Noxus is a place that values strength, and here, failure is a despicable thing - the failure of the Ionian War, although the military leaders knew that the commander was holding them back, and they were all disappointed with Darkwill, but
As the one who was cheated, Swain's reputation was also seriously damaged.
Swain was once a strategist and a rising star in the empire.
Now Swain is just a poor guy who removed a little girl's arm.
In this case, even Swain's strategies are of no use - no one wants to believe in his abilities.
After the war between Noxus and Ionia actually stopped, Swain returned to Noxus and was quietly pushed to the edge of the military order.
No chapter is willing to accept Swain, even as an adviser or strategist, and no chapter is willing to swear allegiance to Swain.
Swain, who lost almost all his power, finally left the Immortal Fortress in despair and was exiled to the remote Hedoram, where he sought to make a comeback.
For anyone, this situation can almost be regarded as a dead end - the soldiers lost their troops and were branded losers. Even those who had been wary of Swain no longer regarded him as a loser.
He sees it as a threat.
But... in Swain's own opinion, he still has a chance.
As the commander-in-chief of the Ionian War, although he suffered a shameful defeat in Preidion, this defeat was not completely without rewards - if Swain was a loser, at least in Noxus, there was still hope.
There are a considerable number of similarly frustrated people, veterans of the Ionian War, whose situations are almost the same as Swain's!
If Swain should be fully responsible for the failure of the Ionian War, then these veterans would probably hate Swain to death, but anyone who understands the process of this war should know that it is not Swain who is really responsible for the defeat.
Vine, but Darkwill.
Therefore, even if he was defeated, even if his arm was cut off by a little girl in the midst of thousands of troops, Swain did not lose his military morale!
For Swain, the support of these soldiers is his biggest reliance on making a comeback.
Swain was once very ambitious, and his series of victories in the Principality of Valoran and Shurima made him full of confidence in his commanding skills - but after his left arm was cut off by Irelia, the other party's kind of contempt...
The fighting power of thousands of troops was like nothing, and soon gave him a new understanding.
Therefore, Swain, who learned from the failure, returned to Noxus after the defeat. On the surface, it seemed that he was begging the commander to give him another chance. However, the actual situation was that he used his crotch
Using the humiliating plea as a cover, he found the power his family had been seeking.
He made a deal with the devil.
In the eyes of others, Swain, who lost his military status and failed to ask for forgiveness from the commander-in-chief, was just a useless person.
But in fact, Swain, who was running around the Immortal Fortress, discovered the incarnation of some ancient power.
It was a demon that had tried to swallow up the secrets that Swain had mastered and glimpsed several times. It had an indescribable fanaticism and desire for these secrets.
Swain made a deal with it, and after the deal was completed, he was exiled from the Immortal Fortress and came to Hedolam.
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The dusk is deep.
The little Hedoram received a rare excitement.
Recently, groups of Noxian soldiers have gathered in this small town in small groups. They have no flags and no indicators.
At first, the Hedoram people thought that Noxus was ready to establish a new Hedoram Chapter - since the Hedoram Chapter was transferred and then ended three years ago, there has been no one here.
A local war group.
However, as more and more people came here, and there were more and more disabled people among the crowd, the Hedoram people quickly realized that something was wrong.
When the local orderly officer began to report, the orderly officer's residence was already surrounded.
In this way, although Hedoram still flew the Noxian flag, actual control fell quietly into Swain's hands.
And these small groups of Noxian soldiers who gathered in Hedolam were veterans of the Ionian War - they followed Swain's footsteps and came to this remote town, preparing to fight with
Together with their commander, they charge again.
"How many people have arrived in Hedoram?" Swain, who was in the orderly officer's residence, put away a secret letter and looked at the adjutant beside him, "Can the material supply still keep up?"
"More than five thousand people have entered Hedoram so far." The adjutant who was following Swain took a step forward, opened the notebook in his hand and replied, "The material supply... is already very insufficient, although we just
A batch of supplies was obtained, but it was only a drop in the bucket."
"Based on the cost of marching five thousand people, how long can our supplies last?"
"At present, the rations are relatively sufficient. Even if we don't collect food on the spot, it can last for at least ten days." The adjutant quickly reported a series of figures, "But the grease used for armor maintenance and the special food for mounts are almost all
Exhausted. In addition, our military supplies are severely lacking. The soldiers only have the most basic weapons, and only three to five people have one pair of armor..."
"How many more people are on the way?"
"Well, this is not easy to say." The adjutant hesitated for a moment, "When we were in Ionia, even after Preidion, we had at least 50,000 people, but no one knows how many more people are willing to come to Hedo.
Ram..."
"Five thousand people are almost enough."
Swain raised his head slightly and focused his gaze on the map on the wall.
This map is from the collection of Hedoram's former service officer. It is a commercial map - a long and narrow map that records and describes in detail most of the commercial cities, special products and routes on both sides of the Valoran Strait.
However, after falling into Swain's hands, after some smearing, it had already changed its appearance.
The labeling of special products was covered by a new piece of paper, which was changed to local garrison information and military special products.
Scanning the entire map, Swain finally set his sights on Piltover - and next to the city symbol representing Piltover, there was a long note.
The note contains a large amount of military and political information about Piltover, many of which involve Hex technology and Hex body modification.
If Tamara were here, she would definitely scream out in surprise - because most of this information is top secret information that she passed to her boss after investigating!