Legends of Runeterra

Chapter 861 Just Trust Me

"Roar~!"

“Tear it up~!”

Blood and fighting, a contest of life and death. Clutching Aphelios's clothes tightly, the stench of evil blood rushed into Alune's nose. In addition to learning knowledge and controlling her own magic power every day, she experienced this battlefield in the deepest state.

The silver-white armor had long been stained by the evil blood, and the warriors who used to be harmonious and friendly now burst into roars filled with rage.

"Is this what my brother has been facing all this time?"

Following Aphelios' steps through the bloody path fought by the warriors, her moon-white dress was inevitably splashed with blood.

But at this moment, La Luen surprisingly did not feel any fear in her heart. The reluctance that she had previously forced to suppress in her heart had now been completely let go.

"Shua~!"

"Pfft~!"

After splitting the evil spirits that were blocking the way ahead, there was no longer any obstacle on the road to the 'Guihai Maru Temple'.

Aphelios turned his gaze slightly and looked at Alune behind him on the right, with an expression that was hard to conceal the hesitation.

"Brother, let me go on my own from now on!"

"..."

Those eyes that were once gentle and innocent were now filled with unspoken determination.

Meeting Alune's gaze, Aphelios looked at his sister deeply, then nodded slowly.

"Ow~!"

An evil roar came from behind, and Aphelios raised his weapon and turned around suddenly to meet it.

Under the moonlight, the boy rushed towards the monster with a knife in hand, while the girl lifted her skirt slightly and ran towards the ancient and mysterious temple.

"Hoo~!"

La Lune ran quickly, her glowing white hair left behind her. The clear sound of the wind gradually replaced the sound of fighting behind her.

Without hesitation or looking back, Alune's determined eyes were fixed on the temple in the distance, which was no longer illusory and had completely become a reality.

"But...why is the moon red on a 'moon conjunction night'?"

This doubt suddenly arose in her heart, and then in a trance, La Luen's doubt disappeared.

His gaze became firm again, and he ran quickly towards the holy temple under the scarlet moonlight.

Just as the girl arrived at the gate of the holy temple and was about to step into the gate.

"Do you really want to go in?"

"Um!?"

La Lune turned her head suddenly, and a tall and straight man with black hair and black eyes appeared beside her.

Staring at that perfect face, La Lune's heartbeat accelerated slightly involuntarily, but what really made her subconsciously stop was the sense of familiarity and trust that suddenly emerged in her heart when facing this face.

"You...you are..."

"Laluen, it's time to wake up."

"Da~!"

The man snapped his fingers lightly.

"Om~!"

A golden and red aura suddenly rose from La Lune's body, and an extremely warm and secure feeling surged in her heart.

Gradually, as if a veil covering her eyes was being lifted, everything in La Lune's eyes was changing rapidly.

The previously ancient and mysterious holy temple has now turned into a dark red aggregate of some kind of flesh and blood.

The bright and clear moon in the sky was distorted and twisted, with a circle of tentacles growing irregularly on its edges.

Alune looked back anxiously, but Aphelios, who had fought his way out for her, and the warriors of the sect had already disappeared.

There was no trace of fighting on the dark red ground, as if... they had never existed.

"What... is this..."

La Lune turned her head in confusion, only to find that even though the whole world was distorted, the tall and straight man next to her had not changed at all, and there was still a gentle smile on his lips that made her feel at ease.

Including the area within five meters under the opponent's feet, it still maintains its original appearance.

"If you want to know what's going on, just hold my hand."

"..."

Staring closely at the pair of gentle dark eyes, Alune was silent for a while, then decisively stretched out her hand and held the slender and powerful hand.

"Om~!"

As the golden-red flames rose, countless sealed and suppressed skills emerged from her mind. After a moment of distraction, when La Lune's eyes focused again.

"Li En, you...are not right! Get out of here!"

La Luen looked at Li En anxiously and worriedly. At the same time, countless twisted and deformed flesh tentacles slowly spread towards the two of them.

"Leave? That's not okay."

He exerted a little force on the hand holding La Lune, and the slender girl was pulled in front of him.

La Lune staggered, and subconsciously raised her other hand to rest on the solid and warm chest.

"I came here on purpose, not just to see you."

"But... Li En, I..."

"When you were born, you were chosen as a sacrifice by the evil spirit on the night of the moon conjunction, when the boundary between the spiritual and material realms was blurred. Wasn't that right?"

"You...you know everything!?"

"Of course, why else do you think I came here specifically?"

"But...but it's too late..."

La Luen didn't continue, but Li En knew exactly what she meant.

If we had intervened as soon as the evil spirit cast the curse, we could have completely eradicated the curse.

If treatment is attempted while she is still an infant, it can be cured at a certain cost.

However, everything is too late now. The curse has grown with Alune and is intertwined with her life, just like a bottle of ink poured into clear water, the two can no longer be separated.

"Hmm~!"

Feeling a warm palm gently placed on her head, La Lune lowered her head to hide the tears in her eyes and subconsciously let out a cute whimper.

"It's okay, Laluen, trust me, I will definitely rescue you safe and sound!"

"Lee En..."

Slowly raising her head, La Lune looked into the pair of dark and gentle eyes with tearful eyes.

At some point, the distance between the two of them disappeared, and La Lune leaned into the warm and solid embrace.

Li En smiled gently, then lowered his head and held the slightly cool softness in his mouth.

"Woo~!"

Alune let out a muffled whimper, and her slender, soft body suddenly froze.

As time passed, the stiff body gradually became soft again, and it leaned completely in Li En's arms as if it had no bones.

"Buzz~~!!!"

The moon-white existence that shone with an incredible light melted into Alune's figure.

After completing all this, Li En raised his head again. Immersed in it, La Luen subconsciously tiptoed, and then opened her eyes in confusion.

After meeting Li En's dark and gentle eyes, her cheeks, which were already slightly flushed, became even brighter, but La Lune soon noticed the changes in herself.

"Leen, what on earth is this!?"