"A Familiar Egg?!" Li Xuan stared in utter shock at the massive egg before him. He never would have guessed that besides weapons, emblems, outfits, and that bizarre pair of panties from a previous wish, the Gate of Vows could also produce a Familiar?!!
Li Xuan had seen Familiars before, though they were just two bizarre, useless ones who liked to cook—a dog-eared girl and a rabbit-eared girl. He remembered their names were Pretty and Eviya… but that didn't change the fact that Familiars were incredibly rare creatures…
"Eh?!…"
Is there really a Familiar in here?! Li Xuan reached out and lifted the golden Familiar Egg from the Gate of Vows with both hands, only to be surprised… "Why is it so light?"
He had expected the Familiar Egg to be heavy, since there was a Familiar inside. But when he picked it up, he found that the rather large egg was surprisingly light, as if it were…
Empty!!
Li Xuan tentatively shook the Familiar Egg in his arms and felt nothing inside.
What the hell is going on… It's supposed to be a Familiar Egg, why did you give me an empty one?!
"..." Li Xuan stared at the empty Familiar Egg in his arms, feeling as if a herd of alpacas had just stampeded through his mind…
"Hey, hey~ Master…" Liv, who was standing beside him, suddenly tugged on his sleeve.
"It's okay, Liv, I need a moment to be alone….." Li Xuan waved his hand, cradling the Familiar Egg with a look of utter despair. The guaranteed reward from his ten-pull was an empty Familiar Egg. He was having a hard time accepting this cruel reality.
"Alone?… Who's Alone?…" Liv asked curiously.
What is this 'alone' that Master wants? "No, that's not it, Master. The wish…" Before Liv could finish, Li Xuan cut her off.
"Liv, that joke is getting old. I said… uh… (⊙o⊙)…" Li Xuan turned around and saw that the Gate of Vows was glowing again. The runic carvings on it, which had dimmed after producing the golden Familiar Egg, were now lit up as if they had been given a shot of adrenaline.
All the golden light on the gate gathered on the grey, mirror-like surface in the center, which was instantly rendered a brilliant gold.
The next moment, another golden pillar of light shot into the sky… once again connecting heaven and earth.
The golden pillar appeared, blasting through the clouds that stood in its way. An immense pressure descended once more, making every living creature feel as if they were being seen through, a chilling sensation.
A thick layer of clouds gathered in the sky, blocking out the sun. The golden pillar pierced through the clouds, and where it made contact, the clouds dissipated, forming a vacuum in the shape of a vertical eye…
At the center of the eye-shaped vacuum was the bright sun. The scene looked as if the heavens had opened their eye…
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Elsewhere….
"Mei-senpai… be careful. I think that plant is a youkai!" Kiana said cautiously, tugging on Raiden Mei's sleeve and hiding behind her.
"Uh… Kiana, there are no youkai in this world. We have to believe in science," Raiden Mei said seriously, holding the five-star weapon Li Xuan had given her, the 'Void Greatsword'.
"B-but… I…" Kiana opened her mouth to say something.
But Raiden Mei decisively pushed open the door to Kiana's room and walked in. "Eh?! Mei-senpai, wait for me…" Kiana followed her inside.
"..." Raiden Mei was speechless. Kiana's room was covered in motionless vines and leaves. Many of the branches had even climbed onto her bed.
"See, Mei-senpai, this is it! It all appeared after a flash of golden light…" Kiana said angrily.
"Mei-senpai?…" Kiana noticed Raiden Mei staring blankly out the window. What's wrong?… Kiana followed her gaze. Outside was a golden pillar of light that connected heaven and earth, and in the sky was what looked like the eye of the world itself.
Li Xuan squinted, looking at the still somewhat blindingly bright Gate of Vows. Within the light, he could vaguely make out a small object.
Finally… the golden light faded, revealing its true form… it was a golden emblem…
"A skill emblem?!…" Li Xuan rejoiced internally. Skills were extremely useful. With just two five-star emblems, he could already teach Honkai Beasts a lesson…
Li Xuan reached out and grabbed the emblem, which felt slightly warm…
The next instant, a burst of information exploded in his mind… a six-star emblem, 'Jao Shingan'!
"…."
Jao Shingan… Shingan… gan… The name of the emblem echoed in Li Xuan's mind, making it feel like it was trembling…
Without warning, an image of the female lead from a classic anime he had watched before being transported appeared in his mind. The current chūnibyō protagonist with the white eyepatch, who wielded an automatic umbrella she called the "Schwarz Sechs Prototype Mark II" as her "weapon," which supposedly had an attack called "Gungnir" and a defense called the "Dark Shield." (All fake.)
And… her most important feature—the Jao Shingan (a colored contact lens) that supposedly had the ability to see the "Unseen Horizon" of another world. (Also fake.)
And that slightly embarrassing line she would shout in the middle of the street: "
Bazeru riaru! Hajikero shinapusu! Panisshumento disu, wārudo! (Reality, be rent! Synapse, break! Banishment, this world!)"
"." Li Xuan looked up at the clear sky, his feelings complicated.
This world… is beyond saving.
(End of Chapter)