After Kalya became a dark descendant, he woke up several times.
But it is a pity that the result of awakening is that the holder is either too weak and unable to support his waking consumption, or the holder has evil intentions and wants to take advantage of this poor lonely old man.
For the former, Kalya simply accumulated energy little by little, pretending to be a stick that could suppress magic; and for the latter, Kalya was never polite, decisively seizing the body and then taking advantage of the fact that the body had not yet transformed into a dark descendant, wandering around.
Take a walk and explore.
This intermittent sobriety makes Kalya a "ghost outside of history". Even if he tries his best to find books every time, the erosion of the void is too serious. Once he takes away the owner's
His body has only been awake for ten and a half days at most, so he knows very little about history.
Therefore, he hopes to chat with Lux and learn about Runeterra in this era.
On the other hand, Lacus is actually a little curious about Kalya.
Curiosity is a human instinct, not to mention a girl with a lively nature like Lux.
For Lux, Kalya is a complete mystery. She doesn’t know Kalya’s past, and she doesn’t understand what Kalya’s self-introduction means. Since Kalya is willing to chat with her, she should take the opportunity to listen to Kalya more.
The story should be a good choice.
So, after sitting down, Lux spoke first, expressing her desire to hear Kalya's story: "Just tell me your story! Do you have any stories about defeating the evil wizard and saving the princess?"
As an elder who has lived in Shurima for countless years, Kalya doesn't have many other things but many stories.
Since Lux wants to hear it, besides some real secrets, Kalya is also happy to tell them.
So, where does the story begin?
"When I was your age, there was no Demacia." Kalya thought for a while and decided to tell a story that has not been recorded in history. "So, there was no evil witch at that time, let alone anything.
Princess."
"There is no Demacia? You are lying!" When Kalya told her story, Lux couldn't hold it back and began to respond proactively, "I heard my mother tell the legend of the Winged Sisters and the birth of Demacia.
It goes back nearly a thousand years!”
"Has it been a thousand years since Demacia was born? Then I have really been asleep for a long time." Kalya's tone was calm, as if a thousand years were nothing to him, "The poor people who escaped the Rune War at the beginning
, and now I have created a strong country with my own hands, which is great."
"What poor man? Those are the great Thirteen Families..."
"Pause, we are not talking about Demacia today." Kalya stopped Lux's description of the thirteen noble families of Demacia. He had read this part the last time he was awake, and it contained a lot of business interactions.
Blowing, there is no nutrition, "Let's just tell each other, your story, my story."
"...Okay." Lux puffed up her cheeks, then sat down quietly, "Go ahead, grandpa!"
The accent on Lux's "Grandpa" did not offend Kalya, but was rather kind - many people called him that in Shurima, and many even called him Grandpa directly later.
Although in Lux's view, this kind of name is out-and-out "calling someone old" and a small revenge for Kalya's nonsense, in Kalja's view, there is actually no problem with this.
"Shurima at that time was not an empire, it was just a barbaric land." Kalya continued his description, "There were no holy springs, no oases, deserts everywhere, barren land that could not be cultivated, and everyone was very
It’s hard to have a full meal.”
"Hungry?"
"Yeah, I'm hungry." Kalya's tone was still calm, as if it was not a terrible past, but a common memory, "Lux, have you been to the beach?"
"The beach? I've been there!" Lux nodded, "It's in Dornhold, not far from Xiongdu. There is the most famous golden beach in the country... Well, my uncle originally said he would take my brother and me with him when he comes back.
We went together..."
"Okay, but don't be sad, sooner or later you will have a chance to go again." Kalya comforted in a low voice, and then continued her story, "Unlike the sand on the beach, the sand in the desert is dry.
Without any water, even if it rains heavily, it only takes half a day for the ground to become dry again."
"That's really unimaginable." Such a novel thing made Lux's eyes widen in surprise, "After a rain, it only takes half a day to dry..."
"In our time, the desert was called 'sai'. The original meaning of this word is endless and boundless." Kalya hesitated for a moment and made an analogy as common as possible, "The desert and the sea are actually very similar, except
But one is dry golden and the other is turbulent blue."
"Sai?" Lux imitated Kalya and tried to pronounce this tongue-licking sound, "What a strange way of pronunciation... I have never heard of this language."
"That is ancient Shurima, a primitive language, simple and poetic." Kalya did not describe it in detail, but continued his story, "It is impossible to plant in a dry desert.
For food lovers, the only way to survive is to find an oasis."
“What is an oasis?”
"An oasis is a rare fertile land with water in the desert, and plants grow on it." Kalya explained, "Unfortunately, I can't share these memories with you now, but I saw a book on the bookshelf.
There should be records about these in Shurima Travels."
Hearing what Kalya said, Lax got up in surprise, and then found the book at the place where Kalya said. After flipping through it a little, she found to her disbelief that there really was a desert in the book.
oasis.
What's more important is that this travel book also has illustrations!
"Is this the desert and oasis you are talking about?" Lux asked, pointing to the illustration in the book, "It looks like... a large garden with a pond and no walls!"
"Hahaha, interesting analogy." If Kalya had hands, she would have couldn't help but applaud Lux at this time, "But you are right, the oasis is indeed like a large garden with a pond but no walls.
, so in order to compete for this big garden, every family has to fight every day."
"Fight? Why fight?" Lux obviously couldn't react, "To fight for this garden? But... fighting is a bad thing. Fighting will cause injury and even death!"
Obviously, Lux does not lack common sense, nor does she lack compassion and empathy, but under favorable circumstances, she will always subconsciously embellish the parts that are not in the story.
"Because if you don't fight or occupy the oasis, you will starve to death or die of thirst." Kalya gave a cruel reason, "When I was your age, I lost my tribe.
After losing my family, in order to survive, I joined a family. Everyone in this family was like me, alone, and I fought with them to occupy an oasis where I could survive."
"I kind of understand."
Lux thought for a while, then raised her head and looked out the window - today she chose a seat by the window. Through the open window, she could see the garden outside, the pond, rockery and shrubs in the garden.
Although Lux still couldn't imagine someone fighting for a garden instead of honor or justice, the reason "to survive" still made her feel an indescribable heaviness.
"Then what?" Lux blinked and threw away the heaviness, "Then you fight with others? With fists? With spears? Or with shields and swords?"
"Use everything, from stones to sticks." Kalya paused and continued, "To deal with those who use swords, halberds or magic."
"Magic - you use stones and sticks to fight evil wizards!" Lux opened her mouth in surprise, "This is simply awesome!"
"Watch your words, Lux." Kalya said helplessly, "You are also a wizard now."
"I -" Lux was speechless in embarrassment, "This is different, I can't use magic to fight!"
"But what if there is a monster in the Shadow Realm that wants to devour your uncle's soul?" Kalya asked, "Ordinary swords will not be effective there."
"...This is different." Lux was still instinctively rejecting what Kalya said, "There may not be any monsters in the Shadow Realm, you must be scaring me!"
"Just think I'm scaring you." Kalya did not continue on this topic, but continued to tell her own story, "There is no princess in my family, but there is a sister named Setaka. Of course
, we all call her eldest sister."
"Sister, you are so cool!" Lux was excited again, "A lady respected by everyone!"
"That's right, whether it's an enemy or a family member." Kalya chose to follow Lux's words this time, "She doesn't need any excellent weapons, she can also approach the enemy with flexible steps, and then easily win the battle.
To win, even if the enemy is a cunning spellcaster, she can still find a way."
"But... my uncle told me that without excellent weapons, there is almost no way to deal with a well-prepared spell caster." Lux was a little confused, "The eldest sister you mentioned, how could she use a wooden stick to fight with a spellcaster?"
What about stones against wizards?”
"Use wisdom and strength." Kalya's tone rarely brought a hint of reminiscence, "Of course, there is also fearless courage, and a little blessing from the God of Luck - for example, once we were fighting for a small
When she was in the oasis, she cleverly used the power of the mountains..."
Next, Kalya told Lux the story of how Setaka became famous in the first battle.
That battle took place in present-day Nerimajie. In order to deal with the wizard in the oasis, Setaka first disguised himself as a passing businessman, led his team into the oasis, and drew the map under his camel felt pad.
On shaved skin.
Then, she took her family and set up a rolling stone trap in the middle of the night in the desert, braving the bone-chilling cold.
The entire family, including Kalya, worked together and used simple pulleys to place large stones on the hillside to the west of the Nerimaje Oasis.
Then, the next day, they lured the wizard here by pretending to be defeated and launched a trap.
Facing the rolling stones, the wizard calmly summoned the sand barrier to block the stones.
As a result, just when he thought he was sure of victory, several warriors who had been lurking for a long time emerged from the sand barrier he summoned. Although their bodies were bruised and bruised by the gravel, they took advantage of the wizard's complacency.
It was then that a fatal blow was struck.
This wizard who was born with the ability to manipulate sand obviously did not expect that someone could withstand the terrible squeeze of the sand when shaping it. As a result, he was caught off guard and was defeated directly.
Lux has obviously not heard of this twists and turns story, which is completely different from the popular story in Demacia where "the knight of justice denounces the evil with righteous words, and then kills the evil with a sharp sword."
superior.
Compared with Demacia's knight novels, Kalya's story is more tense, more thrilling, and even more exciting for Lux. Obviously, although this little girl from the Crownguard family has always wanted to be a good girl, she still wants to be a good girl.
Deep down in her heart, she also has her own desire for adventure and battle.
Not only that, in order to give Lux a more direct impression, Kalya also directed her to find many illustrations that were similar to the situation at that time from the travel notes one after another on the bookshelf.
This form of "combination of pictures and text" made Lux so addicted that she completely forgot about Kalya's identity, and even took the initiative to recommend the excellent works she had read.
It wasn't until the sun set that Mrs. Ogesha returned to the mansion with Galen. A servant knocked on the door to remind her that dinner was about to begin, and Lux reluctantly ended her conversation with Kalya.
Here in Kalya, she not only heard the story of "double trap cleverly defeated the wizard", but also a series of "fake quicksand escape to lure away the enemy", "borrowing the dragon's anger", "toward the direction of the stars" and a series of setas.
Ka's past.
These stories are rarely known even in the history of Shurima - in order to maintain the greatness of the empire, Setaka must be a flawless god in all records, born to shoulder a great mission.
Only Kalya, who once fought alongside her, knew that she, like countless ascended ones, was once just a mortal.
How can there be a strong man or a strong woman sent from heaven?
They are just a group of mortals who worked hard and finally reached the end.
Of course, Kalya didn't tell Lacus any of these things. Lacus was still too young, and she didn't know much about the real side of the world. Even though Kalya was called a devil mentor when teaching, he was still willing to teach.
A less cruel childhood for this little girl.
Therefore, he did not tell Lux that only one-fifth of the people who lurked in the sand in advance survived and participated in the final assault. The remaining 80% either died of hypothermia at night or were killed when the sand barrier was taking shape.
Crushed alive.
It didn’t say that many people died when they faked defeat, and many people even took the initiative to die. On the one hand, it was to make the acting more realistic, and on the other hand, it was also to cover up the possible smell of blood in the sand.
The cruel elegy for survival was adapted by Kalja into a children's abridged version of the heroic epic.
But... Setaka's story is actually pretty good if you listen to it as a heroic epic!
Thinking of this, Kalya finally couldn't help but clicked his tongue: What a pity, at this stage, his role is really not enough.
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