Chapter Seventy-Six: Difficult Negotiations
After deciding to work with Zaun, Noxus moved very quickly.
It's too late to load the grain, right?
Well, just requisition the ships that are in the grain business.
Under the pressure of a sharp axe, a certain hapless captain who vowed never to accept military assignments again (remember him) had no choice but to become a dog......
On Rhodes' side, after he had completed the first stage of Piltover's set-up, Zaun ushered in the messenger of Noxus.
Svein came in person.
(Piltover was tempted to stop Zaun, but the Supreme Council turned a blind eye to the anti-war demonstrations of the Pitsyans.) )
Although the defeat at Zaun caused some people in Noxus to be ready to move again, Svein chose to come to Zaun at this time.
For Svein, it's here that matters!
A Noxus without supernatural power is as embarrassing as a superpower without nuclear weapons.
Rhodes also personally greeted Svein, and the two sides had a cordial and friendly meeting, and had an in-depth exchange of views on further exchanges and cooperation between Zaun and Noxus.
Well, it's basically the state where you say yours and I say me.
Rhodes fully showed his shameless side, and after accepting the food, he began to do Tai Chi, although he released LeBlanc and Delevingne, but he pinched Wayne and didn't mention anything about the gods.
(The value of LeBlanc has been largely squeezed out by Rhodes...... )
The meaning of the pinch is very clear.
Rhodes was fully involved at this point, even though he didn't know how to make gods at all—to put it bluntly, it was just a trick to fool the Noxians......
The Noxians didn't know that Rhodes' own strength had nothing to do with his goddess......
As for Svein, he was clearly deceived by Rod's performance - he was convinced that Rod really had a different understanding of the gods.
Then, every day, Rod and Svein would sit face to face and negotiate, and then nothing came out of the negotiations.
Rhodes was reluctant to reveal more, and Svein was reluctant to offer more practical benefits.
This stalemate made Rhodes very irritable.
An old fox is an old fox!
Svein's attitude of sitting firmly in Diaoyutai made it clear that you don't give me the letter, I don't give you supplies, and everyone is slowly consuming to see who can't stand it.
Rhodes knew that there was a lot of pressure on Svein on Noxus, but there was even more pressure on Zauan's side.
It's already hard to hurt each other with Piltover, and then hurt each other with Noxus......
Zuan couldn't take it anymore.
So, Rhodes began his own big trick.
"For Noxus' sake, I can give you a message first." On the seventh day of negotiations, Rhodes was the first to make concessions, "but after I showed my sincerity, I hope Noxus will show its sincerity as well – otherwise, we may not be able to be friends." ”
"Of course." Svein's face under the mask was expressionless, "Noxus will please his friends." ”
"So—" Rhodes lowered his voice, "the key is in Shurima. ”
Shurima ......
Svein narrowed his eyes.
This place...... It's really dangerous.
Shurima is located in the southern part of Valoran, mainly in the desert area, which has the most ancient ruins of Valoran - even more than in Ionia.
Shurima once had an incomparably glorious civilization, but after all, it was buried in the thick dust of history, and now the people living in Shurima are in an unusually primitive social state, and they don't seem to be able to inherit the inheritance of their ancestors at all except for blood.
Even in Noxus, there are not only one or two people who are interested in Shurima.
In Svein's opinion, this statement is not enough.
"You can't get the friendship of Noxus just by relying on a place name." Svein stared at Rhodes closely, hoping to find some other emotion on his face, "Shurima's treasure is well known. ”
"But you're just a blind man touching an elephant." Rhodes didn't care about Svein's piercing gaze, "You know that Shurima's relics have power, but you don't know who it belongs to or how to use it—people who foolishly use dark magic to try to control it have no other way than to suffer a curse. ”
Svein wasn't sure if Rhodes was fearless or, because what he said was indeed a not-so-mainstream voice in Noxus - for the way to obtain supernatural powers, in addition to finding a god and a powerful magician appearing, there were also some Noxians who wanted to gain supernatural power through magical items, and the representative figure was the Noxian courtesan, Cassiopeia.
Is it really the same as Rhodes said, in Shurima, there is an existence buried that can give Noxus extraordinary powers?
Seeing that Svein was skeptical, Rod smiled.
"Actually, I know that in the depths of Shurima, there is a tomb belonging to the real emperor, and Noxus can completely resurrect this emperor and then use it for himself - as far as I know, Shurima people always like to leave all kinds of backhands to give themselves a chance to resurrect, but unfortunately their resurrection method is not very useful, and when they are just resurrected, they are like a blank sheet of paper, which can be completely brainwashed and used."
"Under the crown of my goddess, it is also a blank piece of paper."
Svein's eyes widened suddenly, and then it dawned on him!
No wonder this guy doesn't look like a priest at all!
Rhodes was talking about the Desert Emperor Azil - but anything that could be brainwashed or anything like that was nonsense, because the Desert Emperor's tomb was full of curses, and if you resurrected him, you would definitely be affected by the curse.
But Svein doesn't know that......
Looking at Rod's determined appearance, Svein believed eighty percent.
The story with a nose and eyes, considering the identity of the Rhodes Divine Envoy and the behavior that has always been, it feels true no matter how you look at it.
So, after some difficult negotiations, Svein was once again led astray by Rhodes.
Noxus helps Zaul rebuild, and Zaun helps Noxus find Azir's tomb and resurrect Azir for Noxus.
Then, the parties signed a contract.
Svein carved his crow mark and signed his real name; Rhodes, on the other hand, drew a violet eye and wrote Khadgar's name.
What, you say LeBlanc knows Rhodes' identity?
Don't worry, she won't say it for a while—by the time she does, Noxus will be useless.
Rhodes never intended to go over to Shurima to eat sand.
Others don't know, but Rhodes doesn't know - in the depths of Shurima, there is a place called Acacia!
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Rhodes' behavior is obvious, not like a priest, so Svein has always wondered why Rhodes said this - as a result, the witty Rodra used Cana as a shield, saying that Cana was the kind of leftover god who had been brainwashed by himself, and successfully deceived Svein.
As for Shurima...... Eh hey hey!
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