Yasuo's worries are not unfounded.

Swain is not a single-threaded NPC. When he was purifying Blessed Island on Yasuo's side, contacting Demacia, and going to the northern border to poach people, Swain was not idle either.

With the end of the Besilico Civil War, the power of the entire Noxus is being rapidly integrated.

Moreover, because the Black Rose's private army was in bad luck on the Shadow Island, LeBlanc and Vladimir finally fled alone in embarrassment, and Yasuo unintentionally helped Swain a big favor——

It was precisely because of the internal emptiness of the Black Rose during this period that Swain was able to completely suppress the dissent of the nobles, and even sent Darius to implement military control of Fort Diver.

As the saying goes, "The initiator has no consequences." It seems that Darius just ran to the north and dealt with the Valrokan family, the lord who was unwilling to serve Noxus. But in fact, this operation was completely left to the "central government".

"Sending troops to intervene in local areas" opened the door!

You know, in Noxus, as long as a place is willing to fly the imperial flag, pay imperial taxes, and build Noxtra, then this place is the territory of Noxus, and the lords here are hereditary.

Unless betrayed or exterminated, a lord will always be a lord.

This incident at Fort Diver completely broke this inherent rule. Although Swain's reason was that "the barbarians in the north have changed, and military operations take priority," this kind of military control did deprive the lord of his power.

Even though when Darius left, the management of the Diver Fort was eventually handed over to a daughter of Varrokan's concubine, this action was fundamentally a complete act of centralization.

The success of this centralization also announced the completion of Swain's initial transformation of Noxus - although he was not an absolute dictator, he did spend a full three years to make sure that he was able to speak for himself in the Immortal Fortress.

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As early as when Yasuo left the City of Nine Rivers, Swain of the Immortal Bastion received news that someone was poaching people in the north.

In the Black Forest of the Tukgul Basin, after Yasuo figured out the basic level of the Noxians, he simply did not hide his whereabouts - so there was news about the local mages who had just immigrated to open up the land and left in groups.

, and soon arrived at Swain’s desk.

Because these mage immigrants were originally arranged by Swain, after receiving the news, Swain quickly sent an inquiry to the War Masons, and soon received information about Yasuo's related actions.

After receiving the news, Swain felt as if he had eaten something indescribable and felt extremely sick.

According to Swain's previous thoughts, it should be an excellent choice for those guys who are capable but not stable and reliable enough to go to the North - even if these guys are not of the same mind as him, as long as they can survive in the North

, that is to contribute to the empire.

This is the same as in Chongbian. Even if the people being distributed are all prisoners, it will strengthen the control of the border and invisibly expand the sphere of influence.

As a result, in less than half a year... some of them were poached?!

Setting his sights on Yasuo again, Swain spent some time personally sorting out some information about Yasuo.

During this sorting, he also paid attention to Blessed Light Island - unfortunately, because Blessed Light Island is located in the sea, Noxus does not have a specific route, so even if the War Stonemason paid special attention, the result was

The news is only about second-hand goods in Bilgewater...

I don’t know where Fuguang Island is, how big it is, or how many people there are.

From Swain's perspective, he just knew that Yasuo seemed to have purified the legendary Shadow Island and used it as a base to begin absorbing a large number of people.

Information from Demacia has finally arrived, and the content of the cooperation regarding the exile on Blessed Light Island is semi-public, and has not escaped the prying eyes of the War Masons.

After combining these pieces of information, Swain saw a sub-base that was mining like crazy!

However, in the Battle of Tall Bay, Noxus' Sea of ​​Watch fleet was destroyed, and the Empire had essentially lost control of radiation in the Sea of ​​Watch...

Headache, very bad headache.

This feeling of knowing that the enemy is growing but having no way to stop it is really terrible!

After merging with the demon, Swain's desire for control has become stronger and stronger. It is precisely because of this amazing desire for control that the size of Noxus's war masons has unknowingly doubled.

After putting together a series of information about Yasuo Blessed Island and secretly binding it away, Swain sat in his chair and unconsciously held the teacup on the table.

Unconsciously, the bone china tea cup was crushed to pieces by him.

The pain stimulated Swain's nerves, and he quickly realized that something was wrong with the state he was in just now, and he was almost on the verge of losing control of his emotions.

"You're dishonest again!"

Unfortunately, the usually nagging devil had no intention of paying any attention to Swain this time - the office was quiet except for the commander's slightly rapid breathing.

"Don't worry." After taking a few minutes to regain his composure, Swain threw off his cloak and stood up silently, "You can't control me!"

The devil still didn't respond this time - but I don't know if he was dismissive or had nothing to say.

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After adjusting his mentality, Swain issued a meeting request and then continued his work.

For ordinary people, the demonic power that is enough to cause permanent madness is nothing more than a trivial challenge in Swain's eyes.

Using demons, Swain has already made all preparations.

Although Swain was using the demon Ramo, on the other hand... Ramo was also subtly influencing the commander.

Under the Empire's vision, the power of demons can see into people's hearts, but the more they know, the more Swain wants to see - Lamer does not represent greed, but seeking knowledge is also a different kind of thing at some point.

of greed.

All power has a price.

No matter how careful Swain is, he will eventually be affected by the devil.

And Swain himself knew this.

Swain is confident in his will to fight against the devil, and he is also prepared to prevent infections that cannot be resisted by the devil.

Instead of choosing to be the "Emperor" of Noxus like Darkwill, Swain reestablished the ancient Trifari Council and actively distributed the power in his hands.

To the nobles, this was a disgusting pretense.

But only Swain knows.
Chapter completed!