Battle of the Two Cities: Begins with the Mage

a few days later.

Parliament, originally scheduled for the night of the break, had to be postponed after MP Gillamain fell into a coma.

Fortunately, the congressman woke up within two days, but he was still injured, but he still handed over the power to his daughter, Caitlin Giraman.

"Ladies and gentlemen! We need to keep calm."

Sitting on the bench, Mel looked at the quarrel of the members with a headache, with a depressed expression on his face.

Zaun's departure was never part of her plan, and she was afraid that Jace would not be able to deal with such a situation, but now that it had happened, solving the problem was the key.

Piltover has no magic, only Hextech can compete with Hextech, and he can only rely on Jace.

"Mr Myrdalda, how can you keep us calm, now the Hexfeit Gate is forced to close, my cargo is backlogged every day, and now the world is watching our jokes!"

The chunky MP was beating the parliament table with a look of resentment on his face.

He vented his emotions on Jace and blamed:

"Mr. Talis, this is your dereliction of duty. Your assistant has long harbored evil intentions, and you have no defense against him."

"Mr. Congressman, this is my problem, and I'm deeply sorry. If I had agreed to his request earlier, I might not have gotten to this point." Jace smiled wryly.

"Now is not the time to discuss these. I just want to ask everyone here on behalf of my family whether our Picheng still has the ability to enforce justice."

Caitlyn frowned, she stood up from the seat of the congressman, and looked around with coldness in her eyes, and the others who looked at them unconsciously turned their eyes away.

Wei, who was standing behind her, glanced at her unexpectedly, and stood like a bodyguard again, but there was always sarcasm in her eyes.

"I have to ask Congressman Tallis and Congressman Heimerdinger about this," muttered the thin blond Congressman.

This sentence made everyone's eyes turn back to Jace and Heimerdinger, who was sitting in the first place with a bitter expression on his face.

Facing the gazes of several pairs of eyes, Jace was silent for a while, with a confused expression: "If it's Zaun without Victor, our chances are 100%. If Victor doesn't have enough Hexites, Then there is an 80% chance of winning.”

"What if he has? We can't hope that the enemy doesn't have weapons." Mel asked calmly.

"In that case... our odds are less than fifty percent."

After saying the last number, Jace slumped down in the seat of the congressman.

This sentence actually already shows that Victor is far superior to him in the development of weapons.

Zaun's basic strength is far less than that of Piltover, but relying on Victor greatly increases the opponent's chances of winning.

"The odds are only half? You, the founder of Hex, are not as good as him?" The chunky congressman rebuked coldly.

"His ideas are... more radical than mine. I suggest shutting down the Flying Gate permanently until we decide the winner. Otherwise, there are too many smuggled goods in the flying gate now, and our odds of winning will be lower." Jess suggested.

"No! No! It's impossible, I..."

What else Congressman Fat Gao had to say was interrupted by Mel:

"If Congressman Tallis can keep Pittsburgh safe, we think this opinion deserves a vote."

"At least this way I have a great win rate." Jace said truthfully.

"Then let's vote. I propose to put Picheng into the emergency combat readiness stage, develop the war reserve in an all-round way, close the Hexfeit Gate, and Professor Heimerdinger and Senator Tallis will be responsible for making weapons." Mel took the lead. Raised her right hand.

A spotlight fell from overhead, shrouding her in a voting tradition of the Piedmont Council, symbolizing the beginning of a democratic vote.

"I agree!" Caitlin raised her hand decisively.

Immediately afterwards, Jace raised his hand together with a member of the mechanical family, and the white light wrapped them in.

In an instant, the number of support votes came to 4, but two male MPs and one female MP voted against.

Mel, who should have been happy because more than half of the votes were cast, instead frowned, staring at the three members who voted against it.

They were supposed to be her supporters, and the Myrdalda family would have to bear the cost of shutting down Hexfeit, but why...

Just when everyone's eyes were fixed on Heimerdinger, who had a tangled face, the door of the parliament was pushed open with a snap.

"I personally object, gentlemen."

Entering was Ryan, who was wearing a pure white robe, followed by Katerina and Victor, who was wearing a monocle.

"Your Excellency Meredith, this is Piltover's parliamentary hall." Mel said euphemistically.

Ryan looked around the field with plain but powerful eyes, took out a roll of parchment, and threw it to the nearest congressman covered in machinery.

Seeing this scene, Wei whispered in Caitlin's ear:

"Who is this person, he is so powerful, these officials and gentlemen are all silent."

Catelyn replied softly: "He's a Noxian, like a mage. Last time I was scolded by my mother for saying a few words, and told me not to annoy him, or the whole of Piltover would be Follow along with the funeral."

"Heh, there is such a good thing. Then I will trouble him under the name of Zaun, will he help us kill Shirko and Victor together." Wei smiled strangely on his face, and made a The act of wiping the neck.

"I'm afraid you will be killed by him first." Caitlin said angrily.

"Hahaha, believe me, Little Cake. Although I haven't seen a mage, I heard that they are a group of frail rookies who can take them away with a few close punches." Wei said confidently.

While the two of them were chatting, the congressman finished reading the parchment. He handed the parchment to the blond congressman beside him, lowered his head and said respectfully:

"I agree with Lord Meredith's proposition to open the hex gate."

"Why?" Mel stood up suddenly, his eyes fixed on the parchment scroll.

The past few members were all opposed to closing the flying gate, and the parchment scroll was quickly passed to her, and she began to read with her eyes fixed:

"Noxus Announcement:"

"Piltover has three options:"

"1. Maintain the status quo. As long as Noxus's army transportation and resource supply are maintained, Noxus will not participate in any internal chaos."

"Second, without the supply of resources and flying gates, let the Noxian army come to Piltover in person."

"Three, hand over the supreme power to Ryan Meredith, become part of Noxus from now on, and Zaun will be erased."

"—High Emperor of Noxus, handwritten by Darkwill."

On the parchment, there is also the national seal of Noxus. Obviously, if this parchment does not serve as an informative, then it is a gauntlet, or a letter of appointment.

"Impossible, we Piltover operate autonomously and are not interfered by other forces."

Jace got up suddenly after reading the parchment, and glared at Ryan who had just sat down.

"Mr. Talis, this is a notice from the Immortal Fortress. If it wasn't for the Empire's army fighting the four countries at the same time, Piltover would have been occupied at this moment." Ryan didn't lift his eyelids, still fiddling with the ring in his hand .

"I..."

"Okay, Senator Tallis, I think everyone thinks option one is good, but we're a little powerless against Zaun, and Noxus has to give us some help." Mel looked helpless.

She didn't want Noxus to interfere, but now that the matter had come to an end, it was the key to getting some real benefits.

If the Empire is willing to help, Zaun is only a small problem.

"Aid?" Ryan looked at her with a half-smile, "I don't know if I bring you a member of parliament, do you mind?"