Chapter 1093: There is no way to avoid it
Rhodes tells Varus the story of Aatrox in detailβprimarily his choices when facing the Void Watchers.
Varus listened quietly to Rod and then fell silent.
"What, any questions?"
"Nope." Varus shook his head, "Aatrox is lucky that he ended his curse, and I hope I can do that one day in the future......"
"You will." A smile tugged at the corner of Rod's mouth, "But only if you target your arrows correctly." β
"What do you mean?" Varus sensed the hidden meaning of Rod's words, "You want to convince me to stop my revenge?" β
"I prefer you to put your energy to the right place." Rhodes made no secret of his thoughts, "The enemies of the Darkspawn should not be mortals, even mortals who have something to do with the battle of Acacia - thousands of years have passed, and even the descendants of the parties concerned may not remember what happened at that time." β
"But betrayal is betrayal." Varus had no intention of backing down, "I used to respect the Great Weaver, but in the Battle of Acacia, she betrayed the Empire. β
"Maybe that's not a betrayal, it's just no choice." Rhodes shook his head, "Thousands of years later, Shurima's glory has come to an end, but the descendants of the Great Weaver Mother still live closest to Acacia, who betrayed the person who gave everything in the battle of Acacia?" β
"......" Varus was silent.
Rod's words struck him to the heart.
Varus, who insisted on revenge, and Nasus, who insisted on the glory of Shurima, were not all the same.
Varus used to be Shurima's most elite shooter, but the fundamental reason for his fight was not for the "glory of Shurima", he was born to fight, if there was anything other than fighting that Varus cared about, it was probably only his former comrades.
It is for this reason that Varus was invited to participate in the Battle of Ionia after being freed from the trap at the invitation of Rayast (Cain's weapon, the scythe, and also a Darkborn).
For Varus, Shurima's glory was nothing to mention, and the reason he saw the weavers attack was not who they betrayed, but his betrayal itself.
And now, when Rhodes kept hinting at him in his words, the present Shurima itself had forgotten the past, and forgetting the past was also a betrayal, which inevitably made Varus waver.
Who should I take revenge on?
Is it the Great Weaver Mother who abandoned her comrades in the Battle of Acacia?
Or Shurima, who has forgotten the Battle of Acacia?
Looking at Varus, who was gradually confused, a satisfied smile finally appeared on the corner of Rod's mouth - the Darkspawn's combat power is good enough, but unfortunately his head doesn't seem to be very useful, and he was shaken by his words, which is too interesting.
While Rhodes was pondering what to do with Varus, the Arrow of Punishment unexpectedly regained consciousness.
"Maybe you're telling the truth." Varus looked up again, "But my bow has been drawn, so I won't shoot miss!" β
The sudden awakening of Varus made Rhodes a little embarrassed and surprised, he blinked, looked at Varus with a determined face, and then suddenly understood the crux of the problem.
Valmao and Kaye did the opposite.
Obviously, when Varus was shaken just now, the pair of spirit friends also tried to persuade Varus to give up killing, but they simply provoked Varus's killing intent......
Blinking, Rod spread his hands a little helplessly.
"So, Mr. Varus, if you could face the Void, what would your choice be?"
"Fight to the death, never die."
"That's good." Rod sighed softly, "I was thinking of using you to teach that cocky golden crispy chicken a lesson, and now it looks like I'm going to have to seal you up - don't worry, I promise you'll be able to unleash your endless anger the next time you're sober." β
As he spoke, a large expanse of the sands of time spread, wrapping Varus into a sand sculpture in the blink of an eye.
Let's do it for now - Rhodes has already made up his mind, and the next time it's time to face the void, I'll release him himself.
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With Varus' problem solved, Rhodes found the Weaver Elder once again.
Different from the previous cold attitude, after the weaver elder saw Rhodes this time, the expression on his face was obviously a lot more complicated.
No matter how much he repelled this guy who "didn't listen to the teachings of the weaver mother", he saved the weaver tribe after all.
"Is the elder still going to stay out of it?" Rod was also not polite, and directly tried to see the poor dagger, "Shurima is no longer calm, and those who were once sealed and lost in themselves have all awakened and returned, in this case, the weaver who has been self-exiled for so long...... Shouldn't he come back? β
"It's not time yet." Although the elder looked entangled, he still shook his head insistently, "The weaver is the first barrier to the darkness, we have lived in Kehalisai for generations, this is the teaching of the weaver mother, and it is also our mission. β
"Darkness has come!" Rhodes raised his tone, "The Void of Acacia is stirring, and his minions are taking the opportunity of Shurima's revival to recruit believers and sacrifice to the Void - if darkness does come completely, what can this first barrier do?!" β
"This is the instructions of the Weaver Mother......"
"Now, the heirs of the Weaver Mother have appeared!" Rod stretched out his hand and pointed at Taliyah, who looked confused next to him, "Why are you still hesitating and sticking to the old-fashioned dogma?!" Are you sticking to the teachings of the Weaver Mother, or are you simply afraid of change and new challenges?! β
Rhodes changed his previous polite image, grabbed the chest of the Elder's robe, and began to spit wildly at him.
In the face of Rod's roar, the weaver elder was also stunned.
Of course, he was not stupid by Rhodes, but fell into self-contradiction - on the one hand, he was entangled in the old dogma, and on the other hand, he could not ignore the changes in the current special era, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and made an important decision.
"Taliyah, my child." Taking a deep breath, the elder turned to look at Taliyah, who didn't know what was going on, "Come with me tonight to the Gobi in Kohalisei, and let's go and listen to the teachings of the Weaver Mother - let the Mother Earth tell us what choice the weaver should make now!" β
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Not knowing what the Elder was saying, Taliyah instinctively felt the weight of the task.
Seem...... The fate of an entire tribe, an entire race of weavers, has come to their shoulders?