Legends of Runeterra

"Sivir and I were fighting against Xerath's forces head-on, but you ended up eating us all up. You were skinny before, but now you've become so fat."

As Li En spoke, he took a step forward and lowered his head slightly to look down at the frog spirit god of death.

"Mr. Heget, from beginning to end, you didn't even say 'thank you' to me~!"

"Quack! I...I..."

Under Li En's gaze, Heget couldn't stop trembling, and then.

"Plop~!"

"I'm sorry, Master Li En! It's Heget who is ungrateful. You are so generous..."

Seeing Heget kneeling on the ground after a disagreement, Li En couldn't hold back for a moment.

After all, he is a 'death god', and he has gone through so many years but still...

"No, it's because after so many years, Heget fell to his knees so decisively. There must be something wrong!"

With his eyes fixed, Li En immediately realized the problem hidden behind Heget's absurd and unexpected behavior.

Then, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, which would make Ze Li exclaim in her heart, "The unscrupulous boss is going to cheat people again." Li En leaned over slightly and put his hand on the shoulder of the frog spirit Heget.

"Haha~! Mr. Heget, you misunderstood. I don't want to cause trouble to you. There's no need to do this. Get up first."

"Quack! Li...really, Master Li En?"

"Of course, who doesn't know that I, Li En, am a kind and compassionate person?

I have also found records about you in some ancient books. If you don't receive the 'soul' and are forgotten by the living beings, you will become weak and even die.

It was reasonable to do that yesterday, wasn't it? "

"Quack! Woohoo! Lord Li... Lord Li En, you... you are so kind!"

As Heget spoke, he stood up with the power from Li En's palm.

"I've heard that the previous 'Curse of Ruin' was solved by a powerful human being. Now that I see you, I'm sure that this powerful human being must be you, Lord Li En! You are indeed a great and kind person!"

"Oh? How did Mr. Hect know this? Did he learn it from Qian Jue?"

"Uh...this..."

Heget wanted to say yes, but facing Li En's gentle gaze, he finally chose to tell the truth.

"In fact, I heard from other Death Gods that Kindred had received help from an unknown powerful human being, and I sensed a faint but real presence of Kindred's aura on you.

He is different from all of us. Even though we are considered to be of the same kind, he rarely communicates with us under normal circumstances, let alone the driver, a living human being, so…"

"Haha~! Mr. Heget is worthy of being the god of death. He is indeed very wise."

"Quack! Hehe! Master Li En, you are too kind. Although Qian Jue seems to be loved by his 'mother', in fact..."

"What happened actually?"

"Qua~!"

Heget stiffened under Li En's gaze.

"What's wrong, Mr. Heget? Qianjue is my friend. If she is in trouble, please tell me."

"This... Lord Li En... I..."

"I think the 'aura' left by the so-called 'Bakay' is far from enough for you, Mr. Heget, to fulfill your duties, right?"

"Uh...actually..."

“Take a look at this ‘spiritual light’. Even though it was created by a being who stole the ‘power of ascension’ through secret methods, this being had just obtained this power and was able to suppress two ascenders.

I think it's perfect for you, Mr. Hector, isn't it?"

"Master Li En...I...I..."

Gazing at the light emanating from the 'spiritual light', Heget's eyes revealed an uncontrollable look of desire.

Indeed, for Heget, even if all the gains from the 'Bake' herds yesterday were added together, they could not compare to the 'Aura' in Li En's hand at this moment.

Seeing this, Li En turned over his palm, put away the "spiritual light", and looked at the other party with a smile on his face.

"How about it? Mr. Hecht, what do you think?"

"Qua~!"

The 'aura' disappeared, and Heget's gaze returned to Li En.

"I understand, Master Li En!"

"Well, tell me, what kind of trouble did Kindred encounter?"

Hearing this, Heget looked around hesitantly.

"Om~!"

Layer upon layer of barriers rose up, completely isolating the two of them from the outside world within a radius of ten meters.

"Is this all right?"

"Quack! All right, that's great!

Lord Li En, you and all humans know that Kindred is the god of death in charge of humans.

Compared to those gods of death who are unable to guide souls, are forgotten, and eventually disappear, Kindred is bound to humans and seems to be the most valued by the 'Mother of Masks', right?"

Realizing that the frog spirit Heget no longer called his maker "Mother" but "Mother of Masks", Li En narrowed his eyes slightly, vaguely sensing that some unknown secrets were buried therein.

"Well, is there something wrong with this?"

"Quack! Of course there is a problem!"

"Master Li En, why do you think we were born and have the responsibility to guide souls to the afterlife?"

"Because...authority?"

"Pah pah pah~!"

"Master Li En, you really are..."

After being looked at by Li En with a gentle look, Heget immediately stopped his habitual flattery.

"Quack! The 'Mask' is just our carrier. We were not created by the 'Mother of Masks'. He..."

At this point, Heget paused, and looked at Li En with some hesitation under the mask.

"what happened?"

"Master Li En, are you...are you sure..."

"I am sure!"

Li En interrupted Heget, his dark and gentle eyes staring at him calmly.

"..."

"The 'Mother of Masks' is likely the first person in Runeterra to discover the 'Power of Death', but this power is too strong and has already given birth to a naive consciousness. It cannot be controlled by her, or... swallowed up by her.

So over the long years, it tried to divide the "power of death" bit by bit, making masks to carry them, and creating "masked death gods". "

"Can He control the 'power of death' by doing this?"

The frog spirit did not answer directly, but continued to tell the story.

"As the Masked Death Gods receive souls one by one, the 'Power of Death' that they carry at will will be controlled by the 'Mother of Masks'.

To the Masked Grim Reaper, extinction means..."

"That power was devoured by the Mother of Masks, right?"

Facing Li En's calm gaze, the frog spirit Heget nodded slowly.