Runeterra: I really know a little bit about everything

Chapter 142 Monolith!Traces of Zolani!
"But why are you unwilling to take action against Malphite?"

On the eastern border of Shurima, at the intersection of jungle and desert, walking under the cool shade of trees, Zuo Chi was looking at Varus beside him with curiosity.

Varus gently stroked the long bow in his hand and said lightly: "Because I don't want to watch the only monolith in the world disappear in front of me."

When Varus said this, there was a deep look of nostalgia in his eyes, but perhaps because he was now a dark descendant, he didn't want to show it clearly.

"Oh?" Zuo Chi couldn't help but be curious after hearing Varus' words.

Regarding Malphite, Zuochi only knew that he was the guardian of Ixtar today, and that he seemed to be related to Shurima a long time ago, but Zuochi didn't really know the specific content.

"Explain it quickly." Zuo Chi asked with a smile.

Varus rolled his eyes at Zuo Chi, his tone suddenly filled with deep hatred.

"That bastard Nezuk, creating the monolith is his only contribution to the Shurima Empire. In other respects, he is simply a bastard.

If it hadn't been for him, how could Horlock have died! "

"Um!?"

Hearing this, Zuo Chi's heart skipped a beat.

Horok Zuochi knew it. After all, he had heard Aatrox mention it when he was in the Howling Abyss.

That was an Ascended general like Aatrox. He once held the Blade of the Underworld deep into the cracks of the void, and pierced the heart of the void with one sword. This allowed the Ascended Legion from the outside world to successfully seal the void and end it. The protracted void war.

But now Zuo Chi has gotten new information. Horlock died at the hands of Nezuk?
Nezuk, another new name, and Zuo Chi always felt that this name was extremely familiar.

After thinking about the name carefully, Varus's voice continued to come.

As mentioned before, Ixtal is a subsidiary empire of the ancient Shurima Empire. Unlike Icathia, Ixtal has many powerful warriors who have been recognized by the Sun Disk and have become ascended gods in the eyes of the world.

And this Nezuk is one of them!

Born in Ixtal, Nezuk is an extremely powerful elemental mage. He possesses unparalleled elemental magic and the arrogance of the sky.

Faced with the cracks in the Void that had made the Shurima Empire riddled with holes, Nezuk asked the then Emperor of Shurima for orders to create a weapon that could rival the Void.

After months of unbearable labor and countless resources spent, Nezuk unveiled his strategic weapon - the Monolith, a living rock weapon in the presence of the entire Ascended Legion!
It is said to be a monolith, but in fact it is an extremely huge floating fortress. This fortress is almost as big as a city. It is suspended in the air and can completely block everything in the sky.

The monolith is maintained by a group of the greatest elemental mages and Nezuk himself, and is also ridden by other celestial warriors of Ixtal.

The moment this weapon came out, it attracted the attention of the entire Shurima.

Nezuk and his superweapon arrived at their destination and once again faced the endless howling and bottomless darkness of the abyss, as well as the hordes of void monsters it created.

The magic-suppressing crystal on the monolith continuously projects thunderbolts downwards, melting the yellow sand below into glass. Elemental magic of various attributes falls from the monolith, crazily destroying the void creatures below.

Demon-suppressing grenades the size of a human head flew out from the monolith like raindrops, causing violent roars on the battlefield below.

The level and scale of its violence are something Runeterra has never witnessed before. The witchcraft and magic they use are enough to wipe out the entire civilization, or turn the entire continent into a memory. It is this kind of power that is all released and added to the void.

Some people even said at the time that if the Shurima Empire could possess a few more strategic weapons like monoliths, perhaps the entire Runeterra would surrender to Shurima's feet.

However, no matter how powerful Monolith is, Void is by no means an enemy that can be easily defeated.

The strange void energy carved out deep wounds on the "monolith", making its surface rugged and scorched black, thus forming an unnatural stone - Murphy Rock, also known as Ixtal. "Bad Stone" in Language.

The fortress was pushed to its design limits, laboriously repairing itself and re-stitching its damaged superstructure.

But even the most amazing magic has its breaking point.

Just when Nezuk summoned his fellow Ascendants, intending to carry out the last desperate charge, and then attack the void with all his strength, Monolith also reached the limit of what it could bear.

Witnessed by the entire battlefield, the floating fortress that covered the sky like a city fell from the sky and crashed straight into the crack in the void.

In the end, more than [-]% of the monolith crashed into the cracks in the void and was swallowed by the void that never knew satisfaction.

The remaining small fragments were forced out of the body when the monolith fell, turning into meteors and flying to every place in Shurima continent.

Among them, only one fragment is still intact and has not been infected by the power of the void.

This fragment flew to the land of Ixtar. For thousands of years, the rich elemental magic nourished this monolithic fragment. Gradually, this living rock acquired its own intelligence.

And this fragment of a monolith with intelligence is Malphite!
With that obsession engraved in his bones, Malphite became the patron saint of Ixtar, and he has always spared no effort to fight against the void underground.

At this point, Zuo Chi already knew why Verus kept his hands on Malphite.

Yes, he was once a comrade-in-arms of Verus. He had saved the lives of countless ascended gods and Shurima people.

Thinking of this, Zuo Chi suddenly raised his head. It seemed that he had heard the name Nezuk somewhere!

Nezuk Zuochi had never heard of it, but he had heard of it: Nezuk's Bronze Gauntlet—a strange weapon that gave Ezreal the ability to travel through space.

The one Ezreal wears on his hand!
Zuo Chi still clearly remembered that Ezreal must have obtained this weapon in a tomb in Shurima following the guidance of his missing parents.

Zuo Chi looked at Varus: "Verus, you seem to dislike this Nezuk?"

"Humph!"

Varus snorted heavily: "He was almost the most severely infected by the Void. Humans called him the darkin madman and the tyrant Nezuk. After everyone became darkin, he even used tricks to kill them and did not want to participate in the war. Horok, thus causing the only underworld blade that can hurt the Heart of the Void to lose its whereabouts."

"However, he is very self-aware and knows that he will die sooner or later. After stabilizing in central Shurima, he has been enslaving humans to help him build a tomb comparable to the size of the Shurima Royal Tomb."

"In the end, it really came into use."

"Uh" Zuo Chi scratched his head.

What's this?
After other dark descendants seized the territory, they enjoyed themselves wantonly and thought about expanding the territory all day long. Why did they rush to build their own graves when they arrived at Nezuk?

Zuo Chi always feels that something is a little weird here?
Shaking his head, Zuo Chi didn't think too much anymore. He was just curious about the Void War back then.

Back in Shurima again, it’s time to get down to business.

"Verus, what are your plans next?"

"Of course, kill Zolani!"

Varus glanced at Zuo Chi lightly: "What about you?" Zuo Chi smiled at Varus, and he spread his hands:
"I originally wanted to go find Aatrox, but I can't sense each other like you darkspawn, so I have no choice but to follow you."

As Zuo Chi said, he also wants to find Aatrox. After all, if he follows Aatrox, the winning rate will undoubtedly be much higher.

Let's not talk about Aatrox's rumored dark descendants. Aatrox is already powerful enough just after obtaining a demigod-level body.

If you want to kill Zolani, Aatrox and his group are definitely the most suitable ones.

It's a pity that Zuochi doesn't know where Aatrox is at all.

The continent of Shurima stretches as far as the eye can see, its area is almost as large as the combined territory of the Demacia Empire and the Noxus Empire. In a place like this, trying to accurately find Aatrox is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

On the contrary, if we follow Varus now, we might be able to find Zolani first.

Since we can't join up with Aatrox and others yet, let's try Zolani's current combat power first.

With the current fighting prowess of him and Varus, they might be able to kill her if they could; even if they couldn't defeat her, they should be able to escape.

Compared to Zuo Chi's calmness, Varus was a little surprised:
"Have you met Aatrox!?"

Zuo Chi nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Recalling what happened in the Freljord, Zuo Chi just wanted to say that he and Aatrox had more than just met.

Varus looked deeply at Zuo Chi, and finally strolled forward.

"You didn't die in his hands, and your body wasn't taken away by him. Could it be that he was planning to keep you until he can take your body back later? A training line?"

Zuo Chi: "."

What a mess!

Taking steps to keep up with Varus, Zuo Chi said seriously: "Can you sense Zolani's position?"

Varus nodded solemnly, but his expression was a little solemn and there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"I sensed Zolani's breath in more than a dozen places. And the intensity of the breath in each place is very similar, and it's still moving quickly. Could it be that my perception is wrong?"

"Ok?"

After hearing Varus' words, Zuo Chi couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

"With Zolani's control over blood magic, it would be too easy for her to create several illusions to confuse the enemy."

"Is she afraid that we will come to her, so she deliberately created these illusions? But before, Aatrox clearly said that she deliberately released her breath to provoke you and attract you to come."

Varus glanced at Zuo Chi. Finally, after some careful consideration, Varus put his long bow behind him and turned into a stream of light and rushed forward, Zuo Chi followed him.

"Go to the nearest place first!"

"Zolani can only be killed by me, and only I have the ability to kill her!"

Zuo Chi had no objection to this.

Because he knew that except for those followers of Aatrox who followed Aatrox, the other dark descendants were really dissatisfied and dissatisfied, and no one looked down on anyone.

Everyone feels that they are the strongest dark descendant, and everyone feels that the other person is not even qualified to carry their shoes.

But Zuo Chi thought wrong here, because Varus wanted to kill Zolani simply because his sister who Zolani had harmed was missing.

Just like that, Zuo Chi and Varus followed Zolani's aura and quickly moved towards the nearest aura.

Just as the two of them rushed out, Zuo Chi said to Varus: "Verus, control your aura, don't let Zolani notice that we are coming."

"Ah."

Just when Zuochi and Varus left the border of Ixtar, what no one expected was that due to the previous battle between the two and Malphite, many creatures in the jungle had lost their habitat. Can find territory again.

Perhaps it is easier for some small animals to find new territories, but for those elemental dragons with a strong sense of territory, it is difficult for them to reach the sky!
Elemental dragons with different attributes simply cannot adapt to each other's territory. In this case, the range of territories that the dragons can choose will be greatly reduced.

After searching in vain, a water elemental dragon came to the eastern border of Ixtar.

In front of him was an endless sea of ​​watchers.

However, even though it was separated by the Sea of ​​Watchers, it could still sense the towering ancient tree on the other side of the sea that blocked the sky and the sun, as well as the natural magic that filled the island.

Looking back at the jungle of Ixtal that was no longer able to accommodate itself, it flapped its wings and flew towards the Shadow Island.

Maybe, he will get a brand new habitat because of this move, but maybe, this will be the beginning of another disaster.
Zuo Chi and Varus are extremely fast, and with their strength, they don't need to worry about the territory of void creatures in the vast desert. They only need to crush them all the way with absolute power.

Two streams of light, one golden and one dark red, passed through the sky, leaving only arrows and rock spikes everywhere on the ground behind them, as well as dense corpses of void creatures.

In this way, starting from the eastern border of the Shurima Empire, the two followed Varus's induction and quickly approached the central part of the Shurima continent.

Originally, the two of them thought that no matter whether that place was Zolani's location or not, they had to go and have a look.

However, just when Zuo Chi and Varus walked about a thousand miles away, Varus's body suddenly stopped suddenly, and his body in the middle of his rapid movement stopped instantly.

"What's wrong?" Zuo Chi turned his head and asked.

Varus said suspiciously: "I actually sensed Anaka's aura. He went to another place with Zolani's aura."

"Anaka? Who is that?" Zuo Chi looked confused.

Varus's expression was a bit incomprehensible: "One of Aatrox's former followers disappeared into Runeterra immediately after Aatrox was sealed. Now that he appears, he should be looking for Aatrox. .”

Hearing this, Zuo Chi couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

Verus was not a former follower of Aatrox, so he did not know that Aatrox had sent a summons to his followers, but Zuochi knew it. After all, he was a witness.

After a while, Zuo Chi patted Varus on the shoulder and suddenly said:
"Varus, let's go find Anaka!"

Varus: "Huh?"

(End of this chapter)