The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"why?"

"Because no one understands curses better than me!"

Dain crossed her arms, her expression deep yet full of confidence.

Chapter 599 The Insidious Curse

2024-04-10

"Quack! What a powerful aura!" Paimon sensed the almost overflowing confidence emanating from Dain and covered his eyes, flying backward a short distance.

As expected of a man who can make even the Abyss Order feel troubled, Paimon acknowledges his strength!

Unfortunately, Paimon's approval is the cheapest thing. Just give him a treat, and Paimon will immediately shower him with a whole bunch of approvals in all aspects.

So Dain just thought Paimon had eaten something wrong and needed treatment.

"You know so much about curses? Then tell me why it can't work?" Ember immediately asked Dain for advice, feeling guilty.

Since we've finally found someone who seems somewhat reliable here, we must ask them properly.

"Take your pen and paper. It won't matter to you even if you find out." Dain saw Ember pull out a small notebook and reached out to close it.

However, Ember wasn't as desperate as Dain; he felt it was still a bit of a joke. So he turned around, dodging Dain's outstretched arm, and at the same time, pulled him to the side of the Hilichurl whose body was wrapped in bandages.

After regaining his footing, Dain looked down and saw the Hilichurl lying on the ground. For once, a hint of anger appeared on his face.

"The results of the purification are right in front of you, so why are you asking me?"

Dyne turned her head to the side, her words carrying a hint of reprimand.

Despite constantly reminding himself that he was no longer a citizen of Kanria, Dain still tried his best to avoid the Hilichurl camps and not disturb the Hilichurls there during his journey.

Seeing the miserable state of the Hilichurls before him, he felt an inexplicable anger rise within him.

"You didn't think it was dead, did you?" Ember patted Dain on the shoulder and pointed at the Hilichurl lying on the ground.

"Huh? Not dead?" Dain immediately turned his head around and quickly ran to the Hilichurl's side, unwrapping the tightly wrapped bandages around its body.

He then saw the Hilichurl's skin constantly renewing itself.

"How is this possible?! A Hilichurl's curse mark is causal. Purification means turning the body, along with the curse, to ashes!"

"How could anyone survive in this situation?!"

Dain muttered to himself, while Ember wrote furiously.

"I see. No wonder this Hilichurl was so small. It seems the outermost layer of its body was burned off."

Ember rested the pen on his chin. "Good," he thought, "one problem is solved. It turns out purification directly destroys the physical body."

"How did you save it?" Din asked incredulously.

“Just one word: Quick! Look, it’s only burned to the skin, isn’t it?” Ember held up one finger and replied.

"I can clearly see how this thing got entangled on the Hilichurl. As long as the purifying power just barely touches it, I can immediately pull it away, wouldn't that solve the problem?"

"As long as I'm fast enough, disaster will always be one step behind me!" Ember began to demonstrate his fists and feet.

“I see… I see.” Dain nodded, his throat dry. He looked down at Ember and let out a deep breath.

After all, no one had ever said that as long as you were fast enough, you could escape the danger of being purified from the curse.

"But so what? Even if you can keep the Hilichurls alive, you still can't cleanse them of the curse."

"I advise you to let go. Doing so will only cause unnecessary pain to these dying Hilichurls."

"Moreover, they may not necessarily want this so-called 'purification'."

Dain shook his head, looked around, and solemnly advised everyone.

"Hey, hey, hey! I don't know anything about curses, so I can't say anything, but you're underestimating me, aren't you?"

Ember waved to Dain, then continued, "We fully adhere to the principle of voluntariness. I specifically asked that Hilichurl just now, and it voluntarily underwent purification!"

"..."

Dain hadn't expected that Ember would actually consult the Hilichurls. He looked up and remained silent for a moment before saying with an embarrassed expression:

"I retract my third statement, but the first two statements still represent my views."

Damn it! Isn't the Hilichurl language still not fully deciphered? How is Ember communicating with Hilichurls about such complicated things?

At this moment, Dain gained a deeper understanding of the illogicality of the embers.

"If you have so little hope for purification, can you tell me what's missing? I did see the curse on the Hilichurl dissipate a little just now."

Yu Jin pointed his pen at the paper, ready to get more information from Dain.

Upon hearing this, Dain glanced at Ember without any surprise. Sure enough, he could also see the curse on the Hilichurls.

"That's right, but I don't know if you've noticed, but those curses that were wiped out have come back now."

Dain nodded, then pointed to the Hilichurl lying on the ground beside him.

Upon hearing Dain's words, Ember placed his palm flat on his brow bone and gazed into the distance carefully. Then he exclaimed in surprise, "It really does seem so!"

"Now you know how troublesome this curse is, right?" Seeing Ember's surprised look, Dain finally felt a sense of triumph.

He pressed on, saying, "From the moment this curse from the sky descended, it became deeply connected with the cursed one."

“I can feel that this curse has penetrated my flesh and blood, melted into my bone marrow, and become a part of me.”

As she spoke, Dain unconsciously tapped her right cheek with her palm, where a dark blue "mask" was located.

But Dain knew that this was not a mask; it was his flesh and blood corrupted by the curse.

Whether you call the curse of Heavenly Law powerful or insidious, it is anchored to the entire body of the cursed person, and nothing more or less will do.

“This curse has long been intertwined with the cursed one. I remember one of my compatriots trying to transfer the curse little by little, but the curse that had a gap caused his entire body to collapse completely.”

"Before me, he turned into an indescribable mass." The part of his memory he least wanted to recall echoed before Dain's eyes, and even his usually expressionless face couldn't help but distort.

"We all prosper together, and we all suffer together?"

"You can think of it this way: before the purification is complete, you will die from losing most of your body. Even if you are lucky enough to survive, the curse will be restored along with your recovery."

"But I'm a little skeptical. Is there really such a thing as an unbreakable curse?"

Ember stroked his chin as he looked at Dain.

The dark slit seemed to see right through him, inside and out. Feeling the piercing gaze of the embers, Dain unconsciously took a few steps back.

"Of course not. But breaking the curse that has fallen upon the remnants of Kanria will involve difficulties and a price to pay..."

Dain didn't say anything more, the implication of which was self-evident.

But Ember paid no attention to the unusualness of Dain's last words. He only knew one thing—that Dain really knew some amazing secrets!

He patted Dyne on the back and said excitedly, "I knew you had something up your sleeve, kid! Tell me what you've got!"

"Cough cough cough!" Dain coughed several times after being repeatedly slapped by Ember. After moving a little further away from the excited Ember, he patted his chest, which felt stuffy, and said in a heavy tone:

"To break a curse of causal nature, one must use power of a higher level."

"For example... fate."

Chapter 600 Occasional Toughness

2024-04-11

"Destiny..."

Upon hearing this, Yu Jin squatted down on the ground. He looked left and right, and seemingly feeling that his hands were idle, he began to scratch his head again.

Fate is something invisible and intangible, but if it can be transformed into tangible power, its influence is extremely terrifying.

Putting aside everything else, the Hunter's Finger Knife is said to be able to wound even the supreme will, precisely because it contains the power of destiny.

Naturally, when it comes to fate, Ember had to be cautious.

The power twisted by fate is unlike ordinary elemental or abyssal forces; it really hurts when it hits you.

"Fate? Does such an ethereal thing really exist?" Countless questions flooded Paimon's little head.

"Of course it exists. Rather, it's more accurate to say that many things in this world have already been determined by so-called 'fate'."

Dain glanced at Ying, seemingly with a hidden meaning. But he quickly changed the subject and continued:

"【The Loom of Destiny】, do you still remember this plan?"

Dain then turned his gaze to Yuan Shang and the others. Through his entanglement with the Abyss Order over the past few centuries, coupled with his understanding of the curse, he could roughly guess what the Abyss Order wanted to do.

"I remember! This was something the Abyss Order made up to be mysterious and frightening!"

"Actually, the real name of this plan is the [Kanria Restoration Plan]!"

Paimon shouted impatiently, hands on her hips, nose practically pointing to the sky.

"Who told you that?" Dain almost lost his composure when he heard Paimon's confident reply.

"Of course, it was my good friend Yuan You, whom I met in the Abyss Order, who told me!" Paimon pointed to Yuan You beside him.

Upon meeting Dain's gaze, the latter immediately began to explain, "Don't...don't look at me like that, I...I'm just an abyss mage."

Yuan You suddenly felt a little flustered, not only because of Dai Yin's gaze, but also because of the strange aura emanating from him.

This aura is called—Abyss Mage Killer! Yuanyou's inner instincts tell it that the human before it (questionable) is a heartless abyss mage slaughtering machine.

"Let me remind you of something: it's best not to mention the word 'destiny' unless you're a qualified astrologer or an old woman."

After giving Yuan You a cold snort, Dai Yin immediately turned his back and patted his chest. He had initially thought Yuan You was wrong, but it turned out to be just Yuan You's nonsense.

“I can understand astrologers, but what’s with the old woman?” Paimon asked, puzzled.

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask. Just remember what I just said." Dain indicated that she didn't want to talk to Paimon and pushed her far away.

The old women of the Witch's Guild are not exactly strong, but they are certainly not weak either.

Based on the bits and pieces of information Dain had gathered, all he knew was that the witches' abilities were all "strange".

Unless absolutely necessary, Dain would never want to have any conflict with this group of seemingly troublesome old women.

“We understand. Now, why don’t you explain what the ‘Loom of Fate’ is?” Ying winked at Dain.