"I've told you before, it's definitely not a wise move to put the World Rune in the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest."

Ahri didn't stop, and continued to walk past Ruiz towards the depths of the stone forest.

[The World Rune is the origin of the arcane magic of the entire Runetera Land, and there have also been scholars from Shurima who have put forward the argument that the ecological environment of this planet was created by the World Rune, but it has not been verified. 】

[The Demon Storage Stone Forest in the Land of Projectiles, you actually think that it can absorb the magical energy of the world...... Poof—I don't know how to describe this stupidity. 】

Runicia scoffed.

Josh frowned, but didn't answer.

In the short term, Fuguang Island is dilapidated, and it can store world runes to ensure that its breath is not discovered, and the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest is the best choice.

However, in the long run, because the true attribute of the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest is not "forbidden magic", but "storing magic power".

If the World Rune is compared to a fully automatic energy blowing bag, then the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest is a balloon that is constantly blown up, and one day it will explode due to the non-stop expansion of the air.

It can be seen from Ruiz's statement that the power of the world's runes has begun to recover, and this stone forest that has long been fossilized can be seen.

"The world runes have the ability to deceive people's minds and erode human nature, and if we don't seal them here, where can we store them?" Ruiz asked rhetorically.

"That's why I've reminded you many times that we need to use the power of the world's runes to recover Fuguang Island and then transfer it."

"Those who are anxious for power cannot be trusted!" Ruiz said coldly, "What is the difference between this kind of thinking of yours and the group of Fuguang Island mages who were eroded hundreds of years ago?!" ”

"Heh, it's not like I haven't been exposed to world runes! We have been friends for a thousand years, and you don't even trust your companions?! ”

Ahri glanced back at Ruiz coldly, "Don't think I've forgotten, it seems that you also gave a World Rune Fragment to your Freljord friend to use, and it's been more than thirty years now. ”

"You sent someone to track and spy on me?!"

"Please, although we don't have a sanctuary in Freljord, are we on good terms with the Avarosa tribe? A small tribe with a population of a few dozen can repel trolls, do you think Freljord will run out of rumors? ”

Choked by Ahri like this, Ruiz suddenly lacked confidence: "Yagu, he promised me...... He'll move out of the troll's territory! ”

"Oh? Is it? Then why is it that at the end of this winter, there are still rumors in the troll territory that human mages are fighting off the troll invasion alone? ”

As soon as Ahri and Ruiz began arguing again, Josh listened loudly.

Fortunately, Ruiz was speechless for a while, fell silent, and did not quarrel again, otherwise Josh would have to mediate between the two.

The rest of the journey was spent in silence.

It wasn't until the trio, led by Ruiz and Ahri, reached the ruins of what once seemed to be a building, that they resumed communication.

"We're here." Ahri glanced at Josh and Ruiz, "The hall that seals the world's runes is underground, and there is no passage here...... So, who is going to come with the two of you? ”

"I'll do it, Josh doesn't know what's going on."

Ruiz beckoned the two of them to come as close to him as possible, and the hot arcane surge in his veins, and as the blue-purple light suddenly flashed in his eyes, runes of different styles appeared on his skin.

The surging magic rolled up the fallen leaves, and a circle of light that quickly changed from white to blue-purple appeared at the feet of the three of them.

Although a considerable part of the magical energy released was absorbed by the surrounding forbidden stone trees, under the control of Ruiz, even with such a strong restriction, he could still cast the taboo in rune magic.

Suddenly, the environment in front of me changed abruptly.

In less than a heartbeat, the three of them came to their senses again, and they were already in a closed underground space with no sky.

A hall standing on the edge of a cliff is entirely made of pure forbidden stone trees, and a towering sky bridge connects the starting point where the three of them are, and a slight glance to the side is a bottomless dark abyss.

Seven or eight huge stone pillars stood here, emitting a faint silver-white light, and were the only illumination of this small area, but the space was unusually large.

Staring at the stone pillars, Ruize's eyes showed a hint of tiredness, and he pumped deep into his lungs into the cold underground air that could not be warmed by the sun all year round.

Ahri's fox ears twitched slightly, as if they had touched a long memory, and after a moment of distraction, she took the initiative to go to the front.

The platform with the hollow stone pillar in the center is not decorated, only the "trunk" that spirals upwards like a branch penetrates the rock at the top, as if protruding from the root veins of the stone tree on the surface.

As the three of them stepped onto the central platform, as if sensing the approach of a magical source, the four stone pillars were lit up with different colors of orange, black, red, blue, purple, and gray-green.

These four colors correspond to the four world rune systems: Precision, Domination, Sorcery, and Determination.

Among them, the flickering blue light is the most abundant, followed by green and yellow, and the red is the most faint, which is not at all brighter than the other stone pillars.

The style of these world runes is basically the same as the one in Josh's long-lost memory screen, the only pity is that they are not complete forms, and each has its own mutilation.

Josh could clearly see that the world runes of the witchcraft system were the most complete at present, and the irregular "stones" formed into a diamond-shaped shape by a cloud of blue light in the center.

Although there are still many missing places, compared to the other World Runes, it is considered complete.

In addition to the sorcery system, the resolute system, which resembles a stone tablet, is composed of a handle and a ring with a prominence, and is entirely symmetrically shaped, has many deficiencies.

Needless to say, the dominant system, which has only two symmetrical spikes, is missing a large part of the main body.

Josh could even feel that the two runes of detachment and perseverance that he carried in his satchel were being attracted by the almost complete cornerstone runes, and there was a faint feeling of breaking through the forbidden demon box on their own and flying to their own places.

[What? Isn't the world rune here not sealed at all? Lunicia couldn't help but question, [Don't you tell me, just putting these extremely dangerous magical items in the center of the forbidden magic stone that threatens the entire world is even if it is to seal them? 】

"The function of the Forbidden Demon Stone is not to seal the world runes, but to prevent its breath from leaking out."

There was no need for Ahri or Ruiz to answer, Josh himself knew the answer to Lunicia's question.

"Just like in Halia, even if you are buried deep in the ground through the hammer stone prison, and there is a chaotic aura of many dangerous arcane items in the middle, you can still feel the source of life.

"But if it was just when we didn't come down just now, there was a forbidden demon stone tree to cover its breath, wouldn't you have felt the breath of the world runes?"

[Cut, I just didn't feel it seriously.] Lunihia said stiffly, [The junior apprentices can sense the breath of the world's runes from the Forbidden Demon Stone Tree, do you think I can't? 】

"Cut, bragging." Josh replied in the same tone as Lunicia, "If you could feel it, you said it at the beginning." ”

Almost at the same time, Ryze spoke, "Not long after the Curse of Ruin happened, the world was involved in the crisis of rune wars. ”

His voice was old and deep, with a faint sadness-like hoarseness.

"The war has lasted for nearly 300 years, and it has only been less than 700 years now.

"In so many years, in addition to the world runes whose coordinates were determined by you at the beginning, I have only found so many in front of me through the scrolls I have collected."

Ahri then added: "The Witchcraft Department has basically been collected, except for the Transcendental, Precision, and Resolute Cornerstone Runes of yours are all here, and only a few fragments remain.

"There is still a whole cornerstone rune left in the Juggernaut system, and as for the last vacancy......"

Ahri looked at Ryze and raised a brow, "I remember that the scholars of Helia mentioned its name, 'Enlightenment'?" However, as of now, we have not found any related world runes. ”

Josh couldn't help but think back to the time line when he had observed the timeline in the gap between time, and after the outbreak of the war between Noxus and Ionia in the Overworld, the cornerstone rune of the Enlightenment System was transferred by the astral wandering god Bud.

Secondly, there is the scene where the future Ezreal explores in Ionia in the future, and finds another cornerstone through the path of enlightenment.

The location of these two runes is the most clear, and they are basically in the same place in each timeline.

One of the paths of enlightenment in the Prisidium mountain range, the holy city of Navoli, Ionia, belongs to the "Secret Book of Enlightenment".

The other is in Larin Province, where it is currently guarded as a holy relic by the local Astral Wanderers, and is called the "Almighty Stone".

The fragments of the runes of the Enlightenment system are the rarest, but as do the ones that "warp the rules".

Even through the timeline, Josh could only pinpoint the location of the two cornerstone runes.

As for the other Enlightenment runes, their locations are unpredictable in different timelines, and they can appear anywhere.

"It should be in Ionia, Navoli and Lalin, with two cornerstone runes."

As soon as Josh spoke, Ahri and Ruiz gave him a look of surprise.

"Why are you looking at me like that? What I observed in the gap between time. ”

"Yes...... I mean, how do you even know that. Ruiz raised an eyebrow, "Are those two runes safe?" What about the other Enlightenment Runes? ”

"I can only determine the coordinates of these two." "One of them is very safe, hidden in the spiritual realm, and almost no one can touch it...... The other one, I think it's a bit hanging. ”

"Is it because of Noxus?" Ahri guessed Josh's mind.

"That's right." Josh nodded, "If Noxus were to invade Ionia, a god from the Celestial Realm would transfer that cornerstone rune, and no one would know where it was hiding. ”

Due to its uniqueness and the butterfly effect it brings, Josh's world has been stripped away from the timeline of the Overworld and extended into a new branch of time that is obscured by the shadow of time.

The current timeline has changed drastically, and Josh has killed Vladimir, one of the founders of the Black Rose Society, and Elise, a core member, in Shadow Island.

He wasn't sure if the current Noxus would invade Ionia.

If not, then the believers of Bard would not have died, and He would not have shifted the Enlightenment Almighty Stone.

"As for the other Enlightenment Runes, I can't be sure." Josh continued.

"Looks like we're going to have to move faster."

Ruiz, who was still hesitant, completely shook off his distracting thoughts, and walked straight to the stone pillar that shimmered with green light, and took out the resolute runes floating in the hollowed out stone pillars that were about the size of two palms and were very inconspicuous in the shape of stone tablets.

Among them, the source of life is connected by pure astral magic, and even if it does not come into contact with other fragments, it still draws like a powerful magnet to the cornerstone in the center.

"It's best not to bring out the whole world rune." Ruiz said very seriously, "The power of a single cornerstone is far beyond what you and I can imagine, let alone this complete foundation stone, plus a few fragments. ”

"I understand." Josh reached out and took the resolute rune from a reluctant Ryze.

The moment he first came into contact, Lunicia couldn't help but gasp and exclaimed: [-Hiss! Endless magical powers! Just this piece of world rune is enough to influence the Darkspawn War back then! 】

"You mean, it's stronger than the Ascendant?"

[Aren't you talking nonsense? We call ourselves gods, but this is the power of the world! Even those primordial demigods who were incarnated in reality in the spiritual realm, who could compete with the whole world? 】

Lunithia said as Josh had Marvel's Thanos in mind.

Although the World Runes are far from possessing the ability of the six Infinity Stones to affect the entire universe, if the complete five series of World Runes are gathered, Josh can't imagine what kind of magical reactions they can produce.

At least, without the resistance of the gods, under the premise that the human body can withstand it, the energy of a complete world rune is enough to easily destroy the entire world.

"Josh, are you alright?" Seeing Josh's expression slightly sluggish after receiving the World Rune, Ruiz hurriedly asked.

Even Ahri had a slight nervous look on his face, even though Josh had said that he would not be affected by the World Runes.

Josh's mind was brought back to reality by Ryze, "I'm sorry, I'm distracted. ”

"Be careful, it's not a joke." Ruiz warned.

Josh's gaze focused on the palm of his hand, holding his breath as he urged his own transcendentally assimilated arcane energy.

Lunicia said in his head, "Are you really going to separate this stone? I feel a little ...... suspense]

As soon as her words fell, with a "click" sound that seemed to be a rock being smashed by a pickaxe, the fragment of the wonderful green sigil carved with green and representing the source of life was easily separated by Josh.

[uh...... When I didn't say. 】

"Isn't that easy?" Ahri glanced at Ruiz and said speechlessly, "Why do you say that this is more difficult than collecting them?" ”

"I'm just saying that the Separation World Runes require access to the power of its origin, and I have already sworn that I will not use them."

Ruiz said without blushing and without a heartbeat.

However, as far as his skin turned purple due to the influence of the world runes, he could not see the blush or embarrassment.

"What's more, Josh is my senior brother, and his talent is much better than mine."

"I'm embarrassed to say that." Josh humbly conceded, "I can only achieve this by being a good mentor of the Ascendant. ”

[You still have a little conscience. Lunithia was quite sympathetic to Josh's words.

"Okay, okay, don't compliment each other."

Ahri said with a slight disgust, waved his hand, and turned around and walked towards the periphery of the Forbidden Demon Stone Pillar.

"Take the Fountain of Life, and tomorrow, it's time for us to leave for the Isle of Shadows."

(End of chapter)