Don't mess with the yordle

Chapter 201 Reality
"You! How dare you?!"

Nasus was furious. He had no idea that everything that happened back then was actually planned by Xerath secretly. This made Nasus feel ashamed of being played wantonly.

"You Ascended Ones are just in vain. You look down on me and think I am just a slave. It is precisely a slave like me who plays with you guys who claim to be gods."

Xerath made a harsh laugh. Speaking of that period of forbearance, he now feels very sad and nostalgic.

At that time, he was in the dark, using his own abilities to control everything. While walking on thin ice, he had a wonderful experience that he had never had before. As a slave, he experienced the taste of power for the first time. He enjoyed it and was obsessed with it.

But he understood who all this came from, from Azir, from Azir's trust in him.

At the beginning, Xerath really wanted to help Azir be crowned. Because of Azir's promise, he was even willing to study the evil magic that almost swallowed his mind. In the process, he was also shocked by his own madness, but he had to do it in order to save Azir's life.

However, when everything settled and Azir ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Shurima Empire, the freedom he longed for was not granted. Azir changed his previous behavior and never mentioned restoring his freedom. Freedom never mentioned that they should be as close as brothers.

Xerath had always dreamed of that moment. He hoped that Azir could abolish the slavery system in Shurima and recognize him as his brother as promised, but Azir did not do that and continued to expand the empire. The territory repeatedly rejected his proposal to abolish slavery. Azir's disregard made Xerath furious.

"One day, you reminded me with a ferocious face that I am just a slave and I should remember my place.

That day, the last trace of nobility in my heart completely died, and all that was left was a body longing for revenge. "

Xerath's words pierced Azir's heart, and he suddenly realized that all of this was just a misunderstanding and poor communication between the two of them.

In the decades after he ascended the throne, Azir expanded Shurima's territory and ruled the empire with strictness and justice. He implemented new reforms and improved the living standards of slaves, winning unprecedented praise.

Never forgetting his promise, Azir secretly hatched a plan to overturn thousands of years of tradition and eventually free all slaves.

The foundation of this huge empire was supported by the flesh and blood of slaves. Many nobles relied on forced slave labor to maintain their wealth and power.

Such a stubborn foundation cannot be completely overturned overnight. If Azir's plan is made public too early, the final result will definitely be in vain.

So he kept this plan strictly secret, not even telling Xerath, because the issue of slavery has always been a knot between the two of them.

Although Azir always kept his promise in mind and always hoped to recognize Xerath as his brother, he must first free all the slaves in Shurima.

Of course, Azir also had the idea of ​​​​surprising Xerath. When he finished all this, he could imagine how ecstatic Xerath would be.

It's a pity that Xerath failed to understand Azir in the end, and Azir also failed to understand Xerath. This tragic ending was ultimately caused by the characters of these two people.

"I thought you could understand me." Everyone couldn't see Azir's expression when he said these words, but they could all feel Azir's emotions. The once extremely proud emperor felt a little regretful.

"It's too late, so I say it's too late."

Xerath shook his head as Azir stood beneath the sun's disk and told him that he was free, that he and all the slaves of Shurima had been freed from their chains.

Xerath froze as Azir embraced him, declaring him his unforgettable brother. In that moment, he was granted everything he had ever wanted.

But Xerath's plan will definitely lead to Azir's death. At that point, nothing can stop Xerath from continuing the plan.

Too many links have begun to move, too many sacrifices have been made, and Xerath can no longer look back, no matter how much he wants it to stop.

Azir's words pierced the shackles of pain around his heart, but those words were decades late. His heart had already been corroded by hatred, desire, and Azir's attitude. Hundreds of holes are no longer what they used to be.

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Azir fell silent and looked at Reed.

"I have no questions, Master Reed."

Azir was a little distraught. The truth of the matter made him very hurt, and even diluted the hatred in his heart.

Because it turns out that he himself must bear the responsibility. It is not all Xerath's fault that this matter has developed to its current ending.

Reed didn't speak. He just listened to the conversation between Azir and Xerath. Seeing Azir's state, he decided to express his opinion.

"Azir, in fact, you don't have to blame yourself too much. Xerath will eventually embark on this path. To a large extent, it is due to the influence of those evil black magics. Without you as a pillar, If it were, he would have been swallowed up by those evil magics long ago, although in the end he was not able to avoid this ending."

Reed interpreted this problem from the perspective of an "old magician", and he felt that his guesses were accurate. Including Xerath's current psychological thoughts, Reed felt that he could guess everything. of.

It is nothing more than trying to use the "art of language" to evoke the "old relationship" between Azir and him as much as possible. Since Reed handed over the final power of life and death to Azir, of course he must find a way to let Azir. Azir don't kill him.

This small thought was clearly seen by Reed. In Xerath's heart, as he himself said, he no longer had even a trace of "nobleness". It is completely possible to terminate everything, rather than cruelly and completely destroying everything.

Xerath was dazzled by the temptation to become an "Ascended One". Of course, he would not give up the plan he had planned for his whole life at that time. At that time, it had nothing to do with slaves or not, hatred or not, it was just pure desire.

(End of this chapter)