Although there was a team in the village who wore variegated armor and behaved in a measured manner, all of this was meaningless in front of Kalya and others.
Less than three minutes later, all the guys holding weapons were finished. The remaining people were either bound by the yellow sand, frozen by the ice, trapped in an arcane cage, or died from the withering deep in their souls.
Wearily on the ground.
In mid-air, a dragon spread its wings and circled, and several guys who wanted to sneak away ran into the wall of flames.
The fish didn't realize it was a fish until it was pulled out of the water.
It can be seen from the performance that there were six people (dragons) in the group, and all five of them had anticipated the village's reaction. Only Thalia was stunned by the unexpected incident.
Kalya, Nasus and Ryze have traveled a lot and lived a long time. They have seen a lot of farmers who pick up weapons and become thieves. Ino also personally led the team to travel tens of thousands of miles.
Even ordinary means could not hide it from her; Shyvana was once chased almost across the continent of Valoran by Ivar, and she saw a lot of people of all kinds.
Only Thalia, who had left Stonemantle City for experience, had never seen anything like this before. When all the people with weapons were killed and the entire village lost their ability to resist, she realized the cause and effect of the incident.
This is not the first time Thalia has encountered combat, but it is the first time Thalia has understood human nature so clearly.
The villagers she had never met before turned from pretending to be timid to being truly afraid. Thalia was shocked to find that she seemed to be unable to keep up with the speed of this change.
However, she is the most outstanding young generation in Stonemantle City after all, and in the previous training, Kalya also subtly taught her some things, so after a moment of difficulty in accepting it, Thalia acted quickly
stand up.
The stone houses "came alive" under Thalia's mobilization, transforming into small cells, trapping most of the people here separately - except for a few old people and children, everyone else lived there.
A private room is provided to facilitate interrogation.
The separate interrogation worked very well. It didn't take much effort for Kalya and Ritz to almost figure out the details of this village.
Generally speaking, this is a village mainly engaged in farming, but because it is relatively close to the large tunnel, people will occasionally go down the mountain, and these people will occasionally participate in banditry.
Being a robber is obviously not a good thing, but in this remote country without order and law, it is a two-way choice. More than one person has mentioned that people from the north will sometimes rob them. This fishing style
The ambush was both robbery and self-protection.
As judges, neither Kalya nor Ryze cared much about this.
Along the way, Kalya knew the virtues of a disorderly society better than anyone else, and he was familiar with the behaviors, purposes, and means of these people; while Ryze didn't care much about mortal society, he only paid attention to the world's symbols.
Wen’s safety.
Therefore, after briefly clarifying the purpose of these people, they began to ask about the surrounding situation: where is the market, are there rulers, are there spellcasters, etc. For them, this is the next step.
The key.
It's a pity that these remote people don't know much. They just say that there is a market in the south where they can exchange grain for handicrafts and sell the proceeds from plundering for other supplies.
ruler?
There is absolutely no such thing.
Pay taxes?
This is even more unheard of. Shouldn’t the extra money be used to strengthen the village walls and build weapons to protect against external robbers?
Spell caster?
He is a great big man. If a village has a master, their fields will be able to expand rapidly.
After some interrogation, Kalya finally confirmed that at least the place he was in had become a completely lawless place. Each village followed the laws of the jungle and became a safe "little oases".
Every village is a united army and peasants. They usually farm, but when they want to snatch fields and water sources, they go into battle together. It can be said that it is full of vitality.
In addition, this village has never heard of the name Xerath, nor does it know anything about the Shuriman royal family. Under the alienation, the Southern Shuriman people have almost completely tampered with history, and what is spread in their mouths is
An ancient legend completely different from the history of Shurima...
After getting this information, Ryze was in a good mood, because it sounded like Xerath didn't have many minions, so it might be easier to deal with him.
But Kalya couldn't help but sigh - unlike the "orthodox Shurima" situation all over the Shurima continent, the current Southern Shurima people no longer recognize their Shurima identity, except
The crops in the fields looked familiar, but it seemed that there was no connection with the former Shurima Empire.
After getting the information they wanted, Kalya and others quickly left the village.
Although she released the villagers, Thalia did not restore the cage to its original state - there was no need for trial, and there was no desire to kill. These guys who did not die in the battle, let them die on their own!
Next, Kalya plans to go to the market in the south. After all, it is a place for communication and the information is relatively smooth. Maybe he can gain something.
With this idea in mind, the group quickened their pace and arrived at the market before evening that day.
Under everyone's astonished gaze, Kalya played the role of a wandering mage like a fish in water, half-truthfully and half-falsely helping people to divine their fortunes, and quickly came up with a lot of interesting information.
First of all, South Shurima is very large, and many places do not seem to be as chaotic and disorderly as here. I heard that the customs and customs in the south are very different from those here in the land near the sea.
Secondly, although the people in this market have not heard of Xerath, they have heard of the emperor. Moreover, here, Kalya found out more legends of Southern Shurima. Among these legends,
Azir became the source of civilization, and many things in Shurima's history were blatantly transferred to him.
Finally, more and more new faces have appeared in this market recently. Many of them are from the south, and all of them are very generous. They seem to be very interested in outsiders from the north.
The above information is the version summarized by Karya. In fact, most of the first-hand information provided by those people is vague and mixed with a lot of invalid subjective judgments. Even if Karya wanted to sort out the news, it took him almost three hours.
He spent some time making gestures and thinking silently.
"So, Xerath is determined to build a new Shurima?" After listening to Kalya's story, Nasus couldn't help but frowned, "Originally, Southern Shurima was already drifting away from the empire.
Far away, and now Xerath has done this..."
"Yes, his ambition is not just as simple as resurrecting Azir." Kalya nodded lightly, "So, although he hasn't encountered any trouble yet, Xerath must have shown it to Sabei in Antasil.
Ka and Sabek’s are just the tip of the iceberg.”
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Continuing southward, the name Antahir finally began to emerge, and the lawless land gradually gained a somewhat civilized atmosphere.
However, unlike most country-based civilizations outside of Southern Shurima, here, clan villages still seem to be the basic structure of society - although the weather conditions are not at all good, many places in Southern Shurima
They all gave Ino a sense of familiarity with the Freljord.
And this sense of déjà vu reached its extreme when she heard that "the mage was going to Antasil for promotion."
In Southern Shurima, spellcasters go to Antasya to further their studies, at the cost of serving Xerath.
In Freljord, many Ice bloodlines will also go to the Frostguard Fortress and serve the Witch as Frostguard Warriors.
In Southern Shurima, Azir became the origin of everything after history was tampered with, and the true history of the past was artificially erased and grafted elsewhere.
In the Freljord, although the legend of the three sisters is still sung, those who really hope to pursue the secrets of the three sisters will be attacked by Frostguard priests.
In South Shurima, villages are the most basic organization. Each village has its own territory, and different villages will frequently fight for territory.
In Freljord, tribes are the most basic organization. Different tribes also have their own spheres of influence and will fight each other under the leadership of war mothers.
…
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"This Xerath, everything he says and does seems to be replicating Lissandra of the Freljord." As he continued to move forward, Ino couldn't help but said to Kalya, "He wants to be a frost witch.
What?"
"To put it bluntly, at least in terms of governance, Xerath is much better than the Frost Witch." In response to Ino's statement, Kalya nodded slightly, and then gave his own evaluation, "Han
The Frost Witch may not be able to control the power of ice blood, but in South Shurima, perhaps Xerath is the only one who has mastered the mage education."
Ino blinked his eyes, and although he didn't say anything, he obviously didn't agree with what Kalya said.
Xerath is doing "better" than Lissandra?
Where does this come from?
"It is actually not an easy task for a mage without knowledge inheritance to live to adulthood." Sensing Ino's doubts, Kalya sighed softly, "You are already amazingly talented, but after meeting
Before arriving at Lux, weren’t there times when spells went out of control?”
Ino stopped talking, but nodded thoughtfully.
"Monopolizing the ascending path by monopolizing knowledge is a very advanced method." Kalya continued, "Moreover, have you noticed that these Shurima people care about their bloodline very much."
"The persistence of people here for blood is simply outrageous." When this topic came up, Thalia, who was listening but couldn't get a word in, finally couldn't help but say, "It seems that every family has a throne to inherit, and anyone who is not of the same clan
Everyone is a potential enemy...isn’t this a little too abnormal?”
"The grouping of the same race may have initially been to cope with the chaos after the collapse of the empire." Kalya explained softly, "But to the point where it has developed now, I'm afraid it will inevitably add fuel to the flames."
"That Xerath did this too?"
"It's very possible." Kalya nodded. "Bloodline can divide people and prevent the birth of large organizations. In addition, the admiration for bloodline may also be a foreshadowing."
"bedding?"
Thalia could barely understand the first half of the sentence, but even Eno was confused about the second half.
"You can't notice it." When this topic was mentioned, Kalya's expression was quite helpless. "In fact, in the villages we passed by and among the people we met, quite a few of them have Shurima royal blood."
Thalia was very curious about how Kalya knew.
But Ino, who had experienced Sivir's incident, couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this.
She thought of a surprising possibility.
"I also have such a conjecture." Seeing Ino's expression, Kalya said with a bitter smile, "If Azir is resurrected and truly shows his royal bloodline, you say that with the current atmosphere in Southern Shurima, he will
What status should it be?”
No one can give the answer.
"Perhaps you can give it a try?" After a moment of silence, Ino whispered, "You are the Prince Regent——"
"Don't think about it, Azir is closer to them." Kalya shook his head, "Moreover, bloodline stripping is not a simple matter. Xerath is quite smart. Now it seems that the villages we first met
, it may be that he deliberately left a lawless place to confuse people. Under the cover of this remote place, he has quietly made preparations to connect the entire South Shurima."
Hearing what Kalya said, even Ryze, who didn't care much about mortals before, couldn't help but frown at this time.
He was not very able to understand Karya's speculation process, but he was very concerned about the conclusion.
If Xerath really changes from an "Ascended One" to an "Ascended One who rules Southern Shurima", then the possibility of him using the world runes to destroy civilization will increase again!
"Use Azir's bloodline as the source of leadership for all Southern Shurima, and control the casters of Southern Shurima by controlling knowledge." Kalya concluded, "As long as Azir is resurrected, the entire Southern Shurima will be
It will become the place where he raises his troops. If he breaks out of the tunnel under the banner of Shurima's orthodoxy, it may not be impossible to conquer Shurima."
"But he got stuck at the most critical step." Nasus said in a low voice, "No one can be resurrected after death, even His Majesty Azir - I watched him fall in the glory of the ascension with my own eyes.
.”
"Azir is very important, but there is always a way without Azir." Kalya sighed, "In short, we have to speed up our actions. If Xerath is more generous, we can share the power of the runes with An'an."
As a mage promoted by Tahir, even if Azir is just a corpse, Xerath has complete control over South Shurima."
"No one knows the war potential of Southern Shurima better than me."
Having said this, Kalya finally shook his head gently and said no more.
The others also quickened their pace and stopped talking.
Two days later, Kalya and his party arrived in Antasil.