lol: Bind Syndra at the start

It looked at the ancient battlefield that had been left for thousands of years, its eyes filled with nostalgia and sorrow.

"This is where we had our final battle with them..."

Ryan stared at the huge weapons for a while, and then suddenly thought of a question.

"Where are their bodies?"

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Merry Christmas, brothers

Chapter 157 The Cut-Off Road

When Master Dolan discovered this place, he only realized that it was a good place to cultivate weapons.

When Yi first came into contact with this place, he could only glimpse his own "weakness" through it.

When Ryan saw this, his first reaction was... If the group of Protoss lost, then where are their bodies?

Under normal circumstances, after the war, only the victor has the "right" or conditions to collect the remains.

And he inferred it from the remains of the ancient battlefield and the background story he knew.

The Protoss may have failed in Ionia, but their defeat there did not completely crush their ambitions.

Just like Noxus today, the failure of the last round of invasion does not mean that the entire war is completely over.

He remembered that in the background story, the Protoss could not descend upon Runeterra at will.

That's why they need one 'substitute' after another.

But judging by the huge weapons left behind in the ruins of the ancient battlefield, they didn't seem to need so-called substitutes when they first descended on Ionia.

Ling looked at Ryan with undisguised admiration, "The last Wuji kid who saw this place only knew how to sigh at the power, but you found the key to the problem..."

"The essential?"

"We call those giants the Other Shore People. They don't belong to the spiritual dimension, but rather reside in the same dimensional space as us.

"So at the beginning of their invasion, we realized that winning or losing this battle wasn't the most important thing. We had no intention of counterattacking their homeland, nor did we have the strength to support us in counterattacking or even completely annihilating them.

"History has seen countless countries and countless battlefields that prove that wars only remain dormant, never disappear. If we cannot completely eliminate them, then these battlefields will continue for countless years.

"If we want to truly protect the land beneath our feet, we don't need to win one victory after another, but to find a way to cut off their invasion channels..."

Ling raised her hand and a ray of light spread across.

In Yi's story, he traveled to an ancient battlefield ten thousand years ago in a vision, where he comprehended the Way of Wuji and used the power of the world to cut off the weapon of the 'giant'.

But the experience did Ryan no good.

The psychic could see the opponent's power from the wings condensed by Ryan.

Therefore, it hopes to allow Ryan to see more of the truth.

According to their theory, Ryan is like their successor.

They guarded the catastrophe that belonged to them and maintained the continuation of the Rune Universe.

If we want the Rune Universe to continue, we may need to rely on Ryan's power.

When the relationship between them changes from appreciation to 'inheritance'.

The Vastaya Xiarui decided to tell Ryan the real secret.

The light emitted by the spirit gradually dispersed and gathered into a curtain of light.

"Let's go over there."

Ling was the first to walk into the light curtain.

Ryan followed in without any doubt.

Excessive vigilance will only destroy the good impression of the "old man" on you.

The good of the Protoss may be their cover to hide a larger conspiracy.

But whether judging by the records in their background stories or by their deeds, the Vastaya Xiarui are heroes in the true sense.

Behind the curtain of light is another world.

Here Yi saw a magnificent battlefield, menacing giants, and the power to manipulate nature.

What caught Ryan's eye was a 'growing' altar.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the vast earth.

The bloodstains that had not yet completely dried added a layer of tragic color to the battlefield.

The majestic and towering altar is located in the battlefield.

The ancient battlefield covers a vast area, but this altar occupies almost half of it.

Its base is connected to the earth, and then it suddenly rises from the ground at a certain location.

Dozens of figures covered in rosy clouds stood in different directions. Some of them wore strange costumes, and some simply revealed their gorgeous feathers.

Pure and rich natural magic emanated from their bodies, and finally transformed into "nutrients" and poured into the central altar.

Under the catalysis of these dozens of powerful forces, the altar became higher and higher.

In just a few breaths, the top of the altar had already surged into the clouds, and this "growth" trend did not weaken at all.

"What do you want to do by building this altar?" Ryan asked the spirit beside him.

As an eyewitness, and perhaps even one of the creators of the altar, Ling undoubtedly knows the full picture of the incident.

"Didn't you just ask me where the bodies of the giants are?"

"exist......"

Ryan suddenly realized something. He looked at the altar and said, "Here?"

"Yes." Ling laughed. "We melted their corpses into this altar, using the power of those from the other side, mixed with natural magic to form a spell, or an artificial barrier."

Ryan was stunned for a moment.

He recalled the scene of the ancient battlefield he had seen not long ago.

There are indeed many mountain ranges stretching across the land in that picture, but most of them are of similar height.

But on the present-day Barue Island, there is a huge mountain that almost touches the sky.

And that 'mountain'...

Ryan looked at the altar that was rising higher and higher, and suddenly felt that it looked familiar.

"So that mountain... is this altar?"

Why does Baruo, an Ionian "border" island with a relatively small area, have taller mountains than Navoli?

Why didn't the vastaya and the shari stay in the core of Ionia, but in this remote mountain forest?

Why is it that this abrupt mountain makes it easier to contact these Vastaya Shari and other beings that exist in the spiritual realm?

These questions all have a reasonable explanation and answer here.

Because thousands of years ago, the Vastaya Xiarui built this mountain with the corpses of the Protoss who died in battle.

This is where they achieve their ultimate goal.

They used this towering altar as an end to the war, using their power to block the Protoss' direct descent into the Runeverse.

"That's it..." There was pride in the spirits' eyes. Even though they might be the lucky ones chosen by fate, they still delivered an answer that would make them proud even after thousands of years.

They used the power of their generation of 'humans' as a guide to completely isolate the group of star spirits on the other side for ten thousand years.

It was also at this time that Ryan finally understood why in the background story, the Protoss could descend directly into Ionia ten thousand years ago.

But after that battle, those high and mighty Protoss never came here 'personally' again.

The reason why they are forced to use one substitute after another is to use the weak bodies of humans to carry out their will.

This is because thousands of years ago, there was a group of people who, in their human bodies, cut off the ambitions of the Star Spirits!

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This setting of mine is really a good idea. I bet the designer would never have thought of it!

Chapter 158 A conspiracy that stretches for thousands of years

"Arbitrary and eternal" is a word that often appears in cool novels.

But Ryan felt that in the case of Vastaya Xiarui, the meaning of this word was different from that in ordinary cool novels.

Millions of years have carved the original altars into mountains, but their contributions to Ionia have not been 'deformed' by time.

Ryan once again expressed his admiration for Vastaya Xiarui with his eyes.

Then he suddenly thought of an 'urgent' matter.

Although the Protoss were blocked outside, they never gave up on extending their claws to Runeterra.

The actions of that group of celestial beings fully demonstrated what it meant to say "the empire's determination to destroy us will never die."

As a time traveler, Ryan may not know all the plans of the Protoss.

But he can extract the Protoss parts from the background stories of many heroes and then integrate them.

Judging from the most well-known deeds, the Protoss was in decline for a long time after their defeat in Ionia.

But this period of decline may also be because they had not yet found a way to overcome the magical blockade of Vasyata Xiarui and bring their will into the human body.

In short.

After failing in the easternmost part of Runeterra, they headed south.

Mount Targon, the highest mountain on Runeterra, seems to be named after them.

Titan...

A giant in stature, a god in strength.

After glimpsing the huge weapons on the ancient battlefield, Ryan felt that the real name of the mountain should be "Star Spirit" Mountain.

They may not be able to show up in person, but they must have mastered some methods to project their power in that area.

This time they did not use the most direct and brutal way to invade.

The power displayed by Vastaya Xiarui finally made them learn what fear is.

So they chose a softer and more difficult to resist approach... Ryan thinks this method can be called "cultural invasion" or soft invasion.

They displayed their divine powers in front of ordinary people, taking advantage of the most primitive human nature of admiring power, and turned those people into believers.

This group of believers gradually expanded their community through word of mouth or fabricated legends.

that's all......

Various sects worshipping the Protoss emerged around Mount Targon.

The best humans among them will prove themselves to the Protoss by climbing Mount Targon.

The Protoss will bestow power, or directly bestow their will.

The background story was so limited that Ryan couldn't tell what the Protoss' purpose was in setting up this place.

But even if he thought about it with his toes, he felt that it couldn't be for the good of Rune Continent.

After thousands of years, it is hard to imagine how many people have been captured by the glorious image forged by the Protoss.

Human lifespan can be as long as a hundred years or as short as twenty or thirty years. A thousand years is enough for countless generations to come.

Perhaps for many people today, the Star Spirits have been gods 'since ancient times'.

Their belief in the Protoss is a natural choice.

Ryan had experienced many similar cases in his previous life, where the simplest tampering with culture could distort the ideas of a generation within ten years.

Although information transmission in this world is slower, a thousand years is enough to achieve a similar effect.

And if at some point the Protoss want to achieve their goal of invading Runeterra again, will the humans who have long regarded them as their faith gather together to resist like the Ionians did ten thousand years ago?

Perhaps... some of them would see the coming of the Protoss as a salvation for humanity and Runeterra.

Not only will they not unite, but they will hide within and cause chaos.