People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 547 Ying: The casualties are too great. We can pray to the gods of Mount Sumeru...

The moonlight is bright and clear.

The silvery light, like water, poured down from the sky, illuminating the long-lost land that was scarred and devastated.

The battle was won; the dark clouds that had hung over Inazuma were completely severed by that single, radiant slash.

Without the support of its leader and the Abyss Gate, the once overwhelming horde of monsters gradually turned into black ashes and vanished, like weathered sculptures.

"it's over?"

"General, have we won?"

"Inazuma...did you hold on?"

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No one responded.

At first it was unbelievable.
Then came an uncontrollable burst of cheers and ecstasy, mixed with tears.

Running, cheering, and weeping with joy
Setting aside his damaged weapon, he sincerely expressed his gratitude to the fading phantoms around him.

The surviving soldiers wiped the mud and blood from their faces and looked at the once ordinary clear night sky, feeling as if they had been transported to another world.

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"Boss, just now, in order to get near the door, Ah Shou..."

At the edge of the battlefield, where one of the abyssal gates is located.

Looking at Yi Dou, who was covered in wounds but still stood upright in front of him,
Holding his friend, who had been corrupted by the abyss and lost consciousness, Ah Huang, one of the former duo of followers, lowered his head.
"Ha, didn't Ashou always say he wanted to be a hero? What if he dies like this?"

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"—Waaah, no matter what, I can't die like this! At least I have to pay back the 163 bowls of ramen I owe you!"

"Hurry up and hand him over to me, I need to find someone to help rescue him."

As one of the most powerful fighters on the battlefield, relying on his demon bloodline and the Eye of God, he led the charge all the way to the vicinity of the Abyss Gate.

Originally, due to the surge of adrenaline from the series of battles, he wanted to show off a little.

But considering that one of the few remaining members of the Arataki faction might be gone forever,
Dou, who had never been afraid of dying in battle, suddenly lost his composure, grabbed his unconscious underling, hoisted him onto his shoulder, and rushed towards the medical team at top speed.

"Oh no, how could this happen?"

"Everyone, even Mr. Gu Zhong and Mr. Harden..."

On the other side, a special operations team completed the task of destroying the door on its own.

They rushed to provide support as quickly as possible, but ultimately arrived a step too late.
Seeing the numerous team members in front of it, all exuding an aura of the abyss and clearly severely corrupted by it, the white fluffy creature even wished it were dreaming.

"Ha, after all, the Evil Eye also has side effects, and we've been tainted by far too much abyssal power."

"Your Highness, Deputy Leader, do not grieve for us. We have lived up to everyone's expectations; the battle has been won."

"We were all originally homeless and alone, and we are all so grateful to have met you."
Even if we can't see Inazuma's future, as long as you remember us, perhaps we'll have a chance to meet again in the future.

Leaning against the tree trunk, he coughed up two mouthfuls of blood and uttered this farewell in a tone as if he were about to ascend to heaven at any moment.

Before leaving the stage, there was a rare opportunity for an extra scene.
To prevent the princess from doing nothing but looking for them after they all disappear, Tanaka, who already has a penchant for such things, decides to make it a little more tragic.

Inazuma's scenes have ended.
Apart from a few members who intend to live here as humans for a period of time, the vast majority of the cult members have little reason to stay in Inazuma.

Rather than having everyone survive and then disappear together under some pretext, the cult members unanimously felt that it would be easier to escape by "dying" and then being resurrected piecemeal.

"But if everyone is gone, this is also..."

"—Ying, we should have a way to treat them, right!?"

"I remember you can absorb the power of the abyss. Just devour all the abyssal power within them."

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Valley | All members of the cult: "."

He was acting perfectly fine, but his body stiffened involuntarily after hearing those words.

I never realized that my gluttonous deputy leader was a potential living devil.
They drained the Abyss Apostles of their Abyss Power. They suddenly realized that if they couldn't stop it, it would be better to just die.

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"It's probably too late."

Paimon looked disappointed, and the Abyss Apostles breathed a sigh of relief.

"The amount of abyssal power they possessed was so great that it gave me the illusion of seeing abyssal monsters."

"Sudden deprivation could lead to even faster death. Everyone's breathing is already very weak. If we want to save them..."

Her words carried a heavy tone, reflecting her strong sense of responsibility; Ying also did not want to lose the resistance members who had always been by her side.

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He paused slightly, glancing at Paimon's sorrowful expression, which was all scrunched up in a frown.

The blonde girl looked around, pursed her lips, and finally seemed to have made a decision:

"The casualties caused by this war are too great, and the effects on Inazuma will linger for a long time."

"Although the deceased cannot be saved, at least those who are still alive should give it a try."

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"Ying, what do you want?"

Paimon blinked, vaguely realizing something.

"I plan to use that divine power crystal, but not in the way I initially decided."

"Right now, Inazuma is free from the corruption of the Abyss's power, and our only request is to heal all the wounded."

"If the owner of this crystal possesses the power that Dain spoke of, then perhaps consuming the crystal to pray to the gods could save more people."

Silently, she took off the emerald pendant that she always wore around her neck and comforted Gu Zhong, whose expression was stiff and seemed like he might die at any moment, with a look that said, "Don't worry."

The blonde girl took a deep breath.

Without the slightest remorse for using this precious tool, which could have turned the tide, on someone else, he simply and decisively closed his eyes.

Yanaka: "."

What should I do if I suddenly feel a little touched? We're actually that important.

From this perspective, compared to the prince...
We already know what's going to happen next, and it's too late to stop it.

Although it differed from the initial plan, it was probably a lucky accident.
"Om-"

As the crystals were activated, a vibrant green light gradually emanated from the dense forest and spread towards the horizon.

The surface wounds were healed, and the trees, withered and decayed by the abyss, began to sprout and grow, regaining their vitality.
Gu Zhong sensed the life force before him, which seemed to be solidifying, and realized that these people who were still "alive" would probably be forced to stay in Inazuma for a while longer.
"Hmm? An unexpected use case."

"However, the special envoy from the Council of Religious Affairs prayed for me?"

"This kind of entrance isn't necessarily a bad thing."

In an instant, Ying knew what she wanted to do through that divine crystal, and after thinking about it, she felt that it wasn't impossible.

The deity of Sumeru had little reason to intervene in this disaster. Originally, it was reasonable for him to make a temporary appearance as a giant eyeball hanging in the sky in order to make his resurrection later.

"But the original plan is one thing. Since someone has prayed to me and even used up divine power crystals, there's no need to go through so many roundabout ways."

"Let's do some initial treatment and environmental restoration first, and then we'll leave the resurrection work to them."

It's a bit of a shame that I couldn't impersonate the Deathly Ruler, since part of the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed God statue in front of the Tokyo Tower is actually this lazy, unemployed worker.

He shook his head, ceasing his thought.
Lin Feng reviewed the resurrection rules he had previously devised and casually projected a divine power into the distance.

"Look, Aying is here."

"Although it seems a little different from what I know, it should be enough to prove that I'm not lying to you."

The shadow falls on the mountaintop, at Narukami Taisha Shrine.

Hana-san's explanation had barely been uttered when it was drowned out by a much louder voice.

The shadow, completely unaware of how the other party appeared, was instantly drawn to the strange harmony of the laws actively cooperating with the other party.

"Om-"

In the pitch-black night sky, a bright green star appeared, and countless elemental forces emanated from the earth's veins and the atmosphere, converging towards the star hanging high in the sky.

In an instant, all my thoughts were taken away by some indescribable sense of presence.
Without any explanation or clarification, the sheer power that accounts for four-sevenths of the elemental laws of this world is a miracle in itself.

He could freely control the elemental forces throughout the entire Inazuma area.

Lin Feng is repairing the affected natural environment and the residents of Inazuma in a way that is almost like constructing a grotto.

As the light shone down, the original color of the emerald stars was rapidly shifting.

Reconstructing the earth, reconstructing vegetation, reconstructing the ecology, reconstructing the body.
At the edge of the Abyss Gate,
Amidst the bewildered expression of a certain blond-haired young man, even the dead, who still retained their bodies, gradually resumed breathing.

He opened his mouth slightly, never imagining that this long-unused mission reward in his hand could be so valuable.
After initially receiving a response from the gods, Ying even mistook it for a highly effective, large-scale healing spell.
Change is ongoing.

Unbeknownst to them, the original star had illuminated the entire Inazuma area as bright as day.

Looking down from the perspective of the stars,

Under a connection that was still intact, Ying suddenly sensed a world that was as free and unrestrained as clay, which could be sculpted at will.

Mental overload; I can't even remember what happened a second ago.

Like countless other beings on this land whose minds were consumed by this power, she suddenly understood what a "miracle" truly meant when faced with this power that even surpassed the level of gods.

"Don't look directly at the sky, stay calm."

"No need to be nervous, my arrival is not malicious."

"The ley lines record your struggle against the abyss, and also your courage to abandon everything."

"The boundary between life and death should not be crossed, but the souls of the deceased, driven by fervent desires, have not yet departed."

"The souls that dare to face the abyss deserve sufficient compensation. As a gift of victory, I offer this nation a small token of my appreciation."

Words that inexplicably evoked a sense of warmth resonated from the depths of everyone's hearts, and stagnant thoughts began to flow again.

And as the initial shock slowly faded from my heart,

The sight that appeared before everyone was unbelievable, even "completely transformed": Inazuma

—All the wounded have been healed, and the burning wilderness is now covered in green.

When most of the fallen soldiers opened their eyes again, their comrades who had been gathered around them in grief were stunned, some even with the few tears that had just fallen still on their faces.

The cracks in the earth slowly healed, and the collapsed mountains rose again.

As if time had reversed, aside from the damaged buildings,
Beneath the scattered cherry blossom petals, everything on Narukami Island seemed to have returned to the Inazuma of everyone's memories.

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On the battlefield that had previously been littered with corpses,
The remaining remains of the monsters slowly turned to ashes, and the soldiers whose corpses were too badly mutilated also slowly disappeared from the spot.

Based on the life force drawn from both sides, mixed with the power of wishes gathered around the battlefield,

Under everyone's gaze, a door that exists between reality and illusion appeared on the edge of the battlefield.

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His body stiffened. After such a devastating battle, he felt an instinctive tension and vigilance towards anything, including doors and doors.

But just as all the soldiers' hearts stopped beating, wondering if they were about to face some strange invasion again...
Seeing the few green cabbages holding signs pop out from near the door, the previously tense shogunate soldiers were now filled with question marks.
"Resurrect all the dead? Through that door?"

"Why? What exactly happened? The current repairs and this invasion?"

The shadow falls on the mountaintop, at Narukami Taisha Shrine.

Completely confused about the current situation, Kage felt that everything about Inazuma had become unpredictable and mysterious.

She sensed a power of law from that figure that was beyond the reach of even with the blessing of willpower, but she couldn't even figure out why the other party had appeared.

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After a brief silence, Ying suddenly realized that her improved wisdom still seemed insufficient. After thinking for a long time, she finally decided to give up.

"Yes, please rest assured, that door can indeed resurrect all the residents who died after the invasion of the Abyss. You can ask the little guys who are in charge of guarding it for the specific conditions."

"For now, you can think of it as a large secret realm containing many nested secret realms, and fighting within it is the ritual of resurrection."

"The progress will require the concerted efforts of everyone, but I don't think it's a big problem for the residents of both places right now."

"I know you have many questions in your mind, Aying, but we never intended to keep it from you forever."

He discovered that Ah Ying in front of him seemed completely unaware that anything was amiss in what he was experiencing, and had never suspected that there was a mole among his accomplices.

Seeing that the other person was almost completely confused,
Hana Sanri shook her head slightly, as if she had thought of something interesting, and made a promise:

"—The invasion of the Abyss still has some aftereffects to deal with, and considering the follow-up and the development of Inazuma, there are some people you will definitely want to meet."

"—The person who will later provide crucial assistance in Inazuma's reconstruction, the person who just created that secret realm gate, the person who guided this invasion of the abyss, and the person who initially caused all of this to happen."

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He keenly noticed that Ah Ying paused in her movements, seemingly eager to see these "four people".

Hana Sanri, who had planned to introduce them "one by one" from the very beginning, shook her tail on the Divine Cherry Tree, suddenly looking forward to the scene.

(End of this chapter)