The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

The Abyss Apostle looked at the clock and exclaimed in sudden realization, "Oh, it's three in the morning!"

At three in the morning, although the Abyss Apostle had no concept of time, it knew that at this time, most of the creatures on the ground were already asleep.

Humans are no exception.

"But why don't the humans in the previous countries sleep?" The Abyss Apostle discovered another suspicious point.

For well-known reasons, he often doesn't stay in one country for long before moving on to the next due to a breakdown in negotiations.

Although the Abyss Apostle has now traveled to three countries, it can confidently guarantee that it will not spend more than an hour in any of them.

Even so, when the Abyss Apostles arrived in Mondstadt, Liyue, and Inazuma, the rulers there were still fighting through the night.

And here...

The Abyss Apostle "quietly" broke the handle of the locked door to the Great Sage's office, opening the door a crack.

The church was deserted in the dead of night, with only the dim lighting illuminating the ubiquitous glass walls around it, giving them a green glow.

The entire Order of the Fathers was green, looking as if it were deep in a jungle.

The Abyss Apostle emerged from behind the door. It scratched its head, realizing its timing seemed off. Would it have been better to wait until the Council of the Church was at work during the day before making its "visit"?

Wandering aimlessly around the Institute of the Apostles, I discovered that it wasn't truly deserted as the Apostles of the Abyss had imagined—there were still quite a few miserable students burning the midnight oil writing their papers.

"Hey! Kid, can I ask where your boss lives?" The Abyss Apostle silently approached a scholar dressed like his prince, patted him on the shoulder, and asked.

"Boss? What boss..." The scholar with dark circles under his eyes turned around, and after seeing the Abyss Apostle's ferocious appearance, he couldn't speak as if something was choking him.

"A ghost! Help!"

The two stared at each other for a long time before the scholar finally exclaimed in surprise and ran away, disappearing from sight.

Its speed was so great that even the Abyss Apostles were amazed.

"Looks like they don't know?" The Abyss Apostle muttered in frustration. It seemed his plan to find the Great Sage's private residence had fallen through.

The Abyss Apostle began wandering alone again throughout the vast Council Chamber. Strangely, however, since the scholar had fled, the enormous, bud-like building seemed truly deserted.

The previously faintly visible busy figures have completely disappeared, all the classroom lights have been turned off, and only the chandelier on the ceiling of the main hall is shining.

"I feel like there's something strange about the atmosphere." The Abyss Apostle said this, but he didn't seem to intend to leave.

Are you kidding me? What could possibly frighten an Apostle of the Abyss?

"call……"

Within the tightly closed main gates of the Order House, a barely perceptible rustling sound suddenly arose. Even more strangely, this rustling sounded beside the Apostle of the Abyss.

"Pfft-"

The arm blades on the arm were stained crimson, and a figure gradually emerged from the raised arm of the Abyss Apostle.

A hunting knife, a cloak, a mask—this is undoubtedly the debt collector of the Fools.

"Boom!"

With a wave of his arm, the debt collector, now devoid of interest, tumbled a considerable distance on the ground.

"Humans, I'm here to discuss cooperation with you..." Sensing the unusual activity around him, the Abyss Apostle couldn't help but sneer.

Sure enough, it's impossible for humans to remain inactive after seeing the abyssal monster.

But isn't this a bit too much? The Abyss Apostle looked at the soldiers-like humans surrounding him and felt somewhat puzzled.

When it came to other countries before, their reactions were not this strong, and in other countries, it wouldn't have started with a killing move right away.

The Abyss Apostle pulled out the sharp blades from both sides of his waist and threw them away; his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

If it hadn't reacted quickly, it would already have two big holes punched in its body by the invisible humans.

"Of course, if you don't want to cooperate, I'm happy to oblige!"

Wiping the blood off his arm blade, the Abyss Apostle assumed a fighting stance, eager to try.

Chapter 614 Selling oneself

2024-04-18

The Abyss Apostle rubbed its arm blades together, making a whirring sound. It looked around at the Fools who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, its heart already burning with hunger.

Having suffered so much humiliation in other countries, they can finally reclaim Sumeru. Now, the Abyss Apostles are cheering and jumping for joy, eager for a fierce and exhilarating battle with humanity.

"Come on! Let me see your strength!" The humans in the distance were dragging their feet and unwilling to attack, which annoyed the Abyss Apostle.

Because the restriction given to the Abyss Apostles before their departure was that they could only attack passively and could not take the initiative.

If the Abyss Apostles are allowed to launch an attack, given their attitude towards humanity, it's not about cooperation at all; they're out there causing destruction.

The Abyss Apostles, currently unable to act proactively, are waiting for humanity to make a move, and are quite annoyed.

It considered retaliating a few times before, but after a brief moment of thought, it abandoned the idea.

The Mondstadt Lionfang Knight was very strong, and the Abyss Apostle felt he couldn't defeat her; Ningguang, the Celestial Star of Liyue, had something too strange in her hand, so to be on the safe side, the Abyss Apostle didn't bother her.

As for Inazuma, the Abyss Apostle doesn't even know who attacked it, so how can it seek revenge?

Therefore, the Abyss Apostle cherished this great opportunity for Sumeru to vent his frustrations.

Outwardly, this manifests as its constant barrage of insults at the Fools. Unfortunately, the Fools are all professionally trained and will not lose their minds because of the Abyss Apostle's trash talk.

The Fools surrounded the Apostle of the Abyss, as if they were waiting for someone to arrive, or as if they were preventing the Apostle of the Abyss from escaping.

Soon, the crowd dispersed, and a masked man in a coat stepped out.

"Are you the Great Sage?" The Abyss Apostle narrowed his eyes and asked the man who was walking towards him.

This guy's aura made it feel dangerous. Judging from this, it must be a great sage!

Upon hearing the Apostle's words, the Doctor was taken aback at first, then chuckled and shook his head:

"Heh, a great sage? I don't care for such things, but if you want to understand it that way, that's fine too."

Considering that the Abyss Apostles have no understanding of human society, the Doctor did not dismiss the Abyss Apostles' claims.

Rather than explaining the differences in human society to the Abyss Apostles, he preferred to get straight to the point.

"You said you want to cooperate with humans?"

"We want to talk?"

Upon hearing this, the Abyss Apostle dropped the stance he had been holding for so long. It seemed he was definitely not going to be able to fight the humans.

"Of course, how can it not be exciting that the Abyss Apostles, who only appear a few times every few centuries, took the initiative to discuss cooperation?"

The Doctor took in the Abyss Apostle's body from top to bottom, having been curious about its secrets for a long time.

“Alright, tell me about your enemy, and I’ll take care of him. Afterward, you pay me the reward.” Seeing that the Doctor was genuinely willing to cooperate, the Abyss Apostle extended his hand to him.

However, after hearing what the Abyss Apostle said, the Doctor's interest wasn't as high as before.

"Is this the only kind of fighting and killing you Abyss Order members do in your cooperation matters?"

His interest had visibly diminished considerably.

The Abyss Apostle nodded solemnly, "Of course, our Order is best at fighting and killing."

This made the Doctor's lips twitch. He took a deep breath and then asked the Abyss Apostle with a tempting look, "Don't you want to expand your business?"

"Expand your business?" The Abyss Apostle pondered for a moment, then clapped its hands and exclaimed in sudden realization, "I can also get the Hilichurls to come and help you with the work!"

"Hiss... No, Hilichurls are our potential citizens, we can't treat them the same way anymore..."

Seeing the Abyss Apostle come up with a terrible idea and then lower his head to mutter something, the Doctor felt that all his previous guesses about the Abyss Apostles had been overturned.

"Haven't you realized that, besides fighting and Hilichurls, the most precious thing you Abyssal Apostles have is your bodies?"

The Doctor gazed at the Abyss Apostle's powerful body, beneath which flowed a steady, jet-black undertone.

This is something no one else could do—to stabilize the power of the abyss, and even to give it a tangible form.

The doctor was practically drooling as he looked at it. What amazing creatures, what amazing technology! He couldn't wait to give the Abyss Apostle a "full physical examination."

"You mean... you want me to sell myself?" The Abyss Apostle's gaze toward the Doctor turned strange.

"Cough cough cough! How do you know such things?!" The Doctor choked on the Abyss Apostle's words. He looked at the Abyss Apostle in surprise, seemingly astonished that it, as a monster, knew the word "selling oneself."

"Is this term so hard to understand? Selling yourself to you is just selling yourself as a prostitute, isn't it?" The Abyss Apostle thought the Doctor was making a fuss. Selling oneself as a prostitute is simply selling one's body to another person, isn't it?

"I see, that's what I meant." The doctor understood; the Abyss Apostle's "selling oneself" meant exactly what it meant.

Hearing the Doctor's words, Abyss casually opened an Abyss Passage: "What a waste of time. Human, let me tell you, Apostles will never betray the Order!"

This human in front of him actually dares to poach his men; he's truly ignorant of his own limitations!

The Doctor stared intently at the spatial rift beside the Abyss Apostle.

Stable teleportation technology, teleportation technology without any prerequisites! This Abyss Apostle is a treasure trove from head to toe!

With this in mind, the Doctor became even more certain of his idea to leave the Abyss Apostle behind.

"You've misunderstood. I don't want you to betray the Abyss Order. I just want to use your body to do some experiments."

“That’s something we can discuss.” The Abyss Apostle tilted its head and pondered for a moment, then stepped back out with one foot that had been inside the Abyss Passage.

For the Abyss Apostles, who don't even care about death, using their own bodies for experiments is not something unacceptable.

"I need..." The Abyss Apostle suddenly didn't know what the Order's supply shortage was, so it immediately shrank the Abyss Channel and turned it into a communication device.

"Gibberish..."

“Wabibabu…”

Before the Doctor, the Abyss Apostle began an encrypted conversation with Sora. Soon, a brand-new note was ejected from the shrunken Abyss passage.

"Here you go, this is what we need. Just put it in front of me once it's ready." The Abyss Apostle handed the note to the Doctor.

The Doctor, meanwhile, looked down at the note the Abyss Apostle had thrown at him. He, who always considered himself a "smart person," was then filled with doubt.

Because these are all sorts of miscellaneous items. Is the Abyss Order planning to open a general store that spans the entire continent? How come it includes everything from clothing and food to housing and transportation?

"No problem, these things are nothing." The doctor glanced at it briefly and then accepted the note.

Regardless of what those things are, the doctor believes the rich man will get them for him.

"So... it's a pleasure to work together?" The Doctor extended a hand to the Abyss Apostle.