Legends of Runeterra

All the snow-capped mountains within tens of kilometers were flattened. In the center of the earth covered with glass-like crystals and flowing magma, there were two figures, one standing and one lying down.

“Crack! Crack!”

The dim figure of Fireworks fell at Li En's feet. The invisible field and the golden-red aura suppressed his body. The originally complete body slowly shattered and disintegrated, revealing a hollow chest with faint red and green light.

"That's all? You're so arrogant and you think you're so strong."

Looking down at Brand at his feet, Li En looked at this monster with disdain.

If the other party still had some remnants of 'Kigan Nohe', Li En might have tried to help him, but the Freljord man had already completely died the moment he came into contact with the 'World Rune', leaving only the monster named 'Brand'.

"Om~!"

The sound of a portal opening was heard behind him, and Li En turned around to look.

He first looked at Brand on the ground, and then Ryze stared at Li En with his strange eyes, with a hint of disbelief in his pupils.

"In just such a short time, Li En, you have become stronger again!"

"Well, it's okay. I just had a battle with Volibear before, and I have some insights."

"Is that so... What an amazing talent!"

'No wonder you don't have that many thoughts on the 'World Rune'.'

He sighed secretly in his heart, thoughts surging in Ryze's mind.

In the process of pursuing the "World Rune", Ryze has seen countless strange beings. He has come into contact with Darkin, Protoss, and even Void creatures.

But only Li En, the peaceful and confident young man in front of him, from the beginning of Demacia, to the Blessed Islands occupied by the "Curse of the Ruin", and now Freljord.

The three encounters with the 'World Rune' saw Li En's strength grow explosively each time.

Such an existence, in his long life, Ryze has only seen one person like Li En.

In addition, in just a few years, Li En encountered the 'World Rune' three times.

His growth rate is incredible and his strength is extremely powerful. He clearly has a special connection with the 'World Rune', but he does not desire the power of the rune. Instead, he is a little afraid of it.

After repeated contacts, shocked by Li En's current strength, Ryze, who shoulders this responsibility alone, or it would be more appropriate to say "curse", begins to experience some changes in his heart.

He turned his head to look at Brand who was pinned to the ground and unable to move. A complex look flashed in his eyes, and then he raised his hand and waved gently.

"Buzz~~!!"

The blue arcane power transformed into various complex and obscure runes, binding Brand tightly.

Ryze used so many tricks that he turned Brand under Lee En's feet into a blue cocoon.

"Thank you for your hard work, Li En. Leave the rest to me."

"Okay Mr. Ruiz, I'll step aside for now."

“No need, you can just stay here.

Li En, you may not have noticed it yourself, but have you ever thought that you have never actively looked for the 'World Rune', but now this is the third time you have encountered the 'World Rune'.

Facing Ryze's gaze, Li En was silent for a while. After confirming that the other party had no hostility, he still did not let down his guard, but a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Maybe...it's a coincidence."

"No! It's definitely not a coincidence! Li En, you and the 'World Rune' have some kind of fate that none of us have discovered.

So... I wanted you to know more so that if you find a rune in the future and I can't come, you can handle it properly."

"That... okay, but I believe you will be there, Mr. Ruiz."

"Haha~! Who knows?"

A smile appeared on Ryze's weathered blue-purple face.

"Look carefully, Li En, how to remove the 'World Rune' from the body of a being that has been corroded and alienated by it!"

"Buzz~~!!"

Arcane power surged, and Brand's broken body, which had been mostly restored, began to disintegrate and melt at a faster speed than before.

"Uh...ah!!!"

A shrill wail accompanied by flames burst out from the mouth of the Vengeful Flame Soul.

"Ryze!!! The rune is... mine aa ...

"Buzz~~!!"

The arcane power continued to surge without any chaos, decomposing and dissolving Brand's body.

"No! Don't do that! Teacher Ruiz, it's me! I'm Kegan Nohe, your disciple!"

"..."

Facing Brand's pleading gaze, Ryze's cold expression did not change at all, and countless obscure arcane marks were condensed by him.

"Aa ...

Brand's miserable and resentful wail finally ended when his body was completely refined by Ryze.

“Hula~!!!”

"Buzz~~!!"

The raging flames were about to erupt when they were restrained by the arcane spell that Ryze had prepared long ago.

No matter how the flames changed and collided, they were still slowly compressed and condensed by the arcane power.

finally.

"Buzz~!!!"

One red, the other emerald green, the two runes were solidified by arcane power, quietly floating in front of Li En and Ryze.

"Hoo~!"

"Well, luckily Brand only got this Rune of Resolve not long ago and hasn't completely integrated it yet, otherwise it would be even more troublesome."

Ryze breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his blue-purple face, covering up the hidden sadness.

Li En naturally wouldn't point it out, and just nodded with a smile.

"So what should we do next?"

"Of course, they are sealed up!"

Ryze said as he took off the huge scroll as big as him from behind.

“Hula~!”

As Li En looked somewhat surprised, the scroll unfolded directly in front of the two of them.

"Mr. Ryze, this..."

"I told you I wanted you to learn more about runes."

Interrupting the confused Li En, Ryze waved his hand and embedded two runes on the scroll.

"Look, Li En, these are some of the runes I collected. Can you tell the difference between them? The most obvious ones."

Hearing this, Li En's eyes fell on the unfolded scroll.

Yellow, red, blue, green.

Precision, domination, witchcraft, determination.

Runes from all four series appear on the scroll, except for the runes from the Inspiration series, which are nowhere to be seen.

Li En was a little confused about this, but did not ask directly.

After all, it's not surprising to know a little about the existence of the "World Rune", but knowing too much about the rune would probably make Ryze suspicious.

Obviously the situation is good now, Li En would not be stupid enough to destroy Ryze's trust in him with just one sentence.