Legends of Runeterra

“Crack! Crack! Crack!”

As the shattering sound continued, the dark red armor covering the Darkin's palm broke and fell off.

"This is!?"

The scarlet pupils trembled violently, but what appeared in Nayafili's eyes was smooth and flawless skin of light golden color, just like that of a human.

"How can it be..."

"Why isn't it possible?"

Li En smiled slightly and took the initiative to let go of Nayafili's wrist. Suddenly, she felt that she had regained control of her body.

Subconsciously raising her right hand, which was completely different from her own, Nayafili examined it again and again, sensing this hand with clean light golden skin, trying to find out some kind of illusion secret technique that was confusing her.

However, everything was so real, this hand had indeed completely gotten rid of the 'power of the dark' that made Nayafili resent and hate, but had to rely on it to survive.

"This...you...I..."

Nayafili gently stroked his right hand with his left hand, feeling the clear touch that fed back to him, and the sense of power that was countless times weaker than the Darkin body in his right hand.

The reality of the matter was so real that Nayafili, the Dark Descendant, was so excited that he was speechless for a moment.

If given a choice, who would want to be a 'Darkin'?

The whispers from the 'void' still torment her until now.

Now, Li En has provided a way of salvation.

"Plop~!"

Without any hesitation, Nayafili knelt on one knee in front of Li En.

"Lord Li En, Nayafili is willing to serve you!"

"Haha~! Get up, Nayafili, we are already allies, aren't we?"

"Sir, I..."

Although Nayafili, who was about three meters tall, was only slightly lower than Li En even when she was kneeling on one knee, she still looked up and stared at Li En, suppressing the excitement on her face.

"I understand what you mean, Nayafili, but in fact, those verbal titles are not important. Allies, subordinates, or something else, from the moment you accepted the power I left in your soul, you have already passed my preliminary examination."

Li En held Nayafili's right hand with pale golden skin. The warm touch from his palm made her tremble slightly, but Nayafili still restrained her movements and obediently allowed Li En to gently pull her up from the ground.

"Now, I can only remove the 'Dark Power' from your body. The real trouble is that the 'Dark Power' has already merged with your soul over thousands of years.

Now it is just a temporary retreat. If you want to completely eliminate it, or even restore the glory of the 'Ascended God', you still need specific practice and more samples for reference."

As Li En spoke, he did not let go of Nayafili's left hand, but raised her right hand slightly.

Nayafili looked down upon seeing this, and sure enough, just as Li En had said, a layer of dark red veins had emerged beneath the light golden skin.

And it appeared on the surface of the palm at an increasingly faster speed, covering the light golden skin.

Soon, without Li En's active suppression, Nayafili's right hand returned to its original state.

"Yes, I understand, Master Li En!"

Nayafili's eyes flickered, and it was obvious that he had something in mind.

"Well, you don't need to get involved in finding other Darkspawn. I've already entrusted them with the task."

Li En, who saw what the other party was thinking, immediately spoke up to remind him.

"I'm sorry, Lord Li En, but those guys are also Darkspawn. I'm not bragging, but in today's world, in most cases, only Darkspawn can fight Darkspawn."

"Well, of course I know that, so...the person who accepted my commission is also a Darkin!"

“Ah!? This…”

"Nayafili, I didn't lie to you before. Before I met you, I had already dealt with many Darkspawn."

"Yes, sir, I understand!"

Nayafili bowed. Although he instinctively wanted to get rid of the identity of "Dark Descendant" after seeing hope, he was determined not to dwell too much on this issue. At the same time, a sense of urgency emerged in his heart.

There is already at least one Dark Inheritance working for Lord Li En, so she is no longer unique.

Restoring past glory is definitely an extremely complicated and troublesome task. Trying to put herself at the top of the priority list for this opportunity is her first goal now.

If you want to be ranked first, you must work hard for Li En.

Seeing that Nayafili's attitude became more submissive, Li En's mouth corners slightly raised, realizing that his purpose of briefly mentioning Zolani had been achieved.

"Now all you need to do is stay by Sivir's side, obey her orders, do things for her, and see her as if you were seeing me!"

"Yes, Master Li En, I understand!"

"Well, very good, come with me to the celebration venue."

"Yes, my lord."

Li En walked past Nayafili and walked towards the passage leading to the venue.

Following Li En not too far away, Nayafili slightly raised his right hand.

At this moment, the palm covered with dark red armor looked ferocious and powerful.

Nayafili clenched his hand gently and then released it, then put it down and followed Li En quietly.

...

'Ding~! Congratulations to the host, you have achieved the favorable impression condition of the bond target in the Shurima area. Do you confirm to fuse and obtain it?'

On the way to the venue, a reminder tone that Li En had not heard for a long time rang in his mind.

Nowadays, unless an extremely outstanding bond talent appears, simply one or two bond talents will not play a significant role in improving strength.

So Li En chose to do the same as he did in Shadow Island, merging all the bond talents, hoping to obtain a bond talent like [Fated Death].

Speaking of [Fated Death], it's not that Li En doesn't want to use it or forgets to use it, but this bond talent is too superb. In addition, Li En's strength is enough to face the troubles he encounters, so he chooses to hide it as a trump card.

Returning our attention to the system.

'confirm.'

“Ding~! Congratulations to the host, you have obtained the Shurima regional bond talent [Ascension]!”

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[Ascension] Ordinary creatures are eager to break through their own shackles and reach the realm of perfection.

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Before Li En could figure out anything from this incoherent introduction, an inexplicable power emerged from the depths of his soul.

"Um!?"

Nayafili, who was following behind Li En, looked at his back in doubt. Although it was only for a short moment, Nayafili could clearly feel the aura that was similar to... no, it was purer than the royal 'ascension bloodline'.

Even in Sivir, who was far away at the celebration venue, and before the Shurima Empire collapsed, Nayafili had never felt such a pure breath...

'Even Lord Setaka...'

Out of respect for the 'Ascended Empress Wu', Nayafili quickly suppressed the offensive thoughts in his mind.

Li En had already noticed the abnormality of the person behind him, but he had no intention of paying any attention to him.

Even Nayafili noticed it, so how could the two people in the front of the venue, or Azir who was both an ascender and an emperor, not have sensed it?

"Oh~! Really, this is trouble again..."