Chapter 336 Akali's Confusion
In the southern part of Shangzan, outside Xuannayin Village, is the headquarters of the Balance Sect.
Since the schism two years ago, the remaining Kinkou have retreated from Navoli to an abandoned temple here, hidden in the mountains where glacial meltwater flows.
Although they were very close to Xuannayin Village, this refuge was surrounded by mountains, with high mountains and dangerous roads, and it was remote and desolate.
Living in these mountains is like being completely isolated from the outside world. Looking up, you can see the boundless sky; looking down, you can see the endless forests. It seems that the whole world belongs to you alone.
The invasion of the Noxian Empire, the bloody war of resistance, these grand narratives of the secular world seem unimportant and have nothing to do with you at all...
No way.
"Oh no! The Noxians are coming again!" The patrol sentinels of the Order of the Balance sent back very bad news.
A large group of Noxian soldiers were rushing towards Xuannain Village.
The news quickly spread throughout the entire sanctuary, causing the disciples to talk about it endlessly and turning the peaceful and tranquil Order of the Balance into a boiling turmoil.
Faced with the steam rising from the boiling water, the young .
For example, Miss Akali.
After hearing the senior brothers and sisters passing by discussing this matter in an anxious tone, her heart also became anxious.
My heart was in turmoil and my hands started to tremble.
Snap——
The kunai avoided the target and got nailed on a tree nearby.
Akali, a martial arts genius, actually threw the kunai outside the target during her ordinary daily training.
"Akali, calm down." At this time, a voice slowly sounded in her ears.
This person's tone carried the vicissitudes and calmness of an elder, but his voice was unexpectedly immature, even... a little cute.
Because the one who spoke was not a human, but a yordle—
This cute guy with short legs, big eyes and fluffy appearance looks like a giant squirrel spirit, but he actually has a rather impressive origin.
He is Kenan the Furiousheart, who has gone through thousands of years but remains youthful, and is now one of the three leaders of the Order of the Balance.
At the same time, he is also Akali's martial arts teacher.
"Calm down and stay peaceful, Akali." Kennen taught slowly.
"No, Kennen." Although this big squirrel was older than him, he never acted like an elder. So Akali always addressed him by his name and never hid anything from him.
At this moment, she said bluntly: "Peace? The Noxians are about to attack us, how can I be peaceful?"
“This has nothing to do with you, kid.” Kenan was still sitting cross-legged on the huge rock next to him, with no trace of emotion in his eyes.
"How can it be unrelated!" Akali: "I am also a warrior of the Order of the Balance."
"No, you're not." Kenan said slowly: "You're only 10 years old."
Akali: “…”
The little girl was stunned for a moment, then stood on tiptoe and corrected herself: "No, I'm 11 years old!"
"It's just a little bit short." Kenan said without even raising his eyes.
Yes. Akali is not the "Rogue Thorn" that Levi knew. She is still the daughter of the Shadow Fist, one of the three leaders of the Order of the Balance.
That's right. Akali isn't even Shadow Fist right now.
The current Shadow Fist is also Akali's mother, a master of the equilibrist martial arts named Maym Yoman Texi.
Akali was just a little girl who was not even 11 years old. At most, she was an outstanding student in the youth group of the Order of the Balance.
"But I'm taller than you!" Akali said angrily.
Kenan ignored her. Since she was 8 years old, this little girl has liked to use her height to show her maturity.
This in itself is a sign that she is not mature yet.
Besides, comparing height with Yodel... this should be considered racial discrimination.
"Akali, calm down." Seeing that the little girl was so excited that she was about to jump up, Kennen had to do some ideological work.
The reason why he could remain so calm in the face of a powerful enemy invasion, and even made Akali calm as well, was precisely:
"This isn't the first time the Noxians have come."
"Shen will take care of this."
This is indeed not the first time the Noxians have come.
Because they were not coming for the Order of the Balance hiding in a refuge deep in the mountains.
Even the Noxians may not know that within these mountains, there exists a group of "recluse brothers" called the Order of the Balance.
The Noxians came here just to get close to the villagers of Xuannain Village outside the mountain and to ask for some "pocket money" from these fellow villagers regularly.
In the past two years, it is not only Noxus that has come here to ask the villagers for pocket money.
There was the Navoli Brotherhood, which came to collect donations from the protesters and to force them into the army;
There were also various bandits and robbers who rose to prominence during the turbulent times;
There were even villagers from the neighboring village who couldn't make a living and came here to rob people as robbers;
…
In short, this nascent land has become more and more lively since the invasion of Noxus.
Ionia seemed to have entered a harmonious society, and everyone had learned to practice "distribution according to needs" by purchasing for free.
Faced with these endless streams of zero-dollar purchases, the Balance Sect initially took high precautions and treated them as a formidable enemy, thinking about how to help the villagers of Xuannamen Village at the foot of the mountain.
But later, as more and more people came to rob, the composition of the robbers became more and more complicated...
In the end, even the villagers of Xuannayin Village, who were protected by the Balance Sect, began to follow suit and formed a village to protect themselves, organize militias, and even turned around and acted as robbers whenever they had the chance, and went out in groups to rob others...
The Order of the Balance found that they could not stop the chaos from getting worse, so they simply gave up.
"Our mission is to maintain balance." Kenan said: "If we rashly intervene in the war and killing of the mortal world, whether we kill them or they kill us, it will destroy the balance."
"This is not what a disciple of the Balance should do, so..."
So just pretend you didn’t see it.
When he said before that "Shen will handle this matter", he actually meant that Shen will organize his men to guard the mountain gate and make preparations to prevent those Noxians from attacking the Order of the Mean.
As for what the Noxians will do at the foot of the mountain, they don't care and can't control it.
"Nonsense!" Akali objected.
And the opinions are very strong: "We can obviously manage it, and we have the ability to manage it!"
"The source of the chaos in Ionia is the Noxians. If we just drive those bad guys away, won't the war and killing in the First Land come to an end?"
"But what about us? What did we do?"
The biggest problem with the Order of the Kinkou is that they are unwilling to intervene in worldly battles and are unwilling to kill.
So even though they would have helped before, facing the robbers who invaded this place -
All they did was to help the villagers of Xuannamen Village to evacuate, instead of using their own military force to drive out the enemy head-on.
"How can the bugs die if we don't kill them?" Young Akali couldn't understand. "We never show up in front of the bad guys. How can they be afraid and stop?"
"The situation is getting increasingly chaotic, and even the villagers of Xuannayin Village have to take up arms. Isn't it because we did nothing from the beginning?"
“Act?” Kennen looked at her meaningfully. “Akali, what do you want to do? Like Zed?”
"I..." Akali was speechless when she heard the name of her enemy.
Kennen told her, "Zed took half of the disciples from Kinkou, and they have been resisting Noxus."
"But has Ionia really restored its past balance because of their efforts? No..."
"With the rise of the Shadow, the Resistance, and the Brotherhood, Ionia has become more chaotic and more unbalanced—"
"And this chaos will never end even after the Noxians leave."
Akali said that the Order of the Kinkou has the ability to manage things down the mountain.
But Kennan knew very well that the Order of the Balance had no ability to quell this chaos.
The huge reputation of the Order of the Balance in Ionia will naturally make it a force in the secular world.
Therefore, their intervention in the secular world is not only not conducive to balance, but will also make Ionia, which is full of diverse forces, even more chaotic, causing more wars and killings.
For example...
Will the addition of one more country to the Three Kingdoms make the situation more peaceful?
No, the princes will only fight more fiercely, making the world more chaotic.
"Not to mention, the battlefield of the Balance Sect has always been in the spiritual realm. Interfering in wars in the material realm is against our sect's rules."
This is why Jie rebelled.
Akali's father died in that civil war, so she certainly can't learn to be a villain like Zed.
Then, gradually, she became unable to speak.
Kennen continued to teach earnestly: "Shen is the Eye of Twilight. He is always observing the balance of all things in Ionia - we must trust his judgment, Akali."
"This..." Akali is just a child after all.
She was completely confused by just a few words from this giant squirrel that was thousands of years old.
But she still instinctively felt that the feeling of watching the war burn in front of her but being unable to do anything... was very unpleasant.
But what Kenan said seemed to make sense.
The Order of the Balance has limited capabilities. Even if they come out, they will not be able to restore the balance, but will only expand the chaos. So why would they come out?
For example, this time the Noxian invasion.
Even if the Order of the Kinkou really went down the mountain and drove back the Noxians as Akali said, would the war end?
No. The Noxians will only send more troops to the village of Gennain to retaliate against the villagers and the Order of the Kinkou.
If the Order of the Balance escapes, then Xuannayin Village will not be saved, and the nearby villages will also suffer.
If the Order of the Kinkou didn't run away, they would stay here to protect the people and withstand the frontal attacks of Noxus time and time again...
At this point, the Order of the Balance is in fact no longer a hidden sect, but a local warlord with people, guns, bases and organizational structure.
Ionia is equivalent to having one more "prince" called the Order of the Balance, adding another capable player to the future "All Ionia Chicken Contest".
The more you help, the more trouble you make. It’s better not to help.
Not to mention, their sect rules don't allow helping.
"Do you understand this principle?" Kenan asked for confirmation.
"I..." Akali frowned and thought for a long time.
She finally figured it out: "Kenan, I understand--"
"What do you understand?" Kenan asked with relief.
"The power of a sect is limited. The more they want to end the war, the more chaos they will bring." Akali said seriously: "Unless..."
“We don’t just have one sect!”
"So we must not only come out, but also unite more forces, integrate the power of all of Ionia, and completely put an end to this chaos!"
Kenan: “…”
The young man Akali only needed a few words to silence his senior who was thousands of years old.
"How is it?" Akali asked excitedly, "What do you think of my idea?"
"Not very good." Kenan curled his lips.
Yes, as long as the Order of the Kinkou can integrate the power of all of Ionia, they will be able to put an end to the chaos once and for all.
But Akali's suggestion is like putting an elephant in a refrigerator - the principle is correct and it is simple to say, but it is simply a fantasy to do.
And unite more forces? How?
Even a small sect like the Balance could be split into two factions, radical and conservative, killing each other and causing chaos.
The Shadow Cult, the Navoli Brotherhood, the Presidian Resistance, the Vastayan Freedom Army... How could these forces with different interests and demands truly unite?
Once the Noxians leave, it will be good if they don't fight each other.
"Based on my thousands of years of observation of humans—" Kennen complained, "I would rather believe that the ancient emperor of Shurima will rise from his grave than believe that all humans in Ionia can unite."
"Hmm..." Akali fell silent again.
At her age, her mind is not capable of solving such profound problems.
But she still thought unwillingly: "We are all Ionians... Is there really no one who can unite everyone and truly end this chaos?"
"If the Order of the Balance can't do it, is there no one else who can do it?"
Akali was thinking this.
Suddenly, there was a gust of wind singing in the sky.
"Who?!" Kennen looked up at the sky vigilantly, and Akali also raised her head stupidly.
They saw the wind and the man who rode it.
"Don't be nervous." Master Yi stepped on the sword and came with the wind: "I come from the Wuji Sword School, and also from - Leader of the Wind."
