Chapter 260 Why does Demacia ban demons?

It was dark, and there was silence outside the window.

As for Seraphine and Li Wei, they were in a good mood and were not in a hurry to take a rest.

She relaxed and kicked off her slippers, took off her white silk stockings, flexed her toes to free herself, and crawled onto the bed. Like a child listening to a bedtime story, she adjusted her position and leaned into Levi's arms.

, pestered him with interest and asked:

"Then why does Demacia ban demons?"

Now that they were all talking about Demacia, Seraphine couldn't help but think of the "Hexgate incident" that Janna mentioned earlier.

"Even envoys have to be so particular when they go overseas - is magic really so evil to them?"

Seraphine also knows the reason why Demacia bans demons. Demacia also explains this to the outside world:

Because the ancestors who founded Demacia were the survivors of the rune wars who escaped from the Roxy Plains in the east and hid in the Demacia Basin shrouded in the Forbidden Stone Forest in the west.

They witnessed the horror of magic with their own eyes during that protracted world war, and witnessed how much damage this extraordinary power could cause to the human kingdom——

Most importantly, they witnessed how greedy, cruel, and tyrannical a mage who possesses this power can be.

Therefore, in the eyes of the ancestors of Demacia, mages are either criminals or potential criminals.

Because human laws cannot restrain these "mutated creatures", they should be preventively arrested, deported, or even physically eradicated before they cause harm to humans.

And this is the origin of Demacia’s ban on demons.

"But." Seraphine still felt something was wrong.

She is a mage herself and knows many mages. In most cases, magic is a useful tool, and mages are also a high-level human resource that can be controlled and utilized.

She really couldn't understand why Demacia would give up this kind of resource because of choking.

Moreover, the ban on magic is nothing more than a ban on magic, but it has been taken to such an extreme level. Not only does the country have a dedicated army of demon seekers, but even the missions overseas must be so sensitive to guard against magic.

"Why is this?" Seraphine asked.

After such a long period of political training, she instinctively realized that there must be a deeper reason behind this.

"Well," Levi answered in no hurry: "Seraphine, the answer is actually very simple. You just need to use the method we used to analyze Noxus and try to analyze Demacia."

Noxus and Demacia are both superpowers led by transcendent nobles.

Why are their attitudes towards mages so different? One cares about him as if he were a treasure, while the other avoids him as if he were nuclear waste.

"You only need to think about the biggest difference between Noxus and Demacia to understand this problem." Levi gently stroked Seraphine's long, silky hair in his arms and reminded her.

Seraphine quickly thought: "The biggest difference between Noxus and Demacia is-"

"One of them is aggressive and never satisfied, but the other never sets foot outside the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest and never expands its territory!"

Why is Noxus so aggressive?

Levi said in that article that Noxus needs more territory and needs to continue to make the cake bigger in order to satisfy the extraordinary people who continue to emerge from the civilian population and satisfy the appetites of the new military aristocrats.

So why doesn't Demacia do this?

"Because it can't be done," Levi said.

After all, Demacia is an immigrant country built from scratch by foreign refugees. And the Roxi Plain, where Noxus is located, already had a mature human civilization thousands of years ago.

"So when the ancestors of Demacia established a foothold in the Forbidden Stone Forest, gradually established cities, countries and civilizations, slowly integrated with the indigenous primitive tribes, and completely digested the fertile basin that was called the Land of Abundance—

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"In the vast land outside the Forbidden Stone Forest, the Noxus Empire has been rising for some time."

If there are really benefits to be gained from foreign aggression, of course Demacia will do it. They are not really justice knights, so why wouldn't they do something that benefits?

But the problem is that by the time Demacia is able to engage in aggression and expansion, Noxus has become a behemoth, completely blocking their way to external expansion.

Not to mention Demacia's expansion, it would be good if it could not be invaded by Noxus.

"So Demacia completely gave up its expansion route, and instead formed alliances with many kingdoms and city-states outside of the Forbidden Stone Forest, and used these small city-states between Demacia and Noxus as strategic buffers.

Resisting the westward invasion of the Noxian Empire year after year."

"This is why Demacia will become the 'Knights of Justice'."

Because they arrived too late, Valoran's oil and water were completely wiped out by Noxus. Demacia can't even be a knight of justice even if it wants to.

So, here comes the problem.

"Every country in Runeterra needs to face the strong contradiction between the old ruling class and the grassroots extraordinary people emerging among the people, as well as their strong demands for power and wealth."

"Noxus can rely on external aggression and enlarging the pie to alleviate conflicts."

"Demacia cannot invade other countries, so how should they resolve this conflict?"

There is no need for Levi to continue reminding her of the answer, Seraphine can think of it herself.

"I know!" Her eyes lit up: "It's the Forbidden Demon!"

Noxus can expand externally, and its expansion is always successful. Therefore, they can boldly recruit grassroots extraordinary people emerging from the people, give them power and fiefs, and integrate them into the ruling class of the empire.

These grassroots extraordinary people in turn enhanced the empire's combat power, making it increasingly impossible to stop the empire's expansion.

But there is only so much land in Demacia, and the cake is so big. The old nobles have already divided up the land, and there is really no extra land left for newcomers.

Under such circumstances, grassroots extraordinary people continue to emerge among the people - this is not a high-level human resource for the kingdom, but a bunch of powerful time bombs scattered among the people.

Therefore, Demacia can only fall into endless internal strife and take matters into its own hands to preventively eradicate these unstable factors among the people.

"Then why do they only ban magic? Aren't warriors without magic also extraordinary?" Seraphine was confused again.

"This is even simpler." Levi said with a smile: "Wealth without power to protect is like a store in a Zaun community. Just a zero-dollar purchase can make everything you own disappear.

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"So Demacia still has to rely on extraordinary people no matter what."

Forbidden demons have already destroyed the Great Wall. If even soldiers have to be careful, they are really destroying their martial arts and seeking death.

Although warriors are also extraordinary beings, they are different from mages in the following ways:

"The growth curve of a warrior is relatively gentle, and it is very safe and controllable compared to a mage."

Except for a very small number of monsters with extraordinary talents, almost every powerful transcendent warrior has to go through a long process from weak to strong like Riven.

Their extraordinary strength must be honed inch by inch through persistent practice and life-and-death fights, just like forging a sharp sword.

And in the Kingdom of Demacia, who can provide a mortal with such systematic physical training and enough practical training?

Of course only Demacia's army.

Therefore, it is difficult for the people to naturally emerge extraordinary warriors who can threaten the rulers of Demacia. Instead, the old nobles who rule Demacia can continuously create their own team of extraordinary warriors through family inheritance and war training.

"So the famous transcendent warriors in the history of Demacia are almost all from the kingdom's nobles. There are some who come from poor families, but the number is very small."

"If ordinary people want to rely on exercise to become extraordinary warriors - not to mention the various expensive potions to temper their bodies, they may not be able to afford the large amount of meat required to replenish their physical fitness."

"So the old nobles of Demacia are very confident about warriors." Li Wei paused slightly: "Compared with warriors, mages are different."

Warriors need to upgrade and buy equipment bit by bit, and the process is stable and controllable.

But the mage is like a cheat. A seemingly weak mage apprentice, if you don't pay attention, he can turn around and conjure up level 18 + six gods for you.

For example, Syndra is still imprisoned in Ionia.

Another example is Seraphine herself:

Before she awakened, she was so weak that even the Demon Swamp Frog couldn't defeat her. Once she awakened, she could easily deal with a large group of gangster thugs.

"The power of a mage is completely uncontrollable. No one knows how much potential a mage can unleash after awakening, and no one knows how fast a mage can grow or to what extent he can grow."

"So for the Kingdom of Demacia, the existence of folk mages is a time bomb that threatens the rule of the kingdom."

As he spoke, Levi stopped in time, looked at Seraphine in his arms and said:

"Seraphine, now you understand-"

"What Demacia hates is never mages, but uncontrolled folk mages. What they ban is never magic, but the unstable factors that threaten the rule of the old aristocracy. Of course."
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