As soon as Hyacine finished speaking, many viewers who were still breaking down were instantly stunned.
The prophecy had come true again.
[At the end of the rainbow bridge, the Skyfolk will mend dusk and dawn.]
So it was referring to this moment...
The viewers had fallen completely silent.
Ever since that incredible boss battle where Aquila was defeated, everyone had thought Amphoreus would start getting better. But instead, it had rapidly slid into the abyss...
In the blink of an eye, the end had arrived.
The situation had already deteriorated to the extreme.
At this point, the only comfort left for the viewers was probably Hyacine's prophecy. At least, it seemed she had not truly died.
She was only staying in the sky to mend it... And the viewers could no longer laugh at all.
They had no way of guessing where the plot would go, nor did they know whether good things or bad things were waiting for them next.
....
: It's going out of control again...
: I suddenly feel so scared and nervous. Can this re-creation really succeed?
: It has to succeed! It absolutely has to! Once a new era is opened, everyone can be revived!
: Exactly! If it fails, then the people who left will never come back!
: I really want to see Cipher explain everything to Aglaea face-to-face in the new world and return to how things used to be! And Mydei, and Anaxa, and everyone else!
: I'm so nervous right now...
: I hope miHoYo stops tormenting Hyacine.
: This prophecy looks pretty normal. It should be miHoYo's final mercy, right?
: I was so stupid, really. If I'd known Amphoreus would become like this, I never should have comforted myself back then and said things like "miHoYo wouldn't dare to stab us..."
: Aaaaaah! In the end, more than half of them died!!!
: So ruthless!! Is this how you write a story?!
....
On screen, Dan Heng did not hesitate. He quickly used the water he carried to summon the doorway leading to the Vortex of Genesis.
For some reason, at this moment, Phainon, Dan Heng, and Stelle all seemed to feel the same ominous premonition in their hearts.
As if this parting would be their final meeting. That damned feeling made all three of them feel somewhat pained.
On one side was the apocalypse. On the other was the dawn and dusk that had to be mended.
After this farewell, one group would rush toward re-creation, while one person would remain forever in the sky.
The next time they met, no, they did not even know whether they would ever be able to gather together again.
Under this oppressive, sorrowful atmosphere, no one could smile.
But Hyacine, precisely at a time like this, once again bloomed with a sweet smile and said in a voice full of energy, "Everyone, don't be so sad."
No one answered. At this moment, all three of them had become people poor with words.
Phainon lowered his eyes. Countless words were blocked in his chest, but all of them were pressed down by the goal known as re-creation.
Stelle stared at Hyacine's smile, her heart growing heavier and heavier.
Dan Heng also did not know what he should say. Words of blessing or words of farewell both seemed inappropriate at this moment.
Seeing that no one had anything to say, Hyacine smiled and changed the topic, looking toward the door of spirit water.
"It still feels unreal, even after seeing you're power a second time..."
The stiff way she changed the topic left everyone unsure how to respond.
The sadness and gloom lingering in their hearts still could not disperse.
In the end, it was Dan Heng who followed her lead, doing his best not to let this farewell become too sorrowful.
He nodded lightly and said, "It's just... a talent I was born with."
Hyacine smiled and said, "You'd move in perfect harmony with the rivers and seas of this world."
Dan Heng instinctively replied, "But we can't stay. Stelle and I... we have people waiting for us, a home calling us back."
Hyacine had heard Dan Heng speak of this topic before in the Grove of Epiphany.
Her eyes lit up as she said, "The Astral Express, isn't it?"
"March 7th, the one you always mention... I'd like to meet her someday."
At the mention of March 7th, Stelle, looked at Hyacine, who was still trying to comfort everyone even at a time like this, and suddenly sighed.
"I'm sure the two of you would get along wonderfully."
If March were in this kind of situation, she definitely would not want everyone to become sad either.
Hyacine smiled even more happily.
"I can almost see the three of you traveling together, laughing and sharing moments."
"And you, Hyacine? Do you not feel sadness?" Stelle could no longer hold back and asked.
She did not want Hyacine to still have to comfort them at a time like this.
This act of suppressing herself in order to heal others only made everyone's hearts ache even more.
The viewers felt the same. The brighter and sweeter Hyacine's smile appeared before the camera, the more it worsened their already battered hearts.
Just as they thought Hyacine would continue forcing herself to endure and say that she was fine, they heard Hyacine speak with a smile.
"Of course, I do. A sharp, aching sadness... I feel every bit of it."
Dan Heng froze, then asked in confusion, "Why hide it? No one here would mock you for showing true vulnerability."
"As a healer from the Twilight Courtyard, Dan Heng, it's my duty to stay composed in front of those suffering from illness. A sorrowful expression would only add to their burden."
She looked at everyone, her smile unchanged, and said seriously,
"The world I love is the one suffering now. How could I face it with a frown?"
What is called tragedy is tearing apart the most beautiful part right in front of the audience.
Hyacine's smile at this moment was undoubtedly the most beautiful thing. Having her suppress her own pain and maintain that smile made the viewers feel an even finer, sharper blade.
Hyacine's character arc also came together at this moment.
....
: Wuwuwu, the surgical knife is here.
: Hyacine, take me with you! Hyacine!
: I'm begging you, miHoYo. I'll go kneel at your front gate right now. Please write a happy family reunion plot next time, okay!!
: This hurts so much. No matter how sad she is, she still has to keep smiling, because that is a doctor's professional quality.
: She really is a little sun. The more despair there is, the more she insists on blooming with a beautiful smile.
: I'm being healed by Hyacine's smile while also being torn apart by the plot.
: A doctor's benevolent heart, healing the world.
: Pain! It hurts too much!!
: Why is the ending of this episode full of blades?! My heart is about to be minced into paste by miHoYo!
.....
The comments once again began to cry out in despair.
"Goodbye, everyone..."
Hyacine turned around and walked toward the portal.
Before taking that step, she left behind one final plea.
"Please, become the heroes this world needs. And as for the final "blank page" of this epic, the lives and stories of ordinary mortals..."
"I'll guard them, until the very end."
With that said, Hyacine's figure disappeared into the portal, and the screen went black.
A short memory appeared.
It was Hyacine's inner thoughts.
She was not confident about everything. She was simply better at hiding her unease.
Because that was the most important professional quality of a doctor.
Ever since Aglaea led Okhema and began the Flame Chase Journey, all of the Chrysos Heirs except Anaxa had been legitimate and recognized.
Only Hyacine herself was an exception.
Because at that time, in the eyes of everyone, including Hyacine herself, they were all firm believers of Seliose.
This was the rightful lineage of Amphoreus' authority over the sky.
So they joined the Flame Chase Journey of their own will. But for Hyacine, until the day Aglaea left, she still did not know whether she was truly qualified.
Her heart had always been uneasy about whether she could shoulder her mission in the Flame Chase Journey.
But she had never exposed that unease and fear.
It was not until she left Okhema and ascended to the sky that she revealed it for the first time before Tribbie, asking her to teach her the hymn for returning the Coreflame.
She and Tribbie stretched out their hands, taking the same posture. Then she recited together with Tribbie:
"O majesty of the Twelve Titans."
"Pillars of the world."
"We seek your divinity."
Amid the repeated chanting, the scene lit up once more.
In reality, Hyacine was already standing before the Overflowing Chalise, reciting the hymn together with Trinnon, who had been waiting there.
They continued the chant from the memory just now, speaking the final words.
"Fill our bodies with blood of gold..."
"Till we wither in willing service to the prophecy."
The chant ended.
Trinnon said softly, Surrender the Coreflame, Chrysos Heir.
Hyacine held Aquila's Coreflame in both hands and exchanged it.
In the sky behind her, the final constellation was also lit.
At that moment, Hyacine closed her eyes. Countless memories and thoughts flooded into Hyacine's mind.
The two winged beasts. Her ancestors.
And also... Seliose.
Across the long years, she had already completely fused with the Titan's divinity, until the two could no longer be separated.
These tangled thoughts all converged within Aquila's Coreflame, just like the fate that had bound them together for thousands of years.
Within it, Hyacine heard Seliose's apology.
"I... deeply regret..."
"I... beg for forgiveness..."
"The darkness in the human heart... clouded my judgment..."
"I failed to recognize... the resilience buried deep within..."
But Hyacine could not forgive Seliose on behalf of those who had died.
A mistake was a mistake. But Seliose's courage to stand against the gods had been real and pure.
That courage had also been passed down to this day, inherited, carried forward, and strengthened by later generations.
Then, Hyacine heard the judgment of her ancestors.
The descendants who had survived, their male and female voices mingling together, spoke as one.
They said:
"You were the spark that set this era in motion, Seliose..."
"An age where heroes rise and epic stories are told far and wide..."
"An age where a flame of hope was preserved for the world."
In the end, these voices merged together with Seliose. Their judgment allowed this Valkyrie to finally rest in peace.
And Hyacine finally opened her eyes. The radiance of the Coreflame and the authority of the sky flickered in her eyes.
She was going to return to the sky.
"Professor Anaxa... do you remember that lesson?"
"In the end, I followed the path of my ancestors, returning to the Sky... I didn't return to the earth, to walk with the people."
"But even so... I still achieved my dream."
"And that was to send down a rainbow and protect even more lives."
Hyacine disappeared.
In their grief, the viewers offered their highest respect to this doctor who had aspired to heal everyone.
She was a true hero. Or rather, now that the story had reached this point, every Chrysos Heir who had appeared was nothing less than a hero.
The Flame-Chasing Heroes, one after another, were finally about to welcome the final ending of Amphoreus.
In Okhema, the group who had hurried back from the sky also witnessed a corner of the apocalypse.
Okhema's sky was burning. All the power that protected Okhema had already been exhausted.
The Black Tide conquered this place in only an instant. As far as their eyes could see, thick smoke billowed everywhere.
The entire city was as deathly silent as a corpse. In the collapsing city, they saw bodies scattered all over the ground.
There were humans, and there were those of the Black Tide.
There were Kremnoans, people from the Grove, priests of Janus, and members of the Council.
In death, they finally lay together in pools of blood, no longer divided from one another.
"Okhema's Dawn has come to an end..." Phainon witnessed these tragedies, and in a daze, the scene of Aedes Elysiae's tragedy from back then appeared in his mind.
And this scene told them a truth they did not want to accept.
The Black Tide... Its power likely stood above even the sky.
"Can Hyacine fix the sky..."
Stelle looked up at the sky, seeing if there was any changes in the bleak sky.
"Don't give up."
Phainon suddenly said in a deep voice, "Don't give up. We're the ones leading this journey... so we can't afford to lose our way."
Dan Heng also spoke up, saying, "The unexpected is always part of our journey. We'll stay with Okhema until the end, no matter what."
The three of them quickly began making their way toward Dawncloud.
They did not believe that such a vast city could be slaughtered in an instant. There had to be people still alive.Tribbie and Trinnon were still there.
And the place in Okhema with the strongest defenses, apart from the Marmoreal Palace, was Dawncloud.