When the moment arrived.
Kaiulani's image suddenly disappeared.
Seeing this, Mualani quickly turned to her childhood friend and asked, "Caelus, how can we reach the Night Kingdom?"
She didn't ask when they would go.
Because she wanted to go immediately.
"Simple." Caelus waved his hand, and the space before him suddenly ignited.
A dark and abyss like rift appeared before everyone's eyes.
"W what is this?" Paimon jumped in fright. "It feels eerie and terrifying!"
"This is the Night Kingdom," Caelus explained calmly. "I burned away the barrier between Natlan and the Night Kingdom. You can enter directly from here."
"B burned away?" Paimon's mind struggled to process that explanation. Something like a dimensional barrier could actually be burned?
"Don't be so surprised. My flames can burn through anything," Caelus said casually. He then pointed his thumb toward Chasca. "Earlier, when Chasca came here for treatment, I burned away her wounds with my flames."
"That can be burned too? Burning away wounds sounds even more unbelievable than burning away a barrier between worlds..." Paimon scratched her head and muttered.
[This can be burned too?]
[Bro, you're not the Pyro Archon. You're basically a conceptual god. If something exists, you can burn it?]
[This explanation feels like Ultraman Tiga. Just bring some light and he shows up.]
[My money is gone. Ultraman Tiga: Cha!]
[Pyro Archon: My flames can burn everything.]
[Pyro Slime: Oh really?]
[Pyro Hypostasis: Trying not to laugh.]
[Amaterasu!]
[If the Pyro Archon's flames were Amaterasu, wouldn't everything be finished?]
[Honestly that actually works.]
[Kinich's flames are green fire, so it wouldn't be strange if the Pyro Archon had black flames.]
[Impossible. Kinich's flames are green because they come from the Scions of the Canopy and match his outfit. What part of the Pyro Archon matches black?]
[Maybe his heart is black.]
Compared to the players who had already started making memes, the people present in the world of Teyvat were taking the situation seriously.
"Lord Pyro Archon, I will go as well." Mauvika stepped forward with a serious expression.
"Very well." Caelus nodded. "With you there, Mualani and the others will be safer."
"Just to be safe, accept this power before you leave." Caelus opened his palm, and orange red light descended upon everyone like a gentle rain of sparks.
"I feel power constantly rising inside me!" Kachina exclaimed in surprise.
"This is Lord Pyro Archon's divine power," Kinich said. He was already very familiar with this energy.
"I received it too?" Lumine was surprised. She had not expected that she, an outsider, would also receive the Pyro Archon's blessing.
"You were willing to risk yourself to save the warriors of Natlan. How could I not share some power with you?" Caelus said with a smile.
"Wait, why didn't I get anything?" Paimon cried out in protest. "Everyone received power. Why don't I feel anything?"
"Oh... I forgot." Caelus was being completely honest.
Subconsciously, he had classified Paimon as a non combat unit, so he had overlooked her when distributing power.
"So can I receive Lord Pyro Archon's power now too?" Paimon rubbed her small hands together eagerly. She finally had a chance to stop being someone who could not even defeat a wild boar.
However, Mauvika shattered her fantasy.
"Paimon, Lord Pyro Archon must still protect Natlan and preserve his divine power."
"With our current strength, we should not encounter any serious danger. There is no need for Paimon to fight."
High emotional intelligence: Paimon does not need to fight.
Low emotional intelligence: giving power to Paimon would be a waste. She is better suited to being a mascot.
"Well... alright then." Paimon shrugged, looking disappointed. "I thought I could finally show off my abilities."
"Traveler, it looks like you will have to protect me again this time." Paimon turned toward her travel companion.
"No problem." Lumine made an OK gesture.
At the same time.
Something strange happened to the players.
[Why did it suddenly switch to the character interface?]
[Wait, the Traveler's stats increased across the board. Base ATK increased by 80 points!]
[How did you calculate the Traveler's base ATK so quickly?]
[Because my Traveler is using a level 1 Dull Blade, has no artifacts equipped, and only leveled up. It was obvious immediately.]
[So that move from the Pyro Archon actually increased the Traveler's ATK?]
[Yes. Just like Alhaitham's Canned Knowledge. It directly increased ATK, and the increase is even larger.]
[The protagonist's max level base ATK is just a little above 200. The Pyro Archon just added almost half of that.]
[To be precise, it is about one 2.5th.]
[One hundred percent sure.]
[This Pyro Archon is really generous. First he arranged for someone to deliver a Vision to us at the beginning, and now he is even giving us power.]
[Hurry up and thank Brother Pyro Archon.]
[Thank you Brother Pyro Archon. Thank you Brother Pyro Archon.]
[He is the most generous Archon toward players so far, right?]
[Do you think the Pyro Archon will give us a weapon later too?]
[That actually sounds possible.]
"That... probably won't happen."
Seeing the players' bullet comments, Caelus could not help complaining internally.
He had not prepared any weapon for the Traveler.
It was not that he had never considered it. The problem was that Xilonen already had more work than she could handle. Where would she find the time to forge a special weapon for the Traveler?
But thinking about it again, black flames would actually be quite interesting.
What if in the future, when his gameplay mechanics were added, his flames could change color?
Each additional constellation could unlock a new flame color.
Then when fighting, his flames would look like a rainbow.
"Lord Pyro Archon, thank you for lending us your power." Mauvika spoke on behalf of everyone. "We will definitely rescue Kaiulani."
"Then I will leave it to you." Caelus tried his best to maintain a serious expression.
After all, he was the only person present who knew the truth.
Kaiulani was completely safe. Ordinary Abyss monsters posed no threat to her.
However, after hearing Mauvika's words, Caelus suddenly thought of something.
What would happen if he took back the power he had given to the Traveler later?
Would the players lose their minds?
"Damn HoYoverse. Even an extra 80 points of ATK is too stingy to give the protagonist permanently. Truly heartless..." Caelus thought about it and felt it was unlikely.
After all, 80 points of ATK was not that much.
If it were an increase of 800 base ATK, and then suddenly removed after players had enjoyed it for a year, that would definitely generate a huge amount of emotional reactions.
But right now he could only add 80 base ATK.
Even if he took it back later, it probably would not cause much of a stir.
...
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GIVE ME YOU POWER STONES.