Battle of the Two Cities: Begins with the Mage

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The book floated in front of Ryan and began to turn over quickly on its own.

"It's Xerath's research to be sure, but he's so confident that he puts it in the Royal Library like this."

Ryan gave some pointers while quickly memorizing the contents of the book.

Aatrox, who was standing aside, folded his arms and sneered: "The Grand Master is responsible for the normal operation of the empire's affairs. We are only responsible for conquering the Quartet and protecting the empire."

"I managed the normal operation of all the libraries at that time, but only one was not under my jurisdiction." Nasus pointed out in a calm and emotionless tone.

The royal library in front of them happened to be a place outside his management.

There are all the collections of the ancient Shurima royal family, and there are some secret things involved, which are not suitable for him to know.

"This is a dismantling of the process of the Ascension Ceremony, and records the best time to **** the Ascension Ceremony."

The book in front of Ryan flipped to the end, and after sorting out the harvested materials in his mind, he looked a little playful:

"What's interesting is that there is also a record of the only instance of the ascension ceremony being "snatched", and it is also stated that this information came from a 'stupid' party's dictation."

After hearing this, Aatrox glanced at Nasus with some inexplicable meaning in his eyes.

"Well..." Nasus was silent for a while, looking like he was remembering something.

After a long time, he sighed and said:

"I guess that stupid person is me. I should have realized that when he asked me about ascension-related matters, he was not concerned about Azir's safety."

Among the previous ascension ceremonies recorded by Shurima, only Nasus had a small accident during his ascension.

Because of some changes, the ascension ceremony that was supposed to belong to Nasus alone was finally completed by him and his younger brother Renekton.

"Rekton is different from me. Although the result is considered a success, if he rushes up before he has the will of excellence, how can he not be affected."

Nasus had a touch of sentimentality on his face:

"I have already said that the consequences of rushing into the Ascension Ceremony are very serious. Ordinary humans can't suppress the divine power descended from the Ascension Ceremony. In the end, their reason will gradually lose and become a beast with only instinct..."

Hearing this, Aatrox blinked, not knowing what to think.

"It's very similar, right? The symptoms of being corroded, and the symptoms of the sequelae of the ascension ceremony."

Ryan glanced at him, meaning.

"So, there has never been any corruption of the Void, and no protoss conspiracy, just a lack of our beliefs...is that so?"

Aatrox stared at Ryan, as if to get a certain answer.

Ryan looked back at him calmly, and said in a slow voice:

"In fact, you already have the answer in your own heart, don't you? Do you want to deny your lack of belief, or do you want to attribute everything to the Void and Protoss?"

"The Void will corrupt and assimilate humans, but that doesn't mean they can corrupt Ascension Gods. The ones who really make you Darkspawn... only you yourself."

"Yeah... only us..."

Aatrox took a deep breath, raised his head and looked up at the golden sphere that glowed like the sun in the sky, a little self-deprecating on his face.

This has been in his heart since he met the ancient Shurima remnants and woke up.

Because of the collapse of the ancient Shurima Empire, they lost their faith in fighting for it.

Even Feisheng Tianshen, who was selected by strict standards like sages, could not resist the wear and tear of time.

While they still had the belief in the Shurima Empire, they still held the belief in protection and glory.

However, when belief collapses, some unwanted thoughts also arise.

Destruction, greed, lust, power...

These are the real reasons for them to fall here...

"These things have been doomed from the beginning." Ryan shook his head slightly.

"It was destined from the beginning?" Aatrox frowned slightly, he felt that what Ryan said should not be as simple as it appeared.

"Master Nasus, if the information I have collected is correct, apart from the ascension ceremony, ancient Shurima should not have its own promotion path." Ryan asked instead.

"That's right." Nasus nodded slightly. "The Ascension Ritual is the foundation of the Shurima Empire. We prosper because of it, but we also decline because of him."

"It seems that you realized this very early." Ryan said.

"Yeah..." Nasus looked at Aatrox with a puzzled expression, and said in a sad tone, "Thousands of years have allowed me to think about this matter seriously. Because our strength comes from external forces, we are There is no mind to carry that power."

Natherston paused, then continued:

"We will raise the requirements for selecting ascendants, hoping that their sage-like qualities can control the power of ascending. But it turns out that if there is no ultimate pursuit of power~www.readwn.com~ Even sages will be affected by their power. Change to produce a different mind.”

"In the beginning, everyone was able to maintain their desire for power. Because of the empress and Yaomian in front of them, everyone did their best to protect Shurima..."

"But ah... maybe it's a situation destined to decline... Queen Setaka died in the battle of the void, and most of Yaomian died there, only Aatrox Yaomian survived. For hundreds of years, in fact, everyone has a mind that should not be there, even if there is no Azir thing, Shurima is not far from falling apart."

"Except for me and Renekton, the other Ascended Gods have a tendency to disobey the empire's orders. Maybe they didn't deny Shurima's intentions, but in their eyes, the Shurima royal family, which has not seen Ascendants for many years, maybe You are no longer qualified to order them."

As he said this, Nasus glanced at Aatrox.

After the death of Queen Setaka, the most prestigious person was not her descendant, but Aatrox's crown.

But Aatrox did not make the same choice as Ryan beside him, but chose to remain silent and let the empire develop.

If he stood up to rule the empire like Ryan, maybe there would be a different result...

Suppressing the chaotic thoughts, Nasus continued:

"The power of Ascension is so strong that we lose the meaning of protection. Ascension God's sun-like brilliance suppresses the entire world, and no one dares to disobey us. In the end, it is we who have destroyed ourselves."

Nasus took a deep breath, shook his head and said sadly:

"Protoss is strong, but together we are far stronger than them. In the end, we still lost to time and ourselves..."