After a long journey home, before the first heavy snow fell, Kalja finally returned to Forsbarrow.
Everything is going smoothly in Shurima. With the sales volume of the Ezreal series of travel notes, I believe that it will not be long before the secrets of the Golden Wheel Stone and Ningwu Dao are known to everyone.
Karya emphasized the importance of the Golden Wheel Stone to the Sun Disk. Those who have illusions about the Sun Disk will probably not give up this opportunity to "possibly recast the Sun Disk."
After all, it was never a lack of gold that prevented Shurima from raising multiple sun disks in the past.
By then, the days of the Demacia royal family just lying around and making money will probably be over.
Now, Lux is already studying the political and economic situation in southern Demacia. After many years of development, the intelligence team has gradually begun to branch out. With Lux's support, the intelligence team's record officer will meet
Follow the caravans, follow the actions of industry associations, and truthfully record their observations and survey data. After being summarized and analyzed, these data will become a reference for Forsbarrow's policies and plans.
For Lux, the return of Kalya and Ino was a relief.
Ino is the head of the intelligence team, and Kalya is the one who is best at data analysis. The two of them went to Shurima together, and this year's intelligence data was all piled up with Lux, which forced Lux to
After working overtime like crazy and even forming a special data processing team, I was able to barely complete some of the analysis tasks.
The professionals are back, and Narax can finally put aside the problem of data for the time being and prepare the speech notes for her winter speech.
"So, do you really have to write the speech yourself?" Seeing Lux write the speech by herself, Kalya said with a subtle expression, "It is not a good habit to do everything by yourself."
"After all, some things that directly come into contact with the people have to be done personally." Lux responded very naturally, "Otherwise, wouldn't we be completely separated?"
Kalya opened her mouth, but finally didn't say a word, she just couldn't help but smiled and shook her head.
Instead, I was taught a lesson by Lux.
During this trip to Shurima, Kalya has been reflecting on himself and his past mistakes. One of the key points is that in the late period of the empire, he did gradually become separated from the people because of his excessive idealism.
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Going all out to build a secret laboratory and directly carry out iterative cultivation of rune trees has indeed greatly accelerated the cultivation of rune trees, but at the same time it has also completely distanced Kalya from the Shuriman people.
Shurima's resource trap made Kalja anxious, and the failure of the large tunnel project made him fall back on elitism, trying to overtake in corners with radical adventurism.
But after thinking about it, the cultivation of rune trees and the industrialization of magic should not be carried out this way. Kalya's plan does not conform to the actual situation of the Shurima Empire.
What Kalya saw was that Shurima had fallen into the resource trap of the Sun Disk. What he saw was the stagnation of the empire's expansion and the emergence of internal conflicts. As an immortal, he subconsciously chose a method that could completely solve the problem.
But for the vast number of Shurima people, they are not immortals, and their lives only last a hundred years. What they hope is to live their lives happily. They are the beneficiaries of the sun disk, so what?
Would you be willing to follow Kalya and start over to develop a brand new energy source from scratch?
If you think about it carefully, Kalya can actually use softer methods to solve the problem, instead of leaving the power center willfully and putting all his power into the cultivation of rune trees.
Even though Kalya was indeed at the forefront of development, walking in the direction of a broader future, he did not pay attention to the road under his feet, nor did he unite with those who were on the same road as him, and lost the spirit of seeking truth from facts...
Kalya actually understands all these principles.
Unfortunately, no matter how clearly he understands, he still makes mistakes.
The terrible thing is that because of Kalya's identity, almost no one can correct his mistakes.
Setaka supports him, the ascended ones trust him, and even those who have different political views from him respect him.
At that time, if Kalya temporarily put down her work, traveled around various places in Shurima, and lived with different families as a desert traveler, maybe the situation would be different, right?
Unfortunately, there are no ifs in history.
From the perspective of latecomers, even though the Shurima Empire has collapsed, it is still an insurmountable pinnacle of Runeterra civilization.
However, as the founder of the empire, Kalya often has some different feelings when he finally unties the knot in his heart and is willing to look back on the past.
Maybe...this is because people are getting old.
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The fourteenth year of the Fossberg Calendar is another year that will probably be written down in history books in the future.
In this year, in addition to important historical events such as many restoration organizations of the Shurima Empire taking practical actions and the Hex magic interface entering the formal research and development stage, there was another event that was of great significance to Runeterra and had a far-reaching impact.
major events.
At the end of the year, when Lux was still scratching her head for the Winter Speech, the Noxus Empire, which had been languishing in the past few years, was completely divided.
That's right, Noxus... disintegrated.
During the Battle of Tobitsia, Swain stepped on the accelerator hard when the empire was on the decline. Under the planning of many forces, he became a victim, and he died with Nok.
The most capable elite of the Sars Empire.
For a militaristic empire, there is nothing worse than losing almost all of its elite military power.
More than ten main battle groups were almost completely wiped out. The Trifali Legion was all sacrificed together with Swain. Coupled with the defection of Black Rose, all those who could fight within the empire were almost wiped out.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Even during negotiations later, Demacia released most of the prisoners of war, and Noxus still lost its military advantage.
What's even more terrible is that because Swain, the great commander, was betrayed by many parties, there is no longer any unity within Noxus.
The betrayal of the Black Rose triggered a chain of suspicion within the empire. The nobles related to the Black Rose were regarded as untrustworthy. As Swain's successor, Darius wanted to use strong methods to purge these people, but he failed
Too weak to do anything.
The contradiction was irreconcilable, but no one could fight the civil war. Under this situation, Noxian separatism began to prevail. The local gangsters who had been suppressed by Swain's iron fist finally began to make moves and vigorously competed for local autonomy.
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Darius initially chose to strike hard against these bastards who were trying to split the empire.
But the problem is that with the foundation of the empire, no matter how superb Darius's boxing skills are, he can't throw a few punches - without Swain and his group of strategists, Darius is still at odds with the old aristocracy.
Ersi has little ability to govern the local area.
Therefore, the harder Darius punched, the more local separatists punched him hundreds of times, until the Ax Corps under Darius gradually could no longer afford military pay...
Finally, when the Delver Fort in the northern border of Noxus chose to stand on its own, but the Northern Legion under Darius was unwilling to go to war, this huge empire finally entered a stage of actual division.
In just half a month, the Diver Castle in the Iron Thorn Mountains, Tukugur in the Black Forest, Loklund and Kursala at the southern foot of the Varzhu Mountains, and Trivel at the southern foot of the Silver Silver Mountains,
Grovet, Kilgolf, as well as Besilico, Fendor, Ironwater City, and Falg in the southeast of the Grand Barrier all became independent and declared their independence from the Noxus Empire.
The common feature of these areas is that they are geographically isolated from the Noxian Plains and the Dalmo Plains, which are the core of the Noxus Empire. Although their own strength is limited, if Noxus wants to send troops to "quell the rebellion", it will be a waste of money.
Unbearable.
Darius, who was once very tough, finally did not send troops this time, but actually recognized the independence of these regions in silence.
In other words, for today's Noxus Empire - oh, it's not really an empire anymore - Noxus, the independence of these places is actually not necessarily a bad thing.
Apart from these corners and corners, the essence of Noxus is still there, and the Noxian Plains and the Dalmor Plains are still in hand.
And without these places, the cost of Noxus' rule has also been greatly reduced. They don't need to maintain the Northern Army to deal with the plundering of the Freljord barbarians, and they don't need to build a navy to ensure transportation and eliminate pirates (although they have almost no success
(passed), not to mention the need to spend a lot of money to maintain many winding mountain roads connecting various areas, as well as the troublesome Noxtola.
For Noxus, he got rid of a huge financial burden; for these regions, they got rid of the shackles of trouble on their heads.
Since you don't have the ability, let's go our separate ways.
Then, with spare strength, Darius gathered his army and finally raised his butcher knife against the nobles of the Immortal Fortress.
On the one hand, the Black Forest Federation, the Iron Thorn Kingdom, the Second Republic of Shining Silver, the Kingdom of Lokronde, and the Watch League were established one after another. On the other hand, the old Noxian nobles who lost the support of the Black Rose were beheaded by Darius.
Gungun, in the fourteenth year of the Forth Byron Calendar, the Noxus Empire gave Runeterra a small shock in the form of disintegration.
As the "old enemy" of Noxus, the Demacia royal family issued an announcement immediately, praising the "independence" of the above forces and actively launching diplomatic actions with them.
Although with Demacia's current situation, diplomacy may only stop at sending envoys to each other, this is enough to explain Demacia's attitude.
Since then, the conflict between the two powers in Valoran has completely come to an end, and Demacia has won the battle for hegemony.
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As a huge military empire, the impact of the disintegration of the Noxus Empire did not end there.
As an invader, Ionia finally successfully regained the occupied Wei Li after the disintegration of the Noxus Empire.
But it is a pity that Ionia, which took back Weili, did not develop further and awaken, but the atmosphere quickly returned to conservativeness.
You see, outsiders who do evil will be killed. There is no problem with our Ionian tradition.
United as one?
It's not necessary. The customs of each province are different, and the habits of each race are even more different. If everyone unites and has to accommodate each other, it would be better to return to the way it was before the arrival of the Noxians, where everyone never interacts with each other.
Woolen cloth!
The Ionians, who did not need to resist external humiliation, quickly turned around and began to ignore Preidion's decrees.
Irelia, who had tried her best to unite Ionia and truly turn Ionia into a whole, sadly found that her decree could no longer leave Preidion. After all the hard work, Irelia
, the coalition government that was finally formed was completely destroyed at this moment.
The local elders and monks took back their local autonomy. Except for a few places that were barren of vegetation due to Noxus' alchemical gas bombs, it seemed that Ionia was back to what it was before the war.
Under such a situation, Irelia painfully discovered that only organizations such as the Brotherhood of Navoli and Shadow Stream, which she had regarded as heretics and radicals in the past, still held the goal and ideal of unifying Ionia.
Then, when she tried to unite these organizations, what greeted her was the rejection of the Navoli Brotherhood and the disdain of Shadow Stream.
"Go find those bald guys with your naive and stupid ideas!"
"Hahaha, it's so funny. Are the elders ignoring you?"
"Didn't you say that they are really here for Ionia?"
"We honor Irelia who fought for the First Land."
"You are not a brainless leader. For the sake of your fighting for Ionia, get out!"
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Irelia finally realized how naive her political methods in the past were, and how naive her political ideals were. She thought that relying on her personal reputation, she could finally make Ionia become a whole and everyone would accept each other.
But he never expected that with the disintegration of the Noxus Empire, Ionia, without foreign enemies, would be reduced to biscuit crumbs on the ground.
Instead of seizing military power, he believed the words of the elders and agreed with the view that "local control of the local army is more secure."
What he thought was "for the sake of the First Land" was ultimately just that Ionia needed a military leader who could face Noxus.
No, not even a military leader.
At most he can be regarded as the leader of the martial arts alliance.
I have tried my best to maintain the "unity of Ionia" even at the expense of my former comrades-in-arms, but it's just a matter of face!
Returning to Preidion, Irelia sat under the willow tree, silently gazing at the willow tree that was regarded as a sacred tree by the Ionians, and her hair turned white overnight.
The next day, Irelia, who was exhausted mentally and physically, finally refused Karma's offer to stay and left Presidencia alone.
And with her departure, after the disintegration of the Noxus Empire, Ionia also fell into a substantial division.