"I've heard that after his friend's sacrifice, Vichama became utterly dejected, and I'm somewhat worried that in his current state, he might not be able to handle this job."
Kinich voiced his concerns.
"Haha, you don't need to worry about that." Wayna grinned, his mouth curling up. "Ever since he reunited with his comrade at the Pyro Archon's place, Vichama's condition has improved a lot."
"Now he's even teaching the young warriors in the tribe how to conduct reconnaissance; compared to before, he's much more active."
Speaking of this lighter topic, Wayna's tone became cheerful.
"Reunited with his comrade at the Pyro Archon's place?" Paimon was baffled. "But didn't that comrade sacrifice himself?"
"These matters can wait until after we rescue Kaiulani." Kinich said calmly.
"Ah? But we're really curious." Paimon's heart itched with curiosity.
"Sorry, Paimon, this story is a long one." Mualani spoke up to comfort her. "After we rescue Aunt Kaiulani, I'll explain in detail how Rios made the living meet with the memories and souls left in the Night Kingdom."
"The Pyro Archon can even do something like that?!" Paimon widened her eyes in surprise.
The players who had reached this point were equally surprised.
[What's with the riddles here?]
[miHoYo, are you trying to kill us with suspense?]
[I'm dying... So the Pyro Archon can summon spirits too?]
[He's the Pyro Archon, not the God of Death, right?]
[If he has this ability, he could just bring Kaiulani back from the Night Kingdom directly; why make us run around everywhere?]
[Pay attention... The Pyro Archon can only bring over the souls and memories from the Night Kingdom; it didn't say he can bring living people back.]
[For the Pyro Archon, bringing back memories might be simple, but resurrecting someone still relies on the Ode of Resurrection.]
[Oh, I see.]
[In the end, if the Pyro Archon could casually bring people back, why would miHoYo make us run all over the place? It can't be just to give us busywork.]
[If the plot later reveals that the Pyro Archon could casually resurrect Kaiulani, the plot planners would definitely get blasted.]
After a round of analysis, the players roughly concluded that the Pyro Archon possessed an ability similar to spirit summoning, but he couldn't directly resurrect the dead.
If he could directly resurrect Kaiulani, there would be no need to have the Traveler scurrying about everywhere.
But Paimon didn't grasp this point, so she voiced her doubt right in front of everyone: "Since the Pyro Archon can summon the souls and memories from the Night Kingdom, why not bring Kaiulani from the Night Kingdom back as well?"
Mualani and the others' response was the same as what the netizens thought: "We're not entirely sure either; maybe the difficulty of bringing back souls and memories is different from bringing back a physical body."
"The Pyro Archon did this for a reason." Kinich chimed in. "For now, we should hurry and rescue Kaiulani as soon as possible."
"According to what the Pyro Archon said, fishing out the Ancient Name requires obsidian, so we'll split into two groups: one to find the merchants in the tribe to buy obsidian, and the other to go explain the situation to Vichama."
"I have obsidian here." Kachina pulled out a black stone from her personal backpack.
"Hehe, Kachina's backpack has everything; she found the obsidian we need right away." Mualani said with a smile.
"Then we don't need to go buy from merchants anymore; let's head straight to Vichama." Kinich led the group toward Vichama's location.
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Night.
The council hall.
"I'm all good."
Chasca felt her current state; it was no different from before she was injured, and even because of the recent recovery, her condition was a bit better than before.
"What Sis says doesn't count; I need to check first."
Chuychu walked over and examined Chasca from top to bottom, and by the end of the inspection, her expression had become strange.
"The Pyro Archon actually really healed Sis?" Chuychu said in astonishment.
She had thought that Rios only knew how to fight and kill, and wouldn't handle medical matters at all.
Yet, the injuries that in her view would require at least three days of rest had been healed all at once.
"Pyro Archon, your miraculous hands bring the dead back to life." Mavuika, who was also in the council hall, said with a smile. "In my opinion, you can now be called Natlan's number one divine physician."
Hearing the former Pyro Archon's words, Rios couldn't help but chuckle: "After all, Natlan doesn't have a second god acting as a doctor right now, so isn't it naturally Natlan's number one divine physician?"
It wasn't black-hearted; this was a true divine physician.
"Pyro Archon, how did you do it?" Chuychu asked curiously.
She had watched the entire treatment process from the side, but she was completely puzzled.
She only saw the Pyro Archon cover her sister with some red flames, and before long, her sister had recovered to her best state; the previous injuries seemed almost fake.
"You can think of it as me using flames to burn away all of Chasca's injuries." Rios explained.
"Burn... burn away?" Chuychu was stunned.
This explanation wasn't scientific at all!
But Chuychu couldn't find words to refute it, after all, she had seen with her own eyes that her sister's injuries were burned away and healed.
"Chuychu, my injuries are already healed; you won't stop me from going to the Night Kingdom now, right?" Chasca looked at her little sister with a light laugh.
"I..." Chuychu opened her mouth, still wanting to say something, but in the end, she lowered her head. "Fine, since it's the Pyro Archon's order, saying more won't help."
But in truth, she still didn't want Chasca to take the risk.
Seeing that her little sister no longer objected, Chasca turned her gaze toward where Rios was: "Pyro Archon, then I'll go find Mualani and the others right now."
"No need to rush." Rios said. "After they finish up, they'll come over here too; you can just wait here."
"How long will that take?" Chasca asked.
"About 5 seconds."
"?"
Chasca was taken aback, and soon after, she could sense a group of people hurrying over.
Just as the 5 seconds were up, a white-haired girl rushed in anxiously: "Rios, we've already captured Aunt Kaiulani's Ancient Name; what should we do next?"
"Huh, Chasca, Chuychu, you're here too?" Mualani had just entered the council hall and spotted the two sisters from the Flower-Feather Clan.
"Chasca will be joining you all to enter the Night Kingdom later." Rios explained. "When it comes to understanding the Abyss, she has more experience than you."
"Chasca's coming too; that's great." Mualani got excited.
One more person meant one more strength, raising the success rate of saving Kaiulani a bit higher.
"Pyro Archon, what should we do now?" Kinich came forward and asked.
"I'll set up the ritual first to lock onto Kaiulani's position in the Night Kingdom; then you'll be able to see her current condition."
As Rios spoke, he also felt a bit worried inside.
With the power he gave to Kaiulani, beating up the Abyss monsters would be no problem.
He hoped Kaiulani could act a bit more miserable later.
Otherwise, if Mualani and the others saw Kaiulani leisurely hanging out in the crisis-ridden Night Kingdom, all his arrangements would be exposed at once.