Afterword: A Deep Brotherhood (1)

After the Void Wars of Icathia ended, the number of Ascended decreased sharply, Shurima Empire began its decline.

Many regions rose up in rebellion and established their own countries. In places where the Ascended could not attend to, ordinary people had to go and suppress them.

Among these human generals, Nasus and Renekton are the two most outstanding, and they are brothers.

Although the two are brothers, their relationship is more like that of father and son, because Renekton was raised by Nasus.

Their father never returned after joining the army, and their mother cruelly abandoned them and disappeared without a trace.

Fortunately, Nasus was already grown up when his mother left, and with a little more effort, he was able to support himself and his younger brother.

Nasus was a quiet, resilient, and hardworking man. In his youth, he worked as a porter in a river port city to support himself and his younger brother.

He has a special love for knowledge and often attends lectures by scholars in his spare time to broaden his horizons.

Renekton, on the other hand, grew up under the protection of his older brother, which led to a bad temper.

If you lock him in the house, he'll throw a tantrum; if you let him out, he'll get into fights with other kids.

Nasus would scold Renekton in front of others, but he couldn't bring himself to hit or scold him at home. He thought his brother was just too young and would be fine when he grew up.

In fact, he became increasingly worse, and by the age of ten he had become a street thug, always returning home covered in bruises.

Moreover, he used to listen to Nasus when he was a child, but now he just lets things go in one ear and out the other, and he even talks back if you say too much.

Then one day, after Renekton had his head smashed open, Nasus got angry. If the injury had been any more serious, he could have died.

Unusually, he didn't ask Renekton any questions; he simply applied the medicine and then rested.

The next day, Nasus left early. Instead of going to work, he hid nearby and secretly observed his brother, wanting to see what he did every day.

Before long, Renekton had even left the house, two children around ten years old ran over, throwing pebbles at the doors and windows while hurling insults.

Renekton chased after them angrily, and the two children took off running, only stopping when they reached a secluded spot.

At this moment, two more children came out from the side, making a total of four people. It seemed that they had planned this all along and were going to teach Renekton a lesson!

"This guy is really stupid; he took the bait with just a little provocation."

"Who told him to be without parents? His honest, simple-minded older brother is probably even dumber than him, let alone trying to teach him to be smarter, hahaha..."

"His brother is a porter who works for my uncle. If he dares to mess with us, we'll make sure he loses his job!"

The group mocked Renekton, which enraged him, and he charged forward, Riot Games clenched.

There were four of them, so of course they weren't afraid of him. Besides, Renekton's head injury hadn't healed yet, and now the bandage had fallen off, causing blood to flow again.

Normally, Renekton would run away in situations like this, but today he was exceptionally angry. Ignoring his bloodied face, he continued to wrestle with the children, scaring them back several steps.

"This guy's gone mad, should we leave?"

"What's there to be afraid of! So what if he's crazy? Killing a madman isn't illegal!"

"That's right, let's just take him down today! So he won't be an eyesore later!"

They were just a few kids around ten years old, secretly plotting to kill someone, and Renekton hadn't even noticed. It was Nasus, who was standing nearby, who realized something was wrong.

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He hadn't intended to intervene in the children's dispute, but seeing them wielding sticks, he couldn't stand by and do nothing.

"You guys put down the sticks," Nasus said to the children while hugging his younger brother tightly.

"Brother, let me go! I'm going to kill them!"

Renekton struggled fiercely; had this not happened, Nasus would never have known his brother was so strong.

"Did you hear that? You stupid brother tried to kill us! We were only acting in self-defense!"

"Yes! It was self-defense!" the boys immediately retorted.

"I've seen you smash my doors and windows, and I've seen you gang up on Renekton. If you don't leave, don't blame me for being impolite!"

"You're welcome? Don't forget..."

"Don't forget your uncle, right? It's okay, I can just find another job. I didn't take his money for nothing."

"Hmph! We'll see!"

The children finally left; they lacked the confidence to defeat the adults in front of them, especially with the crazed Renekton among them.

Nasus also took his brother home, and at the same time, he made plans to move, as he probably couldn't live here anymore.

Renekton was very upset. He didn't understand why his brother was so weak. He couldn't understand why his brother wanted to move away and hide when it wasn't his fault at all.

The more he thought this way, the more rebellious he became.

They moved from the south side of town to the north side and had a few peaceful days, but soon the same thing happened again.

Renekton was battered and bruised again, and became at odds with the other children, forcing Nasus to move once more.

This continued until Renekton was thirteen, at which point Nasus finally stopped making such futile attempts.

He couldn't let his younger brother be idle like this, otherwise he would always cause trouble and would eventually be isolated and bullied.

He used his meager savings to hire a Teacher for Renekton, hoping to inspire him with the power of knowledge.

This attempt also failed, and the Teacher left without even asking for his wages after teaching Renekton for a few days.

What to do? Nasus was at his wit's end.

Perhaps I spoiled my younger brother too much in the past, overprotecting him because I was afraid he would be wronged after our parents left. As a result, the more I did this, the further I strayed from the right path.

Besides, I didn't spend much time with him. The time we spent together as brothers was basically just a short while during dinner. There were so many things we didn't have a chance to say, and we forgot about them the next day.

One day, Nasus returned home but did not see his brother. He waited until very late but his brother still did not return, and a bad feeling arose in his heart.

He searched everywhere and finally heard the sounds of fighting in an alley. He ran over and saw that Renekton was indeed there.

Thank God he's still alive.

Nasus breathed a sigh of relief, but then he found his brother lying on the ground!

He was surrounded by no fewer than ten people, all armed with sticks, stones, and other weapons. Any other child would have given up long ago!

Nasus rushed over to protect his brother, urging the people to leave as he always did.

But this time was different. These people weren't all children; several of them looked like adults with scars all over their faces—they were clearly local thugs!

"You're this guy's brother? Perfect, I'll send you two brothers on your way together!"