Although they had just arrived in Shurima City for two days and the two sides had only met once, Kalya had almost figured out the thoughts of these regents and elders.
These people have good control over Shurima City. At least what Shabeka and Shabek said, the prophecies discussed in the streets have now completely disappeared, replaced by ridicule of the previous battle.
It seems that the Regent Elders are using this method to stabilize people's hearts, and have placed themselves in a very high position extremely smoothly - they have no respect for the ascended ones, and allow the people to ridicule and interpret them, and put them in a very high position.
The battle was completely entertaining, and they used this opportunity to make a lot of money.
However, if you take into account the damage on the city wall, this high profile may feel a bit like trying to make someone look fat.
If the status of Shurima City is indeed so special, and if the Regent Elder Council is indeed so confident, how could they allow this battle to take place under the city, and even damage part of the city wall?
After all, these regents and elders probably only rely on the name "Shurima City"!
This can also be seen from their conversation with Shyvana. If Shurima City really puts itself in the position of a superior arbiter, then when Shyvana follows Kalya’s plan and expresses Vazun to them,
When expressing their intention to form an alliance, their behavior should be angry and insulted.
Instead of being as calm as now, as if he didn't care, and not talking at all.
Perhaps the elders of the Council of Regents still have some ambitions in their hearts, but reality no longer supports their ideas. In this case, all they can do is to defend Shurima City and maintain their posture.
That's all.
After reaching this conclusion, in Kalya's eyes, there was no need to stay in Shurima City.
So, on the third day, after buying a camel, Kalya, two people and a dragon, left the city of Shurima and continued towards the city.
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The poor camel turned into a roasted camel on the third day after leaving Shurima City.
After eating and drinking, Shyvana transformed into a tool dragon again, took off with Ino and Kalya, and headed towards Antasil in the southeast.
And in front of them, there was another vast desert that needed to be leaped over - but Halise.
Although the area of Halise is less than one-sixth of the Dashai Desert, its terrain is long and narrow, and the number of oases is much smaller than that of the Dashai Desert. In most areas, the number and diversity of organisms are greater than that of the Dashai Desert.
Not going to Dasai Desert.
However, because Koharise is located between the Shurima River and the Nanshan Mountains of the Targon Mountains, the melted water from the snowy mountains converged into a large river, crossing the Kohalese from southwest to northeast, giving this dead desert,
It has brought some rare livelihood.
The name of this river is the Kohari River, and it is the second largest tributary of the Shurima River.
After three days of arduous flight, Shyvana finally crossed the long and narrow Kohali Sai and arrived at the birthplace of the Kohali River.
Here is located the largest trading market in the entire southern Shurima region, the Marrow Seal Bazaar.
Viewed from the sky, the Marrow Seal Market seemed like a sleeping beast lying across the earth. When Shyvana landed on the ground, she slowly walked into the market with Kalya and Ino.
, they realized that the Marrow Seal Market didn't just "look" like a giant god.
It is actually a giant city built and expanded bit by bit based on the corpse of a giant beast.
"It's unbelievable that such a big creature still exists in this world." After approaching the Marrow Seal Market, Shyvana looked up at the skeleton of the giant beast with its neck held high, and murmured in disbelief, "I thought there were too many
Full of giant beasts is already the limit..."
"The Doman behemoth is indeed close to the limit of land creatures." Hearing Shyvana's exclamation, Kalya smiled on his face, "But the skeleton of the behemoth in the Marrow Seal Market does not belong to the land.
biology."
"Isn't it a land creature?" Shyvana was stunned for a moment, "Is this a fish?"
"It's a sea beast." Kalya didn't give in. "The empire once studied the skeleton of this giant beast. Judging from its body structure, it should be some kind of beast living in the sea. With such a huge body
, only seawater can support it.”
"Maybe it's magic?" Shyvana still couldn't believe it. "If we speculate from the shape of the bird, the dragon should not be able to fly."
"No, there is no trace of magic left on the skeleton." Kalya shook his head gently, "It simply relied on the flesh to grow itself to this point - by the way, from the perspective of morphological structure, the latent sand beast is very
Maybe it's its descendant."
"This is really amazing." Shyvana couldn't help but clicked her tongue, "The body of a giant beast that should have lived in the ocean has appeared in this vast desert... It is simply a spectacle!
"
"That's right." Kalya nodded, "It is indeed a wonder. Even in the imperial era, the Marrow Seal was the most popular tourist destination."
While they were talking, the two men and one dragon finally arrived under the giant beast and arrived at the outskirts of the Marrow Seal Market.
"What identity are we going to act as here?" Before entering the Marrow Seal Market, Ino asked Kalya curiously, "Or are we the explorers of Vazuan?"
"No, no, no, it doesn't need to be so troublesome." Kalya shook his head lightly after hearing this, "We don't need any identity, because there is no need to reveal your identity in the Marrow Seal Market. Here, the only thing you need to pay attention to is
The problem is, no matter what the vendors in the market say, don’t pay easily.”
"ah?"
"In the past, the Marrow Seal Market had a famous nickname." A smile appeared on Kalya's face, "The largest black market in Shurima - the Marrow Seal Black Market, is black to the core."
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After promising Kalya that they would never buy anything indiscriminately, the two men and one dragon finally entered the interior of this huge city built on the corpses of ancient sea beasts.
Here, the ribs that twist and point to the sky like towering ancient trees are the best signboards. Under the ribs, colorful silks and fabrics flutter in the wind, and colorful sheds are lined up one after another, with merchants of all colors working.
The accents from various places are selling their own "specialty products" hard.
From silk to wool, from dried meat to strange eggs, from gems to minerals, from parchment scrolls to giant kite shields...
Ino even saw the Forbidden Demon Stone Armor produced by Wazuan at two obviously newly opened booths!
Judging from the richness of the products, this market is not inferior to New Forsbarrow City in any way!
And if you consider the location of this market... being able to buy so many local products from Runeterra in the depths of the desert is simply a commercial miracle!
With a curious attitude, Ino tentatively asked a stall owner the price of the Ionian spirit tea he sold.
"Two hundred!" The other party's face showed the expression that you really know something, "affordable price, two hundred!"
"Two hundred what?" Ino was a little surprised, "Jin Hex?"
"No, no, no, two hundred times the weight of gold." The other party grinned, revealing his shining golden teeth, "One price, two hundred times the weight of gold - if Gold Hex pays, it depends on the quality."
Even though he was mentally prepared, Ino was still stunned by the price - two hundred times the weight of gold, and it was pure gold. Even gold coins would have to be melted.
Even for the top-quality Ionia spirit tea available on the market, the price can only be described as insane.
"Do you know why this place is called the Marrow Seal Black Market?" When Ino shook his head and left the colorful shed in shock, Kalya finally couldn't help laughing, "There is no most expensive, only more expensive."
"During the Shurima Empire...were the prices at the Marrow Seal Market also so exaggerated?" Ino was a little unbelievable, "You don't even care?"
"The Marrow Seal Market in the Imperial Era was quite special." Kalya spread his hands after hearing this, "These ordinary things were not sold here at that time."
"What's the meaning?"
"After the empire took over the Marrow Seal Market, it became the largest luxury center in Shurima." A big smile on Kalya's mask showed his joyful mood, "Even the royal family will put some of their collections in
For this sale, the prices of the products in the Xueyin Market at that time were much exaggerated compared to now."
"That's too extravagant. It's not something you can allow at all." Ino still shook his head, "Would you allow such an extravagant market to exist?"
"Why not?" Kalya asked rhetorically, "The Marrow Seal Market is a major taxpayer in South Shurima. The transaction tax here is as high as 68%. I have no reason to close the Marrow Seal Market. This kind of market only cheats the rich.
There are not many good places.”
Hearing this, Ino was greatly shocked.
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As shocked as Ino was, there was Thalia who followed Nasus around the Marrow Mark Market.
As the most famous genius among the younger generation of the Halise Weaver Tribe, Thalia had a premonition that her journey would be exciting when she left Stonemantle City to undergo the training of the Weaver Mother, but she never expected it.
What's amazing is that this journey turned out to be so exciting.
After leaving Stonemantle City, Thalia saw a wider world - compared with the turbulent Shurima River, Stone River is just a small stream; compared with the vast Kohalise, Stone City Fortress is just a beach.
And I heard that there is a vaster Dasai Desert in the north!
However, compared to the folks in Stonemantle City, it seems that people outside are also much more complicated. For Thalia, who has a simple sense of justice, it will take her longer to adapt to this colorful world - if nothing happens.
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Just when Thalia traveled to the city of Vicoula, intending to take a good tour of the ancient city recorded as a "model" in the classics, a very unexpected kidnapping case occurred in front of Thalia.
Fourteen years ago, there was a vigorous anti-counterfeiting incident here. At that time, someone pretended to be a descendant of the royal family to accumulate strength, but was knocked over by a passing ascendant and was brutally beaten.
Fourteen years later, a person who claimed to be a descendant of the royal family appeared, and as fate would have it, someone followed the order of "The Last Ascended One of Shurima" to invite the descendant of the royal family to talk.
However, judging from the results, it seemed that the two sides had not reached an agreement, so the talks quickly turned into a battle.
Seeing injustice on the road, Thalia chose to draw her sword to help, demolishing half of the temple and beating away those who tried to kidnap the royal descendants.
Then, when she turned back to ask if the royal descendant was injured, the other person plopped down and knelt down for her.
I chose to pretend because I was desperate... Wuwuwu——"
Looking at the guy in front of her, Thalia was stunned. This was the first time she had the feeling that "the city has deep routines".
But now that the matter has come to this, Thalia still asks the other party in detail about the whole incident with the attitude of sending Buddha to the West, and then unexpectedly learns that a guy who claims to be the last ascended person is collecting royal blood, and seems to want to achieve something
What ulterior purpose.
Although this bastard is a fake, I think there are probably many real royal descendants who will be in danger.
In this case, Thalia resolutely decided to chase those people from behind. If any royal descendants were caught by them, they would save these people!
In this way, Thalia went upstream along the Shurima River, picking up many minions loyal to Xerath during the process. When she arrived at Shurima City, she saw Nasus and Zerath who were fighting.
Lars.
At the beginning, Thalia didn't know what she was going to do.
But because Xerath had been persuading Nasus not to meddle in his own business and not to protect the city of Shurima, Thalia knew that the guy who didn't look very human was the initiator of all the kidnappings.
Therefore, Thalia, who was full of justice, joined the battle without hesitation - and then, as the earth surged and sand and rocks flew, Nasus, who had been at a disadvantage, counterattacked in one fell swoop.
In this case, Xerath could only run away in the end. Before leaving, he did not forget to say harsh words: "Sooner or later, you will understand that my choice is the right one!"
Then Thalia had a traveling companion - Nasus recognized her identity and invited her to accompany him.
After Nasus introduced himself, Thalia also realized that the other person was the Grand Maester of Shuriman recorded in the classics. After thinking about it, she chose to go with Nasus.
In this way, the two left the city of Shurima, crossed to the south again through Khalisei, and arrived at the Marrow Seal Market almost in tandem with Kalya.