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The clear music was still coming from the music box, and Viego looked at Zuo Chi in front of him with an incredible expression.
"Want to meet her? I can help you."
Seeing that Viego didn't say anything and just stared at him blankly, Zuo Chi smiled and spoke again.
Viego struggled to sit up with the music box in his arms. His body was covered with hideous wounds and his breath was extremely weak, as if he could die completely at any time.
"Why should I believe you!"
As he spoke, Viego never let go of the hand holding the music box. He looked down, his eyes filled with extreme tenderness.
Zuo Chi pointed with his fingertips, and a strong spiritual power appeared in his eyes.
"You can choose to refuse and then disappear from this world with Isolde. This is your last chance."
Listening to Zuo Chi's words and looking at his eyes without any hostility, Viego couldn't help but loosen his grip on the music box a little.
He knew very well that given the current situation, Zuo Chi could easily destroy him and his queen, but Zuo Chi still chose to stand in front of him and say these words to him.
"The fragments of Isolde's soul have not yet been collected." Viego said again.
Zuo Chi tilted his head noncommittally: "I have a way."
Neither Viego nor Zuo Chi spoke any more. The surroundings became completely quiet except for the sound of the music box.
After a long silence, Viego raised the only hand he could move and handed the music box to Zuo Chi.
It has been a thousand years since Viego and Isolde have seen each other. He is extremely eager to meet Isolde, not to mention that Viego knows that he will not be able to leave Shadow Island today no matter what.
In this case, if he could see his queen before he died, everything he did would be worth it.
Zuo Chi stuck the long knife into the ground, and he stretched out his left hand to hold the music box handed to him by Viego.
The blue soul was quietly suspended in the air above the music box, while Zuo Chi raised his right hand and pointed at Viego in front of him.
The dark red fox mark between the eyebrows lit up, and a strong mental power burst out from Zuo Chi's hand. The mental power pulled the soul fragments that Viego had just plundered from Senna and Gwen, and slowly merged them into the incomplete soul above the music box in front of him.
As Viego said, he has not yet collected all the fragments of Isolde's soul.
Even though he had been to the entire Runeterra, there was still a soul fragment that he had not collected, because this soul fragment was not somewhere else, but on the Shadow Island, but Viego didn't know it!
Zuo Chi turned his head and looked in the direction of Yorick. Yes, the soul fragment was on Yorick's Mist Maiden.
However, Zuo Chi did not choose to plunder the soul fragments from the Maiden of the Mist, because Zuo Chi knew another thing.
That is, the soul fragments on the Maiden of the Mist represent the painful and dark side of Isolde's soul.
At the beginning, Isolde had already rested, but Viego used the water of life to forcibly pull her back to reality from the boundary between life and death. Her soul suffered great pain, and a painful and dark side was formed.
The water of life magnified the tyranny and darkness in Isolde's soul, so Isolde raised the king's sword Mu Qing and pierced Viego's heart.
This is also the main reason why Zuo Chi did not choose to collect all the soul fragments from the Maiden of the Mist.
Although the incomplete soul will make the soul strength very low, this may also strip away the brutality of Isolde's soul and leave her original gentle side to Viego.
Two more soul fragments merged into the body, and the light blue soul in Zuo Chi's hand became more solid.
Zuo Chi turned his head and looked at Karma, Qianwei Ningran and Kennen in the distance.
If there was anyone present who could help him with soul power, it could only be the three demigods from Ionia. As the carrier of the Soul of Ionia, no one was better than Karma at awakening the power in the soul.
Meeting Zuo Chi's eyes, Karma, Qianwei Ningran and Kennen nodded slightly and flew towards Zuo Chi at the same time.
Falling from the sky, the three looked at Zuo Chi, and Zuo Chi said softly:
"Three of you, give me a hand."
Qianwei Ningran and Kennen had no objection to Zuo Chi's request, while Karma turned to look at Viego who was sitting on the ground.
Finally, Karma nodded.
Slowly raising his hands, extremely rich soul power burst out from the bodies of Zuo Chi and the other three at the same time. Streams of pale white light flew out from their fingertips and then merged into the light blue soul light ball.
Viego clenched his hands tightly and even held his breath.
He didn't dare to move at all, just stared blankly at everything happening in front of him. He was afraid that he would affect Zuo Chi and others, and thus lose the only chance to meet Isolde.
On one side, as the majestic soul power of Zuo Chi and the other four poured into the blue light ball, the originally thin light ball was gradually becoming solid. At the same time, the light ball began to agitate and gradually changed in shape.
Mysterious and ancient spells began to come out of Karma's mouth. Green Sanskrit mantras flew out of her body and turned into a protective umbrella to wrap the soul in front of her.
Finally, with the help of Zuo Chi and other four demigods, a beautiful figure gradually appeared in front of everyone.
The graceful figure was dressed in a gorgeous court dress, with her long hair tied up and exquisite jewelry on her head. She had a calm and gentle expression, and her eyelashes trembled slightly, as if she would open her eyes in the next second.
Her body was so illusory that it seemed as if it could disappear at any moment.
Zuo Chi signaled to the other three, and they retreated at the same time, leaving the place to Isolde and Viego.
Staring at everything happening in front of him, Viego was stunned at first. When he realized what was happening, he suddenly rubbed his hands on his body.
He tried his best to stand up from the ground, and hurriedly straightened his tattered coat, even forcibly straightening his broken shoulder.
Then, Viego's only remaining arm trembled and slowly stretched out towards Isolde in front of him.
"Isolde."
There was a strong tremor in Viego's voice, and he stared at the figure in front of him without blinking.
As if hearing a very familiar call, Isolde's eyelashes fluttered a few times and then she slowly opened her eyes.
Isolde, who had just revived, looked around in confusion. She slowly turned her head and looked towards the source of the call.
At this moment, after thousands of years and after Viego had tried countless efforts, he finally met his queen again.
"Viego."
Isolde whispered Viego's name.
"I am here, Isolde, I am here."
Viego bit his lower lip so hard with his teeth that he almost broke it.
Isolde looked at Viego at this moment, at his broken body and haggard face, and she gently stroked Viego's face:
"Life must have been very hard for you while I was away."
"No"
Tears flowed uncontrollably from Viego's eyes. He shook his head desperately, "I'm fine. Look, I've resurrected you. I'm very strong now, Isolde."
Now, facing Isolde, Viego is no longer the spoiled, controlling king of ruin, he is just her husband.
In front of Isolde, Viego always reveals his most vulnerable and softest side.
And Isolde, his queen, was not like those ministers. She would always pay attention to his own feelings first, rather than external things.
Isolde chuckled and shook her head: "I am your queen. How can I not understand what you are like?"
Viego turned his head and placed his face in Isolde's palm, his eyes never leaving Isolde's face.
"Isolde, I promised you that I would revive you and bring you back to me. But now, will you blame me?"
What Viego was referring to was, of course, the fact that he was defeated by Zuo Chi and others and could not stay with Isolde forever.
However, facing Viego's self-blaming words, Isolde's expression remained as gentle as ever.
She looked into Viego's eyes and gazed into his. "Viego, I have loved you until the last moment. Isn't that enough?"
"We loved each other then, and we still love each other now, and that's enough. We have caused too much killing."
Isolde's body was beginning to flicker, and her voice was becoming softer.
Just as Viego was always looking at Isolde, Isolde's eyes never left Viego.
"Fiego, let me rest in peace. Living in this form will make my soul burn."
"No, Isolde."
Viego shouted Isolde's name a little crazily.
White light began to appear around the edges of Isolde's body. She smiled and tried to raise her hands to hold Viego's face, but he was unable to do so in his soul state.
She slowly leaned down, a few crystal tears flowed from her eyes, and she gently kissed Viego's lips.
tick~
Tears fell on the ground, hitting the rocks with a crisp sound; on one side, the dance of the king and queen on the music box seemed to have reached its climax.
Finally, Isolde and Viego's lips met, and Isolde's body completely turned into white light and dissipated in the air.
At the last moment, Isolde's last words came to Viego's ears along with the breeze.
"You have persisted for so long. It is time to wake up, my king."
The white light completely dissipated, and many soul fragments flew up from where Isold had just been, like stray sparks, flying to various places in Runeland.
From this moment on, these souls no longer contained the aura of Isolder's soul; they belonged only to their original masters.
Until Isolde's figure completely disappeared in front of Viego, the light in his eyes also completely dimmed.
Thump~
Viego knelt on his knees, raised his head, and raised his hand to touch the place where Isolde had just been.
"Isolde."
For a long time, Viego just stood there like a dead tree, motionless and quiet.
Finally, Viego knelt on the ground with his body hunched over, his hands tightly grasping the sharp stones, crying heart-wrenchingly.
Isolde's figure and voice kept echoing in his mind. After so much effort, he really saw Isolde, but the meeting was so short.
He really wanted to stay with Isolde forever, but now he knew that if he forced Isolde to stay by his side, she would not be happy but extremely miserable.
“Tap~~”
The familiar footsteps sounded again. At this time, Zuo Chi came in front of Viego. He just looked at Viego quietly without interrupting him.
Gradually, Viego's crying began to slow down. He raised his head and looked at Zuo Chi with eyes that had completely lost their luster.
"Thank you." Viego said softly.
Zuo Chi shook his head and said nothing.
Viego carefully picked up the music box on the ground and handed it to Zuo Chi.
"Promise me one last request." There was a hint of pleading in Viego's voice.