As the familiar taste burst on the taste buds and the cold liquid went down my throat, a feeling of clarity spread throughout my body, as if even the physical and mental fatigue was reduced a lot.
Even just once, I want a good night's sleep...
Ryze's heart stopped, and a hint of confusion and fatigue flashed in his eyes.
But soon, various images appeared in his mind again.
Everything that happened to his hometown on the other side of the Noxus Mountains, his master Tyrus, the young man he had saved in Freljord, his only apprentice Kegan No and...now the vengeful flame spirit Brand.
Ryze shook his head, cast aside the fatigue in his heart, and became determined again.
"Thank you for the beer." His tone had completely calmed down. He raised his head and looked at Li Lin. "What exactly do you want to talk about? Can you hurry up? I have somewhere else to go."
"If you're in a hurry to find the World Rune, I can help you."
Ruiz's brows were tightly furrowed, and the good impression he had just felt for him disappeared in an instant. "Oh, you want to help?"
His tone turned cold again, "Just get out of here, that would be a huge help to me."
"It seems that you still don't understand. I actually have no idea about the World Rune."
Well...at this stage.
Li Lin added another sentence in his heart.
"You think I believe your lies?" Ryze pulled the string of the scroll on his shoulder. "Every one of them who knows the runes and tries to get close to me says the same thing."
Li Lin couldn't help feeling tired. This old wizard was really adamant on the topic of world runes.
"If you think I'm an evil person, trying to dominate the world with the World Rune..."
"I didn't say that, you said it yourself."
Li Lin ignored Ryze and continued to talk to himself, "Then I want to ask you something. I actually have the ability to dominate the world now, so why haven't I done it yet?"
"Oh yes yes...you can rule the world."
Ryze didn't know how to describe his current mood.
He paused, then added with a hint of sarcasm, "When you're busy saving the world, everyone wants to chat with you, especially those stupid people who don't know their place."
"Hey! You're such a jerk! Don't you dare scold Li Lin!" Zuo Yin, who had just finished his soda, yelled at him angrily. "He's the one who can fight Fiddlesticks, the original demon. Can you do that?"
“Fiddlesticks…” Ryze’s childish expression shrank. “If I were you, I wouldn’t say that name casually, girl!”
"I'm not a girl, I'm grown up!"
Li Lin quickly grabbed Zuo Yin who was waving her fist in protest, fearing that she would get upset and summon an arcane meteor to smash Ryze.
"Okay, okay, you're grown up now. You shouldn't get angry with others over this kind of thing."
After comforting Zuo Yin a little, he said to Ryze, "I did fight Fiddlesticks, but it wasn't as exaggerated as Zuo Yin said, because I could only protect myself, but it was Zuo Yin who sealed it."
"What?! It's sealed?" Ryze couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, "That's the leader of the ten demons!"
"So what? Don't forget that all the original demons were sealed by the Star Spirits!"
Zuo Yin's rebuttal made Ryze shut up.
These things were not even recorded on Fukumitsu Island, so he really had no idea about them.
"The Demon of Dread is sealed at the border of Demacia, in Hengfeng Village, at the southwest foot of Eternal Peak. You should be able to sense the aura of dark magic there as soon as you arrive."
Li Lin was not worried at all that Ryze would release the demon. After all, he was also the guardian of mankind and it was impossible for him to allow an ancient threat to return to the material realm.
Besides, there are a large number of mechanical troops guarding there.
Li Lin squeezed Zuo Yin's hand to calm her excitement, and continued, "Just a few days ago, at the border of Demacia, I'm sure you must have heard about Prince Jarvan IV."
Ryze remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Morgana, one of the Winged Protector Sisters of Demacia. She's visiting Dawn Castle right now.
"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing. I was also the one who killed Yinwa, the giant fire dragon that wreaked havoc on the border."
Looking at the solemn and incredulous expression on Ruiz's face, Li Lin chuckled, "Of course, if you don't believe me, you can ask any soldier of the Guardian Great Wall, especially the scouts of the Dragon Bird Unit.
"That steel giant, at least a hundred meters tall, that disappeared on the spot carrying the dragon's corpse, was designed by me. It was built by me and Piltover University."
"What exactly do you want to say? Are you trying to say that this is the reason you can dominate the world? Are you trying to convince me to get the World Rune?"
Ryze narrowed his eyes. "Power changes everyone. No one can hold onto it for long! Even I, myself, am unworthy of this duty of protection."
"I've heard of kingdoms falling, falling into oblivion, all vanishing in a flash! This was all brought about by the World Rune.
"You should feel lucky because you didn't experience that dark age and still have plenty of time to enjoy life... But once you come into contact with runes, everything is different."
Ryze took a deep breath and said in the tone of a wise man warning his younger generation, "Humans can be foolish sometimes, but I am also a member of the human race, so I must protect my compatriots! I fight for you!"
"If I didn't bother to care, all this would be so much easier." His expression was as dark as ink. "The World Rune was abused by the foolish rulers. The entire Rune Land fell apart, and human civilization was completely destroyed..."
"You're wrong, Ryze." Li Lin didn't give him a chance to finish his words. "World Runes are not human civilization, nor are they the real threat to Runeterra. You have no idea what the real threat our world faces is."
"It seems that you know a lot about this?" Ryze asked back in a sarcastic tone.
Li Lin just shook his head, "Do you know what destroyed Shurima, the ascended empire?
"I assume you mean Xerath? This is a legend that most Shurimans have heard of, and they all believe that he is the culprit that caused Shurima to fall... But this is only the direct cause, not the root cause."
Li Lin stared at Ryze across from him with a serious expression. He parted his lips slightly and uttered a difficult word: "The Void... is the ultimate threat we face."
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