At the dawn of the third day, the "King" of Khaenri'ah held a grand ceremony.
"My people, I know you have many questions in your hearts, but I will prove with my actions that Khaenri'ah will be the greatest nation ever!"
"Next, we will witness a historic moment for Khaenri'ah!"
After receiving the "King's" permission, Rhinedottir, the Alchemist, began preparing to summon the Abyss.
At this moment, Vedrfolnir, the Prophet, held a bottle of potion in his hand. "Eradicate All" was the name of this potion. If it were thrown onto that door during Rhinedottir's summoning process,
it could destroy the things made of alchemical creatures on it. If the materials were insufficient, the Abyss could not be summoned. But the premise was that he had to bypass numerous guards.
Because he and the sage were responsible for the order and speech of the venue, they could not approach the Door of the Abyss without the "King's" permission.
How could he not understand that Clotho was behind this? He could only look for an opportunity, a "one-hit" kill.
This concerned the survival of Khaenri'ah. Vedrfolnir muttered to himself, "Dain... if I don't come back this time, and Khaenri'ah ceases to exist, don't blame me..."
At this moment, Rhinedottir looked at the Kreideprinz, Albedo, in the petri dish before her.
"Kreideprinz, Albedo, you must be my most successful creation." Rhinedottir knew the power of the Abyss and its dangers. As the saying goes, "the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish."
Where there is no risk, there is no reward. Her "plan" could not have any accidents. She was fully prepared. If a problem arose, she could transfer Albedo out immediately and then completely escape herself.
At this moment, Khaenri'ah Square was bustling with people. The sage was proclaiming the "King's" decree, saying that the future Khaenri'ah would go to the outside world. In short, no matter how big the "pie" was, he drew it that big!
Vissfarnir watched the sage with cold eyes from the side. After finishing his proclamation, Hero looked at Vissfarnir.
"Alas~~ my old friend, why such an expression? You should be happy!"
"Oh? Then I should indeed be happy, because I know your plans will go awry," Vissfarnir said.
At this moment, Hero still wanted to say something when Clotho's voice came from behind him.
"As a Prophet, you must fulfill your duties and not have any extraneous thoughts to affect the future of Khaenri'ah."
"It is precisely because of this title that I must oppose!"
Clotho: "Hmph, stubborn."
Clotho said nothing and turned to leave.
Because of this experiment, most of Khaenri'ah's forces went to protect the site. Dain looked at the only two guards standing there.
He was thinking about how to get out. Just then, Halfdan arrived at the door.
The two soldiers saluted Halfdan, saying, "Captain!"
Halfdan: "Hmm, I received the 'King's' decree, and it has been requested to release Dainsleif."
At this moment, the two soldiers looked at each other, "This..."
Halfdan: "What? You don't even believe my words anymore?" The two soldiers shook their heads repeatedly in fear, saying, "No, no, Captain Halfdan, it's just that without a specific 'document,' we can't..."
Halfdan: "Hmm?"
"Ah! Yes, yes, Captain Halfdan has already brought the document, we all saw it!"
"Right, right, we all saw it," said the other soldier, who then went to unlock Dain's cell.
After Dain came out, he looked at Halfdan and said, "I never realized you had this side to you before."
Halfdan said somewhat proudly, "Hmph, Captain, that's because you haven't discovered my shining points."
Dain: "Stop joking, let's go, we need to hurry to the square to stop all this."
Halfdan: "But they were also assigned to guard the square. Can we two take them down?"
"We can't do nothing, can we? Let's go observe first," he said, rushing towards the square. Halfdan reluctantly followed.
At this moment, in Khaenri'ah Square, everything was ready. The "King" then waved his hand, announcing the start.
Rhinedottir activated the alchemical array, and dazzling light rose from the ground. The Door in the middle, composed of alchemical creatures, gradually formed a vortex.
The dark black vortex emitted a strange energy. Just as everyone was immersed in the black vortex,
Vissfarnir seized the opportunity, swiftly flashed to the front of the Door, and with a wave of his hand, threw the potion onto the door.
Rhinedottir had already noticed it before and wanted to shout for someone to stop him, but it was too late. The vortex, which had just stabilized, instantly disappeared.
Vissfarnir let out a long sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground.
The "King" was furious and ordered the soldiers to take the Prophet down for judgment. At this moment, Vissfarnir no longer cared.
After Dain and Halfdan arrived at the square, Dain saw his brother being suppressed, rushed forward, and knocked away the guards.
"Brother, are you okay?" Dain asked with concern. "How did you get out?" Vissfarnir asked, puzzled. After seeing Halfdan next to him, he understood.
He said with a wry smile, "It's not a good time for you to be out now." Dain, not understanding, wanted to ask.
The "King" again ordered the two to be imprisoned. Just as everyone was on edge, Rhinedottir suddenly shouted for everyone to run!
Everyone was confused. Vissfarnir looked at Rhinedottir in confusion. At this moment, Rhinedottir did not say much.
She only said, "Vissfarnir, you fool, what do you think the Door made of alchemical creatures was for? The power of the Abyss is too strong, so I only dared to open such a small 'crack' and still needed a layer of protective measures to put on that Door."
"Do you know what it means to lose the protective measures of that Door?"
At this moment, Vissfarnir understood what Rhinedottir said. He grabbed Dain and pushed him out, saying, "Run! Run quickly, Halfdan, take Dain and go!" After speaking, he rushed towards that door.
At this moment, Dain was still a bit dazed, but Halfdan was already pulling him away. At this moment, Dain did not know that he was about to see the most unforgettable scene of his life, a "hell-like" scene.
The original Door frame, which was made of external alchemical creatures, disappeared, and the vortex that had originally vanished suddenly reappeared, followed by a huge surge of Abyssal energy.
Then the "vortex" grew larger and larger, until it expanded to more than 30 times its original size. Vissfarnir was blown away by this force.
A low growl came from the "vortex," and then something suddenly rushed out!
It directly bit a person. The thing had sharp teeth, and behind it was something like a tail, like a wild beast. What was strange was that it floated in the air, and so were its claws.
The person who was bitten instantly bled profusely, and then actually turned into a pool of "black" liquid. The crowd immediately fell into chaos.
Rifthound (an Abyssal creature born in the Akasha, capable of freely traversing between the Akasha, and feeding on elemental power and the power of the world's borders)
They began to flee in a rush. As the energy emitted by the "vortex" became denser and denser, more and more Rifthounds surged out of the vortex, and the scene instantly became chaotic.
Fortunately, the "King" of this group of people was still somewhat useful, organizing the guard to counterattack, but gradually they found that they were no match at all. Except for the Extremely Evil Knight and the Hunter of the Moon, no one else was a match for these monsters.
Every time they attacked, the monster would vanish with a whoosh and then pop out from behind you, making it impossible to guard against.
Only the Extremely Evil Knight and the Hunter of the Moon could handle them. Vissfarnir tried to see if he could close the door amidst the chaos, but alas, there was absolutely no hope now.
The people scattered and fled, but many still fell to the ground. As the Abyssal energy reached a certain height,
something terrifying happened to everyone. After inhaling this energy, the person knelt on the ground, then their body began to change, eventually turning into a "monster." More and more people began to turn into monsters.
Only a small portion were still struggling, and the Alchemist had already escaped, but she could not avoid being infected by the Abyss. The others were not so lucky.
The "King" was nowhere to be found, the sage had fled, Dain's brother was fighting those monsters, and the Extremely Evil Knight and the Hunter of the Moon, having absorbed too much Abyssal energy, began to hallucinate and slaughter their compatriots.
As Vissfarnir could no longer hold on, he glanced in the direction Dain had fled and said, "Forgive me, Dain..."
Immediately, he transformed into a Black Knight, holding a black sword, wearing a black mask and black armor, emitting a strong Abyssal power.
After Dain was pulled away by Halfdan, he lay on the city wall, looking at the "hell-like" scene before him, unable to believe his eyes.
Halfdan also couldn't believe it, but reason told him to run quickly. He continued to pull Dain, dodging and running along the way, watching some mothers rush towards the monsters to protect their children.
Watching soldiers bravely resist only to become food for the monsters, he felt despair and helplessness.
The black energy of the Abyss was still spreading. The earth and sky were dark, and the firelight was filled with wails.
Dain and Halfdan temporarily found a safe place to hide. Several times he wanted to go and rescue his brother, but when he thought of his brother turning into that state and harming his compatriots, he couldn't bear to imagine it.
Halfdan saw Dain's thoughts and said nothing, only patting his shoulder. Then he said, "Captain Dain, we must escape. Khaenri'ah must leave a spark so that we can take revenge on those people and monsters."
Dain: "I know, I'm no longer a captain, Halfdan, you don't have to call me that."
"No, you are Dainsleif, the last Captain of the Khaenri'ah Royal Guard. You know what you must do!"
Halfdan grabbed Dain's shoulders and said forcefully. Dain looked up at Halfdan's resolute eyes and regained his strength.
"Well said, we have to do something, but..."
Just as Dain was thinking about what to do next, the Abyssal energy in the distance erupted once again, instantly breaking through their hiding place. Halfdan pushed Dain out to protect him.
Dain: "Halfdan!"
"Captain! You are the hope of Khaenri'ah!" Then Halfdan twisted and turned into a black swordsman, but his faint rationality still drove him to run away. He didn't want to hurt his captain.
Dain was knocked unconscious in that instant.
In a black space, terrifyingly quiet, Dain woke up and looked at the black space around him.
"Am I dead?" Suddenly, the space fluctuated, and a huge Eye appeared. An aura of Death spread out.
Looking at the enormous eye, Dain suppressed the fear in his heart and asked, "Who are you?"
After looking at Dain for a while, a somewhat ethereal female voice came from the eye, "I am Ronova, the Governor of Death."
"I observed a gap appearing in the Light Realm Gate that separates the Abyss and Teyvat. After understanding the beginning and end of the matter, I found the only rational survivor of this nation, which is you."
"Dainsleif, right? Because you violated the Taboo and broke the balance of the Teyvat continent, allowing the Abyss to further invade Teyvat."
"The curse came into being. I will bestow upon you the power of Immortality, to atone for the sins committed by you as a Khaenri'ah native."
Then it disappeared. Dain still wanted to say something, then fainted. He didn't know what he would see when he woke up, only a few names remained in his mind: Sinner, Revenge.
Khaenri'ah thus became history, and the Door of the Abyss was still operating, as if something even larger was about to emerge.
At this moment, on the border of Teyvat, in the Hexenzirkel,
(Alice) Witch A: "It seems there are some problems on the Teyvat border. Does anyone have any suggestions?"
(Barbeloth) Witch B: "I saw a disaster spanning the entire Teyvat continent in a prophecy under the stars. Huh? It seems to be related to R (Rhinedottir)?"
(Nicole Ryan) Witch N: "R has been missing for a long time, M has already left, and J is still considering the disciple issue. We only have three people we can use, it's simply a group of missing persons."
(Alice) Witch A: "Alas~~, I don't want my daughter to see that kind of scene right after she's born, so please, both of you, think of a way, please. (Klee)"
(Barbeloth) Witch B: "We can temporarily use our power to repair that hole at the edge of the world, but it won't last too long."
(Alice) Witch A: "That's enough. I believe the one inside will also find a way to solve it." She said, taking out a book. "This is a birthday gift I prepared for my daughter. I might have less time to spend with her in the future, so I can only use this 'Dodoco Story Collection' to accompany her."
(Nicole Ryan) Witch N: "Let's go, let's go. Don't say so much. In a little while, that hole will be even bigger."
After Alice put down the "Dodoco Story Collection," the Hexenzirkel became unusually quiet, apparently all had left.
The loom of fate began to turn.
