For today's Shuriman people, when talking about the history of Shuriman, Xerath's betrayal is undoubtedly a link that cannot be bypassed.
Just like the joke Sivir told before, in the eyes of today's Shuriman people, Xerath can almost be used as a synonym for "traitor". It is difficult to explain why today's Shuriman people mention this
When talking about something, the tone should be more bitter or self-deprecating.
According to the current description of Xerath in most historical data, it was he who intervened in the ascension ceremony at the last moment, causing the ceremony to go awry. The members of the Ascension Order who presided over the ceremony were wiped out, and Azir also fell into the radiance of the sun.
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But as a witness to that incident, Nasus knew very well that things were not that simple.
The record of the relationship between Xerath and Azir in mortal history is indeed correct from the beginning.
At first, Azir was a quiet prince who seemed to be far away from the whirlpool of struggle. His birth seemed more like a small test for his father to "guarantee that he would have children."
The Shurima royal family at that time had been tirelessly seeking to centralize power, hoping to revive the ancestral laws through this method, so only those princes who were bold and promising would be recognized by the emperor and ministers.
Under such circumstances, a prince who only knows how to spend his days in the library, reading and speculating on the auspicious fragments left over from Shurima's glorious era, is destined to be unpopular.
Even at the beginning, Nasus had a lot of prejudice against him because he thought that this little guy spent all day in the library just to win his support.
However, it turns out that Azir's reading was not in vain.
In an era when people in Shurima were most hierarchical, he surprisingly showed a strong sense of equality and abolition from the time he was a child.
The most direct manifestation of this is... he became friends with a slave child and gave him a name: Xerath.
It's interesting to say that because of Kalya's intervention, Shurima has undergone considerable changes in both form and content. Without his influence, Xerath should mean "one who shares knowledge", but with
The meaning of Kalya, Xerath has become "departure from the Beginning".
Azir naturally did not give Xerath this name in the hope that the other party would betray him. In his opinion, the "origin" that Xerath should deviate from should be the "origin of a slave."
After gaining this friendship, Azir for the first time had a pair of hands that could cross the walls of the deep palace. He could obtain various knowledge from the Great Library, and then give it to Xerath, allowing him to replace him.
Practice - whether it is magic experiments or commanding troops to fight, the knowledge that the princes "can only see but cannot use" has passed through this secret passage and become a reality.
Infused with Azir's knowledge, Xerath quickly grew from a slave child to a powerful mage, and also trained a "slave army" who usually performed justice for heaven. Relying on Azir, he learned from ancient engineering drawings.
The oasis discovered on the island, which few people knew about, served as the foundation and gradually developed and expanded.
The more Xerath practiced it, the more Azir believed that the various principles recorded in the book and advocated by the Shurima Empire in its glorious past were closer to the truth, and an indescribable resentment began to form in his heart.
Deep in his heart, Azir, who was just a frustrated prince before, had a desire for the position of emperor for the first time.
He wants to be the emperor and sit in that position.
Because only by sitting in that position can we change everything today and truly realize the revival of Shurima!
However, no matter how ambitious and ambitious he is, for Azir, the first step is to face the harsh reality in front of him.
Whether it is political leanings or maternal origin, among the many princes, Azir has no advantage in any aspect.
At this time, the Shurima Empire had already stepped on the reverse accelerator, and all privileged classes were the beneficiaries of the revival of slavery.
No one wants to free their slaves, and no one wants to share valuable knowledge openly - that would be cutting their flesh!
Under such circumstances, it would be extremely difficult for Azir to ascend the throne as emperor.
But fortunately, he has at least two important allies.
Nasus, who had been watching everything with a cold eye, finally extended an olive branch to him.
Although the Grand Maester still abides by the principles of the Ascended and does not actively interfere with the inheritance of the royal family, he and his brother turn a blind eye, giving the green light to many of Xerath's actions, and working with Xerath.
Azir formed a subtle tacit understanding.
Azir and Nasus reached a tacit understanding, and Xerath was even recognized by Renekton, then the Imperial Garrison Marshal. With these two foreign aids, Azir and Xerath, although they did not express their feelings openly,
Intervened in the struggle to seize the rightful son, but became the biggest winner in this struggle.
However, their means of victory were not gentle.
On the day Azir ascended the throne, a battle broke out between the slave army led by Xerath and the slave army defending Shurima City. An unexpected defection by his former disciples left the gates of Shurima City wide open.
open.
Because of the existence of the Ascended, Shurima had never seen such a situation of sending troops to Luo in the past. The princes and ministers were stunned by Azir's behavior.
Realizing that something was wrong, Monira, the ascendant who defended the royal family, stood up and stood in front of the rebels.
Nasus and Renekton tried to convince Monira that Azir was the one who should take the throne.
However, although Monira did not become a dark descendant and still retained the noble attitude of an ascended person, his heart had long been corrupted by power - he no longer wanted to go back to the past, nor did he
He hopes that there will be more ascended ones, and he would rather enjoy the beauty brought by power in the eternal years as he does now.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Just as Azir and his father were at war with each other, Nasus was also facing off with Monira.
After a fierce battle, Nasus knocked out Monira's head, and Azir led an army of slaves to force his father to become the overlord.
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Although this mutiny allowed Azir to ascend the throne, its nature was still very bad. It could be said to be the first of its kind in Shurima. Although he had an army and the support of Nasus and Renekton,
On the surface, the governors of various places are keeping silent, but I am afraid only they themselves know what kind of plans they have in mind.
In the first ten years before Azir ascended the throne, the Shurima Empire was not peaceful at all. From time to time, careerists claimed to be Azir's "nephew" or "niece" and claimed to be emperor.
Although these rebel thieves did not last long, they did cause a lot of trouble to Shurima. As the emperor, Azir also learned his lesson and realized that acting radically was temporarily satisfying.
The principle behind the butt crematorium began to try to use more political means to boil the frog in warm water.
Slavery has become unstoppable. If there is an order to abolish slavery, I am afraid that the entire Shurima Empire will be completely divided. Therefore, Azir simply took a step back and demanded that the treatment of slaves be improved, and the descendants of slaves were prohibited from being classified as slaves.
At the same time, following the strategy of the former Shurima Empire, he also made changes to the Shurima selection system, which had regressed to the ninth-grade mid-level system.
In the past, because the entire society had stepped on the back of the road, coupled with the collective exodus of scholars and mages, Shurima's educational level plummeted. Although the examination system still existed, the number of people qualified to take the examination was decreasing year by year.
This was obviously not what Azir wanted to see - so he vigorously developed education, opened the Shurima Great Library again, and began to rebuild Shurima University.
After a set of combo punches, the Shurima Empire seemed to be full of vitality again. Fresh blood flowed into the long-decayed bureaucracy. Countless people saw the hope of the revival of this great empire.
Until Azir thought the time was right and planned to hold his own ascension ceremony.
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In fact, unlike what is recorded in many regional histories, Xerath participated in the ascension ceremony not because of a shameful betrayal, but because of Azir's active invitation.
That's right, take the initiative to invite.
The existence of Karya has completely changed the history of Shurima, so in Azir's view, the combination of Setaka and Karya is very effective, so an ascension companion who can "reconcile oneself" is very necessary.
Sex.
From this point of view, Azir's behavior as a sea king by simply accepting concubines and producing countless heirs can even be covered by a layer of "looking for an ascension partner who is qualified to ascend with him" if he insists on it.
Name.
However, everyone has seen the result.
Although Azir has the most children in the history of the Shurima royal family, his love for the new and dislike of the old and his taste for cold and cold things directly lead to the fact that all those who can be attracted by him have a good skin.
And within a good skin, there may not be a reliable soul, at least Azir didn't find it.
When the emperor searched Shurima to no avail, he suddenly discovered that the person who could best complement him was Xerath, who had been by his side since childhood and had been silently supporting him behind the scenes.
Good guy, when I suddenly look back, that person is in the dim light?
Thinking about it carefully, Azir was shocked to find that it seemed that the relationship between Xerath and himself, compared with the relationship between Kalya and Setaka, was just a couple!
Azir is completely uninterested in developing a super-friendship relationship with Xerath, but this does not prevent him from considering Xerath as his ascension partner.
After thinking for a long time, Azir finally found Xerath and shared the news with him.
Xerath was shocked when he heard the news.
Although he has always complained about the fact that he has not been able to escape from his status as a slave, as Azir's closest comrade, he is very clear about what Azir faces when Shurima wants to change from reverse to forward.
of difficulty.
But he never expected that Azir would come up with such an amazing idea...
Let a slave ascend?
This is nonsense!
"Why can't slaves?" Azir had obviously thought everything through. "If slaves can even ascend, can this identity still be a shackle for them?"
Such a bold idea not only shocked Xerath, but even Nasus, who heard the news later, couldn't accept it - he couldn't imagine how great the consequences would be once Xerath took the brand of slave and ascended to a warrior of the gods.
of uproar.
On the contrary, Renekton, who had been active in the western part of Shurima and knew something about the Reconstructionists, was more open-minded than his brother and sided with Azir.
Finally, Nasus was convinced.
As Azir said, there are no slaves in Shurima. Slavery is just a temporary choice that the Shurima Empire has to make when it is in danger. Sooner or later, it will be swept away into the trash.
When Shurima's top decision-makers finally reached a unified opinion, it became a foregone conclusion to hold the ascension ceremony for Azir and Xerath.
Even though the Ascension Order was unwilling to accept this order, under Azir's forced order, they still prepared a multi-person ascension ceremony in accordance with the standards when Nasus and Renekton ascended.
The problem lies in this ascension ceremony.
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In the Shurima Empire, the Ascension Order is a very important organization. They were once one of the organizations directly under Setaka. They were in charge of the ascension of the Ascended and were one of the foundations of the empire.
The members of the Ascension Order are very complex, including giant god believers, royal branches, professional scholars, and extraordinary mages. They work together to make people ascend one after another and transform into demigods.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This was originally a very "royalist" organization, but after a series of changes, the more radical members left Shurima, and now
The Ascension Order is already a group of extremely conservative people.
Although they agreed with Azir's request on the surface, and all preparations were carried out according to the formal and standard ascension ceremony, in fact, for Azir, the standard ascension ceremony was actually fatal.
Theoretically speaking, if someone like Azir who has not stepped into the transcendental threshold wants to hold an ascension ceremony, even if he is with Xerath, when paying attention to the energy of the sun, he needs to be smaller than the normal ascendant to ensure that Azir
The safety of Kalya - just like Kalya's ascension ceremony. Even though Kalya was protected by various spells and her body was shining with colorful brilliance when she stepped on the long steps of ascension, the celestial energy invoked in that ceremony was still
The smallest time.
However, the parameters provided by the Ascension Order were completely based on the one between Nasus and Renekton - you know, because of Kalya, the ascension ceremony of Nasus and Renekton was carried out normally.
Yes, it's the kind where two people ascend and double the energy.
How could Azir, an ordinary human being, be able to withstand such violent energy?
Azir, who gave an impassioned speech in front of all his subjects, strode into the Ascension Glory and was blown away on the spot.
And Xerath, who started the ceremony at the same time as him, also felt uncomfortable - if he hadn't been super strong and had already touched the threshold of a demigod before the ascension ceremony, I'm afraid he would have been blasted too!
Even though Xerath realized something was wrong and almost lost control, he reluctantly cast spells to kill those members of the Ascension Order who were still preparing a eulogy to condemn His Majesty the Emperor for disregarding tradition while increasing the power of celestial energy transmission, but when the sun
When the brilliance faded away, Azir's figure also disappeared on the ascending platform.
As for Xerath, he completely lost his human form and completely turned into an energy life.
Because the members of the Ascension Order who presided over the Ascension Ceremony were killed midway, the Ascension Ceremony experienced a serious energy backfire - the energy mobilized by the Ascension Order and instilled into Azir and Xerath, hoping to completely explode them.
After losing control, after a moment of chaos, it was quickly fed back to the sun's disk, and the astral energy that triggered the entire ascension ceremony all escaped in the most violent form.
The disk shattered, the palace collapsed, and the city was destroyed.
In an instant, the prosperous city of Shurima was completely reduced to ruins.
What's even more terrible is that in the past thousands of years, the various water conservancy and public facilities that the Shurima people had built so hard with the sun disk as their energy source and foundation have lost their source of energy and have stopped in place.
Without these water conservancy facilities and public facilities, many of the oases in the Shurima Empire that have nurtured countless Shurima people will gradually dry up and become closed.
When Nasus and Renekton stood up from the ruins in a daze, the city of Shurima had been reduced to ruins. Looking at everything in front of them, the brothers looked at each other blankly, only to find that they were
The long-awaited revival of Shurima turned out to be the empire's final comeback.
In this situation, Nasus could barely remain calm, but Renekton almost fell into madness - he chose to approve Azir's ascension at the time, and now that he has seen such a result, he is almost completely overwhelmed by endless guilt.
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Under heavy pressure, Renekton finally lost his mind completely and plunged into the wilderness without a trace.
On the ruins of the flying platform, Xerath took away Azir's last remains.
Before leaving, Xerath loudly despised this once glorious empire and said that "Shurima does not deserve to have a wise emperor", and then headed west to find those who left on their own initiative in the legend, hoping to rebuild Shurima.
people.
Shurima was once extremely prosperous, but in the end only one grand maester and one grand librarian were left, silently guarding the ruins and gravel.
In endless pain, Nasus hid in the Great Library.
In the Darkin War, he fought off his former colleagues who returned to Shurima and coveted the books in the library; in the Rune Wars, he killed those mortals who pursued power.
As the years passed and the world changed, when the Noxian Empire became the Noxus it is today, when the past history seemed to be hidden in the endless yellow sand, Nasus finally walked out of the Great Library.
After firmly sealing the door of the library, Nasus cheered up again and began to search for Azir's heir. With the help of time, he could finally face that failure calmly and try to stand up.
, set out towards the next success.
During the countless years of hiding in the Great Library, he thought more than once of Azir who was hiding here to study. Nasus set out again with the utmost belief that as long as the bloodline of the Shurima royal family was not severed, he could
Find the descendant of Empress Wu, bring him back to the Great Library, and cultivate the next Azir!
And Weikaola is the first stop for him to start again and start again.
I heard there are descendants of the Eagle King there?