Legends of Runeterra

“Click~Click~!”

Sitting in a carriage that looked ordinary in appearance, Diana looked through the one-way glass at the street scene as the carriage passed by.

"It's only been a few months since we last met, has Hefeng Industry changed so much?"

As the head of the Philos family, Diana naturally knew what Zaun was like before the emergence of Hefeng Industries.

To describe it with an objective word without any emotional color, it is - stinking ditch.

There are gangs everywhere, smuggling and murder, and even the air is mixed with some alchemical poison gas from time to time.

But now the carriages are traveling within the jurisdiction of Hefeng Industries. If a foreigner who has never been to Zaun suddenly comes here, he will probably think he is still in Piltover.

“Da da~da~!”

The carriage slowly drove into an ordinary alley and stopped.

"Sir, here we are."

"Ah."

Stepping off the carriage, Diana took out a sky-blue badge from the exquisite bag in her hand and placed it on the wall.

"Drip~!"

"Om~!"

The ordinary wall slowly opened and Diana stepped in.

"Welcome, Lady Diana."

A tall guard wearing external armor bowed and saluted Diana.

"Well, I have something important to discuss."

"Yes, my lord. Mistress Renata is waiting for you. This elevator will take you directly there."

"Ok."

"Om~!"

The elevator started moving, and soon after, it opened again.

"Welcome to Hefeng Industries, Ms. Diana."

"Haha~! Hello Ms. Renata."

...

“Ding ding~ ding ding~!”

Li En took out a sky-blue badge from his arms and gently stroked it with his fingers.

"Lord Li En, Lady Diana wants to see you."

"Okay, I got it. Please ask her to come to my office. I'll be there now."

Putting away the badge, Li En looked at the two people beside him.

"You two, I'll be leaving first."

"Sir, please walk slowly."

"Goodbye, Master Li En."

"Haha~! Ike, if you don't mind, just call me Brother Li En like we did at the beginning."

"real..."

"Crack~!"

Victor patted Ike lightly.

"Brother Li En!"

"Well, keep up the good work. In the future, you will be the 'great inventor' of Zaun!"

"Yeah, I will definitely try my best!"

After rubbing Ike's round head, which was still cut short in order to save time for study and research, Li En smiled, nodded, and strode out of the laboratory.

"Come on Ike, tell me about your research ideas, maybe I can help you improve them."

"No problem, thank you Teacher Victor!"

...

"Om~!"

"Da da da~!"

Steady and rhythmic footsteps came from the door. Diana, who was sitting in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, seemed to be overlooking and admiring the Japanese-style industrial area planning, but was actually extremely anxious in her heart, and quickly turned her head.

"Mr. Li En!"

"Good day, Lady Diana. May Janna bless you."

"Good...good day, Mr. Li En."

Looking at Li En walking in front of her, Diana's inexplicable anxiety slowly subsided.

"Please take a seat. I was late because I had some things to deal with."

"It's okay Mr. Li En, I didn't wait long."

"Wow~!"

Zeli brought tea to Li En, made a cup for him, and also refilled the hot water for Diana.

"please."

"Thank you."

Holding the cup gracefully, Diana's eyes remained on Li En through the hazy steam.

Although she had made the decision before coming, Diana still had some concerns in her heart when the time came.

After all, it was Ms. Camille who had been communicating directly with Li En all along, and the number of times she had actually met Li En was actually very few.

However, considering Li En's previous style of doing things, Diana finally suppressed her concerns.

"Actually, I've been waiting for you to come since last night."

"Uh...Mr. Li En, I..."

"The family in Piltover has already told me about Ms. Camille."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Diana was silent for a moment. After thinking for a moment, she roughly guessed who in Piltover was able to get a glimpse of this news.

"Yes, Mr. Li En, since arriving in Kumangu, Lady Camille... has been missing for a whole week."

"Can you tell me why Camille went to the Kumangu Jungle in person this time?"

"Of course, Mr. Li En, with Jace, who was sponsored by the Midalda family, becoming the youngest professor at the Piltover Academy of Sciences, more and more families have realized the effectiveness of Hextech crystals.

But you also know that the crystal mining areas are basically in the hands of the Philos family, so..."

Diana slowly narrated what had happened. Regardless of whether Hex crystals were studied or not, as their value continued to rise, almost all capable families sent fleets to Kumanggu to explore and excavate, trying to mine more crystal mines.

At the beginning, the results were good and a large number of Hex crystal mines were discovered. However, after a large number of miners and equipment were transported there, no news came from the entire Kumanggu Jungle.

It seemed as if all of a sudden, everyone disappeared into the jungle.

The unwilling families sent their most elite men to investigate, but just like the miners, they all disappeared in the primitive jungle.

After several consecutive incidents, the major families no longer had the extra strength to investigate further.

The Philos family was also implicated, and all mining areas lost contact.

But unlike other families, Camille Ferros' heart really requires a large amount of crystals purified from Hextech crystals to keep it running.

For other families, it was just a loss of a lot of manpower and resources, but for Philos, if this problem was not solved as soon as possible, Camille would...

So after some discussion, Camille rejected the tribesmen's proposal and chose to go into the jungle to explore in person.

As for the result, just like everyone before her, Camille also lost contact.

"Mr. Li En, I...I would like to ask if you can send some people..."

"can."

"The Ferros family is willing... ah!?"

Diana, who quickly said that the family was willing to pay a huge price, suddenly raised her head and looked at Li En with a look of surprise and doubt.

"I said, okay, leave it to me."

"I...you...thank you, thank you!"

"You're welcome, Ms. Diana. The Ferros family and Hefeng Industries have been allies for a long time, haven't they?"

"Yes...yes, Mr. Li En!"

"Well, without further ado, I'll leave now."

"Ah? Mr. Li En, you are going there in person!?"

"Yes, don't worry, I will definitely bring Camille back."

"But..."

"By the way, regarding how we deal with the matter regarding General Anbesa of Noxus, I will let Renata communicate with you later. As allies, I hope we can advance and retreat together."

"Ok, no problem."

"Well, I'm off then."

"Mr. Li En, please slow down..."

"Om~!"

Before Diana could finish her words, a crack opened up in space and Li En's figure flashed by.

"this..."

After seeing what Li En did, Diana's worries disappeared completely.