Of course, what Leicester said was not empty talk. The reason why the empire postponed the trial of Brown Darkwill for more than three months was simply because it would take such a long time for the general mobilization of war to be fully prepared.

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After reorganization, the Noxus Empire has thirteen large legions and can mobilize more than 800,000 troops at any time.

At present, the total number of active troops in the empire is 400,000, including more than 200,000 elite elite regiments, nearly 100,000 special forces, and more than 100,000 reserve regiments. This kind of military strength is enough to sweep the entire Runeterra, and it is also Lester's confidence.

location.

And now, as Lester's declaration of war spreads throughout Runeterra, the Noxus Empire has entered a state of all-out war.

From this moment on, the empire prohibits any form of banquets, dances and other extravagant and wasteful activities. After nine o'clock in the evening, the lights are turned off. Young people of appropriate age must participate in production activities or combat training organized by the military committee, and be ready to be drafted into the army at any time and go to the battlefield.

At the same time, cash crops were transformed into agricultural crops, salt, tobacco and alcohol, steel, cotton, sugar, medicines and coal became military controlled products, and civilian factories began to transform into military factories, increasing the punishment of social hazards and speculators.

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Everything in the empire is making way for war, and its purpose is to wipe out all evil spirits and defeat all enemies at once.

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sea ​​of ​​watchers,

On the route from Bilgewater Bay to Ionia Presidence, a large armed merchant ship flying the Noxian double-headed ax battle flag was sailing toward the northeast.

Facing the moist sea breeze, Drizzt held a tall wine glass comfortably and chatted with a young girl in a long skirt about various interesting rumors about the continent of Ionia with a relaxed expression, teasing the girl from time to time.

giggling,

Glancing at Drizzt who was chatting and laughing from a distance, Graves was sitting on the bench drinking alone.

"Hey brothers, do you feel a little lonely here?"

Suddenly, a bald middle-aged crew member moved another bench and sat next to Graves. He held a rum bottle in one hand and a wine glass in the other. He looked at Graves who was in a bad mood meaningfully.

Grafv glanced at the cooked guy, and scolded it without any anger.

"Who the hell are you? It's none of your business whether I'm lonely or not?"

The crew member was not angry. Instead, he patted Graves on the shoulder to comfort him, but Graves slapped him away.

"I understand, I really understand. What you need now is another man to have a drink with you, right? A real man will always encounter difficulties. This is the time when he needs alcohol and another real man the most.

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Come, I'll buy you a drink."

He didn't know that the fair-faced, beardless middle-aged man in front of him had any bad intentions towards him. Graves, who was depressed, glanced at the wine glass that had been drained to the end, and nodded.

"Pour it up."

"Okay, okay, come on, let's have a drink."

Clink glasses and drink it all in one gulp,

The delicate, sweet brown wine slid into the esophagus, and a fire seemed to rise in his lower abdomen. The fragrant and fragrant aroma of alcohol made Graves feel a lot more relaxed.

"Although I don't know you, your rum tastes pretty good."

The bald crew member proudly patted his exaggerated chest muscles and made a thumping sound.

"Of course, I brewed this wine myself, using a unique secret recipe, and it also has the effect of aphrodisiac. I rarely invite people to drink."

Graves smiled disdainfully.

"Aphrodisiac? Real men still need to drink aphrodisiac wine?"

"It seems you have little experience."

The bald crew member smiled and poured another glass for Graves.

"As a man, it is always easy to deplete your body. You have to make up for it when you need it. Don't regret it when you use it. By the way, my name is Avni Kayo. What's your name, brother?"

Nodding drunkenly, Graves reported his name.

"Malcolm Graves."

Cayo glanced at Graves' strong body calmly, and his smile became even brighter.

"How did the eldest brother think of going to Ionia?"

"Getting ready to do some small business."

"Haha, judging from the large-caliber nozzle that brother has, this business is not small. How can you get in if you don't have some ability?"

"That's true, no one can swallow my big squirt, just a bullet hole can fit a fist into it."

"That's because my brother has little experience. In my opinion, fists are really not a big deal..."

As they chatted, Graves and Caillot began to talk to each other, as if they were very close friends. Perhaps it was because of the secret rum that Graves had bought for nothing, but Graves didn't feel anything wrong.

"Hey, handsome card magician, this friend of yours seems a little dangerous."

Drizzt looked at the wealthy businessman's daughter who suddenly changed the topic to Graves, raised his eyebrows, but felt a shiver in his heart.

"Young lady, you are joking. What dangers can there be on the ship?"

After glancing around, the wealthy businessman's daughter lowered her voice and pretended to be intimate, approaching Drizzt's ear.

"The eldest brother's name is Cayo, and Cayo is a famously passionate man on the ship. Because the captain does not allow sheep to be raised on the ship, you know, most of the time the crew has to rely on the eldest brother to relieve their boredom and pour water into the vat.

I don’t know how many people were defeated in Li Yizuan.

I see that your friend has been drunk, and I am afraid that he will be helped back to the cabin by Brother Kayo, and it is not certain whether he will be able to come out normally by then."

After listening to what the wealthy merchant girl said, Drizzt looked at the girl with a strange expression.

"How do you know this stuff?"

The girl pursed her lips and smiled.

"Because I was the one who summoned Brother Kayo to the boat~ If it weren't for Brother Kayo, it would be my butt that would suffer. I follow my dad to run the boat, so I can't guard against thieves every day, right? But, if I can follow

I don’t mind what happens to this handsome guy like you~"

After talking for a while, Drizzt turned his head and looked in the direction of Graves, his face changed slightly,

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sure enough, as the girl said, Graves drank too much and was being supported by Cayo towards the cabin.

Not caring what to say to the wealthy merchant girl with shining eyes, Drizzt stopped in front of Cayo and took Graves back from Cayo's arms.

"It seems that you really drank too much. My friend, I'd better not bother you."

Kayo glanced at Drizzt and smiled.

"It's all friends talking about foreign affairs. I'm here to help. Let's help Brother Graves back home."

Just when Drizzt was about to sternly refuse, the watchman's exclamation came from the observation deck.

"It's a ghost ship! There is a ghost ship three hundred meters away on the right rudder!"

"What!? How could there be a ghost ship on this route?"

After such an interruption, Cayo had no intention of doing anything, so he shrugged and left Graves and Drizzt.

After checking Graves' condition and confirming that Cayo had not drugged the wine, Drizzt breathed a sigh of relief and took Graves back to the cabin to settle down.

When Drizzt came out again, the tense crew had already pulled out the guns and swords from their waists, and the artilleryman was pulling the fuse into the gun barrel, looking tense.

"what happened?"

Drizzt found the girl. The girl's face was a little pale. She pointed at the dark gray mist coming from the northeast and said nothing, as if she was really frightened.

Drizzt frowned and looked at the looming gray hulk in the dark gray mist.

"Is it true that there are ghost ships in this world? Are ghost ships humans or ghosts?"

"I, I don't know either."

"Bang!"

The cannon fired, and a solid cannonball hit the bottom of the sea. However, it was not fired by an armed merchant ship, which really shocked everyone.

Drizzt looked at the crew members who were preparing to fight, and found that the expressions on their faces were even worse than those of the girls.

"Fire! Sink them! Don't let them get close!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The ship's six large-caliber smoothbore cannons turned right and sprayed out hot flames one after another, and the shells came out. Four of them hit the hollow, and the other two shells hit the bow of the ghost ship and exploded.

Remnants of wood, the other shot was deflected high and broke a mast without a sail.

Judging from the results, discounting the mast does not seem to be of any use.

"Bang!"

The ghost ship fired again, just one shot, which was enough to make everyone breathless, because this time the ghost ship's shell successfully hit the right-hand stern part of the armed merchant ship, and the hard ship plate was instantly smashed.

A big hole emerged, and sea water began to pour into the boat.

No one knows how many shots the ghost ship will take before it sinks. If the armed merchant ship is hit by two more shots, everyone will have to go to the sea to feed the fish.

"The right-hand gunner reloads gunpowder! Fayed! How many people do you take to repair the ship! Others! Load the muskets and prepare to design! Helmsman! The right-hand rudder is full! The left-hand gunner is ready to fire!"
To be continued...