Legends of Runeterra

"Boom~!"

Arcane lightning surged in all directions, and when it reappeared, the figure was not harmed at all.

"It's you! Nayafili, you idiot..."

"The ally you found is indeed of some level, but unfortunately, your bargaining chip is too weak. Now she is my ally."

Li En shook his hand, which was slightly smoking after enduring the arcane lightning attack, and looked at Xerath calmly.

"Humph! I knew those despicable Darkspawn were unreliable!"

"Haha~! Zerath, is it possible that in Nayafili's eyes, you are also an unreliable person?

After all, just like betrayal, there are only zero times and countless times. "

"Even if it was betrayal, it was Azir who first betrayed our oath!"

"I have already announced to the Empire the liberation of all slaves when I ascended..."

After recovering from his strength, Azir stood up straight, nodded slightly to Li En to express his gratitude, and then stared at Xerath with his pure golden eyes.

"What about before that? Did you reveal any information to me, even the slightest bit? You made me spend every day and night in torment and fear!"

"Zeras... I... I just wanted to give you a 'surprise'..."

"'Surprise'!? You call this a 'surprise'. Is it that you repeatedly rejected my requests to fulfill my promise, or that you roared at me to remember my identity, Azir, you call this a 'surprise'?"

"I..."

"That's enough! What do you think we are, aristocratic girls kept in captivity?

No matter you or I, we have already realized the cruelty of this world when we were young, but you fulfilled our promise in such a joking way! ?

Azir, are you still unwilling to tell the truth?"

"What do you know? I had just ascended the throne at that time, and nine out of ten ministers were dissatisfied with me, and one was thinking about how to make more profits!

If you ask me to fulfill my promise to abolish slavery in that situation, there will be rebellions everywhere the next moment, and you will die without a burial place. And I will be imprisoned by them forever until the "ascending bloodline" is continued, and I will be infected with some unknown incurable disease and die miserably!

Tell me, is this what you want!?"

"After that, I will work with you to gather the scattered power little by little, so that you can become the supreme existence in the secular world of the Shurima Empire, and even threaten the sun priests with their lives to force you to start the 'Ascension Ceremony'!

Didn't you have enough power to announce this at that time? Did you have to wait until the 'Ascension Ceremony' was officially carried out? "

"I..."

Azir was speechless for a moment, but the fact was as Xerath said, at that time his power almost reached the peak of the empire. Except for those ascended gods who had been cultivating for many years because of the "Battle of Icathia", he was the supreme existence in the Shurima Empire.

The mere abolition of slavery might cause some unrest, but it was by no means a difficult matter.

"You didn't do that, you only care about yourself!

When you ascend to heaven, announce the abolition of slavery in the empire. This will make the slaves, who make up the vast majority of the empire's population, grateful to you. Your rising reputation will be enough to make you far surpass all previous emperors.

Right? The merciful and great Emperor of Shurima, the Ascended God, the Eagle King Azir!!”

Faced with Xerath's gritted teeth questioning, Azir fell into silence.

Those sharp words revealed the corner of Azir's heart that he had been trying to hide, where the original sin called "vanity" was hidden.

"Oh! You have nothing to say?"

Xerath sneered, glanced at Azir indifferently, and then turned his gaze to Li En.

"Mr. Li En, Azir is ambitious and ungrateful. Your cooperation with him is like seeking the skin of a tiger. Sooner or later, you will be abandoned by him because of his momentary anger. It is better to..."

"Haha~! Okay, Zeratul, your words have no effect on me. Since I have already chosen my allies, I will not break the covenant before those things happen."

As Li En spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Azir beside him. Seeing this, the Eagle King nodded slightly and quickly suppressed the worry that had arisen in his heart due to Xerath's instigation.

"Also, if you hadn't been trying to open the passage and escape while you were persuading me, then your words would have a little credibility..."

"Boom~!"

Arcane lightning exploded suddenly. Without any hesitation, Xerath stirred up magic power to tear apart the space and was ready to escape the next moment.

"Buzz~~!!"

Shaped by golden and red flames, dragon claws with extremely clear scales suddenly appeared beside Zerath.

"Boom~!"

Pure arcane power surged out, but when it hit the golden-red dragon claw, it only slightly disturbed the aura on the surface of the scales.

"Leen!!"

Only then did Azir's warning exclamation sound.

"Don't worry, Zerath has been captured."

Li En waved his left hand lightly, and Zeratul, who was tightly grasped by the golden-red dragon claws, was pulled out of the chaotic space.

"It's over, Xerath."

"I am an ascender. You can never completely..."

"I thought you might recognize this one."

Li En said this and raised his right hand, revealing the simple ring under his sleeve.

"this..."

Azir's eyes narrowed when he saw this.

"Buzz~~!!"

A pure golden light lit up, and a gorgeous and elegant cross blade appeared in front of the two people.

"'Charikar'!! But you are Li En, how can you..."

Azir's right eye, revealed by his broken helmet, couldn't help but widen a little, and then he immediately turned to look at Li En, with a hint of weirdness that was difficult to conceal in his pure golden eyes.

"Li En, you too..."

"No! Don't let your imagination run wild. Anyway, my situation and Sivir's are completely different!"

Li En decisively stopped Azir's suspicion, but at the same time he couldn't help but mutter a few words in his heart.

"It seems that the reason for Sivir's divergent associations has been found. This is somewhat related to the inheritance of the 'Ascension Bloodline'."

"Ahem~! Sorry, I was just a little too surprised."

During the time when Li En was explaining, Azir had already used the secret method of detecting blood inheritance several times, and finally he was sure that Li En did not have a trace of "ascending bloodline".

The surprise that had just emerged in my heart suddenly subsided, and was replaced by an irreversible weakness.

If Li En really awakens the "Ascension Bloodline", it will greatly speed up and simplify the difficulty of reforging Shurima's glory, and even make Shurima's glory more dazzling than ever before.

Azir was lost, while Xerath was in deep despair.

As someone who was once second to none and had coveted the 'power of ascension' for a long time, how could he not know the significance of the weapon 'Charikar'?

That is an existence that even the supreme 'Ascended Gods' would be afraid of, and it can destroy their immortal bodies.