Legends of Runeterra

"Bring it to you!"

"Plop~!"

He casually pushed the woman in front of him to the ground, and the middle-aged man with a wild and gloomy face and an obvious scar on the right cheek snatched the bag from her hand.

"Look, isn't that enough? Why do you have to make something unpleasant happen on such a good day?"

"Mother!"

The girl with a pigtail broke free, ran over to the woman, and carefully tried to help her up.

"Mother, how are you? Are you hurt?"

"I'm fine, Hannie."

Forcing a smile to comfort the worried girl in front of him, Iula protected his daughter behind him and turned to look at the group of people standing opposite.

"You got what you wanted, so go!"

"hehe!"

The man sneered and swept his greedy eyes over the mother and daughter.

"How can this little bit of stuff be enough? The thing that can really compensate us is this lovely lady~!"

"Greedy hyena, this is under the jurisdiction of the Temple of the Blazing Sun. My husband, Pylas, is a member of the 'Lahorak'. You'd better consider the consequences of this behavior!"

As soon as the name 'Lahorak' came out, the faces of the accomplices standing behind the man suddenly changed slightly.

This name belongs to the military cult of the Rakkor tribe. Although it is not the most elite group, it is undoubtedly a force under the Holy Temple of the Fiery Sun.

It would not be a wise move to mess with their family here.

"Boss..."

"Ha! What are you afraid of? This is perfect. If we catch them all and lure out that Paras, our mission will be accomplished!"

The middle-aged man did not lower his voice. Iula, who was standing opposite him, frowned and slowly retreated while protecting his daughter.

"Catch them!"

"Run Hannie!"

Pushing the girl hard, Iula picked up a piece of gravel from the alley and rushed towards the men like an angry lioness.

As a traditional Rakkor woman, Iula is not lacking in the bravery and courage of a warrior.

These guys who are obviously outsiders are definitely not kind people. Even if she only has a stone in her hand, she must fight for a chance of survival for her daughter.

"Mother!"

"Go!"

"Oh!"

Iula dodged the attack from the man in front and hit him hard on the back of the head.

"Damn it, just kill her and keep the girl!"

Looking at his men lying on the ground twitching with bright red liquid flowing out, the middle-aged man gave orders angrily, and then several of them quickly drew the daggers from their waists.

"Walk!!!"

"Shua~!"

Three daggers attacked at the same time from different angles, but Iula faced them without fear.

"Om~!"

The golden-red light suddenly illuminated the alley, and Iula and Hanni felt warm and comfortable as if they were soaking in a hot spring.

"What's this!?"

“It’s so hot, so hot!!”

"Ahhhh~!!"

"Leave them alive. I'm curious about who is behind them."

A gentle voice sounded behind the mother and daughter, and the golden-red light suddenly dissipated. The illuminated bandits lay on the ground, gasping and twitching, with large areas of their clothes burned and their exposed skin turned pitch black.

"Thanks, Leona."

"You're welcome Lee En."

The mother and daughter turned around and saw a man and a woman standing behind them.

"Thank you both for saving my life!"

Without any hesitation, Iula and Hanny respectfully bowed to the two of them to express their gratitude.

"You're too polite, ma'am. Li En and I are from the Cult of the Fiery Sun. This gang of criminals is committing evil on the day of the celebration, so we should stop them!"

"Om~!"

Li En waved his hand gently at the two of them, and the same golden-red light fell on the mother and daughter. Suddenly, the pain in the place where Iula had fallen before and the pain in Hanny's shoulder that was sprained when she struggled to break free quickly disappeared.

"Okay, I treated you, you are fine now."

"Thank you, sir!"

"You're welcome ma'am."

Li En nodded, then his eyes passed over the mother and daughter and fell on the bandit who was lying on the ground, half-dead.

"Leona, this lady and her daughter will be in your care from now on."

"The grilled Abik meat is almost cooked. I'll take them back to wait for you. Don't be busy for too long, otherwise... you won't get any of the grilled meat!"

"Okay, I'll be back soon."

"Well, both of you follow me, I will take you out of here."

"Okay, thank you, sir."

"Hehe~! You're welcome, call me Leona, his name is Li En..."

Hearing the footsteps of Leona and the other two moving away from the alley, Li En glanced at the bandits lying on the ground, then walked up to the middle-aged man with a gloomy face.

"Okay, stop pretending. You are protected by dark magic, but you are not as miserable as you look..."

"Shua~!"

"Click~!"

With ease and grace, just like picking up a cup of coffee from the table, Li En twisted the middle-aged man's arm and caught the dagger that fell to the ground.

Ignoring the middle-aged man whose face was covered in cold sweat due to severe pain, Li En's eyes swept across the dagger in his hand.

The entire blade was pitch black and engraved with magical patterns. The sharpest part of the blade had a faint bluish-purple luster, and it was obviously coated with some kind of poison.

More importantly, Li En clearly felt a familiar, dark and complex magical power from the dagger.

"Now, tell me your purpose."

"Will you let me go if I tell you so?"

"Haha~!"

Li En chuckled softly, looking into the man's dark eyes without revealing any emotion.

"This will make your death more painful."

"..."

As someone who has survived to this age and has formed a small group, he knows clearly that there are many tortures in this world that are more painful than death, and even after death, even the soul cannot rest in peace.

"We are from Narimaj..."

After a short silence, the middle-aged man slowly began to tell the story.

...

"Come, let's eat together!"

Seeing Lady Leona, who had saved her and her daughter, greet her and then immediately began to devour the barbecue on the plate, Iura showed a hint of hesitation on her face.

"Gulu~!"

A clear sound of swallowing saliva was heard, and Iula knew it was made by the good girl Hanni without turning around.

But she did not blame her daughter for her impoliteness at all. Instead, she felt distressed and guilty.

In order to save supplies for the winter, Iula took advantage of the celebration, left enough food for a family of three, and sold the rest here.

Since little Thomas was young, he was entrusted to the care of his neighbors. No matter how difficult the journey of transporting grain was, Hanny never complained.

Let alone eating meat, Hanni has never even drunk Abik milk, so how can she resist this aroma.

Even I had only drunk Abik milk a few times when Paras was still around. That was when I was pregnant for the first time, and Paras bought it for me to supplement my nutrition.