Chapter 259 Demacia’s Filter

The news sent by Janna made Levi take action.

He glanced at the pink-haired girl lying lazily in his arms. She held her white arms tightly around his neck. After struggling for a while, she was unwilling to let go.

He just took the time to confirm with Janna: "The Demacians will arrive tomorrow? I remember, aren't these old antiques coming by boat? How come the time is so far ahead of time?"

Taking a boat from the capital of Demacia to Zaun almost spans from the westernmost side of the Valoran continent to the easternmost side. The voyage is so long and the distance is so far away that at the speed of sailing ships, which are still the mainstream, it is impossible to

It's impossible to finish the journey in just two months.

Levi kindly suggested before that he could send a "mutated demon swamp frog" who is good at long-distance teleportation spells to go directly to Demacia to pick up people to visit Zaun - yes, in order to prevent outsiders from being fooled by the "demon"

The word is scary, but Tam's official identity revealed to the public is the "mutated demon swamp frog" that the Wind Leader conquered in the sewers of Zaun.

Levi wants Tam to pick him up.

If it really doesn't work, he can go to Demacia himself and discuss anything there. Anyway, there is an abyss submersible, so it is convenient to go back and forth.

But Demacia felt uncomfortable when they heard "spells" and resolutely refused any magical creature to set foot on the territory of the Kingdom of Demacia in such a public form. Including Levi, the Chosen Mage, and the one he mentioned

That "mutated demon swamp frog".

In addition, Demacia was also willing to investigate the situation in Zaun on the spot, so they decided to follow the traditional practice of sending a mission across the sea by boat to secretly visit Zaun.

"But they just went to sea more than ten days ago, right? How come they can arrive tomorrow?" Li Wei was puzzled.

"That's it." Janna said: "According to Miss Mel's information, these Demacians first sailed to Kalamanda on the northwest gold coast of Shurima, and then stopped at Kalamanda Port for a whole day.

internal debate."

"Debate? All day long?" Seraphine raised her head from Levi's arms, widened her eyes curiously and asked, "What are these Demacians debating?"

"They were discussing whether the Hex Flying Gate counts as a teleportation spell, and whether taking the Hex Flying Gate counts as 'demon dyeing'." Janna said: "If they take the Hex Flying Gate in Kalamanda to save distance,

The door leads directly to Zaun, will you be arrested by Demacia's Demon Seeker Corps when you return?"

Levi, Seraphine: "."

"Then what?" They were really curious about how these Demacians faced Hex Technology, a new thing that was born in Runeterra that combines technology and magic.

"Then the chief ambassador of the secret mission, Mrs. Ogsha of the Crownguard family, used her sister-in-law's relationship with the captain of the Demon Seeker Corps as a guarantee, and everyone agreed to save time and take the Hexgate."

"So they can arrive in Zu'an tomorrow morning."

Levi, Seraphine: "."

Lady Ogsha of the Crownguard family is one of the most important people in Demacia.

This is as outrageous as a diplomat taking a plane on a business trip and having the Foreign Minister come to approve the note in person.

Levi did not comment on this, but nodded after a subtle silence: "Okay, I understand. I will prepare in advance for tomorrow's meeting with the Demacia envoy."

"Yes." After Janna passed on the news, she flew away from Levi's shoulder with understanding.

The official business was finally settled. But the topic that was opened was not so easy to close.

Seraphine was still concerned about the news just now: "Levi, do we really want to form an alliance with the Kingdom of Demacia?"

"This." Seeing Seraphine being so curious, Levi simply wasn't in a hurry to learn music.

In fact, he feels that it is true happiness to have such a girlfriend who has the same interests and soul as him, with whom he can talk endlessly about ideals and work, and to always be able to talk together.

So he carried Seraphine back to the bedroom, tucked her knee-length ponytail which was somewhat obstructive to her movements, gently put her down on the edge of the bed, and sat down side by side with her without any distractions, chatting with her about his relationship.

Demacia's view:

"Our tentative contact with Demacia started a few months ago."

"But... forming an alliance? Actually, I have never had this idea."

A few months ago, when the Wind Leader was still on its toes, forming an alliance with Demacia would be courting death.

Because Zaun is too close to Noxus and too far from Demacia.

If Zaun openly forms an alliance with Demacia, it will only trigger crazy revenge from the Noxus Empire in the first place. Demacia is beyond its reach, and even if it forms an alliance, it won't be able to take care of much.

The specific situation can be roughly predicted by looking at what happened to Cuba, Crispy Lotus and Rice Fried Rice in the past.

So not only was Levi not interested in forming an alliance, Demacia also looked down upon these visitors from Zaun at first.

It was not until later that the goddess Janna came to the Twin Cities - Demacia, that she was surprised to find that Zaun was not a burden that needed to be taken care of, but a nail firmly embedded in the chokepoint of Noxus.

Stuart did not dare to offend a powerful city-state too deeply.

Zaun doesn't even need to take action, just by existing, it can help Demacia share a lot of strategic pressure.

So after a period of internal discussion, Demacia took the initiative to approach the leader and asked to establish diplomatic relations.

But this time.

"We don't really need this ally anymore." Li Wei spread his hands.

Due to the intimidation of the goddess Janna, Noxus did not dare to go to war with Zunan.

And if Noxus really makes a desperate move, Zaun's actual combat power will indeed be unable to cope. But the same problem remains: Demacia is too far away, and you can't help if you need help!

"So when I first sent people to contact Demacia, I just wanted to do some private business with some nobles in Demacia and import food from Demacia."

"Seraphine, you also know that all our food now comes from Noxus and Noxus' colonies. This situation is very dangerous. We need more food import channels, and this channel currently

It can only be Demacia."

There are many areas suitable for growing food in Runeterra, but as long as you open the map, you will know:

Almost all of the coastline of the northern continent of Valoran is occupied by the two powerful powers, the Noxus Empire and the Kingdom of Demacia.

There are many small countries with developed agriculture in the interior of Valoran, but without the nods of Noxus and Demacia, their two big brothers, their food would not be able to be transported at all.

Overseas, Ionia is in continuous war and cannot guarantee a long-term and stable supply of large amounts of food.

The Manghang Islands have many mountains and few flat lands, which is not suitable for the development of agriculture. Otherwise, the Baru people would not be a fishing and hunting people on the sea, but a farming people on the islands.

As for the Shurima continent in the south, there are either mountains and deserts where there is not enough food to eat, or colonies that have been occupied by Noxus. As well as Ixtar, who is hiding in the tropical rain forest and isolated from the world, there are also plague rats.

Ikasia who couldn't even survive.

In short, in the current Runeterra, if you want to import large quantities of food for a long time, apart from the Noxus Empire, the only one you can talk about is Demacia.

"But." Seraphine blinked in confusion.

She seemed to remember something: "Don't Demacia officials always prohibit foreign trade? They also export food?"

"Haha." Levi couldn't help laughing: "Demacia officially prohibits trade, but Noxus officially prohibits killing! Do you think this delays those nobles from killing people?"

"Well" Seraphine understood immediately.

Demacia's official ban on trade does not mean there is no trade.

My Ming Dynasty also implemented a maritime ban. As a result, private trade did not decrease at all, and silver continued to pour in like a tide.

It's just that in this feast of overseas trade, private smugglers and gentry made a lot of money, while the government could only follow behind and eat leftovers, and even the tariffs could not be collected.

Although Demacia does not have gentry and lords, they do have something that is almost backward - aristocratic families.

"These nobles firmly opposed the opening of the sea ban in the court of Demacia, but in private they made the overseas trade business flourish."

"How did we get in touch with Demacia? It wasn't through the trade relationship of the Myrdalda family. As a noble merchant from the Noxus Empire, how did Myrdalda establish trade with Demacia, which was closed to the country?

Coming and going?"

"The answer is self-evident."

"This" Seraphine was a little surprised.

She didn't know much about Demacia. Like most people in the Twin Cities, she just had some stereotypes.

In the stereotype of ordinary people, Demacia has always been the embodiment of light and justice in the world.

After all, Demacia has never set foot outside the Forbidden Stone Forest since its founding, and has never physically invaded other countries. Instead, it has contributed countless efforts to help the allies resist the invasion of Noxus in many wars.

Therefore, compared with the greedy and tyrannical Noxus, Demacia's image seems much more glorious.

In the stories of bards and knights, Demacia is a perfect country of knights.

Because most of these poets and authors are not writing about Demacia, but the place where they are. Demacia on the other side of the ocean is just their spiritual sustenance, a perfect country in their imagination that can reflect reality.

Of course, this kind of imagination has a subjective bonus and is a filter.

But now that I understand it a little bit, this filter is immediately broken.

Seraphine couldn't help but sigh; "Demacia, it turns out to be just a..."

She originally wanted to use some more negative adjectives.

But if you think about it carefully, how can there be a perfect country in the material plane?

Her original inexplicable longing for Demacia and her belief that there was a country of righteous knights on the other side of the ocean was an unrealistic fantasy that was incorrect. It was because her expectations were too high.

Now put aside the filter and think about it:

Yes. There is no such thing in the human kingdom. Except for the leader, there are never exceptions.

Compared to its peers, Demacia isn't that bad, just not that good.

So Seraphine sighed: "Demacia turns out to be just an ordinary kingdom."
Chapter completed!