Nilah's demeanor towards Li Ke had completely changed. The madness and frenzy she displayed when they first met were gone. Ice chains were now bound around her waist. At Lissandra's displeased shout, Nilah trembled and immediately took a step forward to avoid blocking Lissandra's path.
Nilah's previously slightly frizzy hair clung tightly to her cheeks, which were dripping with a mixture of ice water. She stood to the side with her head down, oblivious to what Li Ke had told her about wanting an opponent but not an opponent.
No, I really don't want it anymore.
That's outrageous!
The reason Nilah is like this is because she was truly taught a lesson by an angry Lissandra in Lissandra's world. For Nilah, injury or even death is not scary. She can only feel pleasure right now, but that doesn't mean that Nilah's mind is only filled with things related to pleasure.
Just like a lecherous guy, his mind can't be filled with nothing but crabs forever.
What caused Nilah's despair and change of attitude was the Void. Lissandra's Dark True Ice was created based on Anivia's abilities, combined with her own contact with the Void, resulting in an even more chilling and piercing power than the original True Ice.
The corrupting power of the Void, coupled with the bone-chilling cold of the True Ice, left Nilah frozen inside by Lissandra for what felt like "half a world." Being sealed in the Dark True Ice was akin to Ascended being corrupted by the Void and then sealed into a weapon by the Celestials.
The former possesses the power of the Void, while the latter is a "room." Even a battle-hardened, experienced, and determined Ascended like Aatrox was corrupted and turned into a madman. When Aatrox was trapped in the Darkin Greatsword, he even cried in private because of it.
Therefore, Nilah certainly couldn't bear that kind of pain; it was just too real and too despairing.
Lissandra emerged from the ice gate, holding an ice chain in her hand. Dressed in a white dress, she walked with ease, as if her previous battle with Nilah was merely a stroll through her own territory, like returning home. Her carefree demeanor, contrasted with Nilah's current distraught state, amused Li Ke.
Lissandra gently raised her hand, her pale eyes sweeping over Li Ke. She spoke calmly, her voice crisp and clear, like icy shards striking each other, cold yet melodious. "It's all settled. She's now..." Lissandra paused, her gaze shifting from Li Ke's face to Nilah: "She can speak properly now. If you want to say something, just tell her. I think she won't refuse."
"Unless she wants to be locked up again." Lissandra gently pulled on the chain in her hand, and Nilah's body swayed accordingly.
Nilah's body trembled, and she looked up at Li Ke. Her eyes were filled with bitterness, but her face was plastered with a smile. It looked both strange and funny, giving Li Ke a sense of stubbornness that said, "Ah, I'm fine, I'm okay, really."
"What do you want to tell me?" Nilah asked Li Ke with a smile, speaking very quickly.
"You've really trained her well," Li Ke muttered to Lissandra Zhuo.
Lissandra blinked noncommittally, a slight smile playing on her lips. Then, she released her grip on Li Ke's hand, and the chain flew from Lissandra's hand to Li Ke's.
Seeing this, Nilah's eyes flickered. Noticing that Lissandra's gaze wasn't on her and that she was talking to the dark-haired man, Nilah cautiously reached out to activate the ice ring at her waist. But as soon as she touched it, Nilah let out a scream.
"Ah!"
Lissandra glanced at them coldly and muttered softly, "Dishonest."
Seeing this, Nilah smiled sheepishly and lowered her head to look at her shoes.
Li Ke stood there grinning foolishly, overjoyed.
See? With Lissandra stepping in, things were resolved much more simply than Li Ke had imagined.
Nilah, who wasn't even afraid of Volibear, is now behaving like a mouse before a cat when facing Lissandra. Is this truly a case of one thing being the nemesis of another?
"Lissandra, remove the chains," Li Ke said to Lissandra, holding the chains.
Nilah was not far away, immediately raised her head and looked at Lissandra.
Lissandra remained silent, but simply raised her hand. The next moment, with a snap, the ice rings and chains around Nilah's waist shattered into ice dust.
This was originally what Lissandra wanted to give to Li Ke. After all, she couldn't play the bad cop; she was too cold-hearted. She could play the good cop and not be a good person, but pretending to be a good person and doing good deeds—no, that wasn't her.
The witches of the North simply don't care what others think of them.
With her restraints lifted, Nilah swayed back and forth, looked at Li Ke, and said seriously, "So, what exactly do you want to tell me? Is there anything you need me to do?"
Li Ke stepped forward and looked at Nilah. At this distance, Nilah suddenly attacked, he could react in time.
As for whether Nilah might suddenly turn on him and take him hostage, forcing Lissandra to retreat, after thinking about it, Li Ke felt that it was unlikely.
First of all, Li Ke is indeed no match for Nilah. He did kill Pantheon, but that was with Aatrox's buff and Pantheon being weakened. Even so, Li Ke shouldn't be able to last more than a few moves against Nilah.
Secondly, let alone at this distance, even if it were closer, Lissandra could help Li Ke at any time. Don't underestimate the value of a veteran powerhouse. Li Ke doesn't want to praise Lissandra anymore, but Lissandra's just that powerful.
Ultimately, Nilah wasn't that kind of person.
She does give off a neurotic vibe because Nilah always has a smile on her face, which makes her seem like an uncommunicative madwoman. But in reality, Nilah is communicative, and she can be polite to ordinary people, provided that you are an ordinary person and not a "being" that excites or makes her hungry.
Just like in Nilah's personal story, where she was looking for Viego and thus became acquainted with Graves, leading to a series of events, judging from Graves's evaluation of Nilah, he thought Nilah was a pretty good woman.
Therefore, if we're really talking about madness, Nilah is nowhere near as mad as Jinx.
Because Nilah acts with purpose; she thinks things through carefully to achieve her goals. But what about Jinx?
Recalling Jinx's work in the lab, Li Ke felt that Jinx's ability to grow up to be the way she is now was truly thanks to Janna's blessing.
"What is this? I'll put some in and try it."
"Holy crap, it's blown up!"
"Wow, the sparks from the explosion are beautiful! Let's try adding some more."
"Huh, how did it turn into a weapon?"
Yes, this is probably what Jinx did in the lab.
Shaking his head, Li Ke came to his senses and looked at Nilah, saying, "Just like I said, I'm going to find you an opponent. What do you think?"
"Like her?" Nilah interrupted Li Ke, glancing sideways at Lissandra as she asked.
"Of course not," Li Ke said immediately. He continued, "That's something that will make you a true hero, saving countless people. Haven't you always wanted to go down in history and have your name remembered by the world? If you do this, I guarantee your name will be known Runeterra. Everyone will know that there was a great hero who helped the world resolve a crisis and saved everyone, and her name is Nilah."
Nilah's eyes lit up instantly, her Adam's apple bobbing as she made a swallowing motion, and she looked at Li Ke and said, "Really?"
"It's true, we're preparing to deal with a powerful group of beings. They don't belong to Runeterra; they're from another world. They're trying to devour this planet, kill all humans and living beings, and turn Runeterra into a desolate wasteland."
"Like a demon?"
"They're even more troublesome than demons. Those guys are completely impossible to communicate with. There's an absolute opposition between us and them in terms of our positions."
"Alright, I'll do it." Nilah raised her hand, patted her chest forcefully, and said with a Li Ke smile, "Since there's someone like this around, why should I bother searching for other powerful creatures?"
"Tell me, what exactly do you need me to do?"
"First, let's leave here. This isn't a convenient place to talk."
Seeing that Nilah had agreed, Li Ke smiled happily.
Great, we've gained another powerful ally!
Nilah is definitely among the top Demigod, far more powerful than Swain or Karma. Therefore, her arrival would be like having another blue-skinned bald man to help Li Ke's camp, provided that man doesn't use the World Runes to destroy things.
Oh right, speaking of blue-skinned bald guys, Li Ke couldn't help but wonder, what is Ryze doing right now?
According to the timeline, he should be traveling the world right now, searching for the World Runes Seal, and during this time, Ryze will face countless challenges.
His own apprentice Brand, the Nocturne of Demacia, the Shadow Isles 'The Harrowing, and... possibly in the North?
Bilgewater, Illaoi closed the door and stepped out, giving the people inside the house space.
She had no intention of getting involved in this matter. Rather than saving the world, what Illaoi should be considering was how to change Bilgewater and the matter of the Harrowing.
Although the world was destroyed, and Bilgewater Buhru were to disappear into history, Illaoi knew one thing: never sacrifice the "little things" in front of her for the sake of bigger things. Compared to potential future crises, Illaoi cared more about the people suffering from the Harrowing right now.
But
"He actually succeeded." Illaoi chuckled to herself, shook her head, and strode away from the third floor of the tavern.
After Nilah leaves, she will also need to take action, after all, Sarah has been waiting for her for a long time.
"So, you created that ice, and you sealed the Watchers away, but now you can't break the seal on your own?"
On the square table, Li Ke looked at Lissandra with a strange expression.
Lissandra closed her eyes, stretched out her snow-white arm, picked up a piece of pastry from Piltover with two fingers, and put it in her mouth to chew. Nilah sat in the middle, her hands clasped together on the table, glancing at Li Ke and then at Lissandra.
She's now itching to start the killing spree!
His name will be remembered in history! His name will be remembered in history!
"Is it hard to understand?" Lissandra countered Li Ke's question, then gently licked the pastry crumbs off her fingers before speaking calmly:
"Don't you know everything? How come you didn't know about this?"
"Alright, just tell me already. I promise I won't show off in front of you anymore, okay?" Li Ke said speechlessly.
"Snowman," Lissandra uttered.
"Back then, I hadn't mastered the power of the True Ice. Anivia refused to help me, and my sisters scoffed at what I did. It was indeed my fault. Humans can't truly master powers beyond our comprehension. Therefore, to make amends—no, to cover up that past, to prevent people from knowing my mistakes, and to expel the Void —I used the power of the Yeti," Lissandra said softly.
She has already made a vow; she will no longer run away from what she has done.
She is now a mistake, and will spend her life atoning for it.
Nilah's radar activated, and upon hearing the keyword, she immediately asked, "Snowman? What's that? I've never heard of it before. Is it strong?"
Lissandra completely ignored Nilah, disregarding her entirely.
Nilah, ignored by Lissandra, dared not retaliate and could only scratch her head in frustration.
"Snowman?" Li Ke repeated, a little boy subconsciously appearing in his mind.
Lissandra nodded and said softly, "Yeti, it sounds like a very savage race, but that's not actually the case. Ten thousand years ago, the Yetis appeared. Although they are savage and ferocious, they are united and help each other internally. At that time, humans had not yet officially appeared on the stage. Therefore, the Yetis were the first creatures to appear in Anivia's eyes and to attract Anivia attention."
"Having witnessed the Yeti's potential for growth, Anivia gave her heart to them, allowing them to evolve into four-armed beings with the power to create and use True Ice."
Li Ke's lips twitched slightly.
The snowman can use True Ice? This is something Li Ke didn't know!
"Because of their abilities, in order to seal the Void, I used the power of all the snowmen, sacrificing them to freeze everything, to freeze the Void, to freeze living beings, sisters."
"Then there won't be any snowmen, will there?" Nilah muttered.
Lissandra herself admitted that she sacrificed the Yeti race to deal with the Void, so where are they going to find Yetis now?
"No, there's also a snowman," Li Ke said.
Lissandra looked at Li Ke smiled and said to her, "I understand, I know what to do."
"So, this was originally your secret weapon. You planned to use it to strengthen the seal, but now, because of my appearance, you plan to use it to break the seal ahead of schedule, is that what you mean?"
"..." Lissandra looked at Li Ke speechlessly.
This guy just said he wouldn't show off in front of me anymore, so what's this? He's starting again?
You need to be educated, right?
"It's hard to catch. If it wants to hide, even I can't catch it directly. The Yeti's true power doesn't lie in the True Ice, but in its wishes and hopes." Lissandra said, her lips moving, and she hesitated as she continued, "I don't know what kind of ability it is. I don't know if it's an ability of the Yeti race or a unique ability of that Yeti, but it can definitely do such a heaven-defying thing."
"It's okay, I know," Li Ke said to Lissandra.
Lissandra looked at Li Ke, raising an eyebrow slightly, as if to say, "If you know, just say it now."
Li Ke said with a smile, "However, this is a bit troublesome. According to the timeline, that little guy is at most three or four years old now."
In context, isn't this just the story of the snowman and Nunu?
That snowman is Willump!
However, a problem arises. Although Li Ke knows that the timeline cannot be viewed entirely according to Riot Games's background, since the timeline of the War of Two Cities is completely different from the main League of Legends universe, and although the official statement says to follow the timeline of the War of Two Cities, the problem is that the War of Two Cities only involves heroes related to the Twin Cities and some Noxus heroes.
Freljord. Absolutely none!
Therefore, Li Ke cannot know exactly how old Nunu is now.
However, judging from Lissandra's current distress, she is unaware of Nunu's existence. Therefore, Nunu would be younger than when she was five years old, because Nunu was separated from her mother at the age of five and then sent to the orphanage by the soldiers of Frostguard Citadel. There, she met Lissandra and, through Lissandra, she adventured to meet her lifelong companion, Willump.
"Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it so much."
Let's go.
Li Ke stood up and said loudly.
Nilah, who was completely naked, looked up in surprise. "Where are you going?"
"Freljord," Li Ke said.