Explorer of Teyvat

The pure elemental light shines in the empty cave,

Nicored subconsciously stretched out his hand, trying to catch his friend who had turned into a little bit of elemental light, but unfortunately he couldn't catch anything.

The giant elemental mushroom beasts, including other elemental mushroom beasts, dissipated before his eyes.

Only a little elemental light floating in the cave can prove that they once existed.

Before Nicored could carefully feel the fluctuating emotions in his heart,

Attracted by the pure elemental power, some twisted spirits appeared out of nowhere, trying to seize the elemental power floating in the cave.

Nicored's eyes froze, how could the light that his 'friends' sacrificed their lives to light up be taken away by these twisted things.

He held his right hand in the air, and a long black sword appeared in his hand. With a move of his steps, the sword split open a twisted spirit that was close to the elemental light.

"Everyone, prevent the twisted creatures from approaching the elemental force."

"yes."

The Red Sand warriors took orders one after another, drew their weapons, and rushed towards the twisted spirit.

And in the huge hollow, the terrifying dragon head protruding out was wrapped in rich pure elemental power, and it seemed that it didn't care about what was happening below.

The rich pure elemental power continues to seep into the terrifying dragon head, seeming to be fighting against something.

for a long time,

The terrifying dragon head opened his eyes again, and an imperceptible emerald green appeared in the depths of his eyes.

Lowering his eyes slightly, he saw the Red Sand warrior who was fighting the twisted spirit.

Originally, the strength of the Red Sand warriors was higher than those of the twisted spirits. Unfortunately, this is the entrance to the Dragon of Grass's palace and the headquarters of the twisted spirits.

There are twisted creatures here, too many of them.

Almost inexhaustible.

Seeing the Red Sand warriors fighting hard, the Grass Dragon raised his head slightly, his eyes full of coldness.

He has no intention of stopping the spirit of distortion.

Although these people were helping Him by sending His people back, the Dragon of Grass could feel the aura of such people.

The people of the desert, the people of Ammon, the ‘enemy’.

He just raised his head and watched helplessly as the overwhelming twisted spirits gradually surrounded the Chisha warriors.

Nicored pierced a twisted creature with his sword, then raised his head and looked at the calm and terrifying dragon head, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes.

Originally, in his mind, they were 'guarding' the terrifying dragon head to absorb pure elemental power, so after the other party was finished, it was appropriate to expel these twisted spirits.

Who would have thought that after the opponent absorbed the elemental power, he would actually do nothing and just watch as he and others were surrounded and killed.

For a moment, Nicored realized that this terrifying existence was probably not on the same side as Chisha.

Helplessly, he touched his right hand on his waist, and a golden elemental gem appeared in his hand.

"The Lord of Red Sand said that if you encounter a problem that cannot be solved, use his distraction crystal. The current situation can be regarded as an unsolvable situation."

With a thought, Nicored communicated with the king of elemental gems.

The next moment, vast light elements exploded,

Nicored and many Red Sand warriors seemed to have soaked in a hot spring, the strength in their bodies was recovering, and the injuries on their bodies were healing.

On the other side, those twisted creatures had a completely different feeling, as if they had been splashed with sulfuric acid, their bodies began to corrode and melt, and finally turned into charcoal.

Of course, when the distraction crystal explodes with power, the one who reacts the most is not the Red Sand Warrior or the twisted creature, but the Dragon of Grass.

The terrifying dragon head that was originally calm, after the distraction crystal burst out with power,

There was a huge reaction immediately,

The terrifying mouth opened, and an angry voice swept through the entire cave.

"Amon, despicable Amon, despicable Amon, despicable Amon, how dare you appear in front of me!"

Without waiting for anyone to reply,

The eyes of the terrifying dragon head were flashing with both clarity and madness.

"No, that's not right. Amon is already dead, and his body has been devoured by me. Who are you? Who are you?"

The dragon's angry roar echoed in the empty cave.

The sound of terror surged, and a look of pain appeared on Nicorette's face.

The Red Sand warriors even had bloodshot eyes.

An existence like the Dragon of Grass, even if it is just a roar, is a powerful attack for them.

Vast light elements gathered, and a handsome young man appeared,

"Please be quiet, Apep, my people cannot withstand your power."

Wang Daoyi looked at the terrifying dragon head in front of him and sighed in his heart at the magic of nature.

Such a huge behemoth is actually a purely elemental creature.

Also as the apex of elemental creatures, Tevalin, the wind dragon, looked like a young dragon in front of him.

Oh, it might actually be a baby dragon.

As for Ruo Tuo Dragon King, Wang Daoyi was not sure because he had never seen Ruo Tuo's true body. What he saw inside the seal was just the incarnation of Ruo Tuo's evil thoughts.

The Dragon King's true body is still within the seal.

Apep lowered his eyes and looked at Wang Daoyi, who was shrouded in glory.

"Who are you? You are not Amon."

"Of course I'm not Akhmal. He has already fallen. Don't you know very well?" Wang Daoyi smiled and floated up, gradually becoming eye-level with Apep.

"As for me, I am the new owner of the desert and the successor of the Red Gold Authority Lord. I inherit the past and reveal the future. You can call me - the Mysterious Lord of Inheritance."

In front of the terrifying dragon head, Wang Daoyi introduced himself politely.

"Haha." A trace of disdain was evident on Apep's huge dragon head, "Amon's successor. You are all just deceiving the world and stealing your reputation. When you appear in front of me, aren't you afraid that I will crush you!"

Wang Daoyi shook his head, stretched out his hand, and the vast light gathered, turning into pure elemental power and infecting Apep's huge dragon head: "Apepp, you are sick, very seriously."

Feeling the warmth brought by the pure elemental power, Apep didn't feel happy at all. Instead, there was endless anger in his dragon eyes.

"Roar~"

"Amon's successor, I am sick, but who caused this? It was Amon. He deceived me and plotted against me."

Under Apep's angry will, the violent dragon power swept through the entire cave.

Wang Daoyi lowered his head and waved his hand.

The pale golden shield enveloped Nicored and many warriors,

Then a faint blue earth channel emerged, swallowing them up and sending them out of the cave.

After doing all this, Wang Daoyi looked at Apep's dragon head again.

"I'm not here to fight with you, Apep. No matter what the Red Gold Authoritative Lord has done, I think I can make compensation within my ability."

"Compensation? Compensation? Hahahahaha, ridiculous, little god, do you know what you are talking about? Is it because the power of [the sky] gives you confidence when you say such ridiculous things?"

"No, Apep, I have nothing to do with the sky. As the new god of the desert, I need to be responsible for the people of the desert. Your pain has caused many changes in the desert. For the people of the desert, I need you to restore normal."

"Normal? Ha, I'm normal. When I regain my strength, the first thing I have to do is to turn everything Amon left behind into ruins and let the world feel my current pain."

Seeing Apep's crazy look, Wang Daoyi was not only helpless,

In Wang Daoyi's view, Apep, the dragon of grass, should not be so crazy. He should be wise and rational.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to survive the ancient war.

And the fact that He is like this now can only be due to the influence of forbidden knowledge.

The terrifying awareness of forbidden knowledge in my heart has strengthened a little bit.

Even an elemental dragon who has survived from ancient times will be tortured to madness by forbidden knowledge.

This kind of thing is too dangerous.

After shaking his head, Wang Daoyi gave up the option of persuading Apep.

Forbidden knowledge has distorted the opponent's reason, and words are completely useless.

The vast gathering of light turned Wang Daoyi's figure into a pure elemental body.

"Since you hate us so much, then, Apep, swallow me now and vent your anger." Wang Daoyi said.

Since words don't work, let's go straight to it. Anyway, Wang Daoyi's original purpose was to replenish Apep's elemental power and resist the contamination of forbidden knowledge.

Whether Apep is allowed to quietly accept the delivery of his elemental power,

Instead, let Apep swallow his elemental body directly,

All can achieve the purpose of replenishing elemental power for Apep, and for Wang Daoyi, it is the same.

Apeplong stared: "Do you think I don't dare?"

Wang Daoyi looked at him: "Since you dare, why don't you say anything? Is it because the authoritative Lord of Red Gold gave you a painful lesson?"

He heard Wang Dao mention the Red King again, and he still mentioned the trauma in his heart.

There was an angry look in Apep's eyes, and he couldn't care less whether it was a trap or something.

The terrifying big mouth opened, and the dragon body rushed forward, swallowing the kingly way that exuded endless light.

The next moment, the royal path where the light gathered began to disintegrate, turning into pure elemental power, seeping into Apep's body, replenishing the elemental power in his body.

After being sucked hard, the anger and madness in Apep's eyes slightly dissipated, revealing some clarity.

"Like this again, like this again, why, why!"

"I don't need your rescue, not needed, never needed!"

"Your Majesty, [Nibelungen], what should I do?"

With some struggle and confusion, Apep, who regained some clarity, slowly retracted the huge dragon head into the radiant hollow.

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the other side,

Nicored and his party, who were still in front of Apep's palace, were swallowed up by Wang Daoyi's earth channel.

After coming out of the earth channel, they found that they had returned to Chisha headquarters.

Then they saw a pretty girl walking up to them.

"Your Excellency Nicholas, please go to the temple." Kasha looked at the group of people in front of them who were full of traces of battle, and said to Nicored.

Then he looked at the others: "As for you, go back to the camp and rest first. Elder West Germany will return to rearrange your work tomorrow."

"Okay." Nicored nodded.

The others also responded and supported each other towards the camp of the holy warriors.

Following Kasha, Nikolaid came to the temple area, and could vaguely hear the scholar named Kavi talking to the craftsmen.

Arriving in a large hall deep in the temple, Nicored saw the owner of Chisha.

However, compared to the previous meeting, Nicorette felt that the other party was much weaker for some reason.

"My lord, Your Excellency Nicholas has arrived." Kasha bowed to Wang Daoyi.

On the throne, Wang Dao nodded: "Okay, Kasha, please go down first."

Kasha nodded, responded and left.

After Kasha left, Wang Daoyi looked at Nicored: "How do you feel?"

Nicored thought the other party was asking him how he felt about the terrifying ancient dragon.

There was a hint of fear and fear in his eyes: "It's unimaginable that life is too dangerous."

Nicored could not imagine what would happen to Red Sand if that terrifying ancient dragon attacked Red Sand.

Perhaps, there is no other option but to wait for death.

but

Thinking about it, Nicoreid raised his head and looked at Wang Daoyi, but the Lord of Red Sand might not let such a thing happen.

Wang Daoyi shook his head slightly. This was not what he was asking about. As for Apep's existence, although the distraction had disappeared, Wang Daoyi also understood Apep's current situation.

The other party had already tried his best to fight against the infection of forbidden knowledge. He couldn't even protect the elemental spirit in his body, and he couldn't use that power to deal with Chisha.

He asked Nicored about his feelings after the giant elemental mushroom beast left.

"No, that's not the feeling I'm talking about, it's those elemental mushroom beasts."

"After spending time with them day and night, after going through a journey with them, and finally watching them die, and even the memory is 'burned away', don't you feel something in your heart?"

Wang Daoyi looked at Nicored and opened his mouth to guide.

Nicorette frowned slightly,

In Wang Daoyi's narration, the shock towards Apep faded from his heart.

A strange feeling resurfaced in his heart.

The scene of the elemental mushroom beasts turning into elemental light and dissipating reappeared in his heart.

His right hand unconsciously touched his chest.

Nicored felt the throbbing in his heart.

Suddenly, he felt a trace of moisture appear in the corners of his eyes.

"I cried?"

Nicorette is a little incredible,

He is an alchemical being and an incomplete person. In theory, he cannot cry.

And now, without his understanding at all, some tears appeared in the corners of his eyes.

"I don't understand, am I sad?"

Brushing away the tears from the corner of his eyes, Nicorette could no longer control his emotions.

The throbbing in his heart became more intense, and uncontrollable tears fell from the corners of his eyes.

Bits and pieces of events with the elemental mushrooms emerged in his mind,

"Friend, you will remember us, right?"

"Of course, I will remember you."

"Thanks."

"Thank you for remembering us, friend."

A picture echoed in Nicored's mind, like a ruthless blade piercing his defenses.

The tears in the corners of his eyes became increasingly difficult to control.

At this moment, the alchemist who did not understand empathy finally clearly felt the emotions that belonged to [human beings].

"Is this sadness?" Nicorette murmured to himself as tears fell on his palms.

From the beginning, he longed to become a [person] like Albedo.

But he never thought that [people's] emotions could be so uncomfortable and sad.

On the throne, Wang Daoyi clapped slowly with a smile: "Congratulations, Nicored, you are one step closer to [human]."

Hearing Wang Daoyi’s applause and words,

Nicorette wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and raised his head: "Is human growth always so difficult? Or does growth come at the cost of loss?"

"Of course not, Nicholas. Human beings are very complex creatures. They are three-dimensional, not one-sided. Whether they are happy or sad, they are all part of growth. It's just that sadness is more important than happiness. It’s just easier to be remembered.”

Nicored nodded, stroking his chest with his right hand, feeling the sadness inside carefully, and searching for the happy memories with the elemental mushroom beast in the sadness.

Conduct experiments with elemental mushrooms and study their life forms,

Clean up the dead zone with the elemental mushroom beasts and help them recall the last elemental power of their families.

Go home with the elemental mushroom beast and experience all kinds of dangers and interesting things on the way.

Countless images appeared in Nicorette's mind.

Gradually, his brows widened: "Is this friendship? It's really wonderful. There is happiness, quarrels, and even sadness after loss."

Seeing Nicored's reaction, Wang Daoyi smiled. This was what he expected.

After knowing that the elemental mushroom beast will disappear when it returns home,

Wang Daoyi specifically handed this matter over to Nicorette.

In fact, Nicholas has been in Chisha for so long that he has formed a deep bond with the people of Chisha.

But Nicorette didn't understand these bonds, he simply felt that he was valued and was very happy.

And Wang Daoyi let him go through a journey of encounter, entanglement, and loss this time just to make Nicored understand,

The happiness in his heart was brought about by the bond of friendship.

After experiencing a farewell with the elemental mushroom beast, Nicored will naturally cherish the bond with Chisha even more.

That's right, everything is Wang Daoyi's plan.

After a long time, Nicored's emotions calmed down. He looked at Wang Daoyi and bowed slightly: "Lord of Red Sand, thank you for your advice."

Wang Daoyi shook his head: "It's okay, Abedo taught you to me, and I will naturally guide you to grow."

Nicholas nodded and did not continue the topic. He looked at Wang Daoyi with a hint of worry: "You seem to be very weak?"

Wang Dao nodded: "It's not that it seems, it's really weak. The elemental gems I gave you contain most of my elemental power. Losing those elemental powers will not affect the elemental powers within the Chisha headquarters." In this case, it will take at least half a month for me to recover."

"Is it so serious?" Nicored was a little embarrassed. In his opinion, if he hadn't used the elemental gem in the end, Wang Daoyi wouldn't be so weak.

Seeing the shame of the other party, Wang Daoyi comforted him: "It's not your fault. I had already prepared it. I asked you to bring the elemental gem there just to give it to Apep."

Nicorette was slightly startled, is this really the case?

Then he left without saying anything more.