North of Nerema, the town of Arielde.

Rumble!

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This chaotic city, ruled by warlords, was captured by the Shurima Empire in less than half an hour.

The streets and alleys were filled with civilians who had been driven out, and they each looked up at the majestic figure suspended in mid-air in the middle of the town.

"You were all once the people of Shurima."

Azir hovered high in the air, holding aloft the scepter in his hand, which symbolized the power of Shurima, and looked down at the civilians below:

"Today, Shurima is back again. And you will return to the bosom of Shurima. Nerima will once again serve as the capital of Shurima. ”

"The sun of Shurima rises again, and the future of Shurima will be immortal!"

Hearing Azir's words, the numb eyes of the people below did not change for a moment.

But at this time, they began to cheer and shout strangely, and some were even so excited that they clapped their hands and jumped hard.

But no matter how they behaved, the numbness in their eyes did not change at all.

Azir didn't know whether to ignore or not care, but he just nodded in satisfaction.

After giving the order for everyone to go to Nerima, he didn't bother anymore, leaving a few sand soldiers and walking into the distance.

within the town.

The people were forced to step into the procession, and in this procession, a girl with short brown hair looked at the person next to her, with a little sadness on her face.

"The Desert Emperor is nothing more than a bigger tyrant... Even more brutal than Noxus. Teacher, what should I do..."

Her soft whisper didn't meet any response.

After Azir was gone, she had enough magic at her disposal to escape the place.

But in the end, she decided to stay, at least to protect the people around her.

This is what her fiery and impulsive master taught her.

Never hesitate to see things to the end.

She had come back from Ionia to save Shurima.

Now, perhaps, is a good opportunity.

With a numb smile on her face that was different from the others, she stepped forward to give an old woman a hand and helped her pick up the heavy package.

"Granny Apu, I'll help you!"

The old woman's face was slightly pale and she returned a wrinkled smile: "Talia, thank you." ”

The group slowly migrated towards the Nerima Tree, and there were countless such groups around the Nerima Tree.

They were all slaves of various warlords, and Azir freed them from them.

But for them, it's just joining a larger subordinate, and there is no difference.

Along the way, some died, some were killed by the Sand Soldiers as they fled, and others prepared to join the Shurima Empire.

Eventually, a steady stream of these people converged on Nerima, the former capital of Shurima.

Once here, they were managed by Nasus in batches and placed in sand huts built by Azir.

This originally empty city is now slowly becoming alive under the filling of foreign migrants.

On a high platform under the solar disk.

Sivir stood on the edge, letting the hot wind of Shurima blow through his clothes and long hair, his eyes fixed on the city that was gradually changing below:

"At the peak of Shurima, how many people were there?"

"Tens of millions."

Nasus's calm voice came from the side:

"But if you only say that it is Nerima, the population at its peak was just over 10,000."

"Those who have migrated from outside, you just leave them in one place and leave them alone?" Sivir meant something.

"Of course not. I learned a lot from Noxus. ”

Nasus shook his head, walked half a way behind Sivir, and looked down with her at the city road below:

"We will give them the freedom to do what they want to do, based on their talents, as long as they pay the appropriate taxes."

"All equal? I remember that Noxus already had a tiered tax. Xavier wondered.

Looking at it in the past few days, although she herself doesn't know how to manage the country, Shurima gives her the feeling that she is really not much different from those primitive tribes who were slaves.

All of Shurima's top brass seemed to believe that as long as they had the military in their hands and provided the people with better conditions than before, they would agree with it from the bottom of their hearts and devote their energy and physical strength to their work without limits.

Of course, this is indeed a kind of grace for the current Shurima people.

But compared to the current Noxus, Sivir always has a feeling of coming to a primitive tribe.

"Your Highness, Noxus is different from us." Nasus shook his head and said, "Noxus's strength and power are tied to status, and status comes with corresponding obligations. ”

"Noxus encourages the weak to be strong and takes pride in the strong to give more, which is in line with us. But unlike us, they rely on the advancement of policies, and we ascend to the gods to select the most virtuous representatives. ”

"And we are actually more tolerant of the weaker than others. Although the weak don't even have to pay taxes in Noxus, the whole society has an implicit rejection of them. And although we have to pay taxes, they are no different from other powerful people. Nasus said.

"Okay!"

Sivir shrugged slightly, she could roughly understand that Nasus had other thoughts about the Ascension.

In their eyes, although civilians are the foundation of the empire, no matter how strong or weak, no matter how much they contribute, there is no difference in their eyes.

Because in the eyes of these ascending gods, no matter how much mortals contribute, it is just something they do casually.

And the selection of the Ascension God is not based on contribution and strength, but on virtue and character.

Only those who are considered sages are qualified to become ascended gods.

Otherwise, even if you save thousands of people, you will not be qualified to become a god of ascension.

Of course, things like her and Cassiopeia, Zeroth, Renekton, and Azir are all accidents, not basic ones.

The energy of the solar disk is not truly endless, and standing below it, Sivir can clearly feel it...

Although calculated in terms of energy, the other end of the solar disk was connected with so much energy that she was shocked.

But the solar disk itself does not support the infinite appropriation of that energy.

Soaring once in a few years is already the limit, so that the solar disk will not collapse.

"Your Highness is looking for me today, it shouldn't be a matter of policy." Nasus said.

"Of course." Sivir nodded and said calmly, "I don't want to take care of political and military matters, and you probably won't let me take care of them." But when it comes to the economic aspects of these people, I need to have the right to decide. ”

"You can't do it." Nasus bowed slightly, "You are the prince of Shurima and a member of the glorious coronation. ”

In his eyes, it was a good thing that Sivir wanted to manage Shurima.

Aatrox wanted Sivir to replace Azir, or for the two mortals to take charge of the empire.

As far as they are concerned, as long as the empire is moving in a good direction, they don't really care about how it changes.