Legends of Runeterra

In the deserted mountains, a space crack opened silently, and three figures slowly emerged from it.

"Master Xingling, Mr. Li En, the mountain ahead is where our Bright Moon Cult lives."

Aphelios raised his hand and pointed at the opposite side. There was a mountain that was no different from the surrounding ones. The mountain was covered with a thin layer of soil and had some plants scattered around. It stood quietly among the mountains.

The two of them released their perception and indeed sensed a magic array that concealed its aura.

"Well, let's go then."

"Okay Mr. Li En."

"Just call me Li En, how about that?"

"Okay, Lee En."

Compared to Alune's shyness and introversion, Aphelios is different from his own temperament and is particularly cheerful and outgoing.

"Please follow me, and let me communicate with the guards first."

"Yeah, no problem."

Li En nodded and agreed on behalf of Diana.

It’s not that Diana is not good at communication, but both Aphelios and his sister Alune respect Diana very much.

Diana, who was not yet accustomed to this way of communication, simply left everything to Li En.

“Swish~swish~swish~!”

Aphelios jumped nimbly and swiftly between the huge rocks protruding from the mountain. At this moment, he felt that his body, which had been healed by Li En, was particularly comfortable and healthy.

However, without the magic brought by the 'Essence of Night', Aphelios still felt a little empty in his heart.

And without this magic power for the time being, Alune, who has returned to the spiritual realm, is unable to lock onto Aphelios's projection.

"We'll go back later, and drink the 'Essence of Night' as soon as possible."

Aphelios thought to himself that although he liked his current state, in order to fulfill his mission, he decided to drink the potion again as soon as possible.

Li En and the other person followed Aphelios and soon came to an inconspicuous corner.

Then he took out a crescent-shaped stone rune from his waist.

"Om~!"

The stone wall in front of him shook, and then a passage appeared.

"Da da~!"

After tapping rhythmically on the stone wall of the passage a few times, Aphelios turned and nodded to the two of them, then took the lead and walked in.

"The Purifying Moon brought you back...huh?"

Two guards who were slightly older than Aphelios walked out from the shadows in the corner. Just as their tense faces relaxed, they saw the two people following Aphelios.

"These two are..."

Aphelios raised his hand and gestured quickly.

"I understand, sir. Please wait a moment. I will report to the bishop right away."

Aphelios nodded, and one of the guards turned and trotted off.

Seeing this, Li En and Diana also stood quietly behind Aphelios, waiting.

Not long after, footsteps were heard again, and the previous guard returned.

"Sir, the Bishop invites you and these two guests to come over."

Hearing this, Aphelios nodded slightly, turned to look at Li En and the others, raised his hand slightly to signal, and then took the lead and walked into the cave.

...

It is called a cave, but after walking through a long passage, a unique cave world appeared in the eyes of Li En and Diana.

The dome was inlaid with some kind of glowing gemstone, and the surrounding cliffs were carved with various murals, most of which had a moon in different shapes in the most conspicuous position.

Along the way, they occasionally met believers of the Lunari, who bowed respectfully to Aphelios.

Although he cast curious glances at Li En and the other man following behind him, he still maintained courtesy and did not ask too many questions.

Finally, the three of them came to a temple that was not as magnificent as the Fiery Sun Temple, but was extremely exquisite and prosperous, and was obviously carefully carved and built.

The guard passed by and entered the interior, where a thin and somewhat hunched figure was kneeling in front of the 'Moon Statue'.

Hearing the footsteps of three people, the thin figure slowly stood up and turned around.

"Avina, a follower of the Lunari sect, greets Master Star Spirit!"

An old and kind voice sounded, and the old man bowed to Diana.

Diana subconsciously raised her hand, and a bright white light stopped the old man from bowing.

"Ms. Avina, you...know that I am a star spirit!?"

“Yes, sir. Long before you accepted the gift from heaven, the astonishing vision on the top of Mount Giant had already informed me of the situation.

Coupled with the special moon phase tonight, I think it must be the Moon Star Spirit appearing."

Avina said this, looking at Aphelios beside her with a kind look.

"Just as I expected, Aphelios brought you to me."

Hearing this, Aphelios bowed.

“My Lord Bishop, tonight there were many evil spirits surging, and it was only because of the intervention of Lord Xingling and Mr. Li En that Laluen and I were able to escape danger.

My voice was also restored after Mr. Li En’s treatment.”

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Aphelios."

"Ms. Avina, I...I have a lot of things I want to ask you, I wonder if you can..."

"Of course, Master Xingling, please forgive us for not being able to come to you the first time."

"No, that's okay, I don't mind that."

"Thank you for your understanding. If you have any questions, I will do my best to answer them for you."

"Okay, thank you ma'am."

"Then I'll go out and visit the Bright Moon Sect first."

Before Diana and Avina could speak, Li En, who saw this scene, took the initiative to speak.

"Uh... Li En, you stay too..."

"If there's anything I want to know, I can ask you later, right?"

Staring at Li En's dark and gentle eyes, Diana smiled and then nodded slightly.

Li En didn't say much when he saw this, and Aphelios walked up to him at the right time.

"Mr. Li En, let me show you around, okay?"

"Okay, please Aphelios."

"You're welcome."

After Aphelios paid his respects, he left the temple with Li En.

Watching their backs disappearing at the entrance of the temple, Avina felt a little curious, but at her age she had already learned to control her heart.

In addition, Li En obviously treated Diana as an equal, and as the bishop of the Bright Moon Sect, she would not ask any additional questions.

"Master Xingling, please follow me to the secret room for a detailed discussion."

"Okay, Ms. Avina."

...

There were runes engraved on the walls and many ancient books on the bookshelves around. In a closed room, Diana and Avina sat facing each other.

"Master Xingling, what do you want to ask?"

"Ms. Avina, I want to know why the Bright Moon Sect is in its current state. Also, why are they so taboo about their belief in the 'moon' even though there are records of the Bright Moon Sect in the library of the Fiery Solari Sect? Even..."

Diana said, recalling the look on Bishop Ocas's face that flickered in the dancing flames of the torches that night.

"Some fear?"