Runeterra: I really know a little bit about everything

Chapter 184 Farewell!Death's Carnival Night!

When the news that the Shurima Empire had added more than a dozen ascended gods at once spread throughout the Shurima continent, the desert that had been silent for thousands of years began to boil again.

Previously, because the Shurima Empire had just been restored, Azir was the only one in the empire. There were very few refugees who returned to the Shurima Empire. Even those who went to Xerath were more expensive than those who returned to Shurima. many.

There is no other reason. These refugees have been struggling to survive in the desert of Shurima for decades. The Shurima Empire has been destroyed for an unknown period of time. The concept of home and country in their hearts has long been blurred.

Nowadays, they will join whichever force can give them a sense of security, keep them well fed, and protect them from bandits and wild beasts.

In the past, the Shurima Empire had just been restored and its strength was still insufficient, so even though Azir was anxious, he had nothing to do.

But now, with Xerath and his followers being completely purged, and with the Shurima Empire giving birth to so many ascended gods at once, the refugees who were originally hesitant no longer had any hesitation and started moving toward Shurima. The Mar Empire is coming.

When the first ray of morning sun shone on the earth, many refugees had already gathered outside the royal capital of Shurima.

For these suffering people, the Shurima Empire chose to accept them all.

Pools of clear springs gush out from the sun disk above the sky, converging into a clear river that passes through the Shurima Imperial Capital. There is an endless stream of pedestrians coming and going in the Imperial Capital, and there are vendors selling goods along the way.

All is well.

In the room, Zuo Chi woke up from his deep sleep. He subconsciously slowed down his movements to avoid disturbing the girl in his arms.

Zuo Chi looked at the ceiling, thinking about his next trip.

During the previous month of recuperation, Zuo Chi had been inquiring about news related to Qian Jue.

After all, he had promised to disappear the frog spirit and help him find Qian Jue's whereabouts.

The corresponding reward is to be taken to Bandle City in the spiritual realm.

To be honest, Zuo Chi is still very interested in Bandle City. After all, it is a holy land in the spiritual realm, and he might get some big opportunities.

Even if you don't get anything, it's nice to go to Bandle City and play with the furry yordles.

But, Runeterra is so big, where to find Kindred.

There are also followers of Kindred on the continent of Shurima, but they are far from comparable to places like Demacia, Noxus, and Ionia, because thousands of years ago, the Shurima Empire There have been large-scale raids on believers of pagan gods.

The Shurima Empire generally only allows its people to believe in ascended gods, not elemental gods or gods of faith.

For example, the storm elf Janna was born in the north of the Shurima continent in her earliest days. Later, as the Shurima Empire gathered the faith of her people, she had no choice but to choose to go far to the north, and finally found her way to Pi City and Zuan settled down.

However, although there are few beliefs related to death in the Shurima Empire, there are indeed some.

After Zuo Chi inquired in every possible way, he finally learned from a desert shaman about a festival called "Death Carnival Night" that only existed at the junction of Piraeus and Ixtar.

It is said that during the carnival night of the God of Death, followers of Kindred will wear masks and then dress up with their companions as hunters and prey.

It is said that some people saw the true forms of sheep spirits and wolf spirits during the Death Carnival Night, but no one knows whether they were just fabricated after drinking too much.

But no matter what, Zuo Chi always has to try his luck.

Now there are less than ten days left before Death's Carnival Night, and Zuochi's trip to Shurima is about to come to an end.

After recovering slightly, Zuo Chi suddenly noticed that the body of the girl in his arms was shaking slightly. Looking down, Zuo Chi saw Kasha's trembling eyelashes.

"Are you awake?" Zuo Chi asked with a smile.

But Kasha didn't speak. She closed her eyes tightly, but her face turned red little by little, and soon it was as red as a ripe apple.

Seeing this scene, Zuo Chi couldn't help but tighten the arm holding Kasha's waist under the quilt, bringing her closer to him.

"Since Kasha still wants to sleep, I'm going to start my morning exercise!"

After saying that, Zuo Chi pulled the quilt over his head, and he and Kasha were completely plunged into darkness.

In the darkness, Kasha could even clearly feel Zuo Chi's hot breath hitting her neck.

"Zuo Chi." Kasha suddenly shouted softly.

Zuo Chi agreed: "What's wrong?"

Kasha continued to whisper: "Hurry up this time."

"Huh?" Zuo Chi felt that this sentence was full of ambiguity.

Kasha seemed to realize this, so she quickly blushed and added: "It's not about going faster, it's about taking less time!"

"I don't care, just hurry up!"
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It was almost noon when Zuo Chi and Kasha walked out of the room side by side.

A few minutes ago, Azir had sent someone to send a message to Zuo Chi to discuss matters in the palace hall. Zuo Chi was going to take Kaisha with him and explained his request to leave to Azir and others. ,

At this time, Azir was sitting on the throne in the palace hall, while Nasus, Aatrox and all the Ascended ones were lined up on both sides of the hall, even Sivir and Taliyah were there.

Seeing Zuo Chi and Kaisha entering the hall, Azir no longer waited and said:
"Generals, now that the situation in Shurima has stabilized, I need someone to lead the army to Nerimaji, wipe out the remaining forces of Xerath, and appease the refugees there."

Just like Zuo Chi's ancient morning court in his previous life, Azir told the generals below about his future plans and distributed specific tasks to specific people.

The court meeting lasted for a long time. At the end, Azir said softly: "Generals, do you have anything to say?"

At this time, Zuo Chi took a step forward gently.

"His Majesty."

Azir looked at Zuo Chi with complicated and lost eyes: "Is the general ready to leave?"

Zuo Chi nodded: "Now that the empire has settled down, it's time for me to do my own thing."

Regarding Zuo Chi's appeal, Azir knew that he had no reason to refuse.

From beginning to end, Zuochi has been helping Shurima wholeheartedly. It can even be said that without Zuochi, the master of the Shurima Empire might have become Xerath.

Zuochi had helped Shurima so much, and now that he had settled down, and he wanted to leave, Azir naturally had no reason to force him to stay.

"General."

Azir said in a solemn and solemn tone:

"No matter when and where you go, the Shurima Empire will be your strong backing!"

Zuo Chi clasped his fists and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"I believe that the generals must have a lot to say to you, so let's end the meeting here today," Azir said.

As Azir left the hall, Zuochi and Kaisha met the eyes of the surrounding Ascended Legion members.

Kassadin was the first to ask: "Zuo Chi, where are you going? Are Kesha and you together?"

Zuo Chi nodded: "Uncle, I promised Kaisha that I would take her to visit various places in Runeterra. Now that the dust has settled, it's time to fulfill my promise to her."

Kasha looked at Kassadin, and for a moment she didn't know how to speak: "Dad, I."

But Kassadin waved his hand coolly: "It's really time to go out for a walk. Kesha should follow Zuochi closely and don't go to dangerous places. Come back and tell dad anytime if anything happens. Remember to go to a cold place. Wear more clothes. If someone bullies you, ask Zuo Chi to help you teach him a lesson."

Although Kassadin's tone was very free and easy, his instructions lasted for a long time. Perhaps this was a father's love for his daughter.

After that came Aatrox, Nasus and others.

Having been in Runeterra for so long, Zuo Chi has made many friends, but among them, Aatrox and his legion members are undoubtedly the closest to Zuo Chi.

Zuo Chi's eyes swept over Aatrox and the others behind him one by one, with a smile on his face all the time.

"Goodbye, guys."

After another conversation, under the watchful eyes of all the ascended gods, Zuochi took Kaisha's hand and led her towards the eastern sky of Shurima.

In the sky, Kasha was held in Zuo Chi's arms. She had not spoken for a while.

Until now, Taliyah's teasing words were still echoing in her mind.

"Kasha, didn't you go to Zuo Chi's room and ask him to help you heal your injuries? But why do you feel like you are limping today? Is it a side effect of the healing?"

Zuo Chi couldn't help but shook his head in amusement as he looked at Kasha's pretty face in his arms, which was sometimes red and sometimes pretending to be calm.Zuochi and Kaisha spent two days in total from the royal capital of the Shurima Empire to the eastern border of Ixtar.

Just as night was coming, Zuochi and Kasha finally arrived at the Python River Basin in the east of Ixtal.

This is an archipelago-like island extending east of Ixtar, where many famous cultures are said to have been born.

For example, the Baru culture of Nagakapoulos originated here, but later moved east to the Bilgewater Islands.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Nagakapoulos ignored the fact that people here believed in the God of Death instead of the God of Life.

Walking on the island, Zuo Chi always felt that the folk customs here were very similar to those of Pigeon. I don't know whether it was because it was adjacent to Pigeon or something else.

There is a pier on the island, and in the pier there are fishing boats that go out to sea to hunt sea beasts; there are also many casinos in the middle of the island, where gamblers, pirates, and butchers from all over Rune Land gather here, constantly shouting in the dim light.

Beside Zuo Chi, Kasha's beautiful purple eyes were staring at everything around her. She just felt that everything here was so novel.

She has never left the continent of Shurima, or even Icathia, since she was a child. She has never seen the life of fishermen, nor the chaotic gamblers, so everything in front of her now makes her Very interested.

Zuo Chi looked at Kasha's curious baby appearance, and a gentle smile couldn't help but appear at the corner of his mouth.

After experiencing so many hardships, this girl was finally able to settle down.

Half an hour later, while staying in a small shop, Zuo Chi asked the old shop manager for information about Death's Carnival Night.

"There are still five days left. When the last Wolf Moon of the year rises, it means the beginning of the Death Carnival Night."

"Young man, if you want to participate in the grand ceremony, remember to wear the twin costumes of hunter and prey with the lady next to you, otherwise I can't guarantee that you will be let in."

Zuo Chi learned from the store manager that the God of Death, Qian Jue, had a large number of believers in the Mangxing Islands, and the Carnival Night of the God of Death was a memorial held by Qian Jue's believers to commemorate their successful survival this year.

On this night, the island will revel all night long. They will sing the praises of the twins who brought death and devoutly offer their beliefs.

Listening to the store manager's story, Zuo Chi somewhat believed that Qian Jue might appear.

Because Zuo Chi can see from the disappearing frog spirit that although the gods of death have their own jobs, for them, faith is also an extremely important factor.

Back in the room, Zuo Chi gently raised his hand, and his eyes began to glow with colorful and strange lights.

"Frog spirit." Zuo Chi shouted softly.

"Human, you finally set off. I thought you would forget about me. The exorcist evil lord must have been looking for me everywhere these days. I'm so afraid of death."

In the spiritual realm, the disappearing frog spirit wearing a frog spirit mask appeared in front of Zuo Chi. Zuo Chi could find that compared with the last time they met, the aura of power of the disappearing frog spirit was even weaker.

"Have you ever heard of Death's Carnival Night?" Zuo Chi asked.

"Death's Carnival Night"

The disappearing frog spirit was slightly startled: "What is that?"

Zuo Chi replied: "It is said that Qian Jue's followers created the festival to commemorate him. Do you think Qian Jue will appear?"

After hearing Zuo Chi's explanation, Vanishing Frog Spirit looked furious: "Why are all the good things theirs~~~"

"Why don't my followers know how to create a festival for me?"

Zuo Chi was a little helpless: "Let's get down to business, will Qian Jue show up?"

"I don't know that."

The Vanishing Frog Spirit was also a little uneasy: "After all, the two guys Sheep Spirit and Wolf Spirit are responsible for such a wide area. Who knows if they will come here specifically."

When he saw that the frog spirit had disappeared and he was about to feel sad again, Zuo Chidang even withdrew from the spiritual realm.

He could finally see that the Vanishing Frog Spirit was completely clueless and looked like a college student working as a worker.

He feels very resentful every day, always complaining that the tasks assigned to him by his boss are not as good as Qian Jue's.
In the next few days, Zuochi has been taking Kasha around the Mangxing Islands, during which time he also took her out on a boat to hunt sea beasts.

Although the girl never expressed her inner joy to Zuo Chi due to her personality, Zuo Chi still felt that it was all worth it when looking at her happy look.

Finally, five days have passed by in a hurry, and tonight is what people call the night of death’s carnival!
In the past few days, Zuo Chi could clearly find that there were more and more people on the island. Whether they were captains, bank bosses, pirates, or even the nobles of Pi City, they all came here to prepare for tonight's event. Death's Night.

Night fell quietly, Zuo Chi and Kasha walked out of the hotel door.

At this time, the two of them had already put on the twin costumes that the store manager said represented the hunter and the prey.

Zuochi wore a Shurima-style hyena costume, while Kai'Sa wore a desert antelope costume, the hyena's prey.

Walking on the street, Zuochi also saw Ionian-style snake and sparrow costumes, Piraeus-style turtle and minnow costumes, and even a combination of sheep and wolves, and the number was quite large. few.

There is a very large venue in the center of the island, which is the venue for the Death Carnival Night.

Holding Kasha's hand, Zuo Chi and the two followed the flow of people to the venue.

At a glance, Zuo Chi felt as if he had entered a building that was a combination of a casino, a dance hall, a boxing gym, and a bar.

At the edge of the venue, a hunchbacked old man stood on a table, loudly telling the legend related to the death god Qianjue. Below him were people who sometimes listened quietly and sometimes clapped their hands and applauded.

The table was filled with all kinds of fine wines and delicacies. It was obvious that the island really put a lot of effort into today's carnival night.

Some young men and women were hugging each other and dancing, while some men and women were sitting on the benches in the corner and kissing. The gamblers shouted loudly at the gambling table and pushed out all the weights in their hands with great pride.

Zuo Chi and Kasha looked at everything in front of them, and then looked at each other.

Zuo Chi smiled evilly at Kasha: "Which one does Kasha want to play?"

Kasha looked at the various people around her, and finally her eyes fell on the dancing men and women on the left side of the venue, but she would occasionally glance at the kissing couples.

Noticing her gaze, Zuo Chi immediately took her hand and walked over there:

"Let's go dance first, but if I step on your foot later, you can't blame me, because I really don't know how to do it."

Just when Zuo Chi and Kasha stepped onto the dance floor, outside the venue, the moon with its sharp cold light in the sky had unknowingly risen to its highest point.

It was also at this time that two figures leaning on each other stepped into the venue.

Just like everyone present, these two figures also look like prey and hunters, and they are still wearing the most common clothing of sheep and wolves in the field.

Entering the venue, the wolf first heard the talk of the old man who was telling a story.

After listening for a while, he looked at the figure holding a long bow beside him: "Lamb, is this story really about us?"

Lamb tilted his head noncommittally: "Legends have been passed down from generation to generation, and the story has long been different from the real appearance. Now this is just a clumsy show after they have a superficial understanding."

Continuing deeper into the venue, at this time, a pair of gorgeously dressed lovers walked past the two of them. The couple originally planned to pass by the two of them, but when they saw their appearance, the couple couldn't help but stop.

The woman looked at the two of them with some surprise: "Wow, how can this sheep spirit costume be so lifelike? Moreover, the down is not warm and feels cold to the touch. How is this possible?"

"This wolf spirit must have used magic to dress up. It can actually float in the air, just like the ghost on Soul Erosion Night."

"It's a pity that you two won't participate in this year's Qianjue Costume Contest. I guess with this outfit, you won't be able to get No. 3. Well, No. 2 is also possible!"

"Oh, by the way, who will win this year's gambling? The wolf I beat will win. Happy Qianjue Night, my friend."

After the couple said that, they hugged each other and left, while the two people behind them looked towards the center of the venue together.

There, a tall ring has been erected. On the edge of the ring, a strong man in a wolf costume and a thin man in a lamb costume are waiting for the start of the ring match.

The strong man's face was full of confidence and arrogance, while the thin man's face was full of anxiety and fear.

Seeing this scene, the wolf once again looked at the lamb beside him.

"Lamb, will we take action against each other?"

"No, dear Wolf, never."

"So will we be separated? How long will we be together?"

"One more day than forever."

(Come on WBG! We must win, Ba Zhao is so nervous.)
(End of this chapter)