Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

When Lux read that "the Ionians were preparing to send an inspection team to Forsbyro to observe and inspect," she didn't feel there was any problem.

For large-scale trade, and large-scale trade that needs to be transported tens of thousands of miles, it is normal for Ionia to dispatch a special inspection team, just like when Forsbarrow carried out the northern trade, Ino made a special trip to Ning Like Frost Harbor, these are necessary information gathering steps.

However, when Lux continued reading and found out the personnel and purpose of this expedition, she was finally a little dumbfounded.

Originally, according to Lux's idea, when he was in Zaun, he had always been in contact with Shadow Stream, so the current inspection team should also be formed by Shadow Stream - the Shadow Stream sect is also important to Lux. They are old acquaintances. Although they act a bit ruthlessly, as partners and with the same interests, their efficiency is really high and their cooperation is very smooth.

However, unlike what Lux expected, Ino stated in the letter that the person who sent the inspection team was not Shadow Stream, but "a professional team composed of monks and elders." This made Lux subconsciously frown. He frowned.

Monks and elders?

Why would they get involved at this time?

What about Shadow Stream?

With full of doubts, Lux turned over a page of letter paper and read a page about the situation in Ionia.

Ino arrived in Ionia through Sarah's relationship, and the first person she came into contact with was the Shadow Stream Sect, so among the information about Ionia, she first described the situation of the Shadow Stream Sect.

To sum it up in one sentence... Shadow Stream's life in Ionia was not a good one.

Shadow Stream was originally from the Kinkou sect. They were dissatisfied with the Kinkou sect's attitude towards the Noxian invaders. They advocated reciprocating tooth for tooth, eye for eye, and punishing all invaders with death and blood. They were among the radical groups in Ionia. Radical.

There is actually no big problem with using revenge as a concept of action. In the Ionian War, Ionia was a pure victim. In Ino's view, they are qualified to avenge Noxus - not to mention now The area including the southern part of the Weili Peninsula, the eastern part of the Balua Province, and most of Philo Island is still under the control of the Noxians. The war is not yet completely over. Now attack the Noxians. , this is completely an act of war to regain lost territory.

However, when it comes to actual actions, Jie and Shadow Stream are struggling.

According to the description in Inno's letter, the Shadow Streams are a group of guys who "do not look like good people." Even though their goal has always been to drive away Noxus and take revenge on the Noxians, they are completely Not knowing how to deal with relations with other forces, he is almost considered "the enemy of the whole world" in Ionia.

In order to accumulate enough psychic magic and train more warriors, Shadow Stream decisively attacked the vastayas, allies with whom it had no good relationship, and raided and occupied many vastaya temples. The temple supported Shadow Stream's large-scale military expansion, but directly pushed all Vastayan people against them.

Then, Shadow Stream had no intention of repairing the relationship between the two parties, nor did it "state its righteousness" and tell the Vastaya people that it was mutual tolerance for the sake of the country. Instead, it persisted and directly regarded the Vastaya village as its own blood. Bao, when there is a lack of military resources, just sweep them away.

It is no exaggeration to say that apart from using gas bombs, the Noxians could only do this.

Therefore, even not long ago, Shadow Stream took advantage of the civil war in Noxus and directly used Tivasir as a starting point to regain the entire territory of Baru'e and drive the Noxian forces entrenched in the local area to the sea. , but they did not receive any substantial support from the Ionians.

Originally, when Ino came to Ionia and started trying to trade, she was also connected with Shadow Stream. However, as soon as the negotiations started, the monks and elders of Presiden heard the news and approached Ino directly.

According to them, in the past trade in Ionia, many of the goods provided by Shadow Stream were "proceeds of plunder", so the Presidenian authorities did not intend to sit back and watch Shadow Stream continue to host another trade, because this would "Many innocent Vastaya villages suffered disaster".

When she heard this, everyone in Ino was stunned. She really never imagined that Shadow Stream would be so outrageous to her own people - plundering villages, even when Piltover squeezed Zaun. To the point of such violent plunder!

Considering that Shadow Stream's behavior was indeed outrageous, Ino could only express his agreement with the elder monks' proposition that "there is no plundering without buying and selling".

After all, the Precidian government is the only legal government in Ionia now. If you don't trade with Shadow Stream, you can trade with Precidian!

However, if that was all, then Ino would not have written such a long letter of more than 10,000 words to complain, and what happened next would be even more outrageous.

First of all, after the monks and elders agreed with Ino's kindness, they took advantage of the situation and expressed the need to send an observation team to Fosbairo to have a look. Ino also felt that there was no problem with this.

However, when asked about the direction of the inspection team and planned to remind Lacus to prepare early, the leading monk said very proudly that he wanted to "supervise whether there is any forced oppression and destruction of nature during the production of goods in Forsbarrow." the behavior of".

Ino was stunned.

What the hell?

The Ionian language is really profound and profound. I don’t seem to understand it. Why do I seem to have heard that he wants to supervise the forced exploitation and destruction of nature?

Just when Ino was confused, the kind-hearted monk repeated his purpose. Ino heard and understood correctly. He was concerned about the forced oppression and destruction of nature.

The dumbfounded Eno tentatively asked what forced exploitation and destruction of nature meant, and then received a very official explanation: If the fur production of Fosbarrow is not what the people of Forsbarrow are happy with, if the people of Forsbarrow are not happy, If furs are obtained in a manner contrary to the natural balance, then Ionia will not accept such trade.

After finishing this part of the story, Ino, who was always easy to talk to, wrote a full thirteen lines of swear words to greet these monks and elders who were completely confused.

It is clear that Ionia is in urgent need of reconstruction, the Ionians need to adapt to the globalization trend of Runeterra, and the Noxians on Ionia have not been completely driven away. It is clear that this is an Ionian What Nia needs is a truly win-win trade. These bastards who have the power to preside over trade are thinking about these messy things.

Are you concerned about whether Demacians who are thousands of miles away are willing to hunt and process furs, and whether the killing of wild animals in the Freljord, which is thousands of miles away, upsets the balance? Are you concerned about these things?

With this time, why don't you pay attention to the southern part of the Weili Peninsula that is still occupied by the Noxians, and the island of Philo, which is half in the hands of Noxus?

Ino had heard about the terrible crimes committed by the Noxians in Ionia. They used alchemical gas bombs to turn a large area of ​​Navoli's once fertile land into a ghost. If the Noxians were there, Demacia's arrival made the angry Demacians want to rush all the way to the Immortal Fortress!

However, before the war was over, the Ionians did not pay attention to their own development or accumulate strength to expel the invaders. Instead, they carped about a trade with huge benefits!

For a moment, Ino almost thought that these monks and elders were asking for bribes in a subtle way - if it wasn't for money, how could they pull off such a rotten job?

It's a pity that when Ino hinted that his subordinates would show some interest, the other party sternly refused.

It is their responsibility to pay attention to the natural equilibrium and the social equilibrium of Forsbarrow!

In response to this, Ino finally lost her temper completely, and her impression of Ionia also plummeted.

In her letter, Ionia was described as a "sloppy place" where the Ionians were "insensitive and short-sighted, harboring a foolish self-righteousness". Ionia's The political situation is "a game of house played by a bunch of brats and Alzheimer's."

Judging from the vast swath of text that contained no curse words but was extremely sarcastic, it seemed that she had really learned the essence of Kalya, which made Lacus, who read the letter carefully, somewhat eye-opening and amazed.

At the end of the letter, Eno stated that "Although I am trying my best to fight for it, the inspection team is already inevitable, and I hope that Fosbairo will be ready." He also said that "I am working hard to get the opportunity to meet Ai Relia or Kalma”.

However, judging from her writing, it seems that she is not very sure about this kind of attempt. Even though she traveled all over the country, crossing the Great Sai Desert in Shurima and walking through the vast snowfields in Freljord, it seemed like The peculiar culture of Ionia is still beyond her understanding and cognitive level. She may need more time to collect intelligence and understand Ionia.

Ino planned to split the delegation into two and let some of them serve as guides to take these Ionia specialty Madonnas back to Fosbairo. He would take most of the people to stay in Ionia and study them carefully. This strange place...

Putting down the letter, Lux was speechless for a long time, and even Kalya didn't know what to say for a moment.

In fact, both Lux and Ino, before they actually arrived in Ionia, actually had a good impression of this land of birth - this favorable impression mainly came from the attitude of the land of birth to magic. Ionia Demi-humans will apply magic to their lives. According to many travel notes and poems, Ionia is an idyllic country with "small towns, few people, and chickens and dogs."

In addition, Ionia suffered an invasion from Noxus, and the gentle Sona was also an Ionian, so they naturally had a good impression of this country where people and magic coexisted in harmony.

But now, as Ino has really arrived in Ionia, the beautiful bubble has shattered all over the place.

Ino was shocked to find that Ionia does have a balanced side that advocates nature, but at the same time, this trend has also brought great negative effects. Ionia has no national consciousness, and each province has its own Ideas, and it seems that because they are too close to the spiritual world, these Ionians lack a string called reason in their brains.

In comparison, Shadowstream doesn't look like a good person, but looks more pleasing to the eye as a collaborator.

"So, what should we do now?" After putting down the letter and being silent for a long time, Lux finally spoke, "Ready to welcome a group of Holy Mothers?"

"Judging from Ino's letter, it seems that this is inevitable." Kalya said in a rare helpless tone, "But the good news is that it may not be difficult to fool these guys."

"Judging from Ino's description, these are a group of people who are irrational and difficult to reason with logic." Lux leaned back on her chair. "I really don't know what to do with these people."

"Actually, we don't need much preparation." Kalya quickly found a solution, "Don't forget, we have Sona!"

Sona?

Lux subconsciously thought of Mr. Durang's helplessness when facing Sona - as long as Sona didn't show her ability to communicate with Xuehua, she could indeed deal with anyone.

"Sona is an Ionian." Kalya continued, "And it is a testimony of the friendship between Ionia and Demacia. When the war swept Ionia, Demacia was the only one who provided practical information. Even if the help is not too big, these kind-hearted monks and elders will not deny it, right?"

"This is a good idea." Lux nodded, "But that is a matter for Demacia and Ionia. If they seriously go to the capital, I am afraid that with the current situation in the capital, everything will be over. ”

"If they really go to Xiongdu, the situation you mentioned may happen." Karya paused and continued in a relaxed tone, "But these people probably have no interest in Xiongdu."

Not interested in Xiongdu?

That's the capital of Demacia... Wait, the Ionians don't seem to have a strong sense of country and centralization?

Blinking her eyes, Lux was pleasantly surprised to find that the Ionian bastards were not completely without merit. At least they would not plunge into the quagmire that even she was afraid of because they cared about Xiongdu's attitude. Go inside!

That's it!

After thinking about this, Lux made up her mind - Kalya was right. Although it was impossible to guess the thoughts of these monks and elders, it was actually not difficult to deceive these people!

Although I don’t know what these people focus on and what trouble they will cause after coming to Forsbarrow, as long as you find the right person to deal with them, there will be no problem!

At this thought, Lux just felt that the world was wide open. She did not need Kalya to remind her. She directly prepared a "special reception plan for the Ionia Virgin Mary" for this Ionia expedition group.

Aren’t you the Holy Mother?

Then I will use the relationship with the Art Support Association to gather the most holy people in Demacia for you. The situation in the capital is so turbulent right now that those guys can't understand it!

Don’t you have a sense of morality?

Let me take the example of when Demacia accepted refugees and Forsbarrow accepted Mithral City war refugees. We also have extremely high moral standards, and we can all become noble partners!

Don’t you demand balance?

Yes, our Forsbarrow is extremely balanced. Not only is man and nature harmonious and balanced, but there is also a balance between the real world and the shadow world. How about it? Is it balanced enough?

This reception plan is very long, and Lux ​​has considered all aspects, and the core of everything is only one thing - facing the Virgin with the Holy Mother, and defeating the Balance with the Balance.

Who can't be a fool?

Kalya’s Little Classroom·The Ionian War is not over yet:

Considering that part of Ionia's territory is still occupied by Noxus, theoretically the war between the two sides is not over yet, and Noxus and Ionia are still at war - except that Noxus Unable to fight, and the Ionians seem to have little interest in regaining their lost territory...