"Nasus, suffer death!" On the other side, Renekton, still with red eyes, chased after his brother and slashed wildly.

Nasus couldn't bear to hurt his brother, so he could only passively defend himself. After a while, he was beaten to the point of being bruised and miserable.

Fortunately, after Xerath meekly accepted the trial, Azir had already withdrawn his hand.

"Wall of the Forbidden Army!" He waved his hand and summoned four groups of gold-armored warriors made of yellow sand. They formed a wall formation with spears in hand and besieged Renekton from all directions.

Renekton was trapped in a tight siege, and his movements suddenly stagnated.

Nasus finally escaped his brother's brutal pursuit and quickly chanted a spell, further delaying Renekton's actions.

Levi summoned a stream of high-pressure air to assist Azir and Nasus, firmly suppressing the crazy god warrior to the ground.

In the end, as he promised, Xerath used profound spiritual magic to soothe Renekton's crazy and twisted soul.

Finally, the anger in Renekton's eyes dissipated, and he gradually fell asleep peacefully.

"Huh..." Nasus breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at his brother with a complicated mood.

Then, he looked at Azir in confusion, especially Xerath.

"Grand Maester Nasus," Azir said, "I have made my decision. Xerath needs to suffer the pain of imprisonment and slavery for eternity to atone for his evil deeds."

"So, you let him live." Nasus sighed.

He could agree with the emperor's judgment. For an ascended person who is almost immortal, living in a prison and seal may not be as satisfying as dying.

"Danzerath is dangerous," Nasus said. "I don't believe he will be punished."

Azir did not answer directly, but turned his gaze to Xerath.

"I am willing to accept the punishment." Xerath sighed.

He took the initiative to dissipate the powerful arcane energy, revealing his vital magic core: "Grand Maester Nasus, please seal my power."

"This..." Nasus couldn't help but be dumbfounded. He and Renekton tried their best back then, but they could only force Xerath into the Tomb of the Emperors, but failed to seal the source of this guy's power and fundamentally solve the problem.

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He also didn't expect that Xerath would be so cooperative this time.

Based on Nasus' understanding of Xerath, he thought that this guy would fight to the death and would rather die than accept the seal.

"Then Renekton... can he still recover?" Nasus asked with concern.

"Not necessarily, but there is hope." Azir said: "Xerath's witchcraft can soothe General Renekton's spirit and make up for his sins as much as possible."

"...Okay." Nasus sighed: "In that case, then it's as you wish."

He nodded slightly to Azir and used Shurima's ancient magic to seal Xerath's magical core.

Zeras suddenly lost most of his power, and the light on his body dimmed to the extreme.

No matter how talented and intelligent he is, it is absolutely impossible for him to break this seal on his own with his pitiful magic power that can barely maintain physical movement.

"That's okay..." Levi silently approved Azir's choice.

Since there is a way to eliminate the secondary risks posed by Xerath, it would not be a bad thing to let him live and go to jail.

After all, Runeterra may face a full-scale invasion by the void in another ten years. At this time, every high-end combat power is valuable.

At the critical moment, breaking Xerath's seal and throwing him in front of the void insect swarm to attract firepower... can also come in handy.

"Grand Maester Nasus." When the dust settled, Azir was finally free to take care of his broken empire.

He looked at the ruins of the ancient city and the mountains of ethereal corpses piled up in the desert.

How the capital became a ruin, how Shurima perished, and how the Ascended Ones disappeared, Azir has already learned a rough idea from Levi.

"So what's the situation now?" Azir first focused on the enemy of the void: "Has the void fully invaded?"

"No..." Nasus shook his head.

He briefly introduced to Azir the situation in Belvis and the recent movements of the void forces.

After hearing that the Void had not fully invaded and that the Void Queen's power was only limited to the southern part of Shurima, Azir still breathed a sigh of relief, although his expression remained solemn.

"Then what human forces are there in Shurima today?" Azir asked again.

"This..." Nasus replied briefly: "The tribes of Mount Targon in the west have no intention of invading the desert eastward, and Ixtal in the east has been closed off for thousands of years and isolated from the world - these are nothing to worry about."

"But the vast desert of Shurima is isolated from oases and teeming with tribes. So far, there is no decent big force."

"As for the North Shore..." Nasus suddenly paused subtly.

After Swain came to power, Noxus no longer had any intention of maintaining the empire's overseas colonial rule;

Coupled with the intervention of the leader more than a month ago, the compradors of the north coast city-states who were accustomed to being the outsiders were frightened and collectively rebelled.

Therefore, after an unstoppable wave of changing flags and competing for investment opportunities...

The North Shore of Shurima is now completely out of Noxus' control and has become an overseas territory managed by the Windlord.

"The North Shore is now...under the control of the Oshla Vazuans."

Nasus couldn't think of how to explain the special organization of the Leader to a person with a generation gap of 3000 years.

He had no choice but to move out of Zaun's ancient name and tell Azir who controlled the north shore area now.

"Vazuan people?" Azir smiled: "After the fall of the empire, even these profiteers can be kings and hegemons on the north coast?"

Zaun was a prosperous commercial city in ancient Shurima times and an important trading stronghold of the Shurima Empire on the north coast.

But no matter how rich and powerful it is, it is just one of the city-states on the north coast under the rule of the Shurima Empire.

To Azir, it was heard that the Wazuans ruled the north shore.

It felt as absurd as waking up and finding that the ants in the corner had taken over the entire house.

"Um..." Nasus was about to continue explaining in detail.

"Okay!" Azir had already cheered up and shouted, clutching his golden spear: "Then let us first integrate the tribes in the desert, then recover the city-states on the north coast, and unify the entire Shurima region.

, and then concentrate our efforts to conquer the countries of Valoran in the north and suppress the void forces of Icathia in the south!"

Nasus didn't stop him, and Azir's map had already opened up half of the planet.

Seeing Levi watching from the side with a subtle look on his face, Nasus was so embarrassed that even his pair of pointed wolf ears trembled and he didn't know where to put them.

But His Majesty the Emperor is still expressing his ambition and pride intoxicatedly:

"Grand Maester Nasus, you have worked hard over the past 3,000 years. I can imagine your pain and helplessness."

"But now, the sun disk is hanging high over the desert again. My empire and I are back -"

"Give me twenty years, and I will give you a powerful Shurima!"

"The brilliance of the sun will eventually shine on Shurima again, and Shurima will surely be great again!"

"Uh..." Nasus wanted to stop him.

But Azir kept talking more and more. He couldn't wait to regain his territory and restore Shurima's glory.

To this end, he has even counted the small population of this "empire" and arranged his place for everyone.

"Grand Maester Nasus, you will be the chancellor of this great empire. The position of the empire's general must belong to General Renekton."

"Sivir..." Azir looked at his only bloodline with pity: "It was your blood that awakened me."

"The ascended blood should no longer be buried in the yellow sand. You will be the princess of the Shurima Empire, my only heir."

"Huh?" Sivir couldn't help rolling his eyes.

But Azir had already turned to Levi and Janna and said: "Janna, and her followers."

"Although you were once heretics in the empire, if you are willing to surrender, then I am willing to break the rules and accept you as a member of the Ascended Ones, and become a righteous god who can be worshiped in Shurima."

Levi, Janna: "..."

"Stop!" Nasus finally shouted to the emperor regardless of etiquette.

As soon as he saw Azir's old-fashioned arrogance, he knew that the emperor still could not step out of his role back then, and still regarded himself as the supreme Shurima emperor.

No wonder....

For Azir, who has slept for 3,000 years, the era when the Shurima Empire was extremely powerful may still be yesterday.

In his impression, Janna was just a little house bird that could be manipulated at will.

Even though Janna had just shown that she was far more powerful than ordinary ascended people, Azir still subconsciously believed that he had the qualifications to talk to her on an equal footing, and even to be superior to her.

"Azir, wake up—" Nasus sighed deeply: "Times have changed."

"Huh?" Azir looked confused.

"The Vazuan people who now control the north shore of Shurima are followers of the goddess Janna." Nasus explained.

"This..." Azir was slightly startled, but quickly accepted it.

The belief in the goddess Janna was widely spread in the coastal city-states on the north coast of Shurima more than 3,000 years ago.

Now it's just a return to the grandeur of the past, so what?

The Shurima Empire, which is bound to be resurrected, invited her to join and let her sit firmly in the top position of the empire. Is it still treating her badly?
To be continued...