he came from the void

Kassadin opened a jug of wine and generously poured a glass for Kane.

"Minors can't drink alcohol, but even if it's my uncle's words, I'd rather obey." Kane repeated Kassadin's words, implying: "From now on, we will be a family, a family that loves each other people."

Chapter 70 Interpretation

Wooden tables that once held scroll instruments are now covered with flowers and fruit.

Grape honeydew melon, the watery fruit filled the plate, the gold-plated wine glass was filled with the thousand-year-old mellow wine, and the marinated red meat reflected the attractive oil.

These are rare delicacies on weekdays, which arouse Kane's appetite from all aspects of color, fragrance and taste.

It is not the hunger of skin armor, but the desire of taste buds for delicious food.

It's been a long time since he had a normal meal.

Kane raised his glass and was about to clink glasses with Kassadin, but was stopped by Kesha.

"Didn't you say you won't eat? What will you do after eating?" Keisha asked.

Seeing Kassadin cast a puzzled look, Kane quickly winked at Kesha:

"Kesha, don't say that this spoils your interest. You should eat and drink. This is a delicacy thousands of years ago. Don't you want to try it at all? I'll clean it up later."

"Oh, then I want to drink too, Kane, leave some for me."

Since Kane will solve the problem of convenience, she doesn't mind anymore, and leaned over to sit beside Kane, waiting eagerly for him to drink the rest.

Kassadin thought they were talking about cleaning up the table after eating, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the two children are really sensible.But he thought it was weird to let Kesha drink from the glass Kane drank, so he took out another empty glass to serve Kesha with some wine.

Girls drink less, only half a glass.

Kane doesn't understand wine, and he can't drink it too much, but he can taste this unknown ancient wine with a low alcohol content and not too intoxicating, similar to drinking cider.

The owner of this tower is a mage, and it seems that mages don't like to let themselves get drunk and fall into a groggy state of mind.

He observed the reactions of other people after drinking the wine. Kassadin did not taste it carefully because it was a thousand-year-old wine. His eyes were always focused on Kesha, and he probably noticed it when he replaced the wine in the glass with water. not come out.

But Kesha held the wine in her mouth, puffed out one cheek, squeezed from one side to the other, and then back again, repeating the cycle many times, until the wine soaked the dusty taste buds, and then swallowed it in one gulp.

Then I choked my throat and started coughing dryly.

Kassadin wanted to stand up, but seeing Kane reaching out to pat Kesha's back, he sat back down again.

"Drink slowly, no one will rob you."

Seeing that Kane looked at Kesha full of doting eyes, Kassadin faintly felt that something was wrong.

After drinking and eating, Kane took the initiative to take out the sheepskin scroll and ask Kassadin for advice.

"Uncle, I want you to take a look at this. We found this in a town in Icacia. I can't read the words on it."

"Let me see." Kassadin took the scroll and unfolded it, surprised: "It's written in ancient Shurima."

"Do you understand?"

"It's okay, give me some time to think about it."

Kassadin has been a desert guide, and there are many tombs in the Shurima Desert. In order to understand the reminders of the ancient tombs and survive better, he took the initiative to study ancient characters.And Shurima has ruled Icacia for more than 1000 years, and the characters have long been unified, so Kassadin can understand the scrolls of the Icacias.

At this moment, Keisha grabbed Kane's arm, shook it vigorously and said, "I want to make it easier, you go with me"

She drank some wine later, and now she seems a little drunk, and she can't speak clearly, and she is very cute.

Kane helped Keisha stand up, and asked Kassadin: "Where is uncle usually convenient, tell me, I will take Keisha there."

Kassadin pointed to a place, and Kane took Keisha there.

Then Kassadin held the scroll in his hand and wondered why boys follow girls whenever they want, aren't they ashamed?Is the relationship between the two already so close?

In fact, it is really impossible for Kane not to follow, otherwise Keisha will really pull her pants.

After the convenience, Kane and Keisha went back to the dinner table and sat down, and he asked how the reading of Kassadin's scroll was going.

Kassadin took a deep look at the two of them first, and when he saw that Kesha was more energetic, he answered:

"It is probably said that the mages of Icacia discovered the void exposed by the earthquake, and then contained it with a special flame, and asked Koali to escort it back to the ruling council."

Kaoali means Icathian dead man, and Kane knows this.

"So the void emerged from the ground? The Icathians have crossed a taboo that shouldn't be touched." He sighed, feeling sorry for the destruction of a country.

Kassadin has studied the history of Icacia, so he knows that a terrible battle took place here.

"To be precise, the Void does not exist in our world. Those things underground are just cannon fodder they created using existing materials. It was the Icacias who opened the passage between the two worlds that caused the Void to extend its tentacles into us. in the world."

Kane couldn't help correcting that the relationship between the Void and Runeland was actually much more complicated than it seemed, and those monsters were not as simple as living underground.

Kassadin froze for a moment, then nodded: "I didn't expect that you know a lot."

"Uncle, how much do you know about the special flame mentioned in the scroll?"

"What's wrong? You need it?"

"Well, it can be regarded as a backhand for myself. This skin has allowed us to live until now, but it comes from the void after all. It may be our turn when we are not full, so I want to get this flame. Check and balance possible backlash in the future.”

Fujia responded to Kane's words with a sting, and his facial features suddenly distorted, making Kassadin worried.

"What's the matter with you, child?"

"It's okay." Kane waved his hand and quickly returned to normal.

"Will this skin hurt?"

"Occasionally, I'm used to it." Kane said with a smile.

Hearing this answer, Kassadin's eyes moved back and forth between Kane and Kesha, and finally heaved a long sigh.In order to ensure the future of his family, he must do his best.

"The scroll does not mention how to obtain or make this kind of flame, but there are many books in the tower. I don't know if there is any mention in it. If there is, I will be responsible for helping you find relevant information."

Kassadin's answer made Kane feel relieved. The owner of this tower is a high-ranking mage. It is normal for the materials of the eternal flame to be stored in the treasury, right?

In fact, Kane knew that he could get the eternal flame there, as long as he found the weapon master, he might be able to borrow it.

But if you can grasp this kind of thing by yourself, why do you go to others to ask for it? What if they don't give it to you?

"If it's possible, it will be faster for uncle to teach us how to read. When we learn, we can help you find it and reduce your burden." Kane also brought Kesha with him when he said this. Just a little bit better than being illiterate.

Those who want to venture out in the future, it is better to be able to read and write.

"Okay, let's start tomorrow, now is the time to celebrate."

Kassadin smiled gratifiedly, Kane is a self-motivated kid, which is really good.

Moreover, by teaching Kesha to read and write, she will not be afraid of being bored in the days to come, and finally have the opportunity to fulfill her responsibilities as a parent.

He became interested and gave Kane another glass of wine.

It was at this moment that Kane noticed a strange purple light emanating from the palm of his left hand.

Chapter 71 The Mystery of Stopping Time

"Uncle, what is in your hand?!"

Kane yelled suddenly, causing Kassadin to tremble in fright, and spilled some of the wine.

He hurriedly put down the jug, and then showed his palm.

I saw a purple crystal embedded in Kassadin's palm, exuding a pulsating purple light.

"It's just an amulet I found before I came to Icacia. It allowed me to move freely in this desolate land, blocking the pervasive corruption. But for some reason, the moment I took this thing, it got into the Into my flesh and blood, and become one with me."

Kassadin explained casually, judging from his relaxed tone, it was obvious that he didn't care much about this thing.

This amulet protected him in Icacia full of blasphemous power, even if he couldn't get rid of it from now on, it didn't matter.

Anyway, when he first came here, he never planned to go back alive.

But Kane didn't think so at all, he opened his eyes wide the moment he saw this thing clearly.

He won't admit it.

This thing belongs to the void!

Keisha was also shocked. She looked over, and based on her familiarity with the void, she came to the same conclusion as Kane.

"Father, why do you have such a thing in your hand!"

"So what is this?" Seeing Kesha so excited, Kassadin panicked, and Kane finally revealed the essence of this thing.

"This is not an amulet, it is a fossil of the heart of a void creature, and it is the crystallization of void energy!"

"Void Stone" Kassadin thought: "Is this the same as the skin on your body?"

Kassadin thinks this way, if he becomes like his daughter, maybe he can better understand the pain that happened to them.

He doesn't care if he becomes a monster, he just wants to be closer to Keisha and have more common topics.

"I don't know, tell me what kind of feeling this stone brings?"

Kane had never seen such a situation, and he didn't even know if it was symbiotic or parasitic.

Normally, a mortal who is eroded by the void should have lost his self-awareness long ago, or has simply been reshaped.

But none of these can be seen on Kassadin, his eyes are still completely human, and he can hardly feel any breath of void on his body.

He thought for a while before replying, "It feels like this tiny object is now beating at the same time as my heart. That terrible pulsating rhythm does not belong to life, does not belong to magic, does not belong to anything complete, but belongs to the annihilation of nothing. "

"Hearing what you said, it's more like a void." Kane's face was ugly: "This is more serious than our situation."

"Then why am I still alive and well?"

Kane looked and looked at Kassadin, and finally landed on the back of his right wrist.

"I think it might be the thing."

"Horok's Blade of the Underworld?" Kassadin raised his hand and swung it vigorously, and the blade of nothingness bounced out, devouring the light.He said: "Because of it? This weapon has a lot of background."

Kane immediately felt the skin armor tighten and tingle, responding to the threat emanating from the weapon.

Seeing that both of them were uncomfortable, Kassadin immediately withdrew the light blade and explained: "The original owner of this weapon is the great warrior Horok of the Ascension Group, and it is rumored that he was the first to leave the sun that gave him power The Ascendant, who entered the dark underground to fight the void, led his brothers and sisters to find a way to defeat the void. He used this weapon to slay countless void monsters, and it remembered how to end void creatures."

"It should be like this," Kane said: "The blade of the underworld suppressed the void stone, and the two reached a delicate balance, so the void did not erode further."

"I have put in a lot of effort to get this magical weapon, but I didn't expect it to have such an effect."

When Kassadin heard this, he was no longer worried, and waved his hand to signal Kane to continue drinking: "Hahaha, now we are all grasshoppers on the same rope, and I will help you find out the information about the eternal flame as soon as possible. "

After eating, Kane collapsed on the chair and rubbed his stomach.

Because of the shoulder pods, Keisha couldn't take this pose, so she could only take a walk in the tower and observe the people downstairs whose time was stopped.

While touching his stomach, Kane wondered if eating something from 500 years ago would cause a stomachache.

The answer to this question is no, this is not the first time Kassadin has done this, and he has never had an accident.The time of these foods has been stopped at that moment, and it has been kept spotlessly until now.

Kane still has many questions about this strange tower.

If the time in the tower is static, will their time be static after coming in from the outside?

If so, then they came in at twelve o'clock sharp, and did they go out at twelve o'clock exactly?From the outside, it looks like it came out immediately after entering?

In order to verify the idea, Kane walked to the window to check the sky outside.

The sky in Icacia has always been shrouded in black clouds, and he didn't even see a moving monster outside. He didn't see anything to compare the passage of time, so he opened his pocket watch.

Then he found that the second hand kept moving.

It is concluded that the time in the tower is also flowing normally, consistent with the outside world.

What is it that is stopped in time?

Kane wandered around the tower, and gradually realized that when the magic was activated, all the people and things in the tower, including the tower itself, were stripped from time by the powerful magic.

There is no magic circle that stops time in the tower, but these people and objects, including buildings, are all enchanted with time stop.

As for latecomers such as Kassadin and Kane, because they did not exist here when the magic was activated, the time still runs normally, and it will not change whether they are in the tower or not.

Kane couldn't help feeling sorry that there was no loophole to exploit.

Originally, he still wanted to stop cultivating hundreds of years of magic in the tower and rely on time to come out of the mountain, but now he thinks too much about all this.

I'm so sorry I couldn't be born to be Goobie.

Kane's regret lasted only for a while, and he immediately found new joy for himself.