Once again, the whole Shurima was in celebration, the lights were lit up, banners were unfurled all over the world, and the people were given another day off with unconcealed joy on their faces.

Today is the day of the coming-of-age ceremony of Shurima's prince, Azir.

On the top of a hill in Shurima was a magnificent palace, which was built for the Empress by the Cabinet Scholar Nasus, who had entrusted all the affairs of the court to the Scholar since the prince left his hometown to study in Kamigawa twenty years ago.

Ten years later, another cabinet minister, Asitaya, was promoted to the post and was granted equal rights with Nasus by the Empress.

At this time, the Supreme Leader of Shurima, Empress Visina, the Cabinet University Scholar Nasus, and the Cabinet Leader Minister Asitaya, the three people who have the highest power in Shurima, are guarding the door of a room.

"Azir, come out if you're ready...... You're not going to tell me you're scared by now, are you? ”

Vicina banged on the door, joking.

There was no response from the door, and Vichyna wondered, "What the hell is this kid doing?" ”

Asitaya on the side stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, will Your Highness be nervous, even if it is a performance program, on a major day like today, presumably his pressure will not be small, so please give him some more time." ”

To his surprise, both Vicina and Nasus gave him a strange look.

Asitaya looked down at himself, today's dress is his most expensive outfit, and he is usually reluctant to wear it: "I have ...... Is there anything wrong? ”

Vichyna said, "Didn't Azir tell you? ”

Asitaya was stunned: "Say...... What does it mean? ”

"Perhaps," Nasus chimed in, "it's not a show today......

"What ?!!"

Asitaya was taken aback, and his words were a bit of an afterthought in the ears of the other two, "Could it be that His Highness really wants to challenge those hundred-meter-long strange snakes alone?" This will not work! It's too dangerous! Why didn't you tell me sooner? This must be stopped!! ”

Vicina and Nasus looked at each other, and the latter said, "We've stopped it." ”

"And then?"

"It doesn't work."

“……”

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"Knock knock! Knock knock! ”

"Your Highness! Can you hear me? You don't really have to fight that kind of monster with real guns, do you? Your Highness! Can you hear me? Your Highness!!! You still have the Ascension project unfinished!! You can't go out of anything!! Your Highness!!! ”

Azir was sitting at his desk examining the two swords forged from Uru metal, when suddenly there was a ghostly wolf howl at the door, which made his focused expression froze:

"Real guns? No, I just want to bring two swords. ”

Azir stared at the sharp blade as he pulled out a hair with ease, which broke in half the moment it touched the blade, and then fell unaffected and fell on the table.

Now, even if he does not become the body of an ascender, his physical qualities are far beyond ordinary people, and his eyesight can clearly see, and the cut of that hair is as smooth as a mirror.

Azir was very pleased with the sharpness of Uru's blade.

He turned the face of the sword, and a pair of clear, torch-like eyes shone on the surface of the sword, recalling himself twenty years ago, compared to that time, the hatred and gloom in these eyes had disappeared, replaced by the firmness that the desert emperor had carried since childhood.

Now that sheer determination was back in his eyes again.

Azir understands that he is no longer going to fulfill his friend's promise to free the slaves, but to inherit the throne for the sake of the world.

These are two different responsibilities and two different paths.

Azir was reborn for the first time, and he came to this world with the memories of his previous life, and the memories of the moment he was pushed off the platform by Zelas at that time lingered in his mind for a long time like a ghost.

This made the childhood Azir have always held a kind of hatred, under the infection of this hatred, he even rejected his own biological parents, unwilling to approach them, after he clearly learned that this world is not the original Runeterra, Azil's mood almost collapsed, because he did not even have a chance to take revenge.

On the day of his ascension, it would have been his glory, his name would have been remembered by millions of people in the future, and his ascension would have led the already mighty Shurima Empire to new heights.

But Zelas's betrayal cost him everything, and it was on that day that he freed all his slaves and confessed that Zelas was his brother, he was betrayed by his brother.

The soul of the dead Azir saw in the darkness the collapse of the sun's disk, the sight of the yellow sand engulfing the entire empire, and the painful screams of his wife and children, all caused by Zelas.

This world called Shurima is a very ordinary world, there are no ascendants, there are no hostile countries, he thought that after he was reborn into this world, he would spend his life so peacefully, and when he grew up, he would take over the empire from the person he called "Father Emperor", and if he governed it well, he would be called Ming Jun by later generations.

At that time, Azir had lost all his ambitions, and his hatred for which he had nowhere to vent grew in the first few years, making him not care about anyone and anything, and because he was only a child, no one cared too much about his opinion, even if he was a prince.

The pride and courage that Azir was born with were almost forgotten by himself in the process.

Until the day when the superior civilization arrived.

He heard a similar howl of pain again, and the despair of the Shurima people woke him up again, and he understood—

That's his people!

On the battlefield of the gods, Shurima was proud of his strength, their strongest buildings could not withstand even the simplest cannonball, countless flesh and blood flew everywhere, Azir hated his own weakness, and hated this Shurima's weakness even more, and then he transferred his hatred to his father in this life.

"Why is Shurima so cowardly under your rule! Why do our people only wail in agony! What can you do as an emperor?!! ”

After that, the man he called Father Emperor took them to a safe place and used his methods to put an end to the natural disaster brought by the gods.

Whenever he stood in front of the tombstone, Azir felt a pang of guilt.

He regretted his original violence, bringing the hatred of the previous life here, and bringing the same harm to the people here.

He didn't want this to happen again, so when the people of Kamigawa came again, he chose to go to Kamigawa alone to learn their knowledge.

Only knowledge can bring about change, and only when you are strong can you be free from doom.

Every day in Kamigawa, he misses his homeland, but he knows that if he can't learn to become famous, he will not return it, and when he goes back, he will return with the knowledge of Kamigawa and fundamentally make Shurima rise!

Azir in Kamigawa understands more clearly the weakness of Shurima and the vastness of this universe.

Even the language they had been proud of for a long time was developed through Kamigawa's guidance.

At that time, Azir couldn't even understand a simple formula, and those heavenly pride of Kamigawa would laugh at a pariah from an inferior civilization every time they saw him.

If it was the former Azir, receiving such an insult would definitely make the blood of those high-ranking guys splash on the spot, but he couldn't, and the responsibility for his rise to the top of Shurima overwhelmed him.

Kamigawa's knowledge is difficult, if he doesn't understand, he can only put in ten times more effort than others, and those Kamigawa students laugh at him in technology and the times, so he buries himself in the library that records Kamigawa's knowledge, and a hundred times more effort!

Twenty years have smoothed out the sharpness and arrogance in Azir's heart, making him more composed and more responsible.

So even if Dinghei personally applied for the status of Kamigawa for him, Azir did not hesitate to refuse, in his eyes, ten million Kamigawa that was higher than mythology was not as good as a yellow sand Shurima.

The coming-of-age ceremony kicked off with a burst of magnificent music, and the prince, dressed in a simple armor and carrying two dark golden swords behind his back, slowly entered the strange rocky arena in the eyes of everyone.

The sun hung high above the middle heaven, and the entire arena was filled with hymns of praise, and Azir was bathed in light to welcome his destiny.

Because of what he had done before, the populace looked at Azil and whispered, they were still suspicious of the prince.

Watching the ceremony, Nasus was engrossed in watching Azir in the center of the field, while Asitaya was still asking the queen to besee:

"Your Majesty! Please, we still have time while the Black Snake hasn't been released yet! ”

"Prince, he's dangerous! Look at that, even the earth trembles! Those black snakes are too big! ”

"It is impossible for mortals to have the power to defeat them!"

The queen only chuckled: "My child...... Grown up! ”

She remembered that twenty years ago, the perverse and violent little ghost who didn't want to call herself mother anyway had now taken on the responsibility of Shurima on his shoulders.

The sand and gravel on the ground fluttered in the tremor, and with the sound of chains rolling, the behemoth broke free, its black scales were extremely hideous even in the sun, and it roared and rushed towards the only prey in the field, its huge body rolled up the wind and sand, and all the spectators were shocked at this moment, and did not dare to say a word again.

Only the small figure on the field drew his twin swords, fearless of everything, and let out a war cry at the hideous beast that covered the sky and the sun.

"Who said my son was mortal?"

Queen Vichyna's eyes glistened with tears, her pride was incomprehensible, and her eyes reflected the warrior who faced her fate alone, and the back was unstoppable.

"And you, my child, you will be crowned emperor!"