Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 61: The Shrine Without Care

"Li Ke, where are you going?"

"This wind is really strange. It's a rare sunny day. Don't you want to stay and take a closer look?"

Seeing Li Ke suddenly leaving, Xierko immediately said.

He still doesn't know what this gust of wind is, but besides being shocked, Hilco is more excited and happy.

This wind blew away the haze of Zaun, and also blew away the long-standing depression of the people of Zaun. After a long time without seeing the sun, the mood will inevitably become lost and gloomy. Although the people of Zaun have been born in this place, it is really impossible to say that they have gotten used to it.

Because Piltover above serves as a contrast. It is extremely prosperous, full of sunlight, and harmoniously beautiful. Piltover is like a huge rock hanging in the hearts of Zaun people. It hangs there, knocking on their souls from time to time.

Therefore, the plumbing work was completed, the air purifier could be used, and the sun was seen again, which made even the calm Hilco smile widely.

"I have something else to do." Li Ke turned around and looked at Xierko. After thinking for a while, he added, "Also, Xierko, this wind is not surprising at all. We deserve it."

"What?" Hilco was stunned, but Li Ke had already turned and left.

Of course Li Ke had to leave, because Janna's appearance was completely beyond Li Ke's expectations, not to mention that Li Ke could now feel the wind guiding him.

Maybe Janna wanted to talk to him too?

After Li Ke left, Hilco lowered his eyes and thought about what Li Ke said. He was confused. What did we deserve?
First, what is deserved?

Hilco believes that this is a positive word, because after paying, the results gained are commensurate with the efforts made. Only in such an exchange can it be called what one deserves.

But this is a transaction. If there is a transaction, there must be an object of the transaction.

So, this wind is what we deserve.
Hilco was suddenly stunned, his hands couldn't help but grab his pants, his eyes full of shock.

"Jana?"

His lips moved, and a name that he had almost forgotten came out.

That is the patron saint of Zaun and was once the belief of the people of Zaun. But since when, the number of Zaun people who believe in Janna has become fewer and fewer.

The birth of technology, the constant updating and replacement of equipment that changed people's lives, and the improvement of economic levels have gradually made the people of the two cities forget this name. The reason why Zaun can still remember it is because there have always been people in Zaun who have been telling the story of Janna. They passed it on by word of mouth, so that Janna would not really disappear completely in Zaun.

Hilko had read a book that contained many historical documents about Janna. Many Zaun people had testified that they had seen Janna with their own eyes and had received her help. In that book, the god Janna had experienced three upheavals and appearances.

One was a thousand years ago, when the country called Shurima eliminated Janna's shrines on a large scale and launched a large-scale action to refuse to believe in false gods. The other was five hundred years ago. At that time, there was no Piltover, only the city of Zaun. Although the people of Piltover said that it was unofficial history and did not admit it, it was clearly recorded in the documents -

Piltover and Zaun were once one, but were divided into two halves. The emergence of science left the people of Zaun no time to believe in Janna, and they began a large-scale sea transportation construction. At that time, the people of Zaun attempted to create a sea transportation channel connecting the Valoran continent and the Shurima continent, and devoted huge financial, human and time resources to this end.

People began to focus on what was happening in front of them, and placed their dreams in their own hands and the design of the mechanisms at hand.

Janna received fewer prayers and gradually faded into history.

The third time was the Grand Canal incident, which was also the story that Silko least believed.

Due to the construction of the canal, an area of ​​Zaun sank to the sea level on the west side, which formed the present Zaun. In that disaster, thousands of people fell into the raging sea, with fallen buildings and rubble above their heads, and they struggled to their death.

At this time, someone called out to Janna, and then Janna appeared. Most of the Zaun people were rescued. Afterwards, they claimed that they had seen a white god.

This is probably the biggest reason why there are still people in Zaun who believe in Janna.
But Hilco didn't believe it.

Because if Janna really existed, a god who loved and protected the people of Zaun, then where was she when they were oppressed by the people of Piltover and lived in darkness in the mines in order to survive?
Silko's eyes were complicated, and he shook his head in disbelief. "Janna? Wait, Silko, do you still believe this?" Jinx's voice rang out from the side.

When Hilco turned his head, he saw Jinx holding down the big balls with both hands, looking at him with curiosity.

Jinx, who had a slim waist and long legs and a well-proportioned figure, bent down and looked up at Silko's face, and continued:
"Janna, the legendary wind spirit, but isn't that just a story?"

"Yeah, that's a story." Silko nodded.

"We can no longer find Janna's shrine. In the past, we could see some murals on the walls, but now we can't even see the murals." Jinx thought for a moment and added.

"But if you believe in Janna, Hilco, I know where to buy wooden plaques of Janna believers. I hope there are many people in the community who believe in Janna. I can go buy a few for you."

Hilco shook his head, and then he suddenly said strangely: "Wait, Jinx, did you just say buy?"

"What else?" Jinx stood up and blinked. The big bun on her head had been completely blown away, and her blue hair was blowing in the wind. She simply ignored it. If Jinx was really pushed into a corner, she would just cut it off!

"Whenever you liked something in the past, you always robbed or stole it. I never thought that the word 'buy' would come out of your mouth one day."

"I am a law-abiding citizen now." Jinx said, patting her non-existent chest.

"By the way, where's Li Ke?"

"He has something urgent to do." said Hilco.

"Where did you go?"

"do not know."

"How long has he been gone? Is it too late for me to catch up with him now?"

"I said, I don't know." Hilco suddenly became a little impatient.

At the same time, Li Ke came to a high ground in the dark alley. On the top of the house, Li Ke reached out and pushed open the dusty fence, looking at the scene in front of him——

He followed the guidance of the wind and came here. Li Ke himself was also very nervous.

He was afraid that he had misunderstood Janna's meaning, but Li Ke came anyway.

After all, who knows when the next time I will want to "see" Janna and hear her voice will be.

In front of him was a small attic room. It seemed that no one had been there for a long time. When Li Ke pushed open the fence, dust filled the air. In this small room of less than two square meters, there was a strange wooden shrine and a portrait.

The woman in the portrait has a slender body, wearing a long white dress and holding a long green wooden staff. Her face has been artificially blurred, but she has a pair of long pointed ears.

The portrait was placed on a shrine. The shrine was not big, only about thirty centimeters. In the middle was a wooden plaque with strange symbols engraved on it.

Li Ke sensed the subtle energy in the air, which was similar to the soul energy in the soul lotus, but also different. He pursed his lips.

"Janna?" he said.

"I'm here," she said.

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