Li Lin and Caitlin helped the dazed Valentina to the door of Heimerdinger's office.
The office door was only half-open, and they heard the noise inside before they even entered.
As soon as Li Lin opened the door, he and Caitlin were stunned by the scene before them.
Books of various kinds were piled up like small mountains, occupying every corner of the not-so-big office.
Heimerdinger, Viktor, his assistant Skye, and a dozen students Li Lin didn't know were quickly flipping through various books.
Li Lin quickly walked over to Heimerdinger, who was sitting at his miniature desk. "Professor..."
He was flipping through a very thick, slightly yellowed, ancient book that looked quite old. Without even looking up, he said:
"Oh yes, my child, have you found any clues?"
"Uh, I'm Li Lin, professor."
"Li Lin...Oh yes, Li Lin!"
Heimerdinger took a few seconds to react, then immediately raised his head, lifted the small glasses without temples on his nose, and his face lit up with joy.
"My child, you are finally back!"
"Professor, Kate and I have brought Professor Zindero here."
Li Lin moved half his body away, allowing Heimerdinger to see Caitlin and Valentina standing at the door.
"Professor Zindero's condition is very serious," he said. "That nightmare has already found its way here."
"I saw that this afternoon when I visited Professor Zindero."
A solemn look flashed across Heimerdinger's eyes. "So, I quickly had Viktor use the Hextech Flygate technology to transport the relevant tomes from the library to my office."
"Have you found any relevant records? For example...how to deal with that nightmare?"
"Unfortunately, most records of the Rune Wars have been artificially erased. Many people even regard the devastating war that nearly wiped out humanity a thousand years ago as a fabricated legend.
“Not to mention the Shadow War, which isn’t as well-known as the Rune War, with only a few records.
"Perhaps the Shadow Mage back then believed that demons should not be understood or remembered by humans. There's not even a mention of this nightmare demon's events or name in the annals."
As he spoke, Heimerdinger turned around and flipped through dozens of pages of the tome on his desk, then waved to Li Lin, signaling him to bend down and look at the place he was pointing at.
"Look here. I've spent the entire afternoon looking through dozens of books, including the tome the students were looking through. Among the hundreds of books, only this one line describes a shadow mage teaming up to seal a nightmare-devouring evil spirit."
Heimerdinger shook his head and sighed, "Without relevant records, it will be difficult for us to formulate corresponding countermeasures."
"But didn't you witness the Rune War? You should know something about it, right?" Li Lin was puzzled.
Heimerdinger puffed his beard and said unhappily, "That was a world-shattering war, kid. We must have returned to Bandle City the moment it broke out."
Li Lin: “…”
Then you said you witnessed the Rune Wars, but it seems like you just experienced the beginning and then ran away...
He shook his head slightly, not ready to continue on this irrelevant topic.
After thinking for a while, Li Lin continued, "In Ionia, there is an evil spirit called Azakana. They can absorb the emotions of their host through parasitism, and when they grow up, they will transform into different forms of demons."
"I've heard of that kind of existence. When I went to Ionia for research hundreds of years ago, I encountered people devoured by Azakana and did some research on them.
"Those monsters have no form and can only exist in the spiritual realm. They are basically unable to affect the material world unless they are attached to someone through their negative emotions..."
Heimerdinger frowned, and a glimmer of light flashed in his emerald eyes, as if he had a clue.
This nightmare created by shadow magic seems to have similarities with Azakana?
"They are not invincible."
Li Lin continued, "As long as we know the true name of each Azakana, we can temporarily expel them...
"Of course, if we want to completely eliminate it, we need to use some special means."
He raised his hand and looked down, and a faint blue-white light appeared in the palm of his hand.
Call out the demon's true name, and their weaknesses will automatically be revealed.
With just a little bit of magic, it is not difficult to expel it from the material realm, or even "kill" it.
It just so happens that Hextech uses technology to control magic.
What's more, the power supply device of his armor is a Hextech core made of concentrated primordial crystal.
Heimerdinger stroked his furry white beard and nodded. "If that's the case, then rescuing Professor Zindero from Nightmare won't be difficult."
But problems also arise.
"But Nightmare's true name is not recorded in the Piltover text."
"That's not a problem." Li Lin smiled confidently, "I know the Nightmare's true name. If I can wear this armor and enter the spiritual realm, I can solve it."
According to his understanding, Mordekaiser might not be Nightmare's real name.
But it doesn't matter because he has a "data-driven mindset" that can fully show its true name.
Apart from Fiddlesticks, the leader of the ten demons, who was born from the first scream of fear among living beings and is the embodiment of the fear of all creatures in Runeterra, Li Lin is not really afraid of other demons.
Because apart from chanting their real names, to deal with them, you just need to control your emotions.
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