The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Seeing Abedo's worried expression, Yu Jin felt a surge of resentment. Was the Knights' overtime work really that bad? Look how tired the kid is.

"That won't be necessary. The guidance you gave me before has been enough for me to keep going for a long time. My sigh isn't because of that."

Upon hearing Ember's words, Abedo quickly composed himself. He walked to a storage box in the camp and took out a colorful reagent.

"Here you go, it should help with the bloating and pain in your body." Under Dain's surprised gaze, Abedo tossed over the somewhat strange-looking potion.

Reaching out to catch the potion, Dain looked at the flowing, multicolored liquid inside and shook his head.

"Forget it, my body is useless."

"How will you know if you don't try?" Abedo stretched out his arm, and dark red marks began to appear on his fair palm.

Just like when the Abyss Mage died.

"Hiss—, if losing control is like this, then it's really painful." Abedo clenched his outstretched palm, and the black and red marks disappeared.

"You... have been corrupted by the Abyss?" Dain was greatly shocked as he sensed the abyssal aura that suddenly rose and then dissipated from Abedo's body.

The aura that Abedo just revealed was much stronger than that of the Abyss Apostle.

"Instead of being corrupted by the abyss, it should be said that the material that makes me up was extracted from the abyss."

Abedo explained calmly.

Dain is cursed and corrupted by the abyss, risking madness; so too is Abedo, whose chalk is a material forged from black soil.

Black soil is a manifestation of the power of the abyss.

Aberdo feared he would lose control, so in addition to his usual research, he was also looking for ways to stabilize himself.

This project, like the research assignment given to him by Rhein-Dortmund, initially made no progress whatsoever.

But things changed after the Embers arrived.

Ember's words about the nature of humanity guided Aberdo's research into the truth of the world.

The Golden Tree's absorption of forbidden power from the ley lines provides a possibility for Abedo to suppress his loss of control.

That is to use the golden tree to absorb the impurities produced in one's body due to flaws.

"Well, you can try it now, right? It won't completely cure it, but it will make you feel better." Abedo pushed the potion that Dain had put down on the table and said with a smile.

Chapter 355 Abedo's Secret Laxative

2023-12-22

Upon hearing Abedo's words, Dain picked up the colorful potion from the table again.

"Since you put it that way, let's give it a try." Having made up her mind, Dain opened the bottle and drank the potion specially made by Abedo in one gulp.

Due to the curse, Dain, apart from his face and body shape still resembling a human, has been corrupted into something inhuman.

Although he no longer needs to eat or drink, when he comes to the ground, Dain still eats and drinks occasionally to remind himself of his human identity.

The medicine had a strange taste, making it difficult to swallow, like thick rice porridge mixed with a lot of sawdust.

In short, it's a bit hard to breathe.

But who is Dain? He survived the curse and the corruption of the abyss, so a mere throat-clogging medicine is nothing to him.

Without a change in expression, Dain swallowed the incredibly awful-tasting liquid.

"Wait..." Abedo saw Dain's smooth and effortless movements and was about to reach out to say something, but the potion bottle in Dain's hand was already empty.

"Is there a problem?" Dain took a few deep breaths. Although his face hadn't shown any expression, he knew how difficult it was to swallow such a strange lump of stuff.

If he weren't different from ordinary people, he would probably be feeling nauseous by now.

“There is indeed a problem.” Abedo looked at Dain with a constipated expression, then turned around and took a roll of clean white tissues from the camp’s stretcher.

"The small tent on the right side of the camp entrance is the toilet."

"???"

Dain took the tissue Abedo handed him somewhat blankly, not quite realizing what was happening.

"Gu~~~"

A short while later, Dain suddenly felt her abdomen begin to move. But unusually, the movement did not cause pain; instead, it made Dain feel lighter and more comfortable.

The fragments of the abyss that had been eroding him along with the curse within his body were now beginning to gather in his abdomen.

It was as if something was drawing these taboos from outside the world into Dain's body.

Although there was no pain, the feeling of wanting to come out was not diminished at all.

Dain could no longer contain his emotions. He clenched the roll of paper in his hand, uttered a vicious "Why didn't you say so earlier!", and then disappeared.

"Wow, that was fast. I didn't expect this kid to have a few tricks up his sleeve." Yu Jin followed Dain's footsteps to the entrance of the camp, but when he looked around, Dain was nowhere to be seen.

Its speed was several times faster than when it left Ying! Yu Jin could only marvel at the boundless potential of humankind.

Dain finished very quickly. Ember and Abedo had just started chatting when they saw a roll of tissues flying over from outside the camp.

"So fast?! You didn't poop in your pants, did you?" Just as Yu Jin turned his head, he saw Dain reappear at the camp entrance like a ghost.

Judging from his expression, he really did look like a demon. Unfortunately, for Ember and Abedo, even if Dain were a real demon, they wouldn't be afraid.

The large, malevolent spirit at the meeting somehow seemed somewhat benevolent.

"I seriously suspect you're pinning your own mistakes on me." Dain realized that her deadpan expression technique had completely failed.

No matter how serious the expression or how solemn the atmosphere, it can't withstand the devastation of a single bowel movement.

Fortunately, he abandoned his previous unapproachable expression, and his face softened.

Ember and Abedo are clearly not ordinary people. Being with them means you don't have to worry about them turning into dust like your previous friends.

"How's it working? I didn't expect Aberdo to only come up with a laxative after so long, but it seems to be working quite well?"

Yu Jin stroked his chin, looking at Dain who was noticeably more refreshed. Putting everything else aside, after going to the restroom, Dain was at least not as gloomy as before.

It's estimated that some of the dark things on him have already been excreted into the toilet.

"This isn't a laxative," Abedo whispered in defense, though he sounded somewhat guilty.

"The effect is indeed quite good, but this method of expelling the power of the abyss needs improvement!"

As Dain spoke, she rubbed her forehead. The scene in the restroom just now was truly appalling.

Although it has little taste, what you eat is colorful, and what comes out is also colorful.

People with poor mental resilience would probably be in a state of self-isolation after experiencing this.

"That's not how it's supposed to be used, you're too impatient." Abedo was also speechless, and in order to salvage his reputation, he continued to explain:

"This thing is meant to be used multiple times to expel the abyssal power clumped together in the body through sweating or skin detoxification."

“I’ve only theoretically simulated your situation; I never imagined I’d have the opportunity to test it today.”

As he spoke, Aberdo couldn't help but chuckle a few times. Although the process was somewhat comical, the result was gratifying; Dain's condition was clearly better than before.

Even disregarding the aura emanating from him, in terms of vitality alone, Daiin is now much more vibrant than before.

However, it's still somewhat weak.

Abedo put away his smile. If Dain's previous vitality was like a candle flickering in the wind, then now it was just that the candle had grown a little longer.

This has very limited effect on the raging storm.

“Dain, besides the Abyss, you must have something else on you, right?” Abedo asked Dain.

Abedo's words were like a heavy hammer blow, shattering the small joy that radiated from Dain.

Taking a deep breath, Dain nodded, her tone no longer as relaxed as before.

"You guessed right. There's a curse beside me, a... curse that can't be removed."

Dain stretched out his arm, which was covered by a black leather arm guard, because of the curse that prevented most of his body from being shown to the public.

"Don't even think about lifting it, it's useless. This is a curse of causality, its level even surpasses my essence as a human being."

A look of despair he had never seen before appeared in Dain's eyes. He couldn't think of any way to remove this level of curse.

“Senior Ember, it’s your turn to make a move!” Abedo wasn’t worried at all despite the heaviness in Dain’s tone.

He was more interested in knowing whether the embers could lift the terrifying curse that Dain had mentioned.

This was the first time Abedo had ever heard of a curse at the level of "cause and effect".

"Hmm..." Ember started circling around Dain, just like when he was observing the fruit of the golden tree.

"Cause and effect, I need to study this kind of thing." Ember circled around Dain again and again, looking troubled.

It must be said that this [cause and effect] level curse was not something Dain made up; Ember probably believes it was imposed by the underlying rules of this world.

If it were a matter of drawing a knife, Ember would be happy to, but this kind of thing that requires thinking...

"Do you want me to give you a breather and then dig out the parts of your soul and body that have been corrupted?"

"As for the soul and body that were taken away, I can piece together an exact replica for you and fuse them together. Are you in?"

A gleaming blade flashed in Yu Jin's hand. For him, the best way to solve a problem that required brains was to turn it into one that required knives.

In this way, Yu Jin would be fearless against anyone.

When Dain saw the blade in Yu Jin's hand, he felt a sharp pain on his face, as if even his soul was affected by the sharpness of the blade.

Din looked away, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said:

"No, I won't. Although the curse is painful, it has given me a lot of time that didn't belong to me."

"I need this time right now. I'll ask you two for help again when I'm feeling more at ease."

As he spoke, Dai Yin gave a rare smile.

Chapter 356 Snakes and Snakes

2023-12-22

"Oh ho, so you can smile, Dain. I thought you had a blank expression." Yu Jin was quite surprised when he saw the expression on Dain's face.

Upon hearing this, Dain immediately reverted to her original state, "You're mistaken, I wasn't laughing just now."