I told you to plant peas, and you summon Mordekaiser?

When Ryze first heard the name "World Rune," he was just a young magic apprentice.

His mentor was from Hylia and was a member of the Ancient Society.

This society bears a heavy and secretive mission—to collect and protect the most dangerous relics in Runeterra.

One day, Ryze overheard his mentor having a private conversation with another mage, where they mentioned something called "World Runes".

The mentor noticed Ryze's spying and immediately ended the conversation, his face darkening as he tightly gripped the arcane scroll he never parted with.

However, despite the society's best efforts to suppress information about this power, news about the World Runes still spread uncontrollably.

Although most people cannot imagine the pure power it contains, almost everyone regards it as the ultimate weapon of war.

Only Ryze's society understands.

Those are world runes.

That is the primordial power of creation and destruction.

Ryze and his mentor traveled between kingdoms and tribes, trying to quell the panic and urging everyone to stay away from the runes, but their efforts were ultimately no match for greed and ambition.

As time went on, their lobbying efforts became increasingly difficult.

Ryze also keenly noticed that a deep despair was gradually emerging in his mentor's eyes.

Ultimately, a catastrophe that would change the world erupted.

In Ryze's homeland, the conflict between two small nations intensifies, and the existence of the World Rune ignites the fuse of war.

On the eve of the battle, Ryze and his mentor fled the battlefield in panic, only to witness firsthand the true terror of runic power atop a hill.

The earth beneath their feet tore and collapsed, the bedrock buried deep underground twisting and hissing, as if desperate creatures were vomiting in agony.

The sky trembled, as if the world itself was wailing.

Ryze looked back at the battlefield, a scene beyond any human comprehension.

The battlefield has become a bottomless abyss. Towns, armies, people... everything has vanished without a trace, and the once distant ocean is now raging and swallowing the land.

Ryze knelt on the ground, staring blankly at the huge hole.

That was his former hometown, now only nothing remains.

The Rune Wars have begun.

Faced with the chaos sweeping through Runeterra, Ryze couldn't suppress his impulse and wanted to join the war to fight for the justice he believed in.

However, his tutor held his hand down and stopped his foolish act.

Their mission is not to fuel war, but to save the world.

They moved among various factions, trying their best to persuade the holders of the World Rune to exercise restraint.

Many people, persuaded by them, finally realized the world-ending disaster these runes could bring and were willing to give up the temptation of power.

However, no one was willing to be the first to hand over the rune.

Suspicion and greed escalated the war once again, and Ryze noticed a subtle change in his mentor's attitude.

His mentor grew increasingly distant, no longer keeping him close, and instead sending him on trivial and meaningless tasks that would take weeks or even months each time.

Ryze gradually realized that his mentor was plotting something nefarious.

Ultimately, he decided to confront his mentor directly.

To his horror, his mentor had already mastered two World Runes.

This monk, who once upheld peace, now has eyes full of bitterness and anger.

He insisted that the mortals of this world are like ignorant children, holding terrifying powers in their hands that they cannot comprehend.

Rather than continue playing the role of a lobbyist and wasting time, he decided to end this foolish war himself.

Ryze tried to calm his mentor down, but what he saw was no longer the compassionate teacher he once knew, but a man whose will had been corrupted by the power of runes.

He once tried at all costs to prevent the world's destruction, but now he wants to control the world's end.

Ryze made a decision.

The next moment, he exerted all his strength and unleashed all his arcane power.

His mentor didn't even have time to retaliate before being engulfed by the intense magic.

Moments later, the charred corpse fell to the ground. The once incredibly powerful mentor was now nothing more than a charred remains.

Ryze stood there, trembling, his eyes filled with fear.

He killed his only friend with his own hands.

Even his mentor couldn't resist the allure of the runes.

What about Ryze?

He questioned himself: could he really resist such a terrible force?

But he had no choice.

Having received the 'witchcraft' and 'determination' from his mentor, Ryze continued his journey.

The flames of war continued to burn, and great civilizations collapsed one after another. The war finally came to an end amidst ruins and bloodshed.

Ryze finally realized that he had inherited a terrible mission.

As long as the World Rune exists, the world will inevitably face destruction.

From that day on, he embarked on a journey destined to be lonely.

Of the five world runes, he has sealed 'Witchcraft' and 'Resolution'.

His magical power grew daily, and the arcane energy of the runes was also subtly altering his body.

Ryze's body was warped by the world runes, which distorted time, and he found himself with endless life.

He found the world rune, Precision, in Demacia, and sealed the other runes in the anti-magic stone beneath Demacia.

He found sideline runes in Ionia, Shurima, and Freljord.

Along the way, he also tried to take on a disciple, but his disciple could not resist the temptation of the runes and eventually lost himself, becoming a puppet of the rune flames.

In a rift beneath Runeterra, Ryze found the World Rune – Juggernaut.

There, he also encountered the most powerful void creatures deep within the earth—the Void Watchers.

That battle almost sent him halfway to hell.

During the Darkin War, he used the power of five minor runes to instantly kill Zorani, the leader of the Darkin War, ending the battle.

He had also heard that in the center of Runeterra there was a city-state where someone possessed the power of a small rune, but fortunately, it did not cause any disaster.

He possesses the four great world runes, but he continues to collect the scattered smaller runes.

Now, Bard, the singer who travels through different planes, has provided him with the whereabouts of a minor rune under the 'Enlightenment' rune tree.

Ryze readily agreed.

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