Legends of Runeterra

"Buzz~~!!!"

Shrouded in the 'Sheep Spirit Breath', before Modkaiser's soul disintegrated and dissipated, endless resentful souls, even more exaggerated than those of the previous Ruined King Viego, rose from the surface of his soul.

"Ouch~~!!!"

The liberated souls howled miserably and resentfully, but gradually fell into peace under the tranquil light of the Lamb's Soul Life.

"Uh..."

In the soul world, Qian Jue's soul frowned slightly, and a look of pain appeared on his face.

"What's wrong, Kindred?"

"Purifying Mordekaiser is more difficult than I expected. If that's all, I might not be able to complete it..."

"Then what should I do?"

"This...Mordekaiser's soul has completely reached the level of 'god'. If we want to completely purify him..."

"There's nothing to hesitate about. Just say it!"

As if influenced by Li En's determination, the hesitation on Qian Jue's face dissipated slightly.

"My ability to endure is limited now. If you want complete purification, our souls must achieve 'perfect synchronization'.

The pressure of this purification is no longer shared equally between you and me, but rather borne by our souls as a whole."

"Okay, just tell me what to do!"

"Li En you..."

"Hurry up and start. The longer you delay, the greater the pressure you will bear."

"...Okay, I understand. Just come close to me and follow my instructions!"

After Qian Jue finished speaking, before Li En got close to her, she took the initiative to move closer to Li En.

"Om~!"

Pure soul power surged, and Li En followed Qian Jue's guidance. The soul fluctuations of the two gradually synchronized and merged into one.

"Is this all right?"

'Well, thank you, Li En.'

"Buzz~~!!!"

The purple-white magic circle suddenly lit up, but it did not continue to purify Modkaiser's soul. Instead, it suddenly changed direction, covering Li En and Qian Jue who were leaning against each other.

"This is!?"

In the soul world, Li En's soul suddenly opened his eyes.

Behind Qian Jue's petite body, an ancient and mysterious wooden mask, almost two people tall, had quietly appeared behind her at some point.

"Nice to meet you, hello, Li En."

"You are..."

"As you can see, I am the 'Mother of Masks,' the creator of all Death Gods, or rather... their 'mother.'"

A quiet and peaceful voice sounded. If it weren't for the strange location of the mask, the voice would have been quite convincing.

"..."

"What's wrong? I remember you're not a quiet person, right?"

Another mask appeared in Li En's sight, and the same voice came from the mask.

"Ha! I've never seen a 'mother' who creates 'vultures' specifically to hunt her 'children'."

"Oh? You actually knew about this.

Let me think... Um... It was the guy called 'Frog Spirit' who told you, right?"

With each word, a completely different mask appeared, and the voice of the 'Mother of Masks' echoed throughout the soul world.

The sound that was originally considered quiet and peaceful now gave people a feeling of chaos and noise just by listening to it.

"Oh! Such hypocritical behavior, disgusting!"

"Hehe~! Is that so? But Li En, I advise you not to try to do anything tricky.

Now your soul and Kindred's soul have merged into one. If you're not careful, she won't even have a chance to die!"

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"Do you want to know?"

There are traditional Ionian wooden masks, black and red wolf masks from Noxus, and Bilgewater-style masks with sea monster patterns...

Masks piled up one on top of another, echoing the voice of the 'Mother of Masks', which seemed quiet and gentle at first, but was actually like the abyss lurking beneath the calm sea surface.

"That's fine. After all, with your strength, you are qualified to be a witness."

"..."

Li En did not answer, but just hugged Qian Jue and stared at the masks quietly.

The 'Mother of Masks' paid no attention to this, and a quiet and peaceful voice, like 'death' itself, rang out.

"Before there were any written records and before humans appeared.

One day, for unknown reasons, 'Death' was shattered.

He turned into countless fragments and scattered throughout the world.

At this time, a great being discovered this fact, and he worked tirelessly to gather the "fragments" together bit by bit.

Yet these 'fragments' are not mortal, and simply putting them together cannot recreate 'death.'

"And this world cannot exist without 'death'.

So, this great man pondered and experienced countless failures, and finally found a way to reshape "death".

That is to make 'masks' from the fragments, and have these children guide a sufficient number of dead souls.

Use those dead souls to erase the original traces of "death".

Ultimately, the Great One will gather these 'fragments' into himself.

Bring true death to this world!"

"Uh..."

Amidst the chaotic and noisy sounds that sounded like mental pollution, the unconscious Qian Jue frowned and opened his eyes with a look of pain and struggle.

"Li...Li En..."

Weakly calling the name of the person in front of him, Qian Jue's eyes, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years and never revealed any emotion, now revealed a hint of joy and more worry.

"Haha~! It's really surprising that this child can wake up.

It seems that you, Li En, are more important to her than I expected~!"

Ignoring the chatter of the 'Mother of Masks', Li En raised his hand and slowly approached Qian Jue's little face, gently smoothing her frown.

"I'm here, Kindred."

"Hurry... leave me alone... go away..."

"Don't worry, get some sleep, and everything will be back to normal when you wake up."

"No...you don't understand..."

"Om~!"

The 'Sheep Spirit Life' formation emerged from under the two of them. Qian Jue frowned again, and the pain on his little face became more and more obvious.

And as the 'purification' began, Kindred's aura became weaker and weaker.

"It's really touching, but it's all in vain. Li En, hand over the 'thing'!"

"You mean this?"

"Om~!"

As Li En raised his hand, something intertwined with bright white and light purple light appeared in his palm.

"Yes, that's it, hand it over!"

"I...I don't want to...Even if you take the 'Soul Wedge'...it won't work..."

"Oh! Kindred, my child, what do you want?"

Faced with Kindred's determination, the voice of the 'Mother of Masks' suddenly softened.

"Let...let Li En...go away..."