Chapter 292: Pro-Recruitment
Jeno's words made Taliyah nervous, the girl had not yet realized how extraordinary she was, and felt that she should not have any say in front of her famous mercenary king and son of the desert.
"Think about it from another perspective, would you mind letting someone else dictate the trajectory of your life?"
Jeno's words caused Nasus to think, he lived for Shurima, and if the one who ruled over him was a generation of Mingjun, then he would gladly accept orders.
But Taliyah had never accepted Shurima's favor and was naturally not obligated to take responsibility for the country.
Nasus was silent, while Sivir took the opportunity to fan the flames and shook the girl's hand: "Taliyah, you have to live for yourself. Come back with me, your family will surely be waiting for you in the oasis. ”
"Say no more, Sivir." Taliyah suddenly pulled away from her grasp.
"What are you doing here?" Sivir was stunned.
"Come with me, I think there's something I should show you." Taliyah suddenly made up her mind and walked towards the haze-shrouded city.
Sivir glanced at Nasus, then back at Jeno, and seeing the confusion on their expressions, he hurriedly stepped out of his leg before Taliyah disappeared into the haze.
The rest of the men looked at each other and followed, leaving only a pile of ruins that Nasus had sitted on.
Following in Taliyah's footsteps, the crowd saw rows of stone houses emerging from the haze, all of which had the same texture, and it was not difficult to tell that they were all from Taliyah's arms, and that only she could weave rocks like a weaver.
What made Jeno even more concerned was the helpless eyes in the stone house, which was what Taliyah wanted to show Xavier.
"These are refugees who have been relocated from the ground, and they have come to Zaun and have no place to live, so I manipulated the rocks here to build them stone houses."
Taliyah's palm rubbed against the texture of the rock, and from inside her palm came the pulsation of the rocks, which told her the despair of the people, and she couldn't bear to leave them behind.
"Looking at these innocent people, I am reminded of the tragedy that happened in Vikola, where Zelas left so many people homeless that we couldn't stop it, but I could provide them with a temporary home."
Although she couldn't build the grand hall that Nasus wanted, it was not a problem to build a small stone house that could protect from the cold and moisture.
"Is that your decision?" Sivir asked.
"Yes, I'm going to stay here and contribute my strength until life is back on track. As long as Zelas is alive, not a single day will come out of my family and tribe that is truly out of threat. ”
In the beginning, Taliyah followed the traces left by her people to Vikora, and it was there that she met Sivir, who was hunted down by Zelas, and Nasus, who rushed to help. She had witnessed the havoc that Zelath had brought on Vikola, and thankfully she hadn't found the bones of her people in the ruins left behind by Zeroth, but it was an indisputable fact that Zelas had almost hurt her people - it wouldn't be long before her people left the settlement!
She hated Zelas, but she was also hostile to Azir at first.
After settling the survivors of Vikola, she followed the Mother of Life and dodged the sandstorm to trace the traces of her people all the way to the reborn capital, the Oasis of Dawn. There she saw the magnificent disk of the sun, and as she was hesitating to enter the empty city, the walls told her of the terrible explosion that had occurred here three thousand years ago.
She was terrified, fearing that the tragedy would happen again and involve her family, believing that the Eagle King's so-called shelter was a beautiful trap, so she was extremely distrustful of Azir.
If she hadn't asked Nasus about it later, and learned that it was Zelas who betrayed Azir and stole the power of Ascension, she would have misunderstood Azir all along.
Now her attitude towards Azir has softened considerably, although she still opposes his rebuilding of the empire in Shurima and enslaving the people; But she hates Zelas even more for killing innocents indiscriminately and causing ruin to Shurima's life.
Taliyah felt that the lives of the people had to be guaranteed first, and then freedom should be discussed, depending on what kind of attitude Azir had towards the herders who did not want to change the status quo.
"Since it's all said and done, then I respect your choice. Give you water and shade, sister. ”
For a moment, Sivir had the idea of staying and fighting alongside Taliyah, but reason told her that staying here was risking her own life.
"Give you water and shade, do you need me to take you out of town?" Taliyah's face fluttered as she walked toward the other man, and Sivir could understand how good she was.
"Wait." Nasus pressed a finger on Taliyah's shoulder, and she couldn't walk.
"Sivir, it's safest to stay with me."
Sivir's smile vanished instantly, and anger rose.
Nasus had kept Taliyah, and was trying to keep her as well.
"What are you kidding? Nasus, you can't even beat a finger of Zelas now, what can you do to protect me? This is just a lie that you are restricting my freedom, don't deceive people too much! ”
She shouted a scolding as she pointed Calikar at Nasus's jeweled eyes.
"I ask you, why are you so obsessed with returning to Shurima?"
It was not a pleasant thing to be pointed at by the king's royal soldiers, and in order to show his respect for the king, Nasus knelt on one knee and saluted with his hands crossed over his chest.
"Of course, to convince Azir to send an army against Zeroth!"
Hearing Sivir's answer, Nasus's expression suddenly became strange, he opened his sharp teeth, and a solemn voice came from inside:
"If you want to go to the capital, then there is no need to go, you will not see Your Majesty."
"Why? I need an explanation. Sivir let go of Calikar and frowned.
"A few days ago, when it was learned that Zelas was absorbing energy in Piltover, His Majesty had already set off for Pitz. He couldn't sit back and watch Zeroth's henchman grow bigger and bigger. ”
"What?" Sivir was stunned, she didn't expect Azir to take action, shouldn't he sit on the throne of the golden cast and make the country?
"It's a shame to say that the great enemy is rampant, but there is no one in the whole country who is invincible, so His Majesty Azir decided to conquer it himself."
Nasus was ashamed of his incompetence, and he knew how far apart his strength was from Zeroth, an insurmountable chasm.
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