"Who are you?" Ax asked with a solemn face, but quickly remembered what the man had just said, and asked tentatively, "Are you the wise man of Shurima?" Just because you're here means you're dying? ”

"Yes." The old man's mouth sitting on the ground didn't seem to move, but Ax and Tina could clearly hear the old man's voice, which made the hairs on their bodies stand on end.

"If you're going to die, why aren't you dead?" Ax asked very impolitely, and the old man obviously didn't care much about Aix's tone, but explained patiently: "Dying soon, it doesn't mean that you will die soon, death is a process, I am only at the end of this process, but there is still a distance from the end." ”

"Then you, or you, why did you choose this place, it is already the last stage of your life, why don't you choose a comfortable bed, but this hard slate?"

"yes, it's very uncomfortable here, I didn't feel it before, but now I really miss my big comfortable bed." What shocked Ax and Tina was that the old man, who seemed to be full of wisdom, actually said something like this.

"Surprised? A wise man is also a human being, and he also has desires, even when he is dead. ”

"So, that kitchen outside is dedicated to cooking for you?" Ax remembered the kitchen and finally understood why there was a kitchen in that location, and the ingredients in it were so precious.

"I'm going to eat until I die." The old man said without any concealment.

"Okay, that's the end of the nonsense, now tell me, why did you so-called wise men choose such a ghost place? But don't tell me what kind of so-called tradition this is, although Shurima is a bit Shinto, but you nobles are rule-makers, and it is impossible for you nobles to do such self-binding things! ”

"It's true that I'm a nobleman, but when it comes to the good of all nobles, we'll also be sacrificed." The old man's voice seemed to be a little embarrassed, and he didn't seem to be very proud of his identity.

"The wise man is the object of reverence of all the people of Shurima, but, do you know my current age?"

"Age?" Ax was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the old man to ask such a question, but soon Ax thought of some of the old routines, similar to these wise men, all of whom have special abilities, such as predicting the future, so Ax asked, "Forty?" ”

Aix's answer obviously surprised the old man and Tina, and before the old man could speak, Tina looked at Ax strangely and asked, "You don't have a problem, he looks like he doesn't have a hundred, but also ninety, and you actually said forty?" ”

Ax did not answer Tina's question, but looked at the old man, Ax saw the change of expression from the old man's face for the first time, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and then, the old man's voice came, and said: "Although I didn't hit, but it's almost the same, I am just fifty this year, among all the wise men, it is not young, nor is it considered longevity." ”

"I'm a little curious, though, what did you guess that number based on?" The old man's words were clearly curious.

"Isn't it all like that? For people of special status like you, there are always some special abilities, such as foreseeing the future, but this ability must come at a great cost, such as life force or something. Aix said with a look of understanding.

"Foreseeing the future? I haven't heard of this ability yet, but that's pretty much what you said, the reason why I'm aging so quickly is because I can predict good luck and evil, just like this ascension ritual that brought my life to a fast end? ”

"The Ascension Ceremony this time? What is the result? After Ax asked, he knew that he had asked a nonsense question, since Azir dared to hold this ascension ceremony, it meant that it must be a good result, so he couldn't help but shake his head.

The old man seemed to know what Ax was thinking, and said, "No, it's a bad result, this time the Ascension Ceremony will definitely fail." Ax didn't expect the old man to say such an answer, which surprised Aix.

"Because what His Majesty the Emperor wants is not the result of the Ascension Ceremony, or he doesn't care whether this Ascension Ritual can succeed at all."

"Don't care? How can it be? An ascension ceremony was definitely not an easy burden for Shurima, and he ...... "Ax suddenly couldn't speak, because, Ax thought that since the cost was so great, then what he wanted must be greater.

"What he really wants to know is this rune war?" Aix said the heavy name solemnly, and although the old man did not answer, Ax knew that he had guessed correctly. This time the Ascension Ritual was just a temptation for Azir, or the key to fully unlocking the Rune Wars, expanding them to the entire Runeterras, not just between Noxus and Demacia.

"To dominate the world, of course, you need a troubled world." The old man's voice came again.

"Why are you telling me this?" Aix looked at the old man suspiciously, he really couldn't understand why the old man said this to himself, although all forces were able to speculate on Azil's true purpose afterwards, but if he knew it for a minute, there would be more changes, and no one liked changes.

"Could it be ......" Ax was suddenly startled, thinking of the empty kitchen when they came, Ax immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"Let's go." Aix took Tina and ran back and forth, but unfortunately, I don't know when, the way has been completely blocked, and I can't get out at all.

"Give up, you can't get out, at the end of the Ascension Ceremony, all the energy in the solar disc will pour back here, so that I can sense Shurima's future fortune. Of course, at the cost of my life. The old man's voice was not gloating, let alone apologetic, and seemed to regard Aix and Tina as human beings at all, but just two ants, so that the old man could relieve his boredom.

"It seems that this time there is really a way to heaven, and hell has no way to surrender itself, so I shouldn't have come in curiously if I knew it." Ax said with annoyance, Ax didn't do it to the point of looking down on life and death, and he was going to regret his hasty decision.

"Hey, you're not really going to die here, are you?" Tina pulled the corner of Aix's coat and asked with some concern.