Sugiyama, this was once the name of the highest peak on Tsurumi Island, but now this title has probably long been lost to history.
Even Ruu, who has watched over Tsurumi Island for a thousand years, probably can't remember the name of this mountain under the erosion of time.
Ember, at this moment, was dragging Ruu towards this mountain. Behind him, Childe and Balladeer followed, completely out of breath.
The mountains of Tsurumi Island are very strange; almost all of them stand cylindrically on the earth, like giant chimneys rising from the ground.
Upon arriving at the foot of Sugiyama, everyone's path was blocked by the towering mountain range.
"I wonder if there's a path up the mountain. I'll take a look." Balladeer, after catching his breath for a while, was about to unfurl his newly drawn map.
However, before he could pull it out, he saw Ember wave his hand in front.
"No need for such trouble." He released Ruu's arm and took a deep breath.
"Just make a path directly—"
"Boom!"
Ember's words were not yet fully spoken when they were covered by the deafening sound of shattering rock.
A huge impact echoed through the mountains, and countless rolling stones tumbled down from higher ground.
When the smoke cleared, Ember still maintained his punching posture. In front of him, a large hole had already been opened in the towering mountain range.
Beyond the large hole was a dark space. It turned out that this mountain was indeed like a chimney, hollow in the middle.
Sugiyama was large enough, and the space within was empty enough. But no one had to worry about getting lost—because the violent, Sky-filling thunder in the distance guided their direction.
"This... what is this thing? Why are there monsters at the festival?"
Ruu was almost unilaterally pulled over by Ember, but he couldn't care about that much. Because before his eyes appeared a monster he had never seen before.
The monster was entirely dark purple, with no hands or feet, only the wings on either side of its body and the large single eye in the center of its head indicating its "possible" biological characteristics.
Thunder Manifestation, this was the regret that the Thunderbird had accumulated over thousands of years.
"Monster? You could say that, I guess? Do you want to listen carefully to what it's saying?" Ember nodded slightly when he heard Ruu's words.
A collection of grievances, calling it a monster wasn't wrong.
Ruu listened intently. Soon, a faint but furious voice entered his ears.
"Ruu... you actually dared to bring Ruu..."
"...Ruu's song..."
"Why..."
The furious vocalizations seemed to be unconsciously emitted by the monster; its voice and its actions did not match at all.
For example, it was muttering Ruu's name, but now it was electrocuting Ruu.
"Kapatcir..."
The rapidly approaching lightning couldn't even enter Ruu's vision; now his mind was completely filled with that voice from just now, leaving no room for anything else.
"It's not! It's just the resentment from its death!"
Water rippled, and Childe, wielding twin blades, blocked the incoming lightning.
"Even if you want to sing, you have to sing to the greatest resentment. Such a small guy isn't worth your thousands of years of waiting!" Ember also stood in front of Ruu.
"Why..."
The Thunder Manifestation was still mumbling, but its attacks never stopped for a moment.
"There is no why. This is just the bitter fruit of your arrogance."
Unlike Ruu's inner regret and waiting, Ember felt that the people offered as sacrifices and those who were unrelated but still struck dead by lightning were the true regrets.
Ruu and the Thunderbird could still voice their wishes and regrets to everyone in the world, but those people could not.
In his opinion, even the most mundane wish was more brilliant than the brightest star in the Sky.
"Be careful in your next life. Don't always like to fly above others, otherwise, if you fall and can't bear it, it'll be funny!"
"Ruu will sing for you, but not here, so, be quiet!"
The magnificent purple color of the Sky dissipated, replaced by countless twinkling starlight.
The distant galaxy of the universe seemed to have traversed infinite distances, descending into this mountain.
The oldest origin magic discovered by ancient stargazers in the past. One of the "legendary magics."
Summon a dark nebula in the air. For a certain period, a majestic Starshower descends. It can be cast while moving, and its power can be increased by charging.
It is said that this is the starting point of Glintstone magic—
The origin seen by the stargazers materialized, and star amber descended upon this land.
The starlight in the dark night Sky poured down like a waterfall, denser than a thunderstorm, and even brighter than a thunderstorm.
Stars, shrunk countless times, fell to the ground, scattering amber fragments. The fragments reflected the starlight from above, making the entire space like the center of the most dazzling galaxy.
In the starlight, so brilliant it almost made one unable to open their eyes, all noisy sounds disappeared, leaving only the crisp sound of amber stars shattering echoing.
"Is there a problem with my incantation? Or with the staff?"
While the scene before him was magnificent, Ember was more concerned about the magic's power. And the power of the Starshower before him, how should I put it... it was a bit all show and no go.
It was a legendary magic, after all. Even if there were no celestial phenomena, at least blowing this mountain away shouldn't be a problem, right?
But let alone blowing away the mountain, the destruction caused by the Starshower was not even as great as a thunderstorm.
The falling stars truly fell to the ground like glass beads, making a sound and then being done with it.
However, what made Ember slightly relieved was that the large mass of resentment from just now was created away by the "glass beads" descended by the nebula.
Otherwise, Ember would have to jointly declare Starshower and Elden Stars as the "most useless legendary magic."
But it didn't seem like a big deal; things in The Lands Between crowned with the title "legendary" mostly seemed to be underperforming.
Whether legendary weapons or magic, only a handful were usable, and they weren't as handy as ordinary weapons and magic.
"Perhaps this title is just to commemorate those groundbreaking magics and historically valuable weapons?" Ember nodded, feeling he had hit on the truth.
The nebula gradually dissipated, and the continuous sound of shattering amber also ceased, and then other sounds appeared.
"Ah—, my eyes!"
The first thing that entered Ember's ears was a familiar scream. Ember quickly turned his head to look behind him, and what greeted his eyes were three people frantically rubbing their eyes.
"No way? Did it hit your eyes? I held back, didn't I?"
Seeing the three people rolling on the ground, Ember was startled. Could it be that he slipped and used too much force?
"No... no, it's... it's too bright." Childe opened his swollen, bloodshot eyes. The galaxy is beautiful because it is tens of thousands of miles away from people.
But if it falls from the Sky, it's not beautiful, even if it's shrunk countless times, it's still the same.
In fact, because the volume was smaller, the light of each star was even more intense.
"So this is how Starshower is used?" Ember looked up at the gradually shrinking nebula in the Sky, finally finding the true purpose of this magic.
"Ka... Kapatcir?" Dragging his stumbling feet, Ruu squeezed his eyes. The once aggressive monster was long gone.
"That's not Kapatcir, it's just resentment. Didn't you see it even beat you up?" Seeing Ruu's concern for the Thunderbird, Ember couldn't help but complain.
This guy was really captivated by the Thunderbird.
"I... I know, resentment is fine too." Ruu rubbed his eyes. How strange, why had his eyes also become sore?
"Even so, it's not its turn. The one on Seirai Island is the true main body of the Thunderbird's resentment." Patting Ruu's head, Ember intended to take Ruu to Seirai Island.
Coincidentally, he could also deal with the resentment on Seirai Island at the same time.
But then Ember's movements suddenly paused. He lowered his hand and instructed Childe and Balladeer:
"Something's wrong with Gui Long. I need to go check it out. You guys take this kid to Seirai Island!"
With that, Ember's figure transformed into orange light particles and dissipated into the world.
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