The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

He had previously received information that the two people, Ember and the Fools, who were "suspected" to be Executors, had gone to Crane View.

Yes, even now, Guilong still feels that the young master and the scattered soldiers are not like the executive officers he remembers.

One is simple-minded, and the other is as stubborn as a duck—can they really be executives?

"Otherwise what? You want me to fall from the sky, right?" Yu Jin raised an eyebrow and said, crossing his arms.

He originally intended to simply create a phantom image and be done with it, but then he thought again that giving the old finger to the Ghost Long Faded One was a backup plan to prevent the stragglers from not obeying orders.

Now that the scattered soldiers have gone to He Guan, this faded old man should be of no use. Who knew that Gui Long would actually put him to use.

Yu Jin felt that he must have encountered some major accident, so just to be on the safe side, he still ran over.

"Never mind that. I'll tell you..."

“I heard everything.” Yu Jin waved his hand, pushed open the cabin door, and walked out.

Thick smoke billowed outside, and the battle between the two sides remained deadlocked. It seemed that this fight was far from over.

"What's going on? Are they fighting again?" Yu Jin asked Gui Long upon seeing this.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have called you over." Gui Long shook his head; he was completely bewildered as well.

"The conflict started to escalate a few days ago. I thought it was just something they were doing to appease their superiors."

"It seems like a decisive battle is brewing now." Gui Long looked at the devastated battlefield in the distance, but couldn't see clearly. But for some reason, he kept hearing screams in his ears.

I don't know if it was just my imagination or if he really has amazing hearing.

"A decisive battle? It really looks like a decisive battle." Yu Jin nodded. This battle was far more brutal than the previous skirmishes.

This should be the worst conflict Yu Jin has ever seen since arriving in Inazuma. No, that's not right! It should be the worst conflict he has ever seen since arriving in this world.

Thinking about this, Yu Jin couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He hadn't realized how peaceful the world was until he thought about it.

There are almost no wars between countries; even the current war is at most a civil war.

“Although I don’t like to meddle in other people’s affairs…” Yu Jin said, taking out the notebook he had been writing and drawing in since he came to Inazuma.

"But the thought that one of the two groups of nobles could win makes me feel uneasy."

Glancing at the list of deductions in his notebook, Yu Jin felt a lump in his throat.

He originally thought that at least one of the Shogunate army and the rebel army could be a positive point, but in the end, he didn't even bother to write down the deductions for either side, let alone a positive point.

"I'll be right back!" After saying this to Gui Long, Yu Jin bent his knees and prepared to rush to the battlefield.

"boom!"

"My ship!"

The small wooden boat seemed to be mounted on a giant cannon far beyond its tonnage, firing the ember as it was shaken from side to side by the enormous recoil it generated.

Where Ember had stood, a large crater had been dug into the wooden deck. Beside the crater, Guilong was weeping, his face buried in his hands.

……

The scene before him became blurred as the embers flew by so quickly, but this did not hinder his progress in the slightest.

Flames soared into the sky on the battlefield. Amidst the smoke and shouts of battle, everyone was blinded by rage. They simply brandished their weapons, hacking everything in their path to pieces.

Only armor identical to their own could awaken the soldiers' remaining rationality; when faced with a comrade dressed the same, their sword-wielding movements would pause slightly.

In this situation, what's needed to bring irrational people back to normal is something more inspiring than war itself, like the bugle call of victory...

Or it could be something that can instantly awaken people's deepest fears, such as the sound of a defeated drumbeat.

Of course, he didn't have either of those embers. So he needed to make a bigger commotion, big enough that everyone would have to notice him.

"call--"

The roar of compressed air resounded through the sky, and a bright flash tore through the rising black smoke, heading straight for the center of the battlefield.

"Boom!"

The flash of light and the deafening explosion instantly silenced the shouts and cries of battle on the battlefield.

Every soldier present regained consciousness, but before they could react, the blast wave swept them all away.

"Ahem! There seem to be some familiar faces here."

Yu Jin waved his hand to disperse the smoke in front of him. He looked up and around and saw some familiar figures.

Chapter 491 Changes in the Shogunate

2024-02-16

"Those purple-clad guys, some of you should recognize me, right?" Emerging from the swirling sand, Ember looked at the bewildered Shogunate army on one side of the battlefield.

Among these panicked faces were many that Ember had seen before—they were once new recruits at the Sky Territory's training grounds, and now they were finally able to test the results of their training on the battlefield.

However, judging from their trembling eyes and blood-stained bodies, it was clear that their training did not include psychological exercises.

"This...this guy is the one who demolished the Tenryo Magistrate's Office!"

"Didn't the general unleash divine punishment on him? Why is he still standing here unharmed?!"

"He...he accepted the divine punishment!"

……

There was much discussion, and the appearance of the embers made many people on the shogunate's side have second thoughts.

These people had personally experienced Ember's strength, and now, seeing him again on the battlefield, they felt not only surprise but also a touch of fear.

A person with this level of strength is capable of turning the tide of battle!

"Mr. Ember, what's wrong with you...?"

While the shogunate army was still in a panic because of the appearance of the embers, a figure stepped out from the other side of the resistance army. It was Goro, the general of Umijima.

"I also want to ask you, what are you doing?"

Yu Jin turned his head and glanced at Goro. The dark slit made Goro tremble involuntarily.

"The trouble instigated by the shogunate has nothing to do with Umijima!" Goro's throat bobbed several times before he hurriedly explained to Yujin.

This war was entirely provoked by the shogunate and had absolutely nothing to do with their Kaigijima Island.

Seeing this, Yu Jin nodded, then raised his head and shouted loudly at the Shogunate crowd in the distance: "Where is the Shogunate? Those two brats, Kujo, come out here!"

"Hehe, Lord Kujo is unwell and cannot meet with you."

"Besides, we have nothing to say!"

"All units, charge!"

A cold snort came from the purple-clad crowd in the distance. Unlike the rebels, the shogunate leader didn't even come out to see Yu Jin before ordering the attack to continue.

"Oh? They've changed people?" Yu Jin heard the unfamiliar voice and understood what was going on.

No wonder the shogunate's way of doing things has changed so much; it turns out the commander-in-chief has been changed. In that case, everything makes sense.

"Haigiri Island, prepare to engage the enemy!"

Upon hearing the battle cry ring out again, Goro almost instinctively raised the hairs on his body.

His pupils were squinting, his teeth were bared, and he quickly waved to the soldiers behind him, directing them to change formation.

"Kill!!!"

Military orders are absolute. Despite knowing that the enemy ahead was the terrifyingly powerful Ember Army, the shogunate soldiers still charged forward.

"So noisy!" Hearing the continuous sounds of killing, Yu Jin picked at his ears. He looked down and saw the bright red blood at his feet, and kicked it a few times in disgust.

"You'll have to take responsibility for the mess you created!"

A red light flickered in Yu Jin's hand, and as he moved his palm, the blood flowing on the ground seemed to come alive and began to move as well.

Punishment Thorns—heretical magic used by exiled sinners. The magic most despised by the academy.

It can injure itself with the Sinful Thorns, summoning blood-red thorns that crawl across the ground and burst forth from the enemy's feet to attack. It can be used consecutively.

Sinners whose eyes are pierced by thorns found stars of blood in their eternal darkness.

Bloodflame magic is supposed to be fueled by one's own blood, but this is a trivial matter that wouldn't warrant Ember using his own blood.

So he used blood that flowed on the battlefield.

The crimson blood that covered the entire battlefield began to move. It climbed rapidly like vines onto the feet of every shogunate soldier.

Climbing, entanglement, and thorning were all completed almost instantly, so fast that the charging soldiers didn't even have time to react.

When a stinging pain spread through their entire bodies and their vision filled with blood red, they were shocked to find that they had been trapped in a blood-red cage of thorns without even realizing it.

Blood flowed along the spikes, then became part of the thorn cage, further expanding the cage.

The more fiercely people struggle, the more blood is shed, and the faster the cage grows.

Once they realized this, even the most fanatical soldiers calmed down.

In an instant, crimson light rose from the ground, sprouting into a dense thicket of thorns across the battlefield.

The commotion on the battlefield suddenly subsided, leaving the rebels, who had finished preparing and were arrayed to meet the enemy, completely caught off guard.

"What? You want to try too?" Hearing the heavy breathing and the clanging of armor behind him, Yu Jin turned his head and asked.

"No... I wouldn't dare!" Meeting Yu Jin's gaze, Goro immediately trembled. He stiffly clasped his hands and nodded to Yu Jin, then shouted to the soldiers behind him:

"Haigee Island, retreat three miles and set up camp on the spot!"

"Retreat three miles and set up camp on the spot!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

As soon as Goro finished speaking, the rhythmic drums and bugles, along with the sound of the crowd retreating, resounded throughout the entire battlefield.

"That's not bad." Seeing the red behind him recede like a tide, Yu Jin nodded in satisfaction.

"Of course, if the shogunate hadn't sent troops, we wouldn't have made such a big show of it." Goro nodded quickly.

"Alright, you should go and keep an eye on your men, lest they cause trouble again."

Yu Jin glanced at the retreating rebels; the valuables inside were no less than those in the Shogunate army.

"I'm going to check on those two boys from the Kujo family and find out what happened. Until then, I hope nothing serious happens here."