Bel'Veth's Choice

Throughout the years that followed, Yuan Chen always regarded Bel'Veth as the final enemy of this world.

After all, whether in its origins or in the descriptions in its backstory, the sense of fear and mystery Bel'Veth has been amplified to an infinite degree.

It's like what Kai'Sa said in her short story "The Windmill," it's cancer.

It is a cancer born from two worlds.

In this situation, it seems that even he himself has inadvertently become a medium for Bel'Veth to convey fear, mistakenly leading almost everyone to subconsciously believe that this war is unnecessary for Bel'Veth.

But in reality...

No.

In fact, this is wrong.

Bel'Veth is indeed powerful, but not powerful enough to overturn everything.

Admittedly, Bel'Veth determined the ultimate future of all things, but in reality, this was based more on the nature of Void.

Due to the peculiar nature of the Void, everything in the material realm—whether emotion, matter, or energy—becomes part of the Void. This sounds somewhat like nascent demons.

However, unlike the Nascent Demon, the Void is forever outside the realm of matter, neither increasing nor decreasing, existing eternally.

Thinking back carefully, why did Bel'Veth go back to find Kai'Sa?

It's because, like Kai'Sa, Bel'Veth is an "insult" that the Watchers cannot tolerate. An insult simply to exist.

The reason Kai'Sa was able to leave unscathed after Bel'Veth because Bel'Veth considered the Watchers to be the greatest threat.

She was generous with her kindness to anyone who was meaningful to Bel'Veth... or rather, she made the right choice.

In other words... the current Bel'Veth is not strong.

At least, they weren't as invincible as Yuan Chen had initially imagined!

She hasn't even devoured Bel'Veth, the Tent City on the southeastern frontier of Shurima! She's not omniscient! She's lying!

No, it's not a lie! In her eyes, she simply chose a risk-free but faster way to become stronger!

And there is no doubt that Ixialia is a precious thing.

"Vidalion Loom!!"

Just as the tide of battle seemed to be turning in Ixialia's favor, Yuan Chen roared at a voice that almost tore his throat apart:

"It's the Vidalion Loom!! Retreat! Retreat! Don't be fooled by appearances on the battlefield!!!"

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's roar, the front lines of the battlefield momentarily froze.

To ensure that no unexpected events occur in this war, the entire battlefield is divided into two areas: the outer perimeter and the inner perimeter.

The outer perimeter was a line of Road Protector led by Yuan Chen, including epic and Legendary Profession such as Jax and Qiyana. The inner perimeter consisted of a large number of mages, scholars, and Elemental Master, headed by King Yuen and Sem Therm.

The outer battlefield is mainly fought by Road Protector, who are responsible for frontal combat, resistance, and suppression.

The inner perimeter is mainly staffed by scholars and mages, who are responsible for providing long-range fire support and prioritizing the use of group buffs released through the Vidalion Loom to ensure that support is delivered to areas in need as quickly as possible and to prevent the front line from being breached.

Now, without the need for flag signals or messengers, Yuan Chen's urgent roar was transmitted to everyone's ears through the Vidalion Loom's magic.

They quickly grasped the underlying meaning, but undeniably, even the most elite Road Protector, in such a battle, couldn't help but have their reason clouded by fighting spirit.

This was unavoidable!

In this hell composed entirely of living flesh and blood, and the bones of fallen comrades, even the most rational person would be unable to resist transforming into a butcher who swings his knife at every visible weakness, flesh, and neck.

Especially among those terrified beasts—

Although the enhanced spell prevents these Fear Beasts from directly breaching the enemy lines with Mind Blast as they did on the southwestern border, it's not difficult for them to break down the boundaries of people's sanity!

Similarly, although he didn't understand why Yuan Chen would suddenly decide to abandon the favorable situation and go on the defensive, King Yuen did not doubt him. Instead, he quickly manipulated the Vidalion Loom's spell to make adjustments, changing the original offensive stance to a purely defensive one.

The blood-red heron, standing to the side, witnessed this scene but remained silent, merely sneering with a hint of numbness in its eyes.

"Have you realized something, my lovely prophet...?"

Unfortunately, this is just the beginning, while the future is already predetermined.

As it turned out, Yuan Chen's conjecture was correct.

Before King Yuen and the others could quickly realize the current situation, and before Yuan Chen uttered these words, or rather, after realizing the movements and goals of the Yixialian, the first to react was actually the Void.

As if it had been planned all along, the Void Swarm's attack intensified more than threefold the instant the people of Ixialia began their retreat!

The roaring Void insects, spirits, and even the epic monster corpses whose bodies had been brutally taken over immediately launched a frenzied and fearless attack!

Under such intense attacks, the Road Protector had held the upper hand just moments before, almost immediately experienced a small-scale rout.

Having lost support from the rear, and with the effects of the Azure Starfire beginning to weaken, a large number of the Road Protector were torn apart and pierced by the fangs of the Void Insect Beasts during the retreat.

At the forefront of the battle line, Jax, realizing the situation was dire, leaped away from the encirclement of the beast horde to return and provide reinforcements.

He leaped into the air, but before he could fly far, a huge falcon, its body covered in purple fleshy tentacles and multicolored feathers, blocked Jax's path, accompanied by a foul-smelling purple light.

Clearly, the Lightstream Vulture had also acted hastily to stop them. Sensing the gravity of the situation, Jax showed no mercy, instantly activating the explosive power of the Light of Icathia, just as he had against the Vulture Ascended. His body shone with golden light, divine fire surged, and with a powerful strike, he instantly killed the enemy!

But it was too late!

The blow landed perfectly, but Jax didn't relax; instead, he felt a sudden urge to insert the crown.

Because immediately afterward, several Ascended and epic magical beasts emerged from the beast tide, forcefully blocking their path!

Yuan Chen is right.

And they...

I don't want to go back!

As Yishuaoken's spell completed its transformation, seemingly realizing that the original plan could no longer be carried out step by step, a huge mound suddenly rose from the ground within the city of Yishuaoken!

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of Posha Xer'sai emerged from within. And at the very top was none other than their queen!

Starting tomorrow, I'll update 3 to 4 times a day.