Although the snowflakes and ice spikes in the sky had stopped, the icy and biting cold wind was still howling in the northern mountains of the land of Freljord, making the wandering archmage Ruiz only staggered forward in this icy and snowy world......

Half a day ago, a little girl took advantage of his duel with the shaman of the stubborn, ignorant and greedy indigenous tribe to secretly take the world rune stone that he was about to recover, causing him to run in vain after killing and freeing his old friend who had been enslaved by power for a long time, and had to walk aimlessly like a headless fly in this icy and snowy world.

Ryze didn't have anything to worry about the barbarian tribe he had just killed the chieftain, because when he ran out to try to 'chase' some naughty little girl, he saw the back hands she left behind, and the mighty yeti puppets that seemed to have been made out of order.

He believes that those snowmen?? Under the threat of the frost trolls, I will definitely protect that tribe and protect the small village of ninety-three people!

Of course, it seems that there are only ninety-two left?

Because, their chief, the mage of that tribe, the ignorant, stubborn, and greedy guy, the bastard who tried to use the World Rune Stone to satisfy his personal desires, had been strangled to death by him Ruiz, just half a day ago!!

“……”

Alas......

Walking and walking, the wandering archmage Ruiz, who finally reached the top of this snowy mountain, finally had to stop again.

Then, he lifted his bearded eyebrows, which were already covered in frost and ice beads, wrapped in felt, and with his cloudy, sleepy eyes, he carefully sensed in the direction of his surroundings, as if searching for something or someone?

"Strange ......"

Didn't find anything?

That little girl, after getting that piece of world rune, will she just leave Freljord?

It shouldn't be possible......

Because, at that time, Ruiz himself did not sense the powerful magical turmoil when the ultra-long-distance teleportation spell was released, even if he had just fallen into self-blame for killing his old friend at that time, he did not sense that the other party had an ultra-long-distance spell because of the emotional fluctuations!

So, he insisted, some little girl must be hiding somewhere not far from here, and was happily studying the rune that she had preemptively obtained?

"Alas......"

"I just hope that little guy doesn't do that dangerous thing......"

In Ryze's impression, anyone who touches or possesses the world rune, except for himself, none of them have a good ending, not a single one!

Those ominous beings should not exist or fall into the hands of the ignorant people of this world! Because, the stronger the ability of those who wield them, the more terrifying the damage they can do in the end! And the rune war that almost destroyed the world thousands of years ago is a stark proof of this!!

If there is another rune war because of those things, then such a fragile world will definitely be destroyed, and Ryze is very sure about this! And that's the real reason why he's been searching for them and taking them back to seal them for safekeeping.

He had to do that, because it was not only his mission, but also the motivation for him to wander throughout the world of Runeterra...... Besides, no matter what, he is not worried that a little girl will use that kind of dangerous thing to act recklessly, especially when the other party's heart is immature, and the strength is still super high, and even Anivia can defeat it?

No one will ever know what will happen to that stone in the little girl's hand!

“……”

He Ruiz had been searching the snowfields of Freljord for half a day, and he had been keeping an eye out for the fluctuations of the runes, which was his special way of searching for them, and when they were aroused, he could easily find them!

It's a pity......

Until now, he still hasn't found anything...... Either the little girl was too far away, or the other party didn't use the stone, so even if he used his special method, he never been able to capture the correct direction of the other party?

Of course, he also wanted to go to the Voodoo Land to see, because he had the specific spatial coordinates of the gray order!

But......

After thinking about it, he didn't quite think that the little girl who dared to run away from home and wander around alone, and even dared to act recklessly in the kingdom of Demacia, and almost completely ruined a kingdom, would honestly go home so quickly!

Therefore, he plans to follow the direction of the fluctuation first and then look carefully, if there is really no way, then he will consider going to the Gray Order and the Mystic Warlock Gregory?? Hasta and his wife, Shadow Witch Amorim, have a good talk...... Those two were two enlightened men, and Ruiz was confident that they would understand the dangers of those runes.

However, going to the land of voodoo can only be the last option, and now is not the time, he is ready to continue searching, maybe some naughty little girl who hides and secretly studies runes will be suddenly discovered by him at some time, or one day?

When it comes to finding world runes, Ryze is very good at it!

Because, if he was looking for someone, then he definitely couldn't, he couldn't find someone who was deliberately hiding in such a large rune world...... However, if it was a specific runestone, he happened to be very experienced, and had a special method that he didn't know about to outsiders! And this is just like the tribe that he could accurately find his 'old friend' in the vast snowy fields of the northern mountains of Freljord, who had changed his residence many times.

Merely......

If you want to find the rune accurately, you need to wait patiently...... Wait until some little girl no longer values the stone and discard it at will, or inadvertently let its power suddenly explode?

In that case, he'll definitely find it, and he's very experienced in that!!

And he, Ruiz, an archmage who has been wandering all over the world in the Runeteres Land all year round, is probably patience the most.

Those runes, whether they were one or half pieces, he had to unconditionally retrieve them and seal them into the Forbidden Demon Ancient Tree! Moreover, when he Ruiz succeeds in finding those runes, he himself will definitely disappear from this world, ensuring that no one can get the secret of those sealed rune stones from his body!

“！！”

Wait a minute!

This feeling is ......

After standing on the top of this snowy mountain for a while, you are about to turn into a snowman?? Dryz was about to search from one direction at random, when he suddenly froze...... Because, it seems that he really discovered the strong fluctuations of that runestone?

That little girl, she seems to have finally been unable to bear the loneliness, and when she was playing with the World Rune Stone, she accidentally burst out with powerful energy, and successfully made that special fluctuation make him feel it from afar!

"Finally found her!"

It took only half a day to find out the clue so quickly, which made Ruiz feel a little incredible......

Originally, he thought that he would probably never be able to catch that cunning little guy!

"This direction is ......"

After closing his eyes and perceiving for a while, accurately determining the direction of that special fluctuation and capturing the specific spatial coordinates of the other party, Ruiz suddenly opened his eyelids that were almost frozen together, and silently turned to look in the direction of the east.

"That wave, that direction...... Is it Ionia in the Land of the Newborn?! ”

Unexpectedly, that little girl would really teleport such a long distance at once, and even crossed most of the Runeterris world?

This situation is something that Ruiz himself never expected!!

"That's fine......

"Looks like it's time for me to go there again......"

The coordinates of the big islands in Ionia, Ruiz has, but this time, he doesn't plan to interrupt, but plans to directly lock the coordinate point of the fluctuation and directly teleport to a certain little girl's side!!

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Zz-swoop~!

finally

As a certain long-distance magic array grew brighter and brighter, and finally burst into a bright pillar of blue-white arcane light towards the sky, and finally, a blue-skinned bald old man covered in ice and snow, wrapped in thick felt, and his beard and eyebrows were frozen into a lump, he staggered out of the teleportation circle with a little trembling, walked into the warm Ionian forest, and with a gloomy face, walked in front of a certain embarrassed little girl before standing still.

"Whew!!"

Seeing that a certain little girl did not run away immediately, and that the expression on her face did not show any bad signs, Ruiz breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and began to breathe in the breath of primordial magic that permeated even the air of this land.

He Ruiz loved it and would even like to live in seclusion somewhere here if he could...... However, he can't stay here forever, because he has his own mission, and he has his own tasks that he has to complete......

All I did was to protect this beautiful world, that's all!

"Hi ~ Hello, Grandpa Ryz......"

?? (??' ωˉ??) ~??

Although it had only been half a day, Anne still greeted the other party very politely when she saw that her 'old' friend had come all the way to visit her using ultra-long-distance teleportation spells.

Even if the other party looks miserable at this time, he didn't bring a gift to himself, and his face is a little unpleasant?

"Ahem......"

"Annie, don't you want to tell me something?"

Ruiz first carefully looked around, and after discovering that there was no one here, he couldn't help but feel a little confused...... What is the matter with the fluctuation of the runestones that came out of here just now and the chaotic magic element fields around now?

What the hell did this little girl do here?!

"Say what?"

(((┏(; ￣▽￣)┛

"I don't have anything to say...... Oh, by the way, Grandpa Ryze, have you eaten? Do you want me to find you a sun fruit to warm up first, that kind of thing is very good, it can make your 'snowman' melt a little faster? ”

(????????????) σ??

Anne continued to play dumb, ready to tear away the somewhat sensitive topic, not wanting to talk about something that might embarrass her.

"Runestone ......"

"Annie, please return that runestone to me! Trust me, it won't be of any use to you!! ”

In Ruiz's opinion, the little girl in front of her, she is strong enough, she has no need to touch that dangerous thing again, so that one day in the future, she will incur unpredictable, or terrible consequences that the world cannot bear?

"Huh?"

(???? _????)？

"But...... I didn't take your stone, it's still in your bag, I saw it, the half of the rune stone you found from the kingdom of Demacia, it's hidden in your satchel! ”

(?? ゝω????) ゞ

“……”

"Give me the stone you stole from that tribe! Annie, that's really important, I'm not kidding!! ”

If it weren't for the fact that he really couldn't beat the other party, I'm afraid that His Excellency Archmage Ruiz would have directly robbed it now, just like he did to that stubborn old stubborn before?

"Oh! So you're asking about that stone......"

?? (??‘ ▽‘｀)??????

"I do know where it is...... But do you want to hear good news about it first, or do you want to hear bad news about it?! ”

(?? ^??????) ☆

If the other party had found herself earlier, maybe Anne would have returned it directly, but now that the other party is a little late, it's really just a little bit......

“……”

Ryze didn't speak, he waited for an answer, and let the ice beads on his eyebrows and beard melt and lower his chest, shirt, and feet to the ground where he stood.

"You're not boring!"

(ˉ▽ ̄~) cut ~~

"Then I'll tell you graciously, the good news is...... The broken stone, it just broke itself and broke it, oh, the pieces over there, they are! ”

╭(′?? o ?? ′)╭??

Anne pointed to the shattered pieces of the world's runestones somewhere in the distance, where the Ahri lady had just stood.

At this time, there were obvious rune marks on the stones of those rune stone fragments, and she believed that Ruiz's bald head would definitely not admit it! It's just that now it's completely devoid of any light and energy, and it's clear that it's just a useless pile of broken stones, the kind that no one picks up when they are thrown down the street!

“……”

Ryze didn't rush to speak, but first took a closer look at the terrible battle scenes around him, the bare and magically scorched earth, the collapsed giant trees, the flattened hills, and the craters that had been blown out of the ground......

When he knew that there must have been some kind of battle here before and that the power came from the 'stolen' World Rune Stone, he turned his head to look at the stone fragment that the little girl had pointed out.

Seem......

Are they really rutracer fragments?

But how could it have shattered? Could it be that it was shattered by some powerful force?!

However, if that were the case, there would definitely be an even more powerful explosion, just like the fragment of the half of the world rune that he found in the cave that was blown out thousands of years ago in the kingdom of Demacia, and the shattered rune energy directly formed a huge cavern underground! Moreover, even if the runes were only half left, they still possessed extremely great power, not like what they saw now, they turned directly into a pile of broken stones without any power?

“……”

"Annie, what the hell is going on, isn't it...... Did you ruin it? ”

If that's the case, then Ruiz might be relieved......

In fact, in his opinion, if the World Rune Stone was destroyed, it would definitely be a little better than the seal in the heart of the tree that he took to the Forbidden Demon Ancient Tree! Because, even he can't guarantee that some ill-intentioned guy won't find that hidden place and take it away in the future, leading to something even more terrible?

"Aha!"

(^_??) ☆

"That's the other bad news I'm just about to tell you...... Don't be too surprised!! ”

ヾ(@^▽^@)ノ

Anne thinks that even if it is this old man Ruiz, he must not have seen the kind of world rune stone directly imprinted on the head of a young lady, and then transformed into a super powerful, super terrifying nine-tailed demon fox, right?

Anyway, that kind of thing has nothing to do with her, she didn't mean it!

"That runestone of yours...... No, it's supposed to be my runestone......"

(?? ｀ω????)??

"If it's not careful, it eats a beautiful young lady? Or can it be said that ....... young lady, she ate that rune stone?! ”

(●^dish^●)

Anyway, that's how things turned out just now, and Anne dared to swear in the name of Tiebs the bear of her own family, she must not be lying!

And that young lady, before she was about to catch the other party, was frightened by the magic array, and accidentally let the other party escape......

（…… ）

(??????????)

“？？？”

The wandering archmage Ryze's mind was full of question marks, and he didn't understand at all what this little girl's nonsense was about 'eating stones' and 'being eaten by stones'?!

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Second Update?? Asking for a ticket??

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