Malphite's voice was too deep, but in this cramped and claustrophobic environment, with the echo, it was loud enough to outshine even the most powerful hexagonal amplifier.
Even Li Lin, whose body had been strengthened, felt that his eardrums were hurting and his head was dizzy.
Not to mention Hewlett and Shuley behind him, who had already bent down and covered their ears, their faces full of pain.
Li Lin quickly put on his mask, blocking out some of the outside noise. "I understand the logic, but could you... please be quieter?"
"Oh, sorry."
As if aware of the pain of the villains in front of him, Murphite lowered his voice and even his breathing became much slower.
Then, the mine was shaken again like a landslide, with huge rocks rubbing against each other and countless small stones falling from the top.
Malphite moved and rubbed, changing his shape. A rock face with eyes, nose and mouth, which looked extremely similar to a human, emerged. It was about 10 meters high and 20 meters wide, exactly half the size of the stone wall.
Its two round eyes, as dark as deep pits, slowly opened, and the crystal pupils in its eyes were like precious yellow gems unearthed from the Shurima mines.
Under the raised nose, an arc-shaped, jagged groove gurgled and instantly spewed out a large amount of choking dust, just like a sneeze or a cough.
"Sorry, I'm just digesting this," Malphite said.
After a long while, Shulai came to his senses, frowned, covered his mouth and nose, walked in front of Li Lin, and squinted his eyes to look into one of Malphite's big eyes.
Her curiosity about this strange rock life form that she had never seen before far outweighed her fear.
"Are you... the spirit of the mountains? Or something else?" Shulai asked softly.
When she asked this, there was another harsh sound of rocks rubbing against each other. Malphite's brows furrowed tightly, and his voice was filled with doubt.
"No, at least I don't think I am... I thought I was part of a whole, and then..."
Malphite paused for over ten seconds before continuing, "Then, I was born and continued to fight the enemy... There was so much chaos in this world, it's hard for me to remember."
"enemy?"
Shulai raised his eyebrows and looked back at Li Lin, who was wearing a mask and had an unclear expression, and Hewlett, who had no idea what they were saying and looked confused.
"What enemy?"
"Something that doesn't exist...something that exists only to be devoured."
Malphite's voice was low and slow, and his eyes, which were full of brilliance, were slightly dazed, as if he was recalling something from the past.
Shulai couldn't help but take a deep breath, but was choked by the dusty air and coughed violently a few times. "Cough cough cough... I think I know them."
After pounding her chest a few times, she took out a Hextech breathing mask from the bag around her waist, put it on her face, and her breathing became smoother instantly.
"They live in the southern deserts, occasionally going to Kharisei to hunt. The locals call their habitat Kalixai, but northern Shurima and outsiders call it the Sea of Bones."
Shulai is originally from Shurima. Before she moved to Piltover, her hometown was in the mountains of eastern Shurima, downstream of the main channel of the River of Life, near Koharise.
In other words, she grew up in the lost legend of Icathia.
Of course, she had also heard her parents talk about Rek'Sai and the Sha.
"Yes, yes... the Sea of Bones... they were once imprisoned in the depths of that salty land, but now they are different... now they move through the earth's crust like the roots of a poisonous tree."
Li Lin couldn't help but sigh as he listened to their conversation, which was completely on different channels.
Shulai is obviously referring to the Sha who once occupied the Sea of Bones, Rek'Sai and his "children" Ax'Sai.
But judging from the look in Malphite's eyes, it was obvious that it was unaware of these void monsters underground in the desert.
Otherwise, Rek'Sai and the Sha would not have survived until now, being killed by Grand Maester Nasus and then swallowed by Kai'Sa to evolve the skin armor.
What Malphite was talking about was simply the Void's encroachment on Runeterra, that is, those so-called "Void Vines" underground.
I can only say that he is indeed very smart, with a big body and a small brain capacity...
"Ahem, Kalixai's Rek'Sai has been killed by the god-warrior Nasus." Li Lin couldn't help but interrupt.
"What?!" Shulai's face was filled with shock. He turned around and looked at him, "The legendary Rek'Sai is dead? Or was he..."
"I saw it firsthand last year on my journey to Shurima with the Grand Maester."
Shulai's expression beneath the mask was already stunned, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
She thought Li Lin was bragging. How could a craftsman from Piltover, no matter how good he was, be friends with a former demigod?
Besides, Nasus hasn't been seen in decades since the last rumor of him traveling with a purple-skinned mage.
This is just a legend, and it is not certain whether it has actually happened.
But the next second, when Li Lin unfolded the armor on his chest, Murphy's reaction made Shulai completely dispel this doubtful idea.
"This...this...is such a familiar feeling..."
Malphite's eyes widened, as if he wanted to break free from this small area.
The mine trembled again, and large pieces of rubble quickly fell from the cracked stone roof above in a spider web shape. The wooden support pillars supporting the mine were under pressure beyond their design limits.
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