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

"It's Zeroth's research to confirm that it's true, but he's so confident that it's just in the Royal Library."

Ryan said as he quickly memorized the contents of the book.

Aatrox, who was standing on the side, crossed his arms and said in a mocking tone: "The scholars are responsible for the normal operation of the affairs of the empire, and we are only responsible for conquering the four directions 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, unemotional tone.

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

These are all in the collection of the royal family of Gushurima, and there are some hidden things involved, which are not suitable for him to know.

"This is a book about the process of the Ascension Ritual and records the best time to snatch the Ascension Ritual."

The book in front of Ryan flipped to the end, and after sorting out the harvested information in his mind, he had a little playfulness on his face:

Interestingly, it also records the only instance of an ascension ritual being "snatched", and it also says that this information came from the dictation of a 'stupid' person. ”

Aatrox glanced at Nasus with some inexplicable hint in his eyes.

"Hmm—" Nasus was silent for a moment, as if he was recalling something.

After a long time, he sighed and said:

"Come to think of it, that stupid party is me. I should have realized that he didn't care about Azir's safety when he asked me about Ascension. ”

Of all the ascension ceremonies recorded by Shurima, only Nasus had a minor accident when he ascended.

Due to some accidents, the ascension ceremony that should have belonged to Nasus alone at the time was finally completed by him and his younger brother Renekton.

"Renekton is different from me, although the result is considered a success, but if you don't have the will to soar rashly, how can you not be affected."

There was a touch of sentimentality on Nasus's face:

"I've already said that the consequences of rushing into the Ascension Ritual are serious. Ordinary humans can't suppress the divine power descended from the Ascension Ritual at all, and eventually their minds will gradually lose their minds and become beasts with only instincts..."

Hearing this, Aatrox flashed, not knowing what came to mind.

"Pretty much like that, right? Symptoms of corrosion, and symptoms of the after-effects of the Ascension Ritual. ”

Ryan glanced at him, meaningful.

"So, there has never been any corruption of the void, nor any conspiracy of the astral spirits, only the absence of our faith... Is that so? ”

Aatrox stared at Ryan as if he wanted some definite answer.

Ryan looked back at him calmly, and said in a voice that was not hurried:

"Actually, you already have an answer in your own heart, don't you? Do you want to deny your lack of faith, or do you want to attribute everything to the Void and the Astral Spirits? ”

"The Void corrupts and assimilates humans, but that doesn't mean they can corrupt and ascend to the Heavens. The one who really made you the Darkspawn... It's just you. ”

"yes... It's just us..."

Aatrox took a deep breath and looked up at the golden ball of the sky that looked like the sun shining, with a slight self-deprecation on his face.

He had known this in his heart since he saw the remnants of Gushurima and came to his senses.

Because of the collapse of the Gushurima Empire, they lost the faith they fought for.

Even the Ascended Gods, who have been selected by the standards of the sages, cannot withstand the wear and tear of time.

While they still have the faith of the Shurima Empire, they still have the faith of protection and glory.

However, when faith collapses, some undesirable thoughts will arise.

Destruction, greed, lust, power...

These are the real reasons why they fell here...

"These things were predestined from the beginning." Ryan shook his head slightly.

"Doomed from the start?" Aatrox frowned slightly, he felt that what Ryan said should not be as simple as it seemed.

"Scholar Nasus, if the information I have gathered is correct, apart from the Ascension Ceremony, Gushurima should not have her own path to promotion." 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 decay because of him. ”

"It seems that you realized this a long time ago." Ryan Road.

"yes," Nasus said in a sad tone, looking at Aatrox with a puzzled expression, "Thousands of years have allowed me to think about this seriously. Because our strength comes from external forces, we don't have the mind to carry this power. ”

Thinkers

Netherston paused, and then said:

"We will raise the bar for the selection of the Ascended in order to expect their sage-like qualities to harness the power of Ascension. But it turns out that if there is no extreme pursuit of power, even sages will have different minds because of the change of power. ”

"In the beginning, everyone was able to keep the desire for strength. And because of the Empress and the Crown, everyone is doing their best to protect Shurima..."

"But... Maybe it's a doomed situation... Empress Setaka died in the Battle of the Void, and most of the Crown died there, with only Aatrox Crown surviving. In the hundreds of years that followed, in fact, everyone had thoughts that they shouldn't have, even if there was no matter of Azir, Shurima was not far from falling apart. ”

"Except for me and Renekton, the rest of the Ascended Gods have a tendency to disobey the Empire's orders. Maybe they didn't mean to deny Shurima, but in their eyes, the Shurima royal family, who had not been out of the Ascended for many years, might not be qualified to order them for a long time. ”

As he said this, Nasus glanced at Aatrox.

After the death of Empress Setaka, the most prestigious person was not her descendant, but Aatrox.

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

If he had stepped up to lead the empire like Ryan, maybe it would have been different...

Suppressing the chaos of thoughts, Nasus continued:

"The power of the ascension is so strong that we lose the meaning of protection. The ascension of the gods is like the sun and suppresses the whole world, and no one dares to disobey us. And in the end, it is also ourselves who destroy ourselves. ”

Nasus took a deep breath, shook his head and said with a sad expression:

"The Star Spirit is strong, but together we are far stronger than them. In the end, we lost to time, to ourselves..."