LOL: Summoner of Goddess Jana

Chapter 441 Open the door and release Xerath
The next day, early in the morning.

After resettling the displaced villagers and discussing the action plan, Li Wei and others finally set off again.

But they did not continue northward to return to Zaan, but traveled westward through the vast desert and arrived at the center of the desert.

The capital of the Shurima Empire is located in this dead land surrounded by thousands of miles of yellow sand.

The ancient Shurima people borrowed the mighty power of the sun disc to build a miraculous dawn oasis in this restricted area of ​​life, and used it as the water supply hub for the whole Shurima. Through the water conservancy network formed by canals and natural water systems, irrigation This entire desert.

So the desert was turned into fertile land, and cities were built in the Gobi, so that the empire prospered, and life prospered because of it.

But all of this came to an end 3000 years ago.

The wizard Xerath interrupted the eagle king Azir's ascension ceremony, and the out-of-control released star power instantly destroyed the shining capital and also destroyed the source of life of the empire, the sun disc.

Shurima, already devastated by the Void War, has since fallen apart.

The once prosperous capital of the empire has just turned into a ruined wall, submerged in the endless yellow sand forever.

until today
"Shurima." Nasus returned to this sad place: "I'm back."

When he came back, he only saw a piece of yellow sand.

After 3000 years of baptism, even the ruins of the city with only broken bricks and tiles were buried under the thick yellow sand.

The former realm of vigor and vitality, where all things are competing, is still in front of us at this moment.

But now, only the half-broken sun disc can still show its head in the yellow sand with difficulty by virtue of its majestic and stalwart body shape, telling future generations the glory of Shurima back then.

"Li Wei, can you really bring the Shurima Empire back to life?"

Although Li Wei had already guaranteed the ticket in the discussion last night, at this moment, Nasus still felt unreal like a dream.

He has had this dream for 3000 years, and now it is really going to come true?
"We've all come here. Whether it's true or not, we'll know right away." Li Wei laughed.

As he said that, he added: "I will help you rebuild the Shurima Empire, as long as you follow the agreement and persuade Azir to cooperate with us in fighting against the void."

"Of course." Nasus replied in a complicated tone.

The cooperation agreement for the restoration of the country reached with Li Wei always gave him a subtle illusion of defecting to the enemy and acting as a puppet leading party.

But Nasus also knew that Li Wei's move was a conspiracy, and he didn't coerce him into doing anything.

The leader needs a strategic buffer with Icacia, and the reborn Shurima Empire needs to face the threat of the void forces in the south. The cooperation between the two parties is mutually beneficial and a necessary measure to face the void invasion.

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"Are you really so confident that you can conquer the empire you resurrected yourself in the future?" Nasus asked with concern.

Nasus could see that Li Wei did this not only to find allies to fight against the void, rebuild the solar disc, restore the water conservancy network, and solve the future development of Shurima;

He still wanted Azir to help integrate the chaotic and fragmented Shurima Desert, and re-establish order in this chaotic land.

The slavery tribes are too backward, so start with some feudalism first, and wait for the leader to develop and grow stronger before taking over in an all-round way.

Nasus understood Levi's intentions.

When the Shurima Empire expanded to its limit, it would also use this method of supporting the allies to stabilize the situation and help the transition.

But the implicit contempt for the Shurima Empire behind this policy still made Nasus very uncomfortable.

"I'm just stating the facts." Li Wei replied calmly.

"First, although the void invasion turned the main conflict in Shurima into the survival conflict between humans and void creatures, the temporary change of the main conflict does not mean that the class conflicts in Shurima disappeared out of thin air."

"Neither you nor your empire can resolve this contradiction, only we leaders can resolve it."

Therefore, as long as Azir wants to continue to be emperor, the leader and Shurima will eventually stand on opposite sides.

Li Wei did not hide his intentions.And Nasus could see that too.

"Secondly, Mr. Nasus, I want you to realize that:"

"Even if the Shurima Empire is revived, it will never be able to regain its former strength."

The power of the Shurima Empire is not because it is called an "Empire", but because the Empire has an Ascendant Legion.

In other words, there were dozens or even hundreds of god warriors as powerful as Nasus in Shurima back then.

And now?

Azir and Nasus, not counting Nasus' crazy younger brother who is about to see the light of day again, this so-called Shurima Empire only has two ascenders.

The reconstructed solar disk can theoretically produce ascenders in batches;
But in fact, ascension has never been an easy task.

Because the Ascension Ceremony is extremely dangerous, the probability of success is extremely low.

Even in ancient Shurima, only those near the end of their lives would attempt it.

Nasus was so sick that he was about to die, and with the mentality of "winning the fairy to live, and losing the fairy's plank", he accepted the ascension ceremony before his death.

Therefore, the sun disc can't actually create ascenders arbitrarily.

Otherwise, in the original world line, Azir wouldn't be entertaining himself in the depths of the desert 10 years after his resurrection, and even the Noxus colony on the north shore would not be able to regain it.

"Can an empire with only two ascenders still be the same empire as before?" Li Wei spoke heart-pounding words in a calm tone.

"Mr. Nasus, although it is a bit harsh to speak like this, I still want to persuade you."

"The best future for the Shurima Empire is to accept changes peacefully."

"As a grand maester of the empire, if you still remember the people of Shurima, then you should persuade Azir to understand and study Janna theory, and take the initiative to accept changes—"

"As long as he is willing to seek improvement, turn his back on his armor, and vote with Li Li, he will still be the leader of Shurima Chapter."

"." Nasus remained silent.

If it was 3000 years ago, someone told him that Janna wanted to take Emperor Azir as her younger brother, and he was also her younger brother's younger brother
Then he will definitely lead the proud Ascenders to catch this "little girl" who doesn't know the heights of the world and hang her up to beat her.

But now.
"If you really have feelings for the empire, then we can also retain the honorary title of the royal family of Shurima."

With that said, due to the huge united front value of Azir and others, Levi also gave additional preferential conditions:

"At that time, Sivir can succeed as emperor." He looked at Sivir who was following him and said, "She is not only the leader, but also the only surviving heir of Azir, and she is also the chosen master of Chalikar. Son of prophecy."

"She can completely serve as the emperor of Shurima and the president of the Shurima Leaders Association."

"This..." Nasus was really lost in thought.

Although very reluctant to admit it.But reason told him that Li Wei's proposal was the best choice for the Shurima people.

While he was contemplating, the group of people had already slowly flown to their destination.

"Is this the tomb of the emperor?" Li Wei asked him.

"Yes." Nasus nodded.Even if there is only a piece of yellow sand in front of everyone, he can recognize every place in the city.

"The emperor's tomb is built under the sun disc, I can't admit it wrong."

This is the greatest tomb in Shurima, its crypts are impenetrable.

3000 years ago, he personally sealed his younger brother Renekton in this emperor's tomb together with Xerath, the sinner who destroyed Shurima.

After 3000 years, he came back here again.

"Do you really want to open it?" At this time, Levi asked meaningfully.

"No." Nasus shook his head with a complicated expression: "That seal...is not the time to open it yet."

Yes, although Li Wei called to come to the Emperor's Tomb, he didn't intend to actually open the tomb.

Because in the Emperor's Tomb, it was Xerath and Renekton who were sealed.

Azir wasn't actually in there.

He was instantly blown into ashes by the out-of-control energy of the astral world, and he didn't even have a chance to be buried.

It's just that the emperor's tomb is just below the sun disc, and Azir's "ashes" were just buried in this land.

In the original world line, Sivir did not resurrect Azir after entering the mausoleum.

She was standing outside the seal at the gate of the tomb, and she was stabbed in the back by Cassiopeia—the blood soaked into the ground, and then Azir was resurrected.

so.
"If the facts are as you predicted." Nasus sighed: "The necessary condition for resurrecting Azir is to inject Sivir's ascension blood into this land."

In other words, to revive Azir, there is no need to open the Emperor's Tomb at all.

Just take Sivir to the door of the tomb, and stand outside the seal to bleed.

Therefore, there was no need for Xerath and Renekton who were sealed in the Emperor's Tomb to be released.

"But, don't you really want to break the seal?" Li Wei asked Nasus for his opinion one last time.

Renekton, Nasus's younger brother, has been imprisoned there for 3000 years.

"I can understand if you want to save your loved ones," Levy said.

"." Nasus was silent for a while.

He knew that once the Emperor's Tomb was opened, Xerath's seal would be lifted.

The sinner stole Azir's ascension power.Therefore, even he and Renekton could not eradicate Xerath, who had transformed from a human into an undead wizard.

If this evil careerist is allowed to see the light of day again, then the new Shurima Empire will probably have no peace.

And the biggest problem is not Xerath, but his own brother Renekton.

Levi has already used his "prophetic power" to spoil the current situation of Renekton to Nasus.

This once heroic and brave warrior of the gods, the hero who sacrificed himself to seal Xerath, has been bewitched by Xerath's witchcraft into a lunatic during the 3000 years of hopeless life.

Renekton now hates Nasus extremely, and thinks that Nasus was jealous of his military exploits, so he deliberately sealed him and Xerath here——

Although, it was obviously he who asked Nasus to ask his brother to seal himself and Xerath together.

In short, Renekton has gone completely crazy.

After he is released, not only may he not help the reborn Shurima, but he will fight Nasus irrationally.

"Not the time, not the time yet." Nasus dropped his ears guiltily.

The pain of sealing his younger brother with his own hands has tortured him for 3000 years.Renekton's madness and depravity made him blame himself even more.

But he still did not forget his responsibility.

"That seal still needs to continue to exist." Nasus said ruthlessly, "We'll pick Renekton out after the situation in Shurima is completely stabilized."

"Okay." Li Wei nodded, then waved his hand to summon a gust of wind.

The storm swept across the earth, and soon swept away the heavy yellow sand covering the emperor's tomb.

And this once magnificent mausoleum is now only a collapsed ruin.

"Death is coming!" Nasus stopped Li Wei's brutal "demolition" excavation.

He turned into a giant tens of meters high, then bent down, like a child picking up his favorite toys, carefully picked up those collapsed high walls and stone pillars, and gently put them aside.

Finally, the broken emperor's tomb was swept out.

The gate of this majestic tomb has thus reappeared in the world.

"It's here." Nasus looked at the seal he had set on the door with his own hands back then: "The key to open it is."

He turned his head to look at Sivir and the Charikal in her hand.

This is the key.

However, now is not the time to use the key.

"Sivir." Nasus resisted the urge to open the seal now and rescue his brother: "Do what you should do."

"Hmm." Sivir nodded, but hesitated a bit.

She wasn't worried about disturbing her ancestors.

In her eyes, this kind of ancestor who has been separated for 3000 years is just an underground cash machine that can go to the other party's tomb to borrow money at any time.

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"Is this really reliable?" Sivir was a little confused about the details of the plan: "If I stab myself here, will I be able to revive Azir?"

This is still a small problem.

The big problem is that Li Wei's request to her is to try to stab herself so badly that she can't move after lying down.

"This..." Li Wei was also a little helpless: "That's what I saw in the 'prophecy'."

When the sun disc exploded, Azir was blown to nothing.

The current him is a mass of "living" ashes and dust buried in the ground.Thanks to the maintenance of the half-ascension power, he was able to barely sleep in the form of "ashes".

In the original world line, although Sivir's blood awakened Azir, Azir was still very weak after regaining his body.

It was he who healed Sivir with the last trace of divine power and left the chance of survival to his descendants. Because of this "selfless act", he moved the heavens, completed the unfinished ascension ceremony back then, and obtained the sun An infusion of immortal radiance.

Although Li Wei doesn't know who this "God" is, is it the star-casting dragon king watching all this in the universe?
But since the story of the original worldline developed in this way, he could only follow suit and let Sivir follow the script.

Otherwise, even if Azir is resurrected, he will not be able to complete the ascension ceremony and rebuild the sun disc.

So what's the point of Li Wei simply resurrecting such an inferior Ascendant?
so.
"I can only ask you, Comrade Sivir." Levi said a little embarrassedly.

His plan is to completely copy the plot of the original world line.

Later they will hide and pretend not to be there.

Then let Sivir stab himself badly, lying on the ground, waiting for Azir to come to his rescue.

This plan is obviously risky.Sivir needs to actually walk through the gates of hell to get the story back to "as it is".

"But don't worry, Comrade Sivir." Levi said: "We will always observe in secret. If you really have to die, then I will definitely come out to help."

"With Janna's recovery monsoon, you will definitely not die."

"Hmm..." Sivir thought about it seriously.

In fact, this request is acceptable to her.

After all, in the past few years as a mercenary, she has experienced countless crises with her life hanging by a thread.

To her, being seriously injured was as common as drinking water.

She is not afraid of pain, but.
"Add money, definitely." Li Wei predicted her thoughts.

Moreover, for Sivir's dedication and contribution, this reward was what she deserved.

"Okay." Sivir finally made up his mind.

Even without considering the leader's ideals, just from the perspective of a mercenary, this reward is worth a knife for her.

So Sivir took out the dagger, found the right position, and stabbed slowly towards the exposed flat belly without changing his expression.

"Let's go first." Li Wei was about to hide with Nasus and others.

The tip of Sivir's knife had penetrated such a shallow inch at this time.Blood gurgled from her open wound and trickled down the blade to the ground.

And at this moment.
"Boom—" There was a sudden howl of sound from the high-speed flight of the giant in the sky.

"What?" Li Wei and the others looked up in amazement.

Accompanied by the tsunami-like sound waves, a giant flying fish exuding a strange purple light roared towards it from the southern skyline like a rocket.

For a moment, the sky and the earth changed color, and the wind and sand shook.

The purple flying fish stopped over the abandoned ancient capital.

A familiar figure slowly emerged from the purple halo within the body of this giant void beast.

"Malzaha?" Everyone's expression changed.

Little Kaisha, who followed Li Wei for safety, was even more shocked by this scene and hid behind her father.

"We meet again, Daughter of the Void!" Malzahar sneered endlessly.

"Also." His strange purple eyes swept across the crowd coldly, and finally fixed on Li Wei and the blue bird Janna on his shoulder: "The goddess of the wind leader."

"Oops!" Li Wei's heart sank.

He wasn't afraid because of Malzahar's appearance.If it's just Malzahar, he and Nasus can handle it.

But that fish
Is that an ordinary void creature?
Li Wei suddenly had an extremely bad premonition in his heart, and then, just as he worried.
The void flying fish that covered the entire sky like a Kunpeng quickly transformed into a tall and slender human figure in a lavender halo.

"Bervis!" Li Wei's hair stood on end, "It's Birvis!"

Void Empress Bilves actually made a move in person!

With Janna's current strength, can she deal with this ultimate void creature?
Even with Nasus, is that enough?
"." The rare nervous look on the dog's head said it all.

The terrifying aura emanating from Belvis made Nasus also feel a great pressure.

"Run!" Li Wei immediately made a judgment.

Let's put aside the matter of resurrecting the Shurima Empire.If they didn't run away, they would probably be swallowed by the void.

So he rode the storm, protected Sivir, Keisha and the others, and planned to run away.

But at this moment.
"Wait!" Nasus stopped him, "The other party came prepared, we may not be able to escape."

"Then what should we do?" Li Wei still wanted to run.

Running is better than not running, hope is greater.

Now that Tam is on strike passively, skipping work without bringing his "cell phone" and not replying to messages, he dare not stay here and take risks.

It doesn't matter if he's dead, Janna can't be here.

If Janna dies, the leader will be severely wounded.

Although people's beliefs will condense a new "Goddess Janna" sooner or later, but the ups and downs in this process, I don't know how much pain and chaos it will bring to Runeterra.

"I have a solution!" Nasus said. "Someone can help us."

"Who?" Li Wei was slightly taken aback.

Azir?Even if this guy is resurrected, he is still a half-dead Zhanwu scum.It would be nice if he wasn't swallowed by the void. Er.
"Wait." Levi knew who Nasus was talking about.

The void is the enemy of life.In front of Void, any non-Void creature can be his friend.So.
He yelled at Sivir, "Put your Chalikar on the door—"

"Open the door, let Xerath go!"

(End of this chapter)