Legends of Runeterra

“Lulu~! Lulu~!”

"Uh..."

A hot and wet feeling appeared on her palms, and Sejuani slowly opened her eyes. Her ice-blue eyes, which reflected Steelmane's head, were blank.

"Steel Bristle..."

“Lululu~Lululu~!”

Seeing Sejuani wake up, Steelman purred happily.

"I am... huh!?"

Sejuani finally remembered what happened before she fell into a coma, and subconsciously stood up and looked into the distance.

However, all she saw was a vast expanse of white.

The previous scenes of earth-shaking and landslides had all disappeared. The snow in the Freljord, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years, reflected the dazzling sunlight cast from the clouds, causing Sejuani to squint slightly.

“How could this happen…what on earth is going on!?”

Everything she saw was seriously inconsistent with her memory, which made Sejuani fall into confusion.

“Puff~!”

"Cough cough cough~!"

The thick snow was swept away, and a rough man with thick hair coughed out the snow in his nasal cavity.

"Udyr!"

"Ahem! What's wrong, Sejuani?"

“Everything is gone!”

"what!?"

Udyr, with a puzzled look on his face, subconsciously looked in the direction Sejuani pointed, and his face suddenly became even more surprised and puzzled.

“How… could this happen!?”

"Udyr, help me dig out my people, I have to go and see!"

"Wait..."

"Shua~!"

Sejuani leaped up and landed on Bristleman's back.

"Steel Bristle, let's go!"

“Lulu~!”

Steel Mane kicked his hoof suddenly and rushed away.

At the same time, a figure was kicked out from under the snow.

"Bang~!"

"Hiss~! Who the hell is that? Who dares to sneak attack Master Olaf!?"

Olaf rubbed his waist and got up from the snow, subconsciously looking towards the distance where the rumbling sound came from. At that moment, the tail of Steel Mane disappeared into the pine forest.

Looking at the faint half hoof print on his body, Olaf muttered something in a low voice, then turned to look at Udyr not far away.

"Udyr, what happened? Why did the War Mother leave in such a hurry?"

Glancing at Olaf who looked clueless, Udyr rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Didn't you notice that Li En and the god are all gone?"

"Yes, Li En!!!"

Olaf shouted, pulled out the axe from the snow, and was about to run away along the path created by the steel bristles.

"Crack~!"

The hand wrapped in cloth grabbed Olaf.

"Wait Olaf!"

"Don't stop me Udyr, I have to go over and take a look!"

“The War Mother has already gone over, you and I will dig out the tribesmen first, and then we will all go over there.

With one more pair of eyes, we can find Li En faster!"

"I... hurry up!"

Olaf and Udyr worked hard and dug the snow into the air.

Each of them spent several minutes digging out four or five tribesmen, and they all woke up intact. After a hurried explanation, Udyr and Olaf ran away together.

...

“Lululu~Lululu~!”

"Steel Bristle, is this the place!?"

“Lulu~!”

Bristle nudged the pig's nose, and then Sejuani jumped off its back. The man and the pig began to dig quickly in the thick snow.

“Ding-dong~!”

The gauntlets made a crisp sound as they scraped the snow. Sejuani's face lit up with joy. She quickly took off both gauntlets and carefully scraped away the snow.

A flash of silver light appeared in her eyes.

"found it!"

Sejuani exclaimed, a smile appearing on her face that she had not seen since her childhood in the Avarosan tribe.

However, as she carefully swept away the snow, Sejuani's smile froze on her face.

What appeared before her was a piece of broken metal covered with lightning marks, melted by high temperature and twisted and deformed.

If you hadn't seen its complete appearance before, it would be hard to imagine that it was a gorgeous arm armor worn on the arm.

"How could it be... Steel Bristle, hurry up, look again!"

“Lulu~!”

Steel Mane snorted and wrinkled his nose, but he stood there motionless.

Sejuani, who had long been in tune with her partner who had fought alongside her, already understood what Bristle meant.

Holding up the broken arm armor with both hands and staring at the marks on it, Sejuani questioned it, but an indescribable sadness was revealed on her face.

That's Valhalla. Destruction, power, and storms materialized. Volibear represents all that is unstoppable, and the fury of the Freljord itself.

Ancient gods have existed since before mortal races appeared in the Freljord.

Even one of the 'Three Ice Sisters' was seriously injured by this god.

But Li Enlai should not have to bear all this.

It was she who was lost in her own desires and attempted to sign a contract with God without knowing her own limitations.

“Crack! Crack! Crack!”

With both hands tightly grasping the broken arm armor, the sharp edge, which had melted and then cooled again, slowly pierced into Sejuani's palm.

“Tick-tick~!”

The bright red blood flowed down the broken arm armor and formed scarlet blood plum blossoms on the snow.

“Crack! Crack! Crack!”

"Huhuhu~!"

The fluffy snow was quickly trampled down, and the sound of rapid breathing like a bellows came from a distance.

"Hoohoo~! Mother Zhan, how's it going? Have you found Li En?"

"..."

Olaf and the other two shouted from afar just by seeing Steel Mane, but received no response and hurried to the edge of the dug snow pit.

"war..."

Olaf's shouting suddenly stopped, and what came into the eyes of the two was Sejuani, who was holding the broken arm armor tightly with both hands and had no reaction at all even when her palms were cut.

"Sejuani..."

Sejuani carefully put away the broken arm armor and raised her head. Her bloodshot ice-blue eyes made the two of them feel a chill in their hearts.

"You're here, Udyr."

"Yes, the tribesmen who have dug out the remains over there are continuing to dig, so I came over here first."

"Well, let's go, hurry up and catch up, let's go back to the tribe first."

"Mother Zhan, we are not looking for Li..."

"Crack~!"

Covering Olaf's mouth with his hand wrapped in cloth, Udyr looked at Sejuani.

"Yes, Sejuani."

"Ah."

"Shua~!"

"Let's go, Bristle."

“Lulu~!”

Udyr didn't release his hand until Bristle carried Sejuani away for a distance.

"Huh! Udyr, it's time to wash this piece of cloth!

Why are you stopping me? Let the War Mother mobilize the tribe to find Li En!"

"Did you see that broken arm armor? Li En..."

"Ah? Are you saying Li En is dead!?"

"Bah! What nonsense are you talking about? Even if it was Valhal, do you think Li En would die like this?"

"of course not!"

"I thought so, but apparently, Sejuani thought he...

Anyway, I will send someone to secretly search for Li En, so don't make things worse."

"Uh... okay, let's go back then?"

"Well, let's go!"

...

After Udyr and the other two left, a figure wearing the armor of the Winter Claw tribe appeared on the snowy mountain in the distance.

Those eyes, flowing with a deep dark blue light, looked out over the vast snow-covered plain.

"A strong man who can get the attention of bears and birds, interesting..."

Gazing at the plain, the dark blue light gradually disappeared.

"Huh!? I am..."

The female warrior, whose hair was mixed with some snow-white and whose ice blood was not pure, scratched her cheek and, without thinking too much, followed the low snoring of Steel Mane.