he came from the void

She is no longer what she used to be. Not only can she manipulate rocks skillfully, but she can also teach this ability to others.Several teenagers in the weaver tribe learned rock weaving from her. Although they could only use a little manipulation to knock out the stones, this was already a great gift to ordinary weavers like them who had never been exposed to magic in their entire lives.

"No, there are void creatures under the valley in my hometown. They are active underground and seriously threaten people's safety. So I want you to go back with us and destroy all the underground passages, so that the void threat away from that valley."

Kasha Dekahn answered the question, this matter was discussed earlier in the morning.

"Then I have to go talk to my father." Taliyah glanced at her clansmen from afar and said to them.

After Karn nodded, Taliyah trotted all the way to the crowd at the foot of the city wall.

Taking advantage of Taliyah's return to find someone, Kaisha asked Kahn to interpret the dreams she just mentioned and the identity of the Frost Witch.

Kahn, who was holding water in his hand, froze for a moment, glanced left and right, still felt that the fountain that people passed by from time to time was not safe, so he dragged Kaisha into an empty alley.

"Why did you make it so mysterious?" Kai'Sa pursed her lips, not quite understanding.

"The next thing I want to talk about is a forbidden legend, you are not allowed to tell others. If this forbidden legend is spread on the ice field, it is tantamount to desecrating the true faith with heresy, and anyone who speaks out will be punished by death. "

"Okay, tell me." Seeing Kahn's solemn expression, Kaisha swallowed nervously, frowned and listened carefully.

"Malzahar is not the first person to be connected with the void, nor will he be the last. Long before the powerful Shurima dynasty was born in this desert, on the ice sheet in the extreme north of Valoran, there was Some people began to use the power of the void to decide the outcome of the war."

"In that long-forgotten era, the entities of ancient magic once roamed freely in Runeterra. The boundaries of the world were not as clear as they are now. The boundaries between the domains and the things in the opponent's territory were the objects of fierce competition."

"The legendary three sisters of Ice were born in this turbulent era. In order to control the power in the war, they all paid a heavy price."

"Serilda tried to wield the power of the heavens, but lost her voice to the first twilight. Avarosa faced the twisted darkness beneath the world, deprived of hearing, and the nothingness that waited in it yearned for Devouring all creation. Lissandra stood against the savage magic of the mortal world itself. To punish her for her contempt, a primordial god slashed her eyes with claws, robbing her of sight."

"They were facing the Twilight God of the Star Realm, the Endless Hunger of the Void, and the Ancient God Volibear of the mortal world. It must be said that it was precisely because these three sisters dared to use their mortal bodies to face the extremely powerful Three kinds of power, so they can be regarded as legends."

"Has the void already invaded in that era? Just those monsters that Avarosa fought against." Kai'Sa keenly sensed the key.

"The void has always existed, but at that time they hadn't crossed the border and came to our world." After Kahn explained, he continued after a break.

"The courage of mankind is to never give up. After being defeated, the three sisters united and prepared to end the endless war and lead the Freljord towards unity. During this period, Lissandra chose to Walking in a dream, only to find that only you can see the darkness below and what it really is."

"Lissandra saw great potential in infinite death, and made a deal with the Watchers - they were given immortal power by the Watchers, and became iceborn who could withstand the coldest frost , and what they need to do is to let Runeterra welcome the arrival of the void."

"Relying on this power, the three sisters were invincible and soon completed their unification. As promised, Lissandra led the joint army led by them to welcome the watcher under the high wall of the fortress, and offered three The loyalty of the sisters. But the other two would not give in, Avarosa insisted that there is only one thing worse than death, and that is enslavement. Even Serilda was furious, thinking that the world they had fought so hard Didn't deserve it."

"Lissandra reminded her sisters that all these great feats were due to the terms she negotiated with the masters of the other world below. At that time, at the height of this confrontation full of pain and hatred, The Watchers have finally arrived in Runeterra."

"When Lissandra saw the Watcher's human form, she immediately realized that she was simply seeking skin from a tiger. This time she finally knew what to do. She summoned every ounce of ancient magic around her, including The strength of her allies. She sacrificed all she had, sealing the rifts between realms with True Ice and burying the Watchers. Great clouds of ice mist howled through the chasms, and all who escaped alive The mortal warriors who came out were all driven mad by what they saw."

"But the Watchers didn't die, the frozen monsters just fell into a deep sleep. They gradually polluted the True Ice around them, turning it into a darker Dark Ice. Lissandra could only find a way to maintain their dreams, Each dream surrendered to their promised eternity, which has continued until now."

"After the Great War, Lissandra and her first batch of Iceguard tribes used all their strength to rewrite history and hide the truth of the void invasion. That history is a shady scene that she tried her best to hide, a reverse scale that no one can touch. That's why there is such a situation where I want Taliyah to help her, but I don't want to tell Taliyah clearly what the enemy is, so I keep hinting in the way of dreams."

"So that's how it is..." Kai'Sa was thoughtful, trying to digest the huge amount of information.

"I don't quite understand how terrifying the watchers are, so that Lissandra will sacrifice everything to stop their invasion."

"Because they have no chance of winning at all once they engage in battle." Kahn said: "If you can't imagine what the Overseer looks like, just think about the Vel'Koz we have encountered before. It is the shape created by the Overseers The closest existence to oneself. And the watcher of the void, whose strength is close to that of a real god, is not comparable to the artificial demigods of Shurima."

Chapter 6: Leaving the capital

Words became feeble at this moment. Although Kahn had tried his best to describe it, Kai'Sa's cognition of the monitor was still very vague.

Fortunately, Kai'Sa understands Kahn enough, and she probably understands what Kahn wants to express - if the Watcher comes to Runeterra, then the world will be destroyed.

"Aren't you afraid of such a powerful enemy?" Kai'Sa asked him.

"What's the use of being afraid? Abandon fear. This is the enemy we have to face all the time. We should try to study it. If we know how to deal with the watchers, then the threat of the void will be useless."

Kahn put freshly washed clean hands on Kaisha's face, and gently rubbed her eyelids and long black eyelashes with her thumbs. She closed one eye and tilted her face like his palm.

It was a quiet moment, but also fragile.Just by looking at each other, any fear disappeared.

Lissandra's affairs came to an end, and Kahn and Kai'Sa returned to the city wall to look for Taliyah. At this time, the storm had passed, the golden moat was removed, and the sky seemed to be clearer than before.

The sky is clear, the sun disk is bathed in sunlight, exuding divine brilliance, and invisible invisible energy is surging like waves.

This golden city was just a little angry, but Kahn was already preparing to leave here.After finishing the last thing, he will go from the hot desert to the cold ice field, from the desert full of sand to the polar region full of ice and snow.

"Little master, when are we leaving? Father has already agreed for me to go with you." Taliyah saw the two approaching, and waved and called from a distance.

Kahn looked up at the sky, and said without thinking: "The sun is just right now."

"Wait for me then, I have to say goodbye to everyone in the tribe," Taliyah said.

"Go ahead." Kahn said with a smile.

There are hundreds of Taliyah's clansmen, and it takes half a day to simply say goodbye one by one.Taking advantage of this moment, Kahn simply went to the big library and bid farewell to Nasus.

At this time, no one has set foot in the library, and it is still a secluded place.Kahn found Nasus with a prominent figure in an inconspicuous corner, and he was flipping through some ancient books.

"Your Majesty, what are you looking at?" Kahn leaned over and greeted him casually, which was basically a fixed sentence pattern for him to chat with Nasus.

"I have spent hundreds of years studying what happened to my immortal brothers and sisters, and why their temperaments changed drastically after the Void War. I have to go through these things again."

Beside Nasus was a stack of yellowed scrolls, the handwriting on them was blurred, and it looked like it took a lot of effort.If he is free one day, or at the end of his life, he will re-transcribe these ancient books so that they can be preserved for a longer period of time.

"The Grand Maester wants those fallen Ascendants to find themselves?"

"I do have this idea." Nasus didn't hide it. Now there are only a few god warriors in the Dawn Oasis, the number is too limited, and many things have to be done by the Ascendant. The two brothers really have no skills.

He is now trying every means to increase the number of Ascenders, and recalling the Darkborn is one of them.

Azir's ascension proved that the method of ascension through the solar disk is available, but there are too many conditions that are lacking in performing the ascension ceremony, and the most important thing is that there is not even a suitable candidate.And whether the ascension can be successful depends on whether the sun disc recognizes it or not. Generally speaking, people with high morals and high prestige are more likely to succeed.

You mean Sivir?That guy wasn't the right fit, not to mention loyal to Shurima, and the only Sunblood left.Azir had to ensure the continuation of the blood in Sivir before he could think about other things.

Therefore, Nasus can only start with the existing Ascendants. As long as those fallen Darkborn can solve their problems, they can still get the protection of the Eagle King.

"Is there any literature on the void here?"

Kahn didn't comment on Nasus's thoughts, but when he mentioned the Darkin, he would inevitably think of the void, so he wanted to see what the Shurima people did, paid, and absorbed in order to win the war Lessons may provide him with some ideas.

Kahn's question made Nasus put down what he was doing. The Void and the Darkin are related. It is the power of the Void that changes the Ascendant's temperament. This should be included in his research scope.

He selectively took several manuscripts and scrolls from the bookshelf next to him, and handed them to Kahn.At the same time, he pondered: "Most of the documents about the void are records of the great war. Our research on the void is still at a very superficial level. In this regard, the mages of Icacia may have studied it more thoroughly than us, but perhaps Precisely because of this, they will kill themselves."

These ancient books are quite heavy in the hands, but the meaning behind them will only be heavier. It is the experience witnessed or summed up by hundreds of ascenders and countless soldiers with their lives, all of which are in the hands of Kahn .

He lowered his eyelids and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, we are here to say goodbye to you."

"Well, you can take these books out." Nasus did not show any reluctance or sadness, and his long and narrow face always looked calm.

"The threat of the void still exists elsewhere, even greater than the threat of Icacia back then. If I can achieve any research results during this trip, I will definitely come back and let you know."

After speaking, Kahn took Kai'Sa and left the library.Nasus watched their backs disappear from sight, and a deep voice sounded from the silent library, as if coming from a deep well.

"Child of Shurima, the sun is with you, may you return safely."

……

"Is everything ready?"

Outside the city gate, Karn said to Taliyah.Behind her, her people gathered to watch her leave their side once again.

"OK OK."

Taliyah stretched out her short jacket, and on her shoulders the shoulder bag carefully woven by her mother was stuffed with food, including bacon, oatmeal, bread and cheese, plus two leather bags of sweet water from the source of the mother of life.This amount has far exceeded her own needs, and she has prepared the excess for Kahn and Kai'Sa. Taliyah is always considerate of others.

Kahn looked Taliyah from top to bottom, patted the hump of the camel below him and asked, "Where's your camel?"

"No, I have this!" Taliyah smiled and kicked on the sand, and a flat rock slab suddenly protruded from under the sand, lifting her into the air half a meter above the ground.

"Then it's up to you." Kahn scratched his hairline, pulled the rein and slowly moved away from the Dawn Oasis.

Chapter 6 and Two

All the way east along the mother of life, the three returned to the valley where Kassadin was.Kassadin warmly entertained them, so there was one less sheep in the sheepfold, and the number was already in jeopardy.

At the dinner table, although Kassadin had already met Taliyah, Kahn introduced her grandly.

"Father-in-law, this is the craftsman I found for you. Taliyah, who has returned from her studies, will definitely help you solve your safety problems."

"What's the matter..." Taliyah quickly declined with a smile, so shy that she almost buried her face under the table.

She noticed that many of the furniture in this hut were directly made of rocks, and the four walls were also dug out directly from the mountain. As long as she pressed her hands on the table, she could feel the various hidden dangers here.

Leaving aside the underground tunnel below the valley, which is as hollow and poisonous as bone marrow, this room alone is not very safe.

"This room may need some support." Taliyah pointed to the place above their heads. The ceiling was cut very flat, which is not conducive to the transmission of pressure to the walls on all sides. The ceiling will directly bear the weight of the entire mountain, so it is necessary to Some load-bearing columns.

"Like those mines? Lots of frames stuffed in there," Kassadin said.

"That's right." Taliyah had never seen a mine, but it was almost the same.

"You said you weren't, didn't this already start?" Kahn teased with a smile, and Taliyah shyly shrank her neck.

"Then you can solve it by the way, and show us your hands." Kai'Sa also booed.

Under everyone's expectant eyes, Taliyah stood up with a nervous expression.She closed her eyes, pressed her hands on the rock table, felt the pulsation of the subterranean bedrock, and tried to imagine the scene of trees growing.

There was a violent vibration from the ground, and the rock under Taliyah's feet spun, like a spiral stone pillar reaching straight to the ceiling and merging with it.The lines on the connecting points twist and turn, like half of the oil paint mixed on the painter's palette, it is completely impossible to see that they belong to two stones, and they are perfectly blended together.

"These lines... are quite artistic." Kahn said with emotion.

"The textures of underground rocks are layered, just like the annual rings of trees, which record a lot of information, which I can feel." Taliyah said.

"Is there any hidden danger, let's solve it together."

"That wall is at risk of collapsing, let me reshape it."

"By the way, it can be transformed into a showcase, where you can put pots and pans..."

Taliyah skillfully manipulated the rock as required, keeping busy.Until Kassadin couldn't stand it any longer, she persuaded her to sit down for fear of getting tired.

"Son, don't be so busy, sit down and eat first, the meat will not taste good if it is too old."

"This kind of thing needs to be done in one go, just save some for me." Taliyah patted the table with great enthusiasm.

"Taliyah, have you been drinking? There's no improvisation here."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was happy, and the hut was filled with a happy atmosphere.

……

That night, Kahn and Kassadin sat in the living room to eat the last bit of lamb bone marrow roasted until it ran out of oil and continued to chat and drink, while Kasha had already brought the drunk Taliyah back to the room to sleep.

"Father-in-law, I have something nice for you. You have seen a lot, come and guess what it is." Kahn wiped his hands full of oil, and took out a glass bottle from the package, pretending to be mysterious in front of Kassadin.

"You don't need to bring any presents. It's the best gift if you come back to accompany me as an old man." Kassadin smiled and borrowed the bottle to look at it. The colorless liquid inside was exactly the same as ordinary water. I didn't see anything.

"I'm blind, so I can't see anything special about the water in this bottle. If you have something to say, just say it."

"This is the healing fountain I took from the Sun Temple in the Dawn Oasis. You don't know it. We resurrected Azir, and he emerged from the sand with the entire city."

"You guys are making such a big noise, now the whole of Shurima knows about it." Kassadin was amazed, that's why he didn't know about it because he didn't know about it.

"Let's not talk about him, let's talk about this spring water. The powerful life essence contained in it can heal any wound in a very short period of time, and it can also cure stubborn diseases in the human body."

After Kahn introduced the function of the Healing Spring, Kassadin's face immediately became solemn.This holy medicine for healing should be given to those who need it.He pushed the bottle back.

"You should need it more than I do. I don't need to fight when I stay here. I don't need this thing."

"Accept it. The reason we brought this thing back to you is to hope that you can take care of yourself when you are alone. If you don't take it, Kai'Sa will blame me."

Kahn sighed. After all, Kassadin was old, and his body had gone through years of hard work. He was once drunk and depressed, corroded by void energy radiation, and now he was working every day. He might have problems with his body at some point.

Those who have been affected by the void will not have a good death. The worries of the Kaenkasha couple are not groundless.This bottle of healing spring was used to ensure his survival.Kahn didn't want the Kassadins to leave when they came back.

And they have void skin armor and Z-type drive, not only can't die, but they can also heal from injuries, so naturally they don't need this spring water.

"Are you leaving again?" Kassadin was keenly aware of the elements in his words.

Kahn nodded: "Leave in two days."

"Okay, I'll take it, so you don't have to worry about it." Kassadin picked up the bottle, stared at it for a while and asked Kahn suddenly: "Can this thing make the vegetables I grow grow faster?"

Kahn froze for a moment, what was he trying to do?He immediately remembered that the vegetable garden cultivated by Kassadin had a poor harvest, which seemed to be the result of the underground activities of void creatures.

"It is theoretically possible. It contains a large amount of life essence, which can make any barren land grow vegetation. Even the land that has been eroded by the void and has been salinized can be refilled with the nutrients needed for crop growth."

"Okay, I'll use it to water the fields." Kassadin said with a smile, very honest and satisfied.

"Just take a little bit to dilute it. When I'm done with the matter, I'll ask Taliyah to bring the Mother of Life River water to the valley. At that time, the water my father-in-law drinks and the water for the vegetable garden can be taken from the river." Kahn felt that it was very painful to use it like this, but it was enough for his father-in-law to be willing.

"I have to give Taliyah a little bit, after all, this child has helped so much, she deserves to be rewarded."

"This……"

"It's mine if you give it to me, and I'll make the decision."