In fact, Azir, Shurima, Rez, Helia, and Brand have always had a vague destiny between these people and the kingdom.

Because of Azir's ascension, the Shurima Empire collapsed, and the ascension system based on the power of the sun was broken, and in this case, for the first time, humanity, or the humans living in southern Valoran, focused on the laws of runes.

After the fall of a vast empire, the forces of chaos have increased the caster's thirst for runic magic, and they have searched for the power of runes, finally discovering the runes of the world.

The power of the World Runes is used in warfare.

With the outbreak of the Rune War and the destruction of Helia, Ryze embarks on a path to protect the world's runes, meets Keegan, and takes him as his apprentice, hoping to pass on his mantle.

Later, faced with the temptation of the world's runes, Keegan loses himself and becomes a slave to power - the eternal burning rune itself devours Keegan's will, turning him into Brand.

And as a closed loop of everything, this special eternal burning rune...... It was the existence that Nasus and Renekton used to seal the existence of the coffin that used to seal Zeroth, and for the sake of the Shurima Empire, Nasus released the Eternal Burning Rune - although he was well aware of the terrible power of this power, but the lesser of two evils, he finally chose to release the Eternal Burning Rune and bind it, and then use this special magic coffin to seal Zeroth.

World runes without a host were at least not destructive in themselves, and that was the only thing Nasus could do at the time - as an ascendant, his research on world runes was primitive, but it was confirmed that a soulless flame spirit was always easier to deal with than an ambitious conspirator.

The Eternal Burning Rune is not the Burning Rune in the Flame Rune system, this is a very special and primitive rune, and it represents the law of the purest burning - for it, all existence is the best combustible, including other world runes, and it is precisely for this reason that Brand will always maintain a special desire for other world runes.

Due to the peculiarity of the Eternal Burning Rune, Ruiz even almost confessed to Brand in his first confrontation, and could only barely escape - later, in order to be able to dispose of this rebellious apprentice with his own hands, Ruiz used the power of the rune and learned the power of the seal, which sealed Brand under the desert of Shurima.

And now, for some very special reasons, Brand is out of trouble.

For Brand, the only things that could interest him were the other world runes and his former teacher, Ryze, but after seeing Nasus, he suddenly became interested in Shurima - although Brand had no clear memory, he still vaguely remembered that he had been sealed in the magic coffin for a long time.

Maybe...... Getting rid of these small shrimps can also make you feel a sense of pleasure?

With this in mind, Brand summoned more flames and ignited everything he could see.

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Azir's palace was completely set on fire - whether it was combustible wooden furniture or non-combustible stone buildings, everything was combustible and flammable under Brand's hands!

Faced with this terrible situation, all Azir could do was to raise the grit in vain, and in the face of the fire, the sand was also combustible.

The flames of the sky plunged the entire city of Shurima into a terrible silence, and the sight of purgatory had plunged all the Shurima into despair—especially since everyone knew that His Majesty Azir and Lord Nasus had arrived.

That means that the Ascended who shelters people can't stand up to this formidable enemy!

In fact, even Nasus, who has mastered the power of Shurima's Heroic Spirit, can only barely maintain his undefeated invincibility when facing Brand - this is still because the power of the Heroic Spirit naturally has the attribute of sealing, and it is vaguely restraining Brand, if it were a different power, I am afraid that Nasus would have already been wiped out in the flames.

The applied sand soldiers rushed towards the laughing Bland again and again, but as long as they entered the flames, they would be completely burned out, and Azir, who focused on controlling the sand soldiers, not only consumed a lot of mana in this situation, but also needed to bear huge mental pressure - every time a batch of sand soldiers disappeared, he needed to face a strong mental shock, which was the backlash of controlling the sand soldiers.

But Azir couldn't stop.

All the volunteers have already evacuated the people, and at this moment, every time he holds on, there are many more people who can leave Shurima City, and in the face of the flames in the sky, Azir does not think about his own life or death, and only thinks about Shurima's survival.

Once, because of me, the city of Shurima was almost destroyed, and this time, even if you are here, I will not let you go to wreak havoc among the civilians!

In this way, Azir pinned down, Nasus defended, and the two of them fought desperately to overdraft and self-harm, and they were able to withstand Brand's attack.

Or rather...... They used their performance to attract the attention of this guy, so that he did not have the heart to pay attention to the civilians who were being evacuated.

No one knew how long Azir and Nasus would be able to hold out, and in the face of the volunteers who organized the evacuation, the civilians who evacuated their homes could only silently pray for the blessings of their Emperor Majesty.

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Another group of sand soldiers died in the flames, and after being cut off from the spiritual link, Azir couldn't help but squeeze his eyes to relieve the pinprick pain at his temples.

It's about to run out of steam—Azir knows that.

It appears to be an attack, but in reality, Azir is attacking instead of defending, using batches of sand soldiers to send him to his deaths to attract the attention of the guy who claims to be Brand, and buy some time for the people to leave.

This is Azir's responsibility and his obligation.

Although he didn't know how Brand appeared, Azir didn't have the slightest melancholy and reluctance in his heart, and some just regarded death as home.

Maybe...... It's better to die in flames than on a sickbed, right?

Wait, I'm already an ascendant, how can I get sick?

Azir realized the confusion of his will, which was a direct manifestation of his energy exhaustion, and it seemed that he really couldn't hold on.

Damn, I still haven't fulfilled my promise......

The wings could not last, and Azir fell to the ground.

Physically weak, Azir half-crouched on the ground.

Now, when his legs began to twitch unconsciously and a marquee appeared in his mind, Azir finally opened his arms - as His Majesty the Great Emperor Shurima, even if he died, he would die with dignity.

The next moment, Azir, who was waiting for death, heard the sound of the waves.