Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Zilean, a gifted elemental mage who emerged nearly 900 years after Icacia fell under Shurima, devoted his life to studying the mysteries of time.

After years of study, the venerable Kieran became one of the elders of Icathia's governing council.

His resentment towards Shurima grew day by day as his proposals for ascension were rejected again and again.

What worries Kieran even more, however, is that his colleagues, the elders of the ruling council, have gone crazy and started discussing the issue of independence openly.

But in the face of the Ascension Group, any rebellion will become the source of suffering for the people.

Kieran, who cared about the people, left Icacia's neighboring countries and begged their rulers to form an alliance with Icacia, but their answers were the same, and he finally returned without success.

It wasn't until he returned to the capital that Kieran was surprised to find that the governing council had re-supported a mage king without his own participation in the discussion.

The other elders explained to him the forbidden power found in the deep, saying that it was enough to counter the Ascendant and declare war on the Shurima Empire.

Zilean grieved at their decision, for he would rather his homeland be suppressed once more than unleash such an evil upon the land.

His fears came true.

The Void not only defeated the first batch of Ascendants to kill, but also swallowed Icacia in the end. The hundreds of thousands of people in the capital who had no time to escape would become the nourishment of nothingness.

In grief and desperation, Zilan tried to hide as many people as possible in his own tower, and the tentacles in the abyss pierced the ground, about to swallow this building that accommodated tens of thousands of people.

Desperate to stop these corrupting evils, Zilean did the impossible - he erased the tower from the timeline so the Void couldn't find it.

Of course, mortals who are not infected with evil forces can still push open the gate of this tower and enter here to take refuge.

It's just that thousands of years have passed by, and apart from Li Lin and Kassadin, Kieran's tower has never been visited by other strangers.

Li Lin originally thought that Kieran's so-called "push yourself" would upgrade the experience of his teammates like a passive skill in the game, so as to further improve his level and unlock more skills.

But it turns out he was thinking too much.

Kieran didn't know the existence of the "system" at all, and he didn't even know how he grew up, so how could he use the time spell to increase his "experience bar"?
What's more, the skills in the game cannot be generalized with reality.

According to Li Lin's "digital thinking", Kieran's ability "time in a bottle" refers to observing countless timeline branches, just as he just showed...

The two returned to Kieran's original room. He took out a few thick classics from the bookshelf that were at least a dozen centimeters thick and placed them on the table, then called Li Lin over.

"This is the record of time spells that I have collected, and there are my notes in it."

While speaking, Kieran opened the locked drawer of the desk, and took out a booklet filled with densely packed small characters and occasional patterns of magic circles.

"This is my summary of notes about time magic." He paused, "There is a huge amount of magic in your body, and with your special ability, you should be able to master it soon."

Li Lin nodded, no longer pretending to be anything, and directly opened the "data-based thinking" and stared at one of the theories about time.

After the brain is strengthened and the intelligence is improved, the "data-based thinking" can interpret the content of some books faster.

In just over ten seconds, he memorized all the contents of this tome, which is more than ten centimeters thick, in his mind.

In the next few minutes, Li Lin wrote down all the contents of all the books, including Kieran's notes, and after sorting them out, he stimulated the magic power circulating in his body to condense a time bomb in his palm.

Kieran froze for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, "Sure enough, as a person protected by the will of the world, your talent is far superior to mine."

Li Lin dispelled the spell in his hand and bowed slightly to him, "Without your guidance, I would not have grasped part of the mysteries of time so quickly."

Time is an inescapable constant, but due to its obscurity, mystery and complexity, even Zilan, the originator of the time mage, cannot understand the mystery.

The time magic he showed Li Lin and let him learn is only a very small part of the use of time.

For example, the time bomb is a new type of magic invented by Kieran through his own research, which can detonate the target's time and destroy the opponent from the time level.

This method works wonders against enemies with limited lifespans, and is somewhat powerful against most items.

However, in the face of those targets whose lifespan is almost negligible, this ability is not very useful. It can only slow down or stun the target through the time of several time bombs detonating the range area.

Of course, even if Li Lin mastered all these contents, he still couldn't use most of the magic in them.

Unless he chooses to exile himself out of the long river of time like Kieran and his apprentices, without the trouble of life and time, existing in the past, present and future, if he interferes with reality, it will only open up a new and irrelevant path. Parallel timelines.

In addition to the "time bomb", what Li Lin personally can display in the real world is "time clockwork".

The time clockwork is mainly used for the acceleration and deceleration of time, and there are still great restrictions on its release in the real world.

For example, most creatures have a limited lifespan. If time acceleration is performed, it is equivalent to accelerating the passage of one's own life.

However, according to the "Canyon Relativity", the enemy's deceleration is his own acceleration. Li Lin can use this ability to delay the target's time, which is equivalent to providing himself with the effect of time acceleration in disguise.

And Kieran can observe the past, the present, and the "time in a bottle" of parallel worlds, and see the future. The "traveling to the future" and "backward time" that are now invalid must be used in the cracks of time and space beyond the long river of time.

Especially the ability to go back in time, Kieran has used this magic to combine time in the bottle to open up countless parallel timelines.

If Li Lin uses this ability, he will definitely be squeezed out by time, and eventually exiled by time itself.

In this way, he can no longer interfere with his original time and space, because doing so will only open up a new parallel timeline instead of affecting his own time and space.

The spell of time is better than nothing for Li Lin today.

But among the classics provided by Kieran, the most important thing is not the application of time magic, but the theoretical knowledge about time.

Coupled with quantum theory, Li Lin may be able to explore more applications of time without involving his own time or being exiled by time.

Kieran stared at Li Lin who seemed to be thinking about it, as if he was sorting out what he had learned, and waited quietly.

When the brilliance in his eyes recovered and he looked at himself again, Kieran continued: "If you have any problems with time spells, you can come back here and discuss them with me. The void outside shouldn't be a threat to you, right? ?”

Li Lin nodded and chuckled, "As long as it's not a void monster comparable to a demigod, this place basically doesn't pose much threat to me."

"Well, try not to use your armor's energy weapons, as this may awaken the sleeping void here."

Kieran gave another warning, and immediately made a gesture with his right hand to form a circular emerald green formation.

Li Lin could recognize that this was a kind of space-time sealing spell, which was somewhat similar to the magic he used to seal the door that could lead to the observation room of different time and space.

After waiting for two seconds, a simple pocket watch appeared from the palm-sized magic circle, and then flew into Li Lin's palm.

He couldn't help but widen his eyes, and the shock was beyond words.

[Perfect timing (starting stopwatch legend): Enlightenment system world rune fragments, which belong to the category of skillful runes. After absorbing enough time magic, it will grow into a "perfect timing stopwatch". 】

[Basic attributes: none]

【Ability Effect】

[Time Mystery: Only a very talented mage can exert the maximum effect of this item (at least 10000 maximum mana is required, otherwise it cannot be used). 】

[Appearance transformation: the holder can consume mana to change its appearance at will, and the mana consumed depends on the size of the conversion target (minimum consumption of 500 mana, current appearance: stopwatch.). 】

[Time accumulation: When enough time is absorbed, the starting stopwatch will grow into a "perfect timing stopwatch" and gain enhanced ability (current time accumulation progress: 39.66%). 】

[Frozen: Convert a target into an indestructible golden statue, the consumption of mana depends on the number of targets and the transformation time (minimum consumption of 3% of the maximum mana). 】

[Time Imprisonment: Temporarily imprison an area for a short period of time, causing the area to enter a state of time stagnation. The consumption of mana depends on the time and scope of the imprisonment (minimum consumption of 5% of the maximum mana). 】

[Enlightening World Rune Fragments: Due to the energy consumption of "Perfect Timing", it can only be combined with the cornerstone rune if it becomes the perfect timing stopwatch again. 】

"This, this is..." Li Lin was almost speechless, "This is actually a world rune fragment?!"

Kieran kept a kind smile and nodded, "When I traveled in the long river of time, I found this world rune fragment that escaped into time and absorbed the power of time.

"The world rune cannot be used by humans, because it will erode people's will, and even the gods cannot resist its temptation.

"In the parallel timeline, a god obtained this world rune fragment, reversed the situation of being besieged to death, and almost conquered the world.

"Seeing this, other dark descendants searched for runes in other worlds one after another, and being eroded by their bewitching souls, they set off a rune war in advance.

"The combination of the Darkin War and the Rune War is simply a disaster. That's how Runeland was destroyed in that timeline."

Kieran sighed, "I didn't do much research on it, because even I was almost bewitched by it when I discovered it at the time... But if the user is you, there won't be any problem."

Li Lin stared down at the world rune fragments in his hand, frowning in thought.

Originally, he didn't want to use the world rune too early, even if it was just a fragment.

World Runes use astral magic, but the exact source of their power is unknown, at least not in Runeterra.

After all, the most powerful arcane magic on this planet comes from them.

But even if all the five series of world runes are collected, it is still unknown whether they can be used to defeat the Void Monitor. No one has witnessed the power of the complete world runes.

Li Lin doesn't want to rely too much on the world runes, he just wants to use them as the last hole card.

But now Kieran actually gave himself a new world rune fragment, and the current "starting stopwatch" has no way to integrate with the cornerstone rune, so time must be accumulated to make it grow back into a "perfect timing stopwatch" .

Even if Li Lin wanted to seal it into the underground palace of the Demacia Forbidden Stone Forest, and only accumulate time through the passage of time, it would take at least a thousand years to restore it to its original state.

To put it simply, Li Lin has to carry it all the time, and cast time magic on it from time to time to accelerate it to accumulate time...

"Although I don't know how to use this world rune fragment, it has been absorbing the power of time, indicating that it is not suitable for handing over to Ryze and sealing it under the forbidden magic stone forest.

"However, according to another time artifact we discovered called 'Ancient Hourglass', it has the ability to freeze a person into a statue of time without being affected by any external force. Presumably this world rune fragment can provide you with a lot of benefits." help."

When Kieran reminded him, Li Lin took a deep breath, spent mana to transform it into a watch, and put it on his wrist.

"I get it, I'll always wear it."

Kieran smiled and nodded, "I have nothing to help you, it's time for you to go back."