LOL: Summoner of Goddess Janna

The next day, early morning.

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

But instead of continuing north to return to Zaun, they headed west through the vast desert and arrived at the center of the desert.

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

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

So the desert turned into fertile farmland, and cities were built in the Gobi Desert. The empire prospered because of it, and life prospered because of it.

But all this came to an end 3,000 years ago.

The wizard Xerath designed to interrupt the ascension ceremony of Eagle King Azir. The uncontrollable release of star power instantly destroyed the shining capital and also destroyed the source of life of the empire, the sun disk.

Shurima, which was already severely weakened by the Void War, has since fallen apart.

The once prosperous capital of the empire was reduced to ruins, forever submerged in the endless yellow sand.

until today...

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

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

After 3,000 years of time, even the ruins of the city with only broken bricks and tiles were buried under the thick yellow sand.

The realm that once was full of vitality and everything was in full swing is still before our eyes at this moment.

But now, only the half-broken sun disk can still stand out from the yellow sand with its majestic body, telling future generations about the glory of Shurima.

"Levi, can you... really bring the Shurima Empire back to life?"

Even though Levi had already made a guarantee during the negotiation last night, at this moment, Nasus still felt dreamlike and unreal.

He has had this dream for 3,000 years, and now it is really going to come true?

"We are already here. Whether it is true or not, we will find out soon." Levi said with a smile.

As he spoke, he added: "I will help you rebuild the Shurima Empire, as long as you follow the agreement and convince Azir to cooperate with us to fight against the Void."

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

The restoration cooperation agreement reached with Li Wei always gave him the subtle illusion of surrendering to the enemy and serving as a puppet to lead the party.

But Nasus also knew that Levi was using a conspiracy, and he did not force him to do anything.

The Wind Leader needs a strategic buffer with Icathia, and the reborn Shurima Empire needs to face the threat of the void forces in the south. Cooperation between the two parties is mutually beneficial and win-win, and it is also a necessary measure to face the void invasion.

only...

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

Nasus could see that Levi was doing this not only to find allies to fight against the void, to rebuild the sun disk, restore the water conservancy network, and solve Shurima's future development problems;

He also wanted Azir to help integrate the chaotic and broken Shurima desert and re-establish order in this chaotic land.

The slave tribes are really too backward. Let's build some feudal tribes first and wait for the leaders to grow stronger before taking over the entire tribe.

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 with the transition.

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

"I'm just stating the facts." Levi replied calmly.

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

"Neither you nor your empire can resolve this conflict. Only we, the leaders, can resolve it."

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

Levi did not hide his intentions. And Nasus could see this clearly.

"Second, Mr. Nasus, I want you to understand one thing clearly:"

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

The Shurima Empire is powerful not because it is called an "empire", but because this empire has the Ascended 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 brother who is about to see the light of day again, this so-called Shurima Empire only has two Ascended Ones.

The reconstructed sun disk can theoretically produce Ascended Ones in batches;

But in reality, ascension is never easy.

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 very ill and was about to die. He accepted the ascension ceremony before his death with the mentality of "win the immortal life, lose the immortal board".

Therefore, the sun disk cannot actually create ascendants at will.

Otherwise, in the original world line, Azir would not still be huddled in the depths of the desert amusing himself 10 years after his resurrection, and even the Noxus colony on the north coast would be unable to recover.

"Can an empire with only two ascendants still be the empire it was back then?" Levi said heartbreaking words in a calm tone.

"Mr. Nasus, although it's a bit unpleasant to say this, I still want to advise you..."

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

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

"As long as he is willing to seek progress, change sides, shed his armor, and surrender with courtesy, he can still retain his position as leader of the Shurima Chapter of the Leader."

"..." 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 arrogant Ascended Ones to catch this "little girl" who doesn't know the heights of the world, hang her up and beat her.

But now...

"If you really have feelings for the empire, then we can also retain the honorary title of Shurima Royal Family."

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

"When the time comes, Sivir can be succeeded as emperor." He looked at Sivir who was following him and said: "She is not only the leader, but also the only surviving descendant of Azir, and the master chosen by Chalikar. Your The Son of Prophecy.”

"She can serve as both the Emperor of Shurima and the President of the Shurima Wind Leader Association."

"This..." Nasus really fell into thinking.

Although I don't want to admit it. But reason told him that Levi's proposal was the best option for the Shuriman people.

While he was pondering, the group of people had 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 identify every part of the city.

"The Emperor's Tomb is built under the Sun Disk. There is no way I can admit my mistake."

This is Shurima's greatest tomb, its crypts protected by impregnable walls.

3,000 years ago, he personally sealed his younger brother Renekton and the sinner Xerath who destroyed Shurima in this tomb of the emperor.

3000 years later, he returned here.

"Do you want to really 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 named him to come to the Tomb of the Emperors, he did not intend to actually open the tomb.

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

Azir isn't actually in it.

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

It's just that the Emperor's Tomb is right under the sun's disk, and Azir's "ashes" happened to be buried in this land.

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

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

so...

"If things turn out 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 resurrect Azir, there is no need to open the Tomb of the Emperor at all.

All you need to do is take Sivir to the door of the tomb and stand outside the seal to bleed.

Therefore, there is no need to release Xerath and Renekton who were sealed in the Tomb of the Emperor.

"But, do you really not want to open this seal?" Levi asked Nasus for his opinion for the last time.

Nasus's biological brother Renekton has been imprisoned there for 3,000 years.

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

"..." Nasus was silent for a while.

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

This sinner stole Azir's power of ascension. Therefore, Xerath, who transformed from a human into an undead wizard, could not be eradicated even by the combined efforts of him and Renekton.

If this evil careerist is allowed to see the light of day again, the new Shurima Empire may not be able to live in peace.

The biggest problem is not Xerath, but his brother Renekton.

Levi has already used his "prophetic power" to reveal Renekton's current situation to Nasus.

This once heroic warrior of the gods, the hero who took the initiative to sacrifice himself in order to seal Xerath, has been bewitched by Xerath's witchcraft and turned into a madman during these 3000 years of desperate life in darkness.

Renekton now hates Nasus extremely, and believes that Nasus was jealous of his military exploits and deliberately sealed him and Xerath underground together——

Although, it was clearly him who took the initiative to ask Nasus to seal him and Xerath together.

In short, Renekton has gone completely crazy.

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

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

The pain of sealing his brother with his own hands has been tormenting him for 3,000 years. Renekton's madness and depravity made him blame himself even more.

But he still did not forget his responsibility.

"There is still a need for that seal to continue to exist." Nasus said with determination: "When the situation in Shurima is completely stabilized, we will come to bring Renekton out."

"Okay." Levi nodded and waved his hand to summon a strong wind.

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

And this once magnificent mausoleum is now only a collapsed and dilapidated ruins.

"Death is coming!" Nasus stopped Levi's rough "demolition" excavation.

He turned into a giant tens of meters tall, then leaned down, like a child picking up his beloved toy, carefully picking up the collapsed walls and stone pillars, and then gently putting them aside.

Finally, the dilapidated emperor's tomb was cleared.

The gate of this magnificent tomb has reappeared in the world.

"This is it." Nasus looked at the seal he had set on the door: "The key to opening it is..."

He turned to look at Sivir and the Chalikar 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."

"Well..." Sivir nodded, but his movements were a little hesitant.

It's not that she's worried about disturbing her ancestors.

In her eyes, this kind of ancestor separated by 3,000 years is nothing more than an underground cash machine where you can go to the other person's tomb to borrow money at any time.

only...

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

This is still a small problem.

The big problem is that Levi's request to her is to stab herself so seriously that she can't move even if she lies down.

"This..." Levi was also a little helpless: "That's what the 'prophecy' I saw said."

Azir had already been blown to pieces when the sun disk exploded.

Now he is just a ball of "living" ashes buried in the ground. Only relying on the power of his half-assed ascension, he could barely sleep in this "ashes" form.

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

It was he who used his last bit of divine power to heal Sivir and leave the chance of survival to his descendants. It was because of this "selfless act" that he moved God, completed the unfinished ascension ceremony, and obtained the sun. An infusion of immortal radiance.

Although Li Wei doesn't know who this "God" is, whether it is the Star Casting Dragon King who is watching all this in the universe...

But since the story of the original world line developed like this, he could only imitate the cat and let Sivir act according to the script.

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

Then what's the point of Li Wei simply resurrecting such a defective 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 all hide and pretend they are not there.

Then he asked Sivir to stab himself seriously and lie on the ground, waiting for Azir to save him.

This plan is obviously risky. Sivir needs to actually go through hell to restore the story to its "original state."

"But don't worry, Comrade Sivir." Levi said: "We will always be observing secretly. If you really are in trouble, then I will definitely come out to help."

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

"Well..." Sivir thought seriously again.

In fact, this request is acceptable to her.

After all, she has experienced countless life-threatening crises in the past few years as a mercenary.

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

She's not afraid of pain, but...

"More money, definitely more money." Levi predicted her thoughts.

Moreover, considering Sivir’s efforts and contributions, she deserves this reward.

"Okay." Sivir finally made up his mind.

Even if you don't consider 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 it slowly towards the exposed flat belly without changing his expression.

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

The tip of Sivir's knife had penetrated just a shallow inch at this time. Blood gushes out from her open wound and slowly drips along the blade into the ground.

And just then...

"Boom--" A roar of sound caused by the high-speed flight of a giant object suddenly came from the sky.

"What?" Levi and others looked up in shock.

Accompanied by the tsunami-like sound, a giant flying fish with a strange purple light all over its body roared 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 this abandoned ancient capital.

A familiar figure slowly emerged from the purple halo inside this giant void beast.

"Malzahar?" Everyone's expressions changed.

Little Keisha, who followed Levi for safety, was so horrified by this scene that she hid behind her father.

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

"And..." His eyes with strange purple light swept across everyone coldly, and finally settled on Levi and the blue bird Janna on his shoulders: "The goddess of the leader of the wind."

"Oops!" Levi's heart sank.

It wasn't that he was afraid of Malzahar's appearance. If it was just Malzahar, he and Nasus could handle it.

But, that fish...

Is that an ordinary void creature?

Levi suddenly had a very bad premonition in his heart, and then, just as he feared...

The flying fish in the void that covered the entire sky like a Kunpeng quickly transformed into a tall and slender human form in a pale purple halo.

"Belvis!" Levi's hair stood on end: "It's Belves!"

The Queen of the Void, Belvis, actually took action herself!

With Janna's current strength, can she deal with this ultimate void creature?

Even if we add Nasus, is it enough?

"..." The rare nervous look on the dog's head said it all.

The terrifying aura exuded from Belvis made Nasus feel a huge pressure.

"Run!" Levi made a judgment immediately.

Let’s put aside the matter of resurrecting the Shurima Empire for now. If they don't run away, they will probably be swallowed by the void.

So he controlled the storm, protected Sivir, Kesha and others, and planned to run away.

But at this moment...

"Wait!" Nasus stopped him: "The other party is prepared. We may not be able to escape."

"What should we do?" Levi still wanted to run.

It is better to run away than not to run, and the hope is greater.

Now that Tam is on strike passively, skipping work without bringing his "mobile phone" and not responding to messages, he doesn't dare to stay here and take risks.

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

If Janna died, Windleader would be severely damaged.

Although people's faith will condense into a new "Goddess Janna" sooner or later, the twists and turns in this process will bring much pain and chaos to Runeland.

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

"Who?" Li Wei was slightly stunned.

Azir? Even if this guy is resurrected, he is still a half-dead scumbag. It would be nice if he could not be swallowed by the void... um...

"Wait." Levi knew who Nasus was talking about.

Emptiness is the enemy of life. In front of the void, any non-void creature can be his friend. So...

He shouted to Sivir: "Put your Chalikar on the door—"

"Open the door and release Xerath!"