Chapter 188: Tahm Kench
Granting the wishes of mortals comes at a price...
The behavior of this fat catfish is really like the devil in the legend.
Being targeted by a powerful magical creature for no apparent reason, who might even be a demon, Lina completely lost the mood to continue relaxing in the bath.
So Lina decisively stood up and walked out of the bath, and Jinx reluctantly followed her to finish her bath.
She wiped her body with a towel and put on her clothes, first the lining, then the coat...
"Coat, overcoat..." When she put on the last piece, Lina suddenly froze.
"Coat, coat..." She muttered to herself, thinking hard.
Finally, Lina seemed to vaguely remember something from a distant memory: "Hey, Jinx."
Lina asked Jinx, who was curled up on the sofa beside her and was frantically putting socks on one of her white feet, "Do you remember that there has always been a story about 'two coats' in Zaun?"
"Two coats?" Jinx was slightly stunned.
She had indeed heard that story.
Maybe all the children in Zaun have heard that story:
Legend has it that there is a "fish" that often appears in the Twin Cities. It is hard to say whether it is a fat catfish or a bighead carp. But this fish is so fat that you have to sew two coats together to fit it.
So the kids called it "two coats".
Legend has it that on Evolution Day of a certain year, he found a struggling inventor in Piltover and gave her an idea that was guaranteed to attract the attention of a wealthy family.
All he asked for in return was a lock of her hair, but the invention he gave brought huge profits to the female scientist.
So the female scientist continued to look for him to do business.
But this time, he wanted all her hair.
The next time, he asked her for a finger.
The next time, he asked for an ear.
After a year, a woman has nothing left to give.
So Two Coats opened its bloody mouth and swallowed her with satisfaction.
"It's him, it's him!" Lina, who recalled the whole story, suddenly felt a chill.
Whether it was the body shape of the two coats or the other party's behavior, they were all too similar to the fat catfish she had seen.
The story that scared the little kids is probably more than just a story.
The "two coats" in the story are said to be a demon. If the story is true, then the demon is likely to be real too.
"Are we being targeted by the devil?" Lina was horrified.
"Don't worry." Jinx was heartless and not afraid at all: "Since the toad will only eat people after helping them realize their wishes, why don't we just not make a deal with him?"
"Hmm..." Lina fell into deep thought.
This seems to be the truth.
But he was a demon after all. The demon had already set his sights on them, would he really be so obedient as in the story?
How could Lina make up her mind about this question?
Demons are inherently mysterious, and how could a mortal like her guess what a demon was thinking?
"Or... ask my brother?" Lina was so nervous that she only thought of her brother Levi.
Levi is the chosen one of Janna and the agent of the goddess. He possesses a lot of knowledge that mortals cannot access.
If you ask him, you might get some useful information.
Thinking of this, Lina immediately prayed sincerely, borrowed divine power, cast a spell, and summoned a blue bird incarnation of the goddess.
And this blue bird incarnation is actually the leader’s “satellite phone”.
Lina spoke to the blue bird, and the blue bird incarnation could feed her voice back to the goddess herself, and after being relayed, it was conveyed in real time to Levi who was now far away in Zaun:
"Hello, hello?"
Lina waited nervously for half a minute, and finally, the "call" was connected.
"Lina?" Levi's voice came.
The voice was very calm, and one could not tell how intimate it was. If one listened carefully, one could only hear a hint of fatigue.
“ Brother…” Somehow, Lina’s voice suddenly became softer.
She was obviously anxious to ask her brother for news and wanted to tell Levi about the difficulties she was facing, but when , her tone inexplicably became weaker.
She didn't even open her mouth to explain the situation directly, but asked carefully: "Brother, are you busy now?"
"There's another meeting in two minutes." Levi just replied.
"Well..." Lina quickly organized her words: "I..."
She still didn't directly tell him what happened to her, but just asked quietly: "Brother, do you know the story of 'two coats'?"
"Two coats?" Levi thought about it.
He really knew: "You mean, the devil of greed, [River King Tamkench]?"
"Tahm Kench?" Lina was surprised: "Brother, do you know his name?"
"Of course." Let alone Levi. Even in Runeland, this is no secret to ordinary people in certain areas.
Many people, especially those in Bilgewater, know that the "two coats" that appear in the Twin Cities are actually Tam Kench, who often appears in the legend of Bilgewater.
"He is a greedy demon who feeds on the greedy souls of humans."
So Tam likes to appear in Bilgewater, Zaun and Piltover, where socialism is relatively developed and there are greedy souls everywhere.
And if that were the case, then Tam's favorite food would probably be those from the Ziben family.
After all, when it comes to greed, no one can compare to them.
"But this guy has a quirk."
"Just like the scumbag who likes to persuade prostitutes to change their ways and drag men's wives into sex——"
"As a devil of lust, Tam does not like to eat the greedy Ziben family. Instead, he only eats those who were originally pure in soul but gradually became corrupted by lust."
Levi was quite familiar with Tam's story, and Janna told him that according to her, the goddess, she knew:
"Tahm Kench is a terrifying being that is even older than the goddess Janna. He may have existed in this world since the birth of Runeterra."
"Throughout history, no one who has been targeted by this demon has ever survived."
"This..." Lina's scalp tingled when she heard it.
That ugly fat catfish is actually older than the goddess Janna she worships?
Doesn't that mean...
"He is more powerful than Goddess Janna?"
"That's not the case." Levi replied.
Janna was a demigod in her prime, while Tam was a T2 demon whose status was below the top ten demons. He was no match for Janna.
But the problem is...
"Goddess Janna is still 'traveling in the universe'." Levi did not forget to add: "The demon's strength is definitely not as strong as the goddess herself, but it is more than enough to deal with the current leader."
"..."Lina was silent for a while.
"What's wrong?" Levi, who was so busy that he was confused, finally reacted: "Lina, why are you suddenly asking about Tam Kench? Wait...you didn't run into it in Bilgewater, did you?"
There was finally some concern for his sister in his tone.
But Lina immediately forced a smile and denied it in a relaxed tone: "Haha... Of course not. If I had encountered such a scary thing, would I still be able to talk to you now?"
"Brother, I was just chatting with Jinx when we talked about the story of 'two coats'... Because we are both curious whether this story is true, I wanted to ask you, the Chosen One of Janna~"
"..." Levi hesitated for a moment and confirmed: "Really?"
"Really~" Lina also asked the Bluebird Avatar to help open the "video" so that Levi could see her and Jinx living in a luxury hotel, sitting on the sofa and chatting leisurely, looking safe.
Jinx also showed a heartless smile at the right time and greeted Levi: "Hello~"
Levi: “…”
