The Lava Giant

These people don't even know Ionia? Are they real cavemen?

"Which continent is this located on?"

"Ixtal is Ixtal, destroy the invaders!"

At the leader's command, the people around him began to act. They were agile, but they had no special abilities; they possessed neither magic nor Natural Power.

Jiggs pulled out a bomb and was about to throw it when I stopped him. He hadn't even figured out the situation yet, and if he threw that bomb, there would be no shortage of casualties.

I conjured a gust of wind to stop them, and just as I was about to continue questioning them, I suddenly noticed the Wind Force had vanished, and a woman wielding a huge, round, sharp blade appeared beside them:

"To dare use Elemental Power in Ixtal, how utterly presumptuous!"

"I have no intention of attacking; I just want to know where this place is Ixtal is located on?"

"This is not a continent, Ixtal is Ixtal!"

The woman's words were the same as those of the others; they seemed very closed off and unaware of what was happening outside.

Just then, Jiggs threw the bomb while I wasn't looking. Before I could use my Wind Force to stop it, the woman swung her ring blade and extinguished the bomb. It seems she used this weapon to neutralize my Wind Force.

I just thought the people here didn't know how to use Elemental Power, but now a master has arrived, and she's young too. There must be even more powerful people here.

After extinguishing Jiggs's bomb, the woman didn't stop. She charged forward, wielding her ring blade, and I drew my Gale Sword to block her attack.

"Are there any older people here? Maybe they know what's going on outside."

Outsiders are not welcome here!

Kled was getting impatient. "No need to waste your breath on her, Yasuo. If you don't want to hurt them, let's find our own way out!"

"I'm afraid it won't be easy, because my pointer is malfunctioning. This must be a special place, either some kind of barrier or another world similar to the Yordle realm."

"Then deal with them and force their elders to come out!"

After Kled finished speaking, he launched an attack. Fizz and the others also joined the fray, but these people were no match for us. Except for the women, who could hold out for a while, the others were quickly defeated.

However, we didn't kill anyone; we stopped after each of us grabbed one person. The woman glared at us resentfully.

"Damn intruders, I'll make you pay!"

After saying that, she ran away. In fact, I let her go on purpose so that she could go and inform someone and find someone sensible to come over.

Suddenly, the ground shook violently, and I saw a small mountain in the distance moving towards us!

Kled was also puzzled. "What the hell is this? That woman didn't bring any help, but she moved a mountain instead?"

"She can extinguish bombs and dispel my Wind Force; she probably can also use other elemental forces. I felt many complex forces when I fought her just now."

As we were talking, the hill came closer. This was no ordinary hill; upon closer inspection, you could distinguish its limbs and torso, making it resemble a giant!

I soared into the air, and when I reached the giant's head, I saw a woman standing on his shoulders, shouting loudly:

"Kill these invaders!"

"Okay! It's happening now!" The giant's voice was deep and gruff.

"Hurry up, they still have hostages. We have to show them Ixtal is capable of!"

"I'm already going full speed ahead."

Why does that giant's line sound so familiar? Isn't that a line from the Thing? Could this guy be Malphite?

This looks so unlike anything I've ever seen, and is it really that big? To my astonishment, the giant launched an attack.

Despite his large size, he was quite fast. His two stone arms swung left and right, like two large doors closing rapidly, so no matter how fast I was, I couldn't escape his attack range.

Of course, I wouldn't be smashed flat. A strong gale protected me, and I pierced through his arm like a bullet.

"Aha, he's gone!"

"Idiot, can't you strengthen it a bit?"

"As solid as a rock!"

After the giant finished speaking, the color of his body changed. He was originally a muddy brown, but now his whole body turned red, like lava!

That's right, it must be Malphite!

He swung his stone arm at me again, but this time it wasn't so easy to break through. The deeper I went, the hotter it got, and in the end I had to give up.

It seems there's no other way but to fight to the death. I drew my Gale Sword and secretly gathered my Wind Force. If the woman doesn't give in soon, I'll slice this Lava Giant to pieces!

The powerful Wind Slash sliced off Malphite's upper arm. The giant felt no pain, only astonishment.

"Ah, to be able to slice through my arm, what a powerful person!"

"Call your elders over here. I don't have time to waste with you, or I'll chop you to pieces!"

"What should I do, Qiyana? He's going to chop me up!"

"Then let him try. I'll use my ring blade to neutralize the Wind Element Strength for you. You just need to smash him flat!"

"OK!"

So this woman's name is Qiyana. Judging from her words, she seems very confident in her ring blades. I'll see how much she can negate!

I conjured a dense barrage of Wind Spear behind me and unleashed them simultaneously at Malphite. Qiyana was able to defend at first, but she quickly couldn't hold on any longer!

Shocked, she simply hid behind Malphite, the poor big guy getting pricked up like a hedgehog.

Malphite crashed to the ground. I quickly circled behind him and found that Qiyana was nowhere to be seen. Her escape skills were top-notch!

At this point, Kled and his team arrived to meet me. All the hostages had been released because they refused to reveal the location of the others, so Kled released them and then had Teemo and Zam secretly follow them.

Jiggs was incredibly bored. "Yasuo, where exactly is this Zaun you mentioned? You tricked me into coming out but then wouldn't let me blow it up properly, that's infuriating!"

"Don't rush, old buddy. Zaun is below Piltover, and Corki and I are going there too," Heimerdinger advised.

"Then let's get out of this awful place quickly. If all else fails, we can go back to the Yordle world first, and then come out again, right?"

"I've already tried, there's no connection to our world from here. Let's wait a little longer. If Teemo and Zam haven't sent back a message by then, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

Kled has been very tolerant; in the past, he would have lost his temper long ago!

"Fine, if you make a move, I'll make a move!" Jiggs pulled out two more bombs.

I was puzzled as to where he got the bombs from. He didn't have any packs on him, yet he could keep pulling them out.

About an hour passed, and Teemo and Zam still hadn't returned. Kled swung his steel blade:

"Destroy this place!"