lol: Bind Syndra at the start

"Caught?"

Sindra's question came from above.

Lion had previously tried to use darkness as a means of concealing his presence in Ionia, but it ultimately didn't work well.

And on this island full of evil, the evils of darkness seem to have been repaired to some extent.

At least after the experiment, I found that even if I was standing behind Thresh, he didn't notice my existence.

"Caught."

After Lion finished speaking, he glanced at Thresh's lantern.

He knew that those here were poor souls captured and tortured by Thresh. After being contaminated by the power of the curse, even if they were freed, they would not be able to successfully enter the world where there were only the dead.

therefore.

A hint of extremely dark flame quietly emerged near the lantern, and the gloomy low temperature instantly burned through the lantern's "barrier", and then before those light spots could react, they were completely turned into nothingness.

At this time, Sindra, Vladimir and Maura also walked down from the hall above.

The four of them simultaneously turned their gazes towards the 'prey' they had caught.

Thresh's appearance is not very good. He is the kind of character that a three-year-old child can tell is a villain at a glance.

Even though Ryan had burned his biggest evidence (the lantern), his evil could still be seen from the green will-o'-the-wisp fire and the spiky bones.

As the four people looked at Thresh, Thresh was also looking at the four people in front of him.

He had forgotten how long it had been since he had seen a living person on this island.

But this wasn't what he was most concerned about right now. He still remembered the dark purple power...

If the power of the Curse of Ruin is a corrupt, twisted evil force, then that dark purple is the source of all evil.

The black mists that roam the Shadow Isles all day long are as pure as saints of the church in the face of dark magic.

It seems that everyone is a villain.

But Thresh remembered the fate of those forbidden monsters, and he didn't think that the people in front of him would let those forbidden monsters go.

Without their bodies, the forbidden monsters couldn't leave.

Therefore, it can only be swallowed.

Being swallowed by the man in front of her...who was looking at her and smiling.

Thresh tried his best to quiet his will-o'-the-wisp fire, then took the initiative to ask, "Are the four lords waiting here specifically for me?"

Time cannot wash away those past memories.

Thresh knows how to deal with those in power. After all, even the mad king was deceived by his disguise.

When strength fails to prevail, he will lower his posture.

Thresh didn't think any strong person would come looking for him on purpose, because Hecarim and Kalista had killed far more people than he did.

His evil is of a subtle, insignificant, and difficult-to-detect kind.

Ryan shook his head: "No, we came here specifically to arrest you."

"Catch me?" Thresh seemed stunned. "Why are you arresting me?"

"Because you are an evil spirit." Ryan said bluntly.

"So the four lords are here to destroy the evil spirits?" Thresh feigned surprise. Then, shaking his chains, he lowered his voice and asked, "Have the four lords come to the Shadow Isles from the outside world specifically because they heard about the unpredictable movements deep within the curse?"

Chapter 436: The Evil Spirits that Invade Plants

A gleam of light flashed in Vladimir's eyes, and then disappeared. He felt that he was getting closer and closer to the scene he saw in the time tunnel.

His descendant did not remain in death peacefully, but tried to make some noise.

But he didn't say anything, but just sat there as a decoration.

Most of the time, just one voice is enough on the team.

Ryan showed his surprise. Many times, if you want to stimulate the other person's desire to perform, you must first cooperate with the other person's performance.

"Movement in the depths of the curse?"

These things were indeed not revealed in the background story.

And Hammerstone is undoubtedly a good channel for obtaining information.

"Don't the four lords know?" Thresh placed the lantern, which was only left with "remnants", on the ground. In his ghost form, he didn't need to deliberately control his expression. After all, not many people could tell his emotions from the surging will-o'-the-wisp fire.

Thresh's idea is simple, whether these four strangers are here to eliminate evil or to rob each other.

He only needs to throw out a target that is more attractive than himself to make the other party take their eyes off him.

Many, many years ago he understood a truth: when encountering a beast that you cannot defeat, you don't need to run faster than the beast, you just need to break the legs of your companions.

Weakness is his protective color, and information asymmetry is his opportunity!

Ryan: "Tell me more carefully."

"I don't know much about this matter. I just sensed something unusual happening deep within the agitation of the black fog. Every soul eroded by the curse can sense this movement. As for what exactly is happening deep within the curse...

"Perhaps I can take a few adults to ask other spirits. After all, I am just a small ghost on the outskirts."

Thresh tried his best to remain harmless. "My duty in life was to guard this chamber, preventing those evil monsters from even setting foot outside. But after death... I spent the first few years trapped in chaos.

"When I woke up, I realized that I had imprisoned so many souls without realizing it... But by then, the matter was already settled. I spent many years building a shelter for those sad souls to avoid the invasion of the black fog..."

He pointed at the broken lanterns and said, "But time has gradually blurred their will. I know this is torture for them, but I have never had the heart to free them. Fortunately, you came and gave them freedom."

Thresh's rhetoric is very clever.

He first revealed some information that Ryan and others wanted to know, but the next second he changed the topic to other evil spirits.

And as a 'guide', he himself established the necessity of its existence.

At the same time, he seemed to be afraid that Ryan and others were messengers of justice, so he began to excuse himself.

On the one hand, he blamed his crimes on the omnipresent black fog and curse, and on the other hand, he showed his kindness and weakness.

If it were the "locals" who didn't understand the background of the game, they might really be fooled by Thresh's wonderful performance.

But Ryan knew that the old skeleton in front of him was very evil.

Compared to the distorted killings of Hecarim and Kalista, Thresh's subjective and clear-minded torture is truly evil.

But now is not the time to expose Thresh. The ubiquitous black fog is like some kind of natural barrier, turning the Shadow Isles into a maze.

He and his companions needed a guide, so before encountering the next evil spirit, Thresh not only had a stage but also had a partner in acting.

"I believe in your kindness. After all, they just wanted to protect you like moths to a flame." Ryan said sincerely: "Now please take us to find the evil spirit who knows the truth."

Thresh was flattered by Lion's trust. His green will-o'-the-wisp flickered twice, and then a sinister sound rang out from his hollow chest:

"Okay, I know where the evil spirit with the giant sword is!"

......

......

The black fog was still looking at the uninvited figures from afar.

But compared to the initial fear, the black fog now dares to spy quietly.

Countless chattering noises rang out in the black fog, as countless vengeful spirits were "communicating" in their own way.

The little willpower they have left simply can't sustain them in a certain state for long, so the so-called communication process often involves more roaring, sarcasm, and crying than communication...

Thresh was secretly surprised by Blackmist's abnormal behavior. He had originally planned to use the foolish chief swordsman to eliminate these outsiders.

But now it seems...it's not enough.

Thresh, harboring greater malice, quietly changed direction and revealed more of the evil spirit's secrets.

For example, there is a centaur evil spirit who has been leading his evil knights to kill everywhere;

There is an evil spirit holding a spear who has some special power that allows her to temporarily escape from the black fog and go to the outside world to find her hunting target;

......

Ryan has been playing the role of a qualified listener.

In the eerie silence, the man and the ghost seemed like old friends.

Sindra, Vladimir, and Maura followed far behind, like pendants on their thighs.

Vladimir was thinking about the reason for the sudden change in the black fog.

Sindra was watching Ryan's performance intently, as if she was enjoying a gorgeous stage play.

It doesn’t matter what the plot is, because she only sees the hero in her eyes.

Gradually, the surrounding environment changed.

Gray, wind-dried soil slowly appeared around the cracked stone road, and batches of dead plants that had been dead for who knows how many years looked like sharp claws reaching out from the depths of hell.

'Ka'

Ryan stepped on a dead branch and broke it, then raised his head and looked further away.

This place is different from the twisted jungle where the Maw of the Vile is located. Although it is also covered with dead plants, it is much larger than the previous jungle.

From his feet to the end of his sight... dead plants of various shapes and sizes formed a spectacular doomsday scene.

The strangest thing was that at the edge of sight, the black fog that had lingered over the entire Shadow Island suddenly disappeared.

It truly does not exist, not like the black fog that is "following" itself and floating far away.

Thresh paused. He looked at Doom before him and said gravely, "We are nearing the location of the evil spirit."

Lion waited for Thresh's performance: "And then?"

"This is an extremely evil spirit that has taken over the body of a magical plant on the island. For a long time, its only pleasure has been to cruelly whip the pitiful and ignorant souls lost in the black fog...

"So we have to be careful. If we encounter it, it's best to subdue it first!"

Chapter 437: Rage Maokai

'The cold wind whips my bark and makes a hollow whistle.'

'I was shaking.'

'My limbs have long forgotten the warmth of summer.'

'The tall trees around me broke and collapsed in the strong wind.'

'The life within them is long gone, and now they are my silent companions.'

'Their fragile trunks are now nothing more than hollow shells, and the once dense jungle here is now only a rough, grey remnant.'

......

A huge figure stood on the barren land, its outline like a mountain rising from the ground, the hard bark was a cold gray, and it was covered with traces of erosion by time.

As the first intelligent being on the Blessed Isles, Maokai has a bond with the island that no other being can match.

It watched the island grow from barren to lush;

Watching civilization blossom from bud to flame;

And then... I watched as the tower that the people of Fukumitsu Island had worked so hard to build collapsed in an instant.

The two completely different forces of essence and destruction intertwined on the island, and the resulting curse power subverted all of Maokai's cognition with devastating force.

The lush land became a deserted land, and countless compatriots lost their lives and water, turning into dry and dead trees.

As a spirit of nature, it could only watch helplessly as the power of the curse destroyed its body into a twisted shape.

If the water of life had not already seeped through its heart, perhaps it would have become one of the many vengeful spirits.

but......

"I can't abandon this island..."

"The waters of life have not yet dried up..."

"There's little hope, but it's still hope..."

Maokai's figure trembled alone in place. The vengeful spirits in the black fog always spread enough noise to confuse others' minds. Perhaps for a period of time, it would not have much impact on an existence like it.

But the long road with almost no end in sight will infinitely magnify any subtle influence. I don't know when it started, but Maokai also became chaotic and manic in a trance.