Runeterra: I actually know a little bit about everything

"Which one is heavier, Riven!"

Yasuo asked in a hoarse voice, "Is it your sword, or your past?"

Riven slowly raised her head and looked at the figure in front of her.

"who are you?"

"Another broken sword!"

Yasuo roared in a deep voice, "Raise your sword!"

Riven remained seated on the ground, unwilling to touch the greatsword in front of her.

"Stand up, you can't escape now!"

As Yasuo roared, a violent gale swept through the entire cell.

A gust of wind swept up the missing fragment from Riven's broken sword, slowly flying towards the gap.

Azure runes began to shimmer on the broken sword, and wisps of azure electricity connected the broken sword to the fragments, which then perfectly fitted together with the gap.

"Buzz!"

At this moment, the runic greatsword, enchanted by the Pale Witch, once again returned to its former peak form.

As Riven stared at the broken sword before her, the scene she didn't want to recall resurfaced once more.

She kept shaking her head, murmuring, "In that valley, Noxus abandoned me and my companions; they used us as sacrifices in their victory! Everyone died!"

"I truly never imagined that Elder Suma would die because of me."

A year ago, Riven and her squad served as Noxus's vanguard, tasked with escorting a shipment of alchemical weapons from Zaun.

Shortly afterward, Riven and her squad encountered Ionian forces in a valley not far from Yasuo's village and a fierce battle ensued.

It was at this moment that Yasuo heard the sounds coming from this side. Unable to suppress his inner impulse, he chose to go forward and help the Ionian forces.

The Ionian forces were numerous, almost ten times the size of Riven's team.

In this situation, Riven chose to signal to the main force not far behind for help.

However, shortly after Riven sent out her distress signal, what they received was not support from the rear, but a rain of arrows burning with flames!

The indiscriminate arrows killed some people, but some arrows also landed on the alchemical bioweapon that Riven's squad was escorting!

At that moment, a violent explosion occurred in the valley, and a corrosive toxic mist instantly filled the entire valley.

Everyone died, whether they were Ionians or Riven's team members; they all perished in that alchemical fog.

Furthermore, due to these poisonous fumes, everyone died in a gruesome manner, experiencing immense suffering before their deaths.

At this point, how could Riven not know that she and her team were merely sacrifices for Noxus?

Despite her treating Noxus as her home and giving everything for it, Noxus still chose to abandon her at this time.

After all, trading a small team of a dozen people for the lives of hundreds of enemy soldiers is an incredibly worthwhile deal.

Of all those alchemical poisonous fogs, only Riven survived.

At that moment, she felt utterly lost and devastated, as if everything she had ever believed in had collapsed.

She loathed everything about Noxus from the bottom of her heart, and she wanted to sever all ties with Noxus!

Just then, Riven heard that not far from this valley, there was a swordsmanship school that was famous throughout Ionia.

Riven chose to go there and asked Elder Suma of the Sword Sect to destroy her greatsword.

As a result, as mentioned later, when Elder Suma used the Gale Sword Technique to destroy Riven's greatsword, he was unexpectedly struck by a fragment of the greatsword.

On the other side, when Yasuo arrived at the valley following the sounds of the battle, the battle was already over, leaving only corpses scattered all over the ground in extremely gruesome condition.

By the time Yasuo returned to the Sword Sect, Elder Suma was already dead.

And he became a murderer reviled by thousands.

This is everything from the past, an experience that Riven never wants to recall.

"You're the one who made me go through all this!!"

Yasuo's voice was somewhat manic; everything he had experienced was thanks to the person before him!

"I have come here to take the life of the person who killed my master!"

As he spoke, Yasuo's Wind Blade was instantly drawn, and a violent gust of wind gathered on the blade, blowing away the thatch behind Riven.

The next instant, Yasuo's Wind Blade slashed towards Riven, who was wielding a greatsword.

"boom!"

Runic magic clashed with the Swift Swordsmanship, and the chains on Riven's arms shattered instantly.

However, Riven never retaliated against Yasuo's attacks, only parrying with her greatsword.

"Riven, summon your power, raise your sword!"

Yasuo roared once more, and at the same time, a tornado began to gather around him.

The next instant, a whirlwind swept everything around it and rushed towards Riven in front of her, but even in the face of such an attack, Riven still chose to block it with the greatsword in her hand.

However, Riven seems to have overlooked one thing.

How could a broken sword that hadn't been used in a long time, coupled with a swordsman who had completely lost his will to fight, possibly withstand the full force of this Gale Sword Technique!

The moment the tornado collided with the greatsword, the Noxian magic on the greatsword began to tremble, and the shattered blade instantly scattered, with countless fragments flying in all directions.

The fragment that had killed Elder Suma flew straight toward the shadows where Elder Kongde was hiding!

"No!"

Riven let out a desperate roar, as if she could smell that spicy memory with the scent of incense again, that painful memory that existed in Elder Suma's secret chamber!

However, Riven was too far from Condé, and her feet were bound by chains, so she simply couldn't stand in front of Condé in such a short time.

She could only watch in despair as the fragment that had killed Elder Suma once again reached Kongde's throat.

However, just as the fragment was about to touch Kong De's throat, a sharp sword cry rang out.

"Hazard!"

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Chapter 56: The Trial Result!

In the dead of night, the atmosphere in the prison cell, which should have been quiet, was completely destroyed by the raging wind.

Just as the fragment that had brought Riven and Yasuo countless painful experiences flew toward Kongde's throat, a howling wind wall appeared out of thin air!

Then, under Riven's almost desperate gaze, the Wind Wall firmly bound the broken sword fragments in mid-air, preventing them from advancing even an inch further.

The wind wall slowly dissipated, and the fragments of the broken sword fell to the ground, making a crisp tinkling sound.

Riven gripped the wooden door of the cell with both hands, staring at the broken sword fragments lying on the ground, as if all her strength had been drained away.

She knelt heavily on the ground, muttering to herself.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault, I caused all of this myself."

At this moment, Riven seemed to have lost all motivation to resist; she no longer wanted to run away.

She was just a hair's breadth away from killing another innocent person, and that person was the one she loved most.

"Yasuo," Riven murmured softly.

"I am willing to atone for my past actions. Do it."

As she spoke, the runic magic flowing on Riven's broken sword had dissipated, and she was ready to atone for her sins.

The gale-force winds raged throughout the cell, leaving scratches on the walls and wooden doors.

This power is enough to turn any human body into dust!

However, just as the power originating from the Gale Sword Technique was about to reach Riven, the storm in the entire cell suddenly subsided.

Riven's white hair no longer danced in the wind, and even the strand of hair on her forehead slowly fell back to her ear.

Confused, Riven looked up at Yasuo in front of her.

It was at this moment that she saw Yasuo's Swift Blade slowly returning to its sheath.

At the same time, Yasuo's voice rang in Riven's ears.

"Riven, the past is the past, and we cannot change it."

“Protecting my master is my responsibility, but I couldn’t be by his side that day. If I had been there, I could have protected him!”

At this point, Yasuo stroked his sword with one hand, his gaze following the window of the cell to the bright moon in the night sky.

"In the end, Master's death was my fault, not yours. And everything I've suffered in the past is my punishment."

After saying this, Yasuo let out a long breath, as if he had exhaled all the dark clouds that had been weighing on his heart.

Now, after experiencing so much, Yasuo has chosen to let go of the past and no longer use endless killing to make up for the hatred in his heart.

"Tread! Tread! Tread!"