"Mualani, you all finally came."
"If you didn't come soon, I would have gotten bored... ah, no, I was about to die."
"Cough cough!"
Kaiulani placed her fist to her mouth, coughing heavily, looking extremely uncomfortable.
"Aunt Kaiulani, hold on."
"We're getting you out right now."
Mualani, anxious to save her, only wanted to rescue the person and didn't pay any more attention to the Abyss monsters fallen around her aunt.
It was the Traveler who noticed something off.
"Kaiulani seems to have a special power on her." Lumine carefully sensed it and discovered that the other also had divine power on her.
Divine power from Rios!
"The Pyro Archon lent divine power to Kaiulani?"
The Traveler lowered her head in thought: "He must have arrived in the Night Kingdom one step ahead of us and lent divine power to Kaiulani, which is why he wasn't very tense throughout."
"But why do that?"
Linking it to the awakening plan for Natlan's six heroes that Mavuika had mentioned earlier, the Traveler immediately understood the Pyro Archon's intention in doing so.
But she hadn't thought about it for long when Mavuika's voice rang out: "Everyone, be careful; enemies are coming!"
Just as Mavuika's words fell, a tall, fiery red Abyss Chanter arrived before them.
"Just a mere nobody, yet you've mobilized almost all of Natlan's top combatants, and even the Traveler has joined in."
"This Pyro Archon is also overly naive; possessing world-unmatched powerful strength, yet making such foolish moves—it's truly laughable!"
The Abyss Chanter had a human build, but its appearance was monstrous, looking just like a monster imitating human speech.
"Rios isn't stupid at all!"
Mualani stepped forward, angrily saying: "Also, Kaiulani isn't a nobody; she's our important companion!"
Hearing this, Kaiulani, standing at the back, smiled gratifiedly and thought to herself: "No wonder Mualani inherited 'Unity'; there's really no such thing as a wrong Ancient Name, only a wrong given name."
She hadn't immediately revived but stayed in the Night Kingdom precisely to help Mualani awaken.
From the current situation, Mualani should be able to awaken without issue.
"Companion? Laughable."
"In this world, power is everything."
"You all cling to that laughable belief and bid eternal farewell to this world."
The Abyss Chanter was extremely confident in its own strength; even knowing the people opposite were Natlan's highest combatants aside from the Pyro Archon, it showed no fear at all, as if it could easily defeat the other side.
In the past, they might have thought the other really had strength. But everyone present had received power from the Pyro Archon.
Any one person picked at random could defeat the Abyss Chanter, let alone so many people.
However, they didn't even need to make a move; the Abyss Chanter was already about to die.
"I think I heard someone calling me."
Rios's voice rang out from the surroundings.
Immediately after, a rift was torn in the space not far away, and Rios's figure appeared within it.
Before Mualani and the others entered, they had agreed that after finding the person, they would loudly shout Rios's name, and then Rios would come pick them up.
Mualani's casual shout had unexpectedly called Rios over.
"Py-Pyro Archon?!"
Seeing Rios, the Abyss Chanter, who had been so composed moments ago, immediately panicked in voice: "How are you here?"
This wasn't right, was it?
If the Pyro Archon was here too, what the hell was it supposed to fight?
[(Pyro Archon not here) Abyss Chanter: Hehe.]
[(Pyro Archon arrives) Abyss Chanter: No more hehe.]
[Pyro Archon: Mualani called me; let me see what's up.]
[Abyss Chanter: Don't come over!]
[The way the Pyro Archon came reminds me of when the Traveler called Xiao before.]
[Laughing; now it's trending for demon kings to block newbie villages at the start; in Genshin, it's the reverse—the Pyro Archon bullying small fries.]
[Honestly, in the game, the Pyro Archon probably can't solve the fiery Abyss Chanter at all; can't break the shield.]
[But the Abyss Chanter in the plot doesn't have that elemental shield.]
"This has nothing to do with you anymore."
Rios noticed the Abyss Chanter and just flicked his hand; massive black flames flew toward the Abyss Chanter like a storm.
The Abyss Chanter didn't even have time to react before being hit, and then without even letting out a wail, it turned to nothingness, burning away completely in a short instant.
"Burn... burned away?" Kachina slightly widened her eyes, her small face full of an incredulous expression.
Such a large living creature had been burned to not even leaving ashes in less than half a second.
Even burning a piece of paper wouldn't finish that fast, right?
The Traveler was also somewhat surprised upon seeing it.
She had actually felt a bit strange inside ever since seeing Kinich's green fire.
When she saw the black fire released by the Pyro Archon, her inner thoughts couldn't hold it together a bit.
Is this Teyvat Continent, or is it Battle Qi Continent? Why are the flames all sorts of colors?
[Pyro Archon: One-shot; got anything to say?]
[The Pyro Archon's line instantly reminds me of that segment where Ou no Maou beats Diqi-ge during the demon encounter.]
[That Abyss Chanter isn't even as good as Diqi-ge; Diqi-ge at least lasted a few seconds before dying, while the Abyss Chanter got wiped with a wave.]
[This is the power of a god; gods beating these guys should be this crushing.]
[Signora: No objections here.]
[Good thing it wasn't Abyssal Lord; otherwise, the fun would be gone.]
[Speaking of which, the Pyro Archon's flames are black.]
[We were just discussing what if the Pyro Archon's flames were also heterochromatic; and you turn around and give black flames?]
[Natlan has six tribes; does that mean the Pyro Archon will have six colors of flames?]
[Hard to say, but maybe it really will be like that.]
[Then when the Pyro Archon fights, it won't be like a rainbow?]
After eliminating the Abyss Chanter, Rios brought everyone in the Night Kingdom out.
Chuychu was the first to go up and check on everyone's conditions; only after discovering no one had been affected by the Abyss did she finally set her mind at ease.
"Thank you all for your help." Kaiulani thanked the group. "If it weren't for you, I might have had to stay in the Night Kingdom forever."
As she spoke, Kaiulani subtly glanced at Rios.
The plan to save her had succeeded.
But the plan to have Mualani awaken seemed to have failed.
Even after saving Kaiulani, Mualani apparently hadn't awakened; it was truly strange.
"Don't worry." Rios shook his head slightly; even without opening his mouth to speak, he conveyed his own thoughts to the other.
Seeing the young Pyro Archon's confident appearance, Kaiulani was slightly stunned.
Could it be that Mualani had already awakened, and she just hadn't noticed?
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Mushoku Tensei: The Imbibitor Lunae Template