LOL: Summoner of Goddess Jana

Chapter 500 The Proud Little Princess
In the east of Shurima, south of Zaun and Piltover, there is a vast tropical rainforest.

This remote, remote and closed land, in the eyes of outsiders, is an undeveloped wild land.

Explorers of the Twin Cities and Noxus called it the Serpent River Rainforest.

But in fact, before the ancestors of the Twin Cities and the Noxus were even born, even 7000 years before the establishment of the ancient Shurima Empire, this rainforest already had an ancient and famous name—— —

Ixtal.

Known for their mastery of elemental magic, Ixtar was one of the first independent nations to join the ancient Shurima Empire.

Unlike Icacia, which was subsequently conquered by force, Ixtar is more like the original shareholder of the Shurima Empire and an early partner of the "Shurima Group".

What can prove this is that the Icathians have quietly dedicated 800 years to the Shurima Empire, but they can't get a place to participate in the Ascension Ceremony.

But Ixtar gave birth to many famous Ascendants.

For example, "Father of Malphite", who later let Ezreal dig a grave and steal the magic gauntlet, the Ascended Ne'zuk.

Not only were these Ixtar mages not enslaved second-class citizens, but they were the main force in suppressing the Icathian rebellion, and they were also one of the core forces that the Shurima Empire relied on to fight against the invasion of the void.

They are the ruling class of the empire.

Therefore, when the Shurima Empire swept across the world and was thriving, Ixtar also ushered in a period of prosperity that was open and enterprising, embracing the world.

But later, with the invasion of the void, the explosion of the sun disk, and the disintegration of the Shurima Empire, the Ascendant became a darkin warlord, and Runeterra gradually moved towards chaos and disorder
The Ixtarians were terrified.

In order to avoid the disputes of the outside world and keep the brilliant magic civilization of Ixtar, their mages used the wilderness as a barrier to isolate themselves, hid the kingdom in the shade of the primeval rainforest, and turned themselves into the "Wa of Runeterra". Kanda".

This closed-door policy has continued for thousands of years.

Until now
"It's really stupid!" Seeing this, Qiyana couldn't help clenching the "A Brief History of the Ixtar Chronicles" in her hand angrily.

"Lord Qiyana?" The four servants who carried the sedan chair for her trembled nervously.

The servant who was standing next to the sedan chair, her personal servant, Bayar, raised her head cautiously and asked, "Lord Qiyana, what's the matter?"

"Yes, is the air not cool enough?"

As he spoke, Bayal worked hard to drive what little control he had over the elements, concentrating his strength to gather a cloud of cool mist.

Despite the scorching sun, he himself was already sweating profusely.

But he still sent the cloud of cool mist to Qiyana with a flattering expression to cool her down.

But Qiyana didn't appreciate it at all.

"Beyar, shut up!" She reprimanded angrily, "I didn't speak, how can you have the right to speak?"

"Yes" the servants lowered their heads tremblingly.

Qiyana, on the other hand, glanced at them indifferently, and then turned her attention back to the "Ixtar Chronicle".

As a member of the direct line of Ixtar's ruling family, the youngest daughter of the king's family, and a genius envoy of all elements, she has had an enterprising heart different from others since she was a child.

Qiyana believes that Ixtar should not be closed off.

However, the reason why this proud little princess opposes self-defense is not because she hopes that Ixtal can open up to develop the economy, exchange culture with the outside world, and improve people's livelihood internally.

Her ambition is not so small, but also so harmonious.

What she thought was: "After the fall of the Shurima Empire and the darkin warlords, Ixtar is the most powerful country in Runeterra!"

"Why is such a powerful Ixtar living in this corner?"

"We should inherit the legacy of the Shurima Empire and bring every inch of land outside the rainforest into our own rule!"

Every time Qiyana reads the history here, she can't help being resentful at the short-sighted and ignorant of her ancestors.

She can't wait to take the nearly 3000-year-old map of Runeterra in the book and paint every plot on it with a color that belongs only to her.

But dreams are dreams after all, back to reality:
Ixtar is only such a small area on the map, as small as a cecum in Runeterra.

She, Qiyana, the noble daughter of the royal family, the greatest elementalist in the history of Ixtar, how could she be depressed and submissive here?
What she should be in charge of is not only a small city-state, but a great empire.

"One day, the land of Ixocan will be everywhere. A great empire with a wise queen!"

Qiyana closed the history book and entered fantasy time again.

She has planned everything, now she is secretly accumulating strength.

When her father dies, or when the time is right, she will have a swift "Ixtar Change", send her sisters who are in the way to the west, and then inherit the throne herself.

At that time, she will personally lead an army of 20 into the desert in the west and out of the rainforest in the north, conquer Shurima in three years, conquer Valoran in ten years, and unify Runeterra in [-] years, so that all the overseas Ionians will bow to her. .

She was thinking so, suddenly.
"Hey! Why is the cold fog gone?" Qiyana looked at the servant under the sedan chair with an unhappy expression, "Beyar! Don't make me sweat, okay? That's all I ask, and it's so hard for you to do it Is it?"

"Master Qiyana" Bayal wiped the sweat from his forehead nervously.

He said, "Sorry, I, I got distracted."

"Look there!" Bayard pointed to the front.

It was a long river passing through the capital Ixoken and running through the Ixtar Kingdom.

This river is called the Python River, and its upstream is connected to the great river "Mother of Life" in Shurima, and its downstream mouth is across the sea from Bilgewater, and it is not too far from Zaun and Piltover. .

Theoretically, the Mang River should have great shipping economic value.

But because the upstream Shurima Empire has degenerated into a bunch of desert tribes, and the downstream Ixtar has implemented a closed-door policy for thousands of years, so there is no need for goods to circulate here.

This Mang River has become an inland river that only serves Ixtar.Except for those dead Twin Cities and Noxian explorers, no outsider has set foot here for thousands of years.

What's more, it is better to sail directly to the heart of Ixtar, the capital of Ixauken.

But now.
"What a big ship!" Not to mention the shock of Bayar and other servants.

Even Princess Qiyana, who claimed to be well-informed, opened her mouth wide in surprise.

I saw a gigantic iron boat coming out of the primitive forest on the upper reaches of the Mang River and slowly heading towards Ixauken.

Its whole body is made of solid steel, and the outer layer is plated with Shurima's favorite gold. At first glance, it looks like a golden mountain floating on the water, which makes people daunting.

The huge ship's chimney spewed thick green alchemical smoke, dragging a moving green cloud behind the ship.The roaring fuel engine drove this [-]-ton beast, making it easily push away the heavy water waves and press it slowly and powerfully.

This novel scene made Qiyana think of the Piltover Expedition Team who used to bring excavation machines to explore deep into the rainforest.

But the ship was spray painted with ancient Shurima patterns, and a blue bird flag with a white background and a golden sun disc flag were also hung on the mast.

"Sun disc?" Qiyana was stunned.

She couldn't recognize the blue bird flag, but she knew what the pattern of the sun disc represented.

The history book in her hand said: "Is this the flag of the Shurima Empire?"

Hasn't the Shurima Empire been dead for 3000 years?Why did they suddenly appear again?
Could it be that the Ascenders who fell back then were resurrected?

"No!" Qiyana quickly denied this.

While everyone else was marveling at the giant golden ship, contempt had already appeared in her eyes.

Although the ship is large and is made of steel, there is no fluctuation of magic runes inside.

It looked like the machines Mrs. Piltover had invented, only a hundred times bigger than the excavators she had seen before.

But no matter how big it is, it is still a machine, a toy-like trick, a big iron lump without magic power.

As long as she gets serious and mobilizes the water element on the river surface to release two skills, it is estimated that she can send this seemingly useless "iron lump" into the bottom of the water to feed the fish.

"Go! Let's go and see!"

The residents of Ixoken, and even the elders and nobles of the royal palace, were still panicked by the shocking scene of the golden ship sailing.

But Qiyana is not afraid of anything, and has boldly wanted to meet these invaders with the flag of Shurima.

"Yes!" The servants hurriedly used their magic and quickened their pace.

Magic that is rare in the outside world is very common in Ixtar.

The "Magic of Productivity" that the leaders are trying their best to study, they have studied deeply during the thousands of years of peace.

The Ixtals organized the fixed elements into a series of "principal axioms", and successfully applied these magical knowledge to human's daily life.

However, leaders with similar goals would never think of
This kind of mysterious magic, which can make objects lighter than gravity, will be used in Ixtar to carry sedan chairs for noble gentlemen.

I saw that the servants were manipulating the magic power together, and using the No.16 axiom, they quickly and steadily carried Qiyana to the bank of the Python River.

But looking at the wide water in front of them, they stopped nervously.

"What are you stopping for?" Qiyana raised her brows, "I asked you to learn a few more axioms of the water element, have you not learned it yet?"

"I'm sorry we are so stupid." The servants bowed their heads guiltily.

"It's really useless." Qiyana muttered angrily, "Then just stay here and wait for me to come back!"

As she spoke, she cast a spell to evoke her Oletar ring blade, and while the ring blade was spinning, she stepped across the water.

She leaped repeatedly on the river like a dragonfly on the water, and in the blink of an eye, she jumped onto the oncoming golden giant ship.

Qiyana landed on the foredeck.

Then, she met a giant in golden armor and eagle armor head-on at the bow of the ship.

This little giant is about three meters tall, covered in shining gold armor, holding a dazzling golden trident in his hand, and his head is completely hidden under the eagle-headed helmet, making it impossible to see his true identity. appearance.

"Hmm..." This guy looks quite unfathomable, he looks like a legendary god warrior descending to earth.

So Qiyana restrained her unruly aura a little bit, and habitually sensed the opponent's magic power fluctuations.

The test result is:

"Combat power, 0."

She didn't sense any magical fluctuations from the eagle armor giant in front of her.

"Tch, you have to dress up to be bluffing." Kiyana raised her chin in disdain: "So it's just a mortal!"

Eagle armor giant: "."

The proud little princess didn't notice his subtle eyes, but continued to ask: "What's your name, who are you, and why did you invade Ixtar?"

"I'm Azir." Perhaps he had never seen anyone who could show off more than himself, but the emperor Azir, who was always known for his arrogance, was very patient this time.

But as soon as he reported a name, Qiyana interrupted very rudely: "Azir?"

"Hahahaha. You have the same name as the eagle father in Shurima?"

"Although Azir is just a subjugated king, he is also our former suzerain of Ixtar, the emperor of the Shurima Empire—"

"Just you?" Qiyana looked up and down at this big man who didn't have any fluctuations in magic power: "You deserve it too?"

Azir: "."

Just a few words from this girl caused his blood pressure to soar.

Without waiting for him to explode, Qiyana interrupted aggressively and talking to herself: "Well, Azir, it seems that you are a Shuriman."

"You Shurimans, what are you doing here with your boats?"

Azir held back his anger and did not answer, but asked instead: "Girl, who are you?"

"Tell me who you are, I don't want to waste my time with someone who is not qualified to make decisions."

"Well" Qiyana also got excited.

It was also the first time she met a guy who dared to be so proud in front of her.

So she proudly puffed out her chest, revealing her status symbol again, the ancient Oletar ringblade:

"I am the daughter of the king of Ixtar, the noble 'Yun Alai', the legal heir to the High Tower, and the most talented elemental magician in the history of Ixtar, Qiyana!"

Azir: "."

When he declared himself his family, he was not as enthusiastic as Qiyana.

"Okay. It turns out that Ixtar is the daughter of the current king, so you are barely qualified to talk to me." Azir competed with her to show his arrogance.

He only heard him ask with concern: "But."

"The most talented elementalist ever in Ixtar?"

"You?" Azir looked Qiyana up and down, just like she looked at him before: "Just you?"

"Are you really the most talented elementalist in Ixtar?"

"Nonsense!" Qiyana's blood pressure also rose.

Who are you?A mere mortal has the right to question her strength?

"This..." Azir was speechless.

He silently enveloped the whole city of Ixoken with his thoughts, but he really didn't perceive any mages who were stronger than Qiyana.

"The sun is above!" Azir sighed, "Ixtar has really become so weak?"

Before coming, Li Wei reminded him that the current Ixtar may have degenerated into a decayed and weak country after thousands of years of self-defense.

Because Li Wei knew that in the original world line, Picheng's expedition team once invaded Ixtar.

And it was such a small expedition team, a group of armed mercenaries and miners, that beat Qiyana's sister, a nobleman of the royal family of Ixtar, and the county guards fled in embarrassment.

An expedition team from Piltover - probably not as powerful as Camille's family spies - can invade a country, plunder a county, and scare away the local sheriff until Qiyana makes a move was repelled.

This combat power is not even as good as the late Qing Dynasty.

"Is this still the Ixtar that gave birth to Senior Ne'Zuk and several Ascended?" Azir murmured.

Fortunately, he still cared about the glory of Ixtar back then, and visited him personally as an emperor.

If he had known that Ixtar was really stretching his hips now, he wouldn't have come in person.

"What did you say?" Qiyana was also choked up by Azir's exclamation at this time: "Weak?"

This is obviously looking down on her, looking down on Ixtal!

"Who the hell are you? What are you doing here?" Fortunately, Qiyana still maintained the last sliver of reason.

She planned to ask Azir's identity first, and then give this usurper who disrespected the future Queen of Elements a small punishment as appropriate.

Then she heard Azir say, "I am Azir, Emperor of Shurima."

"Yes, you heard me right, I have returned from the yellow sand and rebuilt the Shurima Empire." Azir said proudly: "I came here to renew the alliance with Ixtar and open up the lower reaches of the Python River. route."

The upper reaches of the Python River are connected to the Mother of Life, and the sea route can be connected from the lower reaches of the sea to the upper reaches of the capital of the Shurima Empire.

For the future economic development of Shurima, Azir is of course eager to allow Ixtar to reopen the country, at least, agreeing to open the waterway of the Python River to allow Shurima's merchant ships to pass through.

However, it is not waiting for him to continue to prove his identity and show his intention to come.
"Hahahaha." Qiyana interrupted him very impolitely again: "Just you, the Emperor of the Shurima Empire?"

"Crazy, wake up! The Shurima Empire is long gone! We have a great city, Ixaoken. What do you have in Shurima? Sand and ghosts."

"You?!" Azir was angry.

Qiyana choked again: "You still pretend to be the heir of the Shurima Empire?"

"I think you are desert nouveau riche who came out of nowhere. You want to use the name of your predecessors to play tricks and come to Ixtar to beg for food?"

Azir really couldn't bear it now.

But Qiyana pointed to the blue bird flag on the ship, and said aggressively: "Otherwise, why haven't I seen it in the book, what blue bird flags do Shurima have?"

"I think this is the flag of your tribe!"

"Uh..." Azir was really speechless.

This flag really made him a little embarrassed.

After the decisive battle with Mordekaiser, the last anti-Gana forces in Demacia and Noxus, those nobles who were unwilling to be liquidated and reformed, also followed their ambitions and destroyed along with Mordekaiser .

The whole world has witnessed the strength of Goddess Janna, and no one dares to openly oppose the leader anymore.

As a result, the Kingdom of Demacia and the Noxus Empire formally changed their banners, and joined forces with the Twin Cities, Ionia, Bilgewater, and Freljord as franchise countries to formally establish the Kingdom of Runes. Dijana advocates the alliance.

Although there are still a lot of old bureaucrats in many places, and they haven't undergone social transformation, at least in name, the Alliance of Ganna Lord and Evil has unified Runeterra.

The Shurima Empire is the strangest part of it.

It is the only empire in the league, the only country that still retains a monarch.

Moreover, it is not an official member country at present, but an observer member state in the transitional stage.

Of course, Azir is very clear that this "observation member" is just a face-saving statement.

In fact, he has joined the Alliance of Runeterra Janna Masters in disguise, and has become the younger brother of Goddess Janna.

"Whose flag is this blue bird?" Qiyana was still asking mockingly.

"Ah" Azir was a little embarrassed.

Of course, the proud Eagle Father was ashamed to admit that he had been made a younger brother, so he only said, "This is the flag of our Shurima ally, the Janna Master Alliance."

"Gana is the master of the alliance?" Qiyana had never heard of it before: "Is this also a country?"

"Yes."

"Compared with our Ixtar, which one is bigger?"

"You also have robot ships, so are you as good as those Mrs. Piltover?"

Azir: "."

"Cut." Seeing that Azir was so "guilty" that he couldn't speak, Qiyana became more and more mocking: "Allying with a small country that you have never heard of, you are also worthy of being called the Shurima Empire?"

"You still want to 're-establish the covenant' with us and let Ixtar open the Mang River? How ridiculous!"

"Shut up, stupid mortal!" Azir finally couldn't hold back his anger.

And at this moment.
"Calm down, Azir." A voice slowly sounded behind him: "We are here to achieve win-win cooperation, not to provoke conflicts and contradictions."

Qiyana looked intently, only to see a tall little giant with a wolf's head and a human body slowly pacing forward.

That was Nasus, the Grand Maester of the Empire who was once famous in Ixtar, the Death God of the Desert.

"You" Qiyana couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"Son, it seems that you have recognized me." Nasus smiled amiably.

Unlike Azir, who ascended after being resurrected after death, he ascended to Dao thousands of years ago, possessing the iconic wolf-headed human body of a god.

In the past, he also fought side by side with the Ascendants of Ixtar, and visited Ixaocan many times to exchange magic experiences with the mages of the highest tower.

Although that was thousands of years ago, Ixtar is also a country with a long history.

Seeing Qiyana like this, she probably recognized him, the famous Ascendant.

Nasus is thinking so
"Big dog!" Qiyana said proudly and arrogantly with her chin raised, "Among the vastayas I've met, you are the cutest looking."

"That's right. If you are willing to stay and be my servant, then I can mercifully forgive your crime of invasion and let your friend go back alive."

Azir: "."

Nasus: "."

After a moment.

"Do you know who I am now?" Azir lifted the proud little princess in front of him like a chick.

Her body struggled feebly in mid-air.And her favorite weapon, the Oletar Ringblade, also fell to the ground in humiliation at this time.

"I" Qiyana instinctively wanted to resist.

But as soon as she looked up, she could see the row of yellow sand surging up like mountains and seas.

The extremely strong magic power of the earth element almost made her breathless.

This is a tropical rainforest, the surface of the Mang River where the earth element is the thinnest and the water element is the richest!
But Azir moved against the environment, and with a wave of his hand, he attracted dust all over the sky, creating a terrifying celestial phenomenon of yellow sand besieging the city.

What terrifying power is this?

It turned out that she couldn't perceive the fluctuation of magic power before, not because Azir was a mortal, but because the strength gap between the two sides was too large, so she couldn't detect the breath of the other party.

"I know, I know" Qiyana's pride was completely crushed in front of the mighty power of the god warrior: "You, you are the great eagle father, the noble ascendant, the emperor of the Shurima Empire, Ixtar suzerain"

"I, I will go back now and report to my father to re-establish the covenant with you and open the Mang River to you."

"Heh!" Azir taunted angrily: "I have to teach you a lesson before you know that we need equal dialogue and free trade?"

"I'm sorry Your Majesty." Qiyana wanted to cry but had no tears.

Fortunately, the proud Azir didn't bother to talk to the little girl like her, so he just taught her a few words and threw her out: "Go away, ask your royal father to come out and negotiate with me!"

"Yes" Qiyana struggled to get up, and pitifully picked up her weapon, and finally jumped off the deck in a panic, and walked back to the shore by stepping on the water.

Her servant was looking at the torrential yellow sand above her head, and was waiting for her in panic: "Lord Qiyana, what's going on here?"

"Shut up!" Qiyana's face was full of humiliation and cruelty.

In front of Azir, she only had humiliation, but in front of the servant, she only had sternness: "Get lost! Don't ask me anything!"

Saying that, Qiyana didn't even have the mood to do the sedan chair, she turned around and ran towards the highest tower in embarrassment.

The servants stared at her with wide eyes, but in the end they could only follow behind her tremblingly, carrying an empty sedan chair to catch up with her.

"Sigh." Looking at their backs and the city in front of him that was so prosperous that it could be called extravagant, Nasus couldn't help sighing: "I never thought that Ixtar would really fall to this point."

"Heh." Azir also sneered, "It's a pity that I came here in person, intending to re-establish the covenant with Ixtar."

"In my opinion, the current Ixtars are not qualified to be our allies at all. They only have to obediently merge into the empire!"

"Azir!" Nasus interrupted him. "Times have changed, and you can no longer do things like you used to."

"Hmph!" Azir actually knew this too.

But Ixtar's current situation
It really made his colonial addiction almost commit.

Of course, Azir is also very clear that it is not 3000 years ago, and he cannot annex anyone he sees.

But he still couldn't help muttering: "The nobles of the royal family of Ixtar have fallen to such arrogance and incompetence. In my opinion, they are no longer qualified to rule here."

"Yes." Nasus agreed.

But he is not like Azir, with a strong urge to "send freedom to the door" in his eyes.

"The general trend has been achieved, and we don't need to do more."

"As long as Ixtar opens the country, walks out of the rainforest, and sees the new world swept by the wind of change, their citizens will naturally make a choice."

"The future fate of Ixtar is already decided at this moment."

As he spoke, Nasus looked at the servants who were following Qiyana in a distance, and saw the tension and fear on their faces.

These people look so humble and powerless.but:

"I trust them."

"They'll stand up."

(End of this chapter)