Legends of Runeterra

'It's him, Li En, that guy!'

"Well, don't worry Gwen, it's all right now, you can disperse the 'holy mist'."

"Hoo~!"

The wisps of gleaming white mist receded, and Gwen's figure appeared beside Li En.

"Li En, I know who that guy in the black fog is!

It’s my master Isolde’s husband, the king of Camavia—Viego!!!”

Gwen subconsciously tugged at the corner of Li En's clothes, her little face full of anxiety.

Gwen, who had somehow gained some of Isolde's memories, easily identified the identity of the owner of the voice based on the laughter and the groan of pain.

For Gwen, this was the first time she had been so close to the initiator of this thousand-year-long tragedy.

Gwen, who wanted to end the tragedy and put an end to Isolde's suffering, was anxious and confused.

If it weren't for Li En's instructions at the beginning, asking her to hide herself with "holy mist", and if the Snake Mother hadn't used her divine power to cover up and restrict Gwen's actions again.

The moment she heard Viego's voice, she would probably have been unable to resist picking up the big scissors and killing the other party.

"I understand, but Gwen, calm down first."

Li En held Gwen's hands with his slender hands and applied a little force, and a warm feeling came from his palms.

Gazing at Li En's dark and gentle eyes and feeling the warmth from his hands, Gwen's anxious mood slowly calmed down.

"I...I know."

"Ah."

Li En smiled slightly, and when he saw Gwen calm down, he let go of her hand.

"The plan to lure him out with Thresh and Hecarim was very successful. Through the pursuit of the Snake Mother, He has roughly estimated Viego's strength.

The 'Night of Haunting' in Pike Harbor is almost over, let's go back and take a look."

"Yeah, okay Lee En."

Gwen nodded, and the two of them returned to Port Bigelow through [Dimensional Walking], and during the journey, they brought back a ruffian floating on the sea.

...

As for Viego, although his actions in the Sentinel of Light incident ultimately earned him the title of 'Clown King', the strength he displayed was somewhat outrageous.

After his resurrection, he forcibly controlled a group of heroes to form the Ruined Legion. Other things can be ignored, but the fact that two of the heroes, Karma and Atreus, were forcibly controlled undoubtedly caused criticism from players who experienced the major event story.

One is the 'Soul of Ionia' that has gone through hundreds of reincarnations.

One is Atreus, who took back the control of his body with his mortal will after using the power left in the body of the War Heart that was severely injured by the sword demon Aatrox.

No matter how you look at it, neither of them should be so easily controlled by a Curse of Ruin.

Since we have come to the Rune Land, these settings can only be used as a reference. Li En will not be so arrogant as to blindly believe in all the settings.

Therefore, this "Night of Soul-Erosion" was a "fishing" operation launched by Li En using Hecarim and Thresh as "bait".

The purpose is to find out the opponent's strength without going to Shadow Island, Viego's base.

If the true power of the Curse of Ruin is really that outrageous, then he wouldn't mind shaking some people up a bit.

Fortunately, the result was good, according to Nagakabouros and Li En's own perception.

To put it simply, Viego's strength is indeed very strong. The curse of ruin that has accumulated for thousands of years has already reached the level of "demigod" in terms of "quantity".

But it was precisely because Viego had been sleeping for a thousand years that he did not possess the "status" of a demigod.

This kind of enemy, who is at the demigod level, neither too much nor too little, is the most suitable target for Li En at the moment.

Thinking of this, Li En became more excited.

...

At the Pier in Port of Piraeus, the black fog had long since dissipated.

"Hoo~!"

The cool sea breeze blew across the dock, taking away the pungent smoke and the stench of the remains of the undead.

The sailors lay on the ground in various casual postures, breathing heavily, gazing at the sky that was gradually turning white in the distance, quietly enjoying the hard-earned tranquility at the moment.

"Om~!"

"Bang~!"

"Leen!!!"

When Sarah saw Li En appear beside her, the worry on her face suddenly disappeared, and she exclaimed and hugged him tightly.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"Don't worry Sarah, it was just a ruined outfit so I got a new one.

With the help of the Snake Mother, the shadow of war will not cause any trouble."

While letting Sarah check on her condition, Li En comforted her softly.

"Hoo~!"

"Well, it's okay."

After checking and finding no injuries, Sarah finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then she seemed to sense something and looked back, and found that more than half of the sailors on the dock were looking at her and Li En with strange eyes.

"This... Li En, why didn't you tell me!"

"If I don't let you check it, can you feel at ease?"

Rolling her eyes slightly, Sarah quickly transformed into the posture of the Queen of the Sea and turned to face the sailors.

Under the gaze of everyone, Sarah slowly raised the sword in her hand, with the tip of the sword pointing straight to the sky.

"Bilgewater, Victory!"

"Wan Sheng!!!"

"Long live the Snake Mother, long live the Chosen One, long live the Empress!"

As Raven and the others shouted with all their might, the sailors' shouts gradually became uniform.

"Long live the Snake Mother, long live the Chosen One, long live the Empress!!!"

The shouts of thousands of people merged into a roar as loud as a tsunami.

The people of Bilgewater, who had kept their doors closed for a while, saw that it was already the second day and heard the sounds of celebration echoing outside. Gradually, some brave people opened the doors.

"Hmm? What happened!? Hiss~!"

Olaf, who was lying beside him, sat up suddenly and couldn't help but gasp after pulling the wound.

"I...I'm not dead..."

"Haha~! Of course not, we defeated the 'Soul-Eating Night'."

"..."

After hearing Li En's words, Olaf muttered a few words with a heavy accent. Based on the knowledge he had learned, Li En could roughly hear that he was complaining that he did not die in the battle.

"Cheer up, Olaf. Your heroic deeds of rushing into the black fog will be spread all over the sea with the sails!"

"That's true, hahaha~! hiss~!"

"Come, eat an orange first to recover from your injuries."

A yellow orange with skin fell into Olaf's hands.

Although he didn't know what the connection was between oranges and healing, Olaf's throat had long been extremely dry, and he didn't know how much sea water he had drunk after he fell unconscious.

Olaf threw it directly into his mouth with the skin on and started chewing it.

“Crack! Crack! Crack!”

The flesh and blood healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Olaf suddenly felt like he could fight his enemies for a whole day again.