Chapter 327 [0324] The Secret of the Desolate Hill

The direction of thinking that combines geography, humanities and history depends largely on the vision of the thinker.

Just like Lux at this moment, after comparing the former glory of the Shurima Empire and the current barrenness of Shurima like a wasteland, she naturally has a lot of thoughts about understanding and transforming nature.

Unlike Lux, on the other side of the Barren Hills, although Ezreal also learned a lot about the folk customs of Shurima from Kassadin, he thought more about "where in this mountain range is more likely to have ruins and relics left by the Shurimans".

Under the guidance of Karya, Lux will understand why Talishni and Beljuen defected to Noxus because of the wind outlets of the Barren Hills and Kalduga Mountains.

But Ezreal saw that "the northwest foothills of the Barren Hills should have less wind, and the ruins and relics of the Shurima Empire period are more likely to be preserved here".

Of course, considering that Xiao Huangmao is really thinking about archaeology instead of tomb robbing, the two ways of thinking can only be regarded as "not being in the right position to do things", and there is no obvious difference in superiority.

In comparison, the team led by Cassiopeia, Elise and Sivir, who will arrive at the Desolate Hills Mountains first, is the one who is really here to rob tombs.

Of these three guys, Cassiopeia and Elise are needless to say. The two who made a mess in Zaun are in urgent need of proving their abilities to the organization. Even if the exploration of the Desolate Hills God's Tomb is just an appetizer, they still have to go all out.

As for Sivir... this mercenary boss who only recognizes money and not people, based on the principle of sharing half when meeting, is already a shareholder of this tomb-robbing team. With her greed, it is naturally impossible for her to give up any possible gains!

Therefore, when the "professional team" led by them arrived at the Desolate Hills Mountains, the members of the team did not even have time to rest in the oasis at the foot of the mountain for one more day, and they began to get busy at the joint request of these three "shareholders".

The Tomb of the Gods of the Desolate Hills is an ancient legend that is widely spread in Nashrameh.

One version of the story says that a loyal guard of the Ascended Empress Wu is buried here. At the last moment of his life, he returned to Nashrameh, the place where Setaka was born, and spent his last time in the Desolate Hills Mountains not too far from this city.

Another version says that this loyal guard did not return here alive, but died on the battlefield. Only the coffin was buried in the Desolate Hills Mountains according to his request.

But no matter which legend it is, the result points to a powerful existence buried in the Desolate Hills Mountains. His identity is likely to be a god warrior-and this legend is named "Desolate Hills Tomb".

So, the question is.

The Desolate Hills Mountains stretch for thousands of miles, slanting from the coast straight into the depths of the Great Desert. How to find a tomb in such a long mountain range?

You know, no matter which version of the legend, the Setaka guard did not have a grand burial, but chose to bid farewell to the world quietly and alone, so there is no landmark on the Barren Hill Mountains!

However, this did not bother Cassiopeia at all.

During the time when Nashrameh was lurking, he spent almost all his energy on the study of folklore legends-after becoming interested in the Barren Hill God Tomb, she even asked Talon to help collect a lot of information.

Although these materials are mixed with a lot of unreliable records of drunken bragging, and there are also some self-promotional exaggerations in personal biographies, Cassiopeia, who has worked in the Adventurer's Association, has already had extraordinary experience in identifying bragging.

After a thorough investigation, she quickly locked on an area that was mentioned.

This area is located in the northwest foot of the Barren Hill Mountains. Although it still has no official name, it undoubtedly looks like the place where the Barren Hill God Tomb is most likely to be hidden.

Many people had entered this valley to search for treasures, but these people either returned empty-handed or had accidents and went crazy. In Cassiopeia's opinion, this was obviously the most suspicious situation.

More importantly, she also found a record about the mining of blood crystals.

More than a decade ago, Nashrameh had a blood crystal craze - this red gem, also known as the Tears of Setaka, was sold at a very high price during that time, and many merchants organized teams to mine gems in the Barren Hills.

Unfortunately, it was ultimately just an unsuccessful speculation. After the price of blood crystals fell, the mines that the merchants had not yet built naturally fell into oblivion.

However, exploration, as a preliminary project for mining blood crystals, has already achieved some results - at that time, the big merchants in Nashrameh (it is said that there is also the shadow of the port governor Saga behind them) once formed a very professional expedition team to go to the Barren Hills to explore the mines.

The records of the exploration are top secret, but with the help of Talon, Cassiopeia still saw the copy.

Among them, the mining records of the place that Cassiopeia had suspected had obvious discordant traces, which vaguely involved Setaka and her loyal guards!

Undoubtedly, that was the information of the Tomb of the God of the Mound!

Perhaps considering that the legal lineage of Nashrameh came from "the descendants of Setaka", the subsequent female governor of the port finally sealed the records and did not disturb her "ancestors".

The female governor of the port was not interested in the Tomb of the God of the Mound, but Cassiopeia was very interested!

A tomb of an ascender must have enough goodies for the Black Rose to forgive past grudges!

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What Cassiopeia didn’t know was that the current female governor of Nashrameh not only had no interest in the tomb, but even avoided it like a snake.

In fact, unlike the claimed “descendants of Setaka”, the port governor of Nashrameh was not the descendants of the ascended Empress Wu. Their true identity was the gravekeeper of Setaka…

When the Darkin War was raging, the first governor of Nashrameh presided over the memorial ceremony of the ascended Empress Wu with great wit, and regarded himself as the “gravekeeper of the ascended Empress Wu”, so that the Darkin who fought each other finally chose to save face and let Nashrameh go, which laid the foundation for the prosperity of this city.

It was not until the end of the Darkin War and the Darkin completely disappeared that the governor of Nashrameh changed from the gravekeeper of the ascended Empress Wu to the descendant of the ascended Empress Wu!

It is for this reason that even though they have passed down the location of the Tomb of Setaka from generation to generation, they will only protect it silently and will never take the initiative to excavate it - if they find any evidence that proves that they are not descendants of Setaka, it will be embarrassing.

It is also for this reason that after the relevant information about the Tomb of the God of the Hill was discovered and the prospecting team found some evidence, the prospecting operation was temporarily stopped.

The Governor of the Port of Nashram does not need to find any relics and technologies from the Shurima Empire, because they are already the local emperor of Nashram.

Today's Shurima is closer to the wasteland after the collapse of civilization. As one of the top wasteland leaders, the main task of the Governor of the Port of Nashram is not to revive civilization, but to maintain rule.

Karya's Small Classroom·Blood Crystal and Blood Glass:

This red crystal is as red as blood. It is a precious gem rich in rock element energy. The glass made by sintering the powder of blood crystal and gravel together is the blood glass produced by Talishni, also called Azir Crystal.

Tears of Setaka can create Azir Crystals, and this naming method is subtle and somewhat reasonable!