Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 150 Xerath is coming
In a noisy tavern.

There wasn't much food left on the table, and Li Lin, Kassadin, Sivir, and Taliyah continued to chat about recent events after eating and drinking.

Among them, Taliyah is naturally most concerned about the resurrection of Eagle King Azir and his ascension to become a god again.

Her eyes quickly skipped over the three of them, and she opened her mouth, not knowing how to ask such a thing.

This was the rumor she heard when she first arrived in Kennesse. The desert emperor re-established the sun disc in the city of the sun in the middle of the desert in an attempt to gather his own people and work hard to unify the divided tribes.

Taliyah knew that during this period, her tribe would migrate to the ruins in the middle of the desert in search of water.

If the rumors are true, she must rush back to her family as soon as possible to protect them from being enslaved...

Li Lin noticed the tangled look on Taliyah's face, "What's wrong Taliyah, do you have anything to say?"

"Hmm..." She pursed her chapped and dull lips, "Actually, I heard... has the last emperor of Shurima returned?"

"This..."

Li Lin thought that Taliyah seemed to have a deep misunderstanding of Azir, so he raised his eyebrows.

"The rumors are true. Emperor Azir has been resurrected by the blood of the royal family, and completed the ascension ceremony, becoming a warrior of the gods."

As he spoke, he glanced at Sivir who was sitting opposite him.

She continued to pour beer into her flat stomach with no ups and downs like a bottomless pit, and she didn't notice Li Lin's gaze at all.

A look of worry flashed across Taliyah's eyes, she lowered her face and wondered what she was thinking.

Li Lin could probably guess what she was thinking, it was nothing more than how to protect her tribe from that "tyrant".

But no matter how much Taliyah thought about it, in the end it was just her own various brain supplements and misunderstandings.

In the real situation, Azir can be said to be the wise king of the Shurima Empire, and he can also lead Shurima, which has been declining after the Void War, to enter its post-peak period.

If there is no trouble from Xerath, maybe he can expand the territory of Shurima beyond the continent of Shurima, and include the continent of Valoran, Ionia, and even the Freljord into Shurima. The scope of the Ma Empire.

Although most of the ascendants who ascended to demigods the day after tomorrow are no more than the original demigods incarnated by the rules and concepts of Runeterra.

But after all, two fists are no match for four hands.

No matter how powerful the demigods in other regions are, they can't hold back the Ascension Group with so many people.

Li Lin thought for a while, and said to the worried little sparrow: "We have witnessed the ascension of the Eagle King with our own eyes. To be honest, he is much more kind than we imagined."

"...Huh?" Taliyah was stunned for a moment, and a trace of shock flashed in her light brown eyes, "You, you..."

Kassadin looked at Li Lin thoughtfully, and then said: "Li Lin is right, Azir is indeed very different from what is recorded in the classics."

Taliyah's expression was a little messy, she didn't understand why they wanted to speak for a tyrant.

Or... Is my understanding of this Eagle King too one-sided?

"But, but I heard...he didn't want to restore slavery..." She said in an uncertain tone.

"No, it's all gossip." Li Lin chuckled, "Actually, Azir announced the abolition of slavery as early as thousands of years ago during the ascension ceremony."

"What?! This...how is it possible?"

Taliyah looked in disbelief.

"He has been in power for so many years. If he really wants to free the slaves, why didn't he announce it earlier? At least it can save the slaves from suffering and suffering?"

"You think about politics too simply, little girl." At this moment, Sivir, who finally put down his glass, interjected.

Although she had a bad first impression of Azir, she also knew that it was all her own unreasonable assumptions about him.

In fact, this ancestor of hers was far more enlightened than she imagined, in all aspects.

Sivir stared at Taliyah's eyes with a serious expression, "There are many times when we can't do many things if we want to. In most cases, we can't help ourselves."

"That's right, according to the records in the history books, the emperor at that time was speechless in many aspects. For example, Azir was the only emperor who decided on his own ascension ceremony instead of being sacrificed by the sun."

Li Lin took Kassadin's voice and continued: "Slavery is a traditional system in Shurima that has been passed down for thousands of years. If you think about Taliyah, how many dignitaries and ministers are involved in it?"

Taliyah bit her bloodless lower lip tightly, her expression still tangled.

She didn't have much education in politics, she didn't know much about it.

But if it comes to interests, she can understand a little bit.

After all, she often bargains with other tribes or vendors when shopping.

"But...he is the emperor, isn't he? Since he is the emperor, he can get whatever he wants?"

"Power doesn't mean everything, Taliyah." Li Lin's tone became serious. "Political struggles, especially the struggles between the blood of the royal family are very bloody..."

Azir was originally the youngest and least favored prince.

In an assassination operation against the royal family, all the princes died. Without Xerath's help, Azir could not have survived.

In the following years, the emperor launched a merciless massacre, and anyone who was at least slightly suspicious would be sent to the guillotine.

Azir was naturally the same, but his status as the sole heir to the throne kept him.

In the following time, Xerath secretly murdered all the fetuses in the queen's womb.

When she finally gave birth to a healthy prince, Xerath even used dark witchcraft to trigger a thunderstorm, causing the newborn prince, including the emperor and empress, to die in an "accident"...

Even if the royal family is like this, the reactionaries who oppose Azir's ascension to the throne will resort to all means to push him down from the throne.

Slavery was a great opportunity.

That's why Azir kept this plan strictly secret, not even revealing it to Xerath.

Of course, this is only one of the main reasons.

The other reason is that he is too arrogant and thinks that everything is under his control...

Li Lin told Taliyah about the struggles among the feudal royal families and the bloody politics, but omitted the unknown history about Azir and Xerath's conspiracy to rise to power.

After listening to it, Taliyah was greatly shocked, and even felt that her original concepts had collapsed.

She stared and thought for a long time before she came back to her senses and looked at Li Lin again.

"Then why did Xerath betray Azir? Azir has already set him and the other slaves free..."

"Because Xerath is an evil guy, he has already prepared a plan to usurp the throne and the power of the gods, and he can't stop."

Suddenly, a deep and powerful voice sounded from the door of the tavern.

Li Lin, Kassadin, Sivir, and Taliyah looked at the source of the sound at the same time, with shock on their faces.

I saw a jackal-headed burly figure dressed in time-worn golden armor, with Shurima articles and a votive belt, and holding a long-handled battle ax, bowing into the tavern.

"My God... is this Nasus, the Son of the Desert?"

"Why is he here?!"

"Could it be true that the rumors that Father Eagle Azir returned and became a god of heaven are true?"

"Ramos bless..."

"..."

The tavern suddenly boiled, and everyone was excited, worried, and fearful.

And most people feel an inexplicable uneasiness in their hearts.

Nasus ignored the rioting crowd, a pair of red eyes stayed on Kassadin for a short while, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Then, turning his eyes, he noticed the crossblade in the boiled leather scabbard on his back, and the young woman carrying it.

"Charikal." Nasus murmured in a low voice, and walked straight to the round table where Li Lin and the others were sitting.

Apart from Li Lin and Kassadin, Sivir and Taliyah got up at the same time and entered a state of alert.

"You, what do you want to do?"

Taliyah reached out and quickly formed a complex magic pattern on her chest, and the stone ground at her feet rippled in a circle.

She recognized Nasus, but after this short time together, she had already regarded Li Lin, Kassadin and Sivir as her friends.

She does not allow anyone to take action against her friend, even if the other party is a demigod.

Nasus paused, frowning.

"Taliyah, don't be impulsive!"

Li Lin was taken aback, and quickly grabbed Taliyah's hand, interrupting her brewing magic.

"Your magic is enough to break the most stubborn rock in Shurima." Nasus praised sincerely, "but don't get me wrong, little girl, I'm not here to fight."

Li Lin suppressed his nervousness, came to Nasus and asked, "I don't know what is the job of a bachelor?"

Although he already knew the purpose of Nasus looking for them...

Nasus's attention was not on Li Lin at all, and a pair of eyes stared straight at Sivir, and the Charikal that ordinary people couldn't wave in her hand tightly.

"You are the descendant of Azir."

"What?!" Taliyah was taken aback by Nasus' words.

But judging from the reactions of Li Lin and Kassadin, they seem to have known about this for a long time...

For some reason, Taliyah felt a tightness in her chest.

"So what?" Sivir frowned tightly, "If you want to take Chalikar away, then we will be in big trouble."

"Do you know who that knife belongs to?"

"The first emperor of Shurima, the ascended military empress Setaka, of course I know...but now, it's mine."

Nasus was a little surprised, he didn't expect that she even knew these secrets.

"Forget it, the emperor's blood is flowing in your body. Since it agrees with you, it proves that you are qualified to drive it... You and it resurrected Azir and Shurima, there must be its meaning."

Nasus dropped to one knee suddenly, crossing his hands across his chest in salute.

Sivir's expression remained unchanged, the golden cross blade was turning flexibly in her hand, ready to go.

Nasus shook his head, not paying too much attention to Sivir's hostility, but slowly continued: "Xerath is coming, the royal blood must be protected."

　Little knowledge: In the official background, the title of Ascendant is demigod, and there are also strengths and weaknesses among demigods. Freljord, Oun Bear and Phoenix are top-notch demigods, not only representing a certain kind of natural god. Elements, also represent many concepts (such as Ornn is in charge of the concept of forging, the bear is in charge of the concept of war, the phoenix is ​​in charge of the concept of winter, Naga Kaporos is in charge of life and movement)
　　Among the Ascendants, it is officially determined that only Aatrox in the peak Ascendant period has a chance to defeat Ornn (the designer has a lot of say in the plot design, although he said it when Sword Demon reworked , but it has not been taken back, nor has it been eaten, so it can be used for reference)
　　
　
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