Legends of Runeterra

'Not enough! Not enough!'

Without any defense on his body, Li En immersed his body in the magma melted by the dragon's breath.

However, even though his body was covered with burn scars, his flesh instinctively craved more and purer dragon breath flames.

In response to this desire, Li En jumped out of the magma.

"Bang~!"

"Leen!"

A familiar yet somewhat strange voice sounded. Li En turned his head and saw a giant dragon that was almost the same size as Iva leaping directly in front of him.

"Shyvana!"

Li En's firm and unhesitating cry made Shyvana suddenly remember her current situation.

She quickly slowed down her movements to prevent the stirred-up lava from falling on Li En's healing body.

Staring at Li En with her golden vertical pupils, Shyvana spoke cautiously yet with a hint of inferiority that was difficult to conceal.

"Li...Li En...my appearance..."

“It’s very beautiful!”

"I knew it... huh!?"

"I say, Shivana, you look so beautiful now!"

Li En said, stepping forward and gently stroking Shyvana's claws.

Even placed on the magma, the red scales still have a cool and smooth texture.

"You and I..."

Even though a single dragon claw was big enough to hold Li En in his hand, as Li En's slender fingers gently stroked it, a tingling sensation came from the dragon scales he touched.

"Om~!"

Suddenly, after the two came into contact, a strange resonance arose between them and spread to the surroundings.

"Um!?"

In the distance, Iva, who sensed this special resonance, came back to his senses from his rage.

Watching the resonance between Li En and Shyvana, Iva gradually understood where Li En's exaggerated power came from and where Shyvana's "reverse scale" had gone.

"Hoo~! It turns out that the thief who stole the True Dragon's 'Reverse Scale' is a despicable fellow like you!!"

"Steal? Are you talking about me?"

Li En turned around and looked at Iva with some confusion.

"Roar~!"

"Li En is not a thief. I gave him the 'Reverse Scale' voluntarily!"

Shyvana roared, looking directly at Ivar without fear.

"Haha~! You pathetic fellow, you have no idea what a mistake you have made!

If you lose your 'reverse scale', you will also lose the qualification to be a 'true dragon'!"

"I don't care whether he's a real dragon or not. I just want to protect him, that's all!"

"Protect? For a mortal? Hum~!"

Ivar let out a small laugh.

Until just now, because the number of true dragons was too small, Iva had been consciously limiting his own power at the 'Legendary' level after sensing Shyvana's inner self.

She wanted to stimulate and accelerate the awakening of the person whom Shyvana cared about by torturing him.

Now, Iva succeeded, but also failed.

Shyvana successfully awakened, but she lost her "reverse scale". As a "broken dragon", she has lost the possibility of advancing to "legend" forever.

And to a true dragon, if it cannot reach the level of "Legend", it is no different from a hybrid dragon beast.

Looking at Shyvana who was born for unknown reasons, anger burned in his chest, but Iva's mind became clearer and clearer.

One is a dragon beast that has lost its status as a true dragon, and the other is a thief who has stolen the power mixed with that of a true dragon.

Iva no longer wanted to get entangled with these two beings who were considered the "shame of the true dragon".

"Hoo~!"

Spreading his wings that were over a hundred meters wide, Iva slowly floated into the air.

The scales that had been shattered in the battle with Li En were repaired to perfection at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The golden vertical pupils were cold and majestic, reflecting the figures of the two.

"What a sad and ridiculous mistake! Now, let me correct you!"

"Boom~!"

The scarlet light shot straight into the sky, tearing the clouds apart. The sky as far as the eye could see was dyed red.

“Crack! Bang!”

The earth cracked and endless magma gushed out.

The magma sea, which was originally over a thousand meters in size, was expanding rapidly.

At this moment, the entire world was filled with only molten magma and raging flames.

The mighty power belonging to the 'Legendary' level was officially displayed in front of the two.

“Crack~!”

Under the tremendous pressure, Li En and Shivana's muscles and bones made bursts of crackling sounds.

Especially Shyvana, who had just awakened and had not yet fully mastered her power, was oppressed and lay on the lava.

"It will be your honor to die under this power!"

He coldly uttered a declaration of death. Even though covered with heavy scales, Iva's chest was still illuminated red by the blazing and violent energy.

This time, she was no longer playing around like before, but used the breath of a true 'legendary' dragon.

Under the gaze of Li En and the others, the red scales from the chest to the neck were lit up all the way.

Around Iva's slightly opened dragon mouth, the space began to distort irregularly.

"Li...Li En, come on, hide here!"

Shivana tried her best to raise her body slightly, and anxiously urged Li En to hide under her chest.

"Hurry up! I'm a dragon, her breath can only injure me slightly!"

However, Li En seemed to see through Shivana's lies. Looking directly into her eyes, Li En shook his head slightly.

"Leave it to me, Shyvana. I can handle this breath!"

"No! Li En, don't do anything stupid, that's the breath of a legendary real dragon!"

Shyvana quickly stretched out her dragon claws and tried to force Li En under her.

"Shua~!"

Li En turned over lightly, leaving only a piece of Shyvana's clothes.

"I can already protect you, trust me!"

"Boom~!"

Golden-red aura and scarlet lightning exploded on Li En's body, and Li En turned into a meteor and rushed straight towards Iva who was hundreds of meters in the air.

Faced with the breath of a true dragon that could burn more than 99% of the existence in the Rune Land, every cell in Li En's body was emitting the strongest desire.

"Boom~!"

The red breath, like magma, directly obscured Li En's figure.

"Click~!"

The moment the dragon's breath came into contact with Li En, the full force of the legendary level tore through his defense.

"Crackling~!"

The raging flames that burned everything instantly turned Li En's body into black.

A more mysterious power poured into the body, destroying and disrupting everything.

"Yes, it is this 'flame', more of it!!!"

Feeling the pain that was enough to make a person collapse, a crack appeared at the mouth of Li En's charred and blurry head.

"Do not!!!"

Listening to Shyvana's mournful wail, Iva felt a surge of comfort from the bottom of her heart, which made her unconsciously increase her strength.

However, after just a dozen seconds, Iva discovered something was wrong.

"No, what's wrong with this guy? Why hasn't he been incinerated by the dragon's breath yet?!"

Thinking that Shyvana's "reverse scale" was on this human, Iva was no longer suspicious.

"I just don't believe it. How long can a mere piece of coke hold out?"

"Om~!"

Iva, in a rage, violently plundered the magic in the atmosphere.

"Boom~!"

An even more powerful breath gushed out, and black cracks appeared faintly in the space around the breath.