Chapter 2262 World Structure
Normally, when Shurima was still at its peak, there was no need to take these people seriously. When the Shurima Empire was still there, even in its most desolate period, it was not something that Noxus and the Twin Cities nobles could mess with.
However, now that the empire has collapsed, Lin Jiu and his team want to rebuild an empire on Shurima, which is not what Noxus and the forces that were once dominated by Shurima want to see.
Speaking of which, Lin Jiu still has many acquaintances in the Twin Cities. He hopes that the person sent by the Twin Cities will be an acquaintance so that he can find out about Victor. Lin Jiu thinks it is very likely that the acquaintance will come, but he doesn't know how far the acquaintance has progressed in his technological transformation.
Yes, he is referring to the Blue Steel Shadow Camille. When he entered the Rune Continent, Camille had already undergone Hextech transformation, but she had not yet undergone a large-scale transformation of her whole body. Overall, she still looked like a human being, which was still a long way from the complete Camille.
Shurima is going to rebuild a unified regime, so the Twin Cities must send the most elite agents to check the situation. Camille is the best choice. She is almost the ruler hidden in the dark of Piltover.
Even in the famous Blue Smoked Manor in Piltover, the Firos family is one of the richest families. Piltover is a city ruled by nobles. After Lin Jiu left last time, Camille has taken over the power of the family.
However, she is still the best spy. In the powerful families of Piltover, the chief spies of each family are selected from the young descendants. They are the sword and shield of the family. Once selected, they must serve the interests of the family wholeheartedly and work with the head of the family to maintain the long-term prosperity of the family at any cost.
Normally, the spy can no longer serve as the head of the family, but Camille now lets her favorite great-niece serve as the head of the family, and she instructs how to deal with public affairs behind the scenes.
She is still helping the family solve problems in secret, so in the face of changes in Shurima, she will definitely come. After all, this involves the lifeblood of their Firos family, the original crystal.
Most of the Firos family's wealth comes from a rare crystal. This crystal comes from a creature in a distant canyon. This is the original hex crystal, also known as the "primordial crystal", which is said to exist only in creatures that are born with magic.
Camille's great-great-aunt Elicia lost an arm and almost her life during the exploration. Her sacrifice was remembered by later generations and became a kind of foreshadowing, probably the mentality of "I am willing to sacrifice for my family."
The creatures that Elicia Firos found, the Shellmen, are not an inexhaustible resource. So Camille's family must find a way to multiply the crystals they have found. The Firos family made some secret investments in rune alchemy and chemical technology, and finally made synthetic hex crystals that are less powerful but can be mass-produced.
Even so, the Firos family cannot give up the power management in Shurima. In other words, these people don't know what the reborn Shurima means. Otherwise, if they knew the significance of the sun disc rising again, they would know that Shurima's affairs are not theirs to interfere with.
Even if Lin Jiu hadn't come here to try to establish the Sun Empire, they couldn't stop Azir from restoring his country. Even if the sun disc was broken, it was still not the basic plate or something that mortals could destroy.
For example, facing Noxus, which was expanding militarily and made the two cities very wary, even if Shurima's Ascendant Army no longer existed, Azir, who was a one-man army, could keep Noxus out of Shurima.
The Rune Continent seems to have a complex and diverse power system, but in fact it can be attributed to a world of swords and magic. Swords refer to knights and warriors, and magic includes arcane magic like Xerath, elemental magic like Taliyah, and so on.
If this world excludes high-end combat forces such as demigods and Protoss, it is divided into several classes, such as the magician class, which accounts for a minority of the total population, but has a very high social status, and is not valued by some countries. They are born with or have acquired the ability to control magic, which is divided into different departments, such as elemental magic, healing magic, space magic, etc.
The warrior class, which accounts for a certain proportion of the total population, is the main fighting force of the kingdom. They are good at using various sword weapons, as well as shields and armor to fight. Swordsmen usually come from noble families or undergo rigorous military training. Some also have magical abilities and become rare "magic swordsmen". Yasuo, who controls the wind blade, belongs to the "magic swordsman".
Farmers and herdsmen constitute the main body of the population. They are responsible for cultivating the land, raising livestock, and providing food and meat for the entire society. Farmers usually live in rural areas or small towns and live a self-sufficient life. Sometimes they are exploited and oppressed by nobles.
There is also a slave class, and slavery still exists in some countries. Slaves usually come from defeated tribes, captured enemies or poor families. They are forced to engage in various labors, such as mining and construction.
In terms of social structure, the upper class is dominated by the royal family and the nobility. In the kingdom, the royal family holds the dominant power, while in "autonomous regions" such as Piltover, the nobles jointly rule.
At the same time, there are many religions and belief systems in the world of Runeterra. People usually worship a certain god or mysterious power and seek their protection and guidance.
There is basically a demigod behind each corresponding religion. This is not so absolute, because Victor's Glorious Church does not have such a god behind it. Of course, in the Glorious Church, Victor, the leader who advocates mechanical ascension, is the "god".
This is why Victor's upper limit is far higher than other heroic characters in the Twin Cities. Victor was on the road to demigods in his pursuit of mechanical ascension, glorious evolution, and the creation of the Glorious Church under Lin Jiu's original proposition.
It's a pity that the first demigods on the Rune Continent were all natural spirits. After combining the beliefs of intelligent life in their own natural things, they became gods. Victor was originally a sickly human, and his starting point was not as high as that of natural spirits, but in terms of the path of believing in God, strength is still linked to faith, so Victor's upper limit is not lower than that of other demigods.
The disadvantage of believing in God is that if the faith is strong, the self is strong, and if the faith is weak, the self is weak. The advantage is also obvious, that is, as long as the faith still exists and the self's origin is not lost, it can continue to exist.
The Glorious Church has developed quite well in Rune Continent. Unlike other churches that believe in gods that rarely show miracles, Victor, the leader of the Glorious Church, has been constantly performing "glorious evolution" for people who cannot be cured by ordinary medicine. And those who are cured by Victor will naturally join the Glorious Church, so the Glorious Church has been growing.
The inability of ordinary medicine to cure does not mean that magic is not good, but the main group that Victor treats cannot afford magicians. In a sense, Victor and the Glorious Church are developing from the perspective of the masses, so there is an unstoppable development trend.