I am the Summoner of Runeterra

Chapter 68: Aatrox

My name is Aatrox. I was originally just an ordinary soldier in Shurima. Under the leadership of the new Shurima Emperor Azir, the Shurima Empire has successfully covered every corner of the continent, except Icacia. , the legendary place cursed by the gods.

Icacia is the collective name for the southernmost plain, and we generally call it Icacia Plain.The sky there was torn apart by the gods, and the endless wind in the void blew the land of Icacia, and the whole Icacia appeared a dead gray black.

When I was promoted to a high-ranking general in Shurima, I went to Icacia once. There is a place where no living beings can exist. The rivers are filled with dead black water. There are no fish, shrimp, or even aquatic plants. It is gray and silent black, as if forgotten by the Creator God...

Shurima at that time was extremely powerful and prosperous, and it was not as deserted as Shurima is today.Everyone is living the ideal life in their own mind.After Shurima was unified, it was finally decided to hold the sacred Ascension Ritual.

The Ascended Ritual is a sacred ancient ritual in Shurima, which can awaken the gods to give the ascended the power of the gods and become gods.According to historical records, only the founding queen of Shurima successfully became an Ascendant, and her strength is extremely powerful.

The final choice for the ceremony is three people, me, Aatrox who uses a giant sword, Verus, a warrior who is good at using bows and arrows, and Rhaast, a warrior who carries a scythe that is as tall as his body.

The three of us were taken to a palace to be baptized before the ceremony.

"Raast, why were you chosen?" I curiously asked the companion who was carrying the scythe.

"do not know."

"What about you, Verus?" I saw that he didn't seem to like talking to people very much, his tone was always cold, and he turned to look at another soldier.

"I don't know about that, but I have some breaking news to tell you." Verus seemed to be quite talkative, and he came between us and said mysteriously.

"Oh? What news?" I was a little curious.

Raast had no expression on his face, but I was keenly aware that his ears moved.

"Do you know the great wizard next to the emperor? It is said that he was born as a slave, so he still wears shackles." Verus looked around and approached and said.

I know about Xerath, and I was even there when His Majesty Azir bought Xerath in the slave market. Of course, I was just a small guard at that time.And His Majesty Azir is just an unremarkable prince.

His Majesty Azir saw the magic talent of the little slave at a glance, took him back to the palace, and found a special magic instructor to teach him carefully. Xerath also worked extra hard, and soon became A magic apprentice.

His Majesty Azir, who is still a prince, simply feels that he has found a talent for Shurima, so he is very kind to Xerath, and even said that he is like a brother, discussing some magical things with Xerath every time he has free time. Knowledge, the two gradually warmed up, and Xerath also recognized this big brother from the bottom of his heart.

Xerath's magic ability gradually became stronger, magic apprentice, magician, great magician, magister... slowly surpassed his mentor and became one of the three great magisters of the empire, and finally became the most powerful His Majesty Azir finally stood out among the many princes and became the heir to the throne because of Xerath's full support.

It can even be said that His Majesty Azir can become the emperor, and Xerath has half of the functions. After Emperor Azir succeeded to the throne, he declared Xerath to be the great master of the Shurima Empire. Since then, there has been the great wizard Xerath title.

And because I followed His Majesty from the very beginning, I gradually changed from a guard to the commander-in-chief of the army. Although I have met Verus and Laast a few times, it has always been taboo for the emperor to have too much personal friendship with the generals in the army. , so there is no close friendship, but I think the two of them were once a humble soldier of His Majesty Azir...

Although His Majesty Azir proposed to untie the shackles of the Great Wizard of Xerath many times, the House of Representatives has never agreed to pass the bill, thinking that the Empire has no ability to sanction Xerath, so I even doubt that His Majesty Azir and the House of Representatives have arranged three times for themselves this time. The famous general held the Ascension Ceremony in order to effectively sanction Xerath.

"Well, it's true that Xerath was born a slave, but his innate talent for magic deserves that status." I nodded.

"How do you know?" Verus looked at me curiously.

"I used to be His Majesty's personal soldier, and I was there when His Majesty accepted Xerath." I thought there was nothing I couldn't say, so I replied directly.

"So, Aatrox, are you on His Majesty's side?" Verus asked curiously.

Although the Shurima Empire is united, the House of Representatives is one side, His Majesty Azir is also one side, and the other side is the many princes who failed to seize the throne, so it seems that the three of us should belong to different forces .

"You should be able to say that, Verus?" I was a little curious, I'm not very good at tricks in the empire.

"I..." Verus was about to speak.

"Stop!" Laast glanced at both of us and stopped us.

We both realized that what we were discussing was a bit over the top.

Then the wizard in charge of the Ascendant Ceremony came, but there were no twists and turns in the Ascendant Ceremony, and the three of us successfully became a new generation of Ascendants, which are the gods in the Shurima people's mouth.

However, shortly after we became Ascenders, Icacia sent a battle report, and void creatures invaded...

Shurima is at its peak at this time, and it is not afraid of the rumored void creatures. His Majesty Azir even threatened to completely attack the void creatures back into the void cracks, and never dare to step into Runeterra again.

The Void War is about to break out. Although the individual strength of the Void Creatures is not too strong, the endless number is too scary. There are also Void Creatures at the level of gods in the top strength...

The war between the Shurima Empire and the Void Creatures showed a one-sided trend shortly after the battle. The Void Creatures' soaring strength in the battle made us tired of coping. Even after two Void Creatures evolved to god-level strength, the battle situation became even more tragic. ...

I received a military order in Icacia, and the empire decided to use the Ascendant Ceremony again, so we must stop the void creatures and not interfere with the Ascendant Ceremony.

This time it was Renekton and Nasus who came here. As the new Ascendants, their strength seemed to be a little off. Individually, they were almost inferior to any Ascended, but together they were equivalent to two Ascended. Only then did I learn that the two of them shared the power of an ascender...

Because of the joining of Nasus and Renekton, the empire can barely resist the void creatures, but the situation is still worrying. Finally, one day, Raast found me, and he proposed an extremely dangerous but very rewarding plan proposal.

I, Rhaast, and Varus used our bodies as bait to lure the gods of the void creatures into the traps that were arranged in advance. Renekton and Nasus assisted from outside, and worked together to eliminate the top power of the void creatures.

We agreed that it is the duty of a soldier to give everything to the Empire.

The gods of the void creatures were really fooled, and we succeeded in killing them in the end, but the final counterattack of the void creatures made me and Raasteverus three were attacked by the evil spirits of the void, not only lost the body of the gods , and even about to transform into a void creature, and Nasus and Renekton are obviously not our opponents, seeing that the dragon slayer is about to turn into a dragon...

At this time, the star spirits from Mount Targon arrived. With their help, the three of us were sealed in our own weapons, turning into a consciousness that could only exist because of the weapons...

We were sealed up in the temple of Shurima. As heroes, we received the worship of all peoples, but we also witnessed the fall of a generation of empires. Azir wanted to complete his work in one battle, and forcibly activated the Ascendant Ritual, trying to master the power of the sun god. However, it was destroyed by the rebellious Xerath, and finally fell into a deep sleep. Renekton and Nasus also disappeared because of Xerath, and the great Shurima Empire fell apart...

Not long after the empire was shattered, due to the resistance of the entire Runeland and the appearance of the summoner, the void creatures were finally driven out of Runeland, and we fell asleep for an unknown period of time...

"The life in the weapon seems a bit strange?"

"Why don't we get them out and have a look?"

These are two sentences I heard in my sleeping consciousness, one is a nice female voice, and the other is a somewhat gloomy male voice.

It was only later that I realized that this was the God of Creation.

The creation god awakened the three of us and gave us new bodies, naming us Darkin.

And I am the Darkborn Sword Demon—Aatrox.

The God of Creation gave me the power of rebirth, so that I can live to death in endless battles. The power of rebirth and the battles on the verge of death have gradually increased my strength. From the mouth of the God of Creation, I learned that , My current strength is the upper god, and Raast and Verus are respectively given the power of blood-sucking, which can absorb the life of the enemy to supplement their own life in battle, and Verus is given the power of corruption, A force that will gradually eat away at the life of the enemy.The two of them also slowly grew to the level of the middle gods...

Everything the God of Creation does must have a deep meaning, so we do not hesitate to execute all the orders of the God of Creation. Although the God of Creation has given us countless orders, none of the three of us have seen the God of Creation , I only know that there is a male god and a female god, but they always only say that they are one, and we don't think much about it, except that Verus sometimes questions the creation god, and always feels that the creation god It seems that... the brain is not good?
Even so, Verus never dared to say this in front of the creation gods. On the surface, the three of us remained respectful as always.

Most of the orders of the creation gods are extremely weird, as if they were studying something. He once ordered me to cut myself in half, trying to inject the blood-sucking power of Raast into my body on the verge of death, although I have With the power of rebirth, I will not die, but the pain still makes me shudder when I think about it, but also because I got a little blood-draining power that time...

Many of the missions of the Creator God seemed to be to explore the mysteries of life, until one day, he asked me to go to the troll tribe in Freljord to find and kill the survivors of the troll tribe. Because the appearance is too ugly, the Creation God doesn't like it. He once ordered me to destroy it. I was a little puzzled, but I did it anyway...

(End of this chapter)