Although the villa Piltover had given Luke was quite large, it was not as spacious as this place, and this place was also more convenient for training, so he had simply moved his residence here.
At this moment, it was already late at night. The girls had all gone to sleep, and that included Luke.
As a healthy person who went to bed early and woke up early, he had not stayed up late in a long time. His schedule was extremely regular.
Inside the bedroom, on the wide bed, Luke was sleeping soundly with his head on the pillow.
Suddenly, he felt someone poke his nose.
The first poke felt like a prank. He had no intention of paying attention to it, so he turned over and continued sleeping.
Then he was poked twice more. Luke finally opened his eyes, and his slightly grumpy gaze looked with some displeasure toward the spirit goddess who was not sleeping in the middle of the night.
"I'm saying, do you know that for humans, this is the time when we're supposed to be sleeping? Also, this is my room."
No matter how pleasing to the eye the spirit goddess before him was, he had no interest in admiring her at this moment. He only wanted to sleep.
Besides, this was still his private room. Fortunately, he did not have the habit of sleeping naked. Otherwise, he really would have taken a huge loss tonight.
"I was kind enough to wake you, and you're blaming me."
Janna was also a little displeased. She furrowed her beautiful brows. "Anyway, someone will be coming from outside in a while. Go or don't, suit yourself."
After saying that, she directly returned to her resting space. Watching Luke outside get up while scratching his head, she snorted in her heart.
As if she was eager to look at this guy. Besides, she had already seen everything there was to see a long time ago.
Actually, it was just so-so!
She had even witnessed this guy secretly doing naughty things with Sona!
What else was there that could not be seen?
Thinking back on it now, Janna could not help letting out a soft "ptui" and muttering, "Shameless bastard!"
At this moment, Luke had been woken up. Thinking of what Janna had reminded him just now, he knew he might have misunderstood her.
Someone was coming soon?
Who could it be?
With that question in mind, Luke wore his pajamas and yawned as he arrived in the living room outside. Then he turned on the lights and heard the sound of the door opening.
Only so many people had a key to his place. As for who had gone out and had yet to come back, there was no need to think to know.
Over the past two days, Caitlyn and Vi had been running out, doing who knew what, and he had noticed it.
Before long, he saw Caitlyn supporting the injured Vi as they walked in, limping and looking extremely miserable.
Seeing this, Luke frowned slightly. "What happened here?"
At this moment, Vi could be said to look utterly battered. The Hextech gauntlets that had still been brand-new a while ago were now covered in scratches, and one of them was not even glowing anymore, looking almost scrapped.
Her whole body was dusty and dirty, stained with blood, and her face was pale and weak. Clearly, her injuries were not light.
Caitlyn was in somewhat better condition. At most, her clothes were dirty.
"In any case, Your Highness, please take a look at her first. I'll explain slowly afterward."
Caitlyn was worried about Vi's injuries, so she immediately brought her over to Luke.
Vi gave a bitter smile. "Sorry to trouble you again, Your Highness."
"Looking at injuries and illnesses is no big deal." Luke smiled casually and asked with some curiosity, "I'm just wondering how you ended up so miserable even after updating your gear."
His words struck straight at the heart.
Vi's smile turned even more bitter. "I... sigh!"
She sighed, then her injuries affected her, and she began coughing, looking rather miserable and pitiful.
And inside, she felt extremely ashamed. After all, this equipment had been updated because Luke had asked someone to do it for her. Yet today, she had been beaten this badly. It was too embarrassing.
"She was too embarrassed to come here at first. I dragged her here by force."
Caitlyn added at this point.
Back then, Vi had been planning to just get some casual treatment and tough it out.
But Caitlyn could tell at a glance that her injuries were not light. There was even a chance her brain had been injured.
Otherwise, who would plan to tough it out when they were hurt this badly?
In any case, Caitlyn had dragged Vi here in the end, because she knew Luke's medical skills were very impressive.
"Isn't that just messing around? My medical standards are far beyond Piltover and Zaun's. When it comes to injuries, the sooner they're treated, the better."
Luke's words were not bragging at all. Among mortals, his medical skills were basically at the ceiling.
Whether internal injuries or external wounds, as long as what was brought to him was not a cold corpse, he was confident he could save them.
Of course, he knew why Vi had felt too embarrassed to come.
But he said it like this on purpose.
Sure enough, Vi's face began to turn red, and she was so ashamed she could hardly raise her head.
"All right, lay her flat first."
Luke helped Vi lie flat on the sofa. After observing her for a moment, he said, "Looks like the bones are injured. Judging from your complexion, fortunately, it's only fractured bones, not shattered bone fragments. Otherwise, if the bone spurs had stabbed into flesh and blood, and you delayed a little longer, you could go meet Lamb yourself."
Vi was in so much pain now that she did not want to speak. She had been gritting her teeth and enduring it all the way here, and now she felt as if she were about to breathe her last.
At the moment, she could not do anything and could only wait for Luke's arrangements.
Luke first removed both gauntlets and casually tossed them aside. Then he saw that her two arms and fists were also extremely red at the moment, as if they had borne enormous pressure.
"That part isn't too serious. An ice pack will do."
Luke glanced at them and began treatment.
Vi had fractured bones in her chest and back. If he wanted to start treatment, she naturally could not keep wearing her clothes.
That task was left to Caitlyn. During the process of removing her clothes, no one could imagine the extreme unease and shame in Vi's heart at that moment.
But after the clothes were removed, she saw Luke's serious and focused eyes, so she could only turn her head aside and close her eyes, waiting for the torturous moment to pass.
Right now, her heart felt as if it were about to jump out.
Caitlyn tactfully remained silent as well, stepping to the side and quietly watching Luke treat her.
"This next part will hurt a bit. You'd better bear with it."
During the treatment, Luke suddenly spoke.
Vi nodded, inhaled, and said, "All right!"
Leaving other things aside, in terms of willpower, Vi truly was quite strong.
Last time, when the medicinal powder had been sprinkled on her wound, it had been because she had not been prepared at all and had been caught off guard.
After Luke stuffed a piece of cloth into her mouth, throughout the entire treatment, no matter how much her body hurt, Vi only let out muffled groans. Occasionally, there were low growls, but the noise was not loud.
Time passed second by second.
Vi had long since become covered in sweat. Her face was even weaker, and there was no strength left in her body.
Very soon, as circle after circle of bandages was wrapped around her chest, her whole body relaxed, and she gasped heavily for air.
She did feel that her body no longer hurt as much.
At this moment, a door opened.
Lux rubbed her eyes and walked out, half-asleep. "I thought I heard something just now..."
Before she finished speaking, she saw Vi covered in bandages and froze slightly. She could not help asking, "What happened?"
At this moment, Quinn also opened her door and walked out. She had actually noticed the situation outside earlier, but she had been afraid of embarrassing Vi, so she only came out now.
Before long, one door after another opened, and everyone who had been fast asleep woke up.
"Vi!"
After Jinx saw Vi, she immediately rushed over, her little eyes full of worry. "How did you end up like this?"
Looking at her, Vi said self-reproachfully, "Sorry for making you worry. And everyone else too..."
She vaguely remembered that the last time she had been watched like this was also last time.
Her heart felt a little desolate. She had clearly made up her mind to carve out a world with her fists, yet in the end, she kept relying on everyone's help.
"Everyone knows you're the person in charge of the undercity now! You're under my protection, Lux Crownguard's protection." Lux's little face puffed up angrily, and she slapped the table with one small hand. "Who's so bold that they even dared to beat you up?"
Caitlyn sighed softly. "Maybe it wasn't a person."
"Not a person?"
Seraphine froze for a moment and asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"
"That thing was covered in fur and had a werewolf-like face. It roared like a beast when it fought too. Most importantly, it was extremely powerful."
Vi described the werewolf at this point, and question marks seemed to appear over the heads of the girls in the room.
"A werewolf?"
Lux immediately thought of Werewolf. "Don't tell me he was killing people too?"
Vi sighed. "He's killed quite a few. Over these two days, at least nine people have died because of him. I don't know whether he'll continue tonight. In any case, I've already had the little man notify everyone in Zaun to be careful..."
This made everyone look at one another. Even without a description, just hearing the word werewolf allowed them to imagine what he might look like.
"He may be a little scarier than you're imagining. His body is full of tubes."
Caitlyn spoke then. Thinking back on it, she said slowly, "It was like some kind of experiment. Whenever he got angry, the tubes in his body would inject something into him. Each time that happened, he became even stronger."
She had been observing from afar through the scope of her sniper rifle, so she could clearly understand the situation during the battle.
That was why she had also noticed that the werewolf's ability to fight so well had something to do with those mysterious modifications on his body.
"When you put it that way, it actually makes me want to go see him."
Lux became somewhat interested.
"You think this is sightseeing? You want to look at everything." Luke glanced at her.
In his heart, he already had some idea of who this werewolf was.
In a place like Zaun, the only one who matched that description seemed to be that person.
It looked like the reason Caitlyn had been running to the undercity these past two days was to catch that wolf with Vi.
At this moment, Caitlyn said with some lingering fear, "If he hadn't suddenly stopped and left at the critical moment, I might have..."
Her face was somewhat pale. After all, that had been a moment when her life was in danger. No matter how calm she was, she would still feel fear.
At this moment, everyone realized the severity of the problem.
Lux's little face also darkened. "This guy is that strong?"
Vi nodded and recalled, "Very strong. At the time, a bunch of us had him surrounded, but in the end, he still escaped completely. Most importantly, he injured quite a few people..."
Hearing this, everyone looked at the wounds on her body again and now had a certain understanding of the werewolf's strength.
After all, Vi was already quite strong, and she also had a pair of Hextech gauntlets. Anyone capable of injuring her like this had to be very powerful.
"Doesn't matter. I'll make a move!"
Lux stood up with her hands behind her back. Her eyes held an air of looking down upon the world, and her entire body radiated the demeanor of a true expert.
"If he dares injure my friend like this, no matter what, I'll teach him a lesson!"
Her tone was calm, as if victory and defeat were already matters decided by a single thought of hers.
Luke found her showboating rather funny, but he did not interrupt Miss Crownguard's performance.
At this moment, the other girls felt the same way. After all, Caitlyn and Vi were both their friends, and they had nearly died at the werewolf's hands.
No matter what, this grudge had to be settled.
At this moment, Luke appeared thoughtful, and Lux happened to catch sight of it when she looked over.
She immediately asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Luke raised his head and said, "I was thinking that since all of you want revenge, why don't we just set out directly?"
Once those words fell, the entire room went quiet.
"Set out directly?" Lux had no problem with that and immediately said, "But where are we supposed to find this werewolf?"
Vi also said at this moment, "He left right away at the time, and he was very fast. We have no idea where he ran off to."
"No rush. I'll calculate his location."
Luke pinched his fingers together and began making calculations. Seeing that he was about to use the same trick from last time, everyone could not help looking over expectantly.
Especially Seraphine and a few of the other girls. Their pretty eyes were full of admiration.
Inside the resting space, Janna watched this guy prepare to show off again and could not help giving a cold snort, then proudly turned her head away.
No matter what, she would not help this guy this time!
Luke pinched his fingers for quite some time. Finally, he opened his eyes and said, "Before we set out, there's no harm in eating a midnight snack first. We need to fill our stomachs before we'll have the strength to act."
There was nothing wrong with what he said.
Luke stood up and walked toward the kitchen. His back was as tall and steady as ever, giving everyone a full sense of security.
Only he knew that in the next short while, he had to coax a goddess who was currently angry.
He had snapped at her for no reason earlier, and now she was obviously throwing a tantrum.
And Luke also knew that if he went directly to find her, there was a ninety-nine percent chance he would receive no response.
So he could only change his approach.
And often, to accomplish all this, one only needed a simple and unadorned method.
After working for a while, the sumptuous midnight snack Luke had prepared was officially served on the dining table.
The girls, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, immediately had their eyes light up, somewhat unable to wait.
Once everyone began eating, in the kitchen, Janna appeared in a flash as she looked at the pile of midnight snacks that had been set aside separately on the table.
She sneakily approached, planning to secretly bring these things back to the resting space.
But before she could make a move, Luke had already appeared at the kitchen doorway.
He smiled and said, "I was just about to go find you."
Janna stopped moving, proudly raised her fair chin, and snorted. "Spit it out!"
"Right now, there's something I need help with." Luke deliberately slowed his speech, speaking with great care. "I believe that for the almighty, beautiful, generous Goddess of the Wind, this matter will be as easy as lifting a finger."
Janna was the type to take any offered way out, and she also loved hearing compliments very much. Even so, she maintained her cold, aloof demeanor and said, "Tell me. I'll consider whether I want to help you."
"I need to find a werewolf. We don't know where he's hiding right now."
"There's a cave near the sea. He should be there."
As Janna spoke, she waved her small hand, and the entire table of midnight snacks disappeared.
After Luke received the information, he turned around and walked out with his hands behind his back, his expression calm.
"After calculating the workings of fate, I have already determined the werewolf's location. Once we finish this midnight snack, we'll set out immediately."
He spoke calmly, and immediately, pairs of admiring and impressed eyes turned toward him.
In response, he merely sat down with an air of calm detachment and began eating his midnight snack.
Inside the resting space, Janna looked at his appearance and curled her lips in disdain. Then she also threw herself into enjoying the midnight snack.
Helping this guy show off against her conscience was a little annoying, but in exchange for so many delicious midnight snacks, she could endure it.
Sigh.
After all, in this day and age, even being a goddess was not easy.
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