Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 139: Runeland is so big, I want to take her around to see it

"Ahri, you should have told me earlier."

Looking at the system prompt box, Li Ke took a deep breath, then looked up at the white fox flying in front of him and said.

Ahri stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, turned to Li Ke and said, "I'm so happy."

"But don't be too scared, Li Ke. Cassiopeia rarely leaves her territory. She always stays in her cave, making some noises outside, and then waits for other souls to find her.

And she's been in a bad state lately, she lost a mirror and a comb, her strength has weakened a lot because of this, um, why didn't I notice that she lost things so easily before? Anyway, your spying on her won't make her come to you specifically, because she's very busy and has been angry all the time."

Ahri comforted Li Ke and told him something about Cassiopeia. Then she continued, "Besides, I'm still here, right?"

"I will protect you, Li Ke, don't be afraid, she can't beat me." Ali said happily with a rising voice.

"Thank you, Ali." Li Ke smiled, but there was a hint of helplessness in his smile.

Ahri: I will protect you, Li Ke, but as to why you need my protection, haha, don’t ask!

"You're welcome~" Ahri said, then looked forward.

Li Ke was also in deep thought.

Li Ke learned a lot of information about Cassiopeia, because Cassiopeia is also a crucial role in the alliance.

She was born in Noxus. Her father is the head of the Du Keao family. She also has an older sister named Katarina Du Keao.

Unlike her sister, Cassiopeia did not inherit her father's military power, but in Noxus, military power is not everything, strategy and political acumen are also tough measures.

Therefore, Cassiopeia, who inherited her mother's political acumen, had a much easier childhood than her sister Catalina.

However, her situation was no better than Katarina's. In the stories that Li Ke knew, although his memory was a little fuzzy, Li Ke remembered that Cassiopeia's mother seemed to be a member of a secret society left over from ancient times.
In other words, her mother should be a member of the Black Rose organization, and Cassiopeia also joined the Black Rose under the leadership of her mother Soleanna.

Not long after he came of age, Noxus was in turmoil. Swain deposed Darkwill and came to power. With thundering means, he quickly took control of Noxus. Because of Swain's reputation in the army and his iron-blooded style of doing things, those noble families acquiesced to the legitimacy of this coup, including the Du Caucasus family.

Soleanna was therefore terrified, because it was the Black Rose that caused the turmoil in Noxus. Swain had killed many members of the Black Rose a long time ago, including the Jericho couple, who were Swain's parents.

For the sake of Noxus, he could even wipe out his own relatives, let alone Soleanna and other members of the Black Rose.

Therefore, Soleanna was afraid of Swain, and Cassiopeia was assigned a task by her mother, which was to go to Shurima to find the artifact that could change everything and then influence the situation in Noxus.

Cassiopeia agreed, hired Sivir on Shurima, and backstabbed her to death, which led to a series of major events such as Xerath Renekton escaping the seal, Azir's resurrection and perfect ascension, Sivir's resurrection, and she became the Serpent's Embrace.
In other words, if Cassiopeia hadn't acted on her own, perhaps many things in Shurima wouldn't have happened. But this is not certain, because even if there was no Cassiopeia, there would still be East and West Cassiopeia and North Cassiopeia.
Anyway, that's how LeBlanc does things, and she always gets into trouble.

This is Cassiopeia in the material realm. She is sinister, cunning, and beautiful. She has no sympathy, and others are just tools to her, which can be discarded after use.

But Cassiopeia in the Soul Lotus is different.

You have to know that in the Soul Lotus series, although Ming Zhou and Ye You are in an antagonistic relationship, it does not mean that Ye You is a large evil faction. They can be considered chaotic, but Ye You faction is also maintaining the stability of Soul Lotus.

The relationship between Ming Zhou and Ye You is that they have different ways of dealing with souls and different views, but they are both recognized by the Land of Soul Lotus. Therefore, the essence of the two factions is whether the soul has let go of its obsession and whether it has been "liberated".

Bound by the past, captured by memories, and unable to extricate oneself from darkness, one will become the ghost of the night.

What Ahri does is to let these souls let go of their obsessions, seek new life, and thus turn into daylight.

What about Thresh? What he does is to make these souls keep seeing past scenes, fall into repetition, and become night ghosts. Well, Thresh is indeed a top villain.
As the big sister of the Night Ghost camp, the original painting of Spirit Lotus Snake Lady is extremely beautiful, no less than that of Ahri.

When Li Ke first played galgame, his first favorite character was Ahri, his second favorite was Riven, and his third was Snake Girl.

Because the snake girl in the mini-game looks really beautiful when she blushes!

Moreover, it can be seen from the dialogues and behaviors in the game at that time that she really has nothing to do with the snake girl in the material realm.

Because she is not the kind of person who would throw away her "tools" after using them.

On the contrary, the snake girl in the Soul Lotus is an extremely nostalgic demigod.

Li Ke mentioned before that the gods in the Soul Lotus have nothing to do with the heroes in the material realm, because they are main universe hero skins and are independent stories that take place on Runeterra.

The reason why the snake girl became Ye You's spirit of temptation was that she was originally a human being, but after failing in a palace fight, she was banished into the mountains and died of old age in loneliness. Therefore, this is probably why the snake girl is conservative and after seeing the "player", she asks the player to help her find things.

So, Cassiopeia should be able to communicate, right?
He shouldn't be like Thresh, who came up with a distorted expression, exposed his chest, and shouted weird words like "joyful", "touching", "I want"?

As Li Ke was thinking, a light suddenly appeared in front of him.

Ahri's voice also fell.

"When we arrived at Li Ke, the sheep and the wolf had already come to greet us."

Ali's smiling voice was heard, and then Li Ke found himself appearing on the calm lake.

Qian Jue appeared, the sheep spirit's hooves lightly tapping the water surface, and it appeared gracefully in front of Li Ke, while the wolf spirit laughed beside him, looking at Li Ke with joy in his eyes.

The wolf howled and shouted: "Boy, you are really back!"

"Quick, did you bring the gift that Yang asked you to bring?"

Li Ke took out the book, a history book with about 500,000 words.

When Yang saw the book, his eyes lit up under the mask and he nodded to Li Ke and said, "Thank you."

The wolf rushed over, with smoke dancing in its mouth, and opened its huge mouth to swallow Li Ke's arm. It snatched the book in Li Ke's hand and flew to the side of the sheep.

The sheep took the book with one hand and patted the wolf's head with the other.

The wolf enjoyed the sheep's touch, but he muttered, "Boy, why do you smell like a snake?"

"He peeked at Cassiopeia and was discovered by her." Ahri said seriously beside him.

Li Ke was stunned and opened his mouth to explain.

No, what is voyeurism?

Isn’t it because you didn’t explain it clearly, Ahri, that I was attracted by that “black ball” and looked over there?

Was it me who wanted to peek?!

What is Cassiopeia's name in the Soul Lotus Land? It's the Spirit of Temptation!

So it is really normal for Li Ke to be seduced, right?
But before Li Ke could explain, the wolf shouted excitedly: "What? You went to spy on that bad-tempered snake? My God, you are so brave! Boy, I really like you more and more!"

"Tell me, how did you spy on the snake? Last time, I just passed through her territory with the sheep, and she got angry and told us to get out."

"Haha, if the sheep wasn't so kind, I would bite her to death!" said the wolf spirit fiercely.

The sheep sighed, appeared beside the wolf, nodded apologetically towards Li Ke, then patted the wolf's neck and said, "Wolf, stop talking nonsense. The snake lost something at that time. We went there at that time. She was suppressing her anger by not taking action."

"I don't care. She can lose her temper, so why can't I? Sheep, you can't be like this. It's too hypocritical!" The wolf rolled his eyes and muttered.

As Li Ke listened to these secrets, he became more and more curious about the Land of Soul Lotus.

Li Ke came in several times, but because of lack of time and because that pervert Thresh kept staring at him, he was conducting small-scale explorations in the Soul Lotus and did not dare to leave Ahri's protection rashly.

Therefore, in the Soul Lotus Land, there are too many gods that Li Ke has not seen yet.

Take the first generation of Soul Blossom for example, there are Vayne, Yasuo, Yongen, Teemo, Lillia, and Riven, which Li Ke has never seen before.

"Boy, you only brought food for the sheep and the fox, what about mine?"

The wolf suddenly said to Li Ke.

Li Ke said speechlessly: "Aren't you and the sheep one?"

"Hehe, you passed." The wolf was stunned at first, then he laughed and nodded in agreement with Li Ke's words.

Yes, the wolf and the sheep are one!

Yang Ling had already opened the book and started reading.

[Qian Jue's favorability towards you +50]

Li Ke looked at the favorability indicator and found that Kindred's favorability still hadn't reached 20. Taking into account Kindred's previous 70 points of favorability, it was now 30 points, points away from reaching the level of encounter.

In the friends stage, once you meet someone you probably become friends, that is, if you meet them on the street you will actively say hello and chat with them.

Li Ke looked at Yang Ling and said, "Qian Jue, I want to ask you for help with something."

"Boy, do you want us to help you?" The wolf tilted his head and looked at Li Ke.

"No?" Li Ke hesitated. After all, Li Ke owed Kindred. The sheep and the wolf had spent ten years helping him, repairing his soul, allowing him to be resurrected, and returning to Zaun in time.

This book of his does not count as a way of repaying a favor. Even if Yang Ling likes it very much, Li Ke does not think that giving a book to her is a way of repaying Qian Jue for saving his life.

After all, this book is just a small gift given by Li Ke.

"Okay, didn't I tell you that I like you more and more?" The wolf changed the subject and said with a smile. He looked at the sheep and said, "Sheep, you will help him too, right?"

"Of course." Qian Jue raised her little hand and closed the book. Her beautiful and smooth hair fluttered without wind, and she spoke in a cold voice.

Ali on the side yawned. She didn't like Pingshui Lake because there was nothing here.

On the boundless lake, there is no wind, no clouds, no animals, trees, flowers, or insects.
Really, I don’t know why sheep like to live in a place like this!

Ali thought boredly.

"Well, should I let Ahri tell you the details, or should you guys explore my memory?" Seeing Kindred agree, Li Ke felt a lot more relaxed and spoke.

"Search memory? The sheep and I can't do that. Only the fox and the lantern can do it~" the wolf said buzzingly, seeming a little angry because he couldn't do that.

He continued depressedly: "Come on, Fox, tell me and the sheep what this kid wants us to do."

Ahri stepped forward and raised her hand, a cloud appeared, the wolf stepped forward and swallowed the cloud in one gulp, closing his eyes.

The body formed by cloud mist began to grow larger and swell, but with a "puff", his body began to shrink again.

When he opened his eyes again, the wolf squinted and said, "Awakening lost souls. This should be the fox's job, but the situation of that soul is different. It's the soul of a living being that hasn't died yet. Hey, this is indeed not the fox's job."

"Sheep, this is our job." The wolf said around the sheep spirit.

Yang Ling held the book in one hand and the bow in the other, walked towards Li Ke, and stood in front of Li Ke.

A pleasant smell came to Li Ke's nose. Looking down at the sheep spirit that was only as tall as his chest, Li Ke felt a little nervous.

"Don't be nervous, Li Ke. I'm just putting my and the wolf's marks on you." Yang Ling sensed Li Ke's nervousness and said softly.

She raised her hand and lightly touched Li Ke's forehead with the front end of the crystal longbow. The cold touch made Li Ke's body tremble.

【Qian Jue is sharing her insights with you.】

【Get Success】

[Obtain the skill Kindred Seal]

Yang Ling took back the longbow in his hand, and Li Ke also reached out to touch his forehead, but the only thing left on his smooth forehead was the coolness from the touch of the crystal bow.

"Okay, Li Ke, now you can go back and revive Orianna. You can collect her soul, and the rest will be left to me and the wolf." Yang Ling took a step back and looked at Li Ke. She continued:

"I have put my and the wolf's marks on you. In this way, you have become a believer of me and the wolf, and have the right to decide the life and death of souls for us. Of course, you can only decide the souls of creatures weaker than you. You must remember to stay away from souls stronger than you, otherwise you will be retaliated against and even have your body taken away." Yang Ling warned Li Ke seriously.

"Wait, Yang, from what you said, in the future the Soul Lotus can allow souls from other places to come in as well?" Ahri suddenly jumped out. She had just been lying on her back on the lake, planning to take a nap, but when she heard Yang's voice, she immediately turned over and appeared between Li Ke and Yang Ling.

"Yes," Yang Ling nodded. She didn't know whether her behavior was good or bad. Would it be a good thing to give such powerful ability to Li Ke?

However, after ten years of Yang Ling's countless touches and repairs to Li Ke's soul, she finally chose to respond to Li Ke and believe in herself.

The voice deep in your soul will never lie.

Moreover, she and Wolf also had a favor to ask Li Ke.

"Why didn't you do this before?" Ahri shouted, and the little fox stood up with a displeased look on his face:

"Since you have such ability, why didn't you do this before? If you had done this earlier, Yang, the Soul Lotus would have more and more souls, and Thresh and I wouldn't have to fight for souls!"

After hearing what Ahri said, the sheep raised her hoof, then put it down again and stepped on the water, as if she was helpless. Then, she said to Ahri, "But fox, there has never been anyone who can travel between the soul lotus and the material world. The wolf and I have no use for this ability. Do you want me to bestow this ability on the souls here? But the wolf and I are enough to handle it. We don't need anyone to help us."

"Fox, Li Ke is special." Yang Ling said seriously.

"Oh, that's right." Ali responded.

"What a stupid fox!" the wolf shouted nearby.

After hearing this, Ahri became furious and bared her teeth at the wolf.

Li Ke also looked at the newly acquired skill, but rather than calling it a skill, it was more like a passive skill?
Depend on!
How many passive skills do I have now? !
Li Ke thought speechlessly, he now had Ahri's charm skill, elemental mastery, Kindred's Lamb's Breath, and Kindred's Seal, but the problem was that these four skills were all passive skills!
No, can't you give me an active skill? !
I, Li Ke, also want to be a mage. At worst, I'd like to have a lethal skill, such as Noxian Guillotine, Alpha Strike, etc.?
Li Ke thought speechlessly, but then he took a breath and looked at the new passive skill excitedly.

[Mark of Kindred (Red/Mythical)]

[Effect: Become the spokesperson of the God of Death. You have the right to decide where souls belong. Every time you decide where a soul belongs, you will receive 0.01% of the soul's soul strength before its death as a reward.]

[Introduction: "Sheep, tell me again, what can we take away?" "Everything, dear wolf." - It is up to you to decide whether the soul stays or goes. ]

Li Ke: “.”

This, this passive is too powerful!

Li Ke looked at the new skills excitedly, and his face turned red involuntarily.

What does this effect mean?
Yes. Li Ke possesses the abilities of the Book of Death and the Sword of Death!

The more soul ownership he has, the stronger he will be. Before, he thought that only the Soul Lotus could increase his soul strength in every possible way, but now he sees that he can do it in the material realm as well!

However, after careful consideration, Li Ke immediately calmed down.

Soul strength grows exponentially. With Li Ke's current soul strength of 1 points, no mortal in the material world can compare to him. To put it bluntly, Li Ke killed a thousand people and then determined the whereabouts of their souls. But can he increase his soul strength by point in the end?

No. It should be said, can it increase Li Ke's soul strength by 0.01?

I remember when I first entered the Soul Lotus, my soul strength was 2 points, which means that the soul strength of ordinary people is around 0.01 points, and I got of their soul strength.
Forget it, why think so much?
Anyway, it's a good thing overall.

Now that I have solved Orianna's problem, I can become stronger in the material field. Besides, no matter how small a piece of mosquito meat is, it is still meat, right?
Finally, sending the souls of familiar people to the Soul Lotus can allow them to go to the Soul Lotus after death, which is definitely a good thing.

"Okay, Li Ke, now you can go save Orianna."

"However, just like your situation, after her soul is sent in, it will take the wolf and I some time to heal her soul. Then, all you have to do is bring her body to Ionia and let her soul return to her body."

Yang Ling spoke.

"How long will this take?" Li Ke asked.

The wolf said, "It won't take long. The speed of time in the material world is different from that in the Soul Lotus. Your soul is very weak, but this female human's soul is even weaker. It will only take the sheep and I two to three years to repair her!"

"But this is the last time, kid."

"If you let the soul return without permission, the sheep and I will be taking risks to help you," said the wolf viciously.

Li Ke nodded and thanked the wolf and the sheep gratefully.

The wolf said it would take two or three years, so from the outside world it would probably take a few months.

This period of time is indeed not long. In a few months, Li Ke can do a lot.

The first thing he had to do, naturally, was to lead the two cities against the Noxian warlords.

Camille reported that the Letas family of Noxus and Viscount Kirill, who controlled two mines, were already preparing their armies and were preparing to attack Piltover secretly.

They wanted to take Piltover before the king gave the order.

At that time, the airship equipped with Hextech cannons will let the Noxians see the power of the Twin Cities.

Then, to Ionia?

Hmm. Traveling to Ionia with Jinx?

Orianna's soul has been fully restored. Li Ke will definitely take Orianna's body to Ionia personally. Singed must also follow. As for Jinx, if Li Ke doesn't let her go, she will tear down the house!
Therefore, Li Ke suddenly felt a little excited.

Li Ke hasn't had a good rest since he came to Runeland. His spirit has always been tense. He often smiles at others, and gentleness becomes the first impression he gives people. But in fact, Li Ke sometimes can't laugh.

Li Ke is under a lot of pressure because he is always thinking about Zuan and the people around him.

If it weren't for Jinx and Isa always being by his side, if it weren't for the daily life in that warm little home, Li Ke would really become a different person.

Therefore, Li Ke decided to go to Ionia this time!
When the time comes, Zaun will be handed over directly to Hilco, and he won’t be in charge of anything at that time!
He took Jinx out to have some fun for a while!
Now that Orianna is resurrected, let Singed take her back. Then you and Jinx can go back to Zaun or somewhere else, depending on your mood!

Runeterra is so big, he wants to take Jinx around to see it.

(End of this chapter)