Monster Hunter in League of Legends

Upon hearing Tarin's words, Rengar's face showed a hint of surprise.

To this, Tallinn raised an eyebrow and said, "What? You don't know about this?"

"...I know a little, but not the underlying principles." Upon hearing Tarin's question, Rengar paused briefly before frankly replying:

"In our tradition, there is a saying that an injured eye can poison a healthy eye, but we really don't know why it does."

"I see. Then why didn't you remove it?" Tarin asked as he used tweezers to remove the visible fragments from his eye.

In response, Rengar said, "That mantis should still be in this field. More than my eye injury, I want to hurry up and find that guy through these still relatively fresh tracks it left behind, and then hunt him down."

"As for the eyes... it's not too late to remove them when clean instruments are available."

Rengar said succinctly, "As long as I don't lose my other eye too."

Upon hearing this, Tarin nodded and then said, "Then we still need to be careful. Sometimes this kind of attack can cause vision loss in the other eye in just two or three days... As for now, just bear with it."

"Um."

Rengar responded, his voice calm, but since it concerned his left eye, he silently clenched his thigh.

After cleaning the wound on his injured eye, Tallinn rinsed it with water mixed with biological hormones and paralyzing agents.

The healing potion G was then diluted and, through the Dragon Vein Alchemy, slowly applied to Rengar's left eye wound.

The moment the liquid came into contact with the wound, the pale green liquid transformed into pure life energy and merged into Rengar's muscles. The originally torn eyelids began to form a hard shell at a visible speed.

Without hesitation, Tallinn used a knife to remove the hard shell, and the fresh flesh that was exposed began to grow fine buds at a visible speed, and began to heal at an astonishing pace.

Before long, the redness and swelling around the eyelids subsided quickly, and the dried scabs fell off, revealing the tender new flesh underneath.

However, what made Tallinn feel uneasy was that the shattered eyeball did not heal immediately.

This made Tarin's thoughts sink slightly, and he quickly realized that although the life energy mobilization through the Dragon Vein Alchemy technique could greatly increase the recovery of flesh and blood tissue, the eyes contained a large number of special cells that could not be regenerated.

These cells... at least at this stage, are only rudimentary alchemy and cannot yet cultivate non-regenerative tissues.

Thinking this, Tarin took a deep breath, then reluctantly took out a golden, square pill and offered it to Rengar, saying, "Eat it."

"...Oh." Reaching a significant improvement in his left eye, Rengar didn't doubt Tarin's medicine. Instead, he glanced at Tarin with some curiosity and asked, "Is this medicine very precious? You look a little pained."

"Of course it hurts," Tarin sighed. "With my current life force, even if my body is covered in blood and my bones are broken, I can recover completely in an instant after taking this secret medicine."

"...That is indeed very precious."

Upon hearing Tarin's words, Rengar fell silent for a moment.

Without exaggeration, Tarin was absolutely the person Rengar had ever encountered with the most intense life force, without exception... Even the legendary hunter Marcon, who saved him back then, was far less powerful than the aura that Tarin gave Rengar.

If Rengar closed his eyes, in his perception, Tarlin was definitely not human, but some kind of unprecedented, but exceptionally ferocious beast.

Well, the woman next to her is too... Although she's dressed as a human, she inexplicably has a feline feel to her, and she's not easy to deal with.

Thinking about it, Rengar also asked, "What is the current state of my eyes?"

"It's basically healed, and your vital signs have stabilized, so it won't affect your healthy eye," Tarin said. "However, your left eyeball was severely ruptured, and some non-regenerative tissue inside cannot be accelerated for recovery with medication."

"That's enough," Rengar nodded and said.

"Runeterra is so vast; the fact that it allowed my healthy eye to remain unaffected and that my left eye has a chance of healing is enough. I owe you a favor. From now on... uh, why are you looking at me like that?"

Although he may seem crazy, wild, and unrestrained, Rengar is actually quite sensible. Especially as a wild creature accustomed to solitude, Rengar understands perfectly well that no one owes anyone anything in this wilderness.

The fact that the other party was willing to help treat and stabilize the injury to his left eye was already an immense favor.

If you then forcefully demand that the other party fully cure you according to their previous promises... that would be truly ungrateful.

Rengar believes he still has his own pride.

Rengar had originally thought this way, and with this mindset, he pushed the secret medicine back into Tarin's hands—

But he found Tallinn looking at him with a helpless expression.

This puzzled Rengar.

"Is there a problem?" Rengar couldn't help but ask.

"I promised I would heal you, and then we'd have a battle to decide who will lead the hunt from here on out," Tarin said.

"You're willing to accept these conditions, and I have a way to heal you. If you back out just because it hurts, wouldn't that put me in an unjust position?"

Upon hearing this, Rengar opened his mouth in bewilderment, then said, "This..."

"It's nothing." Tarin shook his head, then pushed the medicine back, saying calmly, "Although the medicine is precious, I'm confident I can refine it in large quantities in the future, so take it."

Upon hearing Tarin's words, Rengar remained silent for a moment before nodding and swallowing the secret medicine in one gulp.

Once the pill entered the stomach, it transformed into pure life energy, a scorching torrent of life that rushed into the necrotic nerves and atrophied muscles.

This caused Rengar to let out a muffled groan. The originally irreversibly necrotic eye tissue was frantically splitting and reconstructing under the power of the dragon vein. The turbid flesh and blood re-coagulated into a clear pupil, and the severed optic nerve regenerated and reconnected.

Within moments, his eye sockets swelled up and his eyeballs became full again, and all the wounds faded away, leaving only a faint scar mark.

Rengar suddenly opened his eyes, his left eye regained its sight, and his vision was sharper than before.

However, Rengar could sense that the potion's effects were not limited to that.

Somewhat restless, Rengar frowned and panted, saying, "The effects of the medicine... are a bit strange. I feel... my whole body is getting hot, like something is regenerating."

"Relax, this is normal."

Tarlin wasn't worried—in the game, the secret potion doesn't just restore full health after consumption; it directly increases an extra amount of health and stamina.

In reality, the drug works by stimulating the potential within the user's body.

"This is potential that was always present in your body, but the secret medicine has brought it out for you... Well, let's postpone our battle for now."

Tarlin said, "You were born with developmental deficiencies, shorter than ordinary flesh-toothed beasts. Now that you've taken the secret medicine, it should be able to compensate for your congenital defects. Quickly adapt to your current state and let your body remember what you look like now. That way, even when the effects of the secret medicine wear off, you'll be able to undergo a second growth spurt and make up for your congenital deficiencies."

Upon hearing this, Rengar opened his mouth, then lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Consider it an obligation I owe you..."

Tallinn: "Don't worry about it."

Although Tarin said that, Rengar didn't think so.

The mere act of healing his eyes made Rengar realize the weight of this debt of gratitude.

It's important to understand that an eye is the foundation of almost all of a hunter's hunting experience.

With one eye damaged, Rengar had to start almost all of his hunting experience from scratch.

And now, it's even helping to compensate for his congenital developmental deficiencies...

Rengar wasn't one to waste words or just talk the talk, so he simply kept his thoughts to himself, planning to repay this kindness slowly in the future.

Thinking this, Rengar closed his eyes and felt his growing physique and realized potential.

About three hours later, as the effects of the drug wore off, a look of fatigue appeared on Rengar's face.

Although it may appear that he is not doing anything, Rengar is actually constantly feeling changes in his body.

Even now—although Rengar looks like he's back to normal, only his left eye has recovered.

But that's not actually the case—those bones, organs, flesh, and blood vessels that had shrunk due to congenital malformation were just stretched into their full form by the secret medicine.

Although it has now returned to its original state, the body has remembered the state when it was stretched to a size larger, and has begun a literal second development based on that state.

Thinking it over, Rengar took a deep breath, then cupped his hands towards Tallinn and said, "No need for thanks. Just let me know if you ever need my help. Even death cannot stop me."

"There's no need for that," Tallinn shook his head.

Rengar shook his head as well, then said, "Regarding that Void Mantis, if you..."

"There's no rush, we can take it slowly."

Tarin could more or less guess what Rengar wanted to say. It was nothing more than skipping the duel and going straight to helping him hunt. But Tarin didn't think that way—he still wanted to see Rengar's power at his peak.

Thinking this, Tarin gestured for Rengar to relax and calmly said:

"We'll talk about hunting and fighting later. First, get used to your new body. As for Kha'Zix... that Void Mantis's name. He possesses his own intelligence and independent will."

You and he fought from sunrise to sunset. You were severely injured, and he was in just as bad shape, needing a lot of hunting and eating to recover.

After a pause, Tallinn continued:

Kha'Zix possesses a unique evolutionary ability, enabling him to evolve by hunting other creatures in the material realm.

At first, he only hunted weak creatures, so his growth rate was extremely slow. It wasn't until he began risking his life to hunt powerful creatures that his evolutionary speed increased rapidly.

"And you are the most troublesome creature he has ever encountered. So don't worry, as long as he knows you're still here, he definitely won't leave."

Upon hearing Tarin's words, Rengar nodded thoughtfully.

Although his goal was to hunt the Void creature named Kha'Zix, to be honest, Rengar's knowledge of Kha'Zix was limited to its appearance and its Void creature identity. Beyond that, he knew almost nothing.

Now that he has learned this information from Tarlin, although he cannot verify it for the time being, Rengar feels that Tarlin has no reason to deceive him on such matters, after the healing of his eyes and their previous conversation.

Thinking this, Rengar paused slightly, then seemed to realize something and said:

"Wait a minute... If he knows I'm here and will definitely try to hunt me down, then wouldn't I become...?"

"A bait to catch that guy," Tarlin confessed.

Rengar blinked in surprise, then nodded and said, "Well... if that void creature really has its eye on me, then this is indeed a good idea."

Rengar did not harbor resentment because of this—because he knew very well.

With one eye already severely damaged and blind, the probability of continuing to hunt that Void Mantis was negligible.

In fact, before discovering Tarlin and Nidalee, Rengar had already prepared to return home and confess to his father that his hunt had failed.

In Rengar's view, the hunt failed simply because he was too eager to return home—

If they had been able to calm down, they could have killed the mantis during the previous attack, instead of losing an eye due to a moment of impulsiveness.

Now, his eyesight has returned, he can continue hunting, and even his congenital developmental deficiencies have been corrected... There is no doubt that this is all thanks to the good fortune brought by Tarin.

In comparison, I was merely acting as bait... Compared to what I received, it was utterly insignificant.

Thinking this, Rengar just found it a bit amusing—"I never thought I'd become prey one day."