What will a country do when they find themselves with swords drawn and invincible?
This question is not difficult to answer. In most cases, expanding territory should be a good choice.
Of course, Ixtal is special. As a former autonomous territory of the Shurima Empire, many Ixtal people who are familiar with history have further concerns about the future of Ixtal that are more disturbing than conventional territorial expansion.
Exciting expectations.
Perhaps, when the afterglow of the Shurima Empire has dissipated, it is a good choice to raise the flag of the Shurima Empire again and rebuild the glory of Shurima.
Although the identity of the Dominion is somewhat embarrassing, the flag of the Shurima Empire is really useful.
Shurima Orthodoxy means that there is a legal claim to the entire Shurima continent, it means the right to accept all the heritage of the Shurima Empire, it means a crown with a glorious history, and it means that the country has a clear
goals and future.
It seems that no matter from which perspective, Ixtar has no reason to give up this precious claim.
However, with the lessons learned from the Darkin War and the Rune War, many Ixtal people believe that while accepting the political legacy of the Shurima Empire, they will also accept many thorny troubles. This is in line with what Ixtal has always done.
Glorious independence is incompatible.
The conservatives and radicals may seem to be fighting over how to deal with the prisoner, but in essence it is the future course of Ixtar.
The radicals believe that Ixtal is invincible. In the past, isolation was for self-protection. Now Ixtal no longer has the need to protect itself. It is the other city-states on the Shurima continent that need to protect themselves.
Conservatives believe that isolation is the glorious tradition of Ixtal, and it has protected Ixtal from disasters. Although everything seems to be calm now, that's not what it seems. You can't make decisions easily with your head in a hurry!
Throughout Ixtar, conflicts between radicals and conservatives have filled every place, and there seems to be a tendency to develop into partisanship.
So, doesn’t Ixtal have an arbiter?
some.
The royal family of Ixtal, specifically, the elemental kings of Ixtal.
But the problem is that the current royal family of Ixtal is becoming a mascot.
Although both the elders of Yuntar and the great elemental envoys of the Elemental Council maintain respect for the royal family, the theoretical status of the royal family is very high, but the royal family itself is useless!
In fact, it can be seen from the name "King of Elements" that the identity of the Ixtal royal family is very special. In theory, they are political leaders and kings of strength.
After the Shurima Empire fell into a substantial split, Nezuk, one of the main designers of the Monolith, finally chose to open up the Monolith - and when he did so, he not only took away the remains of the Monolith Fortress
, and also took away a Shuriman princess. The current King of Elements is his descendant and this little princess.
According to Ixtal's records, although Nezuk was an old cow gnawing on young grass, there was true love between him and the princess.
However, for the Shurima Empire at that time, it was fine for Nezuk to run away. His behavior of taking away the princess and the monolithic fortress was obviously intolerable, so there was still a little bit left in the fuel tank at that time.
The Shurima Empire mobilized the remaining Ascended Legions and issued orders to the darkspawn who were no longer fully loyal to the empire to attack Ixtal.
In that war, Nezuk died in the final battle, but when he used his life to activate the Monolith Fortress at the last moment, the originally disunited crusade coalition finally stopped outside Isuoken.
, since then, Ixtal has simply closed itself off, and they have no plans to venture outside the rainforest. The Shurima Empire has no spare capacity to organize a rainforest expedition, and Ixtal has actually gained independence.
As a descendant of Nezuk and a descendant of the Shurima royal family, the status of the Ixtar royal family is naturally extremely noble. However, due to the bloodline of a certain sand sculpture is really bad, so that after three generations, the Ixtar royal family became
Magical talent is getting worse from generation to generation.
In the beginning, the royal family relied on the original axiom and still maintained good strength. The princes and princesses had good learning conditions and worked hard to make up for their lack of talent.
The succession of the elemental kings also adheres to the principle of giving priority to those who are capable, and the virtuous are promoted rather than the senior.
However, with the development over the years, the number of original axioms became more and more complex, and the royal family's children finally couldn't hold back the situation.
Moreover, with the gradual isolation from the world, the competition within Ixtal also gradually disappeared. When the best princes and princesses were unable to obtain the recognition of the elemental future and the Yuntal organization, the royal family finally chose to lie down.
study?
Learn shit!
If you can achieve a high status just by lying down, who would want to study hard?
Anyway, without the approval of the Elemental Council and the Yuntar Organization, the royal family doesn't really mean what they say...
It's better for everyone to lie down together.
In this way, the Ixtar royal family quickly "degenerated". They have degenerated from the political, academic and military leaders they once were into a group of out-and-out mascots in hundreds of years, retaining almost only theoretical knowledge.
Military command authority.
It seems like having military power is pretty good, right?
But don't forget, Ixtal adheres to the principle of isolation, and there is almost no internal rebellion. In this case, the main function of the army is to deal with the crazy dragons and serve as an honor guard.
Moreover, with the loss of royal power and the overall collapse, the tradition of the capable ones being promoted and the mediocre being demoted has completely disappeared, and the eldest son inheritance system has been completely stabilized. Since competition is meaningless, then everyone will develop their own.
Good hobby.
As a result, Ixtar has smoothly transitioned from the "royal family takes care of both hands, Yuentar is responsible for administration, and the Elemental Council is responsible for academics" model in the Nezuk era to the current model of "the royal family is in ruins, Yuentar and the Elemental Council are fighting for each other"
"right" model.
In the absence of external threats, Yuentar's elders and members of the Elemental Council compete for various powers in this isolated country based on their respective bases.
By the time the Rune War had passed for thousands of years, the situation in the outside world had undergone earth-shaking changes.
It happened that at this time when all kinds of contradictions were intertwined and converged, a strange person appeared in the royal family of Ixtar, which had been completely at peace.
That's right, this alien is... Qiyana.
Her Royal Highness the Tenth Princess, according to the current succession order of the royal family, is still relatively far away from the Elemental King - ranking tenth means that she is the tenth heir, and she can basically be considered to have no chance of the throne.
But the problem is that this princess is different from those princes and princesses who lie flat. She has ideals.
Therefore, in this era of change, when others were lying flat, Qiyana began to actively work hard to strengthen herself, and used her identity to win over radicals, hoping that Ixtal could actively participate in the international community of Runeterra.
In the midst of business.
Once Ixtal ends her isolation, a strong elemental king will make sense. Qiyana has completely regarded Setaka as her idol at this time, and considering that she does not have her own Kalya, she is playing tricks on her.
Where, she also needs to go into battle herself...
Just like this salon, although it seems to be just a personal hobby of Qiyana, the actual situation is that Qiyana is using this occasion to contact different people and use them to weave a big network.
Although in Qiyana's eyes, these people may not be useful, they can still be regarded as a casual move. As the tenth princess, she must seize the few resources and use unscrupulous means to grow herself.
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Kalya did not know the above information. Although he had vaguely discovered that there were internal contradictions in Ixtal's political situation, the specifics were not completely clear.
Since the overall situation in Ixtal is relatively stable, and the internal conflicts in the political situation have not yet affected the people, Kalya has not yet been exposed to that level. This time he came to Qiyana's salon, and he also saved a share here.
The idea of connecting with aspects.
But what he never expected was that in this salon, he would actually see Tariq!
Moreover, unlike people like Kalya who were "threatened", Tariq's body was still shackles despite being covered up.
In other words, Tariq is a prisoner!
This is very interesting.
Combined with Qiyana's previous attitude towards her, it was not difficult for Kalya to judge the purpose of Her Royal Highness the Tenth Princess meeting Tarik in the salon. If nothing else, she should also have some intention of taking advantage of her.
So, here comes the problem.
What can Qiyana use?
From previous exchanges, Kalya already knew that Qiyana had a very strong curiosity and desire for the outside of the rainforest. Otherwise, a princess would not seize such a reason and let herself be such an "ordinary person".
"common people" into her intelligence network.
And now, does the imprisoned Tariq mean to Qiyana, like Kalya herself, an opportunity for external communication?
Can Kalya take advantage of this?
Use this to get close to Qiyana, and even intervene in the political situation of Ixtar...
This is quite a risky choice.
But... it might be worth giving it a try.
Sitting in his seat, Kalya crammed all kinds of food into his mouth while staring at Tariq unabashedly, even arousing the thoughts of those uniformed parties wearing Vidalian fabrics.
So, when Tarik entered Qiyana's room and faced Kalya's "look that seemed to be concealing, but was actually very direct", the man who had brought Kalja to the audience finally took the initiative to come over.
"Mr. Yaka." The other person looked polite, as if he was just an ordinary waiter, but his tone had nothing to do with gentleness. "Is it because the dessert doesn't taste good?"
Listening to the gnashed tone, it seemed that as long as Kalya dared to express his dissatisfaction, he would dare to take off Kalya's mask and press his head into the cake.
"No, very good." Kalya snorted, "It's just that maybe I was dazzled, and I actually saw Her Royal Highness the Tenth Princess inviting a despicable Demacian to this salon..."
Kalya's words made the waiter's expression change slightly.
As Qiyana's confidant, he knew Taric's identity - the Elements Council said that he was a "very cunning external spy with a strict mouth. Unless special experiments are allowed on him,
Otherwise, it is very likely that you will not get any effective information."
The Elements Council is willing to hand over Tarik to Qiyana, and also has the idea that "Her Royal Highness the Tenth Princess has her own means", and wants to use Qiyana to discover Tarik's identity as much as possible, and use this to fight for this
The person’s subsequent disposal rights.
This is a tentative cooperation between the Elemental Council and Qiyana, which is of great significance to Qiyana.
It can even be said that Qiyana's most important goal in holding this salon is Tariq, and Kalya is just a mere addition.
However, now this guy calls the other person a "despicable Demacian"?!
Hiss, does this guy named Yaka really know something?
Although he didn't completely believe Karya's statement, the other party still smiled and said "this is impossible", then turned around and knocked gently on Qiyana's door.
Soon, the door was opened.
Kalya got an invitation to enter the palace for the second time.
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Tariq has never met Kalya.
He obviously didn't recognize this masked man who deliberately concealed his face.
Of course, to him, this actually didn't matter, because in Tarik's view, as long as he kept his mouth shut, these Ixtal people would not get any news.
It's true that I was caught accidentally, but it doesn't matter, at least I won't be a drag.
However, what makes Tarik a little confused is that the masked man looks at him with a look that seems to have some personal grudge. The other person seems to know him!
How is this possible?
Just when Tarik was confused, Qiyana looked at Kalya.
"Mr. Yaka, do you know this Mr. Karajan?"
"Karayan?" Karya was stunned for a moment, and then snorted very disdainfully, "He is not Karayan. I have met him. His name is Tarik, and he is an important figure in Demacia!"
As soon as the words were spoken, both Qiyana and Tariq's expressions changed subtly.
Tariq was a little panicked.
And Qiyana showed a truly interested expression for the first time - if Jax were here, he would find that Qiyana's expression at this moment was exactly the same as when she saw him trying her luck.
"If I remember correctly, Mr. Tariq was an important promoter of the fall of Nasrameh. He stood in the front row at the celebration." Kalya took in the changes in the expressions of the two people while continuing to uncover the inside of the tower.
Are you trying to kill him? "Why, have the despicable Demacians already set their sights on Ixtal?"