Extra ChapterPrequel Part 9Karyas Journey to the Peak
For Kalya and Setaka, climbing Mount Targon is undoubtedly a difficult decision.
But no matter how difficult this decision is, it has to be made - Kalya and Setaka need successors, and the Shurima tribe also needs stronger strength.
It goes without saying that Kalya and Setaka need successors.
The Shurima tribe's need for stronger strength has become increasingly prominent as many downstream tribes have gradually recovered.
The Shuriman tribe trapped in Nerimajie is still too weak.
Even though they were mercenaries in the Sea of Death, in the wider Shurima, where there were few spellcasters in the tribe and they didn't know how to use magic, they couldn't hold on to the results of Kalya's reforms.
The Battle of Nerimajie ended with the Shurima tribe's fishermen benefiting from Kalya's careful planning and the desperate fighting of the tribe.
But objectively speaking, if there is another spellcaster with the same level as the one who claimed to be the "God of Mage" before, and he sets his sights on the city of Nerimaji, can the Shurima tribe be able to defend it?
For the Shurima people, the area beyond the Sea of Death is an out-and-out dark forest. No one knows what kind of tribes and people exist in the upper and lower reaches of the Shurima River.
In this case, an opportunity to become a spellcaster and learn about magic was presented to Kalya. How could he give up?
Finally, Kalya and Setaka entrusted the affairs of the tribe to reliable people headed by Horok, temporarily left Nerimajie and headed west.
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It is not difficult to find Targon by going west along the Shurima River and upstream.
In order not to attract attention, Kalya and Setaka did not ride Skalas, but each led a camel, carrying a small amount of gold as a trading item, and officially set off.
At the beginning, this trip was a bit like a honeymoon trip. The two workaholics temporarily put down their work and stayed together all day long, watching the sunrise and sunset, the clouds rolling in and out, and there was endless talk.
words.
However, as the two of them got closer and closer to Mount Targon, Kalya's intention to say these love words became less and less - not because he was getting weaker, but because he found that the closer to Mount Targon,
The closer the relationship between local people's lives and magic is.
Unlike the Shuriman people who had just escaped from slash-and-burn farming, the Rakkor people who claimed to be "servants of the Titan" in the area near Mount Targon seemed to be born with supernatural powers. They were strong and not afraid of the cold, even if they were cold.
A person with extraordinary talents like Setaka is just average among the Rakkor people...
This is not the most outrageous thing.
What's even more outrageous is that there are a large number of spellcasters among the Rakkor people.
Even though he had been mentally prepared when he heard that "climbing Mount Targon can obtain blessings from the gods," Kalya was still extremely surprised when he truly realized the number of Rakkor mages.
He even had some doubts as to whether the Shurima and the Rakkor were the same species!
This is like a second time travel!
You know, Kalya has traveled through so many years. Except for the "God of Mage", everything he has seen seems to be just a low-demon world. The Shurima people are physically stronger, but at least they are not unimaginable; there are a few
Some spellcasters can use magic, but it seems to have some special powers. They can't figure out the principles of their spellcasting, and the power of spells is mostly just that.
Even at the beginning, Kalya thought that if possible, he might be able to study the physics and chemistry of Runeterra and open up a new path for the Shurima tribe.
However, after trying several experiments in private, Kalya found that the rules of the world here seemed a bit strange. Many experiments would produce different results several times after being done several times. Even iron balls and stone balls of the same shape would produce different results when they landed on the ground.
The speeds are all different, which is why he has no scientific mentality.
Intuition told Kalya that magic here is an interference item that he cannot observe.
After entering the eastern foothills of Mount Targon, Kalya seemed to have ascended. The situation he saw was very different from that in the Shurima tribe. The bodies of the Rakkor people were stronger, even beyond imagination, and the Lakor people were even stronger than expected.
The abilities of the Kor casters also began to develop in more incredible directions.
Creating fire and ice without warning, reversing force fields at will, it seems that these casters are free to edit the dimension Kalya cannot see.
Could it be that that is magic?
These phenomena made Kalja worried and full of expectations on the one hand, and he even began to really think about the religions and gods he once scorned.
Then he realized that he seemed to have overestimated the Rakkor people.
Although they do seem like supermen, their teachings are messy, illogical, full of subjective conjectures and self-contradictions...
Forget it, I still thought too much.
Since then, unlike the past situation in the Shurima tribe where "Kalya provided the brains and Setaka provided the fists", during this journey, the identities of both parties have undergone subtle changes.
In addition to finding his brains, Kalya's more important thing is to keep performing; Setaka no longer needs to use force, but to appease Kalja's fatigue.
However, even if he put away his reverence for the doctrine, Kalya's superficial skills were still in place. At least it seemed that his every move was exactly the same as that of a devout or even fanatical believer. Considering that Setaka was at most
Keeping a smile and silence, Kalya also needs to act her part, so during this journey, his already good acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
In Setaka's words, "If we hadn't spent time alone together, I would have hardly believed that it was you."
For Kalya, being alone with Setaka every day is also the time when he is most relaxed.
In fact, in order to gain the trust of these Rakkor people, Kalya felt that he was almost on the verge of splitting. Faced with brainwashing dogma all day long, he had to be extremely pious, but at the same time he had to tell himself that
That's nonsense. If this huge tearing feeling hadn't been for Setaka's comfort, it would have probably caused Karya's mental problems.
The two seemed to have returned to the time when they supported each other not long after they met, when the Shurima tribe was almost facing a desperate situation. But what was different from the past was that many years of getting along had already made them connected. After getting through the initial period of discomfort,
Finally, they successfully passed through the area where the Rakkor people lived, and gained the precious qualification to climb Mount Targon.
According to local custom, after three days of starvation, Kalya and Setaka were finally able to set off and begin their journey to the peak.
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It is not easy to climb Mount Targon from the east foot.
This is especially true for a "frail" person like Kalya.
Three days of hunger made his body somewhat weak, and his climbing speed lagged behind the norm from the beginning.
According to the information revealed by the elders of Lakor, the climbers should reach the snow line before the evening of the next day. However, due to various unfavorable factors, when Kalya and Setaka crossed the snow line, the time had already reached the second day.
Late at night.
Stepping on some sticky snow, I looked up and saw the sky full of stars.
What's worse is that after crossing the snow line, Kalya quickly experienced a phenomenon of net erosion - the so-called net erosion is what the Rakkor people call "baptism", which is the blessing of the giant god that cleanses the original filth in your body.
, the specific manifestations are usually physical discomfort, shortness of breath, fever, dizziness, etc.
During the process of climbing Mount Targon, most people will experience net erosion, which will gradually disappear as the altitude increases and the distance to the summit gets closer.
According to Kalya's speculation, this may have something to do with magic.
Although Kalya, who was well aware of his situation, had already prepared for the net erosion reaction to be more intense than ordinary people, the facts proved that he still overestimated the problem.
In just a few breaths, Kalya gathered all the known symptoms of discomfort.
Under the high fever, Kalya's consciousness quickly blurred - this level of physiological changes can no longer be changed by will. Kalya's previous preparations for climbing the mountain are very suitable for Setaka, and for Kalya
But it's almost ineffective.
Before he could say a word, Kalya fell into a coma on the spot.
Once the net erosion phenomenon begins, it will not end easily. According to Elder Rakor, if the net erosion person leaves Mount Targon, he will soon turn into a twisted monster, so Setaka cannot take Kalya down the mountain.
, the only way is to let it continue to rise until it gets rid of net erosion.
Therefore, Setaka continues to climb, and takes Kalya with him.
Even though there are still roads to walk on Mount Targon near the snow line, the difficulty of climbing alone is still far beyond the normal range.
When Kalya ended his state of pure eclipse and woke up from a coma, the first thing he saw was the bottomless abyss behind Setaka - even if he was carrying Kalya and Setaka
We also reached the end of the climbing road and started climbing the steep cliff of Mount Targon along the gaps in the mountain.
For fear of affecting Setaka's movements, Kalya said nothing and could only silently cooperate with the movement of her center of gravity.
However, in the direction that Kalya could not see, Setaka slightly raised the corner of her mouth - she accelerated her climbing speed and changed the direction of travel, like a dexterous ape, quickly arriving at a gentle place.
tower.
Then, she gently put down Kalya, and before Kalya was ready to perform a "waking up from a deep sleep" performance, she approached Kalya with a smile.
The bun that had been pulled up on the top of her head was spread out, and her long black hair fell down smoothly, blocking the starry sky in front of Kalya like a bead curtain.
When he opened his eyes, Kalya saw no stars.
But he could swear that at that moment, this smiling face was brighter than the stars on the top of Mount Targon.
