Among the many countries in the Runeland, Demacia is the youngest.

This country was born at the end of the Rune War, and the main body consisting of war refugees did not have a long history. Its own culture was gradually developed with anti-magistrates and anti-war as the core after a mixture of many parties.

Considering the origin of these war refugees, Demacia now has a considerable degree of consistency with the Raquels in terms of faith.

Although not as fanatical as the Rakols, I admire the star spirit in one sentence.

After all, it was the Feiyi sisters who led the original Demacia immigrants to establish this country.

The punishment of stone crowns is a custom recorded in ancient classics and belongs to the Larkors.

According to records, if a person with outstanding meritorious people need to be punished by death, they can replace the punishment of the stone crown, allowing him to climb the Giant God Peak barefoot - the initial purpose of this criminal law is to cleanse the soul and clear the sins in the process of climbing, and climbing barefoot itself is an indescribable pain...

But later as time passed, this criminal law gradually became a means to open the back door for the nobles. If the nobles violated the law, the death penalty would be changed to the stone crown punishment. After he arrived at the Giant God Peak, he would take the opportunity to escape.

After that, as long as you don’t return to Demacia, there will be no problem. The soldiers in charge of supervising will often turn a blind eye.

However, after being sentenced to Shi Guan's sentence, Tarik did not retreat halfway like other nobles and escaped at the last minute. In the Selas bloody case, his colleagues in the pool of blood deeply stimulated him. He was also ashamed of his choice, so he gritted his teeth and started the climb barefoot.

And this climb is destined to be a long journey.

It was summer, and when Tarik had just started climbing, everything looked normal - although the Giant God Peak was continuous and steep, the wind was also very strong here, and there could be a cool mountain breeze in summer, and Tarik was having fun in the beginning.

When hungry and thirsty, they can beg for some food and drink from the Raquel people living nearby - although he is a person who is guilty, the Raquel people have always been willing to repay the greatest kindness to climbers.

However, as the altitude gradually increased, the temperature of Giant God Peak began to drop sharply.

The mountain wind quickly turned from the coolness and refreshingness of the beginning to the bitterness of the later ones.

Although Tarik was prepared for a long time, when hail and a cold wave hit, he almost froze before he even had time to change into thick clothes.

Fortunately, before he lost consciousness, he met a group of rock sheep who were avoiding ice storms. Tarik hugged the panicked rock sheep tightly and barely recovered his body temperature. Finally, he finally found a cave and raised a small bonfire.

Since then, the subsequent climb has become difficult.

The soldiers guarding him had already left. Tarik could now turn around and go down the mountain, and then hide his identity from now on, or get a pair of shoes to make it difficult for him to climb the next level - but Tarik, who was full of guilt, still chose to walk barefoot as always, and set off again after the hail stopped.

After the strong convective weather, the mountain road began to become slippery. When the cold wind blew, the wet ground would soon form a layer of ice. If you were not careful, you would slip and even fall into the abyss.

In this case, Tarik found two dead branches as walking sticks and forced his stiff feet forward. Under the cutting of the ice, his feet were quickly dripping blood, but he still did not stop.

The wound quickly scabbed, but after scab, there will be new wounds soon. The coldness brings numbness, allowing Tarik to ignore this pain and continue to move towards the top of the mountain.

Soon, Tarik entered the no-man's land.

This is no longer the scope of the activities of the Raquels. Apart from the annual sacrifices, even the Raquels who are accustomed to the plateau climate will not appear here.

There are even few animals that can live here, and the plants are low shrubs and lichens in the snow and ice - but in this desolation, Tarik felt a different kind of beauty.

So he began to get used to looking up at the stars.

Every night, he would lie in the snow and ice, then look up at the endless starry sky and the clear signs. Tarik seemed to have returned to his childhood, and would listen to bedtime stories every night.

The difference is that at that time he was listening to stories; now he was watching the Star Dome.

This climb lasted for more than a month.

When Tarik almost forgot why he came here, he finally arrived at the end of the trip.

He successfully reached the top of the Giant God Peak.

He raised his face again, Tarik looked at the dazzling starry sky again. At this moment, he was so close to the brilliance here, as if he could grab the brightest star with just one hand...

In a trance, Tarik stretched out his hand.

With his movements, a series of subtle "futures" appear before Tarik.

He saw the Alpasteur Library being swallowed by the abyss and flames, and he resolutely rushed into the fire of purgatory, trying to save the wonderful poems created by his predecessors of the poet.

He saw the Frost Guard drive the last remaining dream deer in the world out of the howling abyss, and he jumped down desperately, trying to save it before being swallowed by the abyss.

He saw Garen's broken body wandering on the gallows in Noxus, raised his shield and advanced without hesitation, rushing into the highly anticipated Noxus army.

When all the scene faded, Tarik found himself standing at the highest point of the Giant God Peak, and he was not alone - in front of him, something that looked like a humanoid stands there, the crystal-like face emitted the light of stars, and the sound was like a thousand whispers, cutting Tarik like a blade.

It told Tarik the truth in the world.

For some reason, Tarik felt that he had always known all of that, and the current story was just to activate sleeping memories.

Tarik readily accepted its story and took on his mission. He was willing to follow this will, walk in the rune land as the protector, and protect every inch of beauty in this world!

The proud and kind knight who used to be gone, was replaced by a brand new star spirit - Valoran Shield!

In this way, as another giant god projected his own power and will, a new star spirit was born. The first task of this newborn star spirit was to bring the star spirit who was about to step onto the level of God back to the place where he was born and accept the last test.
Chapter completed!