Chapter 243 [0241] The Frustrated (Additional Update 45)

Swain has had a hard time recently.

Noxus is a place that values ​​strength, where failure is despicable. Although the military leaders knew that the Grand Commander was holding back the Ionian War and were disappointed with Darkwill, Swain's reputation was severely damaged as the one who was cheated.

Swain used to be the strategist commander and a rising star in the empire.

Now Swain is just a poor guy who cut off the arm of a little girl.

In this situation, even if Swain is full of strategies, it is useless - no one is willing to believe in his ability.

After Noxus and Ionia actually stopped the war, Swain, who returned to Noxus, was quietly squeezed to the edge of the military sequence.

No war group was willing to accept Swain, even as a staff or strategist, and no war group was willing to swear allegiance to Swain.

Swain, who had lost almost all of his power, could only leave the Immortal Bastion in disgrace and was exiled to the remote Hedoram, where he sought to make a comeback.

For anyone, this situation could almost be considered a dead end - the soldier lost his army and was branded as a loser. Even those who had been wary of Swain no longer regarded him as a threat.

But... in Swain's own opinion, he still had a chance.

As the commander of the Ionian War, he certainly suffered a shameful defeat in Precision, but this failure was not completely without gain - if Swain was a loser, then at least in Noxus, there were a considerable number of similar losers, and those veterans who had experienced the Ionian War were in a similar situation to Swain!

If Swain should be held fully responsible for the failure of the Ionian War, then these veterans would probably hate Swain to death, but anyone who knows the process of this war should know that the one who was really responsible for the defeat was not Swain, but Darkwill.

Therefore, even if he was defeated, even if a little girl cut off his arm in the midst of thousands of troops, Swain did not lose the morale of the army!

For Swain, the support of these soldiers is his greatest reliance for a comeback.

Swain used to be ambitious, and a series of victories in the Principality of Valoran and Shurima made him full of confidence in his command art - and after Irelia cut off his left arm, the opponent's fighting power that looked down on thousands of troops quickly gave him a new understanding.

So, Swain, who learned lessons from failure, returned to Noxus after the defeat. On the surface, he was begging the commander-in-chief to give him another chance, but the actual situation was that he used the humiliating plea as a cover to look for the power that his family had once pursued.

He made a deal with the devil.

In the eyes of others, Swain, who lost his military status and failed to beg the commander-in-chief for forgiveness, was just a useless person.

But in fact, Swain, who was running in the Immortal Bastion, discovered the incarnation of some ancient power.

It was a demon, and it had tried several times to devour the secrets that Swain had mastered and glimpsed. It had an indescribable enthusiasm 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 Hedoram.

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The dusk was deep.

The small Hedoram had a rare bustle.

Recently, teams of Noxian soldiers gathered in this small city in small groups. They had no flags and lacked indicators.

At first, the Hedoram people thought that Noxus was ready to establish a new Hedoram warband - since the Hedoram warband was transferred three years ago and then finished, there was no local warband here.

However, as more and more people came here, there were more and more disabled people in the crowd, and the Hedoram people soon noticed something was wrong.

When the local orderly officer began to report, the orderly officer's mansion had been surrounded.

In this way, although Hedoram still flies the flag of Noxus, the actual control has quietly fallen into the hands of Swain.

And these small groups of Noxian soldiers who gathered in Hedoram were veterans of the Ionian War - they followed Swain's footsteps and came to this remote town, ready to charge again with their commander.

"How many people have arrived in Hedoram?" Swain, who was in the service officer's residence, put away a secret letter and looked at the adjutant beside him, "Can the supply of materials keep up?"

"Currently, more than 5,000 people have entered Hedoram." The adjutant following Swain stepped forward, opened the notebook in his hand and answered, "Supply of materials... is already very insufficient. Although we just received a batch of supplies some time ago, it is just a drop in the bucket."

"According to the consumption of 5,000 people on the march, how long can our supplies last?"

"At present, the rations are still relatively sufficient. Even if we don't collect food on the spot, we can at least support it for ten days." The adjutant quickly reported a series of numbers, "But the grease for armor maintenance and the special food for mounts are almost exhausted. In addition, our military supplies are seriously scarce. The soldiers only have the most basic weapons, and there is only one set of armor for every three or five people..."

"How many people are on the way later?"

"This, this is not easy to say." The adjutant hesitated for a moment, "In Ionia, even after Precision, we had at least 50,000 people, but no one knows how many people are willing to come to Hedoram..."

"Five thousand people, that's almost enough."

Swain raised his head slightly and set his eyes on the map on the wall.

This map was a collection of Hedoram's former service officer. It was a commercial map - the long and narrow map recorded and described in detail most of the commercial cities and special products and routes on both sides of the Valoran Strait.

However, after falling into Swain's hands, it had changed its appearance after some smearing.

The label of special products was covered by a new note, which was changed to the local garrison information and military supplies.

Swain swept his eyes across the entire map, and finally set his sights on Piltover - and next to the city symbol representing Piltover, there was a long note.

The note contained a lot of military and political information about Piltover, many of which involved Hextech and Hextech body modification.

If Tamara were here, she would definitely exclaim - because most of this information was top-secret information that she passed on to her superiors after investigation!

Karya's Little Classroom Swain's origin:

Swain's full name is Jericho Swain. According to the customs of Noxus, it is more reliable to call him Jericho.

But why do people call him Swain?

That's because he is the only one left in the Swain family...