Yuanshen: Reincarnation of General Thunder and Rescue God of Grass

Inazuma Castle, castle tower.

After a period of exploration, today, the protagonist duo finally ended their exploration of Tsurukan Island.

After learning the news, the general immediately received the two of the dust servants at the castle tower and the highest place in Inazuma Castle.

"No need to salute. Two, I haven't seen you for a long time, how is the situation going? "

It's okay... Well? Halfway

through the sentence, Ying turned her head and glanced out the window, but there was nothing there as usual, which made her a little puzzled.

"What's wrong?" The general smiled a little intriguingly and asked knowingly.

Seeing this, Paimon quickly answered: "That's right, General, she and I recently received a long, long commission from the Adventurers Association, so we have been exploring the southernmost Tsurukan Island..."

Tsurukan? So, presumably you should have gained something more or less, right? The general's smile did not diminish.

"Well, sort of..."

"Can you tell me about it?" Truth be told, that isolated island has never been under the control of the shogunate, and for some reason, I have not been able to set foot in that area myself, so I have always been a little curious about the situation on the island.

"For some reason...?" Ying keenly captured the key message in the general's words and tried to see something in the latter's face.

The

general smiled and silently waited for their answers.

The scene fell silent for a while.

In the end, it was still Paimon, who took the initiative to take on the role of "enlivening the atmosphere": "

Ah, ahahah, is the general curious? Then Paimon will talk about it... To be clear in advance, this is a very ~ long~ long story! "

I listened. Please. The general bowed his head slightly and signaled.

Later, Paimon told in a childish tone what happened on Tsurukan Island:

a primitive tribe lived on an isolated island a long, long time ago.

One day, a giant eagle suddenly flew from the outside world, its wings covered the sky, lightning and thunder everywhere it went, and torrential rain continued, but it also unexpectedly eased the drying up of the land and brought a good harvest.

People do not know what kind of existence it is, but obey the instinct to fear it, build their own faith and worship, build temples, and set up regular sacrifices to thank the rain and dew brought by the giant eagle.

But the giant eagle didn't care about people's prayers.

In its opinion, this is just a group of "two-legged beasts" to entertain themselves, it just accidentally found a good resting place, nested here, and did not want to take care of these weak humans.

Later, a [thing] fell from the sky, and the whole island was shrouded in fog, and people were forced to locate themselves by blowing the "wooden reed flute".

However, the people who live here naively think that this is the thunderbird (giant eagle) "protecting" them - after all, according to the ancestors, the world outside the island is all "dark", and leaving here without permission will only be completely lost in the darkness...

In their view, the fog was brought by thunderbirds, a "separation belt" to protect humans, so they became more isolated from the world and no longer tried to leave the place.

At one point, a young boy accidentally attracted the attention of the Thunderbird with his excellent singing voice - from that day on, the Thunderbird no longer distanced himself from the humans living here, but began to try to contact them...

He even befriended the little boy and made a pact:

"When you come again with the thunderstorm

] [I'll sing you another song]

, but it's like some kind of old "curse."

The agreement did not come to fruition in the end.

I don't know when the people of the tribe learned about the friendship between the little boy and the thunderbird, including the sacrifice.

In order to continue to fool the people, the sacrifice decided to follow the ancestral precept and continue the sacrifice activities, and this time the target of the "living sacrifice" turned out to be his own child, the little boy who befriended the thunderbird, [Aru].

He seems to be self-conscious and foolishly thinks:

the arrogant and powerful thunderbird has never been close to humans, and the reason why he put down his dignity this time and took the initiative to get close to Ah Ru is because he finally found the "favorite sacrifice"!

So, on the day of the coming sacrifice, the little boy Aru was brutally sacrificed in blood....

The following year, when the thunderbird returned to the isolated island and returned to the nest it had built, it did not hear the familiar song as promised...

With the anger of being fooled by humans, it descended on the tribes of people again, questioning the location of the little boy, but finally saw Aru's long-dried blood and smelly internal organs in a pile of dark red bottles and jars.

At this moment, it was completely angry, furious like thunder.

Blood-red thunder descended from the sky, destroying the entire tribe in an instant, killing everyone, and descending the eternal curse:

[... Well, until I heard that person again... That Alu's song, this land will suffer eternal calamity...]

I don't know how long has passed, the thunderbird left and never returned, but on the isolated island that has long been empty, there are "phantoms" from the old days.

The time on the island also seems to be forever "frozen" in that period - "Aru meets the thunderbird" - "Aru is sacrificed by the blood of the tribe" - "the thunderbird destroys the crane island", and so on, year after year.

Until thousands of years later, the arrival of Ying and Paimon, outsiders, forcibly interrupted the sacrifice, broke the cycle of reincarnation, and rescued Ah Lu from endless pain and confusion.

Tsurukan was able to return to normal.

In general, this is a bloody tragedy created by ignorance and ignorance!

......

"General, that Thunderbird... [Cappachili], do you know it?"

"Yes, according to the last information we got, [Cappachili] went straight north after destroying Tsurukan... But isn't the northern part of Tsurukan Kiyo Island and Narugami Island? So we just wanted to ask you if you know where it went.

"And this feather!"

"This is the feather we obtained after sealing the thunderstorm in the middle of Qingyi Island and defeating the monster named [Lei Yin Quanxian], at that time, General, you did not hesitate to give it to us, saying 'it can come in handy later', but it really helped us this time!"

"And we also know that it turns out that this is the feather of a thunderbird!"

For a while, Ying and Paimon chattered and gushed questions, throwing a series of questions to the general.

The general was not surprised by this.

I saw that she first glanced at a certain place with a slight meaning, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, as if she was communicating with some god: "Look! Did I say that? That's how they are..."

Then, she met Ying and Paimon's gaze again, bowed her head slightly, and explained

, "Yes, of course I know. The monster named [Lei Yin Quanxian] is actually the grudge of the thunderbird in your mouth after its death. "

Dead, dead?"

"Cappachili has..." For

a moment, Ying and Paimon couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Looking at the peculiar thunderbird feather, the general was silent for a while, and finally chose to answer truthfully:

"Yes, it is dead." By me... Personally beheaded by Raiden General. On Qingli Island before, the Grand Canyon caused by the constant thunderstorms and the fall of giant objects you saw was actually the traces left by the original war, and it was also the place where the thunderbird fell.

"What, what?!"

"Isn't that Ayu never seen again..." At

this moment, at the same time, the protagonist duo suddenly looked at the feather with some unbearability - to be precise, the soul of "Aru" residing in the feather.

"Cappachili... How so... Capachili..."

A wistful cry suddenly began to linger in the hall, like a female ghost moaning in the middle of the night, eerie, but inexplicably distressing.

The general was also not surprised by this, or rather, as early as when Ying took out the feather, she saw the human soul hidden in it.

"In this matter, General Raiden has only played the image of a 'guardian' from beginning to end. The thunderbirds in your mouth have gone crazy since leaving Tsurukan, wreaking havoc, killing wantonly, and even threatening Narugami Island. In order to protect his people, Raiden General had no choice but to kill them.

"So that's the case..."

For a while, Ying and Paimon couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and began to comfort Aru.

Didn't bother them.

When Ying withdrew the feather back into his backpack, the general asked

, "Right now, since Inazuma's trip has come to an end, have you two decided on your next trip?"

Hearing this, Ying and Paimon couldn't help but glance at each other:

"Let's go back to Liyue for the time being." Aru's dream is to see the outside world, and we've been in Inazuma long enough..."

"And I heard that this year's [Haidang Festival] is also coming!" It's also time for her and I to go back and see those old friends of Mond and Liyue!

"So... Then please remember to inform me before leaving, at that time, I have a request for the two of you. After some thought, the general said.

"What request?" Paimon asked without thinking.

To this, the general smiled mysteriously:

"Let's talk about it then." Now, let's rest first. By the way, did you get paid for this commission? I remember the rewards were quite generous, and it seemed that there was a restaurant in the inner city..."

How does the general know? Paimon was amazed.

However, Ying seemed to have expected it for a long time, and his face was abrupt: "... Obviously, this time the commission was sent to us by the general. "

Huh?!"

Paimon was stunned.

——It seems that from beginning to end, only she was kept in the dark without knowing it.

"It turned out that the general arranged it... Huh, hey, hey... I said, why are the rewards so rich? Again a lot of Mora is the ownership of the restaurant, and it is specially assigned to us... Hehe, suddenly a little embarrassed.

"Take it, you deserve it." With this Mora and the restaurant, it will surely provide some help for your future journey. On behalf of Inazuma, I always welcome you at any time. "

Hmm."

"Hey, hey~ Thank you! General, I know that you are the best for us!

Paimon cheered happily.

Ying, on the other hand, glanced at the scenery outside the red bar seemingly unintentionally, and the doubts on her face deepened.

(Is it an illusion?) ）