Legends of Runeterra

Chapter 724 Leblanc's Intuition

A week later, Li En personally took Ashe and activated [Dimensional Walking] to send her back to the Avarosan tribe. Then he personally gave Sejuani's "Magnetic Field Seed" to her, had a good conversation with her, and then returned to Demacia.

Jax exchanged contact information with Li En and left Demacia two weeks later to continue his journey. He planned to challenge himself with more arduous training during the journey to push the power of "magnetic field rotation" to a higher level.

After Li En received a letter that was passed through many layers and finally delivered to him by Jana Suifeng, he ended his short rest of more than a month in Xiongdu and set out on the journey to the Immortal Fortress.

...

Something is wrong!

Nine or even ten points are wrong!

As the leader of the Black Rose, a secret society behind the Noxian Empire, LeBlanc sat on her own throne deep in the Immortal Bastion, her pale and charming face with a deep frown on her face.

Although in the past month, after countless investigations by association members of various identities, the feedback came back that everything was normal, but Leblanc's sixth sense told her that something was developing rapidly beyond her sight.

This chilling feeling reminded her of Saan Uzul, the sword of Damocles that was still hanging over the heads of the traitors, even though she had sent him to the underworld with her own hands.

"Could it be you... No, it must be you!"

With her hands painted with black nail polish, Leblanc tightly grasped her staff, and she felt a deep sense of uneasiness from the bottom of her heart.

Even though that cruel madman had been banished to the underworld by himself for nearly a thousand years, he was still able to cross dimensions and extend his tentacles into the material world silently.

This horrifying method made it hard for Leblanc to imagine what realm the other party had reached in the underworld by using a series of evil magic.

"Om~!"

The sudden lighting of the magic circle made Leblanc's pupils shrink, and the next moment, an almost impossible, heartfelt smile appeared on her face.

"This little guy is finally back~!"

Slowly standing up from the throne, black rose petals surrounded her body, the pale lady Leblanc disappeared, and was replaced by the head of the Reyes family - Hilda Reyes.

...

"Click~!"

"Hilda..."

"Bang~!"

The slender figure fell into Li En's arms, her cheek pressed against his chest, and her slender and well-proportioned arms tightly hugged him.

Looking at the person lying in his arms, Li En's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he didn't say much, but just quietly stroked the other person's back.

With Li En's current strength, he can naturally see that what is in his arms is not a mirror image, but Leblanc's real body.

The two of them stayed in silence for a long time, and Hilda finally raised her head slowly.

"Welcome home, Li En."

"Hilda..."

The white and slender fingers gently touched Li En's lips. Hilda didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly.

Facing Hilda's gaze, Li En gave a gentle, apologetic smile.

"Hilda."

"Ah."

Satisfied, she put down her fingers and hugged Li En, leaning her face against his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat.

"Um...Hilda, what happened?"

Facing Hilda's silence, Li En took the initiative to ask softly.

"...Yes, something is wrong with the recent Immortal Bastion..."

"What happened? Did Lord Swain's decree of integration arouse the nobles' murderous intent?"

"No, those so-called nobles, even Swain himself doesn't care about them."

"That is?"

"Li En, in addition to the Black Rose, there is also an unknown force lurking in the dark inside the Immortal Fortress that is constantly eroding us."

"Unknown power? But Hilda, although I have not been a member of the Black Rose for a long time, is there really such a force that can be hidden under the surveillance of the Black Rose!?"

"No! It's not a certain force! It's..."

Hilda slowly raised her head. Her golden hair, which was once neatly groomed, had been rubbed in Li En's arms for a long time, becoming somewhat messy. A hint of fear appeared on her charming face.

This posture creates the image of a broken beauty who is pitiful.

Seeing this, Li En raised his hand and gently combed Hilda's hair that fell on the side of her cheek, and then gently stroked her cheek.

"Don't worry, I'm here, I'll protect you."

"Lee En~!"

A slightly cool, white, delicate palm covered the back of Li En's hand, and Hilda pressed her cheek against Li En's palm.

As if absorbing the warmth from his palm, the panic on Hilda's face gradually faded away.

"Can you tell me about that 'unknown power'? I will do my best to help you."

"I..."

Facing Li En's gaze, Hilda's face showed a look of struggle.

"Remember, it was you who saved me from the human traffickers.

Without you, there would be no me today.

Hilda, everything I do is so that when danger comes one day, I can protect you from it just like you protected me."

"Lee En~!"

Hilda's eyes were moist as water, and the next moment, she stood on tiptoe and moved closer to Li En.

...

After a while, Hilda leaned in Li En's arms, her snow-white skin covered with a layer of crimson.

"Tell me everything, dear."

"...Well, dear, I wonder if you have ever heard of... the name of Tharn Uzul?"

"Hoo~!"

It was clearly in the Reyes family's study, but when Hilda mentioned this ancient name, an inexplicable cold wind suddenly appeared in the room.

Hearing this, Li En frowned slightly and thought for a moment.

"I seem to have heard that in Mr. Du Kecao's military class, there was a mention of it in an old book.

He must have lived at least a thousand years ago, why do you suddenly bring him up?"

"Well, it's this cruel and tyrannical ancient warlord, in fact..."

As Hilda tells the story, an obscure and secret past is revealed to Li En.

When she said the last sentence, Li En took a deep breath and slowly came back to his senses.

"In other words, the Black Rose has been guarding Noxus for nearly a thousand years in order to prevent that terrible twisted soul from returning again!"

"Yes, that's right. Although the middle and lower levels joined the Black Rose for their own ambitions, the real top leaders are all working hard to prevent this guy from coming back to life again.

For thousands of years, day after day."

Hilda paused, her blue eyes fixed on Li En.

“The entire Immortal Fortress was once built as a magic circle for Him to spy on the realm of the dead.

If the power hidden in the dark now really succeeds, then..."

"Tell me dear, what should we do?"