Chapter 2: Meteor from Another World

The Sky Island, this is the peak of Teyvat, where the divine resides.

Since the fall of Khaenri'ah five hundred years ago, the Sky Island has been cut off from contact with the outside world.

No one knows what has happened above, nor whether the divine is planning to destroy the next nation.

Peace has persisted for five hundred years, even the machinations of the Cryo Archon to obtain the Gnosis did not disturb this peace.

However, the arrival of a meteor caused ripples in this world.

The meteor was so small that it was inconspicuous in the night sky of Teyvat.

Only the divine understood that this was a true meteor, coming from beyond the world.

Opening her eyes after a long time, the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles looked at her gradually crumbling body.

Five hundred years ago, in that battle, Khaenri'ah summoned knowledge not belonging to this world, contaminating her.

But even so, she was the best among the four shadows of the divine, and this gradually dying body still could exert considerable power.

As the overseer of the world, it was necessary for her to eliminate outsiders, even if it would worsen her injuries.

"Sigh... Dying already? What a terrible feeling." The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles held a pitch-black cube in her hand, which was her authority, the authority over space.

Just as she was about to approach the incoming meteor, a huge will projected towards the Sky Island, firmly locking onto it.

Facing a formidable opponent, the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles no longer had any reservations. She awakened the other shadows besides herself and the long-dormant true body of the divine.

Five figures floated in the air, confronting the incoming will.

However, they all seemed somewhat inadequate, as their injuries were not feigned.

"The overseer of this world? Seems like you're quite injured?" The will directly transmitted a voice into the minds of the five divine beings.

"Corruption? Impossible! This world has been cut off, there can be no corruption!" Upon hearing the words in her mind, the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles immediately thought of "corruption," but quickly denied her own thoughts.

"But it's happening soon, isn't it?" Through the window opened by the remaining embers, the Supreme Will saw "the sea" spreading upwards, about to approach the world He saw.

"..."

"Wanna make a deal?" Sensing that the window to the world was closing, and the remaining embers were running out, the Supreme Will couldn't let them come back.

"What?" The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles obviously didn't expect such a big show from the Supreme Will just to make a deal with her.

"That meteor, you leave it in this world. In return, I will bestow upon you eternity, an eternity that will never decay." The Supreme Will said so.

"Gulp." Rarely, the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles swallowed her saliva, her calm heart suddenly heated up.

She was a Descendant, not a true divine being.

But the being before her was, a genuine divine being, capable of creating worlds and reversing life and death.

But what was that meteor? The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles couldn't think of anything that could make the being before her feel tricky, and she hesitated.

Teyvat was fragile now.

"Do you think gods have good and evil?" Seeing the continued hesitation of the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, the Supreme Will asked without preamble.

"No." The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles fell silent for a moment, then resolutely uttered two words.

"But He does, I don't understand how He became a god? The Sun, the Sun, what kind of Sun can illuminate divinity?" The Supreme Will seemed to lament like an ordinary person, but also seemed to complain like an ordinary person.

"He is the God of the Sun, with the Authority of Hope." The Supreme Will saw the meteor land and said slowly.

"..., Deal." Seeing the movements of the embers on the ground, the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles frowned, then agreed to the deal with the Supreme Will.

...

As soon as Ember opened his eyes, he saw lush woods and a dazzling starry sky.

It was a sight he had never seen before. There were no stars in the world of Dark Souls, and even the trees were mostly grown by people.

In the world of the pyre, the starry sky was sealed, and the trees were infiltrated by gold, losing their original appearance.

"A intact world? An intact world!" Ember looked around, somewhat incredulous.

The end accompanied Ember's life, from the moment he opened his eyes, he never stopped fighting, and it had been like this for tens of thousands of years since then.

Although the starry sky of this world seemed strange, although it seemed that two strange things had looked at him, it didn't matter.

"Haha!" Ember seemed to burst with new life, beginning to explore the new world.

"What is this? Let me taste it." Ember picked a Sunsettia Fruit from a tree and stuffed it into his helmet as fast as lightning.

The juice of the fruit overflowed, forming a wisp of steam on his face, but he didn't mind, a furnace, that's how hot it was.

"This is a real fruit. What's with the Ruo'ya fruit at the border?" Even though Ember couldn't taste any flavor, it didn't prevent him from commenting on Sunsettia Fruit and Ruo'ya fruit.

Because the Ruo'ya fruit is just cotton inside, and the border seems to only produce this kind of fruit.

"Eh? Isn't it? Why do I know what a real fruit looks like?" Ember scratched his head, but didn't think much about it.

He had forgotten too much on his journey, but fortunately, whatever he lost, he could always pick up again.

"What is this? Poke it." Ember crawled on the ground, stretched out his staff, and poked the wild boar in front of him.

"Grunt!" The wild boar, awakened from its slumber, saw a tin can suddenly appear behind it and kicked Ember before running away.

"Hahaha, full of life!" Ember got up from the ground, patted the dirt, and laughed happily.

"Grunt~" Ember held a stick he had picked up everywhere in his hand, hugged various colorful fruits in his arms, and hummed an unknown song in his mouth.

Any grass or tree to his waist was broken by him, it was hard to imagine that these uneven gaps came from the hands of Ember, who had enough skill to kill the King of Fuel and the gods.

I'm afraid those who knew him wouldn't believe that the former king who never left his sword and shield also had such a childish side.

Ember didn't know why he was so happy, maybe in the distant past, when the apocalypse hadn't come, he was such a person.

A breeze brought a hint of filth, and Ember also noticed it.

The stick was inserted into the ground, the fruits were stored in his body.

The sword and shield were held again because it was time to fight.

Jumping onto a tree, Ember saw four people running incessantly in the distance.

The one in the front was a petite figure. Ember only saw her wrapped in bandages all over, with only a ragged robe on her body, barely covering her.

The three people following her were well-trained, and the same form of badge on their bodies represented that they belonged to the same organization.

Obviously, some organization was chasing after someone.

But Ember didn't care about that. He looked at the girl wrapped in bandages all over her body and murmured:

"Child? Child!"

"Hahaha! I feel the call of the adult's duty!"

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Galara felt that her limbs were getting heavier and heavier. In recent days, the strength of the idiots who captured her had increased.

She had used too much power from the remnants of the demonic gods within her body in one day and was on the verge of collapse.

"Bang!" A bullet made of condensed fire elements came at Galara.

Galara caught a glimpse of the bullet coming towards her out of the corner of her eye. She forcibly dragged her heavy limbs and rolled over.

"Hey! Do you want to die? This is one of Dr. Oln's two successful experiments!" The Electrohammer Vanguard shouted at the Firearm behind him.

"It's just a leg, even if it hits, it's no big deal." The Pyroslinger Bracer remained unmoved and retorted.

"Hehe, don't quarrel. It seems like the target can't move anymore, and our mission is complete." The Electro Cicin Mage's charming voice came, and the Electrohammer Vanguard and Pyroslinger Bracer stopped arguing.

The bullet missed, but Galara no longer had the strength to run. Her eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and the accumulated exhaustion erupted at this moment.

"Sister, I can't do it anymore. You must escape far away!" In a daze, Electro Cicin Mage thought, who had taken care of her all this time. There must be someone chasing after her, she could definitely escape from the clutches of the demons.

"What's that? So warm." In a daze, Galara seemed to see a warm flame rushing towards her.

Exhaustion and pain were all dispelled by this flame, and Galara hadn't felt so relaxed in a long time. She forgot everything and fell into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)