Evil Magic

Alanta was very perceptive and immediately noticed:

"The aura of death here is too strong. Let's leave. We don't need to follow Camille's orders anymore; there's no need to continue fighting. ¤¸¸.•´¯`•¸¸.•..>> <<..•.¸¸•´¯`•.¸¸¤"

"You can leave now. Proceed to other places as planned to seek alliances. I'll find someone I know."

"An acquaintance? Here?" Katarina asked me.

"Yes, I know Pale Lady; perhaps I can persuade her to help us."

"You must be joking, Ezreal. The Pale Lady is our enemy, just like Camille! In some ways, she's even more dangerous!"

Just as Katarina finished speaking, a burst of laughter suddenly came from within the Black Mist:

"Hahaha... Friends from afar, now that you're here, don't be in such a hurry to leave!"

Before the words were even finished, a ghostly figure emerged from the Black Mist —it was LeBlanc!

Sensing the dangerous aura emanating from her, everyone immediately went on alert, but I remained completely unconcerned.

"I apologize for the intrusion, Pale Lady."

"Little guy, you just said you know me? And you want my help?"

"Yes, now the Gray Lady of Piltover intends to rule the entire Runeterra. You won't just stand by and do nothing, will you?"

"This has nothing to do with me, and she can't do anything to me."

"You've always treated Noxus like your toy, and now that your toy is about to be taken away, you really don't care at all?"

"Oh? You seem to know something?"

"Of course I know. You are LeBlanc, the one who has been manipulating Noxus's operations from behind the scenes for centuries."

Upon hearing me mention her name, LeBlanc was slightly startled, then immediately became furious:

"Now that you know my name, I'm even less likely to let you leave!"

After she finished speaking, she waved her staff, and countless undead surged out from the surrounding Black Mist!

These undead emitted a faint green glow, just like the monsters of the Shadow Isles!

Before I could say anything more, the undead attacked us. However, their combat strength was average, roughly the same as the weakest ones on the Shadow Isles, and they were no match for the Project Warrior.

Just as we were cleaning up with all our might, Black Mist suddenly spread out, changing the scene before my eyes:

It was pitch black all around, and apart from LeBlanc not far away, I couldn't see anyone else, including the undead.

I've experienced this kind of enclosed space before, in Mordekaiser's Cycle of Despair. I never expected LeBlanc to have a similar technique.

However, she didn't rush to attack. Instead, she sat elegantly in an exquisite chair, looking down at him with a captivating expression.

"I was going to take action right away, but after thinking about it, I've decided to give you a chance. Tell me, why do you know me? If you can explain it clearly, maybe I can let you go."

Do you believe in the concept of parallel universes?

You should tell me what parallel universes are first.

"Simply put, it's time travel—traveling from one timeline to another. The person remains the same, but many things change."

"It sounds like a distortion of spacetime."

"Pretty much, I'm glad you understand. In the previous world I lived in, we were friends, so I know you quite well."

"Heh... friend?"

LeBlanc chuckled coldly, emanating a dangerous aura that hinted at an impending attack, clearly dissatisfied with my answer.

But I didn't say anything offensive, did I?

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Does she mind the word "friend"? I guess I should be more conservative.

"Don't be angry. Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part, but our relationship is indeed quite good."

"I'm warning you, don't lie, or you'll never be able to leave here again."

"I really didn't lie. You've saved me many times, including in this Cycle of Despair."

"You not only know me, but you also know about the Cycle of Despair?"

"Of course, I fought Mordekaiser after his resurrection, and I ultimately won with your help."

"I've already warned you, lying comes at a price!"

LeBlanc was very wary of Mordekaiser's name, and immediately summoned two orbs of Dark Magic to bombard me. I fought back with all my might, and then reached out to stop her:

"Wait, I'm not lying, at least not in the other world."

"Don't try to fool me with such a despicable lie. I will never help you deal with Mordekaiser!"

"You can listen to me finish, and then choose whether to believe me or not."

"Then I'll give you one last chance, you'd better hurry."

"We first met during a coup, when I was Darius's ally..."

LeBlanc is a suspicious person and doesn't quite believe what I say. I had no choice but to recount how we met and what happened afterward.

These events occurred on a different timeline, LeBlanc was largely unaware of them; initially, she couldn't distinguish between what was real and what wasn't.

Later, after hearing my description of Mordekaiser, she gradually let go of her doubts, because ordinary people would absolutely not know his abilities and the secrets of the Shadow Isles!

After a moment of contemplation, the anger on her face gradually disappeared, replaced by a hint of sadness.

In my memory, LeBlanc is a powerful witch who is always cunning and never shows anger, let alone sadness.

What's going on now?

Just as I was puzzled, she finally spoke:

"I believe you. Take your friends and leave."

"If I wanted to leave, I wouldn't have come in the first place. Like I just said, I came here to seek your help."

"I'm sorry, I can't leave here, so I can't help you."

"Why? Is there something here that you want to protect?"

"It's not protection, it's a curse."

Curse?

Hearing LeBlanc's words, I suddenly remembered the contract she once made with Mordekaiser. Could it be that she hasn't broken it in this timeline?

No wonder she was so angry when I told her about dealing with Mordekaiser; this makes it all clear!

"Is the curse you speak of Master-Servant Contract?"

"Heh, you really do know everything. Yes, it's the Master-Servant Contract."

"Actually, you were the one who told me about the Master-Servant Contract back then, but you had already broken it in that world."

"What?! Who helped me untie this?" LeBlanc was very excited.

"You didn't tell me this... Oh right, I can check the database and see if there's any way!"

I suddenly thought of the Project Armor Database. It contains a wealth of information, including secrets of Shurima over two thousand years, not to mention Mordekaiser from a few hundred years ago!

Just as I expected, after I typed in the words "Master-Servant Contract," the database returned a text to me, which was a record of this evil magic!