The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Bang!" His other hand wasn't idle either; with a punch, the knight who had just charged was lying unconscious on the ground.

"Nikolai!"

"exist!"

Nikolai sprang out of the crack in the rock without any apparent cause.

“Carry this knight to an upside-down city.”

“No problem.” Nikolai picked up the knight from the ground and was surprised to find that the knight, who looked very tall, was surprisingly light.

It's as if what you're carrying isn't a knight, but an empty shell.

“But where is the upside-down city?” Nikolai asked.

“You’ll find out if you follow this river; there are my marks all along the way. And you can also find your sister if you follow this river.”

Ember waved to Nikola, then ran off to other parts of the Layered Rock Abyss.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to give Nikolai a reminder.

"You better not say you're going to commit suicide, or knowing your sister's nature, I reckon she'll really chop your head off."

"Understood!!!"

After responding to the empty tunnel, Nikolai finally realized what was happening.

"Wait a minute? How did he know I was going to commit suicide?"

However, considering the scene where Ember instantly killed the knight, Nikola suddenly felt it made sense.

"The strong are indeed good."

After a sigh, Nikolai set off with the empty knight on his back.

……

The deep abyss of layered rocks is located underground and rarely visited by humans, so naturally there would be no maps or similar things there.

Ember wandered aimlessly among them. Passing through a narrow crevice in the rocks, Ember found himself above a hanging city and a shimmering road.

"So we've come full circle?" Ember scratched his head. Since he'd come back, let's see just how many Hilichurls he brought.

Having made up his mind, Ember ran along the glowing road into the upside-down city.

As expected, many Hilichurls were already lying in the open space outside the altar.

"What? You're saying you were hired by Ember to help?"

Paimon's exclamation rang out; it seemed she and Ying had already met Anton and the others.

“That’s right, supplies are running low, so we need to earn some extra money.” Anton nodded, then asked a question.

"Why can you still befriend abyssal monsters? Aren't you afraid of being killed?"

"Hey, do you really think the abyssal monsters can't understand human speech?"

The sounds of conversation from the abyss rang out again, creating quite a lively atmosphere.

"It seems you've already met," Yu Jin asked as he ran in.

"Hmm. I didn't expect you to be so indiscriminate in hiring people, just anyone." Anton nodded to Yu Jin.

"If you ask me, if the Embers had any hiring requirements, the first ones to be eliminated would be you Fools!" Paimon snorted coldly when he saw Anton still secretly criticizing the Abyss.

Who knows who has done more bad things, the Abyss Order or the Fools!

"The Fools? Your organization's brainwashing is very effective." Dain's voice appeared, and he was holding a dark-colored knight in his hand.

"Isn't this the knight I dealt with by the river? You ran into Katarina and Nikolai?"

Ember looked up and asked Dain.

“I ran into them. After all, they were carrying the secrets of my former colleagues, so it was hard not to notice.” Dain put down the Dark Knight in his hand, and this time his eyes were not as filled with sadness as before.

Since the embers can purify the most cursed Hilichurls, there's no reason why the Dark Shell can't.

Soon, Katarina and Nikolai, who had followed closely behind Dain, rejoined the group. The Fools looked at the motionless knight on the ground and compared him to Dain, feeling extremely puzzled.

"Colleagues?"

"It used to be."

Dain nodded. "They were once soldiers of Kanria, but now, ravaged by the curse, they have lost all human intelligence."

"If you encounter them in the future, do not move. I will handle it. Those who can decay from Black Serpent Knights into dark shells are the best of the best who have earned titles in the army."

"If you fight them, the odds are against you."

As Dain spoke, his gaze was fixed on the Fools opposite him. Clearly, in his view, the Dark Shell could easily crush these Fools.

"Wow! If the Dark Shells are this powerful, then the higher-ranking Black Serpent Knights must be even more powerful!"

Paimon exclaimed in surprise, never expecting such a powerful enemy to exist beneath the towering abyss of rock.

“Theoretically, that’s true.” Dain confirmed Paimon’s question, then added, “However, only those who can retain their sanity under the curse can be called Black Serpent Knights.”

“I only know about it, I’ve never seen it with my own eyes,” Dain sighed. The possibility of one’s will remaining steadfast despite the trials of a curse is simply too low.

“Since he’s conscious, that’s good. You can talk to him and ask him to come and help too.” Yu Jin didn’t miss any opportunity to recruit people.

"So this is your reason for bringing the Fatui here?" Paimon looked at Ember with a helpless expression. Hiring the Fatui, aren't you afraid they'll cause trouble?

“That’s right, if you encounter any other people, you can bring them in too!” Ember ignored Paimon’s gaze and instead reminded the people around him.

Upon hearing this, Ying patted his head and said, "Why didn't you say so earlier, senior? I saw some shadows of the Fatui earlier."

“The people you met must be those who separated from us,” Anton explained to Ying. Their small squad was the only remaining member of the Fools beneath the towering abyss.

"Just be more careful next time. Everyone, please move aside. We're about to start the purification process."

"Purification?" The Fools were puzzled, but seeing the others gradually retreating, they didn't show too much and followed suit.

The next scene was the same as before, except this time the object on fire was no longer one person, but a group.

Seeing the dark curse crawl from the Hilichurl into Ember's body, Dain was still shocked, even though he had seen it once before.

"The curse of justice has been resolved so easily. It's like a dream."

Dain chuckled and shook his head. Even if it was a dream, he hoped it could last a little longer.

As for the fools standing nearby, they were already utterly shocked.

"Is this... turning Hilichurls into humans?" Anton didn't know that Hilichurls were once human. In his eyes, what Ember was doing was turning Hilichurls into humans.

A sudden, inexplicable sense of dread washed over him. If it was possible to turn a Hilichurl into a human, could it be the other way around?

Anton was startled by his own thoughts. He nodded to the people behind him, then looked up and carefully observed every moment in the arena, hoping to provide the Fools with more information.

As for using pen and paper to record things directly, firstly, there was no pen and paper available, and secondly, he was afraid of being turned into a Hilichurl by the Embers.

Paimon stared at the Fools who had scattered and surrounded the altar, utterly bewildered. What were these guys planning now?

Chapter 609 It's alright, the Order is quite large.

2024-04-15

"Hey! Hey!"

When Yuan Shang and his group returned to the Abyss Order's stronghold a few days later, it had undergone a complete transformation.

The abyss mages, who had been whispering around the dark campfire, were no longer plotting their schemes. Instead, they were carrying pieces of moss that they had somehow cleverly plucked and were slowly spreading them on the ground.

Further away, countless streams of water and thunder surged, tearing apart hard rocks and cultivating new land.

However, none of these were the most eye-catching. What truly captivated Yuan Shang's attention was the enormous fireball in the center of the stronghold.

"Ah—, my eyes!"

Soon, Yuan Shang learned the price he had to pay for staring directly at that giant fireball.

Rubbing his sore eyes, Yuan Shang skipped over. The reason was simple: beneath the fireball were dozens of Abyss Singers unleashing their full power.

The Abyss Singers spoke in unison, loud voices. They raised their hands high, their bodies off the ground, and the Abyss Codexes in their hands flew high into the air.

The open book spewed forth a torrent of scorching fire that flowed into the enormous fireball overhead.

Purple forbidden runes flowed across the fireball, ensuring that its contained firepower would not leak out.

"Is there anything I can help with?" Yuan Shang ran around the huge fireball for a whole circle. It seemed that the distance between his colleagues was fixed, leaving no room for Yuan Shang at all.

This frustrated him. He hadn't seen his presence in major projects that required the entire profession to participate. Was this a denial of his identity as an Abyss Singer?

The obscure chanting did not stop because of the language spoken on the shore, nor could the ritual, which required dozens of chanters to coordinate, be stopped so easily.

Yuan Shang carried a naked Kanriyan on one shoulder and waited patiently.

Finally, his colleagues in mid-air began to descend slowly, and in Yuanshang's view, the fireball above seemed to have grown a little bigger.

"Yuan Shang, quickly take your people away! This is a dangerous area!" The Abyss Singers hadn't even landed yet when they began advising Yuan Shang to retreat from the air.

"This is a huge project that involves all the singers. Am I not allowed to participate? I'd like to do my part too," Yuan Shang asked eagerly.

The main problem was that it was too boring at Ember's place. While Ember and his friends could run all over the world catching Hilichurls to play with, the four of them could only wait idly by the altar.

After all, if the Abyss Order decides to come and take a look, we need to leave someone behind to deal with them, right?

“No, creating a new sun could explode at any moment. As one of the very few technical officers in the Order, you must not waste your potential on such a task.”

"So, let's quickly awaken more of our people!" The Abyss Singer patted Abyss on the shoulder, his tone full of expectation.

"What? Technical staff? When did this happen?"

"Just recently, His Highness personally approved of you! Now you have been designated as a key candidate for the Order's training!"

"Not only that, your little lackeys will also receive special attention!"

"what?"

Yuan Shang's plan collapsed instantly; he suddenly wanted to quit. The more people noticed him, the harder it would be to slack off.

Yuan Shang could even see the leisurely days of the past slipping away from him.

And so, amidst anxieties about the future and praise from her companions, Fuchigami was pushed out of the place where the little sun was created.

After reuniting with his three companions, Yuan Shang simply explained that the number of people with crooked faces had increased from one to three.