Chapter 145 The Legend of Darkin

Azir recreated the scene that happened that year and determined that the murderer who caused his failure to ascend was actually Xerath, whom he once trusted the most.

As the first ray of light in the morning shone on Azir's golden eagle armor, he quickly calmed his breath, and then jumped from the ascension platform.

The sweeping yellow sand supported his god's body and slowed down his fall.

More than ten seconds later, Azir landed gently in front of Li Lin, Kassadin and Sivir.

His eyes burning with golden magic flames first looked at Sivir, then briefly paused on Kassadin, and finally focused on Li Lin, who was their vague leader.

Li Lin's throat moved unconsciously and he swallowed.

Under the gaze of a celestial warrior who was comparable to a demigod, it would be a complete lie to say there was no pressure.

"A very exquisite armor that allows an ordinary person to exert extraordinary powers."

Azir's tone was slightly emotional, "You made these, right? You remind me of an Ixtal warrior who is also good at technology..."

Hearing what he said, Li Lin immediately thought of a name - Tyrant Nezuk.

He is the great elemental mage of Ixtal.

After obtaining the qualification to ascend and become an ascendant, Nezuk has done considerable research in the field of magical technology.

Among them, he was responsible for the design of many of the sophisticated and ingenious devices in the imperial tombs.

During the Void War, he developed a living giant stone that could accommodate tens of thousands of great mages and other celestial warriors from Ixtar, a giant war floating fortress - the Monolith.

It was comparable in size to a city. It floated slowly from Ixtal to Icathia, constantly raining down thunder and lightning like a punishment from heaven.

Under the leadership of Nezuk, Monolith fought against the void monsters of Icathia for several weeks. Countless elemental artillery blasted the mountains and leveled the surface several layers. The destructive witchcraft and elemental magic were enough to level the ground. A civilization turns a continent into a distant memory.

However, even so, they still failed to defeat the endless stream of void monsters.

Distortion and corruption have eroded the monolith. Even though it has the ability to repair itself and the blessing of infinite magic, it still cannot avoid the fate of destruction.

Except for Nezuk, all the other elemental mages, including the Celestial Warriors, were killed.

And he realized that the void could not be defeated, so he abandoned the creed of the Celestial Warriors and ran away to survive.

To put it simply, Ner'zuk is an Ascended One who betrayed the Shurima Empire...

Noticing Li Lin's slightly frightened expression, Azir laughed:

"It seems that you have also heard of that traitor. I don't mean anything else. I am just impressed that a mortal like you can master such exquisite skills."

As he spoke, his conversation suddenly changed: "But... I'm curious about where the celestial weapons in your hands come from."

Azir looked at the cross blade Charikal in Sivir's hand, and then glanced at the gauntlet on Kassadin's right hand that stored the Blade of the Underworld.

“Charikal, when the ancestor Setaka was killed in the battle with the void monsters, the Grand Master personally buried it and its owner in an unknown place.

"And the Nether Blade of Horok, the great warrior who ended the Void War. During my reign, he used this wrist blade to slay countless tricksters.

"I want to know why these two weapons are in your hands?"

There was a hint of questioning in Azir's tone.

Damn it, are you trying to take away my cross blade...

When Sivir saw this, he couldn't help but frown slightly and tightened his grip on Chalikar.

Kassadin lowered his head in fear and was about to explain when Li Lin spoke first:

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, you may have been asleep for too long and don't know much about what happened next..."

Li Lin bowed respectfully to Azir, his tone neither humble nor arrogant.

"Oh?" The flames in Azir's eyes jumped, "Then tell me why Sivir holds the Chalikal whose location only the Grand Maester knows, and why Horok gave his Blade of the Underworld to him. An ordinary human?"

The invisible pressure of the emperor and the gods on Azir made Li Lin breathless.

He took a deep breath and briefly told Azir what he knew but that was rarely recorded in the history of Runeterra.

After the fall of the Empire, most of the Celestial Warriors who survived the Void War but had been distorted and corrupted lost their command under the Emperor.

Although they are immortal, their souls are still mortal souls. In addition, being corrupted by the void, they will inevitably have humble and trivial ambitions.

Without the constraints of the Shurima Empire, these fallen Ascended Ones learned the forbidden dark magic over the long years, and considered themselves to be the orthodox successors of the Empire.

They attacked and killed each other, showing their brutal and bloody side after being corrupted by the void.

The world despises them as "dark descendants".

In ancient Shuriman terms, it is probably equivalent to a vague curse: the Fallen.

During the Darkin War, some Darkin were attacked to death, such as Horok who died at the hands of Nezuk.

Another group of dark descendants were provoked and plotted against by Maisha, a girl who had been given power by a twilight star spirit at a later dark descendant conference. They used Chalikar to eliminate most of the dark descendants present.

In the following time, Maisha taught humans how to use this weapon given to the first generation of Ascended by the Titan gods to kill Darkin.

And those dark descendants who were too powerful to be killed used it to seal it into their own weapons...

After listening to Li Lin's story, Azir fell into silence for a long time.

As a celestial warrior, his eyes blessed by astral magic can easily penetrate the souls of ordinary humans.

He could see that what Li Lin said was not a lie.

After the destruction of the Shurima Empire, those fallen Ascended ones did have a great impact on the world.

As for Kassadin and Sivir behind Li Lin, they were even more shocked by this legend that had never been recorded in the classics.

Especially for Kassadin.

Regarding the curses of the previous celestial warriors, astral magic, etc., Li Lin said that there were ancient books passed down in Pi City, and he could barely accept this statement.

However, it is basically impossible to have a complete record of this kind of dark descendant legend, but Li Lin understands the beginning and end of the dark descendant war so clearly.

And judging from Azir's performance, it seems that what he said is true and not just an oral legend heard from somewhere...

Kassadin felt a little confused, and his eyes changed when he looked at Li Lin.

How many secrets does this mysterious Ionian boy have yet to reveal?

Li Lin gave Azir a little time to think, and then continued: "It can only be regarded as a coincidence that Kassadin and Sivir obtained these two celestial weapons."

What he said was not a lie.

Because Sivir was entrusted to find Chalikar, he happened to find it very convenient and took advantage of it.

Kassadin was even more lucky. The original goal of the expedition he led was only treasure, and the "Blade of the Underworld" was just a gift and was sold to Zaun.

If he hadn't wanted to find a weapon to fight the void, the Blade of the Underworld would still be a collection of a certain alchemist baron...

Azir couldn't find anything wrong with Li Lin's words.

Then, he continued: "Furthermore, Sivir is your descendant. She can use the former emperor's Chalikal, which means that she is recognized by this weapon. As for Kassadin..."

Li Lin looked back at him and said, "His hometown was swallowed up by the void. He wanted to avenge his wife and daughter, and wanted to use it to fight against the void..."

Void...

As soon as he heard this word, the fire in Azir's eyes suddenly rose, "They are back again?!"

Kassadin couldn't help but interrupt, and said in a sad voice: "Yes, Your Majesty, a man named Malzahar, known as the 'Prophet', brought the void back to Shurima from Icathia.

"He tore open a rift in the void in my hometown, the Song Valley in the southeast of Shurima, and swallowed up everyone in my village. I want to use this god's weapon that once pierced the heart of the void to fight them and fight for me. family to take revenge."

"Fighting the void is the unshirkable obligation of every god warrior. There is no need..."

As soon as Azir finished speaking, he suddenly realized that there were almost no god warriors anymore. He couldn't help but sigh and changed his words:

"It's a good idea to fight the void with the weapons of the Celestial Warriors and avenge your family, but don't let hatred blind you.

"The Blade of the Underworld and the meager spiritual magic blessing on your armor are far from enough. You don't understand the horror of the void.

"Even the warriors of the gods cannot avoid being eroded by the void, but ordinary mortals like you will be swallowed up by it as long as you stare into the abyss of the void."

Kassadin let out a heavy breath and said, "Thank you for your concern, but I have made up my mind. I will fight the void until the end...and I still have this."

He took out a small box from his satchel that was engraved with subtle runes and sealed by magic.

Azir narrowed his eyes, and he could feel that the box contained something with a void atmosphere.

"This...where did you get it?!"

"It is the collection of an alchemist baron in Zaun, and it was stolen by me."

Kassadin took the box back.

“I heard that it was a fragment from the monolith during the Void War, although most of the monolith has been swallowed up by void erosion.

"But this stone is special. It maintains a special state with the void in it... holding it can avoid the fate of being eroded by the void."

"But you don't know the consequences it may bring." Azir said in a serious voice, "As long as you have contact with the void, you will eventually be unable to escape the fate of being swallowed by them."

"At that time, I will choose to understand my own life."

Azir stared silently into Kassadin's determined eyes for a long time.

"That's all... Now that Horok is dead, it would be better for his weapons to play their final role than to be in a dark tomb."

He shook his head and returned his gaze to Li Lin, "Now, let's talk about your problem."

A surprised expression appeared on Li Lin's face, "...Me?"