Directly below the Emerald Territory, south of the Shimmering Silver Mountains, lies Boreham Village.
A scream sounded, and Ulysses sat up from the bed, looking at the moonlight outside the window for a long time and unable to regain his consciousness.
His best friend has been missing for more than half a month, and to this day, he is still neither alive nor dead.
Sighing, Ulysses got dressed and decided to sit in the yard.
"Ulysses! Noxian barbarians have invaded! Pick up your weapons and prepare to fight!"
The urgent voice of the night watchman came from outside the courtyard gate.
"What?"
After a sudden thought, and listening to the footsteps hurried away outside the door, Ulysses took out the iron sword he had specially made by a blacksmith from under the bed.
Holding the cold hilt of the sword, Ulysses calmed down a little.
"Everyone, listen! This place has been occupied by the Noxian Emerald Territory! Don't resist in vain! Put down your weapons and you can survive!"
Before opening the wooden door, Ulysses heard the barbarian language from the north of the mountain coming from outside, as well as the sound of armor clashing and heavy footsteps.
"Noxians? How did they get here? Could it be that they crossed over Sunyang Mountain? How is that possible?"
There wasn't much time for Ulysses to react. Someone had already knocked roughly on the crossbar door.
"People inside, come out quickly!"
Naturally, he couldn't open the door. Ulysses, holding the iron sword, looked around, but couldn't find any other chance to escape. Because the wall was built too high and there was no secret passage for himself, he couldn't help but complain secretly.
"Collide!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a flashing dark red light burst open the door with great violence, and the wooden bolt as thick as his forearm was directly broken.
Before the soldier who rushed through the door could stand still, Ulysses handed over the iron sword in his hand with a sharp look and stabbed straight into the armor's chest.
With a "bang" sound, the iron sword that pierced the dark red armor was broken, and the hilt of the sword flew to the ground.
Unprepared for the impact, Ulysses' wrist was instantly dislocated, and the man cried and screamed while covering his wrist.
The soldier was about to chop off Ulysses' head, but the next moment he was stopped by a man wearing dark red armor.
"Lady Margaret said before that we should keep him alive as much as possible. He has lost the ability to resist, so he will stay for now."
"yes!"
In a daze, Ulysses was tied up with a rope. After the pain in his wrists subsided, he found that he had been led by soldiers to the center of the village.
Dozens of Boreham villagers had their hands tied together with hemp ropes. A neatly dressed woman was wailing. It was obvious that her husband had just died. More than 20 Noxians equipped with sophisticated equipment The people were surrounding the village chief, and two heavily armored soldiers wearing terrifying dark red armor were standing beside the village chief, holding ferocious dark red swords.
Soon, Ulysses noticed the extremely pale Natividad in front of the village chief and next to the Noxian soldiers.
That was his good friend who had been missing for more than half a month, but now he was standing next to the Noxian.
Ulysses' face turned pale, his eyes full of disbelief.
"Conscienceless Noxians! We have never offended you. Why do you raise your knife to us? Why do you attack us?"
The old village chief glared at the plate-armored warrior standing next to him with a sad and angry look. Sadly, he couldn't even see the opponent's face under his helmet. It was like the sword in his soldier's hand was not connected to the opponent's armor. It's so sad that they can't be defeated.
Moreover, how did Noxus suddenly appear in the village?
The village chief couldn't help but look at Natividad, who was silent.
Lifting up the mask covering his face, a cold face appeared in front of the village chief.
"There are not so many reasons, old guy, this is conquest. All you need to do is obey. The fate of those who resist is death..."
"Bah! Barbarian bastard of Noxus! You will never be able to conquer your grandpa! Grandpa, I will one day..."
A male villager with a hot temper started to curse, but the next moment his mouth was gagged with a rag, with a look of horror on his face.
"Find a better place for this 'Grandpa' to settle down so that the wild dogs don't go hungry."
"yes."
The villagers of Boreham watched helplessly as the man from the same village who had just insulted the Noxians was led away by soldiers, with a hint of fear on their faces.
"Noxus is an inclusive country. We can accept anyone who is willing to obey Noxus and accept Noxus' rule and ideas. However, Noxus will never accept personal insults. I hope you will Pay attention to your identity, don't be greedy for temporary pleasure, and forget what it means to have trouble come from your mouth... Natividad, I'll leave the rest to you."
"Yes, sir..."
The last glimmer of hope also disappeared in the night wind. Ulysses stared blankly at his good friend who had betrayed the village. Under the guidance of the Noxian soldiers, he began to persuade the village chief.
"Mr. Village Chief, we are just a small village with less than a hundred people. Even if we include the surrounding villages, there are only more than 300 people.
We can't resist the Noxians. The soldiers behind me are just two ten-man squads from the Noxian Emerald Territory. There are more than thirty such squads. The army alone is larger than our number. There are many,
We are not opponents at all. Submitting to the rule of Noxus is our best result. I have seen the development of the Emerald Territory, which is much stronger than us. As long as we join the big family of Noxus, we will not If threatened again, many people will be able to have enough to eat, and maybe even gain military honors..."
The old village chief looked at the betrayer in front of him with grief and anger, biting his lip to draw blood, and raised his finger as if he wanted to curse, but he couldn't curse.
He also has three young wives. The key is that he is also afraid of death.
Ulysses couldn't bear it anymore and asked his former good friend and now his enemy.
"Natividad! How can you do this to the village that raised you? The village chief watched you grow up! But you betrayed everyone and brought Noxus... to invade the village. Your conscience is not good. Will you feel uneasy?"
Feeling the sharp gaze of a thousand cuts, Natividad lowered his head.
"Ulysses, I have also thought about this problem, and later I discovered that we actually have no choice, because the rise of Noxus is a foregone conclusion.
To the north of Yangyang Mountain, the two most powerful forces, Demacia and Noxus, have carved up most of the continent. Demacia has chosen to stick to its independence on the west coast and will not send troops at all, let alone It is unrealistic to send troops to support us in resisting Noxus. Shurima in the south is also a mess...
Ulysses, I would never make such a choice if we had a chance. The fact is, we have no way out. Even without me, Noxus will conquer other lands, and there will be Soldiers set foot in our villages and made it theirs. "
Raising her head, the shame on Natividad's face disappeared, and she became more determined.
"We don't have any choice."
"Traitor! Stop talking nonsense about your mother!!!"
