Chapter 34: The Great Battle: Shouki no Kami vs. Nahida
"After ascending to godhood, Scaramouche yearned intensely for the Archon War. He craved to recreate a fragment of that cataclysm, casting aside his lowly title of 'The Balladeer' to rechristen himself: Shouki no Kami, the Prodigal!"
"Having become a deity, Scaramouche launched an assault upon Lesser Lord Kusanali, Nahida, to legitimize his divine birth. Shouki no Kami completely suppressed Lumine, but as Scaramouche reached to extract the Gnosis from within Nahida, the world around them began to fracture. They had, in truth, been battling within a recursive dream—a cycle they had endured one hundred and sixty-eight times."
"These one hundred and sixty-eight iterations of combat experience were cataloged by Nahida and transmitted to Lumine in the form of knowledge capsules. Simultaneously, she broadcasted the unfolding events as data through the Akasha to all the people of Sumeru, beseeching their aid in helping Lumine discover a method to shatter the false god. With Nahida's power, Lumine finally defeated Shouki no Kami. Nahida stepped forward and retrieved the Gnosis from within Scaramouche. Deprived of the Gnosis that anchored his obsession, the desperate Scaramouche was ejected from the colossal machine and plummeted to the earth."
"This clash between the Seven of Teyvat and the artificial god showcased the true power of the Seven Archons."
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[ Genshin Impact - Scaramouche: Impossible, absolutely impossible! I am the victor! How could I have lost to that wretch! ]
Scaramouche, currently executing a mission at the Inazuman Delusion Factory, saw the review stream predicting his future defeat and descended into a frenzy, smashing everything in his vicinity.
"I don't believe it! This stream must be spouting nonsense!" Having made such extensive preparations to become a new god, Scaramouche absolutely refused to believe he could fail.
"Now that I know how I am defeated, I shall eradicate all potential threats!" A crazed, murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
[ Honkai: Star Rail - Xuanyong: If you're weak, practice more. If you can't handle losing, don't play. Don't confuse the past with the present! ]
[ Honkai: Star Rail - Tingyun: Lord Xuanyong is right. If you're weak, practice more. If you can't handle losing, don't play! ]
[ Honkai: Star Rail - Yukong: Tingyun? ]
[ Honkai: Star Rail - Tingyun: I am not Tingyun. You have mistaken me for someone else! ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Kiana: I told you, there's never a good ending for villains. But did Nahida, the Grass Archon, crush him, or was he thrown into a dungeon? ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Himeko Murata: Surely he was executed? After all, this guy has committed so many atrocities! ]
[ Genshin Impact - Collei: Fatui Harbingers, every last one of them deserves to be torn to shreds! ]
Having once nearly perished in the experiments of the Second Harbinger, Dottore, Collei harbored an intense, deep-seated hatred for the Fatui Harbingers.
[ Genshin Impact - Klee: Big brothers and sisters, what if Nahida didn't kill this Fatui Harbinger? And didn't lock him up either? ]
The spectators in the review stream were stunned by Klee's remark, and a speechless conjecture immediately surfaced in their minds.
[ Genshin Impact - Yae Miko: Ei, I told you to destroy that puppet back then, but you wouldn't listen. Look at the massive trouble it's caused now! ]
[ Genshin Impact - Raiden Ei: ... ]
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"Dottore never takes away failures, and the Fatui care nothing for the life or death of the defeated. Thus, after his defeat, Scaramouche sought a way to survive. He accepted the deal proposed by Nahida and, under Lumine's supervision, searched the Irminsul for all content related to 'Descenders'."
"At the heart of the Irminsul, Scaramouche read the fragments of information Nahida had placed within, which contained the truth about his betrayal, obtained from Dottore."
"Deception had forged everything Scaramouche was, and he resolved to erase this tragic misfortune. After finding nothing regarding the Descenders, Scaramouche privately shared with Lumine the intelligence he had obtained from Pierro."
"In return, protected by the barrier erected by his residual divine power, he verified from Lumine that the history of the world had indeed been altered. He then turned and entered the Irminsul, erasing all records concerning himself."
"However, no individual can erase their own existence solely by their own hand. The incompletely erased Scaramouche became a blank-slate puppet devoid of past memories. Even exhausting everything, he only managed to shake history by a fraction. The Tatarasuna furnace was still deliberately sabotaged by Dottore; Katsuragi still jumped into the furnace and died in his stead. Three of the Raiden Gokaden were still extinguished, only the perpetrator had changed to the descendants of the originally victimized Hyakume clan."
"The puppet began calling himself the 'Wanderer,' roaming the continent of Teyvat for five hundred years. Five hundred years later, he arrived in Sumeru, where he met a fruit merchant in the rain. The merchant allowed him to shelter from the rain in his cart, and in return, the Wanderer promised to work for him for free!"
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[ Honkai: Star Rail - Blade: Hmph. Do you think you can wash away your sins just by changing your appearance? ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Durandal: Sir, I agree with you. ]
[ Genshin Impact - Kaedehara Kazuha: The history of the Raiden Gokaden was actually changed! ]
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"Because Lumine is a Descender, she did not forget Scaramouche's past. Thus, while wandering through Sumeru, she encountered the amnesiac Wanderer!"
"After the initial shock, Lumine used the secret of his identity as a puppet to bring the Wanderer to the Sanctuary of Surasthana, where he met Lesser Lord Kusanali, Nahida, and had her help him recover his memories."
"The Wanderer wished to personally experience his own sins, so Nahida had Aether and Paimon accompany him into a dreamscape reconstructed from the preserved memories of the Balladeer."
"After witnessing his own sins, the Wanderer ceased fleeing. He chose to face his past head-on, abandoning his status as a Fatui Harbinger and desiring no further connection with Dottore. He then continued to roam the continent of Teyvat as the Wanderer."
"Nahida's kindness toward the Wanderer and the sincerity she displayed while recruiting him led the Wanderer to agree to follow her, serving as a force in the shadows alongside the others."
"To celebrate, the Wanderer accepted Nahida's suggestion and had Lumine help him choose a new name. The Wanderer would eventually make those who caused his misfortune pay the price; until then, he would remain in Sumeru to sort himself out."
"The video ends here!"
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[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Himeko Murata: Ah… this… he really lived? ]
The spectators in the review stream were left speechless. If Otto was considered evil because he sacrificed so many to resurrect Kallen, he was simultaneously fighting against the Honkai; Phantylia was more direct—she only wanted to destroy the Xianzhou and cared for nothing else, and she admitted she was no good person. But this Scaramouche left everyone feeling at a loss. He didn't choose to make amends for the sins he committed; instead, he chose to erase his own existence from the Irminsul, intending to alter history.
What left the spectators truly speechless, however, was that Lesser Lord Kusanali, Nahida, was simply too kind. Scaramouche was someone who nearly destroyed Sumeru, and she just took him under her wing? It was incomprehensible.
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