As a raging fire broke out, these alchemy barons who relied on Singed's protection, together with their die-hard thugs, met their final end.
At this point, the Alchemy Baron, who once represented the order of Zaun, finally withdrew from the stage of history - although there were still a few lucky guys who escaped the fire, either praying for Piltover's protection or seeing the situation.
Unfortunately, they disguised themselves and left Zaun, but no matter what, they lost their authority as alchemist barons.
As for the title of an alchemist baron... who cares?
After all, from now on, the people of Zaun will probably no longer accept the Alchemist Baron lording it over their heads.
Finn is one of the lucky ones who managed to escape.
When the angry workers, led by Lux, occupied one factory after another, he left Zaun without any hesitation, took the most caring bodyguards, and headed straight for Piltover.
The Piltover Law Enforcement Officers' blockade is very strict, and other Alchemy Barons have no chance to pay bribes.
But Finn, who was working with Levi, had a special pass from a member of Parliament. After confirming the authenticity of the certificate, he and his personal bodyguards finally left Zaun smoothly and entered Piltover.
Then, without any hesitation, Finn immediately found Levi. While seeking asylum, he also told him about the "terrible incident" that happened in Zaun.
Levi patiently listened to Finn's story.
Then, the Congressman, who was already troubled by the changes in the situation in Piltover, became even more troubled.
When others become members, they only make money and gain connections. Why do I have to face so many troubles when I become a member?
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Even as drastic changes were taking place in Zaun, Piltover was not at peace either.
In the Piltover Parliament, a silent struggle also slowly began - the beginning of it all was that MP Mel Myrdalda took the initiative to give up her position, and her parliamentary seat was filled.
The head of the Philos family.
The woman named Cagalli Feros was not well-known in Piltover, but the person behind her was enough to make everyone in the Council fearful.
Gray Lady.
Although this woman who wanders in the gray world has not really come to the forefront, she still adopts a more radical strategy than in the past.
The Philos family has a deep heritage, a big tree with deep roots, and it also has extremely important patents.
In the past, even if they did not have a seat in the parliament, they still had amazing influence on Piltover - but now, they are on the front desk.
This is undoubtedly a signal that people care about, especially when Mel takes the initiative to leave parliament.
When Mel submitted his resignation, many people were speculating whether Jagu would make a comeback, but as a result, Jagu went directly into the hospital and has not come out yet. Instead, the head of the Philos family sat in the chairmanship of the parliament.
superior.
For a congressman like Levi who had no real power, taking sides became the most important issue - so, after giving Finn some material support, he tried his best to find out the news, trying to find out the news after this incident.
Get some benefit from it.
Speculators are not shabby.
However, the development of things completely exceeded Levi's expectation.
In the following period, the Piltover Council held meetings every day, which was extremely efficient, and management regulations with astonishing content were passed quickly one after another.
Take the initiative to increase taxes on fixed assets, increase tax rebates for funded research, restrict foreign investment and foreign investment, reform the law enforcement officer team, clean up college accounts, statistical research projects...
Any resolution that would cause uproar in normal times seems to be a trivial matter now, passed one after another.
What makes Levi even more confused is that even though so many resolutions have been passed that may drastically change the situation in Piltover, there is still a calm look inside the parliament.
Councilor Heimerdinger, the dean of the School of Science and Progress, and the newly appointed Cagalli cooperated tacitly, as if they were advancing and retreating together. When faced with the proposals of these two, others could at most vote for one.
Abstain from voting.
Not that no one objected.
Among the congressmen, there was a guy who worked in the docks. Relying on his relatively solid base, he strongly opposed the proposal to restrict foreign investment, which led to the shelving of the regulations.
Then, on that night, news that he liked married women and had long-term inappropriate relationships with the wives of captains of many business groups spread throughout the streets, and he himself died on the roadside after being ruined.
In the gutter - the result of the law enforcement investigation was drowning caused by excessive drinking.
Normally, when such a ridiculous situation occurs, Professor Heimerdinger will be the first to stand up and demand a thorough investigation, but this time, he remained silent and even offered to substitute an alternate member.
Under such circumstances, other members who were elected and had no background naturally remained silent.
Although this city looks extremely progressive, and everything seems to be decided by the councilors selected by Mrs. Piltover, in the final analysis, it is closer to a conglomerate of plutocrats.
Thanks to the canal, Piltover amassed an astonishing amount of wealth.
With the Zaun people working as cattle and horses, Mrs. Piltover relied on the wealth flowing from the fingers of various plutocrats to maintain a relatively high salary and welfare level.
This is Piltover's "progress".
But in the eyes of sober people, this "progress" is actually very illusory. Once the Ionian War ends, the entire Piltover economy will fall into a brief depression.
In addition, the notification letter from the Noxian ambassador also clearly stated the city's status - Piltover still has a long way to go to become a truly progressive city of Runeterra.
Taking advantage of the Noxians' troubles in Zaun, the Gray Lady took decisive action this time, riding on the breakthrough of Hex Crystal application technology to try to integrate the resources of the entire Piltover.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So, a question was placed in front of Levi.
Should he follow the footsteps of the Gray Lady and adapt to this change, or should he use his own way to oppose this change that is destined to lose his own interests?
For Levi, the Gray Lady may be able to make Piltover truly great, but in a truly great Piltover, will he still have the power and status he has today?
Even though those families with real power and assets may experience labor pains, they are still willing to accept the leadership of the Gray Lady because they have money, factories and manpower, and have first-mover advantages in changes.
But a guy like Levi... with his few resources, I'm afraid he is not worthy of occupying such a high position in Piltover as the Gray Lady expected.
He thought it was just a matter of taking sides in the change of power, but Levi never expected that he would face a decision that might determine Piltover's future.
So Levi hesitated.
He was unwilling to lose his power and status, but he was reluctant to oppose this change rashly - not because he cared about the future of Piltover, but because he was worried that he would be killed by Camille if he rashly opposed...
During this period, someone also tried to unite with Levi, and everyone used some means to create a little trouble for the Gray Lady, but before Levi could make a decision, Finn found him and told him what happened in Zaun.
After learning that Zaun's workers had occupied the factory, Levi was finally horrified.
Vaguely, he seemed to see a more terrifying possibility - compared to the violence that happened in Zaun, the Gray Lady's methods were actually so gentle...
Taking Finn with him, he got up without hesitation and headed straight to Lanxun Manor.
Levi plans to take the initiative to ask to see the Gray Lady.
What happened in Zu'an really made him a little uneasy.
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Standing outside the gate of the Philos family manor, even though Levi was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but sigh.
Coming to see the Gray Lady is not an easy decision - the meeting itself represents Levi's choice.
Supporting the Gray Lady's reforms will inevitably lead to giving up.
For a person like Levi, giving up part of his power and status is simply taking flesh from him.
But unfortunately, he has no choice now.
What happened in Zu'an in the past two days was really shocking.
Even if Levi failed to see the core impact of this incident and did not know what the changes that Lux had brought to Zaun meant, he still felt a strong sense of crisis.
Levi chose this time to come to the Gray Lady because he remembered the previous time the Zaun people attacked the Gate of the Sun.
What if after taking care of the Alchemy Barons, the Zaunites want to attack the Gate of the Sun again...
The scale of the impact would probably be far greater than the last time.
Piltover's law enforcement officers alone are not enough to ensure the safety of Piltover.
Therefore, Piltover needs the Gray Lady very much now!
For the sake of his own safety, even if Levi disagreed with some of Gray Lady's ideas, he had to lower his head and come to Feros Manor to meet with her in person.
On the contrary, Finn behind him, who was obviously a Zaunian born in Ionia, was wearing Demacia's rune steel armor and was in the Blue Xun Manor in Piltover, looking around.
, looking like he was finally at ease.
This idiot didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at all, he was just feeling lucky to have escaped Zaun...
Shaking his head, Levi eliminated these messy thoughts from his mind, and then took out his pocket watch - facing the smooth pocket watch case, he arranged his chestnut hair, then stepped forward,
He reached out and knocked on the door of Philos Manor.
However, the manor was quiet, and there was no sound of footsteps for a long time.
Levi waited stiffly outside the manor. He made up his mind to have a good talk with the Gray Lady, but he never expected that the Gray Lady would not want to see him at all.