Legends of Runeterra

After the Darkin, who had not seen each other for thousands of years, got familiar with each other, they all looked at Aatrox, who was watching everyone quietly like Varus.

The Darkin were silent for a moment, and then Stellatu took the initiative to step forward.

"General, now that everyone is gathered, what are your plans?"

"Haha! You felt it too, right? The Darkin who caused that wave of movement in Shurima."

"That guy is definitely Zolani!"

Tarosh revealed the identity of the Darkin with great confidence, and Aatrox nodded slightly at this.

"Yes, it's Him. The identity of 'the founder of blood magic' cannot be ignored. No one knows what results Zolani has achieved in the past thousands of years.

Therefore, before we burn this world to ashes, we must completely eliminate Zolani!"

"General, you're absolutely right. Zolani must be eliminated. Otherwise, while we're fighting the enemy, this guy will likely reap the benefits!"

"That's right. He used to use 'blood magic' to plunder the power of other Darkin. Now that we've discovered him, we absolutely cannot let him live!"

"agree!"

"I agree!"

Without any objection, the Darkin quickly reached a consensus on whether Zolani existed or not, that is, this 'founder of blood magic' must not survive!

In this regard, Varus, who was purely regarded as a "weapon" during the Darkin War, had no connection with Zolani at all, so naturally he had no reason to object at this moment.

"Well, that's great, but before that, you must recover your former strength as much as possible!"

"Uh... General, even if we hunt deep-sea beasts, there won't be enough time to kill them, and it won't be enough to satisfy the needs of us all. I'm afraid this will delay..."

"Yes, General, I also sense the Shurima sun circle..."

"Alright! Ibarros, there's no need to mention this matter!"

When Ibalos was about to say the name of that thing, Stellato on the side interrupted him without hesitation.

Although his strength is only average among all the Darkin, due to the hidden admiration in his heart, Stellato can be regarded as the Darkin who knows Aatrox best.

The sun disc, or the extremely glorious "Ascended" posture, is an eternal pain that can never be erased for Aatrox and even all the Darkin.

Just like the other Darkin also clearly felt the fluctuations of the power of the Sun Disc, but they had no intention of mentioning this thing at all, only Ibaros, the "fool", would mention it at this moment.

Even if they didn't listen to what he said, the Darkin knew that he was trying to seize the power of the sun disc.

But as early as the end of the Battle of Icathia and the beginning of the "Void Erosion", the "Ascendants" who had not yet fallen into the Darkin had already tried the "Power of the Sun Disc" that was supreme in their hearts.

However, the result was that not only could it not eliminate this "corrosive pollution" for them, but it also did not allow any alien energy. The extremely overbearing "Power of the Sun Disc" directly dissolved the first few "Ascendants" who tried to solve the pollution.

Of course, this is because they recklessly introduced massive amounts of 'solar disc power' into their bodies.

But if there are not so many, the 'power of the sun disc' injected into the bodies of the 'ascenders' may even further stimulate and promote the erosion of the 'void'.

Therefore, after even the 'Power of the Sun Disc' was unable to resolve the issue, most of the Darkin chose to remain sealed in their own temples, delaying the erosion of the 'Void' as much as possible, while hoping that later generations would be able to develop a solution.

But the ending is predictable. The "Ascendants" who sealed themselves for the stability of the empire did not wait for the hope of recovery. Instead, the capital of the Shurima Empire was directly destroyed by the exploding sun disk.

The Shurima Empire fell, the Sun Disc was destroyed, and the erosion it suffered became more and more serious over time.

As a result, some of the "Ascendants" lost their minds and started a final "carnival".

War, killing, destruction, after one horrific massacre after another, the crazy and violent "Ascendants" were eventually dubbed the "Darkspawn".

The reason why Ibaros mentioned the 'Sun Disc' was actually because he wanted to seize an appropriate amount of 'Power of the Sun Disc' to quickly restore his own strength.

"But Stellatu, that power can indeed allow us to recover at the fastest speed, right?"

"Sister Stellato is right, Ibaros. If we want to seize that power, we must deal with the last emperor. However, with the disc behind him and an endless supply of power, we cannot defeat him quickly!

Moreover, even if we defeat him, how can you force him to mobilize the appropriate power for us?"

"..."

Ibalos opened his mouth, trying to refute something, but Anaca, the usually calm and silent Darkin Warspear, either kept silent or spoke without any rebuttal.

"Okay, I get it. I was a little reckless."

The discussion among the Darkin ended temporarily, and they once again focused their attention on Aatrox.

Seeing this, Aatrox did not keep it a secret.

"Everyone, although I can no longer easily access the 'Power of the Sun Disc', there is an equally powerful force that we can use at will, and even eager to seize it!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, the Darkin fell into a brief silence.

After a while, Stellatu finally spoke tentatively.

"General...you...you mean...'the void'!?"

"That's right!"

Aatrox nodded slightly, then opened his arms, and the broad wings behind him slowly spread out.

“Crash~!”

With Aatrox's seemingly effortless movements, the sea water stirred up undercurrents under the heavy pressure that could easily tear through steel.

“Boom boom! Boom boom!”

A heartbeat like thunder rolled and surged in the dark clouds, and the heartbeats of the Darkin, which originally had their own rhythms, gradually resonated and overlapped with this heartbeat.

A pressure heavier than the pressure of billions of tons of sea water spread outward from Aatrox.

“Crack! Crack! Crack!”

The bodies of the Darkin wailed under this oppression, and all the Darkin lowered their heads involuntarily.

Finally, the pressure stopped increasing.

"Everyone, how are you?"

"..."

"General... can we... truly withstand this power without losing our minds?"

Tarosh asked out his concerns, and the Darkin also tried to raise their heads and stare at Aatrox quietly.

"Haha! Of course, if the 'Void' can go there, we can go there too!"

Aatrox said, extending his palm towards Tarosh.

"Om~!"

Brilliant and brilliant purple energy rose up.

"Come, accept this power, and then, follow me to burn this world to ashes!"