Mid-June 2017 Earth time, the former site of the Garden City in the southern part of Shurima, the Land of Runeterra.

Thousands of years ago, under the guidance of the Star Spirit of the Giant God Peak, the entire Dark Spawn of the Cholera Runetera Land was sealed, and the great war between the Dark Spawns that had lasted for nearly a hundred years finally came to an end.

Since then, mankind has officially stepped onto the stage of history, with kingdoms and tribes dotted on the two continents of Valoran and Shurima.

Human desires can never be satisfied, and among the many desires, the pursuit of more benefits is undoubtedly the most terrible.

It is like a flood of beasts hidden in the hearts of those who wield power, driving princes and nobles, samurai mages, and the rich and powerful to find better and more powerful things to obtain greater benefits.

And at this time, the appearance of rune fragments undoubtedly indicates that it is easier for those who possess these fragments to achieve their goals.

The devastating power he contains is the best tool to deter and attack others, starting from the first rune fragment appearing in a person's hand, in the next few hundred years, human beings are frantically chasing the existence of this rune fragment, and the rune war broke out in this world environment.

The devastation caused by that war was nothing worse than the Darkspawn War that had just ended.

At the heart of the battle between the Darkspawns is to decide who will inherit Shurima's glory, but they are all ascenders, former warriors of the gods, and each of them is a "human" with the power of a god.

Therefore, their battle brought disaster to the mortals living in these two lands, and it was in response to the mortals' request that the Star Spirits took action to teach the mortals the spell of sealing the Dark Spawn.

However, the rune war was caused by the greed of the human beings themselves, which also made the celestial giants realize that the human beings in the Runeterras have no value of "saving".

The garden city in front of Xiao Yuebai was the place that had been attacked by rune fragments thousands of years ago.

Standing on this piece of gravel, which had been hidden by the yellow sand, and there was no trace of the city, Xiao Yuebai listened to Nasus tell the ancient story.

In the memory of the wise and wise, this is the most brilliant city of Shurima, although it is not as magnificent as the solar disk, nor can it be compared to the historical heritage of Neremar, and even the prosperity of Vikola.

But it used to be the prettiest city in the entire continent of Shurima, yes, the prettiest city.

True to its name, the Garden City, it was once a flower-covered city, with clear spring water from the southern peaks and a warm tropic area buffered by the thermals coming from the north of Shurima.

This is a land that is like spring all year round, and before the fall of the Shurima Empire, the rich empire brought all the seeds of flowers they collected, and planted and cultivated them here.

Over time, the entire city became a sea of colorful flowers, a place where countless commoners, magnates, and even royals of the Ancient Sun Empire fell in love.

Even the last generations of Emperor Shurima moved to the city when they got married, including Azir.

But with the collapse of the Ancient Sun Empire, the Darkspawn was sealed into their lands, and it was finally occupied by the kingdoms that arose later.

The city that has changed owners has not made much waves, and it still welcomes every day and everyone with bright flowers.

Until the Battle of the Runes broke out, a prince who had fled from the north arrived here with a rune fragment.

Although at first, the king here did not notice anything wrong, but over time, the king still found the clues.

Eventually, when the king learned that a rune fragment was in his city, he could not suppress his thirst for strength and power.

And the fallen prince, surrounded by soldiers, made a decision that no one expected, that is, to detonate the rune with all his magic power.

The destructive power of the explosion was beyond anyone's imagination, and if someone had been in the extraterrestrial orbit of the Runetera at that time, they could have seen a dazzling light shining in the southern part of the Shurima continent.

The flames that rose into the sky consumed the prince in an instant, and the soldiers who surrounded him, and their king.

In addition, there are innocent lives in the whole city, including couples who are attached to each other to enjoy the flowers, mothers who hold their children, and innocent children who chase and play in the garden.

In this way, this city, which has a history of tens of thousands of years and hundreds of thousands of people, turned into flames because of the rune fragment the size of a fingernail.

Now, thousands of years after that terrible upheaval, there is no evidence of a once beautiful city, except for the bare ruins of the rubble.

On top of a broken wall, Nasus held the scepter in his hand and told the story of the past, and at this moment, in the distance, his brother Renekton, seemed to be looking at a certain part of the city in a silent daze.

And Nasus, who noticed his brother's movement, also sighed when he saw this, and then said to Xiao Yuebai faintly:

"Before His Majesty Azir ascended the throne and became emperor, I was addicted to the ocean of knowledge, so when I was still a mortal, I never married a wife and had children."

"For the sake of the continuation of the family, my younger brother was introduced to a marriage after completing a combat mission."

"And the place where they got married was here, and at this moment, he may think of his wife!"

Xiao Yuebai looked up at Renekton in the distance in surprise when he heard this, only to see that on both sides of his earthy green crocodile head, a pair of light blue vertical pupils, there seemed to be no focal length, it was obvious that he was indeed recalling something as his brother said.

After a while, Xiao Yuebai suddenly felt a fourth person in his perception, only to see him turn his head and shout loudly to the sand dunes on the side:

"That friend in the back, did we disturb you?"

There was an eerie silence, and after a while, a hollow voice came from behind the dunes: "Like Nasus said, this place is full of countless stories. ”

"Those of us who have been abandoned by the years have long since stopped bothering or not, and the only thing we can do now is to remember the past here like Renekton."

As the voice became clearer and clearer, a man dressed in a linen robe and wearing a hood slowly appeared in everyone's field of vision.

However, when Nasus saw that the man was holding a special bow and arrow covered in purple carrion, Netherston stood up from the broken wall, looked at the man and asked:

"Viruas, is that you?"

Slowly took off his hood, looked at everyone with a pair of empty white eyes, and slowly walked in front of everyone.

Looking at Nasus, and then at Renekton, who had come nearby, and smashing his long silver-white hair tied together, Varus sighed and said:

"Viruas...... I remember the pronunciation of ya, in our ancient Shurima language, has some very special meanings, and now I ..... Is it still worthy? ”

Nasus and Renekton stared at Verus's broken body for a long time, speechless, they thought they should free him, but the brothers didn't know where to start.

And Xiao Yuebai said with a smile at this time: "The current appearance is really unworthy, but from the moment you see me, you are worthy." ”