Yin and Yang

Zaun, Shurima's continent.

"Are you sure, it's here?" Caitlyn asks the person next to her as she stood before a tavern, on the board, it's said "The last drop". This is where the supposed Vi and Power place, according to Milo.

"Yes, yes, young miss, I would never lie to you, ever!" Of course, the so-called person is Milo. Unlike the last time, he looks even more miserable this time around, both of his eyes are purple bruised, he could barely see with those bumps on them.

"May...may I leave...now...young miss...?" Along the way, he was being gripped by the hair as his body dragged along the street. Milo already considered this "young miss" as a demoness straight from hell!

"Mhm, you can lea-…" Before Cait could finish her sentence.

*Bang* The front doors of the tavern were blasted open by a formidable force.

"Indari, you pussy..." A woman's shout was heard within, as two figures emerged. They both look barbaric considering their clothes, the woman with an eyepatch shouting at the man behind her with an uncontrollable rage.

The man didn't respond to her remark, as he reaches out his hand, unsheathed the sword from the back, counter blocking the incoming sword that was swung by the woman.

*Clang* Once they clashed, an invisible pressure emerged as it spread toward the surrounding. Normal people couldn't feel it but those like Cait who's more sensitive toward energies can. [AN: Like haki when they clashed.]

Caitlyn on the side got in her stand with caution,

'Strong...' that was her only thought as she could feel the aura emitted by the both of them, at least at Jayce's level if not stronger!

"eeeek! *thump*" As for Milo, the sissy... he already passed out once more, the murderous intent was too much for a coward like him to handle.

After a round of staring contests, both the parties backed off. The girl with the eyepatch flicks a coin at her partner, mumbled something as she walked off, coincidently in the direction of where Caitlyn is standing!

Seeing the strong woman walking toward her, Caitlyn's aura surged, a golden symbol appearing on the back of her hand, it's the runeline that she had obtained earlier!

"Mhm...?" Noticing the fluctuation of energy, Samira looks toward her side as she sees two kids, one is a boy, who is unconscious for whatever reason, the other is a girl, a girl that clearly doesn't belong here...

"What are these energies...? It's so pure..." Samira muttered. Unlike Indari who is privy to some top tier secrets, like the Arcane and Arcanists, Samira doesn't know of such energies, she just felt extreme comfort but at the same time, dangerous, being near the Arcane.

"It's more powerful than my Ki...."

That's right, Ki. Ki is also an energy type in this world. Just like Arcane energies, Ki energies are the medium that transfers Stamina to Power.

Samira was too curious about Arcane energies, she didn't realize the golden mark on the back of Caitlyn's hand, until a few seconds later. In which she gasps in a surprised manner.

"Hey, you..." She called out.

….

"Hey, you...." Hearing the fearsome woman called out to her, Caitlyn perspired; with no hesitation, she decided to make a run for it. She's too weak against this woman!

Transferring Arcane energies on the sole of her feet, she accelerates.

Not as strong as Jayce, but during the past month, along with her teacher's tutelage, she managed to reach E-level ranker, this is an amazing accomplishment. Even Poppy had praised her for being one of the best in this generation! Of course, she didn't let that get in her head.

*ZOOM* She gallops ahead, leaving the unconscious Milo to fend for himself. At this point, she doesn't have enough sympathy to spare for strangers, at least not for that type of person, it disgusts her.

Even with her speed that is greater than that of normal beings, but alas...

"Hey, I was calling you, are you deaf?" Samira suddenly teleported in front of her! No, more like she moved so fast that it looked like teleportation!

'Fast!'- Cait

Seeing her exit was blocked off, she lowered her body as she picked up a couple of pebbles, imbuing them with Arcane energies, she just flings them at the woman.

'Headshots!' She muttered; this is her self-made ability!

Ever since she was young, she notices that her eyes are extremely sharp, and could see very far away! She can even spot a worm moving among the tall grasses! Plus, she has practised with her mother on her marksmanship plenty of times. Now that she has discovered Arcane and learned how to utilize the tools, making her specialties, her arsenals have become even more lethal!

The pebbles-like bullets, flew at an extreme speed toward the woman, aiming straight for her head as the ability's name implies.

"Tcch, child play. Blade whirl!" Seeing the incoming pebbles, Samira snorts disdainfully as she takes out her sword.

*Sling sling sling* The blade slashes through the rock like butter against a hot knife, slicing them into many different shapes.

"Is that all you go-…." After her performance, Samira spoke out with ridicule, but was stunned when she found that the girl had already dashed ahead of her!

'Damn you!!' Enraged, her mood was already bad, but she just got played by a little kid who still reeks of their mom's milk, how could she not be upset?

*BOOM* But before she could take another step, a small explosion could be heard in the distance.

Then suddenly, she felt her knees extremely heavy, as a majestic but terrifying aura descended upon her, or not just her, but every single being that she could sense is also forced upon their knee.

Samira fares better than those normal people, at least standing on her feet is possible.

"What the fuck is that...." Samira muttered with a pale expression while perspiring. Never in her life, and she has lived an extremely tough life, as she has ever experienced such despair. Even if you torture her, she wouldn't shed a single tear, but this time, she feels like she would rather die than face whatever being is emitting such a terrifying aura!

....

Well...the script didn't go as planned as not everyone is kneeling or being stunned.

"What was that explosion?" Caitlyn looks at the sky and then at the crowd in confusion. Why were people kneeling?

'Is something wrong?' Not only are they kneeling, but no one speaks a thing, as if space and time had been frozen! The once bustling and chaotic street turned silent.

That's right... for some reason, Caitlyn isn't being affected by "Jayce" mysterious transformation and his aura.

The only possible conclusion is that it has something to do with the currently glowing blue necklace hanging on her neck.

Caitlyn notices that the necklace is gleaming with blue radiance!

'What is this...?' Holding the necklace tightly, she questioned... then her woman instinct flares as a name registered to her mind.

"Jayce..." she mutters, this must be his doing! She doesn't know how or why, but her instinct tells her, that it's his doing.

"That's great! He didn't die after all..." She didn't show it on the outside, but her gut was wrecking inside every time she thinks something bad have happened to Jayce.

If she guesses correctly that this phenomenon is Jayce's doing, then he's not in immediate trouble... at least for now. Caitlynn felt like boulders fall off her shoulders as she breathes sighs of relief.

But not even 5 seconds pass as she starts to hear mumblings and people getting up. The opposite of what transpired, the once silent crowd reaches its peak tumultuous!

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?"

"I COULDN'T BREATHE OR SPEAK ANYTHING?"

"GOD? IS THAT YOU? PLEASE SAVE ME, I'M A DEVOTED BELIEVER!"

"IS THIS THE END OF THE WORLD?"

"WAAAAAAAHHH! MOMMY!"

Panic and agitation washed over the people as they all went nuts! The exact scenario played out back in PiltOver. Some people thought that they were all going to die, so they decided to unleash their hidden desires.

"FUCK IT, WE ALL GONNA DIE ANYWAY! MEN LET'S HAVE A BLAST!"

"GIVE ME YOUR SCRAPS, BITCH"

"FUCK YOU JAMIA, YOU BANG MY GIRL LAST NIGHT, DIE, BASTARD!"

Then suddenly...

"ENOUGH!!!!" A loud shout reverberated through the whole street of Zaun.

In front of the tavern, Vander stood there with an enraged look.

"MEN! Go get these shitters! Who EVER resist, KILL THEM!" Vander spoke out loudly for everyone to hear, his aura surged like a tidal wave. Ki energies gather at his fist as two translucent gauntlets appear, coating around his hands.

He took a jump toward the nearest criminal, who was robbing and killing the unfortunate old couples. He swings his right hand toward the man's chest.

*Pop* Like shrapnel, the man's body exploded in different directions, painting the surrounding with his blood, guts, and intestines.

The underlings behind Vander also rushes forward, apprehending many of the criminals, killing them in the process.

Caitlyn just stood there in a stupor as a nauseous feeling rose in her gut, wanting to vomit. She saw a lot of destruction back when the Void beast invaded the city, but these gores are just too much for her mind to handle.

While Caitlyn felt sick, she didn't notice that many people were eyeing her like a hawk. They, especially the native criminals, seem to figure that her identity isn't that simple based on her clothing, even though her dress is in a sorry state riddled with rips and holes, it still looks expensive and graceful.

'She must be from the upper! I'll be rich if I can get my hand on her!' Greed and insanity fill their minds as they all rush toward her.

"Haha, you'll be mine!"

"Fuck off, this is our eagle's prize! We found her first!"

The criminal argued with each other as if Caitlynn were already their possession.

As they were about to reach Caitlyn's position.

*BANG* BANG BANG* Series of bullets went directly to their domes, before they could process the situation, their souls were already harvested by the reaper.

"Huh...? *whueah*" Caitlyn couldn't take it anymore, she knelt down and directly throws up, but since she already threw up once earlier, she just spat out stomach acids.

*Tap*

"Tcch, you sure are troublesome, brat!" A pair of legs went into her peripheral vision, looking up with a pale expression, Cait saw the figure of Samira with a scrunched face while holding two pairs of guns.

'Jayce...I miss you....'

…

Jayce's POV

*Clang* Sound of metal clashing against metal as sparks flew out from their collision.

"FUCK YOU! DIE, BASTARD!" Jayce shouted hysterically as he slashes forward with the metal sword in his hand toward the figure before him.

*Clang*

"Fuck...this is hard...Why am I so tough...?" Jayce muttered as he gasped for breath. Yes, that is right. Jayce is currently fighting himself! Not in a literal sense, but the figure before him is the exact copy version of him!

He's been fighting this dude for however long, but no progress has been made thus far. The copied, as it implies, has the exact same strength, skills, and level as him. Every time he strikes, he would get parried, every time he does anything, it would do the same thing back! Leaving him with no openings.

"Fire Dragon-slayer magic: Fire Dragon's Breath!" His cheek ballooned as enormous amounts of fire gushed out of his mouth. He exhales as the torrent of flame rushes toward the target.

But...

"Fire Dragon-slayer magic: Fire Dragon's Breath" The fake "Jayce" did the exact move, breathing out the same amount of fire.

*BOOM* Both the parties' flames collided, resulting in a grand explosion of fire!

*Sizzle*

Looking at the perfect condition of "Jayce" after the flame dissipated, Jayce feel like his mind is about to have a mental breakdown! None of his attacks work...

"I have to hurry! Caitlyn is waiting for me...but how...What am I missing?" From Gura-Gura Nomi, Dragon-slayer magic, to fisticuffs... He tried everything!

'System interface'

Name: Jayce Talis

Age: 2 years

Arcane: 5,510

Stamina: 5,520

Strength: 4090

Defense: 3990

Agility: 4010

Luck: -10

Abilities: Gura-Gura no mi, Fire Dragon-slayer magic, Reincarnation, World Rune, Bandit's secret, flash, Heaven's voice. Dao of creation.

Pet: Unknown seed,

Items: Zhoyna's hourglass,

*Bingo*

"Wait....luck...THAT'S IT... LUCK!" Jayce was looking through his interface, looking for an idea on how to defeat the guy within his arsenal, then it clicked him.

'Why didn't I think of that!?'

If tangible attacks don't work on it, then what about intangible attacks!? Something that he has no control over, then it won't be able to either!

Reaching in his inner pocket space within the unknown seed, he takes out an item that he has been neglecting ever since he got it as a reward... The straw hat!

'Name: Straw hat

Description: The aura of a protagonist.

Usage: Depending on the Player's luck, the hat will give you corresponding plot armour.

Cost: Player must wear the hat.'

The reason why he had neglected the hat is that its shit! Well, at least for now with his shit of a stat for luck. If the usage works exactly as it stated, then if he wears this hat, something bad will happen. He doesn't understand the logic behind it, but his sixth sense tells him otherwise.

'Fuck it, I don't care anymore!' This is his last resort, or rather, a gamble.

Normally he doesn't like to gamble, especially something involved in his life, but this situation forced his hand! His family and loved ones are waiting for him, he can't afford to waste more time.

The time here is independent of the actual world, no matter how long it passed in here, real lifetime would only pass by 1 second. Of course, Jayce doesn't know that, resulting in him being paranoid.

"I hope this work...." Jayce muttered as he slowly put the hat on top of his head.... then...something magical happened

*KABOOM* A loud explosion was heard as the surrounding white space trembled.

*crack* A tendril of lightning tore through the space as it makes spiderweb cracks on the surrounding.

As if it has conscious, the lightning dashes toward Jayce with anger, wanting to strike him down.

But something strange happened...

The lightning was near Jayce, but it stopped midair.... because it detected that another Jayce was present...

"???" Like a confused baby, the tendril of lightning looked between Jayce and "Jayce" back and forth... WHO WAS IT TARGET!???

"!!!!" It has enough! Since there were two of Jayce, it might as well hit both of them!

Splitting themselves into two, the two bolts went toward "Jayce", hitting them at the centre of their chest.

*ZZZZZZZZ* Feeling the incoming bolt of lightning, Jayce doesn't put up his guard, afraid that the fake one would do the same thing, wouldn't his effort be wasted then...? So he just welcome the bolt with open arms.

'COME!'

Once it made contact with his body, he felt like millions of ants, gnawing on his body! Extremely painful! He wants to scream but held it in...

"THIS IS NOTHING!" Compared to the first time when he got his soul stitched, this pain is minuscule.

But it was worth it as he saw that the opposition was not faring any better...

Seeing the charred figure of the fake him, Jayce breathed out a sigh of relief, as he passed out. He had fought with that thing forever! He lost track of time when it passed the 30th day... It's time for some shut-eye.

'DING! Congratulations Player for beating the trial, Reward: Yin and Yang lightning...'

But too bad, Jayce had already passed out as he entered the dream realm...