Legends of Runeterra

"Boom~!"

The heavy door on the second floor slowly opened, and as the melodious music stopped, the Piltover nobles in the hall ended their conversation and all looked up at the door.

“Tick, tick, tick!”

Even with the thick red carpet, the heavy and powerful footsteps still echoed in the hall.

Abesa was wearing a custom-made Noxian-style armor, and the green mane of some magical creature swayed gently on his shoulders.

On his face covered with scars, his brown eyes swept over everyone with pride and indifference.

When she passed by Li En, who was sitting in the booth with Caitlin, her eyes thawed slightly and she nodded slightly.

Li En smiled and raised his glass in response.

Originally, this appearance was prepared by Abesa for Li En, but he left this appearance to Abesa alone on the grounds that he had made an appointment with Caitlin.

“Perhaps some of you have only seen me for the first time today, and during this period, you must have heard many rumors.

That’s right, I am Ambersa Midalda, from Noxus, and I am the current head of the Midalda family.”

"..."

Ambesa looked at the nobles below, letting them whisper to each other for a while, then he gently raised his hand, and the whole hall suddenly became quiet.

"During this period of time, I have witnessed the prosperity, splendor and magnificence of this place with my own eyes.

The prosperity brought by the Sun Gate, under your management, has made Piltover a well-deserved 'City of Progress'!"

"Pah pah pah~!"

There was sporadic applause at first, and then, as if in a chain reaction, everyone present began to applaud.

Perhaps some of them were sincere, but some of them were applause forced by the pressure of the general trend.

Li En watched Abesa's speech with a smile on his face, not paying any attention to the gazes from some of the nobles around him.

During these days, there were many nobles who came to express their loyalty to Li En with sincere words.

He tried to get this Noxian noble, who even Ambesa had to give face to in those days, to come forward to fight against Ambesa, the Noxian general who was wantonly wandering on the edge of the rules of the game in the upper class of Piltover.

Naturally, Li En was too lazy to pay attention to them.

Ambesa, standing on a high place, raised his hand again, and the applause from the crowd slowly died down.

"But even in this prosperous 'City of Progress', there are still some imperfections..."

Ambesa said, looking down.

"Lord Ambersa, the imperfections you mentioned... are you referring to that dirty lower city?"

A respectful voice rang out among the crowd.

“Hehe~! Yes, but that’s not all.

Ladies and gentlemen, Piltover's potential is far more brilliant and should even have a greater say in this world.

Unfortunately, every company and every family is desperately fighting for current interests with all their might, resulting in fraud, betrayal, and endless fights within the rules.

The coming and going, the rise and fall of one side and the fall of the other, seemed to promote the prosperity of Piltover, but in fact it consumed everyone's energy in this meaningless struggle.

so..."

"So, General Ambesa, what exactly do you want to do? Make the entire Piltover your own?!"

At some point, the Piltover nobles in the entire hall separated and stood on both sides.

At this moment, standing in front of the crowd that accounted for 60% of the total population, an old man dressed in gorgeous clothes and with his gray hair combed meticulously looked at Ambesa proudly and asked in a deep voice.

"This person is..."

"The previous head of the Katis family, the largest family after the Midalda family, Riley Katis."

"Even retired people like this have been forced out? It seems that the pressure that Abesa has brought to them during this period is greater than I thought."

Li En put his arm around Caitlyn's slender waist, and watched the gray-haired old man come out again to fight against the Noxian general, with a faint smile on his face.

"Humph! Those guys are only as good as this. No young people stand up in this situation."

"They are brave enough, but they chose people this way. Most likely, not long ago, this group of people were still in the midst of internal strife. Only people of this generation were able to barely maintain this fragile and ridiculous alliance."

Caitlin nodded, and suddenly realized that Diana, the head of the Philos family, had disappeared at some point.

When he looked around, he didn't see her in the hall.

"Li En, Ms. Diana..."

“Well, I asked her to mobilize the manpower in advance.

Come on, let's get on with this festive show."

"Ah."

On the other hand, Riley Katis and others who had been waiting for a long time for a reply from Ambesa seemed to have gained more courage because of this.

Looking at the figure standing on the steps, who was stronger than a man, an unnatural blush appeared on Riley's old face.

Being able to rebel against Abesa, who has been using Midalda's power to suppress Piltover's local forces since arriving in Piltover, makes Riley feel excited even at his age.

"This is not just facing a mere Medarda, but facing Noxus. As long as we win this battle, then our Piltover..."

“Tsk~!”

The gray-haired old man took a step forward, separated from the crowd, and came to the front of the nobles.

"General Ambersa, you are indeed the head of Midalda and a general of Noxus, but this is Piltover.

You are here, so you must abide by the rules!"

"Hehe! Rules? In front of absolute power, they are just a bunch of shit!!"

"You... such vulgar words, Ambesa, just wait and see. You can buy 40% of the seats in the Piltover Council, but for the rest of us, there is absolutely no way we will hand over Piltover!

Ladies and Gentlemen, according to the rules, I will convene a temporary parliament again and propose to remove the Midalda family from their seats!"

"I agree!"

"I agree too!"

"And I!"

The nobles standing behind Riley responded one after another, while the nobles on the other side looked at them calmly, as if they were looking at dying people.

"With more than half of the votes, the Midalda family's seat has been taken away. Ambersa, get out..."

"Bang~!"

The door behind everyone was suddenly pushed open.

“Tick, tick, tick!”

A tall, heavily armored warrior holding a black steel axe walked in slowly. Sticky blood dripped from the axe blade, leaving dark marks on the bright red carpet.

"Sir, all the people outside have been dealt with!"

"Wow~!"

The opponents all retreated, their faces even paler than Riley's old face.

"Ambesa, you...you, Piltover is made up of our families, you can't..."

“Hehehaha~! Riley Katis, you guys are indeed very important to Piltover, but without you, you are more important to me!”