[Stelle: Why?! Why did my trash can betray me?! Host, what did you do to it?!]
[Seele: Who exactly is behind this livestream?! They actually made me smaller! How did they do that?!]
[Big Herta: @Host I have to say, you do have some skills. Very good, you have successfully caught my attention. I'll remember this grudge.]
[Sampo: No, where's my huge Sparkle? Where is she? Host, give Sparkle back to me! Host, I'm not done with you, just you wait—!]
[March 7th: Wait… With this kind of prankish style, could the host be Aha?! Can Aeons livestream too?]
[Aha: Aha!]
...
On the other side, the plot was steadily progressing.
Back to the livestream. While everyone was protesting the prank "punishments" they had received, the plot had already jumped forward a large segment: Stelle and March 7th had received a distress call from "Dan Heng" (who was actually Silver Wolf in disguise) and were heading out to meet up with "Dan Heng."
On the way to the meeting point, the two accidentally encountered a mini version of "Little Stellaron." At that moment, the Ambrosial Arbor revived, and everyone rushed toward the Ambrosial Arbor, preparing for a group fight!
It was at this time that a certain "grumbling" character made his entrance.
There is something called "aura" that a person possesses.
The Blade of the normal universe is taciturn and values every word like gold. His face is like it was carved from stone and never moves (except when chasing Dan Heng). His aura makes people feel "Eh, this is a solitary, cold, and dangerous person."
But as soon as this universe's Blade appeared, everyone could also feel his aura. Unlike normal Blade, this universe's Blade gave off a strong "bitter and deeply resentful" vibe.
It was as if the whole world owed him something.
Looking at his appearance, although he still had almost no expression, there was a faint melancholy. Within the melancholy was a trace of sadness, within the sadness was a mix of helplessness, and within the helplessness was a shred of anger. In short, he looked full of heavy resentment.
"Ah..."
A long sigh filled with thick resentment rang out, and half the good mood of the people in front of the screen instantly vanished.
"Silver Wolf and Kafka are really too unreliable. They drop the ball at critical moments and don't show up, so all the missions end up falling on me. Am I some kind of cheap labor... (two thousand words of complaining about Silver Wolf and Kafka omitted here)"
"Ah..."
"The Ambrosial Arbor has revived again. Wasn't this the one that Lan of [Hunt] personally shot and broke back then? It can actually revive? I think this 'Lan' is nothing special. Can't even wipe out a single miracle of Abundance, yet still wants to kill Yaoshi. Killing Yaoshi would be better off killing me first... (three thousand words of complaining about Lan omitted here)"
"Ah..."
"That guy Jing Yuan is also unreliable. I heard he's no longer the General now, but at least clean up the mess before you abdicate and prepare some emergency measures, right? In the end you still couldn't do anything, useless Jing Yuan... (four thousand words of complaining about Jing Yuan omitted here)"
"Ah..."
"These Stellaron Hunters also seem hopeless. Although there are many people in name, in reality only I'm actually doing any work. Spider person, keyboard immortal, puzzle person, yandere — is there even one normal person among these teammates every day?!"
"Ah..."
"I feel like Elio is also an old swindler. He keeps telling me every day 'your time has not yet come.' Of course I know my time has not yet come. Logically speaking, I will never have that time in this life. Didn't I join the Stellaron Hunters just to find that time? Sigh, it feels like he's fooling me. Can I resign?"
"..."
After Blade's "Grudge Five Combo" full of endless resentment, the people in front of the screen could no longer hold it in.
Bro, exactly what must you have gone through to accumulate this much resentment?
[Tail: I feel like if he really dies one day, he would probably turn into the strongest Heliobus in history on the spot, the kind that breaks the scale]
[Stelle: Would he become like Phantylia?]
[Phantylia: …Don't drag me into this, okay?]
[Jing Yuan: Mm… Based on my understanding of him, his mouth shouldn't be this talkative]
[Dan Heng: Seconded.]
[Blade: …Hmph.]
[Silver Wolf: See? Real-life example right here. Though Blade talks little, at least he rarely gives us any negative emotions.]
[Jingliu: As expected. No matter how sunny a person is, if they die thousands or tens of thousands of times across endless years, they would probably end up like this, right?]
[Khaslana: (emoji·tears)]
[Duke Inferno: Die thousands or tens of thousands of times?]
[Kafka: But if Blade could become this grumbling version, it seems pretty nice too? I'm actually looking forward to the day he becomes a chatterbox.]
[Blade: …Hmph. Nosy.]
[Stelle: Doesn't it feel annoying? (emoji·curious)]
[Kafka: If it gets annoying, I can just use "Spirit Whisper" to make him shut up~]
["Shush": In this scene, this one is reminded of a story...]
[Himeko: @Shush Shush]
...
The camera shifted to "Blade's perspective." The view shuttled continuously through the Luofu and finally arrived at a magnificent and grand ancient hall.
Dragonvista Rain Hall.
The holy land of the Xianzhou Luofu's Xianzhou.
As soon as he arrived here, Blade saw a petite figure with short dragon horns and a swaying tail… If not for the color difference, everyone would have assumed this was Bailu.
However, the next second, that petite figure spoke: "You came?"
The miniaturized Dan Heng slowly turned around, looked at Blade with a resolute expression: "You shouldn't have come… In that case, let us completely settle our past grudges here!"
[March 7th: !!! Is this the child version of Dan Heng? He's just as cute as Bailu!]
[Stelle: So Dan Heng used his tail to fight when he was little too? @Dan Heng You actually have a hidden form!]
[Dan Heng: …I don't.]
[Blade: Do you think changing to another appearance and another identity can erase the sins of the past in one stroke?]
[Dan Heng: …Bot.]
"Imbibitor Lunae… 's son?"
The moment Blade saw the child version of Dan Heng, he was first stunned, then quickly accepted reality — Imbibitor Lunae was so big while this little brat was so small, they definitely weren't the same person!
But they looked very similar, so there must be some relationship!
Imbibitor Lunae's brother? No, he's too small. After thinking it over, the only possibility was son.
The child version of Dan Heng was silent for two seconds: "…No, actually I am Dan Heng."
Blade shook his head without hesitation: "No, I don't believe it."
Dan Heng extended one finger: "Blah blah blah… (recounting N pieces of Blade's black history)"
Blade was silent for a few seconds, then instantly entered Mara-Struck mode: "Hmph hahahahaha! Of five people, three must pay a price. Dan Heng, you are one of them!!"
"Prepare to die under my sword, you mere fuck!"