Legends of Runeterra

"嘤嘤嘤~!"

Li En was awakened by a burst of noisy cries, followed by the feeling of his face being licked and his entire body being surrounded by fur.

"Hmm~uh!"

He opened his eyes blearily, and saw a group of fluffy, snow-white ice foxes surrounding Li En.

While feeling the constant heat radiating from his body, Li En played and joked around him.

The two creatures crouching beside his face, seeing Li En wake up, immediately made a whimpering sound, stretched out their bright red and warm tongues, and licked Li En affectionately.

He pressed his chest subconsciously, and the place that had been attacked had returned to normal.

Sitting up with his right hand, Li En looked around. Even though it was getting dark, it did not affect Li En.

All he saw was a sea of ​​white. The branches not far away were covered with icicles. The biting cold wind blowing on his face lifted Li En's spirits.

"Oh my god, Master Ivern, what are you doing? Is this still Ionia!?"

Looking at the icy and snowy world, Li En couldn't hold back for a moment and began to wonder if the other party had sent him to his hometown.

"嘤嘤嘤~!"

A group of ice foxes heard the sound and surrounded Li En who was sitting up, calling happily and burrowing into his arms.

"Okay, okay, did you save me?"

"嘤嘤嘤~!"

The foxes naturally didn't speak, they just kept pressing towards Li En.

Li En stood up, opened his hands left and right, rubbed the heads of the white balls, and rubbed them all.

"嘤嘤嘤~!"

Seeing Li En stand up, several foxes bit his trouser legs, and some foxes ran a few meters in front of him and then cried at him.

"You want me to go with you?"

"嘤嘤嘤~!"

Li En hesitated for a moment when he saw this, and glanced into the distance inconspicuously.

Then he started walking towards the forest, surrounded by a group of white foxes.

...

Following the foxes along the way, we soon came to a nest hidden by ice and snow.

The nest is covered with various collected hay and fallen leaves, making it warm and comfortable.

In addition, the creatures in the magical world do not need to rely on smell to distinguish between friend and foe, and they love cleanliness. There is no peculiar smell in the nest, but instead it is filled with the faint fragrance of dried flowers.

The only strange thing is that the height of the nest is a bit too high. With Li En's current height of 1.8 meters, he can move freely just by lowering his head.

However, Li En ignored it for the time being, and instead squatted down and rubbed the largest fox.

"Does this mean I can stay here?"

"嘤嘤嘤~!"

The big fox licked Li En's hand, and its ice-blue eyes narrowed as if it was smiling.

...

After spreading out the sleeping bag and looking at the foxes that gathered around him to keep warm, Li En thought for a moment and took out the dried fish he had bought at the port from his magic pocket.

"嘤~!"

As the dried fish was taken out, a fox immediately came up with its nose wagging.

"Eat, you guys have been out here with me for so long today, you probably didn't have time to hunt!"

"嘤嘤嘤~!"

After all the foxes had eaten their fill, Li En grabbed some snow to wash off the fishy smell on his hands, then got into his sleeping bag and began to rest.

The foxes also gathered around Li En, absorbing the heat he radiated.

The nest was quiet, with the sound of cold wind whistling faintly coming from outside, and Li En's breathing slowly became long.

...

“Crack! Crack! Crack!”

The boots made of animal skins stepped gently on the snow, making a slight sound.

Under the moonlight, a strange humanoid figure slowly approached the foxes' lair.

The covering at the door was lifted, accompanied by a gust of cold wind, and the fox near the entrance was awakened.

However, when it saw clearly, it opened its mouth, yawned, and lay down again to sleep.

The figure carefully avoided the foxes lying on the ground and approached Li En little by little.

He came to Li En and squatted gently, sniffing the fragrance emanating from the other's soul. The figure who had been enduring for a long time could no longer suppress it.

He supported himself on the ground with his hands and lowered his head to face Li En.

"Hoo~!"

A faint blue light fell on Li En's face and directly merged into his body. Then the figure made an impatient inhalation movement as usual when extracting animal essence.

"Eh~!"

As the figure expected, Li En's spirit was still like a solid rock. No matter how hard he tried, the opponent's spirit remained motionless and firmly remained in his body.

This delicacy was right in front of him but he couldn't eat it. In a hurry, the figure lay down again and tried again.

However, this time, the figure who lowered his head happened to meet Li En's shiny black eyes.

"Good evening, beautiful lady Vastaya!"

"Woo~!"

The other party's amber pupils dilated slightly, and then quickly retreated, magical light flashed, and rushed out of the nest in the blink of an eye.

"Thank you, Master Ivern, and that unknown guy. I will be gentler next time we meet!"

Catching a glimpse of the almost iconic nine white tails, Li En thanked silently in his heart while activating [Instant Step] to chase after it.

"嘤嘤嘤!"

Several foxes lying on Li En rolled to the ground, looked around blankly, then climbed back onto the sleeping bags and fell asleep.

...

"Huhuhu~!"

The magical power that continuously rushed into her body was exhausted. The Vastaya woman leaned against the tree trunk and gasped uncontrollably, with her nine tails hanging listlessly behind her.

Subconsciously looking back and finding no sign of following, the Vastaya woman breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave.

"Bang~!"

"Ah~!"

Her face hit a warm and strong chest, and the Vastaya woman sat down on the ground, covering her nose and groaning in pain, looking pitiful.

"Sorry, are you okay?"

She caught a glimpse of the human squatting in front of her. The Vastaya woman quickly let go of her hand and looked at Li En with her eyes that had turned pink.

"Om~!"

The magic failed again, and Li En looked at her calmly with a smile.

The last bit of magic power has been used up. If it comes to hand-to-hand combat, the opponent is much stronger than him. He will be powerless to resist.

The Vastaya woman's eyes turned back to their original amber color. She blinked and looked at Li En with an innocent face.

"嘤嘤嘤~!"

...

After some communication, Li En discovered that Ahri had not yet absorbed the spirit of the dying hunter, so she did not know human language.

After confirming that the other party was far weaker than himself, Li En made way for her and took the initiative to let her absorb some of his essence.

"Aww~!"

Looking at Ali, who was lying in the snow with a flushed face, as if she had drunk too much, and twisting her body gently in animal skin, Li En patted her face.

"Wake up, wake up! Can you understand what I'm saying?"

"Woo~! Let me eat some more~!"

Ali rubbed his little face on Li En's hand and muttered.

Helplessly, Li En could only pick up the other person and return to the fox's lair.