I told you to plant peas, and you summon Mordekaiser?

Time has been turned back to the moment when the dragon laid its eggs.

The ground was littered with ruins, and lightning raged in the sky.

Mordekaiser and Aatrox stared intently at the dragon egg in the air.

Parker stood quietly behind Chen Yang.

No one noticed the change in time.

Apart from Chen Yang.

He stared at the space around him that had been suddenly torn apart, his face filled with disbelief.

Accompanied by mysterious and enchanting sounds, a golden portal opened out of thin air.

A tall figure stepped out of the door, his skin a deep blue-purple, his head smooth as a mirror, and his body covered with ancient runes.

Behind him, a huge arcane scroll hung silently.

Ryze, the Rune Mage.

Parker immediately became alert, raising his dagger as he stared at the bald man who had appeared out of nowhere.

Ryze didn't say anything.

He surveyed the battlefield before him, his gaze lingering only on Chen Yang for a moment before falling on the giant dragon in the sky, enveloped in black flames and about to complete its transformation.

Ryze raised his hand, and a blue-purple runestone appeared in his palm, its surface shimmering with a mysterious light.

World Runes - Sorcery.

At the same time, the runes on his body seemed to ignite and glow, resonating with the rune stone.

The air began to vibrate violently, and an unknown whisper echoed between heaven and earth.

Ryze slowly raised his other hand, and from his arm, runic power rapidly formed a chain shimmering with arcane light, sweeping towards the black flame dragon with irresistible force.

The chains crisscrossed and coiled in mid-air, like a ring of confinement in the sky, instantly binding the giant beast's limbs and wings, tightly binding it to the spot.

Black flames surged, and the dragon struggled frantically, but the power of the runes was as solid as a cage, and no matter how it roared and howled, it could not break free even a little.

Ryze narrowed his eyes slightly, sensing the fluctuations of the rune, and then gently exhaled: "It's alright, it's just a small rune."

Chen Yang stared blankly at everything before him, his heart filled with indescribable shock.

He had thought the end of the world was inevitable.

Unexpectedly, this purple-skinned bald man actually appeared before the world was destroyed and single-handedly turned the tide of the crisis.

“Ryze…Ryze?” Chen Yang couldn’t help but exclaim.

Ryze then turned around, walked to Chen Yang's side, and patted him on the shoulder: "Well done."

Chen Yang's heart skipped a beat, and his thoughts surged.

Well done?

What did I do?

At the same time, an even bigger question arose in his mind.

How did he come into this world?

In the past, all heroes of Runeterra who wanted to appear in this world had to do so by becoming their own cards.

Thresh also needs to absorb energy to barely project.

As a result, the old man revealed his true form directly?

You don't even want to act anymore, right?

His gaze slowly shifted to the still-open golden portal behind Ryze.

hiss...

Looking at the golden portal, a name came to Chen Yang's mind.

Bard, a traveler across countless planes.

Only he could open this door to the other side of the world.

So, is the other side of this door really connected to Runeterra?

Chen Yang's thoughts were churning, and a surge of impulse ignited within him.

He slowly reached out, wanting to touch the portal to verify his guess.

However, just as he was about to get close, a hand firmly pressed down on his wrist.

Ryze put away the runestone in his hand, looked at Chen Yang with a calm gaze, and said calmly, "This is a one-way door, it will close soon."

Chen Yang paused for a moment, then silently withdrew his hand.

Rune chains woven from arcane power tightly bound the black flame dragon, firmly imprisoning it in mid-air.

The dragon roared, black flames surged, and its body struggled violently in the cage, each impact bringing with it a violent gust of wind pressure.

However, the runic cage, like a manifestation of the rules of heaven and earth, could not be shaken in the slightest no matter how the dragon tore at it.

Ryze narrowed his eyes slightly, and the runes on his body lit up again. Brilliant arcane light flowed down his arm and into the cage imprisoning the dragon egg.

He knew the power of the runes and understood the disaster that would result from letting them get out of control.

Therefore, he will not hold back.

The light grew even more intense, and the entire sky seemed to be dyed a deep blue-purple by the power of the runes.

The dragon's roar gradually weakened, and the originally burning black flames dimmed under the suppression of the runes.

Finally, its massive body hung stiffly in mid-air, its struggling movements halted, and its life force was completely extinguished.

Moments later, the enormous dragon corpse fell from the sky and crashed to the ground with a loud thud.

The earth trembled, stirring up clouds of dust.

Only the silver rune embedded in the dragon's head still shines brightly.

Ryze slowly exhaled, withdrawing the remaining runic energy from his palm, and whispered, "This should be the end of it."

Chen Yang looked at Ryze and couldn't help but ask, "What did you mean when you said I did a good job?"

Ryze tidied the scroll in his hand and said calmly, "If I hadn't sensed the aura of Runeterra on your body, the teleportation location wouldn't have been so accurate."

He paused, then continued, "If we had been just one step slower, this world would probably have been doomed."

Chen Yang nodded thoughtfully.

The aura of Runeterra?

It's probably because he summoned so many heroes.

"I never imagined that they had been plotting for so long in order to obtain the power of the runes."

Beneath the fallen dragon's corpse, Mordekaiser and Aatrox charged toward the rune like arrows released from a bow.

Even if this is just a small rune within a branch of the World Runes, its power will drive the world mad.

Ryze's gaze sharpened slightly.

He slowly raised his hand and took out a runestone that shimmered with a deep green light from his sleeve.

The rune appeared in his palm, emitting a faint arcane fluctuation.

The next moment, the power of the runes spread out, rippling across the entire world.

The remaining energy in the air began to become disordered, and visible runic patterns intertwined like a spider web, covering the entire space.

As the runes circulated, the rules of the world seemed to have changed in some way.

Chen Yang saw that Pike's figure beside him began to become illusory, as if it had been stripped of reality by an invisible force.

In the distance, Mordekaiser's body, which seemed to be forged from steel, turned into scattered dust under the erosion of runic power.

Aatrox's grip on the greatsword crumbled, and finally, his figure vanished with the wind, as if he had never existed.

The heroes who once fought on this battlefield were all completely wiped out at this moment.

Ryze retrieved the runestone: "That's normal now."

Next, he snapped his fingers lightly.

In an instant, heaven and earth distorted, reality folded, and the surrounding scenery changed rapidly under the influence of the runes.

Chen Yang's vision blurred, and when he came to his senses, he was already teleported to the corpse of the giant dragon.

They stood before the ancient rune.

Ryze carefully removed the rune from the giant dragon's head.

Then he took a bugle from his waist and started playing it.

As if sensing Ryze's movement, a golden portal opened behind him.

Unlike the previous portal, this one leads to Runeterra, a world away from which one must leave.

"If you're interested, then come along."

"Huh?" Chen Yang didn't react at first.

“Your perception of runes is exceptional; it wouldn’t be a bad idea for you to become my apprentice.”

After saying that, Ryze stepped into the portal.

Chen Yang was stunned.

Does the old man mean he wants to take me on as his apprentice?

He looked at the shattered royal city, then at the gradually dimming teleportation portal before him.

Time seemed to be running out of time for him to think.

"...It doesn't seem like a bad idea."

Muttering to himself, Chen Yang stepped into the one-way portal leading to Runeterra.

(End of the book)