In the screen.
The Flame Reaver suddenly turned into a black streak and smashed through the outer wall.
But his momentum did not diminish one bit!
He continued flying backwards smashing a hole though the buildings and houses along the way.
Only after crashing into a tower outside far away did he finally stop.
Mydei, with a single punch, he actually blasted the Flame Reaver halfway across Castrum Kremnos!
The special power attached to the Flame Reaver also exploded at this moment. It turned once more into a mountain of red crystals, firmly binding the Flame Reaver to the tower.
The audience watching the punch felt like drinking a bowl of ice-cold beer on a scorching summer day, refreshing to the core!
What a powerful hit!
But it wasn't over yet!
Amid the roar of a furious electric guitar, Mydei stretched out his right hand in midair.
Countless golden bolts of lightning exploded around him.
The divine sigil of Strife, just as it once appeared behind Nikador, now appeared behind Mydei as well!
"Heroic souls of Strife, heed my call..."
Red crystals solidified in Mydei's hand, forming a gigantic spear!
Mydei stared fixedly at the trapped Flame Reaver, murmuring under his breath.
His right hand holding the spear lifted high, then drew back behind his head.
"I am the Lance of Fury..."
"The agony this world needs!"
With a roar that shook the surroundings, Mydei hurled the spear with all his strength.
A thunderclap split the sky!
In an instant, all the audience could see was a massive spearhead!
The spearhead turned into lightning! Into a red line capable of piercing everything!
It split the screen into two, and slammed directly into the Flame Reaver.
After a brief silence, a black-and-white shock frame burst open!
A rain of blood fell from the sky.
Castrum Kremnos, even the entire screen, began to shake violently.
The music. The visual effects. And the thrill of the Flame Reaver being pierced through.
All the long-suppressed emotions were released to the fullest at this moment!
The audience had completely fallen into frenzy!!
...
: !!!! That was insanely satisfying!!!
: Power! Power! Power!
: The Flame Reaver got beaten silly!! Nice hit!
: Damn, after returning he's even fiercer!
: One punch sent the Flame Reaver flying out of the city!
: I'm dying of hype ahhhhh!
: That's how you beat up the Flame Reaver!
: That strike, stellar!!
: The Flame Reaver was crushed head-on!! Mydei is awesome!!!
: That's Titan-level power, Flame Reaver brat!!
: Flame Reaver, you're trash! I'll be waiting in Castrum Kremnos, come if you dare, I'll smash you!
: So satisfying, this jerk finally got what he deserved!
: The visuals are insane! Blood rain, explosions, roaring, damn, it's so hype!
: The music gave me goosebumps! Electric guitar is so cool!
...
The comments flooded past.
The frustration that had been building under the Flame Reaver's oppression finally vanished with this punch.
The explosions subsided. A rain of blood poured down from the sky.
When the camera zoomed in, it became clear that it wasn't real blood, but powder from shattered crystals scattered everywhere.
They piled up on the ground, gradually forming heaps.
A hand reached into frame at this moment, grabbed a handful of red crystals, and scattered it into the wind.
It was Mydei.
He tilted his head back slightly, eyes half-closed, letting the red crystals cover his face.
After defeating the Flame Reaver head-on, he felt neither wild joy nor anger.
He simply spoke calmly toward the dark clouds high above Castrum Kremnos:
"A new god has come to Castrum Kremnos."
The shot froze on Mydei.
At this moment, looking at Mydei, only one thought rose in the audience's hearts.
He's damn handsome…
Moreover, using red particles instead of blood removed a trace of brutality and gore, yet didn't lose the symbolism of blood. Instead, it added restraint.
In an instant, the audience couldn't help recalling Mydei's experiences, and Castrum Kremnos' history.
They immediately understood. This red crystals carried profound meaning at this moment.
Blood represents the most primitive slaughter, the stains of Castrum Kremnos' past that could never be washed away.
But in Mydei's hands, blood became red crystals, perhaps transformed by the power of Strife.
It became more neutral, stripped of its primal cruelty, leaving only its symbolic force.
This also reflected Mydei's attitude. Toward Castrum Kremnos' past, he neither forgets nor denies it, yet he is not bound by it.
The imagery of this scene was incredibly powerful. No interpretation would be excessive.
With this imagery combined with Mydei's current posture, the audience felt only one thing.
Art! Pure art!
As if witnessing an oil painting depicting a hero.
...
: Only Mihoyo could give power this kind of layered meaning.
: This scene is so beautiful!
: Mydei's violence, restrained violence.
: This must be his understanding of the meaning of Strife.
: I suddenly understand what "the son crowned in blood" looks like.
: After this episode, the discussions are going to explode!
: This man is unexpectedly handsome!
: Ending on this scene… the Flame Reaver's defeat doesn't feel much.
: Right, it's a grand funeral, after all, it was handled personally by the demigod Mydei!
...
In the scene, the Flame Reaver was nowhere to be seen.
The audience wasn't worried that he had escaped. They felt he had been reduced to ash in that world-shattering strike.
Before long, as the red crystals filling the sky gradually faded, the sky began to clear.
Stelle and the others, rushing from within the city, arrived at Mydei's side.
No one said anything.
Mydei remained silent.
Clearly, his mind was far from calm.
Phainon and Tribbie both knew that after defeating the Flame Reaver, he still had to face his people.
After a brief rest, they didn't linger long in Castrum Kremnos.
Mydei stayed behind, leading the frenzied survivors of Castrum Kremnos back to Okhema.
Meanwhile, Stelle, Phainon, and Anaxagoras returned via a portal opened by Tribbie.
The two groups split into two directions.
The scenes also began to show other scenes.
For example, the expressions of the Castrum Kremnos survivors who personally witnessed Mydei as a demigod.
And also the scene of Anaxagoras exchanging the Coreflame.
In the aftermath of the battle. The audience's hearts was still restless.
After finally coming out of Mydei's fight, they also noticed the details in that earlier scene.
Especially the moment when the Flame Reaver attacked Mydei.
...
: That strike from the Flame Reaver, how did it go straight for Mydei's spine?!
: Yeah, how did he know what Mydei's weakness was?
: Is it possible it was just a random attack? And we just misunderstood by coincidence!
: Impossible! Absolutely impossible! That shot even deliberately used slow motion and a close-up, it was clearly meant to let us see!
: The meaning is obvious, that strike was aimed at Mydei's weakness!
: Hiss… this is getting tricky.
: Mydei clearly said he told Phainon!
: Could it be… Phainon is a traitor?! A hidden pawn of the Flame Reaver?
: If you're guessing like that, then I'm a pawn of the Flame Reaver too, from Phainon's behavior, there's no way he's connected to the Flame Reaver!
: Exactly, and Phainon's hometown was massacred by the Flame Reaver!
: If he could still stand with the Flame Reaver after that, that'd be insane.
: Phainon and the Flame Reaver are completely opposite, there's no way he betrayed Mydei and revealed the weakness!
: Then this makes even less sense.
...
The audience racked their brains, thinking as hard as they could.
But no matter how they thought about it, they couldn't explain this point.
Because the conditions were too clear.
Mydei and Phainon. Only these two knew.
Given Mydei's personality, he would never casually say something like that just to tease Phainon.
As the barrage kept arguing, some "genius" suddenly remembered a not-so-important shot.
It was the first time Phainon faced the Flame Reaver directly.
At the moment they collided.
Two greatswords, one left and one right, clashed together.
On either side of the frame were Phainon's face and the Flame Reaver's face.
Such a perfectly symmetrical shot.
Made some attentive viewers' minds stir.
And a bold idea emerged.
...
: I mean… I'm just throwing this out there… is it possible… that the Flame Reaver is actually Phainon?
: ??? Are you drunk?
: Huh? The Flame Reaver is Phainon? Damn, how did you come to that conclusion?
: Where's the evidence?
: Just guessing, no evidence, but look, if only two people know, and the Flame Reaver also knows, then wouldn't that mean the Flame Reaver equals Phainon?
: What nonsense , are you playing Werewolf or something, analyzing logic like this?
: Setting that aside, Phainon and the Flame Reaver are obviously two different people. Even though they both use greatswords, Phainon is just a country kid , how could he possibly have all those mysterious methods?
: Exactly!
: How dare you slander our Phainon!
: Drag this troll out and beat him!
: Hmm… actually, when the Flame Reaver holds his sword, sometimes you can see the guard, it looks like a sun pattern.
: And on the back of Phainon's collar, there seems to be a similar pattern.
: Come on, that's such a stretch, those clothes were arranged by Aglaea for Phainon, it's normal if the patterns match, it's just a decorative motif.
: Anywhere there's a sun, some people will develop similar worship , what's there to say?
: Are you going to say Aglaea is a traitor too?
...
The comments started arguing intensely.
The idea that Phainon was the Flame Reaver, for the audience was nothing short of fantasy.
Back on earth, players had already been through countless 'knives' and leaks.
So after the Flame Reaver first appeared, he was given the nickname "Darkened Phainon."
What they looked forward to afterward was simply finding out how Phainon became the Flame Reaver.
Because of this line of reasoning, many even guessed the cycle problem of Amphoreus.
But in reality setting aside leaks and similar stories.
In this world, the only information the audience could get came from the hints given in the story.
Some viewers guessed correctly.
The sun pattern. And Mydei's weakness.
All of these were strong hints at the connection between the Flame Reaver and Phainon.
But that was all. These points couldn't serve as real, conclusive evidence.
To many viewers, it felt no different from baseless speculation.
They preferred to believe that there was something unknown that allowed the Flame Reaver to know Mydei's weakness.
That suggestive shot was just misdirection. This was the genuine reaction of fans with no spoilers.
And precisely because of that, after following Stelle on the Flame chase journey.
Their anticipation, and the moment they would learn the truth, would be at its peak.
For now, the audience just felt increasingly itchy with curiosity.
Even though in their eyes the Flame Reaver had already been taken down by Mydei.
They still desperately wanted to know this person's origins. This would become one of the major motivations driving them to keep watching.
On scene, after wrapping up the aftermath.
The camera turned to to Okhema.
Inside the Marmoreal Palace.
Aglaea, Phainon, Anaxa, Tribbie, Stelle and the others were gathered together.
Everyone looked grave, not because of the Coreflame, but because of Trinnon.
"Trinnon has found Trianne."
Tribbie lowered her head, suppressing her emotions, and spoke as calmly as possible: "...She was at the bottom of the valley outside the temple. But... that's where the good news ends."
The viewers still arguing in the barrage felt their hearts suddenly stop.
Good news ends… that wording… was clearly avoiding saying something directly.