Chapter 473 Dark Descendants

The return of Aatrox to the Shurima Empire went smoothly, even beyond Li Lin's expectations.

With Zoe's help, the legendary general of the Ascension Corps regained the body of a god before being twisted and reshaped by blood magic.

Even if the soul is contaminated, having the light of the sun disk can greatly delay the spread of void corruption.

As long as Azir lives, and at least for a long time to come, Aatrox will serve Shurima.

With the third relatively normal Ascended One, the Shurima Empire rose faster than in the original timeline.

Because Aatrox was still a sinner, Azir did not arrange a welcome ceremony for his return.

For the rest of the day, the God-Emperor summoned his Golden Light Ambassador, Resurrection Ambassador and a group of trusted ministers to hold a meeting in the imperial palace.

Li Lin, Zoe, Nasus, Aatrox, and even Sivir all participated.

The threat of Belvis is approaching, and with only half a year to prepare, it seems that only Aatrox has returned to Shurima.

However, Li Lin said that these are not problems. As long as Shurima is willing to provide a list of those who have ascended, he can find them through Miniature Runeterra, if they have broken away from the seal at least once.

Otherwise, with the sealing strength of the astral magic used by the previous Maisha, Miniature Rune Land would not be able to lock their living weapons by name.

This is clearly mentioned by Zhi Nao, and can only determine the place where they were last seen.

Searching for dark descendants is relatively difficult, and what Li Lin knows so far is that Varus may have broken free of the seal.

The Noai War has only ended for more than a year. Kayn, who was once sent to the battlefield by Noxus as a scout and was defeated and adopted by Zed, the Lord of Shadowstream, is now still a young man learning shadow magic and has not been exposed to Laas. special.

What's more, there are no rumors of the Darkin scythe being unearthed in Noxus yet, so Raast is likely to be sealed somewhere, not to mention other Darkin.

Afterwards, Aatrox was appointed by Azir as the general to find darkin weapons. With the help of Li Lin, he would try his best to find his former compatriots and persuade them to return to Azir's rule.

If some darkspawn cannot restrain their despicable hearts and betray the empire and refuse to return like Nezuk once did, then let them embrace annihilation completely.

Shurima does not need disloyal subordinates, and Li Lin will not tolerate some darkin stabbing him in the back when everyone faces the void in the future.

Horok's death by being stabbed in the back by Nezuk is a typical example.

On the eve of facing Belvis, Azir gave Nasus a mission:

He was required to take at least three months to seize the three ports of Uzeris, Tellishni and Bergun in the northern part of Shurima that were occupied by Noxus.

After the meeting, the sun had set, and everyone was performing their duties step by step, fulfilling the orders given to them by the God-Emperor.

Ascended people don't need to rest, and Li Lin doesn't need to either, so not long after the meeting was dismissed, he and Zoe looked for Nasus, then went up to the Shurima city wall, and stood on a high place to look at the sunset on the horizon Aatrox .

Zoe doesn't like the desert, nor does she like Shurima very much. The reason why she still stays here is purely because of Li Lin.

When Li Lin climbed up the city wall from the steps step by step, she just chewed bubble gum and floated in the air boredly, her body swaying to the brisk melody of humming, immersed in her own world of "self-entertainment".

When he saw Aatrox's broad back of more than three meters, Li Lin silently walked a few steps away from him, looking past his body and looking at the orange-red sunset in the distance that was about to merge under the yellow sand.

Most of the red light has receded and returned to gray-white. The giant sword is embedded in the special sword-holding bulge of the armor on his back, but it is still clearly different from his noble and holy body.

Aatrox had already heard the footsteps, but did not look back.

After being silent for a long time, he sighed heavily, "I have touched the stars and witnessed the light of thousands of suns. We have sworn to protect this world to the death, but it was us who pushed her into the abyss with our own hands."

Aatrox turned around, the golden light appeared in his eyes, and the look of despair on his face was completely revealed. From time to time, he also revealed a kind of violence and bloodthirsty, but he was quickly suppressed again.

"Sorry, I haven't been so sentimental before." He forced a smile.

Over the past thousands of years, he has long been accustomed to the freedom of being a dark descendant, and is accustomed to bathing in the blood that makes him happy physically and mentally. This habit deep in his bones cannot be changed in a short period of time.

This is the main reason why Azir is temporarily hesitant to allocate some golden warriors to Aatrox.

"I can understand." Li Lin looked directly into his eyes, "Some things are unavoidable, but at least we still have a chance to remedy it."

"Yeah...repair." Aatrox looked up at the sun's disk, which had dimmed its brilliance as night fell, "You are very strong, beyond my expectation, but I can also see it. , you are not proficient in martial arts."

"For me, martial arts is actually dispensable." Li Lin said.

"That's right, just with your mechanical armor, even now I may not be your opponent."

Li Lin shook his head slightly, not taking Aatrox's words completely out of self-effacement to heart.

At his peak, Aatrox's strength was highly praised by Azir and Nasus, and it was clearly recorded in "History of the Ascended Warriors" that no Ascended person disagreed with the general's power.

Just from the inexplicable sense of oppression after reshaping his body, Li Lin believed that even if he had reached the third stage of physical strengthening, there was a high probability that he would not be able to defeat Aatrox who did not use the form of the god with physical combat alone.

If Nasus faced him in his normal form, he would be defeated in just a few rounds...

"I came to see you for business." Li Lin got straight to the point.

"What you want to discuss is that the God Emperor gave me an order to find Darkin weapons?"

"That's right." Li Lin nodded.

"I have obtained the list of dark descendants from the Grand Master. Of course, they are all gods who survived the Void War.

"Including the Grand Maester and Renekton, there were a total of 78 survivors of the Void War at that time, but it is unknown whether they survived from the fall of Shurima to the Darkin War."

After Li Lin finished speaking, Aatrox was silent for a long time, seemingly thinking about something.

After a while, he pressed his forehead with his hand, gritted his teeth, and responded with a slight pain: "The void has had a great impact on me, and coupled with the torture after being sealed into the weapon, I remember many things. Not sure, but..."

He paused for a moment, "In my remaining impression, many compatriots were killed in the early stages of the Darkin War, all because of the traitor Nezuk!"

Especially when the name "Nezuk" was mentioned, Aatrox almost gritted his teeth and spat out every word.

Among the Ascended Ones, he has a very good relationship with Horok. A great hero who ended the Void War should end up on the battlefield, rather than die tragically at the hands of his own compatriots.

Aatrox clenched his fists, his muscles trembling, and took several deep breaths to suppress the anger and desire to kill in his heart.

"In general, at least I know that there were about 36 darkin who died in the darkin war...or was it 39? I can't remember clearly."

He shook his head, with a sense of loss in his tone, "Ta'anari wanted to call us back together to discuss the future of Shurima, but few darkspawn responded to his call.

"At least I know that those who didn't go include me, Varus, Laast, Horati, Tarusi..."

After saying more than a dozen names, the golden light in Aatrox's eyes beat rapidly, and the aura in his body shifted unsteadily, as if he was thinking of his enemy.

"Also, Zuolani."

In addition to Varus and Laast, he finally named a name that Li Lin was familiar with.

Zuolani was not the god Li Lin knew before traveling through time, but one she had accidentally read about in the history of Shurima.

She is an ascended person who uses the power of healing. She has a compassionate heart and is deeply loved by her followers and believers in her territory.

Zolan was once a city-state under the jurisdiction of Zolanni, not far from the port of Belvis, which is why Li Lin knew about this "faceless god".

Unexpectedly, Aatrox and Zolani had such a deep hatred.

Li Lin frowned secretly and originally wanted to ask about the relationship between the two of them, but when he saw the pained expression on the frowning god in front of him, he gave up the idea.

"Forget it, it's over."

Aatrox quickly calmed down his emotions, "Among the darkspawn, among our once crazy compatriots, Zolani is the one who cares most about mortals, even if she likes to control them with blood.

"We have led mortal armies into battle many times, but each time she used her special magic to save the day, but my man Talusi defeated her.

"After the Darkspawn Conference, I heard news from Naganeka that Ta'anari had betrayed them, except for Serbotaru and Varus's sister Varieva, including Ta'anari. The four dark descendants were all disintegrated by magic falling from the sky...

"It's the work of the Twilight Stars."

He couldn't help but turn his eyes to Zoe, who was blowing bubbles.

"Huh? Why are you looking at me? I didn't do it!"

She glared at Aatrox, causing him to look away slightly embarrassed.

"In short, there are not many dark descendants still alive in the world. Except for Naganeka, Rayast, Talusi and Horazi who may respond to my call, if they are still alive, other dark descendants may not Will return to imperial rule."

Aatrox lowered his head and looked directly at Li Lin, "The void is approaching. The top priority now should be to issue an ascension edict, find warriors who are qualified for ascension in the areas under the jurisdiction of the empire, and re-establish the ascension regiment."

Li Lin glanced at Zoe beside him, with a hint of helplessness in his heart.

It doesn't take much power from the Star-Forging Dragon King to help the sealed dark descendants lift the seal and rebuild the body of a god. After all, they themselves have already ascended.

But if we were to find new Ascended Ones, it would require a lot more power. Zoe had made this clear, so she did not re-teach the lost ascension rituals of Azir and Nasus Empire.

At the meeting, Azir had already explained the situation to Aatrox. The Ascended One extracted the power of the Star-Forging Dragon King, a creator.

But he still made such a proposal, which is enough to show that the main problem Runeland needs to deal with now is the void problem.

After all, Aatrox had gone deep into Icathia to participate in the void war and knew the horrors of the void.

"I know you are in trouble, but I hope you can think about it carefully and discuss it with... er, Miss Zoe." Aatrox said, "At least we will face your so-called Queen of the Void in half a year. There must be 10 capable god warriors.”

Ten god warriors...

"I understand." Li Lin took a deep breath, "But now, let's look for the dark descendants first."

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There is an error in Chapter 142: Naganeka is not a snake-headed darkin, but resembles a lizard. Varus's snake-headed sister may be Varieva who appeared in the official background, because her brother is absent from the darkin. Conference, and made the organizer Ta'anari feel lucky, focusing on describing his eyes, and saying that he and his sisters were still obsessed with revenge on those who spread rumors, which was in line with Varus's setting, but it was not implemented.