Runeterra: I actually know a little bit about everything

Illaoi frowned slightly: "The Heart of the Temple is the foundation of the Temple's existence. It cannot be left behind for too long, otherwise the entire Port Piraeus will suffer when the Night of the Souls strikes."

Zuo Chi immediately said, "Then please take me to that temple first. I need to find my friend as soon as possible. She got lost in the black fog not long ago!"

Zuo Chi still held a sliver of hope. What if Ahri hadn't gone to Shadow Isles with the black mist, but had gone to the temple alone?

Therefore, Zuo Chi felt it was necessary to go there and search for it.

Upon hearing Zuo Chi's words, Iloy nodded without further hesitation.

"Come with me, we're just about to head over there anyway."

And so, led by Iloilo, the four of them, including Zuo Chi, sped toward the southeast corner of Piraeus.

With the current True One of the Baru Temple leading the way, Zuo Chi and his group quickly arrived at a place not far from the southeastern sea area of ​​Bilgewater. In front of them, a temple made of gray-green stones had its doors wide open, constantly spewing out a cold breeze.

"This is."

Upon seeing this, a surge of intense anger and murderous intent flashed in Illaoi's eyes.

The desecration of what is most sacred in one's heart is something no one can accept.

Illaoi walked slowly forward, and at the same time, a tentacle extended from the bio-god in her hand, shimmering with a faint light, as if it were communicating with something.

However, after a moment, the light that flickered on the Divine Realm gradually faded, and Illaoi's heart sank to the bottom.

She could sense that the heart of the temple in front of her was no longer there.

Someone broke through the barrier set up by the goddess Na and took the heart of the temple from it. This caused the temple to lose its ability to resist the black mist, which allowed the black mist to enter the port of Piraeus smoothly.

Of all the people qualified to enter the restricted area, there are only five in the entire port of Piraeus.

First, there's her, the True One; second, there's Fei Yi, the True One's guardian; third, there's Pike, who recently passed the Trial of Na; fourth, there's Zuo Chi, who's now standing at a distance watching this; and lastly, there's Gangplank, the Ocean Disaster, whom Illaoi secretly granted him the Trial of Na and pulled him back from the brink of death!

In Illoy's view, the first three had no motive to come here to take the Vasani Sunstone, and although Zuochi came for this purpose, he had not yet obtained the Vasani Sunstone.

If that's the case, then there seems to be only one possibility: the person who entered the Baru Temple and stole the Heart of the Temple.

Planck!

(In the lore, Miss Fortune is probably the weakest champion in the entire League of Legends, basically at the level of a human minion, but she's pretty smart.)

Chapter 63 Sarah's Past! A Deep-seated Hatred!

On the shores of Bilgewater, a damp sea breeze carrying a slightly fishy smell blew against the faces of the group, and the atmosphere fell into a deathly silence.

Zuo Chi and the other two looked at Illaoi walking towards them with confusion, not understanding what had happened.

"call!"

Illaoi let out a long breath, then looked apologetically at Sarah in front of her.

"Sarah, please forgive me."

"Hmm?" Sarah frowned slightly, not understanding why Illaoi would say that.

Illaoi stretched out her arm, and the Divine Staff in her hand shimmered with a soft light. At the same time, Illaoi's voice echoed in everyone's ears.

“About a year ago, I came to Port Piraeus on the orders of Mother Hu to prepare for the resistance against the Soul Eater. It was also at that time that your great battle with Planck broke out.”

"In the presence of all the people of Piton, you piloted your great ship and completely destroyed Planck's fleet, while also burying Planck's ship in the sea."

Illaoi gave a wry smile: "You all probably thought Plank was dead, right? Actually, he wasn't."

"!!!"

Upon hearing this, Sarah's face turned terribly grim, and her hands clenched tightly together: "Go on!"

"I met him in a remote harbor. His left arm had been blown off, and he was covered in wounds. He was truly on the verge of death. However, I believed that such a bloody soul should be judged by the goddess Na, so I gave him Na's trial."

I originally thought that, given his condition at the time, there was no way he could have survived Na's soul trial, since he was practically on his last breath. But, to my utter surprise, he succeeded.

He survived, and his whereabouts remain unknown. And now…

Illaoi stared blankly at the wide-open temple gates ahead: "He's back, and he stole the Heart of the Temple."

At this point, Illaoi stopped speaking, while Sarah in front of her clenched her fists, her body even trembling with anger.

"Illaoi, do you know what price I paid for that day! He was the murderer of my mother, yet you saved him when I was about to kill him!"

Recalling the past, Sarah became somewhat emotional.

Once upon a time, when Sarah was a child, she lived happily with her mother on a small island north of Piraeus. Her mother also had extremely high-level gun-making skills, and the guns she made were so sought after that even many nobles would compete to buy them.

Little Sarah learns to install cylinder locks, adjust trigger wheel distance, and even participates in test firing of custom pistols.

But it was precisely this family that was approached by a notorious pirate captain.

By then, Planck had almost completely taken control of Bilgewater. He was cunning, ruthless, and ruled Bilgewater through intimidation, violence, and power struggles.

Planck rose to power by robbing merchant ships on trade routes across the twelve seas, thus making countless enemies.

He even dared to provoke the Noxian Navy, which no one dared to mess with, and stole the "Leviathan," which dominated the Sea of ​​Watchers at the time. It was Swain's warship and an important strategic weapon of the Noxian Navy.

At that time, Planck found Sarah and her mother and asked Sarah's mother to make him the most advanced musket in the world.

Faced with the gleaming weapons, Sarah's mother had no choice; for Sarah's safety, she had to grant Planck's request.

However, just as this most advanced musket in the world was being invented, Planck's longsword pierced Sarah's mother's chest!

"Only when you, the gun maker, are dead will my gun be truly unique in the world!"

Leaving these last words, Planck ordered his men to set fire to Sarah's house, and then laughed as he walked away.

Young Sarah lay in a pool of blood, watching Planck's retreating figure. The young girl vowed to do whatever it took to make the pirate who killed her mother pay the price.

Since then, Sarah has wandered throughout Runeterra, secretly accumulating her power, and on that day, she returned to Bilgewater!

She destroyed Planck's fleet in front of the entire Bilgewater and became the new queen of Bilgewater.

It's fair to say that Sarah went through countless hardships to achieve that day.

But now, Illaoi tells her that the enemy she had worked so hard to kill was actually brought back to life on the verge of death!

This disparity nearly threw Sarah off balance; she bit her lip so hard that blood even seeped from between her teeth.

“Sarah, I’m sorry,” Illaoi said softly once again.

"Go away!"

Sarah roared in anger, then turned around and walked back the way she came without looking back, disappearing from the three people's sight in no time.

Standing there, Illaoi looked regretful, but she still managed to pull herself together and look at Zuo Chi and Brûlée.

"Gentlemen, Plank has colluded with the undead on the Shadow Isles. He stole the Vasani Sunstone, and the Black Mist could attack Bilgewalt again at any time!"

"So," Zuo Chi looked at Illaoi, "to the Shadow Isles?"

“It has to be this way!” Illaoi nodded emphatically.

After Illaoi finished speaking, she looked at the two people in front of her. She could sense that the two people in front of her were incredibly powerful warriors, especially Zuo Chi, who had passed the trial of Nashen!

Facing Illaoi's gaze, Zuo Chi nodded: "I'll go!"

Zuo Chi could already imagine that Planck took the Vasani Sunstone and followed the Black Mist to attack Sarah's Doom Manor. At the same time, the Vasani Sunstone formed a special connection with Ahri's twin gems. Ahri, who had never been in contact with the Black Mist before, entered the Black Mist in order to find out her origins.

If he wants to find Ahri, he'll have to go to the Shadow Isles.

Brown, with his signature smile, replied, "Brown's going too. I'm off to find the Water of Life!"

Thus, the three, with different purposes but the same destination, decided to travel together to the Shadow Isle, a place filled with death and destruction.

At the southeastern harbor of Bilgewater, Zuo Chi and two others stood on the dock, looking at each other with bewildered expressions.

"It seems we don't have a boat?" Zuo Chi and Bron both looked at Iloilo.

Illaoi said with some helplessness, "The ships all refused as soon as they heard we were going to the Shadow Isles. After all, they're not the desperate criminals in the casino who would do anything for money."

“Should I ask the priests to send over a boat?” Illaoi suggested again.

However, before Zuo Chi and Bu Long could say anything, a clear and cool female voice rang out behind them.

"By the time your ship arrives, who knows how long it will take? How will we then chase after Planck?"

"!?"

Upon hearing this, Zuo Chi and the other two quickly turned around to look behind them.

There, Sarah stood on the dock with her crew, her face devoid of any emotion.

“Sarah.”

Seeing the person in front of him, Illaoi didn't know what to say.

But at that very moment, an incredibly magnificent ship slowly sailed out from the dock, with Captain Sarah's flag flying on its mast.

Today in Piraeus, no one is unfamiliar with this flag, for it is the warship of the current Pirate Queen, and also the largest and fastest warship in the entire port.

Sarah and her crew jumped onto the warship, and looking at Illaoi and the other two who were still stunned in the distance, she couldn't help but say in an annoyed tone:

"Are you coming or not? Do you really have to go back to the Baju Temple to sail here?"

Upon hearing this, Zuo Chi and the other two did not hesitate any longer and quickly jumped onto Sarah's large ship.

Looking at Sarah standing on the deck gazing at the sea ahead, Illaoi said softly, "Sarah, this time, I will atone for the mistakes I have made."

Hearing Illaoi's words, Sarah turned to look at her: "I am the current Queen of Bilgewater, and I have a responsibility to protect Bilgewater. Since Gangplank is not dead and wants to reclaim what he lost, then I will kill him again!"