Legends of Runeterra

A bald head, a weed-like beard, bluish-purple skin covered with rune tattoos, and an exaggeratedly large ancient scroll on his back.

"Damn it, they came so fast, did they activate Realm Warp right away!?"

Looking directly into those eyes that were flashing with unnatural rainbow colors, Li En complained in his heart while trying to retract his movements slowly to avoid causing misunderstandings and irritating Ryze on the opposite side.

As for the little Charmander Smodeus, the intuition from the Emperor Dragon made him hold Li En's back tightly with all four claws, revealing half of his little head, and carefully observed Ryze.

Fortunately, as Li En expected, Ryze stared at the man and the dragon for a while, and after confirming that there was no runic aura, he withdrew his gaze.

At this moment in Ryze's hands, the 'World Rune' no longer emits green light.

Looking at this dark green, amber-like object, Ryze realized that this was a disguise specially made by a powerful being, and the real runes were still inside.

"Om~!"

A blue arcane light emanates from the palm of his hand.

"Click~!"

With a slight sound, the dark green amber shattered into two pieces.

"Om~!"

A brilliant green light, as if the origin of life, lit up.

A thumb-sized, oddly shaped emerald green stone slowly rose up.

"Wow~!"

The entire cedar forest was shaking slightly, leaning slightly towards the 'World Rune', as if even they, as plants, were craving for the power of the rune.

"Click~!"

The sound of slight footsteps caught Ryze's attention.

"Alas! As expected, facing the real rune, no one can..."

Ryze secretly mobilized arcane energy, intending to give the opponent a quick death, while slightly turning his head to look.

'Um!?'

To Ryze's surprise, the man with black hair and black eyes not only did not move forward, but instead took a few steps back.

There was no look of obsession due to being tempted on his face, but rather a look of alertness that was even more cautious than before.

Stopping the surging arcane energy, Ryze reached out and grabbed.

"Buzz~!"

The 'World Rune' trembled slightly in his hand for a few times, and then fell into unwilling silence.

Ryze, noticing this unprecedented abnormality, glanced at the man in the distance with some surprise.

During the thousand years of pursuit of the 'World Rune', Ryze was inevitably transformed by the power dissipated by the 'World Rune'.

Although he gained a life beyond the imagination of mortals, he also became more and more in line with the power of the 'World Rune'.

It can be said that as long as Ryze is willing, he can merge with all the 'World Runes' he has collected at any time and possess power comparable to or even surpassing that of gods.

And even with such a perfect carrier, this 'World Rune' is even more eager to reach the man opposite.

Such an outrageous thing, even though Ryze had seen countless strange things, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

However, Ryze did not stop his actions. He grabbed the "World Rune" with his right hand, held the scroll behind him with his left hand, and then slapped the scroll with his right hand.

"Om~!"

A complex blue magic circle lit up, wrapping the "World Rune" layer by layer and slowly pulling it into the scroll.

After completing all this, Ryze finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Putting the scroll back on his back, Ryze looked up at Li En.

"Hello, this...senior, my name is Li En."

Observing that Ryze was in a relatively normal state at the moment, and that the 'World Rune' had been sealed by the opponent, Li En tried to communicate with him.

Subconsciously, he compared Li En with a disciple in his memory.

Both of them are about the same age, but there is no doubt that Li En is not only more outstanding in appearance, but also has amazing strength.

After staring at each other in silence for a while, Ryze finally recalled how to communicate with others from his complicated memories.

"Hello, young man."

Like sand caressing rocks, a hoarse, weathered, old voice sounded, the tone was old-fashioned and stiff, as if he had not communicated with anyone for a long time.

"Is there a problem?"

"Uh... Actually, it's those two pieces. If you don't want to take them away, can you give them back to me?"

"These?"

Ryze picked up two dark green fragments that were split in half on the ground and asked curiously.

"Yes, they are 'talismans' given to me by someone very important to me, so..."

"take it!"

Ryze stretched out his hand and hesitated for a moment.

"Om~!"

Arcane energy surged, the two fragments floated up, and then slowly moved closer.

Under the gaze of Li En and Smodur, the two merged into one again, as if they had never been broken before.

"That should be better, right?"

"Yes, thank you!"

Li En carefully put away the dark green amber that floated in front of him.

Raise your head again.

"Om~!"

I only saw a glimpse of Ryze's back in the Realm Warp, and then he disappeared.

Li En was stunned for a moment, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

In this regard, Li En, who clearly knew Ryze's mission, thought that this was normal behavior.

It’s better not to stare at him like what happened just now.

Before his strength reached a certain level, Li En really didn't want to come into contact with the 'World Rune', a power that was obviously wrong and guarded by Ryze.

"Huh! They finally left. The dragon was really scared to death!"

Smod quietly loosened the clothes on Li En's back that he had torn.

"Master Li En, thank you for protecting me just now. You are such a great...dragon!"

Coming in front of Li En, Smod tilted his little head up with a grateful look on his face. He tried to distract Li En with words to prevent Li En from noticing, and then hit his forehead.

"Boom~!"

"Ouch~!"

"Stop talking nonsense and find a way to clean up the fire you caused. Don't make me clean up your mess!"

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

Rubbing his angular forehead with his little paws, Smodus ran towards the flames that were spreading outwards with a wronged look on his face.

Just as Smod was working hard.

"Roar~!"

A long and domineering dragon roar sounded from the distant sky.

"Huh!?"

Smod raised his head and looked at the huge monster with a wingspan of over a hundred meters that was tearing through the clouds and descending.

“Mom~~~!”

"Roar~!"

The same green dragon eyes locked onto Smodur, and the adult emperor dragon slowly descended.

“Crack! Snap!”

The flames went out and the surrounding cedars were easily crushed by the dragon.

Smod ran to the dragon as fast as he could, and the dragon lowered its head in cooperation.

"Mom! Mom! Mom!"

"Roar~!"

The dragon rubbed his child, his eyes full of tenderness.

"Hey, Li En, you are done for, my mom is here~!"

Smod put one paw on his waist and pointed the other at Li En, speaking in a haughty manner, his little tail wagging back and forth excitedly.

Facing the Dragon Mother's puzzled gaze, Li En walked forward slowly, and a golden-red light lit up.

"Om~!"

In that brilliant light, a majestic, domineering, and disdainful figure slowly emerged.

...

On the high mountains in the distance, blue arcane energy transmitted the picture synchronously. Ryze quietly looked at the figure that turned into a dragon.

"interesting..."

Then, waving his hand to dispel the image, Ryze once again embarked on a lonely journey in pursuit of the 'World Rune'.