Chapter 196: Sentinel of Light
“This old man must be the young man in the story!”
"He lost his arm because of Amumu's curse."
"Maybe this is just another story about Amumu!"
"Either way, the stories in this desert are fascinating!"
After watching Amumu's story, the audience was all talking about it.
From their stories, everyone saw another side of Shurima, a Shurima that was completely different from the impression before the outbreak.
In this Shurima, there is no emperor, no god-warriors, no void intrusions, and no corrupted darkin.
They are equivalent to the folk customs of the Shurimans. Even though they are also full of unsolved mysteries, they have been integrated into the lives of the Shurimans.
People are not afraid of Ramos, the Armored Dragon Turtle, but believe that it can bring good luck.
People are not afraid of Amumu. Everyone knows that as long as they don't get close to him, they will not be cursed.
Only in their stories are the Shuriman characters not mortals, but real people.
Be it the Void, the God Warriors, or the Darkin, the role of mortals is just a number and they are slaughtered at will.
No one cares about mortals, not even the Protoss - although the Protoss's purpose is a complete secret - but everyone can see that the Protoss does not take mortals seriously.
These powerful creatures never care about mortals. The god warriors also ascended from mortals, but they are the same.
Only in the stories of the Armored Dragon Turtle and the Sad Mummy does the situation of mortals not become so dangerous. Instead, they can gather around the campfire in the middle of the night and listen quietly to the stories told by the old man with the sound of the wind.
“No wonder Director Xuer put these films at the end as a spin-off of the Shurima films!”
Everyone experienced this feeling. Shurima became more three-dimensional and clear in these extra stories. The audience even felt that they could smell the dry air in the desert.
Shurima seemed to have come alive. The Shurimans did not need gods or darkins. Thousands of years after the Shurima Empire disappeared, there were still countless people living in this desert!
……
Akshan lives in this desert where there are no gods or darkites.
And his story has nothing to do with these creatures.
But there is no doubt that he is a native Shurima.
But his story connects Shurima with another mysterious region and bizarre story.
After listening to the ancient stories passed down by the people of Shurima, the film takes the audience to see this Sentinel of Light.
In the shadows of eastern Shurima, someone is on the prowl, hunting down the wicked. He wields a strange weapon, moves with swiftness and determination, and uses lightning-fast means to "help" his enemies atone for their sins.
Shurima without a unified force means chaos. Shurima does not need gods, but it seems to need an emperor, which can explain why some people look forward to Azir's return.
Even without the Darkin, Shurima is full of warlords.
The local warlords were rampant and plundered at will, so many people had to keep their heads down and live in misery, unable to take care of themselves.
Akshan grew up in the city of Marvi and was exposed to all kinds of injustice since childhood.
Faced with these evil deeds, the young and energetic Akshan could not turn a blind eye. Once he witnessed any atrocities, he would immediately stand up.
But in doing so, Akshan created many powerful enemies for himself, and many warlords took notice of him.
Finally, one time, after he once again stopped a warlord and caused a disaster, they decided to get rid of Akshan, and he was beaten severely and was dying. But it was not only the warlords who noticed Akshan.
An old woman named Shatya happened to see the unconscious boy at her doorstep. Although the Marvs always followed the custom of not caring about others, she still took Akshan into her home.
But he was lucky, Akshan was not destined to die, and he survived - or so it seemed.
The camera on the big screen just follows Akshan’s perspective, and the audience also follows him as he temporarily recuperates in Satya’s home.
This seemed to be just an ordinary old lady.
But ordinary Marvs would never meddle in other people's business. As Akshan recuperated here, his injuries gradually recovered, and he got to know more about Shatya. He realized that this old woman was not an ordinary person.
Sadiya is part of a group called the Sentinels of Light.
……
I didn't expect that this seemingly ordinary old lady actually joined an organization with such an awesome name.
The audience outside the screen looked a little confused, just like Akshan.
"Bright Sentinel? That name sounds kind of cool!"
“What does this organization do?”
"Is this an organization from the Shurima region?"
"This name looks like a righteous organization, right?"
Everyone's doubts were soon resolved, and Satya did not keep Akshan in suspense.
This organization has been established in the Shurima region for a long time and is said to have existed since ancient times.
This makes the audience feel very strange. Is this organization so mysterious?
This organization has never appeared in the history of the Shurima Empire. Neither the Void Invasion nor the Darkin War has ever heard of the "Sentinels of Light" organization.
As Satya explained, everyone understood that this organization founded in ancient times was determined to fight against the Soul-Eating Night and eradicate the poison of the Black Mist.
The enemies of the "Sentinels of Light" are not in Shurima, and the place where they fight is not here. Instead, in Satya's memory, when the Haunting Night comes, a vast black fog emerges from the seashore, and countless vengeful spirits and evil spirits, driven by the Headless Horseman, drown everything.
When seeing the black fog in the picture, all the audiences who watched Xu Er's film carefully immediately thought that they had seen a similar scene before!
That was Yasuo and Ahri's destination, Bilgewater! The vast black fog was approaching that island!
The source of these black fogs and ghosts is the terrifying place in the legend - Shadow Island!
……
Satya tells Akshan that there is a reason for all this.
In her eyes, Akshan was a problem teenager, very stubborn and arrogant, but very fragile at heart.
Although Akshan and Shatya had a fierce conflict over the various rules of the Sentinels, she soon discovered that Akshan actually had many good points.
He has courage and conscience - people with both are rare in Malta.
Sadiya saw great potential in this young man, and she made an agreement with Akshan: Akshan could stay with her and avoid being hunted by many enemies; in return, he needed to join the Sentinel organization.
(End of this chapter)