Chapter 506: Huo Jixing’s Return and the Cleansing of Fort Diver
In the biting cold wind, the crimson imperial flag was like a blazing fire, rolling in the icy air.
The golden double-edged ax engraved on the flag shines with a different charm under the sunlight, showing its glory to everyone.
Alyssa stood on the street, looking at the war group camp in the distance.
Surrounded by many buildings, it looks like a fully armed steel beast, crawling on the ground, filled with a cold and hard atmosphere.
This steel camp was rebuilt on the ruins after the ravages of the bear monsters, relying on towering city walls.
The original intention of its existence is to protect the endangered Diver Fort.
But this camp feels dark and threatening.
Every stone and piece of steel it builds tells the story of the tragic battles and the pain of the Noxians.
Alyssa smelled the bloody scent mixed in the cold wind and suppressed the angry killing intent.
The massacre by the bear monsters had already made the soldiers in the camp restless.
They desire revenge and the complete elimination of those bear monsters.
Oram in front of him seemed to notice Alyssa's gaze and followed it, looking at the rough camp and the fluttering imperial flag in the cold wind, fear flashing in his eyes.
Even though he is the heir of the Varrokan family, he must correct his attitude when he truly faces the powerful power of the empire.
The Varrokan family used to be kings in the Druver Castle for generations, but they were eventually included in the territory of the Noxus Empire.
The two walked along the bluestone straight road and saw many soldiers wearing black steel armor who were gathering for training in the camp.
The ore for casting the armor comes from the Diver Castle at your feet and from the underground of the Iron Thorn Mountains.
Most of the armor of the Noxian Imperial Chapter comes from the Noxian Forge at Dredge Hold.
This is also the reason why the Varrocan family has its current status.
Oram looked around at the soldiers of the battle group with a proud expression, walked towards the central building of the camp with his head held high.
"For so many years, we have been paying tribute to Noxus and making armor for their soldiers."
Oram said angrily as he walked.
The loud voice echoed in the huge camp, obviously not intending to hide his dissatisfaction in front of the guards.
“What did we get in exchange for it in the end?”
In exchange for survival. Alyssa secretly replied in her heart, but she did not say it out loud.
The Varrokan family has a transcendent status and power on the northern border.
Not only by the strong armor and sharp weapons produced, but more importantly by the care of the empire.
She followed Oram silently, looking at the familiar back, her heart filled with complicated emotions.
I don’t know when, but everyone in the Varrokan family seemed to have undergone some invisible changes and became proud and complacent.
However, Alyssa understands that the fate of her family has long been closely linked to the empire, whether they are willing to accept this fact or not.
Outside the door of the black building, there were already two rows of armored soldiers waiting. They stood at attention while holding on to their axes and halberds that glowed with cold light.
Alyssa saw three notches on the breastplates of these soldiers, and they were wearing dark red cloaks.
They are not ordinary guards.
"It's a soldier of the Trifali Legion." Oram breathed out softly, his previous momentum and arrogance gone.
In a country like the Noxus Empire where murderers are everywhere, the Trefari Legion is the most respected name.
Regardless of friend or foe!
Especially under the leadership of General Darius, as long as the Trifali Legion appears, many rebel forces would rather surrender than compete with them on the battlefield.
This is the reputation created by killing.
But now, it was just an ordinary meeting, and soldiers from the Trifali Legion were guarding it, which made Oram feel faintly uneasy.
It’s just that he has reached the camp and there is no way out now.
Oram and Alyssa looked at each other, then faced the eyes of the Trifali Legion soldiers and entered the camp building.
Opening the door, bursts of noises and discussions came, breaking Oram and Alyssa's solemn impression of the camp.
It was only when they saw the busy soldiers of the Leiser Guard Corps that they instantly realized that the empire's attitude towards the border issues in the North was far more important than they imagined.
Maybe there is something going on that they don't know about.
Oram couldn't help but feel nervous and began to think about whether his arrival was the wrong decision.
Under the guidance of two Trifali Legion soldiers, Oram and Alyssa crossed the long corridor and came to the conference hall on the south side.
Many war group leaders have gathered in the conference hall. They are sitting or standing, and they are talking one after another. The atmosphere is solemn and tense.
"Please take a seat!"
Wilson sat in the main seat and pointed to the two empty chairs opposite.
"No, I'd better stand, Mr. Wilson." Oram nodded slightly, but did not move his steps, and replied in a deep voice.
After the Imperial Chapter Group took over the defense of Dredgefort, Wilson paid a visit to Varrokan.
At that time, Oram also attended the banquet and met most of the people present.
Hearing this, Wilson raised his eyes lightly and stared at Oram and Alyssa closely.
But he quickly adjusted his emotions and noticed that this was a formal occasion, with a smile on his lips and said softly.
“It’s up to you!”
Compared with her stupid brother, Alyssa keenly noticed that something was wrong with the situation.
She looked at Kled beside Wilson, as well as several battle group leaders following General Darius.
These characters are no strangers to the Varrocan family.
Their names and faces have long appeared in the Varrocan family's intelligence information, and each of them is an important role that requires close attention.
Darius, one of the Trifari Triumvirate, controls the imperial force, which naturally attracts the attention of families like the Varrokan family that manage the empire's industry.
Naturally, the confidants around Darius have undoubtedly become the targets of the Varrokan family and other forces.
The information about these people in the family intelligence quickly flashed through Alyssa's mind.
Quickly analyze the reasons why they may appear here and the possible impact this may have on the Varrokan family.
"Oram Varrokan, Alyssa Varrocan, I asked you to come here this time to explain what happened before when you retreated from the battle." Wilson said in a solemn voice.
As his words fell, the leaders of the war group present all turned their attention to Oram and Alyssa.
Backing down is the most annoying thing for veterans who have fought bloody battles for more than ten years.
Oram met everyone's gaze and began to talk to himself.
“In the past hundred years, the Dredge Fort has always fulfilled its duties.”
“Our gold supports the empire’s conquests, and our steel protects and arms the empire’s battle groups.”
His tone gradually became heavier, and his unique aristocratic accent aroused the disgust of many people.
"Including all the war groups here."
When Oram finished his last sentence, the expressions of many war group leaders changed, and they had to consider the influence of the Varrokan family.
They can win victory in the conquest war of the Noxus Empire.
In addition to the desperate service of the soldiers under his command, sharp weapons and strong armor are also indispensable.
"Iron thorn ore can indeed make the best armor and weapons." Kled suddenly spoke, waking up the leaders of the war group present. "But this is not what allows the Varrokan family to violate imperial laws."
Kled continued to speak, his cold eyes scanning everyone present, as if to remind them not to forget the law and order of the empire.
Although Kled is a yordle, he has been fighting for the Empire since its infancy.
Among the chapter leaders here, many have served under Kled and received help from Kled.
Oram heard Kled's words, followed the voice, and looked at the slightly lazy yordle lying on the wooden chair, displeasure flashed deep in his eyes.
But he hid it well.
"Besides, the choice made by the Varrokan family in the emergency situation was not to retreat." Oram repeated the words of his brother Sirok.
“But to protect the hope of protecting the Dredge Fort.”
“The Varrokan family has been king in the Dredge Fort for generations, and they are never afraid of fighting or death.”< br>
Oram looked around at everyone present, his tone filled with inexplicable emotions.
"But shouldn't the Empire's hopes be protected more than those civilians?"
"The Empire's hopes?"
Wilson thought of the civilians cleared out by the soldiers. Corpse, take a deep breath and suppress the anger in your heart.
“Who do you mean by hope?”
“Hope is of course us, or the descendants here.” Oram replied with a smile, it seemed Seems confident.
"Hahaha!"
Suddenly, wild laughter echoed in the conference hall, laughing so wildly that it seemed that he didn't care about the surrounding eyes at all.
All eyes turned to the source of the sound, and Kled slowly stood up from the wooden chair.
His movements were not urgent, but carried an indescribable majesty.
His only intact left eye flashed with a cold light, like the biting cold wind in winter, making people shudder.
"In Noxus, no one is born nobler than others. A person's status is not based on blood."
"But merit!"
Alyssa looked up at Ke Lie, secretly cursing Oram for his stupidity.
How could he bring the default thing to the table and say it directly in front of so many people.
"That's natural. In Noxus, no one is special." Alyssa echoed Kled's statement.
Oram was a little unimpressed, so what about Kled, he was just an imperial general.
He dared to say this even if the three-person Trifali Council was in front of him.
“We worked like slaves in the dark mines under the mountains, and every day we had to watch the fruits of our labor being loaded onto a fleet of huge trucks.”
“But in the end we got it back. But it was the invasion of the Ursine monsters, and he almost lost his life."
Just when Oram raised his voice, he saw Wilson and many war group leaders standing up with respectful expressions.
"What's going on?" Oram was filled with doubts and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Suddenly, he felt something strange, and turned around to look with Alyssa.
I saw a handsome young man walking in. Apart from his appearance, his temperament and skills looked ordinary.
"Huh?"
Alyssa's expression condensed, and a person's information slowly emerged in her mind.
Leader of the Reese Guard Corps!
Commander of the Northland Chapter Cluster!
The successor rumored to be groomed by Swain!
Huo Jixing!
“Very good speech skills, worthy of the hope of the Varrocan family.”
Huo Jixing walked in from the door, applauding and praising Oram.
Using Oram's words likens him to being the hope of House Varrokan.
"So, can you let me see your palms?"
"What do you mean?" Oram raised his eyebrows and said in surprise.
“I said, can you stretch out your hand and let me see it?”
Huo Jixing came to Oram and looked directly into his panic eyes.
“Let me see your hands working hard in the dark mines and dust beneath the mountain fortress.”
Oram pursed his lips, not wanting to be led around. fell into silence.
Huo Jixing suddenly laughed and looked at Alyssa beside Oram.
Judging from their appearance alone, the two are obviously twins, with the same tall figure and strong body.
There is also the cold eyes given by the family blood, coupled with the proud behavior of being born into a noble family.
Both brothers and sisters have their long black hair braided into fine and dense braids, their faces have sharp tattoos, and they wear slate gray cloaks outside their armor.
"Tsk, tsk, you have never suffered a day in your life, and neither has she."
"The calluses on both of you are definitely not from working."
Snap!
Huo Jixing stretched out his left hand, suddenly grasped Oram's neck, and slowly lifted him up.
“So, what gives you confidence? Is it just the Varrocan family?”
“You can’t do this. I am the heir of the Varrocan family and the leader of the Diver Castle. "
Oram was out of breath and slapped Huo Jixing's arms wildly, panicking.
Alyssa also had a pale face, looking at her brother and Huo Jixing who suddenly took action in fear.
"Is there hope?"
Huo Jixing ignored Oram's resistance and looked at the red and cold face.
The experience of fighting on the frozen soil of the Northland appeared in my mind as if watching a lantern.
Many familiar faces flashed one by one, Eric, Moore, Freeman, Sheruba, Tulio and so on.
They sacrificed their precious lives for peace on the northern border, but in the eyes of these arrogant nobles, it became a matter of course.
What a show!
Huo Jixing's expression turned cold. He didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing just after he came back.
He looked around at the leaders of the war group present. The invisible pressure made everyone tremble.
“If you don’t have the ability to fight, you must at least have the courage to die.”
Huo Jixing carried Oram and walked to the main seat of the conference hall. Under his gaze, he said coldly.
"But you don't even have the courage to die, and you use the battlefield as a stage for grandstanding."
Click!
Huo Jixing's left hand gently used force to crush Oram's neck, extinguishing his hope.
"This is contempt for Noxus!"
(End of this chapter)