lol: Bind Syndra at the start

"what are you doing?"

Ryan turned his head and looked at Riven through the thick barrier.

Riven, who was standing behind him obediently the last second with a confused look on her fair face, had become a different person without knowing when.

She found a boning knife on a nearby countertop and now held it in her hand.

In his eyes, which were filled with dullness and confusion most of the time, there was an almost tangible murderous intent.

From the current Riven, Ryan finally found some of the temperament of a Noxian warrior.

But temperament is useless...

Ryan tilted his head inside the barrier.

Gloomy dark magic spread out like sea mist, instantly taking control of the room.

A dark chain condensed from Ryan's hand, swaying slightly in the air with a special rhythm.

Another dark chain silently extended and surrounded the room, locking the magical aura in the entire room into a certain space.

Ryan's eyes were filled with a deep dark purple, but this gloomy color was more about restraint.

Fighting with dark magic is always like this. Before attacking the enemy, you first need to prevent yourself from causing damage to the outside world.

Because most of the time, dark magic is far more destructive than the 'enemies' Ryan faces.

Although I haven't started yet.

But the 'evil' shown by Ryan caused a break in Raven's emotions.

She looked in surprise at Ryan, who was like a dark demon in front of her. The cloth bag in her hand slammed heavily to the ground, and the fragments inside scattered out.

And these fragments are exactly the same as the ones Ryan just found in Elder Suma's body.

"I...you...who are you?"

"This seems to be what I should ask. Who are you?" Ryan asked back.

Riven bit her lips tightly, and the bright red blood stained her teeth. Her eyes sometimes looked at Ryan, and sometimes looked at the body of Elder Suma.

The moment the fragment appeared, it was as if a membrane in her mind was pierced.

All the memories she had forgotten came flooding back like a fountain.

Memories betrayed by the Noxians;

The memory of fleeing in panic while being hunted;

He took the initiative to find Elder Suma, hoping that he could end his memory;

The memory of Elder Souma being killed in his final moments by the fragments of a shattered weapon;

The last memory point was a patch of mud and red straw.

And these memories one after another completely filled the blanks in her mind.

Now she finally knew why she was here.

At the same time, I also understood why the powerful and righteous Elder Su Ma was lying here.

She is the real murderer!

If she hadn't gone to see Elder Suma, the current situation wouldn't have happened.

Ryan looked at Riven, whose expression was changing, thought for a moment, and waved his hand to dispel the barrier.

In the game world, a mage being approached by a warrior is a sure death.

But in the real world, a Riven without rune weapons is no stronger than a puppet toy in front of Lion.

Syndra's upper limit is among the top even in the original story world.

And a smarter and wiser Sindra...

Even if he couldn't fight and had no combat experience, in the face of absolute strength suppression, experience and skills were useless.

Ryan took the initiative to take a step forward, and in Riven's astonished eyes, he reached out and grabbed her wrist that was holding the knife.

"I don't want to know your identity, nor do I care about your past. I just want to ask you a question: Do you still want to kill someone?"

Chapter 34: The Ionian Worldview

Ryan was not surprised by Raven's contrasting behavior.

Although Raven always behaved like a docile sheep, he always remembered Raven's identity and experience in his heart.

Whether a person's personality is more influenced by nature or by nurture is an eternal topic of debate.

But for Ryan, he doesn't need to study it so thoroughly.

He just needed to know one answer.

Or rather, a direction.

As for which direction this was heading, he already had a rough idea of ​​it as he knew the background story.

Ryan likes this world.

But that doesn't mean he will mindlessly help every hero.

He only helps heroes who others deem worthy of help.

Raven didn't keep Ryan waiting for long.

After about two minutes of silence.

"boom."

The metal hit the ground with a dull thud.

Riven, whose wrist was grabbed by Ryan, was still knocked down by the boning knife.

Her gaze fell to the ground as the knife was smashed, and she didn't dare to raise her head to look Ryan in the eye.

Although that gaze was still as pure as before, this purity could release more lethality at this moment.

Since she woke up in the tree house, the lost memories became her biggest concern.

Her training in the Noxian military camp had instilled in her a compulsive drive to master everything she could.

After all, on the battlefield, this habit can often save one's life.

If you can't even control yourself, how can you expect to avoid the arrows and arrows on the battlefield?

But when all her memories were restored and she regained control of herself, she found that she did not feel more secure.

Instead, I became more depressed and fearful.

She was horrified because she discovered that Elder Suma's death was due to her;

The repression was caused by the awakening of her memory, which made her taste the betrayal again from that disappeared experience.

Noxians have been instilled with the belief that war is supreme since childhood. The instructors in the military camp will tell everyone that your comrades are trustworthy partners on the battlefield, and the purpose of war is for honor and empire.

This kind of consciousness implantation undoubtedly made the Noxian army more cohesive.

However, this approach also means that when comrades betray one another, the faith instilled in one's heart since childhood collapses in an instant like an avalanche.

Without the blessing of the "holy faith", the so-called battle of honor finally revealed its hideous face.

Raven remembered why he was lying alone in the haystack.

She led the team to successfully break through the encirclement, but the support that was supposed to arrive was nowhere to be seen.

At some point, she suddenly realized.

She and the Noxians who followed her became victims of a kind.

The so-called honor and empire are nothing but lies and killing.

At that time, Riven went to find Elder Suma in this state of shattered faith.

Her purpose is to put an end to her own sins.

But the final result is that this sin becomes even heavier.

It was so heavy that even her breathing felt heavy and she couldn't control it.

Ryan's gaze and words seemed like sharp blades to her, as if they were going to torture her alive.

Even every breath of Ionian air she breathed increased her guilt and regret.

Although I don’t know what this Ionian knows, how he knows it, and what the last question means.

But Riven, who had been tormented by her inner morality for a long time, had no time to care about these things at this moment.

"I......"

Riven trembled, suppressing her body's instinctive reaction and completely letting down all her defenses.

When Ryan asks her if she's still willing to kill, she gives another answer.

"...Just kill me."

Her voice was low, almost pleading, as if she had returned to the night when Elder Suma died.

The rune weapon has been reduced to fragments.

And she also witnessed the power of this Ionian.

It is about as difficult for the other party to kill me as it is for me to kill an ordinary person.

"Why should I kill you?"

Ryan looked at Riven and suddenly found that she was more interesting when she had lost her memory.

She now looks more like the patient lingering outside the oncology department in her previous life.

It seems that every second of her life is a torture for her, and there is no trace of the charm that this character should have.

"You knew who I was from the beginning. Aren't all those lies and excuses you made up just to trick me and find an opportunity to kill me?!"

The clever Riven had already connected the whole thing together the moment she regained her memory.

But she didn't blame Ryan.

As a Noxian, as an invader, she was well aware of the Ionian people's hatred for her.

Blood debt must be paid with blood, this is a standard that applies everywhere.

And now she also believes that this is the only way to wash away her sins.

But facing Riven's resolute gaze, Ryan shook his head.

"You don't understand us Ionians."

"?"

"The past is done, and we cannot change it." Ryan recalled the words from the original book, "Death cannot repair the destroyed houses and crops, and death cannot bring back the dead.

"Death is an escape, a disruption of balance. What Ionians seek is redemption."

This is the description in the original book.

After two years of personal experience, Ryan has a better understanding of the Ionian worldview.

This is a group of people who have an obsessive pursuit of nature and balance.

The mistakes Riven made are like the difference between a pond and the ocean compared to Jhin.

But even after being sent to the monastery prison, Jhin's punishment was only imprisonment.

There is no death penalty here.

Perhaps some people in Ionia have gradually realized this problem through their experiences in recent years.

But it’s just like the final choice of the master of Gouya Temple.

Although they are aware of this problem, the rules that have been passed down for thousands of years cannot change overnight.

It's like a fast-moving ship. Even if the captain has discovered the iceberg ahead, it takes time to change direction.

A full turn without leaving any room for maneuver may allow the ship to avoid the iceberg, but it may also cause the ship to capsize.

Their only option is to hand over what they control to the next generation.

Every generation has its own mission.