LOL: Summoner of Goddess Janna

"Nasus, suffer death!" On the other side, Renekton, still with red eyes, chased his brother and slashed wildly.

Nasus couldn't bear to hurt his brother, so he could only passively defend himself. After a while, he was beaten with scars and was in a state of embarrassment.

Fortunately, after Xerath meekly accepted the trial, Azir had already withdrawn his hand.

"Wall of the Forbidden Army!" He waved his hand and summoned four teams of gold-armored warriors made of yellow sand. They formed a wall formation with spears in hand and besieged Renekton from all directions.

Renekton was trapped in a tight siege, and his movements suddenly stagnated.

Nasus finally escaped his brother's brutal pursuit and quickly chanted a spell to further delay Renekton's actions.

Levi summoned a stream of high-pressure air to assist Azir and Nasus, firmly suppressing the crazy god warrior to the ground.

In the end, as he promised, Xerath used profound spiritual magic to soothe Renekton's crazy and twisted soul.

Finally, the anger in Renekton's eyes dissipated, and he gradually fell asleep peacefully.

"Huh..." Nasus let out a long sigh of relief and glanced at his brother with complicated emotions.

He then looked at Azir, especially Xerath, in confusion.

"Grand Maester Nasus," Azir said, "I have passed my sentence. Xerath must suffer eternity in imprisonment and slavery to atone for his evil deeds."

"So, you let him live," Nasus sighed.

He could agree with the emperor's judgment. For an ascended person who is almost immortal, living in a prison and seal may not be as satisfying as dying.

"Dan Xeras is dangerous," Nasus said. "I don't trust him to be punished."

Azir did not answer directly, but turned his gaze to Xerath.

"I am willing to accept the punishment." Xerath sighed.

He took the initiative to dissipate the powerful arcane energy, revealing his vital magic core: "Grand Maester Nasus, please seal my power."

"This..." Nasus was speechless. He and Renekton tried their best to imprison Xerath in the Tomb of the Emperor, but failed to seal the source of this guy's power and fundamentally solve the problem.

He also didn't expect that Xerath would be so cooperative this time.

Based on what Nasus knew about Xerath, he thought that this guy would fight to the death and would rather die than accept the seal.

"Then Renekton... can he still recover?" Nasus asked with concern.

"Not necessarily, but there is hope." Azir said: "Xerath's witchcraft can soothe General Renekton's spirit and make up for his sins as much as possible."

"...Okay." Nasus sighed: "In that case, it's as you wish."

He nodded slightly to Azir and used Shurima's ancient magic to seal Xerath's magical core.

Zeras suddenly lost most of his power, and the light on his body dimmed to the extreme.

No matter how talented and intelligent he is, it is absolutely impossible for him to break this seal on his own with his pitiful magic power that can barely maintain physical movement.

"That's okay..." Levi silently approved Azir's choice.

Since there is a way to eliminate the secondary risks posed by Xerath, it would not be a bad thing to let him live and go to jail.

After all, Runeterra may face a full-scale invasion by the Void in another ten years. At this time, every high-end combat power is valuable.

At the critical moment, breaking Xerath's seal and throwing him in front of the void insect swarm to attract firepower... can also come in handy.

"Grand Maester Nasus." After everything had settled, Azir was finally free to take care of his broken empire.

He looked at the ruins of this ancient city and the mountains of ethereal corpses piled up in the desert.

Azir already had a rough idea of ​​how the capital became a ruin, how Shurima perished, and how the Ascended Ones disappeared.

"So what's the situation now?" Azir first focused on the enemy of the void: "Has the void fully invaded?"

"No..." Nasus shook his head.

He briefly introduced to Azir the situation in Belvis and the recent movements of the void forces.

After hearing that the Void had not fully invaded and that the Void Queen's power was only limited to the southern part of Shurima, Azir still breathed a sigh of relief, although his expression was still solemn.

"Then what human forces are there in Shurima today?" Azir asked again.

"This..." Nasus replied briefly: "The tribes of Mount Targon in the west have no intention of invading the desert eastward, and Ixtal in the east has been closed for thousands of years and isolated from the world - these are not worries."

"And the vast desert of Shurima is isolated from oases and full of tribes, and there is no decent big force so far."

"As for the North Shore..." Nasus suddenly paused subtly.

After Noxus came to power from Swain, it no longer had any intention of maintaining the empire's overseas colonial rule;

Coupled with the intervention of the leader more than a month ago, the compradors of the north coast city-states who were used to being the outsiders were frightened into collective rebellion.

Therefore, after an unstoppable wave of changing flags and competing for investment opportunities...

The North Shore of Shurima is now completely out of Noxus' control and has become an overseas territory managed by the Windlord.

"The North Shore is now...under the control of the Oshla Vazuans."

Nasus couldn't think of how to explain the special organization of the Leader to a person with a generation gap of 3000 years.

He had no choice but to move out of Zaun's ancient name and tell Azir who controlled the north shore area now.

"Vazuan people?" Azir smiled: "After the fall of the empire, can even these profiteers be kings and hegemons on the north coast?"

Zaun was a prosperous commercial city in ancient Shurima times and an important trading stronghold of the Shurima Empire on the north coast.

But no matter how rich and powerful it is, it is just one of the city-states on the north coast under the rule of the Shurima Empire.

To Azir, it was heard that the Wazuans ruled the North Shore.

It felt as absurd as waking up and finding that the ants in the corner had taken over the entire house.

"Um..." Nasus was about to continue explaining in detail.

"Okay!" Azir had already cheered up and shouted, clutching his golden spear: "Then let us first integrate the tribes in the desert, then regain the city-states on the north coast, and unify the entire Shurima region. , and then concentrate our efforts to conquer the countries of Valoran in the north and suppress the void forces of Icathia in the south!"

Nasus didn't stop him, and Azir's map had opened up half a planet.

Seeing Levi watching from the side with a subtle look on his face, Nasus was so embarrassed that even his pair of pointed wolf ears trembled and he didn't know where to put them.

But His Majesty the Emperor is still expressing his ambition and pride intoxicatedly:

"Grand Maester Nasus, you have worked hard over the past 3,000 years. I can imagine your pain and helplessness."

"But now, the sun disk is hanging high over the desert again. My empire and I are back -"

"Give me twenty years, and I will give you a powerful Shurima!"

"The radiance of the sun will eventually shine on Shurima again, and Shurima will definitely become great again!"

"Uh..." Nasus wanted to stop him.

But Azir kept talking more and more. He can't wait to reclaim his lands and restore Shurima to its glory.

To this end, he has even counted the small population of this "empire" and assigned everyone his place.

"Grand Maester Nasus, you will be the chancellor of this great empire. The position of the empire's general must belong to General Renekton."

"Sivir..." Azir looked at his only bloodline with pity: "It was your blood that awakened me."

"The ascended blood should no longer be buried in the yellow sand. You will be the princess of the Shurima Empire, my only heir."

"Huh?" Sivir couldn't help rolling his eyes.

But Azir had already turned to Levi and Janna and said: "Janna, and her followers."

"Although you were once heretics in the empire, if you are willing to surrender, then I am willing to break the rules and accept you as a member of the Ascended Ones, and become a righteous god who can be worshiped in Shurima."

Levi, Janna: "..."

"Stop!" Nasus finally shouted to the emperor regardless of etiquette.

As soon as he saw Azir's old-fashioned arrogance, he knew that the Emperor still failed to step out of his role back then, and still regarded himself as the supreme Shurima Emperor.

No wonder....

For Azir, who had slept for 3,000 years, the era when the Shurima Empire was extremely powerful might still be yesterday.

In his impression, Janna was just a little house bird that could be manipulated at will.

Even though Janna had just shown that she was far more powerful than ordinary ascended people, Azir still subconsciously believed that he had the qualifications to talk to her on an equal footing, and even to be superior to her.

"Azir, wake up—" Nasus sighed deeply: "Times have changed."

"Huh?" Azir looked confused.

"The Vazuan people who now control the northern shore of Shurima are followers of the goddess Janna." Nasus explained.

"This..." Azir was slightly startled, but quickly accepted it.

The belief in the goddess Janna was widely spread in the coastal city-states on the north coast of Shurima more than 3,000 years ago.

Now it's just a return to the grandeur of the past, so what?

The Shurima Empire, which is bound to be resurrected, invited her to join and let her sit firmly in the top position of the empire. Is it still treating her badly?

"No, you still underestimated them." Nasus added helplessly: "The Wind Leader...well, the Janna Order, is now the most powerful force in Rune Land."

"The current Shurima Empire is unable to compete with it."

"The future..." The future is even more impossible.

Although the sun disk can create ascendants, the conditions for ascension are extremely harsh.

In the past, only the imperial heroes selected by the Ascension Order were eligible to receive the ascension ceremony——

And if a person can become an imperial hero of this level, it means that he must be a powerful transcendent and possess extremely strong willpower and mental power.

Such harsh hidden conditions, coupled with the horribly high mortality rate of the Ascension Ceremony, mean that it is impossible for the Sun Disc to mass-produce Ascended Persons in a short period of time.

The ancient Shurima Empire had been saving for thousands of years, but it had only managed to accumulate an army of over a hundred Ascended Ones. This is still under the condition that the Shurima Empire is strong enough and there are enough powerful extraordinary beings who can be sent to the altar to undergo the ascension trial.

Now let Azir rebuild the empire from scratch. In less than ten years, he might not be able to cultivate new warriors of the gods.

And the goddess Janna...Nasus could see that with the terrifying appeal of Janna's theory, her belief would spread throughout Runeterra in a few years.

Even he couldn't imagine how powerful Janna would be by then.

"The leader is the strong one among us." Nasus concluded: "Azir, you must realize this."

"What?" This was far beyond Azir's expectations.

"And, not only that..." Nasus gave him another heavy blow: "Your heir, Sivir, is also a member of the Wind Leader."

"This..." Azir looked at Sivir in disbelief.

"Azir." Sivir called his ancestor by his first name very rudely: "This plan to resurrect you and the Shurima Empire was originally formulated by our President Levi. Without him, you would never be able to stand. it's here."

"You should show some respect to my goddess."

"..." Azir became more and more stunned.

He captured a key message.

"I...was resurrected by these wind leaders?"

"Yes." Nasus nodded to confirm.

Azir was silent. He was an emperor after all, and he knew what it meant.

Since Vazuan is now a big country, then why do they want to resurrect the Shurima Empire when they are doing well?

Isn’t this increasing competition with oneself?

There is only one answer.

That is, in the eyes of the leader, the Shurima Empire is not a rival at all, but...

"vassal?!" Azir was so angry that his body was shaking.

"We are allies." Li Wei promptly corrected: "We do not seek hegemony or become vassals."

"You?!" From Azir's point of view, this made no difference.

His Majesty the Emperor's arrogance instantly shattered to pieces. Then, he looked at Nasus excitedly: "Grand Maester Nasus, have these leaders agreed with you on any terms in advance?"

Azir knew that no force would help others restore their country without asking for anything in return.

The other party must have additional conditions.

He had often signed such treaties before, but he brought the Shurima Empire army to force others to sign.

"Uh...this." Nether was a little embarrassed for a moment.

From the perspective of the Shurima Empire, he did play a guest role as the Lord of the Middle Hall and agreed to some less than equal conditions.

"First, the Shurima Empire needs to form a defensive alliance with the Wind Leader to jointly deal with the encroaching invasion of the Queen of the Southern Void."

The void is the public enemy of mankind, and Shurima is also facing the threat of Icathia, so it has the greatest need for cooperation.

So this condition is mutual benefit and win-win, but there is nothing unequal.

but...

"Second, the Shurima Empire needs to respect the choices of the people in the North Shore region and not unilaterally change the status quo."

"Bastard!" How could Azir not hear it? This means that the leader has occupied the north bank and does not want to leave, and wants him to cede territory for peace.

"Certain land?" Levi glared back rudely.

He didn't back down. Because regardless of his original plans, Shurima's northern shores were now liberated.

The leader can't just leave the newly liberated slaves and poor people in order to please their allies, and then throw them back to the rule of a backward feudal empire, right?

Therefore, Levi looked directly into Azir's eyes and asked his soul:

"Azir, you think I am competing for territory with you. But the problem is..."

"The Shurima Empire has been dead for three thousand years, is this still your territory?"

"..." Azir couldn't answer.

Shurima not only lost its country, but its civilization was completely cut off.

It has been destroyed for 3000 years. Even the local language has been changed. You still say that this is your territory. Why?

And: "For the past three thousand years, the Shurima people have suffered from hunger, war, slavery, and colonial invasion all the time. Despair has always shrouded this land."

"Where are you and your so-called empire at this time?"

"I..." Azir was even more speechless.

He glanced at Sivir guiltily.

Suddenly, he understood how disrespectful and even contemptuous this "unworthy descendant" was towards him.

Yes... His direct descendants of the once noble imperial family now live such a miserable life. Not to mention the other Shurimans

The empire is long dead. It failed to protect the Shuriman people. Why should the Shuriman people recognize this empire that suddenly appeared?

"So, why do you ask me for land?"

It doesn't make sense legally, and public opinion doesn't support it.

Then you can only rely on...

"Because your fist is big?" Levi looked directly at Azir without giving up: "But your fist is big, and our leader's fist is also big!"

Although there are four Ascended Ones in Shurima: Azir, Nasus, Renekton, and Xerath.

But the Wind Leader also has the support of the goddess Janna, as well as the Demon of Desire, the Demon of Secret, the Demon of Fire, and the Demon of Shadow, the four demons.

Not to mention, with the Wind Leader's smooth transformation of Ionia and continued penetration of Demacia and Noxus, Janna's power is now growing exponentially every day.

It is estimated that within a month or two, she will be able to defeat these "remnants of the empire".

"..." Azir was silent.

Sivir also silently added: "Old guy, if you really think about Shurima, you should take the initiative to convert to Janna and join us in fighting the void and transforming the world!"

"You?!" Azir looked angry.

How could he, the majestic emperor of Shurima, convert to a heretical little god!

Even if he dies, even if he is killed by the sun disk again, it is impossible...

"Azir." Nasus stopped his attack: "Be more sensible."

"Don't forget, the Queen of the Void is still spying on the north in Icacia. What we need now is an ally, not an insurmountable enemy."

"This..." Azir was speechless again.

He was silent for a long time, and finally reluctantly accepted the reality.

"Okay..." Azir sighed longly: "Leader, I will cooperate with you."