Chapter 293 Silas: I want to create a world for mages
How to promote Janna's ideas to the Demacians?
Lux and Sona have been troubled by this problem.
Although they learned a lot of theories from Levi and Seraphine and were full of enthusiasm, practical experience was something that could not be gained out of thin air with just theories and enthusiasm.
So Lux asked Levi for the idea of a mage prisoner army, thinking of starting with the mage group who were the most oppressed in Demacia and most receptive to Janna's ideas.
Her original idea was to rescue these mages from the Forbidden Magic Tower under the banner of the Penal Army, and then provide them with good food and drink as soon as they left Demacia, so that they could feel the kindness of the Leader and achieve the goal of promoting Janna's ideas.
But Levi denied her.
He used the example of Victor and Lina's initial promotion of Janna's ideas in the factory when the Leader was first established as an example to tell Lux:
“People are most eager for change only when they are oppressed.”
"You haven't made people understand why the world needs Janna, and you're just giving them everything they want. That will only win their simple worship of the savior, not their true belief in Janna's theory."
then……
Lux and Sona thought about it and finally decided:
Since people are most eager for change when they are oppressed, they might as well spread Janna's ideas to the mages while they are still oppressed.
Who oppressed them? The Demacia nobles, the Demon Seekers, and... the ambitious Lux Crownguard .
"Everyone, this is where you are now."
"The nobles see you as risks that need to be eliminated, the demon hunters see you as prey that provides blood, and Lux Crownguard sees you as consumables of war to achieve her personal ambitions."
"No one can save you now. The only one who can save you is yourself!" Sona said righteously.
"This..." Silas nodded reluctantly.
These words completely spoke to him, and also to the hearts of most mages.
But the problem is...
Shouldn't he be the one saying these words?
Where did this girl and that leader come from?
"Wait! Everyone calm down!" Silas stepped forward in time.
He pointed at Sona and said to everyone, "Don't forget, this woman came here with Lux. She can't be trusted!"
Everyone was indeed a little hesitant. After all, Sona and Lux had been standing together during the day, and their relationship seemed very close.
But Sona only answered slowly: "I am an undercover agent arranged by the Wind Leader to be beside Lux, so of course I have a close relationship with her. If I am not close to her, how can I be this undercover agent?"
“Yes, I am indeed untrustworthy.”
"But given your current situation, who can you trust besides me?"
"This..." The mages were speechless.
"I know you may not understand me yet, and you may not understand us leaders." Sona said while the iron was hot.
She knew that these mages had been in prison for too long and had no idea of the current political situation in Runeterra.
So she explained in the simplest language: "We are believers of the Wind of Change, Goddess Janna, and we are..."
"Goddess Janna?" The mages reacted one after another.
The news of the true god's coming to the world and the hurricane siege have been the hottest topics in the entire Runeterra in the past few months.
Even though the mages were behind bars, they could vaguely hear this world-shaking name from the jailers' discussions.
They may not know the leader.
But they had heard of the goddess Janna.
Now that even the powerful Goddess Gana has sent people to rescue them, then... aren't they definitely going to be saved?
The flame of hope lit up in the mages' eyes.
Even Silas put aside his doubts for the time being. He asked, "Woman, since you said that you were sent by the goddess to save us, how are you going to save us?"
Yes, how to save it?
The mages all looked over with concern.
"Save yourself." Sona said, "When the army leaves Demacia, I can find a chance to steal the collar's remote control and help everyone unlock the explosive collar. Then everyone can take the opportunity to get rid of Lux's control and completely get rid of Demacia's pursuit."
Silas: “…”
My goodness, even the action plan is exactly the same as his.
His lines were completely taken away.
Also, this girl...
Staring at the elegant blue-haired girl in front of him, Silas didn't know why, but he always felt that something was wrong.
By the way...she is also a noble of Demacia!
The nobles of Demacia cannot be trusted at all!
Silas was extremely vigilant, but the mages had already been inspired with endless hope by Sona's promise and began to obey the words of this noble girl.
Then Sona briefly introduced the future action plan, admonished everyone to remain calm and wait for the opportunity, and then took out one book after another of "A Brief Account of Jana's Thoughts", distributed them to the mages, and introduced the leader's ideological theories to everyone.
The mages were still oppressed by the Demacia nobles, and they experienced firsthand the necessity and urgency of change;
Secondly, they got Sona's promise. While they had hope for the Leader, they were also curious about the Leader's intention to save them.
So, when Sona introduced the theory to everyone, they all listened very carefully.
So the military camp became a training camp for leaders, and the mage gathering became an ideological and political classroom for leaders.
After a long time...
"Everyone, do you understand?"
It was Sona’s first time teaching so many people, and she was actually a little nervous.
First of all, her grasp of the theory itself is not that profound.
Secondly, the introductory textbook "A Brief Account of Janna's Thought" is mainly written based on the social background of the Twin Cities.
It mainly discusses the analysis and reflection on modern seed benzism.
Demacia has not even developed genocide yet and is still in the feudal period. Many chapters cannot be directly copied and told to the Demacians.
So Sona was a little worried about the effectiveness of her publicity.
Fortunately...
"I understand." Mages are born with strong mental strength, and none of them are stupid. They are all very perceptive.
Although the booklet mainly talks about the Twin Cities and Noxus, many of the articles in it mainly criticize Demacia's almost non-existent separatism.
But everyone still keenly grasped the core of the thought that Sona wanted to impart to them:
"Class."
Class is a core concept in Janna's theory of thought.
One of the necessary prerequisites for becoming a leader is to learn to look at problems from the perspective of class analysis.
This analysis method is not only applicable to the Twin Cities of Seed Benism, but also to Demacia, which is still in the feudal era.
"Just like what is written in the article 'Why Demacia Bans Magic'..."
"It turns out that the conflict between us and the Demacia nobles is not a racial conflict between mortals and mages at all."
"It's a class conflict between the aristocratic families who don't want to lose their privileges, and the civilian supernatural beings who threaten their vested interests!"
Once we figure out who the two parties in the conflict are, it will not be difficult to derive the corresponding methodology.
“That’s right,” Sona said. “Our friends are the oppressed people all over the world, not just our so-called fellow mages.”
"Our enemies are only the oppressive Demacia nobles, not all of Demacia."
"Those poor civilians, tenant farmers, and serfs probably suffered no less than the mages. We should treat them as our future comrades, not..."
"Nonsense!" Everyone was listening intently, but Silas suddenly interrupted them excitedly.
Now he no longer doubted Sona's intention.
After all, the theory that Sona is introducing now sounds more threatening to the nobles of Demacia than the mage revolution he advocates.
Sylas wanted to believe that Sona was both an enemy of the Demacia nobility and someone who had come to save them.
But he still couldn't accept the class analysis theory advocated by Sona:
"Are our enemies only the nobles of Demacia?"
That's the theory. Silas was not well-educated, and he didn't know how to refute the Leader's logically rigorous theory.
But he knows how to express emotions.
He did have such emotions:
"You said nobles are enemies and commoners are friends."
"But why is it that what I experienced since childhood was mostly discrimination and exclusion from the people around me, from the common people, the poor, those 'class brothers' you talked about in your theory?"
"When they were calling me a monster and reporting me to the Demon Seekers, why didn't they think about the fact that we were suffering the same?"
Silas asked angrily.
In fact, what he didn't say was that it was not only his "class brothers" who reported him, but also his biological parents.
Just because he was a wizard, his parents treated him like a monster.
If even one's own parents are unreliable , then those so-called "class brothers" who are not related to one another can be relied upon? Thinking back to his past life experiences, Silas really couldn't answer "yes".
"Admit it—"
"Magicians and mortals are born different!"
Silas retorted to Sona excitedly:
"No matter how nicely you say it, mortals will only fear us and reject us."
"If mages want to never be discriminated against or oppressed again, they must rely on their own strength to build a world that belongs entirely to mages!"
