Imperial Tomb Gate

Kled and Lucian had already run ahead. Nasus looked back at us, Riven urged me to leave quickly. It turned out that the passage we were in had collapsed. 69ᏕᏂᏬጀ.ፈᎧᎷ

We had just reached a spacious area when our path back was blocked. It's a pity that no one will ever see those murals again.

Kled kept complaining about our bad luck and how it would be difficult for us to leave, but I kept thinking about what happened in the illusion.

"Did you just enter the ancient world again?" Nasus asked me.

You must have seen it too, right?

"I didn't go with you. I've already traversed that world countless times, and I remember every single grain of sand clearly."

"You promised the Maiden Emperor you would help her ascend to immortality after she accomplished three great feats. Did she fulfill that promise?"

"She accomplished her feats: quelled the rebellion in the south, conquered an ancient city in the east, and killed a surviving Void Creatures, but her ascension failed."

"It's such a pity, you tried your best to persuade her."

"Her father, grandfather, great-grandfather... all died in the same way, thinking that doing a few remarkable things would earn her the approval of the Sun God."

"So, in the end, only her younger brother is left of the royal bloodline?"

Her brother is Azir.

It turns out the final scene depicts the end of the empire; it seems that even if I hadn't been awakened by the tremors, I would have had to return.

Did Azir have no descendants who survived?

"No, that disaster destroyed the entire Sun City. No one survived except for Xerath, which is why I questioned your claim that the person Sivir has royal blood."

"Believe me, we're here to achieve our goal, aren't we? Once we've located the Sun Disc, we'll go find Sivir. She's a celebrity; she won't be hard to find."

Riven stared at us wide-eyed, completely bewildered. I pinched her nose. "I'll explain it to you another time."

We walked on for a while, then Kled suddenly stopped and raised his hand to stop us from going any further:

"There's someone inside."

"I felt it too."

Since Nasus and Kled have both said so, then it must be true. I used Insight Technique to sense it and found a group of people not far away, who also seemed to have come in to explore.

We approached quietly, and Nasus's face grew increasingly grim. He said that was the direction of the tomb, and that there must be a group of grave robbers over there.

"These damned tomb raiders dared to defile the sacred Imperial Tomb, but their lives end here."

Why do you say that?

"The Imperial Tomb were built with the combined efforts of dozens of Ascended. They cannot be opened without royal blood or the Ascended Power. Any mortal who approaches will inevitably be devoured by their powerful energy and die!"

"Xerath was sealed there, right?"

"Yes, I reckon he and Renekton have probably been reduced to ashes by now."

"Actually, they didn't die; they're still in the tomb."

"Impossible. Having been corrupted by the energy inside for thousands of years, no one could withstand it."

Nasus doesn't believe me, but that's alright. The facts will prove him right. Now I need to show him that Azir can be resurrected.

Kled hadn't been listening to us properly, but when he heard about the tomb, he came over and asked me:

"Yasuo, have we arrived at a tomb?"

"We are looking for the remains of the Sun Disc; the royal tombs also seem to be located here."

"Who are these Xerath, Renekton, and Azir you just mentioned who are sealed in the tomb?"

"Well, you can think of it simply as Azir being the emperor, Renekton being the loyal subject, Xerath being the traitor."

"Ancient Shurima emperors?"

"Yeah, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly asking about these things?"

"Are you stupid?! Why would we resurrect the Shurima emperor? What if he unites the people here to oppose us?"

It turns out that Kled was worried that Azir's resurrection would affect Noxus's unification process. Although he had given up, Darius's situation was going very smoothly.

"No, since we helped him resurrect, he shouldn't oppose us, neither morally nor logically. Besides, if he can truly unify this place, it would be a good thing for us. Darius's goal is unity, not conquest."

"You really know him, huh? Okay, so what should we do? Do you know how to bring him back to life?"

"Well... I haven't decided yet. Let's find Sivir first."

To be honest, I don't know how to resurrect Azir either. I only know that he was resurrected because of Sivir's blood. We'll talk about it after we find her.

"I hope you're not talking nonsense; there's no Azir's remains in the tomb." Nasus seemed a little uneasy after hearing my words.

Shh... be careful we don't get caught.

Riven interrupted our conversation, pointing to a few people in the distance; we could already see them.

These people were completely covered from head to toe, making it impossible to see their faces. Their tight-fitting clothes were the same color as the yellow sand, which would make them very easy to hide if they were moving around in the desert.

Nasus wanted to go straight over, but I quickly stopped him. We needed to assess the situation first; if I let him go now, all of them would die.

We hid in the passageway and observed that one of the men was using tools to chisel and dig at a wall.

After struggling for a while, he knocked on the wall with his hand, and it shattered, revealing a Golden Gate!

A sun pattern was carved in the center of the gate, and the intricate patterns around it were somewhat chaotic, looking like some kind of ancient magic. Just then, the person who smashed the wall suddenly collapsed and couldn't get up!

This must be the entrance to the tomb. Just as Nasus said, the magic on it is extremely powerful; any mortal who gets close will fall and die.

"Your people are dead?" A soft, pleasant female voice came from afar.

"This debt is yours to bear. We agreed that the employer would cover all losses." The other speaker was also a woman, but her voice was rougher.

"That's easy to say. You're only after money. As long as you can get in here, I'll give you as much as you want!"

"I hope you don't go back on your word! Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"

The woman with the rough voice pulled out a dagger and made a throat-slitting gesture as a threat. Then she took out a disc-like object from her person and carefully walked towards the door.

The disc seemed like some kind of tool for breaking magic, because she wasn't harmed when she approached the gate. Nasus was surprised and seemed to find it hard to believe that a mortal could possess such power.

Suddenly, the door lit up; more precisely, the sun pattern on it lit up!

The woman was startled and quickly jumped back. Finding herself unharmed, she approached again.

The door lit up again, and soon it opened!