Runeland: I really know a little bit about everything
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He appointed his niece Callista as the kingdom’s general and put her in charge of the kingdom’s army.
In order to win over the powerful Iron Order in the kingdom, Viego also betrothed Princess Kalista to the leader of the Iron Order – Hecarim!
Kalista was a person who was willing to sacrifice herself for the kingdom. Even though she already had someone she loved and even though she hated the infamous Hecarim, she still agreed to the marriage for the sake of the kingdom.
After that, everything seemed to be on track.
It’s a pity that things are unpredictable and a sudden assassination changed everything.
At a grand banquet, an assassin suddenly appeared and threw a dagger soaked in poison at Viego who was sitting on the throne.
And it was in this split second that Calista, the kingdom’s general and Viego’s personal bodyguard, knocked the dagger away with the spear in her hand.
But at this moment, the flying dagger happened to scratch Isolde’s arm, leaving a deep wound on her arm.
The poison from the dagger instantly spread throughout Isolde’s body, and she fell down.
Isolde was irretrievably declining, and Viego could only watch in panic as his wife’s condition deteriorated.
Rage and despair overwhelmed him. Every coin in the treasury was used to treat the queen. At this time, he could no longer hear anything. He was completely swallowed by madness.
Viego’s search for the antidote becomes reckless and irrational. He cannot accept the death of his queen and he sacrifices all the treasures and wealth of the kingdom just to get her back.
As the land fell into chaos, Viego locked himself up with Isolde’s body and hid from the world, his heart filled with hatred and violence.
In the end, in order to save everything, Calista, who had sacrificed everything for Kamavia, stood up again.
She promised to go out to sea to find a way to cure Isolde, and she set out to sea carrying Viego’s infinite expectations.
Eventually, Kalista returned with the secrets of the Blessed Isles, but only much later.
When Callista returned to the kingdom, all she saw was a devastated kingdom and Viego who no longer cared about worldly affairs.
Taking advantage of Viego’s loss of mind, Hecarim seized the opportunity to seize control of the army. He sent troops to conquer the surrounding countries without distinguishing between friend and foe, and put all the looted treasures into the pockets of the Iron Legion himself, without paying any attention to the people of the kingdom.
Calista found Viego. At that time, Viego had locked himself in the attic and the room was filled with a disgusting stench.
Calista’s pupils contracted sharply as she saw Isolde’s completely decayed body lying on the bed!
Seeing Calista coming back, Viego shook Calista’s body like crazy. He wanted to know whether Calista had found a way to save Isolde.
However, looking at Isolde who had completely decayed on the bed, Calista knew that everything was irreversible.
Even the water of life on Fukuguang Island cannot revive a person who has long been dead.
Calista shook her head gently at Viego and said, “Your Majesty, let’s let the queen rest in peace. Even the Blessed Island cannot revive the dead.”
“She’s not dead!” Viego screamed madly.
He leaned over and gently kissed Isolde’s shriveled and rotten forehead: “She just fell asleep and she is waiting for me to wake her up.”
“Tell me, Calista, tell me where the Blessed Islands are!” Viego was getting more and more crazy.
In the end, Calista refused to give in, and she was thrown into prison by the crazy Viego.
And it was at this time that Kalista’s fiancé, Hecarim, appeared in front of Kalista.
“Calista, if you tell your majesty the address of the Blessed Light Island, and let the master there tell your majesty in person that the queen will never wake up again, perhaps your majesty can put the past behind him and cheer up again?”
“As your fiancé, I am willing to go with you. I will stand by your side and support you always.”
There was a gleam of greed in Hecarim’s eyes, just like every time he set out to plunder other countries!
Under Hecarim’s instigation, Kalista agreed in order to help Viego regain his strength.
She led Viego and Hecarim, who refused to get off the boat, to the Blessed Islands on a ship without any soldiers.
Yes, Callista had strictly prohibited bringing any soldiers.
After entering the Blessed Island, the selfish and conceited Viego now seemed like a humble gentleman. His attitude was extremely humble. He even knelt on the ground and prayed to the masters to save Isolde.
The facts seemed to be just as Hecarim had said. When the masters on the Blessed Isles told Viego personally that Isolde could never be resurrected, Viego collapsed to the ground completely, as if all the bones in his body had been pulled out.
Just when Viego was feeling desperate and helpless, a tall figure shrouded in a robe appeared in front of him.
The figure was holding a shovel and had a transparent glass bottle hanging on his chest with a drop of crystal clear water in the bottle.
He is from the Twilight Brotherhood, also known as the Death Cult.
He looked at Isolde in Viego’s arms and whispered in the halting Kamavia language:
“She is at peace, beyond pain, beyond struggle, she is in the light, she is the light.”
Viego raised his head, his face a mixture of sadness, surprise and panic, and he asked in a trembling voice:
“So. Is she really gone?”
The tall figure under the black robe nodded slowly: “She rests in peace. She knows everything you did when she was alive.”
Viego buried his face in his hands and began to sob. His cries were heartbreaking, moving everyone present.
Finally, Viego slowly calmed down his emotions, and mourned his deceased wife with dull eyes.
It seemed that everything was going to be fine. Viego accepted the fact that his wife had died, and the crew members began to get busy, preparing to set off for the return voyage.
But it was at this moment that another scheming villain appeared!
His name was Erlok Greyr, later known as Thresh.
In front of everyone, Thresh shouted to Viego, who had completely given up, “I know where the Water of Life is. The reason these masters told you that your queen cannot be resurrected is simply because they don’t want to pay a lot of Water of Life!”
Once again, everything was shattered, and everything that Kalista had worked so hard to hold together was once again destroyed.
Viego pointed the sword in his hand at the masters in front of him, hope rekindled in his eyes, and he wanted them to take him and Isolde to the location of the Water of Life.
Naturally, the masters would not agree, and it was in this situation that Viego held high the token leading to the Blessed Island that Calista had obtained.
The barrier of Fukumitsu Island was torn apart, and dozens of warships rushed onto the coast of Fukumitsu Island.
It turned out that just after Kalista and her companions’ boat went out to sea, Hecarim secretly ordered the soldiers of the Iron Order to follow them on a large ship!
A massacre thus befell this paradise.
Just as Kalista tried to stop this, a spear pierced her back and penetrated her body deeply.
Kalista turned around in surprise and saw Hecarim’s playful and cruel expression.
“traitor!”
Before her death, Kalista screamed, with endless hatred and obsession in her heart, and slowly closed her eyes.
In the end, all the scholars on the Blessed Isle were slaughtered, and all the treasures became the spoils of Hecarim and the Iron Order. This was his true intention!
And under Thresh’s guidance, Viego actually went to the pool of water of life.
With excitement and nervousness in his heart, Viego held Isolde in his arms and slowly walked into the pool.
In an instant, an extremely terrifying force swept across the entire Fukumitsu Island.
For a moment, Isolde did return, and Viego was ecstatic.
It’s a pity that Isolde stood up, but turned into a vengeful spirit driven by shadow and rage.
In pain and anger, in the confusion of being stripped of death, she picked up Viego’s kingly sword Mu Qing, and pierced Viego’s heart with one sword.
The magic of the holy water collided with the ancient sword, and the energy in the secret room exploded, sweeping across the entire island, binding everything it touched into a waking, painful state of undeath, that is – the undead!
The original protective barrier of Fukumitsu Island also turned into black fog, becoming a carrier of the undead.
Viego, Calista and others just disappeared from this continent, and his kingdom became ruins. During this period, countless great powers rose and fell. As time passed, no one even remembered his name.
It was not until a thousand years after his death that Viego came back to life again due to the call of that strange power.
With the obsession in his heart, he will not fail again this time. He wants to take back everything and meet his queen!
On the throne, Viego carefully put away the music box in his hand. His whole body exuded heartbreaking loneliness and silence.
In the vast black fog, only Viego’s whispers continued to echo:
“She is waiting at the end of the black fog. My queen, my love, my scorched heart.
Any price, no matter what. Any atrocities, as long as they are rewarding. For her, I must do this! “
At this time, in the southern waters of Bigang, thousands of miles away from Shadow Island.
Dark clouds covered the southern part of Piraeus Port, completely obscuring the originally clear sky, and dense electric arcs were constantly jumping in the clouds.
Below, the sound of flowing water in front of Volibear and Ornn was becoming louder and louder, and countless huge tentacles pushed aside the water surface, causing rolling waves.
Finally, the guardian of Bilgewater, the goddess of life Nagakabouros, appeared in front of Volibear and Ornn!
Although Bilgewater is small in area and its overall strength is far from comparable to those empires, it must be said that its patron saint is the best in the entire Runeland.
Unlike any obstacles Ornn and Volibear have encountered before, Nagakabouros is a true elemental deity native to Runeterra, and she is extremely similar to Ornn and Volibear.
Of course, the element represented by Nagakabouros is different from that of Ornn and Volibear. The element she represents cannot even be visualized.
Movement and life, these are the conceptual elements that Nagakabouros controls.
A huge tentacle emitting a bright green light and a strong breath of life rushed out from under the sea, and a head with three pairs of huge eyes appeared in front of Ornn and Volibear.
“God of fire and thunder, get out of here!”
Nagakabouros didn’t know the intention of Ornn and Volibear appearing here, so she couldn’t just let the two gods of faith appear in her territory.
When it comes to a struggle of faith, no god will give up, just like Volibear did.
At this time, Ornn was about to say something, but he was interrupted by Volibear.
Volibear’s claws rubbed against each other to create arcs of electricity, and the fighting spirit in his eyes was about to overflow.
“What if I say no?”
Ornn: “.”
Well, Ornn was saying, why was his stupid brother so well behaved all the way? He must be holding back after all the trouble!
He had just arrived and he was already provoking the local god. Even he felt extremely afraid of this god.
This is called the Elemental God, the God of Faith!
Compared to her, the wind elf I met before was too weak.
However, Ornn did not stop Volibear, because even he himself was very curious about the strength of this ancient god in front of him who exuded a terrifying aura!
“Bang! Boom!”
Hearing the rude provocation of the two intruders in front of her, Nagakabouros’s countless thick tentacles lashed the sea surface, and huge waves were generated, carrying huge force and rushing straight towards Volibear.