Legends of Runeterra

"Boom~!"

"Ouch~!"

A crisp knocking sound interrupted Smodur's crying.

Covering his forehead with his two short, fleshy forelimbs, Smodus looked angry but dared not speak.

"Okay, it's just a joke, I won't really hurt you."

"Really...really?"

Facing Smod's unbelieving look, Li En blinked, and his dark pupils instantly turned into bright golden vertical pupils, and a majestic and domineering aura emanated from him.

"Ahhh~! You...hiccup~!"

The familiar smell made Smod's eyes widen. He pointed his little paw at Li En and was about to speak when he accidentally burped.

A ball of fire the size of a baby's fist hit Li En's chest.

A hole was burned in Li En's ordinary Demacia clothes, and the warm feeling spread to his chest.

That location happened to be where the strange amulet that Shyvana gave to Li En was.

"Fuck!"

"Ah~! I'm sorry...I'm sorry, Li En!"

While apologizing, Smodus stretched out his little paws to try to help Li En put out the flames.

"Om~!"

As the green light rose, a repulsive force bounced Smod away.

"Woooa ...

Smodur huddled up with his head protected, trembling.

However, after waiting for a few seconds, nothing happened.

Smodus opened his little paws slightly, and secretly observed Li En through the gap, following his gaze.

"Huh!?"

The dark green, amber-like amulet floated in the air four or five meters high, emitting a green light full of vitality.

Wherever the light passed, in this high-altitude area covered with snow all year round, flowers and plants broke through the snow, making the area within hundreds of meters as if it were spring.

"This is..."

Feeling the call coming from his ears and the inexplicable temptation, Li En moved Smod behind him and looked at the "amulet" vigilantly.

...

Palm-sized snowflakes were falling all over the sky accompanied by the cold wind. In this environment where the temperature was at least dozens of degrees below zero, even every breath was a challenge.

A staggering figure emerged from the wind and snow. He hunched his shoulders, lowered his head, and had a shaggy beard that was gray.

He was of medium height, wearing a tattered robe that fluttered in the fierce cold wind, revealing his mottled, tattooed skin, a strange color between blue and purple.

The most eye-catching thing is the huge and ancient scroll behind him, which is almost as tall as him.

"Om~!"

Suddenly, the scroll behind the wanderer trembled slightly.

The wanderer shuddered all over, as if he had just woken up from a dream, and suddenly raised his head, revealing eyes that flashed with unnatural rainbows.

"The scroll is vibrating, there must be a rune in that direction!"

Raising his right hand, which was covered with frost and scars, the wanderer drew a few lines in front of his body.

"Om~!"

The blue arcane light lit up, a space door opened, and the wanderer stepped in.

...

"Fuck!!! It's the World Rune!!!"

Looking at the "amulet" in the air, Li En finally understood what this "valuable item" was.

That emerald green light was, without a doubt, a rune of determination, similar to one that represented the concept of life.

'No wonder Shyvana was born from a dragon egg that had never received the 'essence of life'! '

Giles is such a fool, I really don't know whether he is lucky or unlucky. He stole a dragon egg and picked up a "World Rune" on the way, and just happened to put the two together.

The result was the birth of Shyvana.

However, it was this coincidence that prevented Giles from being tempted and corrupted by the "World Rune" and becoming a monster like Kegan Noh, no, now it should be called the Vengeful Flame Soul - Brand, who was only looking for more runes.

Now this rune may have recovered after years of silence and been awakened by Smod's fire, but at this moment Li En has no intention of accepting it.

It's not because of Brand, but the more troublesome Rune Mage, Ryze, who has been determined to search and seal runes for thousands of years.

During the Rune Wars, the young mage Ryze and his mentor Tyrus witnessed their hometown being destroyed by the power of the 'World Rune'.

In the late Rune Wars, it was discovered that the mentor Tyrus' 'World Rune' was corrupted, and Ryze killed him personally.

And finally, for the first and last time, Ryze believed in and accepted the Freljord-born Kegan Noh as his disciple.

As a result, the other party was seduced by the "World Rune", and his soul was destroyed and reshaped, turning into the vengeful flame soul Brand.

The above are the three major traumas in Ryze's life caused by the "World Rune".

However, due to the terrible corrupting power of the 'World Rune', Ryze has probably encountered similar things countless times in the past thousand years, coupled with the pressure of constantly resisting the temptation of the 'World Rune'.

With so much mental trauma, Li En doubted whether Ryze's mental state could still be considered normal.

But one thing is certain, that is, as long as it concerns the 'World Rune', no one can influence his determination to collect and seal it.

This guaranteed legendary wizard will become even more terrifying once he uses the power of runes. Li En really doesn't want to come into contact with him when there are wild "World Runes".

Especially now that the 'World Rune' is calling him, if Li En meets Ryze at this moment, he might have to face overwhelming arcane magic.

"Smooth, let's go!"

Without any hesitation, Li En picked up Smodus and turned away.

"Li En, why? Why don't you take that thing? It seems to be a very good thing!"

Perhaps it was the 'World Rune' that did not tempt Smodur, or perhaps it was because as an emperor dragon, he possessed super mental resistance.

At this moment, Smod turned his head and looked at the runes floating in the air with curiosity.

"Boom~!"

"Ouch~!"

"Don't ask so many questions, kid!"

"Woo~! I know...I know..."

Li En had just arrived at the edge of the area that was overgrown with flowers and plants due to the influence of the "World Rune".

"Om~!"

The 'World Rune' shook slightly, and then flew towards Li En at a rapid speed.

"Fuck! Don't come over here!"

The golden-red energy formed a barrier, but perhaps due to the special nature of the 'World Rune', the barrier only slightly slowed down its speed.

"Get out of here!"

Li En had no intention of touching the 'World Rune' at all. In a hurry, he took out the 'Ancient Scroll' that anchored Evelynn and swung it out fiercely.

"Bang~!"

The 'World Rune' turned into a meteor and flew backwards.

"Om~!"

Ryze, who had just teleported, saw a green rune flying towards him.

Subconsciously, Ryze stretched out his hand.

"Crack~!"

After catching it steadily, Ryze raised his head and looked in the direction where the 'World Rune' was flying from.

A man with black hair and black eyes was slowly putting away his striking posture, and in his other hand.

"A human and a dragon hatchling!?"