Lux's Farewell

When Sona found Kalya and told him about the use of the golden wheel stone, Kalya was very pleasantly surprised.

"The medium for transmitting information is very rare." Kalya showed an unprecedented eagerness, "Is it direct magic power transmission, or multiple energy transmission? Do you need special information transmission equipment?"

"Uh, I don't know yet." Sona, who was stunned by her teacher's attitude, shook her head after a moment of hesitation, "I only know that Kyle used it to directly connect to my... my will?"

"Like I always do?"

"Very similar, but mostly from the necklace..."

Then, amidst Sona's astonishment and Lacus' sluggishness, Kalya let out a burst of unprecedented and incomparably hearty laughter.

"hahahahahahahahahahaha!"

The laughter lasted for a long time, and the carefree meaning gradually disappeared, but the catharsis became more and more intense, until it was almost crazy.

Then, just when Sona and Lacus looked at each other with subtle expressions on their faces, and began to wonder if the teacher was too stimulated and something went wrong in his head, Kalya finally restrained his laughter gradually.

"It's strange what am I laughing at?" Calya finally seemed to have returned to her wise look before, "I'm laughing at this Miss Kyle, she never thought that she had accidentally exposed a giant god The secrets they have kept for thousands of years—call Ino,

"it is good."

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Soon, the Big Three in the North gathered together again.

Karya then told them the main reason she was laughing.

"During the Shurima Empire, the sun disc was the source of power for the Ascended." Kalya, who had calmed down completely, finally resumed his previous tone, "The sun disc can absorb the power of the heavens, not only guiding The Ascension Ceremony was performed, the Ascendant was cast, and more importantly, the operation of almost all public facilities in the entire Shurima Empire at that time came from the energy of the sun disc."

Karya briefly mentioned this period of history. Hearing what he said, all three of them nodded slightly.

"But, have you ever wondered why there is only one sun disc in Shurima?"

"You seem to have said this." Lux recalled, "It has something to do with the followers of the giant god?"

"Because the sun disc is made of gold, but it is not pure gold." Kalya continued, "At the beginning, we all thought that the sun disc could be used as a source of energy. The most important thing is the complicated patterns and patterns on it. Array, so at the beginning of Shurima, a lot of energy was devoted to the research of the magic power circuit, hoping to figure out the magic principle above, and then create more."

Hearing what Karya said, the three of them nodded again—this was in line with Karya's usual thinking.

"Shurima University has spent hundreds of years, and finally figured out the functions and functions of the magic lines on the sun disc. Although it is still far away from fully understanding, it should be regarded as a small gain." Kalya snorted. Suddenly, "Then, we tried to imitate several sun discs."

"All failed?"

"A complete failure." Although it was many years later, when talking about this incident, Kalya's tone was still full of resignation, "Even at that time, the empire spent a lot of energy to reproduce Shuri one by one. The sun disc in Macheng, but the final result is still a failure, except when the comet is stirring, otherwise these imitation sun discs will not receive even a little bit of energy at all."

"So there is something wrong with the material?"

"That's right, the sun disc is not made of pure gold, but mixed with certain alloys." Kalya sighed, "I was not mature enough at that time, it was too early to cooperate with the giant god, and the strength of my own men was not enough, so Put together by them."

Of course, what Kalya didn’t say was that the cooperation was actually a last resort—the strength of the Shurima tribe was too weak at that time, and he actually had no choice if he wanted to survive in the extremely harsh desert. room.

"We also tried to analyze the solar disc later." After a pause, Kalya continued, "But at that time, Shurima had been established for hundreds of years, and everything in the empire was highly dependent on the solar disc. No one could analyze it." Determine how long it will take to understand the material of the solar disk, and no one can afford the price of the complete closure of the solar disk."

Hearing this, the hearts of the three of Lacus sank at the same time.

"The root of the prosperity of the Shurima Empire is the sun disc. Without the sun disc, there would be no ascenders, and there would be no empire... But the ridiculous thing is that the Shurima Empire doesn't know all the principles of the sun disc. " Kalya's voice gradually sank, "The giant gods and their disciples kept this secret very tightly—or in other words, since they cast the sun disc, they have never used similar materials."

Carya no longer needs to continue telling the subsequent stories.

Shurima has ushered in endless prosperity, and the Shurima people are immersed in the glory brought by the sun disc. They have made the ultimate use of the energy received by the sun disc, making the entire Shurima Empire It has become a paradise.

And after this kind of joy reached a certain threshold, it finally stuck the neck of the empire.

Since there was only one solar disc and the energy provided by the solar disc was limited, the people of the Shurima Empire began to reject more ascendants, and almost completely stopped the pace of external expansion.

When the "share" of the sun disc is still vacant, Shurima can stand at the height of the first civilization, treat the latecomers equally, let them run into civilization, and bring them into the order of Shurima.

However, as there is no more redundancy in the share of the solar disc, Shurima can no longer continue to expand—the newly expanded territory is getting farther and farther away from Shurima City and the solar disc. The cost of transporting the disk's energy to the past became higher and higher until the empire could no longer afford it.

In this case, the Shurima Empire urgently needs a brand new resource to break this resource limitation.

But because the energy brought by the solar disc is large enough and cheap enough, even if Kalya takes the lead, few people are willing to devote themselves to the development of new resources that seem to have no way out.

Although the solar disk did not have any additional redundant shares, after all, the population of the Shurima Empire was still growing at that time, and the cities and oases were far from reaching their limit.

It's just that it can't continue to expand as before-this is not fatal.

But... is it really not fatal?
The number of Ascendants has not been approved for a long time, and the construction of the pipeline connecting the sun disc has been delayed. Even though the Shurima Empire did not squeeze Icacia like it squeezed the colonies, the huge internal conflicts detonated the bomb .

The Icathian mage king, longing for a "source of energy like the sun disc", was finally bewitched by the void and went on a crazy path, and the Icathian war was completely detonated.

At that time, almost all of his energy was devoted to the cultivation of the rune tree, and Karya, who only confirmed the stability of Icacia through Kieran, never dreamed that the empire would dramatically embark on the previous path.

The Icathian War seemed to wake up the Shurima Empire. In the face of the war, the Shurima people were finally willing to lower their living standards and supported the Shurima Empire to create the ultimate weapon against the void—the Monolith Fortress.

However, even if the Shurima Empire won the final victory, everything could not go back to the way it was before.

Ascended by the Void, an unexpected void of power has emerged in the upper echelons of the Shurima Empire.

Without the supervision of the Ascendants, the power gathered by the governors of cities all over the country due to the war was used for private use.

Due to Icathia's Rebellion, the Empire has become extremely sensitive to local powers and attempts to centralize power.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the giant god believers who had been ignoring all this time finally began to jump up and down.

Different minds began to emerge, and the united front of Shurima's minds finally fell apart under the circumstances.

Then, Shurima was substantively divided, and the remaining "Shurima Empire" was forced to pick up slavery from the trash. Azir wanted to revive Shurima but failed in the end...

So far, the Shurima Empire has finally completely disappeared in the long river of history, leaving only ruins and ruins for people to cherish the prosperity of the past like cooking oil.

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"Golden stone, this may be the main component of the sun disc mixed with gold." After the three of Lux basically digested the information, Kalya finally spoke again, "In the Shurima Empire After it crumbled, the titans finally took it out again."

"So with it, how many more sun disks can we build?"

"Perhaps, it's hard to say." Kalya didn't come to a conclusion, "but at least there is a clear direction—and, the cultivation of rune trees has gradually matured... Relying on a single energy source is not safe enough. "

"Does that mean that in the next special training, some people will study golden wheel stones?" When it came to practical issues, Lacus suddenly nodded, "The archon sees a lot, but the real ones are Those who have the ability to specialize in in-depth study... I am afraid that the number is pitifully small, according to the previous plan, if you want to set up a class to learn rune tree cultivation and rune stone manufacturing, there will not be enough people."

"There is no need to worry about the research on the golden wheel stone." Kalya said with a smile, "before the unification of Demacia and we set our sights on Shurima, the research on the golden wheel stone is not in a hurry - we need to do it now Yes, the only thing we can do is take advantage of the royal family’s opportunity to engage in Shurima trade, collect some stocks from them and make some preparations.”

"That's all?"

"Of course, in addition to this, we can also try to spread this discovery." It didn't take long for Kalya to formulate a simple plan again, "Although the Shurima Empire is gone, the There should be quite a few inheritances left by those who ascended back then, if they learned about the use of the golden wheel stone..."

Kara didn't continue talking.

However, the three of Lux who heard this all stared wide-eyed.

"Receive the goods first, which can be regarded as showing favor to the royal family." Following Carya's train of thought, Lacus tried to analyze, "Then, when the stock in hand is enough for research, will you leak the news?"

"Before it leaks, make a big deal." Eno added, "As long as the timetable is right, the royal family will only have the option of breaching the contract."

"Let the royal family break the contract in front of everyone?" Only Sona was a little bit reluctant, "This...is this fishing?"

"More than that." Kalya's tone gradually became cheerful, "People always have a path to depend on. If the royal family has tasted the sweetness in the Shurima trade, then the focus of business will be on Shurima, and it will also be used when dealing with nobles. It will be more confident..."

With this familiar and pleasant tone, the Big Three in the North began to mourn for His Majesty the King.

"When you have money in your hands, His Majesty the King can naturally straighten his back, grasp all kinds of power, and treat the noble council as a rubber stamp." Carya continued, "However, if for some reason, the royal family's money bag is broken It’s a big hole, your savings have been ruined, and you’re forced to break the contract, at a time like this, would Jarvan IV use the poor working capital to appease the army, or use it as compensation?”

"..."

No one spoke, because they felt their scalps go numb just by imagining that situation.

"Next, whether it is to expand externally, transfer pressure, or suppress internally, kill pigs to celebrate the New Year, the royal family at that time is actually on a dead end." At this point, Kalya's tone finally recovered. In a sad state, "The northern border only needs to provide a small spark, and the nobles who have been grudges for a long time will set off a war of restraint, just like countless times in the history of Demacia in the past, limiting the power of the king."

"At that time, they will need a flag more than ever."

"Considering the objective point of view, King Jarvan IV is doing well, and there is probably only one person who can carry this banner."

"A model of nobility, make Demacia great again, how about this slogan?"

Lacus who was named did not speak.

Although this is the first time that Kalya has explained the ideas and methods of the rebellion very clearly, although the whole plan has been using the greed of the nobles, although Lacus knows that when everything is over, the nobles will be greeted by killing donkeys. ...

But she didn't feel any guilt or resistance at this time.

Because she clearly knows what her goal is and what this plan is for.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered when she was 11 years old.

That was the first time Kalya used tricks to deal with a little nobleman who was trying to cling. At that time, when Lux asked him why he did this, instead of directly pointing out that it was wrong for the other party to cling like this, and he should rely on his own strength, Kalya explained After knowing that this is doomed to be invalid, he made a self-deprecating sentence.

"My heart is as clear as a mirror."

The resource trap brought by Carya's Small Classroom Sun Disk:

The root cause of the collapse of the Shurima Empire was falling into a resource trap—the Sun Disc gave the Shurima Empire an astonishing prosperity, and the Shurima people had a very high standard of living, but it also led to people who were highly dependent on the Sun Disc. The Shurima Empire's development of other energy sources has been slow, and even turned around in a catastrophe.