58. "Wish Machine" Dick: You Want an Eclipse, Then...

58. "Wish Machine" Dick: You Want an Eclipse, Then I'll Give You an Eclipse—Bonus Chapter [45]

(Bonus chapter due to word-count changes [4/5])

An'she was ignited.

When Diakum's Sunstrider Warhammer shattered the eclipse shackles forged by the Primordial Darkness, the first cluster of "returning" radiance had already burst forth from the core of An'she's extinguished stellar body, fueled by the sacrificial burning of ancient Naaru echoes.

For an ancient Sun God of such stature, no matter how scorching this external "fuel" was, it could not ignite Him unless He wished to burn.

Diakum had gathered the Faith Power of the People of Light into a "spark" precisely to reignite An'she's dormant inner fire.

Previously, tormented by the suffering of the eclipse, He had wanted to make one final sacrifice and leave all the Sun God's duties and power to Diakum. He was clearly someone with suicidal tendencies.

So He needed some "talk therapy" first.

The Vigilant's counseling skills proved quite impressive. The moment An'she's inner fire was reignited by His pure will to protect, today's task of lighting the sun was already more than halfway complete.

The torrent of faith continued to pour in.

This was fuel as well. Once the longing for light shared by all living beings was precisely directed toward An'she as its terminal, it could provide Him with an endless supply of fuel to burn.

After the fuel carried by the Sunstrider Warhammer ignited the first flame, the subsequent flames were continually kindled by the addition of this "firewood."

It was the collective yearning of the People of Light across the sea of stars, the united "uplift" of countless beings, the Holy Light faction's prayer for eternal radiance.

Queen Azshara witnessed this scene that would surely reshape the balance of the sea of stars. At that