The few people continued to move forward in the night, occasionally encountering patrolling Noxian soldiers, but no one without a good eye dared to block the path of Karan, the highest officer of Ferol Island.
Soon, they reached the rugged stone steps in front of the temple—these stone steps had experienced far more vicissitudes of weather than the fortress itself.They accelerated upward, three steps at a time.The wishing lanterns on both sides of the stone steps are all black.
Until Noxus captured the sanctuary, these lanterns were lit day and night.
They quickly walked up the curved steps and arrived at the temple in a short time. The Ionians once called it Darye Asheela - the Pool of Dreams.
Two guards stood ready at the entrance to the temple at the top of the cliff.Both men were muscular, wearing heavy black armor, holding a giant shield in one hand and holding a serrated meat-cleaving ax tightly in the other.
The moment they saw the four black figures, they first showed their weapons fiercely, but then quickly put away their weapons and performed a military salute - no doubt, it was Karan's credit.
"I want to go in and check the secret treasure I have hidden inside. During this period, you must not let anyone in, do you understand?" Karan's tone was extremely cold, but also revealed a hint of refusal.
"If I see someone else inside... I think you should know the consequences."
He looked directly at the two guards, his yellow eyes unblinking.The two people paled under his gaze, and their bodies seemed to have become smaller, like a toad shrinking back into its burrow.
"Yes!" one of the guards shouted nervously.
Karan nodded with satisfaction, and then strode into the dilapidated temple with the three of them.
The environment inside was even darker than outside, and it was almost impossible to see.Pieces of ruins have accumulated here for who knows how many years, turning the originally spacious and bright corridors into intricate winding narrow passages.
Going around the ruins of the temple's main hall, Karan quickly found a cave entrance.
He led the team into the cave and took out a glass ball filled with glowing winged fireflies in order to allow the other three people to see the surrounding environment clearly.
The stone steps in the cave are wet and slippery, and the temperature drops lower as you go down, making your hair stand on end.
They reached the deepest part of Darye Ahira. The last ten feet were made of rugged rocks. They slid down and splashed into the shallow pool below.
This sanctuary was once a beautiful sight, but a disaster many years ago left it a cavern deep underground.
"Dream Pool...we are here."
Karan gradually stopped and looked deeper into the cave.
There was a spring of calm water that shimmered blue.
And in the middle of the pool, there was a beautiful white-haired woman lying...
The gradually darkening forest was extremely beautiful, but the girl had no intention of watching it and stomped along the winding path.
The luminous winged fireflies danced gracefully in the dusk, leaving luminous shadows behind them, but the girl swatted them away from her face, not caring about this fleeting elegance.
She lowered her eyes to the ground, kicked a stone away, and let it jump among the entangled tree roots, ignoring the setting sun filtering through the dense canopy.The purple night marten's petals slowly opened, spitting out shimmering pollen into the warm dusk, but as she passed by in a hurry, she easily broke the stem.
Her cheeks burned red with shame and anger.The mother's reproaches still lingered in her ears, and the ridicule from her brother and other children never went away.
She only has nine summers this year...well, maybe ten summers, but it's pretty much the same.
She didn't understand why her brother Evard always liked to tease her, and she didn't understand why her mother always scolded her - was she even responsible for the rancidity of the milk at home?
That's not it...she thought.She stopped and something black seemed to appear in her peripheral vision.
She looked around to get a better look.There were four dark shapes, but she could only see them when she wasn't looking directly at them.
She frowned in confusion.She didn't understand what those black shadows were, and the surrounding environment seemed different.
Something is very wrong.
There's something strange about everything...it seems like she's already——
Karan and the three "companions of the Prophet" stood in a circle, looking down into the depths of the distant pond.A woman was lying there, sinking under the water, her long pure white hair surrounding her, flowing lazily in the water.
Syndra.It's as much her name as it is synonymous with destruction, of surrendering to one's darkest fears and rages.The name is still cursed in many provinces to this day.
She doesn't look sinister at all, but all of the "Nobody's" know all too well how deceptive that appearance can be.This man destroyed the Temple of Tranquility in the center of Philore.She can be controlled only by the soul of this land personally dragging her down and capturing her in this strange stalemate.
The vast network of roots of an ancient tree wrapped around her limbs.The tree roots look like a loving mother holding a baby, or they seem to be suppressing her and restraining her, depending on the perspective of a third party.She could easily have been mistaken for dead, but her chest rose and fell regularly the entire time, breathing in the water from the pool.
"What should we do now?" Karan took a deep breath and gradually moved his eyes towards Chen Ce - when the anticipation passed, the uneasiness and doubts in his heart began to rise. "I brought you to the Fantasy Pool, what next? What are we going to do? Or... what are you going to do?"
Faced with this question, Chen Ce did not answer immediately, but first carefully observed the woman under the water.
Syndra.It was almost exactly the same as in the impression, except that her temperament in the sleeping state was slightly different - less domineering and aloof, and more quiet, elegant and noble.
Her clothes are similar to what she remembers, they are all a pure black corset, a pure black skirt and a pair of pure black...foot socks.
It's just that she doesn't have the horn-like "helmet" - or crown - on her head.
She looks like a beautiful and delicate ordinary woman.
But in fact, she has terrifying power that even demigods are afraid of.
Very deceptive appearance.
"Mr. Chen Ce?" Karan asked again after waiting for a long time, "What should we do now?"
This time Chen Ce did not remain silent anymore.
He slowly exhaled and slowly said a terrible word:
"We need to free Syndra."
It should not be the case.
Something is very wrong.
The girl could still hear the night whisper of the forest around her.She could still see the silver ferns and tree roots beneath her feet, as well as the last rays of the setting sun above the canopy.
But at the same time, she also heard roars and roars, but these sounds seemed to be blocked by something, as if they were far away...
It seems to be separated...
A layer of water?
For a moment, she felt her throat filling up with liquid, and panic rose in her heart.She is drowning!But no, it's impossible.Here she is, a girl in the twilight of the forest beside the village.There was no water around her.
in the end......
what is it then......
"You are crazy!"
Karan's incredible roar echoed in the cave, and the low growls from his throat were like the beast's last warning before launching an attack.
He couldn't believe his ears - he once wondered if he heard it wrong, or maybe Chen Ce said it wrong?
[Release Syndra. 】
is it possible?She is a monster!She has destroyed the temple!If she is released, she will destroy the entire Philol!Even all of Ionia!
She poses a greater threat to Ionia than the Noxian invaders!
He left his hometown and came here, bearing the infamy and scorn for several years, just to prevent her from getting out of trouble!
How could...how could...!
Karan showed his claws and blocked Sindra with his huge body, as if he wanted to prevent Chen Ce from awakening this terrifying woman at all costs.
"This is a new prophecy." In contrast, Chen Ce seemed very calm. "Don't you believe in the prophet?"
"I believe...of course I believe it! But I will never let Syndra escape! She will ruin everything!" Karan has been guarding this prison for decades - ever since he became a "guard".This has been his career for most of his life.
"For Ionia... for everyone... we cannot release her, Mr. Chen Ce!"
"It's okay." Chen Ce's tone became softer again, "The prophecy has changed, and releasing Syndra is not a bad thing - she will not destroy Ionia."
"You are lying to me!!" Karan roared again, "There will be new prophecies, and the prophecies may change, but they will never conflict with the previous prophecies! You are lying to me!!"
Hearing this, Chen Ce decisively shut his mouth that he still wanted to quibble with.
He knew that the "watchman" in front of him would definitely not be able to fool him.
But...actually this is not a lie.
The prophet's predictions are very accurate, but only within the original timeline - now that he is here, many things have deviated from the development of the original timeline, and the prophet's predictions are naturally no longer accurate.
What's more...even if it develops according to the original timeline, Syndra will be released.
It was done by several other "uncomplainers".
One day in the future, they will sneak into the Dream Pool on Filor Island and attempt to kill Syndra directly, hoping to end this huge hidden threat.
But unfortunately, they failed - instead of killing Syndra, they "wake up" Syndra.
Then, in a rage, Syndra caused the entire cave to collapse with a wave of her hand, and almost all the Unsuspectings were wiped out.
And Karan, who came specially to stop the accusers, directly suffered this anger - he was once one of Syndra's "jailers", and Syndra recognized him.
Syndra did not kill him directly, but used terrifying magic to seal him in the collapsed cave, letting the branches originally used to create a "prison" trap him forever - just like she was once Ionia Spirit suppresses the same.
Karan will eventually die painfully in endless imprisonment, and Syndra will destroy the entire island of Ferol out of hatred.
This is not the result Chen Ce wants.
"Trust me, I'm saving you."
Chen Ce sighed lightly and looked past the vastayas in front of him to Syndra underwater.
"It's also about saving Ferol...and even the whole of Ionia."
"That's nonsense!!" Karan shook his arm hard, and a sharp barbed dagger was held in his hand at some point. "Unless the prophet tells me personally, I will never believe you!"
"Oh... don't believe it if you don't believe it." Chen Ce shook his head and winked at Lilia beside him.
The way things developed now was within his expectation.
He had long been prepared to "backstab" Karan.
We had even discussed it with Lilia and Ahri a long time ago.
"Get some sleep, Mr. Karan. When you wake up...everything will be fine, trust me."
Before Karan could react, Lilia on the side had already waved the branch of the Dream Tree in her hand.
A strong feeling of sleepiness came over him, and Karan's body began to shake uncontrollably.
Chen Ce caught him who was about to fall.
At the same time, the calm water in the pool was also pushed by the magic power, causing ripples...
The girl seemed to be back in the forest again - or was she here all the time?
She seemed to have entered some kind of terrifying lucid dream.She just ran here, and her cheeks were stained red with shame and anger.She wanted to go to Lingliu to calm the anger raging in her heart.
No, she's already been through it once.She'd been through it many times, hundreds of times.Live that time over and over again.
What if this is just a dream?Painful dreams, over and over again...
Syndra's hatred and rage began to coalesce into darkness, stirring within her.
So she woke up from the endless dream.
Chapter 89 The Head of Darkness × The Head of Socks √
Syndra woke up.
Her beautiful wisteria-colored eyes opened under the water, she pulled out her hands and feet from the tree roots, and then got out of the water, breathing heavily.The pool water trickled down from her body.Syndra rose into the air, hovering a few feet above the water, the falling droplets setting off shimmering points of light in the pulsating halo of the water.
Chen Ce watched this scene quietly, even though he was prepared, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy - the energy symbolizing hatred and anger was too powerful, even more despairing than Mordekaiser's death aura.
Just standing in front of Syndra, the terrifying pressure makes people unable to help but surrender.
And this is without having to bear her anger head-on - Karan, as the "jailer", has been dragged out of the cave by Lilia in advance, otherwise Syndra's "getting up angry" will definitely be even greater.
Just like the development of the original timeline.
If she opens her eyes and sees the "jailer" who once imprisoned her, and is reminded of the nightmare she was forced to have repeatedly before, then she will definitely explode like a terrifying powder keg.
And her anger will cause the entire cave to collapse and the temple that has long been in ruins to completely turn into dust.
Then, let the entire island of Ferrol be destroyed.
That would make the gaffe uncontrollable, which would be bad.
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