Abyssal Apostle: Torrent

[Sparkle: Don't change the subject!]

Unfortunately, no one in the Livestream Room paid Sparkle any attention. After all, everyone was waiting for the system's reward.

(Sparkle, furious: I'll remember this grudge for ignoring me!)

[Congratulations to Raven for obtaining "True Encounter Fate."]

True Encounter Fate: No matter how far apart they are, no matter whether they have departed, those who have met before will be guided by the radiance of the Fate Stone to meet beneath the starry sky.

(I originally wanted to use Entangling Fate, but after comparing their descriptions, Encounter Fate seemed more fitting.)

[Kiana: This description is so complicated. I can't understand it at all. Mei, can you?]

[Mei: It probably means it can bring the person you want to see to your side, right?]

[Kiana: Then doesn't that mean I can find that lousy old man of mine?!]

[Bronya (Honkai Impact): In other words, Seele can also...]

[Seele (Honkai Impact): Bronya...]

[Lumine: And my brother, who became a prince himself while letting his little sister suffer and wander around. @Aether, you'd better pray you don't appear in front of me right now, or else... heh heh...]

At that moment, Aether was handling affairs in the Abyss. When he saw his sister's message, his body instinctively wanted to stand up and run. But as soon as he rose, he remembered, Wait, I'm in the Abyss. Lumine can't find this place, so what am I even worried about? Then he slowly sat back down.

When the Abyssal Apostle Torrent beside him saw his prince suddenly stand up and then abruptly sit back down, he immediately understood what his prince was thinking.

"So that's how it is. His Highness the Prince must have been angered by his blood relative's words and wanted to show his blood relative the dignity of being an older brother. But then he remembered his sister wasn't before him, which was why he sat back down."

After seeing His Highness sigh and begin reviewing documents, Torrent thought, I understand! So that's it, so that's it. Because he is a prince, his actions represent the Abyss. For the sake of the Abyss's dignity, it would be inconvenient for him to lower himself and hold the Traveler accountable. As expected of the Prince of our Abyss. In that case...

"Your Highness!" Torrent dropped to one knee before Aether.

Aether looked up at Torrent, unable to understand what his subordinate wanted.

"Your Highness, this subordinate has understood your intentions. You have sacrificed so much for the Abyss. Allow this subordinate to ease your burdens!"

Aether found his subordinate's words rather baffling, but the atmosphere felt awkward. In order to change the subject, he still said to Torrent, "Then I'll leave it to you."

"As you command, Your Highness!"

[Abyssal Apostle Torrent: @Lumine, as His Highness's blood relative, how dare you speak to His Highness like that! His Highness is the prince we follow, not someone a mere Traveler like you can threaten.]

[Lumine, furious: What does the matter between me and my brother have to do with you?!]

[Abyssal Apostle Torrent: His Highness has no time to answer your questions. You are merely a Traveler, while His Highness is the Prince of the Abyss!]

[Lumine: Fine, fine, fine. In that case, @Aether, you bastard of a brother, there's no place for you in this family anymore. Spend the rest of your life with those subordinates of yours. Goodbye!]

"Lumine, are you all right?" Paimon asked fearfully as she looked at Lumine, who was radiating killing intent.

"What could possibly be wrong with me, Paimon?" Lumine withdrew her killing intent and revealed a gentle smile.

Seeing Lumine return to normal, Paimon breathed a sigh of relief and carefully asked, "Then are we still going to look for your brother?"

"Of course we are." Lumine suddenly drew an Edge of the Void Sword. "I'm going to make that brother of mine properly remember all our wonderful~ memories~ from the past~ heh heh heh."

Unaware that his sister had already decided to have a good heart-to-heart with him, Aether stared blankly at the Abyssal Apostle Torrent before him.

"Your Highness, are you satisfied with what I did?"

In Torrent's view, he had not only upheld His Highness's dignity as an older brother, but also protected the Abyss's bearing. Therefore, His Highness would surely reward him handsomely.

Looking at Torrent, who was still trying to claim credit, Aether directly tossed him into Wolvendom, leaving behind only one sentence: "Get lost!"

Torrent was still somewhat dazed, unable to understand why his prince had scolded him and told him to get lost. But upon further thought, he had just spoken to His Highness's blood relative that way. In a sense, that counted as overstepping his bounds. So although he had completed his task, being promoted just because of that would certainly fail to convince the others. Thus, to convince everyone, His Highness had seemingly thrown him out, but in truth, this was merely a test. As long as he could complete it, he would have a chance to get promoted, get a raise, become a CEO, and marry a rich beauty. Just thinking about it made him a little excited. Wait, what was a CEO? Forget it, it wasn't important.

Looking around, he saw several wolves resting in the distance. This was clearly Wolvendom. Not long ago, His Highness's plan involving the Dragon of the East Wind had just failed, so what did it mean to throw him into Wolvendom now? Obviously, since the plan for the Dragon of the East Wind had failed, His Highness intended to switch targets to the Wolf of the North Wind.

Furthermore, according to intelligence, the Wolf of the North Wind only had a remnant soul left. That was far easier to deal with than the Dragon of the East Wind. And Wolvendom was full of wolves, so few people ever came here. It could be said that no one would discover His Highness's plan at all.

Most importantly, there were no other Abyssal Apostles here. In other words, he was the highest-ranking commander in this place. The credit for this operation would all be his alone—wouldn't that convince everyone?

Thinking of the wonderful life of promotions and pay raises that awaited him, Torrent thought emotionally, "As expected of His Highness the Prince. How could a lowly Abyssal Apostle like me deserve such consideration from His Highness?" "Then, King of the North Wind Wolf, prepare to serve your new master. Heh heh heh..."

Torrent approached the Wolf King with a sinister grin, still unaware of what awaited him ahead...

Not long afterward, an ice sculpture of an Abyssal Apostle appeared in the Wolf King's trial grounds. (Boreas: I have no idea! I was sleeping peacefully when some watery monster suddenly walked up to me babbling things like "submit." He annoyed me, so I casually froze him.)

[System: Oh my, oh my. I didn't expect you to obtain this so quickly.]

[Raven: What is it? Is this something very rare?]

[System: That's right. This item has another name.]

[Raven: What name?]

[System: Random Resurrection Coin.]

[Zhongli: !]

[Otto: !]

[Kevin: !]

[Jing Yuan: !]

...

(As for why the Abyssal Apostle was frozen, all I can say is: don't underestimate a God! Even if it was only a remnant soul, freezing a tiny Abyssal Apostle was no problem.)