Chapter 319 Assassination? Unparalleled√
Three days later, Yipu River Port.
The Noxian Empire's operational efficiency has always been terrifying.
Just three days after Urgot issued the order to massacre the entire Yipu River Basin...
This port city, which had just experienced a massacre not long ago, was turned into a huge open-air concentration camp by Noxus.
Of course, it is called a concentration camp, but it is actually worse than a concentration camp.
This so-called camp is actually a large open space located on the banks of the Yipu River.
There were no tents or living facilities on the open space, only a simple wall temporarily surrounded by wooden fences.
Tens of thousands of Ionian civilians were forcibly arrested and driven here by Noxian soldiers from countless villages in the surrounding areas...
Confined by this crude barbed wire, he was trapped in this large open space with water on one side and surrounded on three sides.
The tens of thousands of Ionians had already filled this open space.
And those teams of fully armed Noxian soldiers, like worker ants carrying food to an ant nest, continuously came from all directions, driving the Ionians they captured from the countryside back to this place.
"What are these Noxians doing?"
Feiya hid in the distance, looking at everything in front of her from afar.
Finally, she couldn't help herself and asked Riven beside her, "President Orianna."
"Why would the Noxians go to such great lengths to bring those villagers from the countryside to this place?"
"Difficult? No..." Riven shook her head.
She looked at the large concentration camp built along the river, her face turned cold: "They did this just to save energy."
Riven has never seen such a big scene in her ten-year professional career.
But she could still vaguely guess why Urgot did this:
Urgot wanted to massacre the entire Yipu River basin, not only the cities but also the villages.
But villages are not cities after all. The villages are scattered across the vast Yipu River basin and cannot be "centrally dealt with" like highly populated cities.
If they slaughtered villages one by one, it would not only be time-consuming and laborious, but also make too much noise. Other villages would quickly receive news from the survivors and flee before the Noxians arrived.
At that time, the Noxians will not only face villages, but also countless war refugees fleeing across the mountains and plains like frightened rabbits.
Not to mention humans. Even if it was tens of thousands of pigs, it would take several days to catch them.
"So, in order to save time and effort... Noxians always like to 'centralize processing'."
"They would use lies and threats of force to drive villagers out of the village and come here;"
"The villagers thought that as long as they cooperated, they could at least keep their lives, so they didn't dare to run away, let alone fight to the death."
So the villagers, like sheep driven by a shepherd with whips and hunting dogs, gathered here obediently in fear and confusion, and came to this unprecedented "big sheepfold".
They were tamed by the Noxians without realizing it.
The Noxians didn't even have to put in much effort.
With the help of the empire's great reputation, it only takes a few Noxian soldiers to enter the village and scare people with knives, and they can easily intimidate a village of several hundred people, making the Ionians, who outnumber them by hundreds of times, obedient and then be escorted here honestly.
"And here..."
Riven lowered her head, not wanting to look at the open-air camp by the river:
"This isn't really a camp."
The camp would at least have living facilities, which were not available here.
The Noxians didn't even prepare food and water for these villagers, and it was obvious that they had no intention of letting them stay here for long.
"This is a slaughterhouse prepared by the Noxians." Riven clenched her fists quietly. "Did you see it? It's surrounded on three sides by water. Tens of thousands of people are forced to squeeze into this limited space."
"Once this clearing is filled, the Noxians will begin firing bows into the crowd..."
She couldn't bear to say any more.
The crowded crowd had nowhere to hide and no power to resist the rain of arrows.
They were forced to flee backwards.
But behind them was the turbulent Yipu River.
Driven by the rain of arrows, these people could only push and trample each other, and push themselves into the Yipu River, dying in the dense rain of arrows and the icy river water.
Eventually it was swept away by the river and washed into the vast ocean not far away.
In this way, the Noxians not only saved the effort of chopping off heads with swords, but also saved the effort of collecting the bodies.
This is the efficient massacre that Noxus is proud of.
"This..." A layer of cold sweat broke out on Feiya's forehead.
She couldn't help but think of the Yipu River Port more than half a month ago, the same place.
The same tragedy is about to happen again.
"No, we must not let this happen..."
Fia looked up at the camp in the distance. Just as Riven had guessed, the open space was almost filled with the Ionians who had been driven here.
This means that tragedy will happen soon.
"We must act as soon as possible, President Orianna!" Fia said to Riven excitedly.
"This..." Riven frowned.
Because of Kayn's status as the leader, she chose to believe him without hesitation. She also agreed to cooperate with Lester to jointly eradicate the murderer Urgot.
But after two days of secret investigation, she discovered:
Assassinating Urgot is easier said than done.
Urgot himself might not be extremely powerful, but as a close confidant of Emperor Darkwill, he has a powerful regiment under his command that he brought from the Immortal Bastion and is considered to be top-notch in the entire empire.
Urgot has been staying with his regiment these days, surrounded by at least thousands of elite warriors at all times.
There were at least hundreds of battle-hardened extraordinary warriors and combat mages in there.
To assassinate this guy...
The difficulty is almost equivalent to beheading a general in an army of millions.
"Lester can't command Urgot's men."
"All he could do was to use the excuse of going to the countryside to sweep the area and take the two regiments under his command out of Yipu River Port."
"Right now, there is only one elite regiment under Urgot in Yipuhe Port, but this one regiment..."
Suddenly, Riven fell silent.
After all, reality is not a game. In the game, the hero can fight against thousands of enemies alone and ignore the miscellaneous soldiers.
But in reality, Riven, the so-called "hero", is just a super soldier with slightly outstanding abilities among the imperial army full of powerful generals.
Urgot's regiment has more than 10,000 men and hundreds of extraordinary beings. This luxurious team cannot be dealt with by the makeshift team she put together in half a month.
"Leicester's intention is to let us wait a few more days."
"He will provide us with intelligence on Urgot's movements in real time. We can only take action when Urgot becomes careless and reveals a flaw, and escapes the protection of his regiment..."
This plan is the most appropriate.
But Leicester can choose this plan, but the leaders cannot.
Because "waiting a few more days" might result in the death of at least tens of thousands of people.
Lester could ignore the lives of tens of thousands of Ionians and wait patiently for an opportunity, but Riven and the Wind Leaders could not do that.
"Yi." Riven turned and looked at Master Yi.
The enemy was too powerful, so she had no choice but to place her hope on Master Yi, whose strength was unfathomable: "Are you sure you can defeat an entire army alone?"
"Uh..." Master Yi was a little unsure at this time.
He knew he was strong, but he had never really fought against the Noxian army, so he didn't know if he could do it.
At this time...
"President Orianna." A shadow quietly appeared beside her.
That shadow condensed into a human figure——
This is the leader of the Shadow Cult, Zed, who, under Kayn's matchmaking, temporarily forms an alliance with the Windleader in order to assassinate Urgot and stop the massacre.
Because the Shadow Cult is good at stealth infiltration, he has been responsible for collecting intelligence on the enemy camp for their assassination allies.
As soon as Zed showed up, he brought bad news to Riven:
"Urgot is in that camp right now. Because he is surrounded by many transcendents protecting him, I can't sneak too close."
"But since he has appeared here with his troops, then..."
"..." Riven's expression became even more serious.
She looked at the soldiers of the warband who were quietly surrounding the open-air camp in the distance as Urgot arrived, and she knew:
"Urgot is preparing to 'clear' the camp."
"We...are out of time."
"Then..." Master Yi said impatiently: "Shall we start now?"
"Hmm..." Riven nodded, but her brows were still furrowed.
Yes, they had to take action. If they didn't, these tens of thousands of villagers would be "dealt with" by Urgot.
But if they take action now, facing Urgot and his elite regiment, they may not be able to escape unscathed.
This was not an assassination at all.
It is a war, a brutal war in which the weak attacks the strong.
Riven summoned hundreds of extraordinary warriors from the Wind Leaders, dozens of swordsmen from the Wuji Sword School, and dozens of assassins from the Shadow Cult...
There were less than 200 of them, and they had to face Urgot who was well protected by nearly 10,000 soldiers.
"Master Zed." Riven was silent for a moment, then looked at him seriously: "What we are going to do now may be very dangerous."
"Are you, the Shadow Sect, sure you want to participate?"
Jie looked over calmly, "Of course."
Just two simple words showed his determination.
The leader and the shadow master were far from being familiar with each other. But at this moment, they were the most steadfast comrades.
"Yi, what about your Wuji Sword Sect?" Riven asked solemnly, "You are not yet the leader. If you want to quit, it's not too late."
Yi didn't say anything.
He drew his sword, slowly put on the seven-degree insight eyepiece made for him by Master Dolan, and responded with a high fighting posture.
Riven looked at Yi, Jie, and Feiya, people from the Wuji Sword Sect, the Shadow Sect, and the Leader, all of different kinds but united as one... There was a glimmer of hope in her eyes:
"Everyone, follow me!"
At the same time, Riven was praying silently in her heart:
"Goddess Janna——"
"Please bless me, bless us!"
"Please bless the people of Yipuhe Port and help us achieve victory this time!"
