Hearing Faen's words, the raging flames around Styraatu's body choked slightly, but then quickly returned to their original intensity.
Pairs of eyes refracted a gloomy coldness distinct from the flames. Styraatu said coldly: "I remember! You are that guy who defeated me in Oshra Va'Zaun... Ha! If I remember correctly, you should have received the blessing of that pathetic wind deity, right? This should be enough for you to be proud, after all, you defeated a God-Warrior of the noble Shuriman Empire's Golden Legion head-on! But it's a pity for you, you might be able to defeat me, but you can never kill me."
"When it comes to bragging, it has to be you guys." Hearing Styraatu's words, Faen couldn't help but sigh and politely greet:
"How to say this? The Golden Bloodline is gone, and you Ascended are getting more arrogant one after another? Was Valoran's Warrior Queen too merciful when hunting you down? Or did the Aspect of Twilight throw away her cerebellum when sealing you? Those who don't know would think you won. Still can't kill you, making it seem like the Darkin curse is very comfortable. That guy Aatrox has already been tortured to the point of wanting to destroy the world."
Hearing Faen's words, Styraatu was initially shocked and angry, especially when hearing about Valoran's Warrior Queen, a trace of fear even flashed through her eyes. But at the end, when hearing news related to Aatrox, the expression in Styraatu's eyes changed extremely drastically.
Among them, although Valoran's Warrior Queen didn't appear in League of Legends or LoR, she was actually the second character in the Twilight of the Gods event, second only to the first Aspect of Twilight, Myisha—or rather the second protagonist who didn't officially appear.
If Myisha led the prelude to the Twilight of the Gods, designing the curse about Darkin from scratch, causing these Ascended to lose their magnificent bodies and be sealed in weapons closely related to them, losing the ability to think. Then Valoran's Warrior Queen was the key to making those Darkin fall into weakness.
Her first description appeared in Varus's background story in the Ionia region. In the setting, the Ascended Varus in his prime was hunted down to a desperate situation by Valoran's Warrior Queen and the Vastayan Moon-Stalkers under her command, and was finally tragically sealed.
And those who understand League of Legends background settings understand. Although there are settings, thanks to those excellent scriptwriters and Riot's excellent operational planning, although being an evergreen game for more than ten years, the progress in background settings can't be said to be non-existent, only that it's better than nothing. Ten years, still that same damn virtue, work efficiency so low it's appalling. If Arcane hadn't set the tone, probably some people would still think Warwick turned into a wolf because he was cursed by Soraka.
This led to the fact that although Valoran's Warrior Queen had been described as early as the major update of the League of Legends universe, several years have passed, and this existence who ostensibly ended the Darkin Warlord Era still has no extra related descriptions.
Although Faen also conducted corresponding investigations, among the people Faen had contacted, the only one who had heard of Valoran's Warrior Queen was LeBlanc. And what LeBlanc knew was only part of LeBlanc's main body's memory. Except for knowing she had an extremely deep connection with the Shuriman Empire itself, nothing else was known.
However, it didn't matter much. Because for Styraatu, compared to Valoran's Warrior Queen, she obviously cared more about Aatrox mentioned by Faen.
"General! You know the General?! What happened to the General! Tell me, mortal! Tell me all the information you know!!"
Flames around her body burned violently. Styraatu's eyes stared deadly at Faen, looking as if she wished to swallow Faen alive. But under the seemingly crazy appearance, located in the spirit realm, all of Styraatu's emotional fluctuations were clearly reflected in the eyes of Faen and even Riven on the side.
Just purely craving news about Aatrox.
And seeing this reaction from Styraatu, Faen didn't feel any surprise.
Because Styraatu could be said to be a diehard loyalist among Aatrox's diehard loyalists.
In the plot of the Darkin Saga, although the late stage of this Darkin War turned into a three-way brawl between the Aspect of Justice, Xolaani, and Aatrox, finally forcing Ryze to release the power of World Runes to clean up the mess. But in the early stage of the plot, when Aatrox let out a roar summoning other Darkin warriors, although indeed some Darkin warriors awakened, if really counting, the truly awakened Darkin weren't even one-tenth of Shurima's peak period.
Especially after the Golden Bloodline was severed, the Ascended no longer suppressed their inner desires, fighting and killing each other. Therefore, those Darkin who still obeyed Aatrox could be said to be extremely rare. And among them, Styraatu was undoubtedly the most loyal one.
Because after other Darkin were awakened, the reason they decided to join the war mostly originated from hatred for Xolaani—Xolaani as an Ascended wasn't combat-specialized, but support-specialized. Her power as an Ascended was Hemomancy. And coincidentally, the Darkin curse designed by Myisha was realized based on Hemomancy.
Precisely because of this, in the mouths of the vast majority of Ascended and Darkin, Xolaani was a traitor or coward. And killing Xolaani, besides her betrayal, was also because the pain they suffered was closely related to Xolaani—not very sure before, but after sealing Styraatu into his own spirit realm, Faen quickly understood why they hated Xolaani so much.
The reason was simple: when suffering the oppression of the Darkin curse, under the effect of Hemomancy, they would feel Xolaani's strong aura. Accompanied by the long seal constantly wearing away their already scarce reason, naturally, the remaining spirit only left strong hatred for Xolaani.
It was just that the amount of reason different Ascended could maintain also varied. Among this, what played a role was both whether their own power was strong or not, and some thoughts of the Ascended themselves.
And Styraatu, the reason she resolved to go to Shurima in the original plot, besides hatred for Xolaani, was more due to loyalty to Aatrox—or rather compared to killing Xolaani, she wanted more to fight side by side with her general.
Under these circumstances, Faen didn't need to be anxious at all.