Legends of Runeterra

"Sorry, feel free to do as you please, I have to go check on my friend first."

"Shua~!"

"Eh!? Li En, wait for me!"

"Brother Li En! Brother Ezreal!"

Without the safe 'shield', Ezreal hurriedly followed Li En, and Milio also followed behind.

In the blink of an eye, the slightly confrontational situation turned into only Nidalee and Neeko.

"Nidalee, we..."

Looking at the crack on the cliff blasted open by Ezreal, Neeko looked at the other party tentatively.

Nidalee was silent for a while, then she gritted her teeth and swung her spear when she thought of her tribe of pure jungle cats who had to starve and take risks to hunt in farther places because the prey in the hunting grounds had been reduced by one third.

"Let's go, keep up, we must kill that monster!"

"Okay, let's go!"

...

"Uh..."

The pungent smell became stronger, perhaps because we went too deep into the underground cave.

“Tear it up~!”

Wielding the Oreltar Ringblade, the power of the earth element easily tore apart the insects that pounced on her. However, there was no trace of joy on Qiyana's face. Instead, she looked more solemn.

She is clearly now underground, so the elemental power of the earth should be abundant and active.

But the current situation is just the opposite. If Qiyana's own "elemental attainments" had not reached the top level of Ixtal, she might not be able to draw out enough elemental power.

Such an environment can be said to be extremely targeted at the Ishtar people who practice the "Original Axiom".

“Hoo~Hoo~Hoo~!”

The pungent smell and thin air made Qiana's breathing more and more rapid. At this moment, Yunale, who had always been proud and confident, had already begun to think of retreating.

“His ...

"Ok?"

Suddenly, a few strange insects appeared in front of her. Qiyana was stunned for a moment, then immediately rushed forward waving the Oreltar Ring Blade.

"Brother Ezreal, be careful!"

"Waaaaaaah!! Save me, Li En, this guy is crazy!!"

Facing the rushing Qiyana, Ezreal, who had already consumed most of his magic power in the previous escape, decisively chose to protect Li En in front of him again.

Li En ignored the "lively" Ezreal and stared at the attacking Qiyana with a fixed gaze.

"Om~!"

An invisible force field suddenly enveloped Qiyana, instantly freezing her in the act of leaping.

Nidalee, who had followed the three men, felt her hair stand on end when she saw this. She instinctively stopped and clenched the spear in her hand.

Behind her, Neeko frowned, walked past Nidalee, and quickly came to Qiyana.

"Li En, this human's 'Shoma'... is stained with a layer of... oooo~!"

Nicole's whole body trembled, her curly green tail suddenly straightened up, and she fell down with a pale face.

"Plop~!"

“Neeko!!”

With a flash of her body, Nidalee came to Neeko who was lying in Li En's arms.

"Don't touch..."

"If you want her to be okay, it's best to leave it to me."

"..."

Staring at Li En's dark and calm eyes, Nidalee was silent for a while, then slowly put away her spear.

It's not that she is naive. Rather, as a vastaya who was raised by Paka jungle cats in a wild environment, Nidalee's spiritual perception is better than that of the average vastaya.

She could vaguely sense Li En's shining and warm inner self, which was completely different from any human she had ever seen.

Otherwise, the spear thrown earlier would not have been intended to knock Li En's arm away, but would have been aimed directly at her back.

"Very good, this is not a big problem, just leave it to me."

Li En nodded, then raised his hand and gently placed it on Nicole's forehead.

"Om~!"

A warm and reassuring golden-red aura rose up and covered Neeko.

At the same time, he also separated his forces to cover the entire body of Qiyana who was fixed in mid-air.

Compared to Qiyana, the effect was almost immediate, and Neeko's pale face returned to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Woo~!"

With her eyes closed, Nicole subconsciously moved closer to Li En's chest and rubbed her rosy little face against it.

"Hehe~! Shuoma, such a warm Shuoma..."

Seeing that Li En had put away his golden and red arrogance, Nidalee looked at him, and after getting permission, she stepped forward and took over the Vastaya girl who had just joined her tribe.

"Neeko! Neeko wake up!"

"Woo~! My Shuoma, don't run!"

Neeko, who had escaped from Li En's arms, opened her eyes immediately, only to see Nidalee's worried face.

"Hey? Nidalee, what's wrong with you?"

"You ask me what's wrong? Why don't you look at yourself?"

"I'm not..."

Memories gradually emerged, and Nicole closed her mouth guiltily.

“Don’t worry, she’s fine now after my treatment.

Just be careful in the future not to use your talents so casually to sense and imitate other people's souls. Some things cannot be easily imitated.

If you imitate others rashly, you will pay a huge price."

"I heard no Neeko!"

"Woo~! Got it...got it..."

Nicole shuddered when she thought of the terrible feeling she had before, and nodded obediently.

The Vastaya girl who escaped from the disaster that destroyed her tribe and came to the jungle with her own talent now truly felt the dangers of the outside world.

Subconsciously, she leaned towards the person who made her feel most at ease.

Under Nidalee's 'as expected' gaze, Neeko grabbed Li En's clothes.

Seeing this, Li En smiled at her gently and took the initiative to rub Nicole's head.

On the other side, the golden-red flames that enveloped Qiyana also slowly receded.

"Cough cough cough~!"

Amidst a cough, Qiyana slowly opened her eyes.

"Uh...Lee...Lee En!?"

"it's me."

Li En gently raised his arm and supported Qiyana who was slowly falling from mid-air.

"Here, drink this."

"Um..."

Looking at the medicine bottle that Li En handed to her mouth, Qiyana opened her mouth and drank it without hesitation.

“Gurgle~Gurgle~!”

As the effect of the potion took effect in the body, Qiyana's pale face gradually recovered.

"They're all rescued. Brother Li En is so awesome!"

"Hehe! Of course Milio, Lee En is my chosen adventure partner!"

"Hehe~! Li En is the best!"

Qiyana was slightly startled when she heard the voice. She glanced around quietly and saw that in addition to the two little yellow-haired guys at the beginning, there were two more strange women, and these four people were all staring at her intently.

Suddenly, a blush appeared on the proud Yun'ale's face at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"You...I...let go..."

Li En understood Qiana's meaning of the last three words through lip reading. Seeing that she was extremely embarrassed and angry, Li En released his hand that was holding her waist at the right time.