Chapter 33 Commoners do not have the right to control their fate

In general, Noxus is divided into two eras by historians: the old aristocratic era and the Noxian federal era!

In the old aristocratic era of Noxus, the aristocracy led by the emperor controlled all the resources of Noxus, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it turned their hands into clouds and covered their hands into rain. A hundred years ago, with the rise of the army and civilian strength and a new type of aristocracy, this era of the old aristocracy was over to a certain extent, but even so, now some of the ancient old nobles who have been inherited for hundreds or even thousands of years have enjoyed non-negligible rights in the Noxus Federation, although they are no longer as unscrupulous as the old aristocratic era of the past, but it is not something that any new type of aristocracy or rising army general dares to provoke easily.

In fact, historians record that the old aristocratic era has hidden too many secrets that have been sealed by the dust of time, and there are some secrets that can never be recorded by historians on paper.

There has always been a well-known secret among the Noxian upper class: the old aristocracy in the eyes of historians is an era of leadership called the Black Rose in the eyes of those in power. Leading the vast country of Noxus by an organization may seem incredible to many, but it is actually a fact.

The reason why the old aristocratic era was extinguished by the army that had already come to the fore and the newly rising aristocratic power without making extra resistance was that when the army began to mature from immaturity, the black rose seemed to disappear in Noxus overnight, and the black that was originally shrouded in the sky over Noxus by the black rose also dissipated in one day.

Originally, the current ruler of Noxus also thought that the era of the black aristocracy of the past was gone, but when the former ruler of the black rose, the woman who had reached the pinnacle of magic in magic, LeBlan, appeared again in the Noxian imperial capital and now held the power? It was only in front of General Wildak's castle that everyone came to their senses, and it turned out that the black rose had not disappeared.

"A black rose that has dominated the throne of the old aristocracy for hundreds of years is a filthy rat lurking in the sewers. Also a rat to be reckoned with! They have the power to control the throne of the old aristocracy, so why can't they control the current Noxus? Augat, you have to remember that LeBlan, the closest thing in the world to the existence of a god, is the supreme power who can look down on the magicians of the sky, and has his existence. Black roses, like black roses that bloom in the eternal night, never wither. Svein, dressed in a wide black robe, stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the obscure starry sky, and the woman with long blond hair and noble as a god came to mind, and sighed.

Urgat clenched his fists and muttered in a low voice, "What a woman who can make anyone put down her body and use it to worship!" ”

Svein smiled. There was no further discussion on this topic. Svein just wanted Urgart to pay attention to the Black Rose, an organization that had the same influence on the throne of the old aristocracy as the Holy See, and as for the rest, Svein didn't think that Urgart, who had now been made an earl and had become the lord of Alder City, had the right and ability to know about this.

For the nobles who wield power, knowing some secrets that should be known is no less terrible than walking on the tip of a knife and exploring the path of the abyssal trap in the dark.

"An ambitious commoner who has no control over his own destiny and is struggling to drift away from the Noxian magnates, the heir to a fundamentally depraved family of Gnaeus. A commoner with strong convictions, like the Sorcering Enchantress, the Spider Queen, and others, standing above the people of Noxus and looking down on the amazing talents of all beings? Fifty years have not appeared, and the city of Alders, which is amazing enough for Noxus, has finally ushered in one of his springs! "Hold the letter I just got from the spy that records the meeting between Augustus and Master Pompey of the Gnaeus family at the Hotel Tekratan. The lord of Urgat had an almost mad playful smile on his face.

As the lord of Alder City, seeing these three outstanding young people with very different personalities and vastly different statuses appear in Alder City, Ergart has reason and qualifications to be proud. Even from Svein's harsh, even mean, eyes, these three are outstanding young men.

Perhaps this is the greatest joy of the lord of Ergart, who has shown himself to be cunning and ferocious.

Svein, who had always been known for his old-fashioned silence, also had a faint smile on his lips, squinting in the direction of the Gnaeus family's castle, which was one of the most luxurious castles in Alder City. He said softly: "To save a noble family that has fallen, it is better to rebuild a noble family!" Today's Noxus, even if he is a pig-like commoner, as long as he has the courage and luck to be favored by Lady Luck, he may not become the founder of a noble family! ”

"The war of Noxus against the continent of Varojan has begun in full swing!" Svein muttered to himself to the sky, a stunning light flashed in his eyes, and a momentum that had been dormant in his body for a long time instantly spread from his body to the surroundings. Then it disappeared in an instant.

The blood that had been immersed for a long time suddenly rolled up, looking at the direction that belonged to the Demacian Empire, a strong battle intent flashed in Urgat's eyes, he licked his tongue, as if he remembered some bad memories, with a heavy and violent gaze in his eyes, and a trace of hatred, he said coldly: "There is no better news than this." ”

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Noxus, who stubbornly took the unification of the Valoran continent as his own responsibility, whether in the old aristocratic era or in the current federal era, Noxus's ambition for the unification of the Valoran continent has never stopped. The battle between Noxus and Demacia, the sworn enemy, has lasted for nearly two hundred years and has never ended.

Noxus has always been one of the most powerful empires in Valorjan, and even the Demacian Empire, which is disgusted with Noxus' strong aggression, has to admit it. However, although Noxus is powerful, there are many imperial powers that balance Noxus to dominate the continent of Valorjan.

Demacia belongs to one of them. Secondly, Ionia, located in the northeast of Noxus, is also a powerful empire that Noxus cannot ignore, and some countries dominated by advocating justice and peace such as Bandel City and Pittwolf are also obstacles to organizing Noxus to unify the Valoran continent. When destroying the strong and stubborn Demacian dynasty. The Zaun dynasty was nothing more than a ridiculous bonus.

Therefore, even though Noxus' foreign wars have lasted for more than 200 years from the old aristocratic era to the present, and although the territory of Noxus continues to expand in a fluctuating arc, Noxus' ambition to dominate the continent of Varojan has not gradually approached because of territorial expansion, but has fallen into embarrassment because of the well-known ambitions of the countries that have been divided and now reorganized.

A hundred years ago, the contradiction between the old aristocracy and the military power in Noxus intensified, and a protracted war followed. After twenty years of civil war, the originally powerful Noxian Empire was defeated by the joint attacks of alliances in the name of justice such as Demacia, Ionia, and Bandel City, and finally lost countless soils, and the sky of Noxus fell into a haze.

Later, I didn't know that Burnham, who held the authority of Noxus? General Wildak is still in control of the Union Army's military soul Du? What means did General Quekao use, and the coalition forces of Demacia, Ionia, and other coalition forces that were supposed to completely destroy the aggressive country of Noxus actually stopped the strategic agreement of leveling Noxus, and instead disbanded the coalition forces and returned to their own country.

Thirty years, integrating the terrible contradictions between the new rising military power of the Noxian Federation and the ancient aristocratic families. After fifty years of recuperation and recuperation, Noxus, which was even more terrifying than the old aristocratic era, once again stood tall on the continent of Varoran.

The original intention has not changed, Noxus still has a terrible dream of "Noxus is a star above the nine heavens, destined to reign on the continent of Valoran", and has been preparing for nearly seventy years of war, and finally officially started in the confrontation with the Demacian Empire half a year ago.

Several wars that lasted for nearly a decade in the old aristocratic era caused some good commoners and even slaves to wear the crown of Noxian nobility, becoming a nobleman that would be the envy of anyone.

War is a place of miracles. It is not impossible for him to make a commoner with nothing or a slave with no freedom become a nobleman in an instant, and even obtain the crown of Noxus. Of course, the premise of this is that Lady Luck is good enough.

Squinting at the dark sky dotted with stars. Urgart said something that gave the Valoran Continent's supremacy to the War College enough to have the idea of sending him into the eternal abyss: "I take back what I said, whether or not Augustus will successfully achieve the first place and become a highly trained knight of the War College, he may become a rising star in the battle of Noxus in the future." ”

Svein chuckled softly, and the figure of Augustus shooting his arrows at the nobles with a bent bow and arrows came to mind. He looked down at the dark and deep Teachings on the table, and opened the first page, on which were written the only words that the owner had left in the Teachings that had been enshrined as a classic by the Holy See: "Two things will make the Light of the Holy See shine in every corner of the continent of Varoran: the Inquisition and the Teachings, Saint Galileo the Apostle." ”

Svein said softly.

What seems to be a very normal discourse now is a much-criticized sentence that was enough to condemn Cardinal Galileo to the Holy See for heresy before it really became the official canon of the Holy See.

Saint. This title of the Holy See, which puts on a veneer of holiness, is not something that can be bestowed on any one person, even if the noble popes and pastors are not qualified to bestow it on saints.

To be precise, the title of saint is already above the pope and the patriarch, and the saint can only be posthumously crowned after death.

The pursuit of the sacred beyond the sacred was a terrible heresy of blasphemy in the eyes of the Byzantian Holy See. When Galileo, a self-proclaimed saint, died and ordered his godson to send the Teachings with these words to the Pope's Hall, it almost caused a bloody storm.

Eventually, thanks to the Teachings, a book written as "Listening to the Word of God", the Holy See silently recognized Galileo's words written in front of the Teachings, and was finally posthumously canonized.

As the godson of Galileo, who handed the "Teachings" to the papal hall at that time, and is now a high-ranking figure of the Holy See, he still has lingering palpitations, but he also deeply admires: "The teacher is really a confident person, and heretics are only one step away from the saints. ”

Urgat's silence was as golden, and he silently savored the meaning of the words of the teacher, who was as wise as the sea.

After a long, long time, Urgat's burly body trembled violently, an incredible light flashed in his eyes, his face turned pale, he looked at Svein with a calm face, and said with a wry smile: "Teacher, do you really need this?" ”

Svein smiled coldly, even with a kind of cruelty that politicians only look at coldly, and said lightly: "Ergat, knight, is there still less Noxus?" What Noxus needs is not a noble knight, but a hero to solve Noxus' embarrassing situation! So it's okay to take a gamble. ”

Ergat, who was already the lord of the city, quickly regained his composure, there was no pity on his face, only indifference and playfulness for the future, and said in cold blood: "The torrent of war is enough to bury any great man, and it is enough to forge an ordinary soldier into a strong man that the entire Noxus and even the Valoran continent look up to." Augustus, will he be drowned by war and become one of the thousands of corpses in the future, or will he be tempered by war and become the heavyweight of the future Noxus? Hehe, I'm really looking forward to it! ”

Svein calmly flipped through the "Teachings" in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "You don't have to do anything, that girl who wants to step on Noxus and become a great woman like the Enchantress and the Spider Queen is enough to make Augustus defeated!" Any conspiracy and trickery can only be a clown's trick and joke in the face of absolute power. ”

Looking at Svein, who calmly flipped through the "Teachings", and now Urgat, who was already the lord of a city, couldn't help but think of the scene when he was still carrying a worn-out sword and participating in tragic battles under the guidance of his teacher.

He lamented: "Civilians do not have the right to control their fate! There is no power to defend the right! ”

"It's just that some of them have the potential to turn the tables around, but the premise is that these prerequisites can be stimulated, and they are guaranteed not to die. In the future, I don't mind having one or two strong people who are my enemies and have been cultivated by my own hands. It is a pleasure to be able to have their heads removed, or to be taken off by them. Svein put down the book, squinted his eyes and took Urgart's words very rarely.

Ergarth fell to his knees and said in a deep voice, "May it be the sword in your hand." ”

Svein laughed, unscrupulous, domineering. (To be continued.) )