Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

In Vicoula, Nasus exposed a guy who was forging the identity of a descendant of the Eagle King and set off again, heading north to Graystone Town.

In Bumang, Lux and Ino also took Kalya and Scarash and set off again. In the end, they failed to buy a camel, so they could only feel sorry for Scarash, who had lost a lot of weight. It’s been a while.

Fortunately, after Yu Bu Mang's two days of repair, Scarash's mental state has improved a lot after eating and drinking. In addition, Lux and Ino now take turns to rest during the day, riding alone, and then As we set off, Scarlash finally seemed to have regained his energy.

In this way, two people, Skalash on one side and Kalya on the other, and Sefiqa on the other side, finally set off, leaving Bumang and heading north to Nashrame.

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The journey from Bu Mang to Nasramei can only be described as lackluster.

The reason is also very simple: this is a relatively prosperous business road.

Although there are very few people heading east from Bumang across the Dasai Desert, there are a lot of caravans going south from Bumang, crossing the Dasai Desert longitudinally and going to the Shurima River Basin.

And for many caravans heading south from Bumang, their first stop was Nashrame.

Therefore, although the road from Nasramei to Bumang does not have the same desert road as when the Shurima Empire was still there, at least the oases along the way are operated by people.

Even though Lux and Ino walked in a straight line and skipped many supply points along the way, they still had enough food along the way.

Compared with the previous journey, this one seems to be a relatively normal desert journey, a journey that even mortals can take.

After only five days of walking, Lux and Ino arrived in Nasramei very smoothly. What was interesting was that when they arrived here, the whole city seemed to be immersed in a wonderful atmosphere of joy.

The streets were full of smiling people, and every house was decorated with lights. Many commercial district roads were even paved with a layer of coarse fabric and sprinkled with red, yellow, and green pigment powder. Many children passed by. Sometimes I would roll around on it excitedly.

Considering that the followers of the Titan Uzeris and the Noxians in the west were fighting, and I had heard in Bumang that Nashrame was happy to see this happen, so Lux's first reaction was that the Nashrame were gloating about their misfortune. .

But... no matter how much you gloat about your misfortune, you won't reach this point, right?

Full of doubts, Lux raised her questions to Kalya.

Hearing Lux's doubts, Kalya couldn't help laughing.

"No, not really." He smiled and explained, "Although the Nashrame people may indeed have some regional conflicts with the Uzeris people, the reason why Nashrame is so lively now is because they are having fun. Celebrate traditional festivals.”

"Traditional festival?" Hearing what Kalya said, Lux finally became interested, "What festival?"

"Ramos day!" Kalya seemed to have remembered some happy past events, and her tone became lighter. "Ramos is the old god of Shurima. He was also the target of eradicating false beliefs at the beginning, but like Janna, The Nashra Americans have not chosen to forget and give up on Ramos, but have integrated everything about him into their lives and into their traditional culture, and Ramos Day every year is their important folk festival."

"Ramus...I've heard of this name." Lux blinked, "Which Shurima travel book is it from?"

"You must remember the Armored Dragon Turtle chapter in "Customs of Northern Shurima"." Kalya said happily, "It was a book with illustrations, and the author also specially drew the image of Ramos standing - I I remember that because it was the only line drawing in that book, after you learned painting, you added a lot of strange content to it, such as Ramos playing the piano, Ramos dancing..."

"Okay, okay, okay, okay!" Seeing that Kalya started to dig up his dark history again, Lux quickly stopped him, "I have already remembered the armadillo wearing a dragon turtle shell!"

"It seems that you have really remembered it." Kalya did not continue to expose Lux's dark history, but changed the subject and returned to Ramos, "You were still young at that time, and I just briefly talked to you about Nas. I’m afraid you have forgotten most of the customs of Shlamela Moss Day, right?”

"I have already remembered a lot - such as the rolling all over the floor. At first I thought it was the children being naughty."

"Rolling on the floor and imitating Ramos is the highlight of Ramos Day." Kalya affirmed, "But now tomorrow is Ramos Day. Of course, adults will not roll around on the floor casually today, only playful children. That’s why I’ll take advantage of this opportunity to fill the ground with bones.”

"So, Ramos and Janna are about the same?" Lux nodded and said, "Then do we want to go see Him?"

"Ramos is hard to find." Kalya thought for a while, and finally smacked her lips helplessly, "Jana's true form is just a wind elf, so after losing her faith, freedom is all she longs for. But Ramos is different. He is an old god in the true sense. Even if no one believes in him, he is still a great existence born in the yellow sand. Therefore, even if the existence of Ramos has been integrated into folk customs, Ramos Still hasn’t lost his demigod power.”

"So He is still protecting this city?"

"That's right." Kalya paused, "You may have forgotten that there is a Shurima travel diary that records some rumors about the time when Uzeris joined Noxus."

"...Most of the time, I listen to your lectures carefully, okay!"

"Of course I don't mean to criticize you." Kalya continued, "But I clearly remember that the travel notes said that Noxus wanted to persuade Uzeris and Nasramei to surrender together."

"But Nasramei refused?"

"Yes, Nashrame refused. It is said that Ramos showed up once at that time and caused a lot of trouble to the Noxians, so that Nashrame can maintain the status of being able to have both sides today."

"Both sides?" Lux was a little confused, "Between who and whom?"

"Between the restoration of Shurima's name and the actual benefits of Noxus." Kalya chuckled, "You may not pay much attention to this part, but Ino knows more."

"That's right." Ino nodded after hearing this, "When I was in Besilico, in order to understand Noxus's policies and strategies towards Shurima, I looked up a lot of information and collected a lot of information. , quite a few of them are related to Nashilami, and the female port governor of Nashilame, Your Excellency Saga, is really a... quite thoughtful person."

It seemed that it was the female port supervisor of Naslamei who made Enoch speechless. When evaluating her, Enoch was stuck for a long time before she said "very thoughtful", which surprised Lacus.

"Tell me more specifically, what does it mean to have an idea?"

"When the Noxians tried to win over the northern cities of Shurima, they used similar methods to Uzeris and Nashrame." Ino explained, "The attitudes were to allow autonomy, provide shelter, and unify in name. , open trade, etc., the conditions are actually very loose. In the face of practical interests, Uzeris quickly wavered, and his connection with Noxus became deeper and deeper, and eventually became a part of Noxus."

"It's understandable. This is similar to Tellishni and Bergun." Lux nodded, "What about Nasramei? Didn't you accept Noxus's kindness? You still accepted the kindness, but you still have to Maintaining Shurima's orthodoxy?"

"It's even more exaggerated than that." Speaking of this, Ino couldn't help rubbing her eyebrows. "This female port governor has fully accepted all the benefits provided by the Noxians, so that the economy of Naschramei and Noxians He was highly bound, and when urged by the Noxians, in order to show his sincerity, he took the initiative to marry the Noxian envoy who was stationed in Nasramei at the time."

"Political marriage?"

"Naturally." Ino nodded, "However, this move obviously caused a backlash from the Nashrabeans. In addition, the Uzeris had just surrendered, and many Shuriman were unwilling to join Noxus. They all ran to Nashilami, so there was a lot of excitement in Nashilame."

"Then the female governor started jumping sideways repeatedly?"

"Absolutely." Ino nodded again, "Originally, the Noxians hoped to use marriage to influence her, but it turned out that the Noxian envoy was so obsessed with her that he helped her cover up everything and reported it to The message from Noxus is something like, 'In order to maintain the stability of the situation, we have to emphasize to the people that we must maintain the tradition of Shurima'."

"Did this fool the Noxians?"

"Of course not, I won't bring out anything practical, and the Noxian war masons are not vegetarians." Ino shook his head, with a subtle expression on his face, "In order to show sincerity, this harbor lady The governor began to 'de-Shurima', but the way she de-Shurima was to expel the Titan followers."

Hearing this, Lux finally understood why Ino's expression was so subtle - this female port governor was a real liar, the kind who deceived the Noxians into being the wrongdoers.

Relying on the Noxians' lack of understanding of Shurima culture, she chose a "perfect" plan to show her loyalty to Noxus: Look, I brought those Titan believers who have their own unique customs They have all been expelled. My loyalty to Noxus is evident from time to time. However, the public sentiment has been turbulent recently. For the sake of stability, I can't just change my banner!

In addition, the Noxian envoy was put to bed and helped to cover up the situation. The Noxians naturally believed that Nasramei's surrender was just a matter of last minute, so they maintained their control of Nasram. Shlamei's trade concessions, while happily waiting for this prosperous city on the northern shore of Shurima, second only to Piltover, to fall into the arms of Noxus.

After all, this is Shurima, not the continent of Valoran. If the Noxians want to come across the sea and conquer by force, their own logistical losses will be staggering. If possible, they also hope that the Nashrabeans will know better. .

"Then, she gave the Noxians a very loud slap in the face." Ino shrugged and continued, "When the Noxians realized that something was wrong, the Sun of Nashrame The disk has been repaired, and the female governor personally presided over the commemorative ceremony for the promotion to the Empress."

Hearing this, Lux finally couldn't help laughing.

There is no doubt that Saga, the female port governor of Nasramei, used her actions to give Noxus a hard slap in the face. Noxus thought that through coaxing, it was like persuading Uzeris to surrender. Normally, Nashrame was persuaded to surrender, but the result was that Nashrame took advantage of Noxus, and finally announced in a high-profile manner that he was just playing for fun.

No, it was worse than that. It should be said that he announced in a high-profile manner that his heart would always belong to Shurima.

"Can Noxus tolerate this?" Lux asked after laughing enough, "The Noxians will definitely send troops!"

"I didn't find out much about the news about sending troops to attack Nasramei." Ino shook his head, "But what is certain is that the Noxians did once gather troops in Uzeris, but it seems that Nasramei There was nothing Schramey could do—maybe that was the fault of Ramos?”

"Probably."

"Later, although Noxus wanted to completely ban trade with Naschram, the Ionian War began." Ino smiled again, "The Noxian army needs a lot of Shuriman specialties. To maintain the consumption of the war, so I can only hold my nose and maintain the friendship with Nasramei."

"Why is this?" Lux didn't understand. "Noxus should have already occupied Uzeris, Tellishni and Bergun at that time, right? How could they still rely on Nasramei?"

"Because Uzeris, Tellishni and Bergun are all traitors!" Ino spread his hands, showing a helpless look, "After the news of the Ionian War spread, the Shurima people They are all resisting doing business with traitors. The Noxians want to buy gems used by spellcasters, large pack animals, and good glue and paint... Anyway, everything related to military supplies. , you can only go through Nashramei.”

Hearing what Ino said, Lux finally understood.

Regardless of how much ambiguity Naslamy had with Noxus before, and how close the connection actually was, when the sun disk was erected and the Harbor Superintendent personally presided over the Setaka Memorial Ceremony, the city still became The representative who "most adheres to Shurima tradition", at least in the eyes of uninformed foreign businessmen.

Because of this emotional bias, Nasramei has a huge market advantage in the business competition with Uzeris and Bergun, especially when Noxus is deeply involved in the Ionian War. In a quagmire, a huge amount of military supplies are needed.

The Shurima were unwilling to sell military supplies to Uzeris and Belgun, unwilling to allow the Noxians and traitors to take advantage of them.

Therefore, if Noxus wants to collect enough supplies to support their war, they can only rely on Nasramei, a city that slaps them in the face.

On the surface, Noxus and Naschram are incompatible, but in fact, during the Ionian War, most of the munitions purchased by Noxus in Shurima were through the Naschram market. Purchased.

As a result, after a war, the defeated Noxus was full of internal contradictions, and even now there is a faint tendency to split; Nasramei, which had just built a wonder, filled its own financial deficit, and even the market was quite prosperous; Peart Wolf, on the other hand, was lenient in collecting tolls, which resulted in Sun Gate related personnel making too much money and having too much say, which almost delayed the development of Hex Technology.

Ionia and Nasramae are thousands of miles apart, but the war in Ionia led to the prosperity of Nasramae.

When Lux clarified the subtle relationship, she finally had a new understanding of the "universal connection" that Kalya once said.

"By the way, there is also the Noxian envoy who married the port governor." Ino suddenly remembered something, and finally couldn't help laughing and said, "I heard when I was in Besilico He seems to have sworn to join Shurima, and he seems to have publicly said during the oath that his idol is the consort of the Ascendant Martial Queen, the Prince Regent of Shurima?"

Kalya’s Little Classroom·Nashramei’s special policy:

Among the many city-states that hold high the Shurima flag, Nasramei is undoubtedly the one that has developed very well. Although the core of this city has almost nothing to do with the former Shurima Empire, at least in terms of cosplay , Nashrami did a great job.

There were sun disks, there were Setaka commemorative ceremonies, the belief in the earth giants was excluded, and even slavery was abolished (of course, this was a nominal abolition, there were no slaves in Nashrame, because slaves were unobtainable (Nashlami people, but Nashrami does not refuse the Nashrami people to use foreign slaves). If Shurima holds a [Shurima Empire Imitation Contest] now, Nashrami will definitely get a good ranking.

PS. Chapter 2 today.