Chapter 408: Brotherly love? Father is kind and son is filial.
Zaun, the Hexgate hub.
As soon as Madam Ogsa emerged from the brilliant blue magic light, she saw a little golden-haired man running towards her excitedly:
"Happy New Year, Mom!"
That wild girl is impetuous and reckless, and has no ladylike temperament at all.
Subconsciously, Ogatha thought this was some uneducated Zaun orphan.
It wasn't until the golden-haired girl bumped into her arms, raised her head and looked at her with her big blue eyes that she was finally sure...
This is her daughter, the once elegant and dignified little lady, Lux.
"Laxana!" Mrs. Ogersa felt very uncomfortable.
It’s only been a few months since we last met... Why has Lux become so crazy?
He walked briskly, spoke carelessly, and even hugged his mother and acted like a spoiled child in public, without any aristocratic manners. And he didn't call her "mother" at all, so why did he call her "mom"?
"Hehe." Lux didn't care about her mother's scolding look at all. She had completely said goodbye to her past self.
What about aristocratic etiquette and ladylike temperament?
"That thing is useless!" As soon as Lux opened her mouth, she spoke the Zaun dialect engraved in her "passive skill".
"In the military camp, I faced rough men, and in the countryside, I faced illiterate farmers. If you speak softly and walk in a pretentious manner, then people will not respect you in their hearts!"
"Hmm..." Mrs. Ogersa's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed a little.
Indeed, Lux is no longer a little lady waiting to be a tool for marriage, but a young general with his own career.
For a general, one should not have too strong aristocratic air.
This can also be considered a kind of growth for her.
"Besides..." Lux broke free from Madam Ogersa's arms, but held her mother's hand tightly, reluctantly: "Mom, we haven't seen each other for several months."
"I miss you."
“Well…” Mrs. Ogersa’s heart softened all of a sudden.
After Lux grew up and became sensible, and received the etiquette education of aristocratic ladies, she rarely acted so directly to her parents and expressed her love to her relatives.
Although this is exactly what Ogatha wanted to educate her daughter to be, a qualified noble lady, but... Lux is still more lovely now. Pure and primitive, with a kind of uncontaminated beauty.
Gently stroking her daughter's little head resting on her shoulder and combing her slightly messy soft golden hair, Mrs. Ogersa 's heart melted.
"Wait." Then she quickly became alert: "Lux, do you want me to do something?"
Ogasha knew that although her daughter looked soft and sweet like a golden-haired dumpling, she was actually a strong and rebellious person.
Maybe she really missed her mother, but she would not act like a spoiled child in this way.
"Ahem." As expected, Lux's expression quickly became serious.
She said a little embarrassedly, "Yes, mother. I asked you to come here this time because I really want to ask you something in person."
"This..." Ogsa suddenly had a very bad premonition.
The last time Lux openly betrayed her country in front of him and declared that she would "eliminate the tyranny of Debon and the world belongs to Janna", she didn't act so embarrassed.
The last time the mother and daughter discussed was a major event in which the Crownguard family would bet on both sides, supporting the Leader in establishing the Demacia Expeditionary Force and the Mage Penal Army, in a disguised way to poach Demacia's players.
What about this time?
"This..." Lux didn't say it directly.
She first waved her hand to create a soundproof wind curtain, and then she guided him indirectly: "Mother, the war in Ionia is now over. Our Debon Expeditionary Force has also completed its post-war rest and will soon withdraw to Demacia."
"That is to say, with the disappearance of the common enemy Noxus, the wartime alliance between Zaun and Demacia will soon come to an end."
"Mother, what do you think will happen to Demacia's attitude towards the Wind Leader after this?"
Mrs. Ogersa remained silent.
She knew what her daughter wanted to say.
Demacia's strategy of forming an alliance with the Leader to fight against the No has undoubtedly been a huge success.
The problem is, it was too successful.
Demacia's original idea was to send a small number of elite troops to support the east and work with the Leader to contain Noxus in Ionia.
This would, on the one hand, prevent Noxus' expansion in Ionia and weaken the enemy's overall strength.
On the other hand, it can also make Noxus realize that Demacia has a powerful ally in the Wind Leader.
After realizing that Demacia and Zaun have formed an alliance, Noxus will definitely focus on dealing with Zaun first, rather than Demacia - because Zaun is not only geographically closer to the Empire and the most important to the Empire, but also poses the greatest ideological threat to the Empire.
In this way, the Noxian firepower would be attracted to the Leader, and the huge war pressure that Demacia had to bear on the front battlefield on its homeland could be greatly reduced.
With three thousand soldiers and a few hundred mage prisoners, you can get an "Armored Dragon Turtle" with a taunt skill and no CD as a teammate... Isn't that a huge profit?
It was really profitable at the beginning.
After realizing the huge threat posed by the Wind Leader, Noxus quickly transferred General Du Kokael from the western front of Demacia to Ionia in the east.
So just as the German nobles had planned, the Leader drew a lot of Noxian firepower for them.
However……
"Whether it's the royalists who followed King Jarvan or the anti-magicists who followed Eldred, all the nobles in Demacia never expected..." Madam Ogersa said worriedly, "The Leader could win so quickly and so beautifully."
The Leader annihilated 100,000 elite Noxian troops in one battle. While defeating the Ionian army, he also greatly weakened the Black Rose forces within Noxus.
This directly triggered Swain's coup, forcing the Noxian Empire, which still had the strength to compete with the Leader, to stop the war due to civil unrest - this is what the German nobles who were unaware of the inside story thought.
“They kept expecting Swain to make a move, but Swain never made any move.”
The German nobles also hope that Swain can mobilize the Empire's million-strong army and the various hidden cards in the legendary Immortal Fortress to have a real decisive battle with the Leader.
But after Swain seized the position of the Supreme Commander of the Empire, he just went idle.
This made the German nobles very anxious.
“They don’t really consider the Windleader as their friend.” Lady Ogatha summed it up succinctly: “They just want to use the Windleader to make the Windleader and Noxus fight to the death.”
"But now, not only did the Wind Leader not die in the collision, but he took this opportunity to soar into the sky and expanded his influence to the entire Ionia in one fell swoop."
"This..." This scared the German nobles.
I originally wanted to call a meat shield to help take the damage, but he was sold out at the critical moment.
Who would have thought that the more he hits this guy, the thicker his health bar becomes, and his attributes become higher, and it seems that he is about to be killed.
The land policies implemented by the Leader in Ionia reached the ears of the Demacians across the ocean, and frightened the Demacian land nobles.
"Lux, you really provoked them this time." Ogatha sighed helplessly: "They are afraid of the Leader."
"And this fear will bring them all together."
Private ownership of land and hereditary fiefdom have always been the ancestral laws of Demacia, Noxus and other countries for thousands of years. How can this be changed?
Anyone who wants to change this will become the public enemy of Demacia/Noxus.
Thus, in the face of the threat posed by the Leader, the Noxian Reformed Officers and the Black Rose can unite.
The royalist nobles and anti-magic nobles within Demacia will definitely put aside their prejudices under such circumstances.
"Mother, you should know what this means." At this time, Lux said quietly: "If the nobles of Demacia are united, and the whole country is engulfed in fear, and go to war with the Wind Leader Association."
"Then many innocent Demacians will die meaninglessly on the battlefield just to protect the privileges of these noble lords."
"Lacus, what you mean is..." Ogata narrowed her eyes.
As an old politician, she could already guess what Lux was going to say next.
Since the Leaders do not want to see Demacia's internal unity, nor do they want to fight another meaningless war, their best choice is naturally:
Try to undermine the unity of the Demacia nobles from within so that this war cannot be started from the beginning.
So, how to create division among the nobles?
That's too simple. Demacia's internal problems, what else can we expect?
The biggest problem is:
"The conflict between the Demon Seekers and King Jarvan!" Lux looked at Ogatha and said, "Mother, after our Debon Expeditionary Force returns home, I hope you can use the power of our Crownguard family to propose to King Jarvan..."
"Completely abolish the magic ban!"
“…” Ogasha’s heart skipped a beat.
Repealing the law prohibiting magic is a task that requires much more than just tearing up a few pages of law.
You know, the legitimacy of the existence of the powerful Demon Hunters in Demacia today all comes from the Forbidden Magic Case.
To abolish the magic ban is actually to disband the magic hunter corps.
The Demon Hunter Corps is now a giant entity that combines the functions of the army, police, and secret agents. I don't know how many nobles have gathered on this huge chain of interests, happily sharing the feast brought to them by this privilege.
It is the food and clothing of millions of canal workers and the wealth of thousands of nobles.
Want to eliminate it? How difficult it is!
The last time the Crown Guard family proposed to set up a mage prisoner army, they had already forcibly taken away some power from the Demon Hunter Corps, and completely broke off relations with Eldred.
Now, you still want to disband the Demon Hunter Corps? This is simply asking for their death!
"Lacus, your idea is too risky." Madam Ogatha frowned, "Don't forget, Eldred tried to assassinate you last time without mercy."
Eldred didn't expect that the crazy man Silas could be influenced and conquered by Lux.
So his bad behavior of breaking the bottom line was exposed to the Mianwei family.
But Eldred didn't care.
From the moment the Crown Guard family suddenly launched an attack and seized power from the Demon Hunters in the name of the "Mage Criminal Army", it was impossible for them to be friends anymore.
"The relationship between the Crown Guard family and the Demon Hunter Corps has become extremely tense. The engagement between your aunt and him has also been irrevocably broken."
"If you try to use this opportunity to abolish the magic ban, his revenge will only become more crazy and unscrupulous."
Ogatha's voice was filled with worry. She hadn't been this worried when Lux had gone to the battlefield to fight the Noxians before.
Because this time, if Lux asked her to do something wrong, the entire Crown Guard family would be implicated.
"I know, you don't have to worry." Lux was full of confidence.
Levi had already warned her of the danger of this matter.
After all, Levi knew very well:
In the "future", King Jarvan was inexplicably assassinated in the palace because he was determined to abolish the ban on magic.
After Prince Jarvan ascended the throne, he did not even dare to easily inherit his father's will and continued to push for the abolition of the ban on magic.
He kept the handwritten order left by his father and did not issue it. With the protection of Xin Zhao, the Seneschal of Debon, and the Crownguard family, he was able to barely secure the throne of king and became Jarvan IV.
This shows that the water here is really deep.
Two generations of kings failed to grasp it.
"But I am the leader!" Lux said confidently, "The leader will help us in secret."
"With the addition of the power of Jarvan's family and our Crownguard family, can we still not deal with a group of demon hunters?"
"This..." Ogasha had a strange expression on her face.
She felt her daughter had made a mistake.
Lux believed that Jarvan's royal family would definitely support her, and she even counted the king as one of her companions in facing the demon hunters.
But in fact...
"King Jarvan will never support this plan, Lux." Ogatha said helplessly: "In fact, he may not agree to your request to abolish the magic ban from the beginning."
The Demon Hunters, whose power is strong enough to threaten the royal power, are indeed a thorn in the old king's heart.
But the leader who rose like a rocket turned out to be a meteorite that broke through the clouds above his head and fell with a loud bang.
The Demon Hunters only threaten the royal power, but the Leader wants to sweep all the kings into the dustbin of history - and now it seems that this group of "madmen" are really capable of doing this.
In this critical moment of life and death, it would be fine if King Jarvan did not want to establish a united front of the anti-wind class, but how could he have the mind to engage in internal strife and deal with the Demon Hunter Corps?
"He will just think you are crazy, Lux!" Ogata was trying to persuade her daughter to sober up.
"Uh, wait..." But her eyes suddenly became strange again.
Lux had a serious expression and clear eyes, and didn't look like a fool at all.
The plan she proposed...
"The Royal Family of Jarvan will agree," Lux said solemnly, "Even if the old king doesn't agree, we have a way to make him agree."
Ogatha: “??!”
This statement completely shocked her.
She never expected that Lux, who was just a naive girl half a year ago, could say such cruel words.
"You, do you want to..."
Follow Swain's story, purge the emperor's side and punish the traitors?
"Almost." Lux actually nodded.
Because the plan Levi designed for Demacia was basically copied from Noxus.
First, use cultural and ideological weapons to infiltrate the opponent, develop insiders within the enemy country, and then wait for an opportunity to incite rebellion and seize power, ultimately achieving the goal of overthrowing the hostile regime without spending a single soldier and cultivating pro-Wind forces within the enemy country.
Well...it sounds a bit harsh, but the principle is true.
"You, you..." Ogata was speechless.
Although her current behavior of betting on both sides is strictly speaking treason, she did not expect that her daughter would be so bold as to attack the royal family of Jarvan directly.
"No, this is absolutely not possible!" Ogsa objected instinctively.
The Crownguard family has been the protector of the Jarvan royal family for generations.
Although they have carried out some strange operations of forming a powerful marriage with the Demon Seekers in recent years, this does not hinder the loyalty of the Crown Guard family to the Royal Family of Jarvan, nor the deep feelings between the two that have been formed over many years of harmonious coexistence.
Ogasha dared to do this double-betting thing secretly.
But do they want the Crown Guard family to take the lead in the charge and collude with foreign enemies like the Leader to seize the power of Royal Jarvan?
"This is absolutely impossible! Your father would never agree to this." Ogasha said firmly: "This is a blatant betrayal!"
"But we have already betrayed each other." Lux blinked her big watery eyes and pointed at herself.
"That's you!" Ogatha gritted her teeth and said, "This is all your 'personal choice'. If anything goes wrong, it has nothing to do with the family... Lux, you should understand this."
Lux certainly understood. But...
"Garen is also a leader!" Lux suddenly revealed a shocking piece of information, shocking her mother.
"He's still here in Wind Leader, and found a Noxian girlfriend!"
Ogatha: “??!”
Girlfriend, leader, and Noxus?
"She's not just a Noxian." Lux added silently: "She's also the eldest daughter of General Du Kecao."
"From the Du Cocao family..." In terms of family background, he is worthy of their Mianwei family.
“…”
"No!" Mrs. Ogersa came back to her senses from the shock, and then gently stroked the "surprise" that Lux gave her.
Not only did her son become a leader himself, but he also found a girlfriend, the daughter of a Noxian general who was also a leader.
If this news spreads in Xiongdu, Ogasha dare not even imagine the consequences.
Moreover, now that both direct heirs have joined forces...how can she bet on both sides?
And, most importantly:
"Garen, this kid..." Madam Ogersa looked at Lux in disbelief: "Does he agree with this plan, too?"
"Yeah." Lux nodded.
"He... also agrees to take action against Jarvan's family?" Ogata suddenly felt that her two children had suddenly become strangers.
Although those who achieve great things do not care about trivial matters, there must always be some bottom line in life and work.
Ogasha knew that Garen had been naughty since he was a child. He wet the bed and asked his sister to take the blame.
She also knew that Lux had matured a lot after going through hardships and was no longer as naive as before.
But Ogata could never have imagined that Garen and Lux would actually use their scheming minds on their own family and friends.
"Laxana! No matter what, Prince Jarvan is Garen's brother, he is your brother!"
"How could you ..."
Madam Ogersa was about to ask, but Lux just shook her head calmly: "You worry too much, mother."
"This plan to persuade King Jarvan was originally formulated by Brother Jarvan."
"He won't blame us."
Ogatha: “???”
"Let me formally introduce myself—" Lux puffed out her chest proudly: "I am the president of the Demacia branch of the Wind Leader Association."
"And the vice president of the Demacia branch of the Wind Leader Association is... Brother Jarvan!"
Ogasha: "..."
