Three Heroes' Crest.
White light appeared. Thirteen figures shining with golden light appeared together at the top of Three Heroes' Crest.
"We won! We won!"
Everyone moved closer to Noah at the same time. In his flustered expression, they lifted him up.
They threw him up, caught him, and threw him up again amid cheers.
Lupa: "We finally wiped out the Threnodian."
Augusta: "I still haven't fought enough."
Iuno: "It was nothing special after all."
Zani: "I didn't help much, but I still worked hard."
Ciaccona: "I'm going to write this into my poems and tell it in every place I travel through."
Phoebe: "Thank the Sentinel for its protection, and thank everyone who worked hard."
The joy of victory made everyone extremely happy.
At the edge of the crowd, Galbrena watched Noah being thrown up and caught. The corner of her mouth also curved into a pleasant smile. Beside her, Roccia looked at Carlotta next to her.
"Miss Carlotta, why don't you go lift the Laureate?"
At those words, Carlotta's face stiffened.
Because she couldn't reach!
Even standing on tiptoe she couldn't reach!
"Kids don't need to ask so many questions."
Carlotta brushed it off casually and turned to look at Cartethyia beside her. She was about to ask why Cartethyia wasn't going either when Cartethyia's legs suddenly went soft and she fell backward.
Carlotta's eyes and hands were quick. She hurriedly caught Cartethyia.
Sensing that something was wrong, the others all stopped celebrating. Cantarella called out in concern:
"Are you all right, Cartethyia?"
"A bit bad… but I can still hold on."
A crack spread outward from the Tacet Mark on Cartethyia's forehead.
A second Resonance was already extremely rare. A Third Resonance was something that had never happened before.
Right now Cartethyia only felt like an ordinary button battery that was forced to run a 220-volt appliance. She was losing huge amounts of energy every second.
Even with the large amount of connected will from the people of Rinascita as fuel, it still could not support this level of power consumption.
"No good. I can't hold on much longer."
Cartethyia's face turned pale. She quickly called out:
"Laureate, hurry and lend me your power! Quick!"
"Coming."
Noah did not dare delay. He took Cartethyia's hand, switched to Aero Rover, and poured all the Resonance power inside his body into her.
In an instant, dazzling cyan light surged out of Cartethyia's body again like a strong wind that swept across the world. It blew from Septimont all the way to Ragunna at the other end of Rinascita.
Whether it was the Dark Tide clouds covering the sky or the Dark Tide that had earlier surged up from underground, all of it was precisely stripped of impurities by the powerful Separation Authority.
After the cyan light passed, no Dark Tide remained. Only pure, wide white seas of clouds could be seen. The Dark Tide and Dark Tide Tacet Discords on the ground also completely disappeared.
[Daily Quest: "If I Never See You Again Tomorrow" (Challenge) completed.]
"So tired. I feel like my whole body has been emptied out."
Cartethyia let out a long breath. The golden light around her body was gone. She managed to stand on her own and no longer needed Carlotta's support.
"Little Ca, how do you feel now?" Noah asked with concern.
"I've already left that Third Resonance state. That state is powerful, but the energy cost is too terrifying. Even supporting it for a short time is very hard on my body."
Cartethyia covered the Tacet Mark on her forehead with her palm. The crack there finally stopped spreading, but it still did not look nice.
"But even though I left it, as long as you, the Laureate, are here, I can enter the Third Resonance state again at any time!"
Saying this, Cartethyia could not help but giggle.
Did this count as a special bond that only she and Noah shared?
As long as Noah was here, she could advance into the invincible super Cartethyia of Third Resonance, super Separation Authority, and super spatial authority!
Jinzhou's little Xixi completely lost this time, haha.
"Is that so…"
Noah thought quickly and began reviewing the situation.
In the original main story of the inverted tower in Wuthering Waves, there was a part where Cartethyia fused her own power into Rover's.
So in theory, Cartethyia and Rover had a special Resonance relationship. Just now while facing Leviathan, he had stumbled into helping Cartethyia achieve Third Resonance.
With the power of Third Resonance, they had finally been able to destroy Leviathan.
So this was the real way to use the trial character.
The main quest hints were already very clear. Aero Rover was Cartethyia's dedicated support character. If he had supported Cartethyia from the start—wait, it wasn't his fault.
Cartethyia had already entered a fake-death state from the beginning.
Thinking of this, Noah only felt lucky.
Thankfully Cartethyia had not truly died, or they would never have been able to truly defeat the Threnodian.
"Right now I only have a bit of Resonance power depletion and mild Overclocking inside my body. I just need some rest."
Cartethyia walked a few steps, stood in front of everyone, turned around, and bowed deeply with a solemn gesture.
"Heroes of Rinascita, thank you. Because of you, Rinascita was preserved."
"Hehe!" Lupa waved her hand freely. "You're being too polite, Cartethyia."
Augusta nodded in agreement. "We were also protecting our own home."
The short disturbance ended. Everyone began chatting and laughing again. But before long, one communication after another came in.
Butler Sebastian reported the situation to Cantarella. Carlotta also received a message from her grandfather. Augusta and Brant were likewise contacted by people from Septimont or the troupe.
"Defeating Leviathan is only the start of a new day for Rinascita. Looks like everyone still has a lot of cleanup work to finish."
After hanging up first, Carlotta quickly walked up to Noah. A pair of brilliant eyes met his.
"Looks like someone will have to trouble themselves to send each of us home, right? You won't refuse, will you?"
Ah this…
Noah glanced at the quest list.
There was still one main quest left unfinished: "A Stranger in a Strange Land."
Forget it. First send everyone back to their own places.
"By the way, there's some good news."
Carlotta spoke in a mysterious tone.
"According to Grandfather, after we defeated Leviathan, the people who had fallen unconscious earlier have all regained their consciousness. They're waking up one by one now!"
...
The disaster had lasted only a few hours from start to finish. The people of Rinascita felt even more like they had just had a half-day unreal dream.
The short end of the world was over, but life still had to go on. People gradually returned to their own work.
Repairing the damage caused by the earlier Tacet Discord tide, cleaning up the messy cities, and rebuilding warm homes.
"Let me help you."
At the Septimont port, a man wearing Huanglong clothing with a swift blade and a bamboo tube at his waist bent down and lifted a heavy cargo box from the ground for an old man.
"Thank you, young man." The old man was thanking him when he suddenly startled at the sight of Qiuyuan's lifeless eyes.
"Eh, you're blind!"
"It's fine. I'm a Resonator."
Qiuyuan turned around, carried the cargo box, and walked toward the deck. Halfway there, the box in his hands was taken by another person with one hand.
"No need to thank me."
A cold voice came from across from him.
Sensing the strong frequency on the other person, Qiuyuan first paused, then his mind quickly recalled who it was.
There was no mistake. The only one who could have such a strong frequency was that person—
The captain of the independent mercenary organization "Nether Hounds" that operated across countries, Calcharo!
Qiuyuan quickly stepped forward and took the initiative to talk with him.
"Why help me?"
"The sooner these cargo boxes are moved, the sooner the ship can leave. I still have other commissions to do in the New Federation."
Calcharo shook his head.
"Looking at your aura and clothing, you're from Huanglong's Mingting, right? Why come to Septimont?"
At the mention of this, Qiuyuan paused for a moment and gently shook his head.
"I originally wanted to find the Grand Architect of the Fractsidus through the Threnodian Resonator and investigate a case. Unfortunately…"
The Threnodian Resonator had been killed by the Threnodian. The Grand Architect of the Fractsidus had also defected to the Threnodian. Now that the Threnodian was destroyed, all clues were cut off. He could only return to Huanglong and look for new clues.
West of Jinzhou was the New Federation. In this way, he and this Calcharo happened to be on the same path. No wonder they were on the same ship.
Speaking of Jinzhou, he suddenly remembered that the Magistrate of Jinzhou had asked him to give regards to Noah, who was traveling in Septimont.
That was also the reason he had come to Septimont.
But he had not been able to find Noah. Instead, he had helped Septimont guard the Earthrend Wedge and killed a Calamity-class Tacet Discord that had appeared.
"Stand here and don't move."
Calcharo's voice interrupted Qiuyuan's thoughts.
"I'll go bring the rest of the cargo boxes."
"All right." Qiuyuan nodded.
"I'll carry two. The rest are yours."
[Main Quest: "A Stranger in a Strange Land" completed.]
[Currently owned: Radiant Tide ×80, Lustrous Tide ×60, Astrite ×14480, Shell Credit ×9.75m]