AN: 1. Holy crap guys on the views. I saw that my fic went from something like 1200 to 1600 views in about 2 days when I posted chapter 8, that's just... wow. Wow.
2. Some things were pointed out that didn't make sense like why Kat and Garen are married and why the hell were they trying to kill each other at the beginning. Don't worry for all of that will be cleared up in the next couple of chapters.
3. My internet kept going out so this would have been posted days ago but I couldn't to save my damn life.
4. Love your faces, and here's the next chapter. Also leave a review or PM me on things that I should consider adding to the story, what you like about it, things like that and I'll look over them. Happy Reading!
Chapter 9: Killing a God?
"We must report this to the High Summoner immediately." suggested Soraka. The rest of the group nodded in unison except for Riven who was now sitting in a chair while Lux tried to ease her friend's nerves. Elias glanced over at Riven and his face turned into one of concern, fear, and slight anger. "Elias are you alright?" asked Akali who was propped against the wall. The Judge looked over at her and nodded slowly, "Eye hurts like hell but I should be fine in a bit." The ninja responded with a nod and turned back to Soraka. "Who should go tell the High Summoner?" Akali asked Soraka.
"I'll do it." Elias stepped forward. The group looked around to see any objections but found none. Akali nodded at the teen and he started to head towards the Head Summoner's office. The grey and red haired teen kept walking through the halls until he reached Head Summoner Maxis' office. He quickly knocked on the door and awaited a response. The door slowly crept open and Elias was surprised as to who opened the door. "Nasus?" the Judge asks. The Curator of the Sands nods and ushers the teen into the office.
Elias walks into the room while Nasus closes the door behind him. "So what brings you here Judge?" curiously asks the Curator. The teen looks towards the desk in the back of the room and notices the High Summoner is not there. "Looking for Maxis. You wouldn't have seen him around would you?" Elias replies. Nasus nods and points towards a conference room on the left hand side of the room. "Thank you, and I'll need to ask you something. Quietly." says the Judge looking around. The bipedal canine nods slightly and leans forward while the teen whispers something in his ear. Nasus' face shifted into one of curiosity before walking off towards the door, while the teen walks towards the conference room.
Speaking was heard in the inside of the door and a group of cloaked individuals chattering about various things. Maxis was inside rubbing his temples and sorting through various paperwork on the table before noticing the grey-haired teen looking from the outside. He smiled slightly and said something to the other summoners causing them to bow and start filing out of the room. Once they were all out, Elias decided to walk into the room and sit down. "Elias welcome. How's the new champion doing? " Maxis asks with a smile.
"I'm doing well thanks for asking." he quickly replies. The Head Summoner nods while stroking his beard before leaning back into his seat. "I assume this isn't a social call by chance. So tell me what is the matter." Elias looks around for Nasus and waves for him to come in. "I'm afraid I might need a couple of other people to join us Head Summoner." the teen says. "And who might those individuals be?" asks the elder Summoner. The teen quickly rambles off the names of two champions and the Head Summoner nods before summoning them to the room. Two flashes of light appeared in seats next to the Head Summoner that were quickly replaced with figures Elias knew well. The elderly man sitting on the right of Maxis was the Chronokeeper Zilean, and on the left was the falcon-headed Azir, the Emperor of the Sands.
"Head Summoner, why have you called for us?" Azir says while bowing slightly. "This young man has some news for us that requires our attention. Although I don't know why he needed your presence here, I am sure it is for a good reason." he replied. Once everyone was seated, the Judge took a seat at the other end of the table. "I have grave news," Elias says in a serious tone. "Nocturne has been released and he speaks of some god that threatens to destroy all of Valoran, if not Runeterra itself." Everyone's face darkened when he finished speaking and had looks of concern and fear on their faces. "Nocturne's release is grave news indeed. But this talk about a god going to destroy everything seems a bit far-fetched to be honest." Maxis says solemnly. I mean, there are no such things as actual gods in this world," the High Summoner said without a doubt in his mind, "Right?"
A knock was heard at the door before Nasus walked through it and took a seat next to Elias. The Curator nodded at the Judge as a confirmation for what he had asked to seek out. "Nasus glad for you to join us. Perhaps you can clear up this talk of a rogue god wandering throughout Valoran." Maxis says while leaning back into his seat.
The canine librarian shuffled nervously in his seat. "That... isn't exactly true High Summoner." started Nasus. After receiving a puzzling look from the the Head Summoner and Azir, the Curator stood up and revealed a scroll that seemed more ancient than himself. "This is an ancient record from the original library from where Myself, Lord Azir, and my traitorous brother come from. It was originally worn down and impossible to read but I managed to bring it to Zilean who was able to reverse time to fix the scroll to some degree." the Curator starts.
"It was a difficult task restoring that scroll. It almost was impossible given it is almost older than myself. " Zilean spoke to the group. After unrolling the scroll carefully Nasus began to speak. "It describes an ancient godly power that arose who's one purpose was to destroy all life and reign supreme. The record then goes into detail of a hero from another world that manages to seal away the evil god, at the expense of his own life." he finishes. "Ah yes... that wretched being. I remember him now and hoped that he was destroyed forever." scowled Zilean.
The group had never seen the old Chronokeeper so angry before, not even the Head Summoner. "What else is in these writings?" questions Maxis. Nasus' expression darkened as well as his companions. "The 'god' in the writings was described as an ethereal being clad in a blue energy. Also it states that the god could possess even the purest souls and twist them in his corruption." finishes the Curator. The Head Summoner nodded grimly and tried to keep the shock hidden from his face.
"What was this god's name?" asks the summoner. "His name was Kyrius the Destroyer, but given the information... It's safe to say he has chosen a new name for himself but it is unknown at this point what it could be." replies the Curator. "I think I know who it is." spoke up Elias. Everyone in the room looked at him confused except for Nasus. The Judge looked over and was given a nod of approval before taking a deep breath, "I think it is a being named Xerath." Nasus and Azir flinched at the mention of that name but the Zilean and Maxis looked at him puzzled. "Why would Xerath be this god? His ascension indeed put him close to godly status but he did not become a god." spoke Azir.
Elias shrugged. "It is honestly just a hunch to be honest. In my world, the creators of the game wrote lores that pertained to the champions they created and Xerath was one of the only few champions they mentioned to be 'godlike' in his lore." Everyone else in the room looked at the Judge with puzzled looks on their faces. "Excuse me, but did you say the creators of the game? What game are you speaking of?" asked Maxis. The teen sighed before explaining how in his world, the League was nothing more than a video game, a fantasy realm, in his world.
All of them but Nasus looked stunned at the information that was told to them, even more so than the news of Xerath and Nocturne. "That would explain why he hasn't had a nervous breakdown at the sight of us." mused Zilean. Azir nodded in agreement before he stood. "I am sorry but I must cut my time here short. There are other duties I must attend to." the falcon-headed champion said. Everyone but Elias stated they had to do something as well. Maxis said farewell to the Emperor as he dissolved into sand, then to Zilean who flashed away leaving a grandfather clock symbol lingering in the air, then Nasus waved goodbye before exiting the door to the conference room.
The Judge let a sigh of relief slip from his mouth as he slumped further into the chair. The elder summoner chucked lightly before standing up himself. "You had better get some rest boy. It looks like you haven't sleep in days." he said in a calming tone. Elias chuckled to himself as he slowly lifted himself out of the chair. Bags had formed under his eyes and his eyes were turning bloodshot. "I'll take you up on your offer Head Summoner." he replied while yawning. The two said farewell to each other and went their separate ways.
"So damn tired." complained Elias. He was walking along the Institute's walls as a support but his legs were turning to jelly rapidly, his eyesight was also beginning to narrow as well from trying force his eyes to stay open. Elias kept on walking against the wall until his legs gave way and he began to fall forward. Instead of hitting the ground he instead found himself leaning against a shoulder and had arms wrapped around him. He tried to look up at whoever had saved him from the fall but exhaustion took hold of him, and he drifted off to sleep.
Janna was surprised to see the new champion up and about given how tired he appeared. She was even more surprised to see him collapse. Her initial reaction was of course to catch him but something... intrigued her about him ever since his first match. He stumbled into her arms muttering something then went to snoring softly into her shoulder. The Storm's Fury giggled lightly at the sight of the exhausted champion looking like a child but then something dawned on her: his body had a faint life aura surrounding it. This caused her to panic and look around frantically for someone to help her.
She then spotted Soraka talking with Sona and Taric and called to them. "I need help! His life aura is very faint!" she cried out to them. The supports quickly ran towards her and lied Elias down on the ground. Soraka started chanting a healing spell while Taric took out a gem that began to glow a faint seaweed-green color. "This isn't good. His life aura is almost non-existent." Taric quickly said while pulling out another crystal. Sona floated next to the others and plucked at her etwahl causing a soothing energy to surround Elias's body.
They were healing him for what seemed like hours but nothing they did seemed to work. "I-I don't get it. The three of us together healing him could heal entire armies in an instant." Soraka said in disbelief. Taric had a grim look on his face and Sona looked like she was going to faint from exhaustion. Janna looked terrified as she had never let someone outside of League matches die before on her watch. Then a sound that seemed to shock all of them came from Elias. He was snoring peacefully and had a look of contempt on his face as he slept.
"What the... This doesn't make any sense at all!" exclaimed Janna. The other supports were too stunned to say anything. Soraka looked over at Taric and Sona as if to confirm what they were seeing and they both nodded at her. "We must take him to the infirmary. Sona, Janna, I need your guy's help to transfer him over there. Taric, I'll need you to tell the Head Summoner about this incident." Soraka said seriously. They all nodded in agreement and quickly began moving Elias towards the infirmary while Taric rushed off towards Maxis' office.
Once Elias was transported to the infirmary, Soraka and Akali began various testing on his body to see why his life aura was so dim. After a few hours Akali held the reports shakily in her hands. The Fist of Shadow began pacing around the room thinking of what the reports told her. "Th-this doesn't make any sense. It says he is perfectly healthy yet..."
"His life aura is weaker than that of an unborn child's." finished Soraka. The report had baffled the two to the point where they might go insane. A knock at the door was heard and their attention diverted over to it. "Come in Shen." Akali quickly said. Sliding open the door, Shen walked in with his doctors uniform on and looked at Elias with his stoic expression. "This is the one with a faint aura correct?" he asked his subordinate. She nodded in response and looked over at the teen.
Shen then walked over and sat in the seat next to Elias's bed, silently studying him. After a few minutes, the Eyes of Twilight stood up and sighed warily. "This boy is indeed... dead by most standards. But as we can see here, he couldn't be more alive." stated Shen. While the others looked at Elias with disbelief on their faces, he slept peacefully in the bed. "Should we let him rest longer?. We can't wait till later to ask him if he knows anything about this." suggests Akali. Soraka and Sona looked at her and shook their heads in unison. "No we must let him rest. After last nights ordeal with Nocturne terrorizing him and Riven, rest is something he desperately needs." says the Starchild.
The ninja was about to protest but her leaders hand shot up, effectively silencing her. "I will be here first thing in the morning to check on him. In the mean time, someone should keep watch on him just in case Nocturne decides to attack him again." the Fists Shadow tells the group. Shen and Janna's hand went up and the ninja stared at both of them before nodding. Soraka, Sona, and Akali said their goodbyes and exited the room leaving Shen and Janna alone with Elias.
"Are you sure about keeping watch? I am more than enough to deal with Nocturne should he arrive." Shen asked her. Janna shook her head and drifted off towards another seat in the room. "I found him like this so I should take care in watching him till he wakes up." she sincerely said. The Eyes of Twilight nodded at her response and leaned up against the wall, arms crossed and attention directed solely at the teen.
A few hours later...
Elias' eyes slowly fluttered open as rays of sunlight bounced off of his face. He groggily sat up and yawned loudly before looking at his surroundings. "Damn I must have passed out." he cursed to himself. The Judge looked around at the room and saw the Janna was asleep in the chair across from him and Shen was standing to his side, his ever piercing gaze present. "Uh... hi?" Elias said confused. "You're awake. Good." Shen responded. The teen slid out from under the covers and dangled his legs over the edge while he stretched out his limbs. "How long was I out?" he casually asked Shen.
The Eyes of Twilight seemed to take interest in his question and walked over to the teen holding out a glass of water. "You've been out for sixteen hours." Shen replied. Elias took a sip of the water and leaned back onto the bed. "Sixteen huh..." the Judge said quietly while sipping his water again. "You seem disappointed at this." Shen asked curiously. The grey-haired teen chuckled lightly and shook his head, "No not disappointed per se. Just...amused. I haven't slept that much in years." The ninja nodded slightly before heading towards the door. "I have other things to attend to so I must be going." bowed Shen. Elias waved goodbye and the ninja vanished from sight.
A few minutes after Shen had left, a knock at the door was heard which startled Janna from her slumber. She looked over at Elias and smiled warmly at him, then she directed her attention towards the door. Janna then left her seat and hovered towards the door and opened it, revealing Riven, Lux, Garen and Katarina on the other side. The group walked into the room and was greeted by a grinning Elias. "I see the welcome party has arrived." he cheekily said. The teen was greeted by a group hug by the other champions who quickly let go of him because he couldn't breathe.
"Gods you scared the hell out of us!" scolded Lux who was still holding onto him. Elias sheepily grinned and rubbed the back of his head but was suddenly socked in the jaw by an angry assassin. "Sorry. Just had to get some pent up resentment out." she said nonchalantly. The group stared at her in shock, then back to the teen who was rubbing his jaw. "Jeez and I was about to apologize for being a dick earlier this week. Guess I don't have to now." the Judge said while still rubbing his jaw. While Janna went over to heal his jaw, Katarina huffed and turned back to Garen who still had his jaw wide open. She shrugged at her husband and walked out of the room leaving everyone still shocked at her actions.
"So... Garen. Mind telling me how the hell that happened?" asked Elias. The soldier shot a puzzling glance at him before realizing what he meant. "Ah yes. Our marriage..." he started. Lux let go of Elias but for some reason Riven did not let go of his arm, in which he just let her stay attached to him. "We got married a couple of years ago actually. It was originally going to be a permanent treaty for Noxus and Demacia but..." "That ended up being an extra advantage of you two actually falling in love right?" finished the Judge. The Might of Demacia nodded with eyes that seemed to reflect his earliest feelings of love for his wife. The grey-haired teen chuckled to himself and leaned against the bed.
The group sat there in silence for a moment, then Elias spoke again. "Wait so what the hell was the small war going on when you first met me?" questioned the teen. Garen laughed heartily and Lux giggled at his words. "That was nothing more than a war game. We decided since we couldn't wage a wars any longer with the treaty in place, both city-states decided to have an annual war game where both sides were put up against each other in a mock war to vent out any lingering frustration." answered Garen. "Ever since the marriage of Katarina and Garen, Noxians and Demcians no longer hate each other so the war games are held as a festival of sorts to bring the two together." added his younger sister.
"That would make a lot of sense; to me anyway. Now there's something something completely off topic I'd like to ask you all." Elias says to the group. They all look at him before he took a deep breath and looked at his comrades. "There wouldn't happen to be anyone here that could help me figure out the extent of my powers would there? I have a feeling that myself not being able to die and being able to summon a scythe from nowhere is just a portion of the powers I have." he asks. Lux looks over at her brother, then to Janna who both shrugged as their answer. "I have someone that knows someone that could help but their methods are... a bit unique." Lux tells sighs and nods at her. "As long as he doesn't try to kill me on purpose, I think I can manage." the Judge says with a smile.
The group sat there for a couple of hours explaining what had happened during the two days he was in the infirmary. Lux and Garen were pitted against each other in a mid lane one game which didn't end well for the younger sibling, Katarina was given the role of jungler by her summoner which caused her to lash out at him after the match, and Riven had been granted time away from League matches due to Nocturne attacking her nights ago. Soon nightfall had occured and the group decided to take this as goodbye. "Speaking of Riven, is she o-" Elias started. When he looked down at her, he saw that she had fallen asleep against him and was still clutching his arm. He chuckled softly to himself before ruffling her white hair gently, a mistake he couldn't believe he made. Elias had done the same thing to his girlfriend Alice back in his world when she would fall asleep curled against him. The thought brought back sour memories but he tried to flush them out of his mind.
When he looked up he saw a giggling Lux and a face-palmed Garen. Elias shot the two a terrifying look before waving them away. "I'll get her back to her room. Where is it anyway?" the teen asked them. The Lady of Luminosity was shaken from her giggling when he asked that question. "She... doesn't have a room actually. I usually let her stay with me but she doesn't sleep at all for some reason." answered Lux with her head hanging low. He nodded in response and picked up Riven bridal-style. "I'll just let her stay with me again I guess. She did the other time so I don't see what the issue with her doing it again would be."
"Alright but no funny business alright?" the blonde lady poked a finger at him. "Nothing happened the last time so your friend is in good hands. See ya" Elias replies. The Crownguard siblings said goodbye as well and both parties went their separate ways. The Judge shortly arrived at him room and slowly let Riven down against the wall so that he could open it up. After the door was opened wide enough, Elias picked up the white-haired woman up again and walked inside, then closing the door behind him. "What an exhausting day." sighed the teen. He walked over to his bed and laid Riven down on it first, then he plopped down onto it as well. "If I'm on the edge it shouldn't bother her that much..." Elias said quietly before drifting off into a deep sleep.