LOL: Summoner of Goddess Janna

In the eastern part of Shurima continent, south of Zaun and Piltover, there is a vast tropical rain forest.

This remote, remote and closed land looks like an undeveloped wilderness to outsiders.

Explorers from the Twin Cities and Noxus called this place the Serpent River Rainforest.

But in fact, before the ancestors of the Twin Cities and the Noxians were born, and even 7,000 years before the ancient Shurima Empire was established, this rainforest already had an ancient and resounding name— —

Ixtal.

Known for their mastery of elemental magic, Ixtal was one of the first independent nations to join the ancient Shurima Empire.

Unlike Icathia, a land that was later conquered by force, Ixtar is more like the original shareholder of the Shurima Empire and an early partner of the "Shurima Group".

What proves this is that the Icathians have silently dedicated themselves to the Shurima Empire for 800 years, but they cannot get a place to participate in the ascension ceremony.

However, Ixtar gave birth to many famous Ascended Ones.

For example, the "Father of Malphite", who later asked Yinzeriel to dig up the grave and steal the magic gauntlet, the Ascended Nezuk.

Not only were these Ixtal mages not enslaved second-class citizens, but they were the main force in suppressing the Icathian rebellion, and were also one of the core forces that the Shurima Empire later relied on to fight against the void invasion.

They are the ruling class of the empire.

Therefore, when the Shurima Empire was sweeping across the wastelands and prospering, Ixtar also ushered in a prosperous period of openness, enterprising, and embracing the world.

But later, with the invasion of the void, the explosion of the sun disk, and the disintegration of the Shuriman Empire, the Ascendants became darkin warlords, and Runeterra gradually moved towards chaos and disorder...

The people of Ixtal were frightened.

In order to avoid disputes from the outside world and preserve the splendid magical civilization of Ixtar, their mages used the wilderness as a barrier to isolate themselves, hiding the kingdom among the shades of the primeval rainforest, turning themselves into the "tiles" of Runeterra. Kanda".

This policy of seclusion lasted for thousands of years.

Until now...

"How stupid!" Seeing this, Qiyana couldn't help but clenched the "Brief History of Ixtar Chronicles" in her hand angrily.

"Lord Qiyana?" The four servants carrying the sedan for her all trembled nervously.

The servant who was following the sedan and waiting at her side at all times, her personal slave Payal, raised her head cautiously and asked: "Lord Qiyana, what's wrong..."

"Yes, isn't the air cool enough?"

As he spoke, Bayal worked hard to use his little control over the elements, concentrating his strength to form a cool cloud.

Despite the scorching sun, he was already sweating profusely.

But he still sent the cool mist to Qiyana with a flattering look on his face to cool her down.

But Qiyana didn't appreciate it at all.

"Beyal, shut up!" She scolded angrily: "I didn't speak, how do you have the right to speak?"

"Yes..." The servants lowered their heads tremblingly.

Qiyana glanced at them nonchalantly, then returned her attention to the "Chronicles of Ixtar".

As a direct member of the ruling family of Ixtal, the youngest daughter of the king's family, and a genius of all elements, she has had an enterprising spirit that is different from others since she was a child.

Qiyana believes that Ixtar should not be closed off to himself.

However, the reason why this proud little princess opposed seclusion was not because she hoped that Ixtar could open up to develop the economy, exchange culture with the outside world, and improve people's livelihood internally.

Her ambitions are not that small, and they are not that harmonious.

What she was thinking was: "After the fall of the Shurima Empire and the Darkin warlords, Ixtar will become the most powerful country in Runeterra!"

"Why does such a powerful Ixtal live in this corner of the world?"

"We should inherit the legacy of the Shurima Empire and bring every inch of land outside the rainforest under our own rule!"

Every time she reads this history, Qiyana can't help but feel resentful of the short-sightedness and ignorance of her ancestors.

She could not wait to take the map of Runeterra in the book that had expired for nearly 3,000 years and paint every plot on it with a color that only belonged to her.

But a dream is a dream after all, back to reality:

Ixtal is only such a small piece of land on the map, as small as a appendix in Runeterra.

How could she, Qiyana, the noble legitimate daughter of the royal family, the greatest elementalist in the history of Ixtal, live here in such depression?

She was supposed to be in charge of not just a small city-state, but a great empire.

"One day, everywhere will be the land of Ixoken. A great empire with a wise queen!"

Qiyana closed the history book and entered fantasy time again.

She has already planned it, now she is secretly building up her strength.

When her father dies, or when the time comes, she will carry out a rapid "Ixtal Change", send her troublesome sisters to the West, and then inherit the throne herself.

When the time comes, she will personally lead an army of 100,000 to march west into the desert and north out of the rainforest, pacify Shurima in three years, conquer Valoran in ten years, unify Runeterra in twenty years, and make all Ionians overseas bow to her. Become a vassal.

Just as she was thinking this, suddenly...

"Hey! Why is the cold mist gone?" Qiyana looked at the servant under the sedan with an unhappy expression: "Bayal! Don't make me sweat, okay? I only have one request, and it's so difficult for you to do it. What?"

"Lady Qiyana..." Bayar wiped the sweat from his forehead nervously.

He said: "Sorry, I, I was distracted..."

"Look there!" Bayar pointed forward.

It was a long river that passed through the capital city of Ixoken and ran through the kingdom of Ixtal.

This river is called the Serpent River. Its upper reaches are connected to the great river "Mother of Life" in Shurima. Its downstream outlet is across the sea from Bilgewater. It is not far from Zaun and Piltover. .

In theory, the Mang River should have great economic value for shipping.

But because the Shurima Empire upstream has degenerated into a bunch of desert tribes, and Ixtar downstream has implemented a policy of seclusion for thousands of years, there is no need for goods to circulate from here.

This python river has become an inland river that only serves Ixtar. Except for those explorers from the Twin Cities and Noxus who wanted to die, no outsiders have set foot here for thousands of years.

What's more, it's better to sail the ship directly to the heart of Ixtal, the capital of Ixoken.

But now...

"What a big ship!" Don't say that Bayal and other slaves were shocked.

Even Princess Qiyana, who prided herself on being well-informed, could not help but open her mouth in surprise.

I saw a huge iron ship, shuttled out of the primitive forest in the upper reaches of the Mang River, and slowly sailed towards Isu Oken.

It is made of solid steel, and the outer layer is plated with the Shuriman people's favorite gold. At first glance, it looks like a golden mountain floating on the water, which is daunting.

The giant ship's chimney spewed out thick green alchemical smoke, dragging a moving green cloud behind the ship. The roaring fuel engine drove this 10,000-ton behemoth, allowing it to easily push away heavy water waves and press it over slowly and powerfully.

This novel scene reminded Qiyana of the Piltover expedition team that once brought an excavation machine to explore the rainforest.

But the ship was spray-painted with ancient Shurima patterns, and a white blue bird flag and a golden sun disk flag were also hung on the mast.

"Sun disk?" Qiyana was stunned for a while.

She couldn't recognize the blue bird flag, but she knew what the sun disk pattern represented.

The history book in her hand just says: "Is this the flag of the Shurima Empire?"

Hasn’t the Shurima Empire been dead for 3,000 years? Why did they suddenly appear again?

Could it be that the Ascended Ones who died back then have been resurrected?

"No!" Qiyana quickly denied this.

While everyone else was marveling at the golden ship, contempt was already showing in her eyes.

Although this ship is large and made of steel, there is no fluctuation of magic runes inside.

It looked like the machines invented by Mrs. Piltover, only a hundred times larger than the excavators she had seen before.

But no matter how big it is, it is still a machine, a toy-like piece of magic, a big piece of iron without magic power.

As long as she gets serious and mobilizes the water elements on the river to release two skills, she can probably send this useless "iron lump" to the bottom of the water to feed the fish.

"Let's go! Let's go over and take a look!"

The residents of Isuoken, and even the elders and nobles of the royal palace, were still panicking at the shocking scene of the golden ship's arrival.

But Qiyana was not afraid of anything, and she boldly wanted to meet these invaders flying the Shurima flag.

"Yes!" The servants hurriedly used magic and quickened their pace.

Magic that is rare in the outside world is very common in Ixtar.

The "productivity magic" that the leaders are working hard to study has been studied in depth during these thousands of years of peace.

The Ixtar people organized fixed combinations of elements into "primordial axioms" and successfully applied this magical knowledge to human daily life.

However, leaders with similar goals would never think of...

This mysterious magic that can make objects overcome gravity and become light is used to carry sedans for noble gentlemen in Ixtar.

I saw the slaves controlling their magic power and using the Sixteenth Axiom to quickly and smoothly carry Qiyana to the bank of the Python River.

But looking at the wide water in front of them, they stopped nervously.

"What are you stopping for?" Qiyana raised her eyebrows: "I asked you to learn a few more axioms of the water element. Haven't you learned it yet?"

"I'm sorry...we were too stupid." The servants bowed their heads in guilt.

"It's really useless." Qiyana muttered angrily: "Then just stay here and wait for me to come back!"

As she spoke, she cast a spell to summon her Oletar ring blade, and while the ring blade was whirling, she stepped across the water in the air.

She leaped across the river like a dragonfly, and in the blink of an eye she jumped onto the oncoming golden ship.

Qiyana landed on the front deck.

Then, she met a giant in golden eagle armor on the bow of the ship.

This little giant is about three meters tall. His whole body is covered in shining golden armor. He holds a dazzling golden trident in his hand. His head is completely hidden under the eagle-headed helmet, making it impossible to see his true identity. Appearance.

"Hmm..." This guy looked quite unfathomable, almost like a legendary warrior from heaven descending to earth.

So Qiyana calmed down her unruly aura a little, and habitually sensed the opponent's magic power fluctuations.

The test results are:

"Combat strength, 0."

She didn't sense any magic fluctuations from the eagle-armored giant in front of her.

"Tch, you have to dress up to be impressive." Kiana raised her chin in disdain: "Turns out he's just a mortal!"

Eagle-armored giant: "..."

The proud little princess did not notice his subtle look, but continued to ask: "What is your name, who are you, and why did you invade Ixtal?"

"I am Azir." Perhaps he has never met anyone who can show off better than himself. Emperor Azir, who is always known for his arrogance, was very patient this time.

But as soon as he announced a name, Qiyana interrupted rudely: "Azir?"

"Hahahaha... You have the same name as Shurima's Eagle Father?"

"Although Azir is just a lost king, he is still our former master of Ixtar and the emperor of the Shurima Empire-"

"Just you?" Qiyana looked up and down at this big man without a trace of magic power fluctuation: "Are you worthy?"

Azir: "..."

This girl made his blood pressure soar with just a few words.

Before he could get angry, Qiyana interrupted again aggressively and talking to herself: "Okay, Azir, it seems you are a Shuriman."

"What are you Shurima people doing here with your ships?"

Azir held back his anger and did not answer, but asked: "Girl, who are you?"

"Tell me who you are. I don't want to waste my time with someone who is not qualified to make decisions."

"Well..." Qiyana was also excited.

This was also the first time she met a guy who dared to be so arrogant in front of her.

So she proudly puffed up her chest and showed off her identity symbol, the ancient Oletar Ring Blade:

"I am the daughter of King Ixtal, the noble 'Yuen Alai', the legal successor of the Supreme Tower, and the most talented elemental magician in the history of Ixtal, Qiyana!"

Azir: "......"

When he introduced himself to his family, he was not as enthusiastic as Qiyana.

"Okay...it turns out that she is the daughter of the current king of Ixtal, so you are barely qualified to talk to me." Azir competed with her to show his arrogance.

Just listen to him ask with concern: "But..."

"The most talented elementalist in the history of Ixtal?"

"You?" Azir looked Qiyana up and down, the same way she looked at him before: "Just you?"

"Are you really the most talented elementalist in Ixtal right now?"

"Nonsense!" Qiyana's blood pressure also increased.

Who are you? Are mere mortals qualified to question her strength?

"This..." Azir was speechless.

He silently used his thoughts to cover the entire city of Isuoken, and he actually didn't sense a few mages who were stronger than Qiyana.

"The sun is up!" Azir sighed: "Has Ixtar really become so weak?"

Before coming, Li Wei had reminded him that the current Ixtar might have degenerated into a decadent and weak country after thousands of years of seclusion.

Because Li Wei knew that in the original world line, the expedition team from Pi City once invaded Ixtal.

And just such a small expedition team, a group of armed mercenaries and miners, actually beat Qiyana's biological sister, a royal noble of Ixtal, and the county guard to flee in panic.

A Piltover expedition team—who may not be as powerful as Camille's family spies—was able to openly invade a country, plunder a county, and scare away the local governor until Qiyana took action herself. Only to be repelled.

This combat effectiveness is not even as good as that of the late Qing Dynasty.

"Is this still the Ixtar who gave birth to senior Nezuk and several ascended ones?" Azir murmured.

Fortunately, he still cared about the glory of Ixtar in those days and paid a personal visit as an emperor.

If he had known that Ixtar was really pulling his hips like this now, he wouldn't have come in person.

"What did you say?" Qiyana was also very angry at Azir's sigh: "Weak?"

This is obviously looking down on her and Ixtal!

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Fortunately, Qiyana still maintained the last trace of her sanity.

She planned to first ask Azir's identity and origin, and then give a small punishment to this arrogant person who was disrespectful to the future Queen of Elements.

Then she heard Azir say: "I am Azir, Emperor of the Shurima Empire."

"Yes, you heard it right. I have returned from the Yellow Sands and rebuilt the Shurima Empire." Azir said proudly: "I came here just to rebuild the alliance with Ixtal and open up the lower reaches of the Python River. of the route.”

The upper reaches of the Python River are connected to the Mother of Life, and the waterway can be connected from the downstream outlet to the capital of the Shurima Empire upstream.

For the future economic development of Shurima, Azir is of course eager to let Ixtal reopen the country. At least, he promises to open the Serpent River channel to allow Shurima merchant ships to transit.

However, before he can continue to prove his identity and show his intentions...

"Hahahaha." Qiyana interrupted him rudely: "You, the Emperor of Shurima Empire?"

"Madman, wake up! The Shurima Empire has died a long time ago! We have the great city of Ixocan. What else do you Shurima have? Just sand and ghosts."

"You?!" Azir was angry.

Qiyana choked again: "Are you still pretending to be a descendant of the Shurima Empire?"

"I think you are just desert upstarts who came out of nowhere. You want to use the name of your predecessors to pretend to be a ghost and come to Ixtal to beg for food?"

Azir really couldn't bear it anymore.

But Qiana pointed to the blue bird flag on the ship and said aggressively: "Otherwise, why haven't I seen it in the book? Do the Shurima people have any blue bird flags?"

"I think this is the flag of your tribe!"

"Uh..." Azir was really speechless.

This flag did make him a little embarrassed.

After the decisive battle with Mordekaiser, the last anti-Janna forces in Demacia and Noxus, those nobles who were unwilling to be liquidated and reformed, followed their ambitions and were destroyed along with Mordekaiser. .

The whole world has witnessed the strength of the goddess Janna, and no one dares to openly oppose the leader.

As a result, the Kingdom of Demacia and the Noxus Empire officially changed their flags and joined forces with the Twin Cities, Ionia, Bilgewater, and Freljord as a franchising nation to formally establish the Rune Kingdom. Di Jiana dominates the Yi Alliance.

Although many places still retain a large number of old bureaucrats and have not yet undergone social transformation, at least in name, the Janna Dominion Alliance has unified Runeterra.

The Shurima Empire is the most bizarre part of it.

It is the only empire in the alliance, the only country that still retains a monarch.

Moreover, it is not currently a formal member country, but an observing member country in the transitional stage.

Of course, Azir knew very well that this "observing member state" was just a superficial term.

In fact, he has joined the Runeterra Janna Dominant Alliance in disguise and acted as the younger brother of the goddess Janna.

"Whose flag is this blue bird?" Qiyana still asked mockingly.

"Uh..." Azir was a little embarrassed.

Of course, the proud Eagle Father was embarrassed to admit that he was someone's younger brother, so he only said: "This is the flag of our Shurima ally, the Janna Dominion Alliance."

"Jana dominates the Yi Alliance?" Qiyana had never heard of it: "Is this also a country?"

"Yes."

"Then which one is bigger than us, Ixtal?"

"You also have a robot ship, so are you as good as those Mrs. Piltover?"

Azir: "..."

"Exactly." Seeing that Azir was so "guilty" that he could not speak, Qiyana became more and more mocking: "You have formed an alliance with a small country that you have never heard of. Do you deserve to be called the Shurima Empire?"

"You still want to 're-establish the alliance' with us and let Ixtar open the Python River? How ridiculous!"

"Shut up, stupid mortal!" Azir finally couldn't hold back his anger.

And just then...

"Calm down, Azir." A voice slowly sounded from behind: "We are here to achieve win-win cooperation, not to provoke conflicts and contradictions."

Qiyana looked intently and saw a tall little giant with the head of a wolf and the body of a wolf, walking slowly over.

That was the Imperial Grand Master who was once famous in Ixtar, the Desert Death God, Nasus.

"You..." Qiyana couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"Kid, it seems you have recognized me." Nasus showed an amiable smile.

Unlike Azir, who ascended after being resurrected after death, he had already ascended thousands of years ago, possessing the iconic wolf-headed body of a god.

In the past, he had fought side by side with the Ascended Ones of Ixtal, and had visited Ixoken many times to exchange magic experiences with the mages of the Supreme Tower.

Although that was thousands of years ago, Ixtal is also a country with a long history.

Looking at Qiyana's appearance, she probably recognized him as a famous ascendant.

Nasus was thinking so...

"Big dog!" Qiyana raised her chin and said proudly and arrogantly: "Among the vastayas I have seen, you are the cutest."

"Yes...if you are willing to stay and be my slave, then I can mercifully forgive your crime of invasion and let your friends go back alive."

Azir: "..."

Nasus: "..."

.............................

After a while.

"Do you know who I am now?" Azir held the proud little princess in front of him like a chicken.

Her body struggled helplessly in mid-air. And her favorite weapon, the Oletar Ring Blade, also fell to the ground in humiliation.

"I..." Qiyana instinctively wanted to resist.

But when she raised her head, she could see the mountains of yellow sand rising up all over the sky.

The extremely rich earth element magic power almost made her breathless.

This is a tropical rainforest, the surface of the Python River with the thinnest earth element and the richest water element!

But Azir went against the environment and summoned sand and dust all over the sky with his wave of his hand, creating a terrifying celestial phenomenon where the city was besieged by yellow sand.

What kind of terrifying strength is this?

It turns out that she couldn't sense the magic power fluctuation before, not because Azir was a mortal, but because the strength gap between the two sides was too large, making it impossible for her to detect the other's aura.

"I know, I know..." Qiyana's pride was completely crushed in front of the mighty power of the Celestial Warriors: "You, you are the great Eagle Father, the noble Ascended One, the emperor of the Shurima Empire, and... The sect master of Xutar..."

"I, I will go back now to report to the king, rebuild the alliance with you, and open the Mang River to you."

"Ha!" Azir mocked angrily: "Do you have to teach you a lesson before you know you need equal dialogue and free trade?"

"I'm sorry...Your Majesty." Qiyana was about to cry without tears.

Fortunately, the arrogant Azir didn't bother to talk to this little girl. He just taught her a few words and threw her out: "Go away and ask your father to come out to negotiate with me!"

"Yes..." Qiyana struggled to her feet in embarrassment, then picked up her weapon pitifully, and then finally jumped off the deck in panic, and returned to the shore through the water.

Her servant was looking at the sky of yellow sand above his head, waiting for her with a panicked look on his face: "Lord Qiyana, what is going on?"

"Shut up!" Qiyana's face was filled with humiliation and harshness.

In front of Azir, she could only feel humiliation, but in front of the servants, she could only be harsh: "Get out! Don't ask questions!"

With that said, Qiyana was not even in the mood to sit in the sedan chair, turned around and ran in embarrassment towards the highest tower.

The servants stared at her with big eyes and small eyes, and in the end they could only follow her tremblingly, carrying the empty sedan in hot pursuit.

"Alas." Looking at their retreating figures and the prosperous and luxurious city in front of him, Nasus couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that Ixtal would really fall to this level."

"Ha." Azir also sneered: "Thankfully, I came here in person to rebuild the alliance with Ixtal."

"I think the current Ixtar are not qualified to be our allies at all. They can only merge into the empire obediently!"

"Azir!" Nasus interrupted: "Times have changed, and you can no longer do things the way you used to."

"Hmph!" Azir actually knew this.

But Ixtal's current situation...

It really made him addicted to colonization.

Of course, Azir also knew very well that it was not 3,000 years ago now, and he could not annex anyone he saw.

But he still couldn't help but mutter: "The royal nobles of Ixtal have fallen to such arrogance and incompetence. I think they are no longer qualified to rule here."

"Yes." Nasus agreed with this.

But he was not like Azir, who had a strong desire to "bring freedom to his doorstep" in his eyes.

"The trend has been achieved and we don't need to do anything more."

"As long as Ixtar opens the country, walks out of the rainforest, and sees the new world swept by the wind of change, their citizens will naturally make a choice."

"Ixtar's future fate is already decided at this moment."

As he said that, Nasus looked at the servants who were following Qiyana in a distance, and saw the tension and fear on their faces.

These people look so humble and powerless. but:

"I believe them."

"They will stand up."