However, no matter whether he has changed or not, no matter whether his strength makes me feel comfortable or uncomfortable,

Riven didn't give up on trying to convince Julian.

Just as Julian continued to grow during the war,

Riven has changed a lot in eight years.

The pursuit of glory and merit has faded a lot, and she has more reflections on war.

But what will never change in her heart is her belief.

Because it was purchased with the lives of hundreds of Noxians and Ionians.

Taking a deep breath and driving those thoughts out of her mind, Riwen said in a deep voice:

"War only breeds hatred, and hatred breeds more hatred, which leads to war,"

“When will this really end if this continues?”

"Does it really have to wait until one party is completely defeated, or even subjugated and exterminated, before it can end?"

"How many more people will die like that!?"

Julian remained silent, but the determination on his face did not seem to change at all.

Seeing this scene, Riwen's heart trembled and she also felt a little dazed unconsciously.

For a moment, she seemed to see another version of herself.

After a moment of trance, she woke up and lowered her head in a lonely voice, with a heavy and sad voice:

"Looking at you now, I seem to see myself in the past. If there hadn't been the heavy rain that night, maybe..."

"That thing you asked me to escort carefully, do you still remember it?"

Riven suddenly raised his head and looked at Julian, and said softly: "It's...'that'."

After glancing at Julian who was silent, Riven lowered his head again, remained silent for a while and spoke softly:

"I think if it's you, you must have been there."

"Then you should have seen... traces left there."

"Do you know...why I was the only one who survived that day?"

Looking slightly into the distance, Riven paused for a moment on the face of old Shava's mother in the crowd in the distance, and Riven pursed her lips:

"In front of us is a cloud of poisonous gas and mist, and behind us are mudslides approaching,"

"In that case, I realized how fragile and insignificant human beings are compared to this world."

"I waved my sword desperately, without caring about my life! But... I could only watch them fall one after another. Their cries before death were so helpless and desperate.

..Well!"

Suddenly raising her hands to cover her forehead and ears, Riven's body was shaking violently, her brows were knitted together, and her face was covered with fine beads of sweat.

This was the first time she had recalled the events of that night. But every time she recalled it, it still hurt her bones. The feeling of despair and powerlessness, the crazy roars, and the faces determined to die.

It no longer tortured her heart all the time.

Like a huge millstone, it smashed the strong wall of her heart, but protected the softest part of it.

"Riven." His spiritual sense detected that Riven's life energy was weakening again. Julian took a big step forward in a panic, raised his right hand and stretched it towards Riven, and a faint magical light lit up in the palm of his hand.

But a second later,

His hand did not touch Riven, but fell from mid-air.

With a face filled with astonishment, Julian saw Riven staggering back two steps, raised his hand to block his palm, and avoided his help. However, he bowed his back and held on with one hand.

He was breathing heavily on his knees, and it took him a long time to calm down a little.

Then he straightened up again and looked into Julian's confused eyes.

"You know Julian, I should have died there." The rise and fall of his chest had not yet subsided, and his voice was slightly trembling.

But the look he looked at Julian had an unfamiliar look that frightened him.

"However, the Ionia and Noxians who were supposed to be hostile to each other suddenly joined forces at the critical moment of life and death and launched a desperate charge against the mudslide. It was they who created opportunities for me with their lives.

Only then can they survive by chance, they..."

"Saved my life."

She shed two lines of tears again, and the expression on Riven's face was much calmer than last time.

The falling tears mixed with the sweat on her face, running down her cheeks, and she casually wiped them away with her hands.

Just now, she suddenly made a decision.

With a slight sniff, Riven looked into the distance again. She saw Father Asa, Mother Shava, and hundreds of Ionian villagers. She suddenly reached out and pulled off the wrapping paper.

The black cloak on his body, regardless of the tattered blood spots and sore sword wounds on his body, threw it to Julian,

Then he took a step back, and under Julian's gaze, he put his hand on his heart,

"Here, here live a hundred Ionian souls,"

"Half of my life was saved by them, so I was destined to not be able to just stand by and watch when they were in danger."

"That's it, Julian, if you must attack them, then...even me!"

"Riven...you!" His eyes widened, looking at Riven, Julian's face was filled with disbelief.

He thought about it a lot, but he never thought that Riven would be so decisive. In order to protect these people, he would not hesitate to stand opposite him. For a moment, Julian was a little at a loss.

After all...I am also a half-Ionian daughter,

"Don't call me Riven, Julian."

"Deda, call me...Deda."

Facing the sorrow in Julian's eyes, Riven felt guilty in her heart, but she suppressed it for just a moment, forced a smile at him and said: "You don't know yet, this name is what Shava's mother gave her.

The name I chose is an Ionian name, and I like it very much."

"De...Deda!?" He muttered the name silently, and Julian's eyes were fixed on Riven's.

"Deda..."

"Deda...?"

Three times in a row, Julian's voice became lower and lower each time, and his head lowered little by little. His hanging hair and eyelids covered his pupils, and at the same time, a dull voice sounded.

"Why are you doing this, Riven, why are you... forcing me?"

The voice sounded, with a slightly painful whimper, a faint gray color

The gray light made everyone feel like they were in the underworld, and there were countless mournful sounds floating in the wind.

The huge pressure made countless people feel depressed, and children who couldn't bear the pressure had long started crying.

Not far away, the magistrates and priests who saw this scene involuntarily increased their vigilance.

Even Yasuo, who was several meters away from the two of them, secretly held the unsheathed blade tightly and was on guard.

But Riven, who was facing Julian, never made any move. Even when Julian asked questions, she had already burst into tears.

But she knew that if this was not possible, given Julian's strength, there might not be many living people here after tonight.

"Why..."

"Why...?"

There was a soft question, and the straight gaze seemed to be thorny, which made Riven dare not look at it, and turned her head unconsciously.

"Oh..."

With a strange snort, Julian suddenly looked at Riven. The moment he raised his head, his eyes were filled with gray mist.

Along with the formation of strange cracks, the corners of Julian's mouth also turned up in a strange arc.

"It's because of this...that I want to kill them all..."

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