Legends of Runeterra

As a man covered with mucus, Grayer found a spacious place and started rolling. The mucus mixed with sand and soil fell off his body. He felt dry and rolled harder.

"Ouch, sorry buddy!"

Grell accidentally bumped into something while rolling. Lying on the ground, he saw a pair of black boots at first sight and subconsciously apologized.

"The shoes are so clean? Huh? No! Who are you!!!"

Looking up and seeing that the other party was covered in a black robe, Grell stepped back repeatedly, shouting loudly to warn his teammates around him.

The mercenaries quickly took out their weapons and looked at the man in black robe vigilantly.

The other party did not move at all and stood still.

"Stop!" Samira called to the mercenary and walked cautiously towards the man in black robes. "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"..."

The man in black robe still did not respond.

"Since you don't want to talk, let's say goodbye and leave!"

Even though the man in black robe was very suspicious, Samira didn't want to cause any more trouble at this time, so she asked everyone to leave.

"Crunch~!"

As everyone left, a strange noise came from under the black robe.

"Ok?"

The mercenaries turned around quickly at the familiar voice, their expressions nervous, their hands unconsciously on their weapons.

The man in black robe slowly took off his hood. He looked ordinary. His skin was so pale that it looked like a dead person, but his purple blood vessels could be clearly seen. When he opened his eyes, everyone saw a pair of pupils glowing purple.

Those eyes were filled with malice towards everything in the world, which made everyone shudder.

The black-robed man's mouth opened wider and wider, gradually opening to an incredible size.

"Crack!"

The lower jaw split directly into two halves, and six tentacles with sharp teeth stretched out from the mouth. Transparent liquid dripped from the tentacles to the ground, and the yellow sand made a "hissing" sound as it was corroded.

"Whoa!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The horrifying scene made the mercenaries lose the idea of ​​close combat, and they all pulled out their guns or bows and arrows to shoot at the man in black robes.

The black robe turned into rags, and the pale skin was torn and pierced, but no fluid oozed out of the wounds.

"Hiss! Fernz!"

As the Void believers screamed, six tentacles waved in the air and invisible waves spread.

Most people can't understand it, but Samira knows that it is the ancient Shurima language, which means "bloom".

"Everyone be careful, watch your step!"

Suspecting that the other party was summoning a swarm of insects, Samira spoke out to remind everyone.

As soon as he finished speaking, the mercenaries around him let out miserable cries.

"Ahhhhh!!"

Samira looked around anxiously and found that only she, Li En and Safet were not affected. The rest of the people showed more or less painful expressions.

"Clang!"

Grell's weapon fell to the ground, but he was unaware of it. The severe pain made him fall to the ground and twitch continuously.

"Fuck you, die!"

Samira cursed loudly, drew her sword and slashed at the Void believer, only to see the other party's body shrink and dive into the ground in the blink of an eye, leaving only a robe.

"Grass!"

"Never mind, let's go!"

"But they..."

"It's too late. There's something wrong with the slime. The infection started when they were splashed with it! Killing them won't stop the infection!"

Li En looked at the person struggling on the ground. Purple lines covered his body and his skin began to fester.

For those who were most seriously infected, the screams turned into the roars of insects, and their limbs began to deform and mutate.

This miserable appearance further deepened Li En's already existing fear of the void.

“Crack, crack~!”

The sand around them bulged up, and the retreating swarm of void insects reappeared. This time the swarm was not overwhelming, but adult insects were everywhere.

“It really is one thing after another!”

"My lord, please be careful!"

Safet raised his giant axe and looked at the half-human, half-insect monster not far away. He slowly said, "Captain Samira, leave these monsters to me, you deal with the insects!"

Samira looked at the mercenaries with a painful expression, then nodded in agreement.

“Hiss~!”

At first, the infected could only struggle on the ground. After their bodies adjusted, they twisted their bodies, stood upside down on their hands, or got on all fours, and rushed towards Safet in various strange postures, at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary people.

"Oh!"

The axe hit the infected person with a dull sound. After flying a few meters, it twitched a few times on the ground, then got up and rushed up again.

Safet frowned and increased the strength in his hands.

On the other side, Li En cooperated with Samira to deal with the attack of the adult insects.

Fortunately, there was no change in the adult insects this time, and their level was the same as before. The two of them were able to eliminate them at a reasonable speed, and the insect swarm was decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

...

When the two killed all the adult insects, there were infected people lying on the ground in front of Safet, but his breathing had become rapid and the speed of swinging the axe began to slow down.

"Sapphite, let me help you!"

Samira raised her knife and faced the infected.

"Be careful, their defenses are off!"

Safet warned, chopping the infected person away with an axe.

With Samira's joining, there were soon only five infected people left.

"Hoo~!"

Safet took a long breath, stretched his shoulders, and planned to deal with them in one go.

“Hiss~!”

The tireless infected rushed forward again, and Safet raised his axe and swept across.

Suddenly, one of them opened its jaws, and the familiar six sharp-toothed tentacles blossomed like flowers.

The Void Followers have returned, disguised themselves and blended in with the infected!

"Yeah~!"

A piercing scream exploded from its mouth, and visible purple energy ripples hit the three people.

"Ahhh!" x2

Safet and Samira screamed in pain and used their weapons to keep their balance.

Li En did not feel any discomfort, but he was a little confused, because the roar reached Li En's ears and turned into a sentence - 'Praise the Void! '

"Hiss!"

Seeing Li En's performance, the Void believers roared excitedly.

He completely ignored the two people in front of him who were unable to resist, and quickly rushed past them and pounced on Li En.

Samira and Safet had pain in their eyes and struggled frantically to stop the Void believers from approaching Li En, but they found that they could not do anything except breathe.

"Hiss!"

The Void believers let out an inhuman roar, which reached Li En's ears and became something he could understand: "Those chosen by the Void, join us!"

"Are you inviting me?"

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Li En tried to communicate.

"Yes, the Chosen One!"

Li En discovered that the Void believers did not communicate through sound, but through some kind of waves, pheromones or the like. The roar was just a disguise.

"Then let them go first!" Li En pointed at the two people not far away.

"Accept the gift and fulfill your wish!"

The Void Follower raised his arm, opened it into six claws, and revealed a bead glowing purple in the center of his palm.