Monster Hunter from League of Legends

"Direction? It's pitch black here with no reference points. I don't know which is east, west, south or north."

He shook his head, but then Fosien closed his eyes and sensed for a while, then pointed in a direction and said, "There, it should be there. Sometimes I can hear a voice calling me. But every time I take a few steps, the voice disappears. When I come to my senses, everything has changed again."

Hearing this, Fane squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of Fosian's finger for a while.

Because of the peculiarities of the Spirit Realm, the Mad Dragon Factor could produce an effect, but as a purely biological ability, it didn't mesh well with the magical composition of the Shadow Realm. Thinking of this, Faan patted Lux's shoulder and pointed in the direction where Fosian had pointed, saying, "Lux, go fuck yourself."

"Eh?!"

Hearing Faan's words, Lux was startled, then pointed a finger at herself. Although she didn't say anything, the blank expression on her face seemed to say, "Me?"

"Yes, it's you, Lux."

Fine nodded and said, "Believe in yourself. Your talent is beyond your imagination."

"But, but I don't know how to use it..."

Lux seemed extremely nervous, and this nervousness was exacerbated after she felt everyone's gazes on her.

Faan was quite understanding of this – it felt like a harmless otaku who enjoys watching geeky dances. Relatives come to visit during Chinese New Year, and you're too lazy to socialize. You say hello, "Hello, uncle," and go back to your room. Then, while you're playing, your mom suddenly opens the door and walks in, saying, "Hey, don't you watch the little people dance all day? Come out and perform for your uncle."

Seeing Lux's nervous look, Fane was not in a hurry. Instead, he came behind Lux ​​and put his hands on the back of her hands. With the secretion of the Mad Dragon Factor, Lux could clearly feel a familiar feeling coming from her body - it was the feeling when Fane woke her and Xiaona up when she first encountered the nightmare and was eroded by the nightmare.

But the last time she was infused, Lux had already lost consciousness, falling into a nightmare. Now, Lux could clearly feel the substance from Faan continuously entering her body, and her mind became increasingly active and excited with this infusion. In an instant, her perception increased several times, and she felt many sensations she had never felt before.

It was like entering a whole new world. Lux's eyes widened and she tried her best to feel everything around her.

"concentrate."

Faan's voice came from Lux's ear. Because of the enhanced perception and physical contact, Lux could feel the tingling sensation of Faan's hot air hitting her.

But Lux did not indulge in this. Instead, she opened her arms and felt the magic power in her body under Faan's guidance.

In the darkness, Lux's body gradually began to glow, her long golden hair floating in the wind, flowing with magic power, without any wind. Gradually, Lux gathered this light on her fingers.

The light continued to gather and compress, and in a blink of an eye, it formed a colorful ball of light, which radiated a warm glow like a spring breeze to the surroundings like a little sun.

Like a gentle sun, its radiance replaced everything around them. Darkness retreated beneath its radiance, its blazing light dispelling all shadows. The white light grew brighter and brighter, until finally, neither the forest nor the graveyard could be seen, leaving only pure, empty, endless white.

"Take it, what's next?"

Lux's voice was tired but full of anticipation.

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Chapter 36 Shadow Isles.

Perhaps because it was the first time that she had fully mobilized the light in her body, Lux felt a little tired, but her spirit was particularly excited.

"what should I do?"

Lux asked nervously and expectantly. For the first time, truly releasing the magic and radiance within her, she could clearly feel the warm magic cheering and leaping for joy as it flowed through her body, as if celebrating her willingness to finally accept them.

The first time was so intense that Lux felt a slight burden. However, this burden could not hide the excitement in her eyes. Instead, she felt even more joyful on top of the existing foundation - she could finally shine her own light.

"Light up here."

Faan held Lux's hand tightly and guided Lux ​​to expand, releasing the compressed warm sun.

Without resistance, Lux looked at the light in her palm with a bright look in her eyes. She even forgot about the people around her and even Faan behind her. Instead, she focused her attention completely and happily on the light in front of her.

As the warm sun rose, the white light formed a holy white flame, and the surrounding whiteness expanded again, brighter than imagination.

Then the light gradually dimmed, and the surrounding environment gradually faded from endless darkness and pure white, revealing the slightly dark and damp land.

Noticing that the surrounding shadow field had been disintegrated, Fan also turned his attention to his surroundings.

This was definitely not Demacia. As if realizing the nightmare of the Shadow was being shattered by the light of hope, the surrounding shadows rose from the void once again. But this time, having locked onto their direction, Faan didn't hesitate. Instead, he grasped Lux's hands tightly and shouted, "Release your radiance."

"what should I do?"

Lux was excited and nervous.

"Yell what you want, and then blast away!"

Hearing this, Lux nodded, then followed the direction of Faan's finger and shouted: "Demacia Flash!!!"

As she spoke, the surrounding light suddenly erupted into chaos, like soldiers receiving orders, like a wave with its own power. The light surged, roaring. Within Lux's hands, the surging light formed a blinding column that suddenly exploded—BOOM!!!

The gloomy sky suddenly lit up, like a rising sun illuminating the entire heavens. The clouds parted, and from the distant shadows came a terrifying roar. Nocturne's twisted form, focused by the light, vanished with a bang. The black mist shattered, along with the shadowy creatures and dust hidden within it, like ash from a hurricane.

This was a dawn in the deep night, and the burst of light made the shadows flee.

Falling backward, Lux felt completely drained of strength. Panting fiercely, this first complete release of energy brought a strange pink to her face, already pale from overdrawn magic. Though incredibly weak, Lux felt strangely excited. Her soft, boneless body rested against Faan's arms, and as she gazed at the fading light in the distance, Lux couldn't help but exclaim, "I did it..."

"Yes, you did."

Faan adjusted his position so that Lux could see farther.

"I did it!"

Lux was very happy, but then she leaned on Faan's shoulder and said, "I...but I'm so tired, I want to go...sleep first..."

"Yumi!"

Upon hearing this, the Grimoire flipped open the book and pulled Yuumi, who was slacking off in Freljord, back directly.

"Here comes the boss!"

Being pulled back, Yumi didn't get nervous at all, but jumped up and prepared to cast protective magic. However, she saw that Faen was not injured and was not ready to fight.

But after seeing Lux in Faan's arms, Yumi quickly came to her senses: "I understand! The new mistress!"

As she spoke, Yuumi flew to the top of Lux's head and circled around, injecting golden magic into Lux's body. The warm power of the guardian magic made the originally exhausted Lux ​​feel like a thirsty traveler in the desert who had found the nourishment of an oasis. Her haggard appearance visibly regained its color, and her energy was restored to its original state.

Looking at her palm in surprise, feeling the rapid recovery of her strength, Lux couldn't help but exclaim: "Wow! What kind of magic is this?"

"It's protective magic!"

Yuumi landed on Lux's body, stretched out her nose to sniff, and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that there was no smell of heather or chestnut flowers. Then she felt at ease and clung to the beautiful girl.

"Yuumi's unique magic! Super powerful!"

"I see! Then—"

As she spoke, Lux was startled, then quickly realized she was still lying in Faan's arms. Recovering from her thoughts, her face lit up, and she jumped down like a rabbit. She looked at Faan, waving her hands frantically as if she wanted to say something. Faan didn't prompt her, but simply watched quietly.

Perhaps Lux also sensed this calmness, and the originally flustered Lux ​​gradually calmed down. Then she scratched her face and said with an embarrassed smile: "Thank you..."

"polite."

After ruffling Lux's smooth golden hair, Faan simply looked around: "But let's save the thanks for later. What we need to do now is to confirm where we are."

"Yes."

After hearing what Fane said, Fosien beside him nodded solemnly.

He gripped the cold silver sword tightly in his hand, his eyes filled with vigilance as he spoke: "This place doesn't feel like Demacia... It's gloomy and dark. I can even feel the presence of the undead hovering around my ears."

Looking around, this is a lost land. Without a trace of light, the sky is covered with a layer of dark blue-gray. Lead-blue clouds cover the entire sky, and the whole world is hazy.

The ground is dry and wet in some areas, connected to each other, but completely different. It is filled with countless huge cracks, and the uneven black rocks protrude from the ground like a huge open mouth.

Withered trees ooze black sap, their branches twisted and ugly, like the claws of a demon. Trunks are riddled with gullies, their cracks like the poisonous mouths of a witch. Unknown black spiders weave dense webs through the branches, stretching into the distance. A stagnant swamp comes into view, and in its center lies a sunken island. An ancient building, eons old, is sinking, yet it seems it will never reach the bottom...

"Where is this?"

Garen gripped the Judgment Sword nervously.

Looking back at the rift behind him where he entered the shadow realm, and then at the current environment, Faan narrowed his eyes and said:

"Shadow Isles."

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Chapter 37 Jens Stolman.

When he said this, even Fan himself felt a little bit unbelievable.

The reason is simple: it’s too far, really too far.

There are currently two known continents in Runeterra: Shurima, located south of the equator, and Valoran, located north of the equator. While Ionia is one-third the size of Valoran, it is located far east and consists primarily of islands, so it is not considered a continent.

The Shadow Isles, however, lie far east, south of the equator. On the map, they appear as a tiny corner, like the border of a chessboard. Kamavia, the former homeland of the Ruined King, lies even further east, off the map...

If you continue to go east, you will reach the ancient Eastern Continent, which is an even more distant ancient history. Even if League of Legends' MMORPG, which has been delayed for who knows how long, is finally launched, it will probably take five or six versions before the relevant plot appears.

After hearing what Fane said, Garen and the others beside him were also slightly stunned - they didn't even realize that it was Shadow Island at first.

This wasn't their fault, as Demacia itself was very closed, and aside from forming alliances with surrounding kingdoms to prevent Noxian invasion, it rarely interacted with the outside world. While not completely closed to the outside world, to outsiders it was still a mysterious country that forbade magic.

Few people in the world, beyond Demacia, truly know or even remember the Shadow Isles. Geographically, the closest place to the Shadow Isles is Bilgewater, the Pirate Paradise and Outlaw Kingdom. Politically, the last power in the Shadow Isles, the Kingdom of Hylia, perished a millennium ago. Culturally, the destruction of Hylia thousands of years ago left only a few lucky survivors alive in the Shadow Isles.

Now, a thousand years have passed. Apart from the souls trapped in the Curse of Ruin and unable to return, outside of the Shadow Isles, only a limited number of immortals such as Ryze, LeBlanc, Karma, etc. still remember this place.

After reminiscing for a moment, Xiao Na beside her narrowed her eyes and said, "Shadow Isle? Is that the country you mentioned, the one that started the Rune Wars?"

"Yes."

Nodding, Faan squatted on the ground and grabbed a handful of moist yet dry grave soil. He clenched his slightly rough hands tightly and rubbed them, but even so, there was a clear boundary between the wet and dry, making it impossible to fully blend them, giving people a distorted and grotesque feeling.

If you sniff it lightly, you can feel a bitter feeling rising from your nose to the root of your tongue, making you feel irritated.

After loosening the grave soil, Fane turned around and looked around, saying, "This shouldn't be the fully material realm of the Shadow Isles."

"……What's the meaning?"

Shawna asked doubtfully.

On the other side, although Garen and others realized that this was the origin of the Rune Wars period that Fane had mentioned in his previous lecture after being reminded by Xiaona, they only knew that this was the origin of the Rune Wars period and knew nothing else.

Naturally, they could only stand here silently waiting for Fan and Xiaona to communicate and see if they could get some useful information from it.

In response to Xiaona's question, Faan said, "Mocturne is a being of the spiritual realm. Mortal thoughts drift unconsciously through the void in their dreams. Within the void, waves of magic divide the material and spiritual realms, so peaceful dreams can easily turn into a playground of nightmares."

"The veil of the Shadow Isles itself has been broken. The Curse of Ruin has transformed the Shadow Isles from a stable material realm into a unique area where the material and spiritual realms intertwine and overlap. Do you see the black fog in the sky? That is the entity of the Curse of Ruin."

Faan pointed to the leaden mist in the sky and said, "The formation of the Curse of Ruin will be a future lesson. For now, you only need to know that prolonged exposure to this black mist will drain the human soul, turning the body into a mindless shell, a living corpse. The spirit will either be annihilated or transformed into a ghost."

Hearing this, Garen and the others beside him couldn't help but tighten their weapons in their hands and became a little nervous.

Faan waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous. I'm talking about the normal Shadow Isles. We are now in the Shadow Realm, a spiritual corridor connecting the Shadow Isles and Demacia. Both the physical and spiritual powers have been weakened, but as long as your spirit is strong, you will not be affected."

As he spoke, Faan glanced at everyone present and said, "And at least for now, there are no cowards."

Well, except for Lux. But the light magic that Lux mastered just happened to restrain shadow magic, so in reality, Lux was safer than Garen and the others - that's how it was in the spiritual realm.

The characteristics are greater than the sky, and the special attack is as great as a god.

"Then why are we here?"

Shauna inquired.

"This involves the particularity of Shadow Island."

Fahn surveyed the surroundings and said:

"Thousands of years ago, when the Kingdom of Hylia still existed, the Shadow Isles were also known as the Blessed Isles, the home of the Rune of Life. However, with the collapse of the Rune, the very fabric of the material realm here was severely damaged. According to some existing theories, the spatial structure here was also disrupted, merging with the fabric of the spiritual realm."

"Under normal circumstances, the souls of the Shadow Isles, with the exception of the Soul-Devouring Night, cannot leave the Shadow Isles. However, if they are purely spiritual creatures, they can use the special properties of the Shadow Isles to enter and interfere with other areas."

After hearing this, Xiaona thought for a moment and then said: "...Dream?"

"You are right. You are indeed my good student."

Giving Shauna a thumbs-up, Faan said, "But dreams aren't omnipotent. They still need a physical medium to truly intervene outside the Shadow Isles... Well, that Tommen guy must have been responsible."

"Who is Tommen?"

Galen wondered.

"A Demacian."

Faun spread his hands.

This is the storyline in League of Legends, and it's the protagonist of the card pack that debuted when the Nightmare card pack was released. Most of the Nightmare creatures were officially introduced during Tommen's Quest.

"Jenstorman."

Fine said:

"A human historian from Demacia who traveled to the Shadow Isles in search of lost history, encountering many nightmarish creatures along the way. However, he was lucky enough to wake up in time after encountering many dangers, successfully leaving the Shadow Isles and returning to Demacia."

"..."