Chapter 37: The Secret History of Vastaya
There was silence in the air.
Ahri's parents were too direct to "propose", which made Josh a little confused.
Although Ahri has mentioned before that she is the only descendant of the Vasani tribe in the past hundred years, she ......
Josh doesn't understand, are the Vasani people so "straight"?
Obviously Ahri is still very shy......
Elder Kurt saw Josh and Ahri's embarrassment, and immediately smiled and said, "Sit, everyone should sit down first, this matter is more important, we have to take our time." ”
The stone chairs in the living room were just big enough to sit on, Yarrow and Lynn sat back in their original positions, Elder Kurt sat alone on the side, and the remaining two chairs were placed across from Ahri's parents.
Josh was fine, just sit down, but Ahri had a hard time.
Tangle eyes wander back and forth between Josh and the parents opposite, and Ahri considers whether to move a chair and sit on his parents' side.
But when she caught a glimpse of her mother's smiling, joking expression, Ahri pursed her lips and gritted her teeth and sat down next to Josh.
Yarrow had a slumped face and looked unhappy, quite like a kind of Chinese cabbage that his family had grown for 20 years, but he was arched by someone else's pig.
Lin was even more satisfied with Josh, especially when she knew that he was a gifted rune mage, and that he was even immune to the corruption of the Darkspawn, and defeated another newly awakened Darkdescend in time.
If his daughter can be united with such a gifted human, the birth of offspring is likely to save the fate of the Vasani tribe from extinction.
Of course, the premise is that Josh and Ahri can be in love, and she doesn't want her daughter to marry a man she doesn't like.
However, as things stand, this shouldn't need to be thought about too much.
After a long silence, Kurt was the first to speak: "I don't know if Ahri told you that we Vasani have had no descendants for a long time. ”
Josh glanced sideways at Ahri, and when she gave her a positive look, he replied, "Yes." ”
"Well, then I won't go into too much detail in this regard, let's directly explain the antecedents of the Wasani tribe after the break, as well as the results we have obtained through research."
Elder Kurt lowered his eyes and sighed, "This actually has to start with the Titan War in ancient times. ”
Titan Wars ......
Josh's eyes flashed with glint.
In fact, there is no need for Elder Kurt to explain, he himself has a certain understanding of the war.
Thousands of years ago, a race of extraterrestrial giants invaded the Newborn Ground with the intention of conquering the planet, and Ionia was still an intact landmass.
In order to prevent the evil Titans from destroying the world, some of the most spiritualized of the ancient Ionians channeled the powers of the spiritual realm into their bodies, awakening the gifts from the world.
They were the first to evolve from "human" to "god", calling themselves Vastaya Shari - immortal shapeshifters capable of wielding the powers of nature as their weapons.
The battle was so protracted that it is not an exaggeration to say that the heavens and the earth were falling apart, and even the continental plates of Ionia were torn apart by the battle between Vastaya Shari and the Outer Titans, forming the current archipelago pattern.
In the end, those giant races were defeated by the spirit gods blessed by the power of the entire world, and they were all killed.
Their bones have been wiped out by time, and their weapons and armor remain on the battlefield to this day.
And those who are powerful and have become gods, Vastaya Sharui "hides their merits and fame", does not want to be superior, and returns to the human race after the end of the Titan War, living with them on an equal footing.
It's just that the appearance of the shapeshifters has long been changed from the origin by spiritual magic, and the offspring born from their union with humans is now the "half-orc" Vastaya.
Elder Coulter's account of Vastaya's secrets matched what Josh knew about it, but in more detail than what Josh didn't.
Picking up the tea on the table and taking a sip to moisten his lips and throat, Elder Kurt rested for a moment and continued:
"Time has passed, and although most of the Vasayas have forgotten that our common ancestors were actually humans, we are not the same as the Vasani who are keen on knowledge, and we have recorded this."
As he spoke, Kurt beckoned to Ahri's father, Yarrow, and with a serious face, he got up, took a heavy tome from the study next door, and placed it in front of Josh.
"I heard from Archbishop Margusa that you are very interested in the history of the Land of Runeterra, and you can borrow this secret history of Vastaya and return it to old age in the future."
Josh reached out and gently stroked the cover of the book engraved with strange patterns and rich in history, and thanked Kurt: "Thank you, Elder Kurt." ”
"Don't be polite, studious kids, who wouldn't like that? Hehehe......" Elder Kurt said with a kind smile.
"Speaking of which, this book was written two thousand years ago by the Elder with an elemental mage scholar from Acacia, who remembers his name as Kiran.
"Alas...... What a pity, not long after he returned to Acacia, the Void War broke out. ”
Kieran?!
Josh heard another familiar name.
According to Kurt, this Kieran is really the "keeper of time" in his understanding.
As the Aicassians unleashed the Void, Kieran housed many refugees in his tower, eventually using time magic that he couldn't master, erasing himself and the entire tower from the timeline, trapping him in the cracks of time.
That's not the point today, though.
[Acacia, Acacia...... Unexpectedly, Fuguang Island was also related to Acacia. Lunicia said almost through gritted teeth.
[The first thing I will do after I lift the seal is to flatten and destroy this city, this island, and use blood as a sacrifice for my lost robes! 】
Josh was tempted to tell Lunithia that not all of the Acacians were in favor of releasing the Void, but after careful consideration, he gave up.
Acacia's Void War was the main cause of the fall of the Shurima Empire, hundreds of gods were devoured by nothingness, and Lunicia rightly hated Acacia.
Josh doesn't want to be a "reasonable guest".
Let's talk about it then, maybe Lunihia will change her mind.
After telling the history and origins of Vastaya, Elder Kurt exhaled heavily and turned his gaze to Ahri's parents.
"As for the conclusions that we, the Wasani people......"
"Let's talk about it, then." Yarrow answered, his blue eyes looking at Josh in four eyes, "Since we Vastaya are each in our own line, we pay too much attention to the purity of the bloodline, and almost all of them are intermarriages within the clan, but only today, we have found out that this is a stupid practice. ”
Lynn then immediately added, "All of our power is inherited from Vastaya Shari, and for some unverifiable reason, the union between them cannot produce offspring, but it can produce offspring smoothly with humans."
"Just as we can't know that the ancestors can't combine to produce offspring, we can't study the root cause of Vasani's demise, but studying history and combining experiments ......"
Lynn's words came to an abrupt halt, and she looked at Ahri with concern.
After hesitating for a long time, she continued, "Actually, Ahri was created by us using magic and borrowing some of the human aetheric spirits. ”
Ahri, who had been listening to the history of Vastaya, was interested in it, and his golden eyes were mixed with various complex emotions.
"I, am I not your own ......"
"Ahem, how did you come up with that?" Yarrow pursed his lips helplessly and explained, "Of course you are our own child, but we used a little magic to modify your spirit...... You were born, but only you were born. ”
[Huh? And this kind of operation? Even Lunicia was stunned.
"And it's done with some undesirable consequences."
Speaking of this, Lynn's eyes suddenly turned rosy, and there were faint tears rolling in them, and even the tone of her voice was mixed with a hint of choking.
"You will become interested in the human spirit, and if it is severe, you will crave their souls, and you will love their complex emotions, and feed on them, and then you will feel that ordinary food tastes like chewing wax, and you can no longer consume a single penny."
Ahri's face turned pale, and he stood up directly from his chair and subconsciously glanced at Josh beside him, "You mean, I might eat Josh at any time?!" ”
Her nasal infarction, a drop of crystal slid down Ahri's cheek, "Why are you hiding such an important matter from me!" And, they want me to ...... with Josh Isn't that trying to hurt him?! ”
"Ahri." Josh grabbed her cold hand, "Calm down, your mom and dad aren't done yet." ”
Compared to the emotional Lynn, Yarrow said calmly, "That's why we want you to be with Josh...... Do you think we haven't noticed that you've been sneaking out with him a lot lately? ”
Ahri was stunned for a moment, and the grievances that had been brewing were directly replaced by panic, "This ......"
"Why do you think we didn't let you have contact with the ordinary people of Helia in the first place?" Yarrow added, "Why didn't we stop you from staying with Josh?" ”
Ahri fell silent and sat back in her chair, but with a slight force, she grabbed Josh's hand but never let go.
At this time, Kurt interjected: "Didn't you notice that when you stayed with Josh, did you have an appetite for his soul?" ”
Ahri subconsciously shook his head.
Previously aroused by Callista's emotions, Ahri never thought of eating Josh's soul, but felt that she was deeply attracted to him.
"We wanted to wait for your coming-of-age ceremony to teach you magic to suppress this instinct." Lynn's choked up subsided, and she whispered, "But now, it seems that we have a better choice, and maybe we can solve the problem of our Vasani tribe." ”
The next moment, Coulter, Yarrow, and Lynn's eyes were focused on Josh at the same time.
Yarrow got up and bowed deeply to Josh, "Please help the little fox, help us!" ”