Chapter 312: True Great Filial Disciple, Disaster
"Shadow... Stream?" Kayn had heard of this sect.
As a rising star that emerged in the anti-Noxian invasion war, the Shadow Sect has made quite a name for itself in Ionia in recent years.
Moreover, unlike the generally accepted impression of peaceful Ionians, and unlike the traditional rebels who still value balance, the Shadow Cult's style of doing things is obviously more radical and extreme.
They do not take it as their responsibility to maintain balance, so they do not care about killing.
All shadow assassins will use their efficient and brutal killing skills to reap the lives of any Noxian they see without mercy - just as Noxus did to the Ionians.
However, at this moment...
"You can go now, kid." The young Master Jie was not as cruel and bloodthirsty as the rumors said.
He told Kayn what he wanted to convey, and then generously let him go.
"Okay, okay." Kaiyin responded hesitantly.
He glanced at Master Jie's disciples who were glaring at him with murderous intent, and then looked at the bodies of the Noxian soldiers on the ground whose blood had not yet dried.
In the end, he hurriedly picked up the sickle, turned around and fled the village in embarrassment.
Zed watched Kayn go away, and noticed the hatred and unwillingness on the faces of the disciples beside him that were hard to conceal: "Do you think I shouldn't let him live?"
"Yes." The disciples nodded respectfully, but did not hide their feelings.
Noxians deserve to die. This is the belief of almost every Shadow disciple.
The Shadow Sect was derived from the Balance Sect. Master Jie, who is now known as the Shadow Lord, was once the leader of the Balance Sect and the last disciple of Master Kushuo.
The reason why Jie betrayed the Order of Balance and set up his own sect was because the Order of Balance adhered to the way of balance to maintain the balance between the two worlds and refused to interfere in any worldly affairs that would "affect the balance".
So even when Noxus attacked at their doorstep, the Masters of the Balance stubbornly adhered to their teachings and refused to come out.
As a result, a split occurred within the Order of the Kinkou, and Zed took the lead in betraying his master and founded the Shadow Order, which was actively and radical in style, and participated in the war against Noxian invasion.
Most of the disciples of the Shadow Cult are war radicals who followed Jie to betray the Balance.
The remaining half were the victims of the war who had a blood feud with Noxus and were gradually recruited by Zed in recent years.
Such a group of radicals and avengers will certainly not show any mercy to the Noxians.
"It only takes these 100 bodies and one letter to let the Noxians receive our warning."
"We don't need to ask that Noxian kid to help deliver the message."
Everyone knew that Jie was just looking for a reason to let the little devil go.
"Master Jie." The disciples said carefully: "You seem to be..."
Becoming weak?
The disciples all looked at Jie carefully.
In their eyes, Master Zed should be the coldest-blooded and cruelest ninja master in Ionia.
In order to gain the power to fight against Noxus, he even betrayed his own school and killed his own master.
Such cold-blooded behavior may be shameful to moralists.
But in the eyes of Jie's followers, to deal with those bastards of the Noxian Empire, they need a ruthless blade like Jie.
But now, this sharp blade seems a little "blunt".
The robbery actually left someone alive.
“…” Feeling the respect, fear and questioning gazes of the crowd, Jie felt a little complicated.
Actually, this is because...
He is not cold-blooded or cruel at all.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that Master Jie usually wears scary dark ninja armor and manipulates evil-looking shadow magic. Even his name is “Jie” and his title is “Lord of Shadow”, which makes people feel murderous and sinister...
But in fact, Jie has always been a good person.
Yes, he is a good man, a good man who respects teachers, loves his country and his people.
People have a wrong impression of Zed as a cold-blooded and cruel person. First, he is indeed merciless when attacking his enemies. Second, and most importantly:
That is, as everyone knows, it was Jie who personally killed his master, Master Ku Shuo of the Sect of Balance.
Killing one's teacher and betraying one's school are absolutely unforgivable sins in Ionia's traditional moral values.
And in order to seek power and because of ideological conflicts, Jie did such a rebellious thing without hesitation.
So everyone thinks that Jie is a ruthless person, an evil master who kills people without blinking an eye.
But in fact——
Master Ku Shuo was not dead at all.
In fact, the plan to "eliminate" Master Ku Shuo was actually formulated by Master Ku Shuo himself from the very beginning.
The reason is also very strange:
First of all, facing the massive invasion of Noxus, Master Ku Shuo actually thought the same as Jie. They both believed that the Order of the Balance needed to do something at this time of destruction.
However, the Order of the Balance has a doctrine that one should not interfere with the material world at will, and Master Kushuo is the leader of the Order of the Balance.
As the head of the sect, he certainly couldn't take the lead in violating the Way of Balance. Otherwise, the tradition of the Balance Sect that had remained unchanged for thousands of years would be destroyed.
So, Master Ku Shuo came up with a brilliant idea:
He took the initiative to find Jie, who was also a pro-war faction, and asked this good disciple to cooperate with him to stage a drama of "killing the master and escaping, splitting the balance" in front of everyone.
In this way, Zed could lead the war faction within the Order of the Balance to split away and set up their own faction to fight against Noxus.
Master Ku Shuo was also able to fake his death and escape from the shackles of being the leader of the Order of the Balance. He secretly joined as an individual and waited for an opportunity to take control of the Navoli Brotherhood, which was also a radical resistance organization, and participate in the war against Noxus.
So, Master Jie was actually very wronged.
Everyone said that he killed Master Kushuo in pursuit of the forbidden art of shadow magic.
But in fact, not only did Master Ku Shuo fake his death, but even the so-called "Forbidden Shadow Technique" was voluntarily handed over to him by his good master, Master Ku Shuo.
Even Master Kushuo himself was secretly practicing this forbidden technique, but outsiders didn't know about it.
In short, although Master Jie's resume seems to be dark, his character and morals have always been clean and flawless.
Now the disciples all felt that he had changed and was no longer cold-blooded.
“…” Jie was not in a position to reveal the truth.
I can only silently take the blame for my master.
But then again , he did have some changes in attitude recently because of some things.
"I think we should at least be different from the Navoli Brotherhood."
Jie first took the opportunity to remind his disciples not to do things in an extreme way.
Don't learn bad things from the Navoli Brotherhood.
Yes, even though the Shadow Cult is considered one of the most extreme resistance organizations in Ionia, they are still considered moderate compared to the Navoli Brotherhood.
Jie knew that the current leader of the Navoli Brotherhood was his good master, Master Ku Shuo, who never killed anyone at will.
But after these years of war, I don’t know if it’s the times that have changed people, or if Master Kushuo’s mind has been polluted by shadow magic...
In short, Master Ku Shuo became more and more cruel and bloodthirsty.
The Navoli Brotherhood also transformed from a radical resistance organization into an outright extreme nationalist group.
How extreme are they? They are so extreme that they can threaten with violence or even physically destroy friendly forces in order to strengthen their own power and control the direction of the war.
Their ultimate goal is to achieve absolute rule over Ionia and turn it into a more powerful empire than Noxus.
This made Zed increasingly worried about his master's mental state.
He also began to unconsciously become wary of the extreme thoughts that were becoming increasingly prevalent in Ionia.
At this time, he happened to come into contact with another trend of thought:
"I've also been reading the book of Leader recently." said Jie.
Ever since the birth of the goddess Janna in the Twin Cities, the name of the Wind Leader has spread throughout Runeterra.
The Leader's astonishing act of saving tens of thousands of people at the Ipu River Port half a month ago boosted the resistance forces throughout Ionia.
This time, Jie led the Shadow Cult to the province of Baruo in order to try his best to stop the Noxians' wanton killing, and at the same time try to find the Leader, a potential powerful ally.
Since they want to seek cooperation with the leaders, they will naturally take the initiative to understand the leaders' ideas and propositions.
"Master Jie..." Hearing Jie mention the thoughts of the leader, the disciples opened their mouths in surprise: "Do you... believe their naive statements?"
They have also read the book "A Brief Account of Janna's Thought".
Although they could not understand the long theoretical paragraphs in the book analyzing the pros and cons of separatism - after all, Ionia was still far from a separatist society.
But they can still understand the essence of Janna's thinking - class.
Leaders always look at things from the perspective of class rather than identity.
So they thought that the oppressed around the world could unite, and they thought that the poor in Noxus and the poor in Ionia should be friends, not enemies.
This class theory that transcends nations and ethnicities is very counterintuitive, especially for modern Ionia, and for the Ionians who have suffered from foreign invasions and national oppression.
"Their theory is nothing but nonsense." The disciples said excitedly: "Noxians are just a bunch of evil spirits reincarnated, beasts who eat flesh and drink blood. How can they be our friends?"
"Even if they are willing, why should we be friends with them?"
“……” Jie remained silent and did not refute.
He thought of the young Noxian soldier holding the sickle.
It was obvious that the young man was forced to go to the battlefield. He had never killed anyone and was unwilling to kill anyone. But he still came to Ionia and became an executioner in the eyes of the Ionians.
So, are all Noxians really born beasts?
On this issue, Jie actually has a lot to say.
But he still didn't say it.
Because Jie knew that many of his disciples had a blood feud .
He is not qualified to use moral principles to ask others to be magnanimous.
"Maybe." Jie just murmured.
"Maybe you are right, maybe..."
Suddenly, his voice stopped.
The disciples followed him and turned their heads vigilantly to look towards the village entrance.
Because they could all hear hurried footsteps and panting breathing in the distance.
Someone is coming.
“That, that’s…” After seeing who it was, the disciples were all surprised: “That Noxian kid?”
Kayn, who had escaped death before, actually ran back on his own?
Doesn't he want to live anymore?
"Stop!" There must be something wrong when something is abnormal.
The disciples instinctively became alert and shouted: "What are you doing back here, little brat?!"
Kayn hurried back, then paused with a troubled look on his face. He was silent for a few seconds before saying:
"I, I want to come back and remind you."
“Oh?” Jie also looked at him in confusion.
"General Lester of our regiment is a crazy and cruel guy. Your warnings will not scare him."
“And…” Kayn looked at the corpses of Noxians on the ground and the village that had luckily escaped.
He gritted his teeth and said, "You killed so many people here. General Lester will definitely order a massacre of the whole village in retaliation."
“So I hope you can take these villagers and evacuate from the vicinity as soon as possible.”
