looked over in even more disbelief.
He saw an unexpected person: "Kai, Kayn?!"
Kayn was seen standing in the air, flying beside Swain and Levi.
He sighed deeply: "I'm sorry, teacher."
