Legends of Runeterra

Bandle City, lower level passage.

The road was formed by incredibly thick branches. At the end of the road, even thinner branches twisted and turned to form irregular circles of different sizes. There was a golden light in the middle of each circle.

From time to time, a Yodel would appear from it, or walk into the passage and disappear.

Obviously, this is a centralized transmission point that connects to the outside material world.

"Om~!"

A golden light lit up, the surrounding air swirled and twisted, and a blue Yodel suddenly appeared.

"Damn it, why do you always make me guard the stone? I obviously have so many abilities!"

A yordle with purple hair and skin and a large wizard hat sat on a rock that was almost as big as her, her cute little face wrinkled and she looked angry.

"Hello, Lulu, what's going on?"

"Huh? Ryan? Why are you here!?"

"Uh...what's the problem?"

“First you, then Teemo, both disappeared in Bilgewater. Tristana went looking for you!”

"Huh? This..."

"Buling~Buling~!"

The purple fairy Pix flew around Ryan a few times, then ran to Lulu's hat and whispered a few words.

"Hmm? Pixar, you mean..."

Lulu took a few steps forward with her little wooden staff, her delicate little nose twitching slightly.

"Sniff sniff~!"

“This is... Li En’s aura!

Ryan, how did you meet Li En? "

"Oh, this, I was just about to tell you that it was Li En and Yumi who rescued me this time.

He also asked me to tell you if I see him: 'Lulu, thank you for your potion, it helped a lot, you are the best witch! '"

"Hey~! Did he really say that?"

"Of course, every word is correct!"

"Hahaha~! That's great. Ryan, do you know where Li En is going? I want to go meet this good friend!"

“Bilgewater.”

"Okay, thank you!"

Lulu said this, and started to run towards the portal with her short legs.

"Wait, I almost forgot.

Grow bigger quickly~!"

"Phew~!"

Dazzling magic power surged out from the top of the staff and surrounded Lulu.

Under Ryan's gaze, Lulu, who was only about one meter tall including her hat, proportionally enlarged to three or four meters tall.

"Come on, Stone, let's go!

Goodbye, Ryan! "

"Goodbye Lulu, I wish you good luck and be careful of everyone over there."

"I know~!"

Picking up the stone that Tristana had told her to look after, Lulu took two or three meters at a time and soon arrived at the portal.

"Let me see, which one is going to Bilgewater..."

"Om~!"

“I must… Hey? Lulu, where’s Tristana?”

"She's gone to Bilgewater, and I'm going there too."

"Count me in, there are no flying machines in Piltover, Tristana is lying to me!"

"Okay, let's go together.

Yeah! Found it, let’s go Kuchi!”

"Ah~! The passion is burning~!"

“I hope everything goes well for Tristana.”

Watching Lulu and Kuchi enter the portal, Ryan whispered a prayer in the distance, then turned and left.

...

The ship slowly sailed into Bilgewater. Thanks to Li En's prior preparation, the ship, which was camouflaged on the outside and not much different from other pirate ships, did not attract much attention.

"Hoo~!"

The sea breeze blows in your face.

Different from the gentle and pleasant sea breeze at the Piltover Port, the sea breeze at Piltover is salty and moist. The feeling when it blows past your face is as if a ferocious sea beast is sticking out its tongue and licking you greedily.

"Meow~!"

Yumi, lying in Li En's arms, trembled, and then used magic to isolate the air here.

The little guy's well-behaved and sensible appearance made Li En scratch his chin.

As for Gwen, she was now sitting on Li En's shoulder in the form of a doll, with a "holy mist" lingering around her. No one could see her except Li En.

At this moment, she turned her head left and right, observing her surroundings curiously.

The ship sailed into the harbor without causing any waves.

It’s not that the sea is so calm, but that the sea surface of Big Port is covered with a thick oil film, which is mainly composed of sea monster grease washed down from the slaughterhouse dock, mixed with various stains of life.

Li En estimated that the oil film was at least ten centimeters thick, and it glowed with strange colorful colors under the sunlight.

The houses built on the steep cliffs are crowded together, all vying to be built higher.

After all, there's an unspoken axiom in Bilgewater: 'The higher you climb, the less you worry about drowning.'

Due to the lack of building materials, the people of Bilgewater chose to use local materials.

Those houses, which are made up of ancient ruins, temple ruins and even shipwrecks, are even more complex and dangerous than the slums in Zaun.

"Meow! Li En, what is that? It's floating on the water, shining brightly. Is it a fishing net with delicious fish hanging underneath?"

Yumi stretched out her little paw from Li En's arms and pointed at the water surface in the distance that was not covered with oil film. Gwen on her shoulder also looked over curiously.

"Haha~! You little greedy cat, Yumi, these are not fishing tools, they are the 'graveyards' of the people of Bilgewater, there is a coffin under each buoy.

Judging from the luxurious style over there, it is probably a 'cemetery' for the rich."

"Eh~! Li En, are you saying they threw the body into the water?!"

"Yes, returning to the sea is a tradition of the people of Hong Kong."

"Meow! Soaking in the wet sea water is the most terrifying thing in the world!"

Yumi, who didn't like the humid environment of Port, now completely lost interest in exploring.

The kitten buried its head in Li En's arms and fell asleep immediately.

'Gwen, the environment in Port is a bit bad, are you okay?'

'Yeah, I'm fine, Li En.

They built their houses on the cliffs, which was really interesting, but the air here was filled with a faint smell of blood, which was a bit unpleasant.'

"Well, that's normal. Besides pirates, Bilgewater is most famous for its sea beast hunting team. You'll see the famous Carved Bone Bay a little further on."

The man and the doll chatted like this, with Gwen mostly asking questions and Li En answering them.

After a while, the ship sailed out of the narrow strait, and the vision of Li En and others suddenly widened.

Huge deep-sea monsters, almost as big as a ship, were lifted high by the lifting equipment on the slaughter dock.

Sailors armed with long knives, saws, axes and other tools climbed on the racks and cut the bodies of the sea monsters.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry up, hurry up!

"Jaden, what the hell are you doing? Waiting for this beast to rot?"

The captain's curses and urgings and the sailors' shouts of work could be heard from a distance.

The corpses of sea beasts and the excited humans walking on their bodies.

A strange picture of death and life intertwined appeared in everyone's eyes.