Legends of Runeterra

In the dense primeval jungle, two figures were jumping and moving back and forth on the moss-covered branches.

"Nidalee."

"Nidalee."

"What's wrong, Nicole?"

"Nidalee, you obviously like Li En too, why are you leaving so quickly?"

"You...what are you talking about!?"

"Hehe~! Don't forget my talent, Nidalee, you can't fool me~!

Also, I talked to my tribesmen, and they said that even though they are Vastaya, they have never seen you so friendly, let alone a human!"

"Oh! That's not 'liking', it's just respect and gratitude for the strong.

If it weren’t for Li En, we would have been ambushed by those bugs if we had rashly pursued the past…”

As Nidalee explained, Neeko looked at her with meaningful and wise eyes, as if she saw through everything.

Gradually, Nidalee stopped explaining.

"Okay, Nicole, just focus on the journey."

"But Nidalee, the clues we found have been cut off. Where should we look for it now?"

Neeko blinked and looked at Nidalee with a puzzled look.

"Just go back first and check on everyone's situation."

"Great, let's go home~!"

"Shua~!"

Running lightly in the jungle, Nidalee's green eyes were slightly absent-minded.

In a place that the two had not noticed, vines with scarlet thorns were crawling around the tree trunk like poisonous snakes.

...

Jyra is the legendary owner of the "Jyra Garden" located in the two river basins of eastern Shurima.

Of course, the name of "Jielu Garden" has long disappeared in history along with the "Rune War" that almost broke down the civilizations of all continents.

Even the 'Jela Garden' was rebuilt by Jella after she gained a new life form.

The transformation of Jella from a vague collective will to the one she is today, able to walk freely on the earth and more cunning than humans, was all thanks to a piece of "World Rune Fragment".

Although a large amount of energy was lost due to her birth, that was only something that could be replenished over time. The truly precious thing was this 'World Rune Fragment' of the Resolute Element itself.

But many years ago, a violent elemental dragon broke into the Jielu Garden. The dragon that controlled the element of fire burned and destroyed everything in the garden.

An angry Jella, with the intention of turning the giant dragon into fertilizer, attacked directly, but in the end, the two were evenly matched and neither could do anything to the other.

But the 'World Rune Fragment' of Determination that Jella had hidden in the garden with magic resin to isolate the aura disappeared after the battle.

After some searching, Jella found some traces left by human mages.

But Jella, who had been tracking him all the way, also let the cunning guy slip away.

Angry and regretful, Jella waited until recently, when she once again felt the scent of the magic resin she specially made.

But when Jella tracked all the way, when she came out of the wrong portal and killed those disgusting "pests", she witnessed the earth-shaking battle from a distance.

With Jella's eyesight, she could naturally see that the human in the sky, who was obviously not using his full strength, could not be the thief from many years ago.

But the scent of magic resin was clearly emanating from the other person.

'No matter what, use these two Vastaya to threaten him and make him return the things!

Just... hope he doesn't discover the secret of the magic resin...'

Jella exerted her full strength as the embodiment of nature, blending her aura completely with the jungle. Through the vines she controlled, she "watched" the two people running in the jungle from afar.

“Tread~!”

Landing nimbly on the trunk of the towering ancient tree, Nidalee and Neeko leaped to the next location again. At this moment.

"Shua~!"

"Nidalee..."

"Um!?"

Nidalee was slightly distracted, and before she could change her shape, dark green vines suddenly attacked from all directions.

"Phew~!"

Neeko's figure flashed in the air, and then an identical figure appeared, with sharp claws popping out, tearing towards the dark green vines fiercely.

“Tear it up~!”

The sharp claws only left a few faint marks on the vines. At the same time, other vines discovered had already wrapped around the ankles of Nidalee and the other two.

"Roar~!"

Nidalee swung her claws, and this time she managed to tear the vines on the ankles of the two men, but her own movements were inevitably paused.

"Shua~!"

Tearing off the vines that were wrapped around Neeko, Nidalee retracted her claws and slapped Neeko, pushing her directly out of the encirclement.

"Bang~!"

"Nidalee!!"

"go!"

As soon as Nidalee finished her words, Neeko, who had just stabilized her body not far away, was suddenly entangled by the vines hidden under her feet. She became like Nidalee, wrapped in the vines with only her head sticking out.

"Yes...I'm sorry..."

"... ...

Forget it, Nicole, are you hurt? "

"I'm fine, Nidalee, how about you?"

"I'm fine too. It seems like these vines are just trying to trap us."

"Haha~! Do you think these cute little guys are really harmless?"

“Crack! Crack! Crack!”

Countless vines crawled out from all over the jungle, and scarlet thorns slowly grew out from the dark green vines.

The branches hanging down in front of the two were so close that they could easily see the extremely tiny barbs on the sharp thorns.

If these spikes were allowed to penetrate the body, the wound would be further torn during the extraction process.

Not far away, countless vines slowly intertwined together, outlining a graceful figure.

Hanging on a slender vine covered with scarlet thorns, the human figure made of the vines swung lightly in front of the two people.

Leaning forward gently, two flower buds slightly blossomed from the human-shaped face, like a pair of eyes opening.

"What a pair of beautiful eyes. If I dig them out..."

"Woo~!"

"What do you want from us by trapping us?"

Staring at the human figure made of vines in front of her with her dark green eyes, Nidalee spoke calmly, interrupting the other party's intimidation.

"Haha~! Don't worry, kittens, I won't do anything to you.

All I need is... you guys to cooperate with me quietly."

"What can I do to cooperate with you?"

"Tell the human who fought the stone giant to return my things."

"You are Li En!?"

"That's right, just be obedient and nothing will happen to you, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?"

A gentle and calm voice sounded, which made Nidalee and Neeko feel extremely relieved, but also made Jyra feel like she was falling into an icy cave.