LOL: The dark goddess covets me!

Chapter 117 Plans and Accidents

The Shining Light Tower on the Haven Sea Cliff, the reception hall.

Josh, Ahri, Gwen, Syndra, and Ryze sat around the round table, waiting quietly for the servants to deliver delicious food and light beer, mainly for entertaining Syndra and Ryze who were exhausted on the road.

Even in late spring, near noon, the temperature in the coastal city on the edge of the cliff has not receded from the coldness of last night.

But Ryze didn't care about that.

He was naked with a very thin, but muscular but extremely tight upper body, and drinking a glass of light beer with ice still couldn't dispel the boiling hot magic power in his blood.

This is all influenced by the world rune, which permanently purifies and strengthens the arcane energy in Ryze's body.

Even in the Freljord, which was dozens of degrees below zero, Ryze could not wear warm clothes at all, and he was more resistant to freezing than those Iceborn whose blood was condensed with ice.

Of course, all the gifts from the world runes have already marked the price, and what Ryze needs to pay is the distortion of his appearance.

Ahri and Syndra chatted freely, enjoying this rare moment of reunion, while Gwen listened quietly, and when the topic involved him, he could add a sentence from time to time.

But Ryze was out of tune with their joy, drinking beer after glass of beer.

Not long ago, they quarreled with Ryze again, and Ahri and Syndra didn't bother to deal with this bad old man with a very weird temper.

Gwen felt sorry for Ruiz, and wanted to talk to him and learn about his past.

It's a pity that Ryze's character is very different from Syndra, who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

Thousands of years of experience have sharpened his character and prompted him to give up many things.

For strangers he was not familiar with, there was not only an iceberg between Ryze and the entire polar region of the Freljord that spanned thousands of miles.

Even Gwen, who has a cheerful and outgoing personality and is familiar with most strangers, will be overwhelmed by his endless loneliness and fatigue when he meets Ryze, making it impossible to start a conversation.

At this time, Josh, who knew his junior brother well, had to come forward.

He put the claws of a giant crayfish into Ryze's dinner plate, "Don't just drink, let's eat something."

The pliers have been processed, and half of the hard shell has been pried open. The original steaming method is only used, and no seasoning that may affect the taste is added.

"Thank you."

Ruiz pulled out the crystal clear claw meat from the shrimp shell with his bare hands, but he didn't gnaw like he did in the wild, and quickly resolved it. Instead, he tore into finely shredded meat and put it on the plate, and occasionally stuffed it into his mouth. Chew on a small piece.

Josh could see that Ryze was still worried and didn't have much appetite.

After staring at Ruiz for a while, Josh said, "People are iron, and food is steel. No matter how busy you are, you should eat enough to replenish your energy, right?"

Ryze's sideways eyes met Josh's, and within two seconds he looked away, lowered his head again, shook his head and sighed softly, and remained silent.

【How do I feel, after 1000 years, your little junior brother has changed his personality more than a little fox?At least the little fox still retains its original appearance, but your little junior... Uh, if I don't say his name is Ruiz, I really can't recognize him. 】

Lunisia couldn't help complaining, [Isn't it 1000 years?After all, he has a nearly eternal lifespan, so why should he be dominated by meaningless emotions? 】

"You're an ascendant, don't say such sarcastic remarks."

Josh didn't take Lunisia's words seriously, "Let's not talk about ascension to God, the senses after gaining power will be completely different from that of humans, but you lost some human emotions at the moment of ascension, of course it doesn't matter. "

[Hmph, as a god, why do we need the insignificant lust of human beings?Wouldn't it be a waste of money to be coerced by human emotions while possessing divine power? 】

"Hey? Have you forgotten why you were sealed?" Josh couldn't help laughing, "Shall I tell you the reason for the outbreak of the Darkin War?"

[That... is different! ] Lunisia is not very confident, 【We just want to carry the flag of Shurima! 】

"And then they all thought they were the orthodox of Shurima, and attacked each other in an attempt to monopolize power?"

【…】

Lunicia fell into a long silence.

Josh's thoughts returned to reality, and just as she was about to talk to Ryze, she forcibly retorted: [Ignorant human beings, how dare you speculate on the thoughts of gods? 】

Josh shook his head helplessly, and asked Ruiz beside him, "If I'm not here, where are you going next?"

While speaking, Josh recalled what he had learned about Ryze's experience earlier in his mind.

From Bilgewater and the future Sarah Doom to fight against pirates, to Shurima, who has been retreating for thousands of years, the grand maester Nasus explores ancient ruins.

Encounter the nymphs in Ionia, be attacked by members of the diabolical Navori Brotherhood, and face Trundle, the troll king, in the Freljord Icefields.

In the end, on the edge of the abyss, he confronted the minion of the Void Watcher, the Eye of the Void, who coveted the cornerstone of the domination system...

Ryze's life has been marked by fate, but all Josh knows is what happened in the future.

The current world line has deviated too far, and there is a high probability that Ryze's journey will change.

After a long time of contemplation, Ryze, who had already drank seven or eight glasses of light beer, said without a trace of drunkenness:
"A few years ago, I have transferred all the world runes sealed in Ionia to Demacia. Next, I have to go to Shurima..."

Ruiz seemed to have thought of something, frowned, and moved his eyes to the dance of death on Josh's chest, hesitatingly said: "I'm not sure if the following words can be said..."

Josh guessed Ryze's thoughts at once, and his next destination might be related to Lunicia.

[Why are you staring at me? 】Lunicia felt the concern in Ryze's eyes, and she was puzzled, 【The destination below him will not be the Garden City, right? 】

Congratulations, you probably guessed it right...

Josh had some doubts in his heart.

He knew that there was a world rune buried in the Garden City, but he had limited time to use the time projection at that time, so he didn't have time to explain it clearly to Ari.

It was a world rune fragment of the resolute system. If Josh guessed right, there was a high probability that it was "overgrown".

Because of its influence, the people in the whole city suffered a certain degree of distortion and became some kind of "monster" that was neither human nor beast.

Not only that, but the reason why Ryze was so eager for the trip to the Garden City was also related to a person whose body and soul were burned by world runes——

Kegan Norhe, the young man Ryze had rescued in the Freljord Icefield, and took him in as a magic apprentice to train him as his heir.

But now, it is more appropriate to call him Vengeance Flame Soul Brand.

Has Ruiz heard about Brand?
Josh thought secretly.

Lunisia couldn't hold back, and urged Josh in his mind: [Let him speak!Is his next destination the Garden City? ! 】

What has become of my city since I left my hometown and was sealed into a weapon by the goddamn protoss? !

Was it destroyed by other surviving darkborn, or lost my leadership and rule, and drowned in the long river of time along with the yellow sand?

For so many years, this is a topic that Lunicia has been avoiding.

Even though she was able to observe the future of the main world between the worlds, Lunicia still didn't dare to let Josh check the results of the Garden City.

But now when it comes to the Garden City, she finally couldn't control the urge to endure for a hundred years, and she was eager to know what happened to her hometown.

On the other side of Josh, Ahri and Syndra stopped communicating, and together with Gwen, their eyes turned to the two of them.

"Did something happen?"

Ahri's beautiful eyes moved, and she asked softly, but more to the hesitant Ryze.

"I remember you said some time ago that there are still very important things to do... have you sensed a new world rune?"

"Don't hide anything, we are your companions, Ryze." Syndra said with a straight face, expressionless.

So far, as far as Josh has observed, this woman is smiling at her good sister Ahri.

"You know, we can help, as long as you are willing to ask." Syndra glanced at Josh, "Even if you don't trust us and think we will be affected by world runes, Josh won't."

Ahri echoed: "The combination of the two rune mages can far exert the effect that one plus one is greater than two... But no matter how urgent you are, we have to wait until we have solved the Shadow Island, we have an appointment. "

Hearing this, Ryze took a deep breath, "Through the positioning of the scroll, I sensed the location of the two world rune fragments, and roughly determined the location through the map. One should be close to Shurima's Uzeris, and it should be nearby. Ancient ruins in the Uzeris Mountains.

"As for the other..."

Ryze glanced at Dance of Death again, and happened to meet the amber vertical pupil above.

[Oh, what a bad old man, what a jerk!If you have something to say, say it quickly!After talking for a long time, I almost got to the point, but suddenly stopped? ! 】Lunicia urged urgently.

Not long after her words fell, Ryze continued to add: "The other one, if I calculated correctly, should be in Garden City."

There was a brief silence in the hall.

Gwen looked left and right, not knowing what they were talking about at all, and couldn't get in a word.

[The City of Gardens...it really is the City of Gardens!My city, my hometown...] Lunisia couldn't help muttering, 【But... why?I don't understand, I never collected any world runes, how did it get to my city? 】

"Maybe it was left there during the Rune Wars period, and I can't tell." Josh answered truthfully.

According to Lunisia, the former Shurima Empire had thousands of god warriors, and they only studied the world runes superficially, and didn't pay much attention to them, nor did they take the initiative to collect them.

This is also the main reason why the explorers of Fuguang Island were able to find several world rune fragments without being hunted down by the god warriors.

However, what Lunisia didn't know didn't mean that Shurima didn't do it. For example, the ancient ruins in the Uzeris Mountains were probably sealed with world runes, which must have been written by Shurima.

After all, some things are not suitable to be recorded in the classics.

The doubts of Josh and Lunicia were just answered by Ryze: "If I guess correctly, the world rune that wandered to the Garden City should be the one lost in the Rune Wars that year. It was hidden In the Garden City, the cursed city-state."

【impossible! 】Lunicia yelled, 【My city...】

The pupils at the dance of death stared straight at Ryze,

Ryze had felt the feeling of the shadow of death covering himself many times, but it was the first time he felt this feeling again just being stared at by the eyes on a weapon.

Ruiz felt like sitting on pins and needles, with a chill down his spine.

That's why I don't want to mention Garden City in front of this Darkborn...

Ruiz sighed silently in his heart, and explained: "That city was destroyed as early as the rune war. The people there coveted the power of the world's runes, and they were burnt down by greed and died together with that city. .”

【…】

My people, have the bloodlines from the same origin as mine have been completely cut off...

Lunicia didn't speak, but Josh could empathize and was infected by the deep sadness she conveyed.

"I witnessed the destruction of that city with my own eyes, Lunicia." Ahri's voice was cold, with solemn emotions, "The situation at that time was very complicated...I'm sorry, we failed to prevent its demise."

【Perhaps the decline of Shurima is doomed...】 Lunisia left only the last sentence, and then fell into a long silence.

"Let's not discuss these for now," Josh said.

"But we must leave as soon as possible." Ryze's deep voice was mixed with a bit of urgency, "I heard that some people saw monstrous flames in the desert, some of the sand was burned into glass, but no one saw the carbonized Corpse."

Ah Lidai frowned, "Ordinary flame magic can't do this, so..."

"It's Brand!" Ryze almost growled, "He has discovered the world rune, we must stop him!"

Ari pursed her lips and fell into deep thought, her fingers restlessly but rhythmically tapped on the table.

Ryze never mentioned Brand's matter to anyone, but he accepted Kegan Nohe as his apprentice, and Ahri still received a letter from Ryze.

Kegan Nohe was not sent back to Demacia's Sentinel Sanctuary for training as Ruiz's letter said.

Instead, Ryze was seriously injured and lost the world rune fragments he found from the Freljord, and fled back to Demacia in embarrassment to recuperate.

Since then, a mass of berserk and angry fiery spirits roamed the land, killing many Sentinels of Light who tried to stop his advance.

Combining these, Ahri naturally guessed the connection between Kegan Noah and Brand, but she never broke it in front of Ryze.

"I will first send sentries to Shurima to investigate the situation."

"Are you going to send someone to die?" Ruiz stared at Ahri and said, "You know the sentinel's weapon has no effect on him at all."

Now you know how to care about Sentinel casualties!

"I'm talking about investigating the situation in Garden City!" Ari stared at Ryze, and laughed angrily: "Didn't you realize that you are becoming more and more annoying?"

"This is just right, it allows me to keep a close distance from other people, so that when I save the world, some people come to chat with me."

Syndra couldn't bear Ryze's bad temper, and couldn't help scolding: "Small chat? It seems that you don't treat us as friends at all..."

Seeing the situation getting worse, Gwen looked worried and shouted softly: "We are all companions, don't quarrel!"

Josh put his hands on the table and got up, raised his voice to overwhelm everyone's voices: "Let's not say a few words, the enemy is now, do we have to have internal conflicts first?"

Ahri crossed her arms and crossed her chest, and Syndra raised her legs and "cut" and looked away.

Only Gwen's eyes carried concern, still resting on Josh and Ryze.

Since Ari has created a gap with Ryze, the relationship between Josh and both parties is not bad at present, and he must play the role of mediating bond.

Taking a deep breath, Josh said solemnly: "Our next plan is very simple, the first is to solve the problem of Shadow Island.

"The Ruined King has been sealed by us. Relying on the Sentinel and Demacia's fearless vanguard is enough to solve those cursed undead, but we need to consider casualties and the issue of breaking the origin of the black mist."

His voice was clear and powerful, and the huge hall echoed faintly.

Then, Josh glanced at Ryze and Ari beside him respectively, "The source of life, is the rune of the world under the Wanzai well still there?"

"I know what you're thinking." Ryze said coldly, "But it has been fused with the cornerstone rune of the Resolute Department."

"Then separate it!" Josh said loudly, with an unquestionable tone, "If you can't do it, then let me do it."

Ryze opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he chose not to say a word.

"Using the source of life, we can completely purify the polluted water of life in Shadow Island, completely solve the black mist and undead, and we should consider how to rebuild it in the future."

"Leave this to me." Ari answered, "I can arrange it properly."

"very good."

Josh nodded to Ari, and continued: "As for Fyego's soul, it's not enough to just seal it, everything must be considered in terms of consequences."

"In case he breaks free from the seal one day, the accumulated anger will greatly strengthen Mu Qing's power. At that time, it will not be as simple as a curse of ruin covering Fuguang Island."

"We need to seek Baju's help, and Illaoi may have a solution." Ari said again, "But there seems to be trouble there recently."

"Isn't it normal for Bilgewater to be in trouble?" Syndra sneered. "A group of notorious pirates gathered together. If they can settle down, the sun will rise in the west."

"According to the news from Levi, it seems to be more serious this time." Ahri said in a serious voice, "Pirate King Plank is missing, so now Bilgewater is almost full of bullets, and hundreds of people die every day .”

"Then we have one more to-do list to suppress the pirates in Bilgewater." Josh patted the table, "Having a port city is of great benefit to us rebuilding Blessed Island... As for the pirates ? Their rampant days are over."

Syndra looked at Josh with great interest, and the corners of her lips twitched a little to him, "Not bad~~ You're very gracious."

Seeing this, Ari cast a dissatisfied glance at the woman beside her, and nudged Syndra with her elbow, "Shut up your little thoughts, Josh is mine."

"Yo~~ Why is my little fox still jealous?" Syndra teased.

She tried to grab Ari's hand, but Ari avoided her and rolled her eyes back, "Don't get too close to me, do we know each other well?"

"You make me so sad, little raccoon." Syndra pretended to be wronged, "Did you cut off our 100-year-old sisterhood so cruelly?"

"Okay, okay, do you want to look in the mirror and see your expression?" Ari looked disgusted, "With your acting skills, if you put money into the drama troupe, no one will want you."

"Hmph!" Syndra returned to the appearance of the iceberg beauty, snorted softly and stopped speaking.

"Okay, enough trouble, I will continue." Josh looked around, "The matter of Shadow Island and Bilgewater is resolved, and when the island is rebuilt, I will go to Shurima with Ryze. Find those two world rune fragments."

At this time, Lunisia, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: 【Do you have to go? 】

"Didn't you always encourage me to go back to Shurima before?" Josh asked in surprise, "Why do you hear your tone now, you're a little bit like nostalgia?"

【I have no idea. 】Lunicia rarely responded to Josh, but sighed heavily.

[The observatory where the great scholar retreats is in the Uzeris Mountains. If you look for the world rune, you will definitely meet him. 】

[I... don't really want him to see me like I am now. 】

"Even if he might know how to unseal the Darkin?"

【…】

Lunisia stopped talking.

Josh suddenly fell silent. The three people except Gwen knew that he was talking to Lunicia, so they waited patiently.

Shurima is the country to which the goddess once served her allegiance, especially since a world rune fragment is still hidden in Lunisia's hometown, she should be concerned.

"Don't worry, if you sincerely repent, Nasus will forgive you." Josh comforted, "Didn't you say that you have never done anything too outrageous?"

[...Only for my own people. 】

"It's already pretty good." Josh smiled, "at least better than other Darkborn."

【Heh, I'm with them... It's not the same, it's just fifty steps laughing at a hundred steps. 】Lunicia sighed again.

Josh paused for a moment, "Do you still remember what I mentioned to you once?"

[You have mentioned too many things, how do I know what you are talking about? 】

"The era of Shurima will come back." Josh said, "Do you still remember the future of the main world that you saw in the crack of time?"

Eagle Father Azir will return as an ascended body, using divine power to reshape the sun disc...

A little hope rose in Lunisia's heart, but she was soon overwhelmed by her own thoughts.

[Our timeline has changed, and the future is dusted in a dark shadow... Who knows if there will be such a future. 】

"Be optimistic, I promised you that I will lift the seal for you."

【You are so kind to mention...】

Josh smiled slightly, stopped communicating with Lunisia, and turned his eyes to Ari who was staring at him.

Just when he was about to say something, he heard the main door of the hall being pushed open, and heavy footsteps stomped heavily on the smooth marble floor.

"Josh Russell! You bastard!"

Upon hearing this familiar male voice, Josh's heart shook suddenly, and he looked back nervously.

I saw a middle-aged man with the familiar face of a Vasani fox striding towards him, clenched his fists, and was furious.

"Yaro...uncle?"

(End of this chapter)