A ball of golden flame surged out from Su Ran's memories.
It quietly settled into his palm.
Inside the ice prison placed to one side, the other flame watched this scene and immediately began to panic.
"What are you going to do?!"
Ever since falling into Su Ran's hands, Phantylia had spent every moment recovering.
As a Heliobi, she wouldn't die easily.
But the battle back then had still left her seriously injured.
Her voice startled Arlecchino, who had just returned to the Space Station.
She hadn't known that this ball of flame was sentient.
At first, she simply stared at the flame inside the prison.
She still couldn't understand what was happening.
Why could she sense such intense fear coming from a mere flame?
"What am I going to do?"
"Obviously, I'm going to distribute the power of an Emanator of Destruction to mortals."
"Phantylia, I have to say, you're quite the treasure!"
The power of an Emanator of Destruction.
There were only a handful of Lord Ravagers in the entire universe.
And now, one of them was right in his hands.
"Mortals can't withstand an Emanator's power."
"Don't say I didn't warn you!"
Phantylia suppressed her rage.
Even though she had no physical form at the moment, her anger was impossible to conceal.
"Listen to yourself."
"Do you really think I don't know that?"
"That's why I have no intention of giving her all of your power at once."
Emanators were beings who had received an Aeon's gaze and blessing.
Therefore, even if they hadn't originally possessed an extraordinarily powerful physique, they wouldn't have any problems handling that power.
But Phantylia's power came from Destruction.
That Path itself was one that ultimately led toward one's own destruction.
And in this case, the power was being transferred directly without an Aeon's blessing.
The risks were even greater.
The power of Destruction was nothing like the power of Preservation.
However, as long as Arlecchino didn't directly inherit all of it, it wouldn't necessarily attract an Aeon's attention.
Nanook wouldn't notice someone stealing only a fraction of the power.
Complete power would be detectable.
But if it was only a portion, He wouldn't care.
That was why Su Ran was looking forward to the upcoming experiment.
"Genius, what is this?"
Arlecchino didn't understand how terrifying the power she was about to receive actually was.
Instead, she was more curious about Phantylia herself.
"An Emanator of Destruction."
"Phantylia the Undying, one of the Lord Ravagers."
"The number of worlds destroyed by her is beyond counting."
"So be careful."
"If she escapes, she might destroy Teyvat before I even notice."
To prevent any unnecessary trouble, Su Ran first explained the seriousness of the situation to Arlecchino.
"An Emanator like you?"
She had heard the term Emanator more than once by now.
"In terms of status, yes."
"But in terms of identity, there's a difference."
"I'm a talent that every faction wants to recruit."
"She, on the other hand, is a destructive maniac who's even more hated than the Fatui."
"..."
Using the Fatui as a comparison helped Arlecchino understand just how terrible this flame's reputation was.
Apparently, she really was hated.
"You're a Fatui Harbinger yourself."
"You shouldn't put it that way."
"The Fatui may have a terrible reputation, but at least we're better than the Abyss Order."
Su Ran nodded and changed his analogy.
"Then she's worse than the Abyss Order."
"Wherever an Emanator of Destruction goes, nothing remains but ruins."
"The Abyss can at least be repelled."
Phantylia laughed from inside the cage.
"As a Genius, you actually joined an organization that calls itself the Fatui?"
"Are you trying to make the entire universe laugh at you?"
"Or perhaps you're trying to attract the gaze of the Elation?"
She was doing everything she could to stop the experiment.
She couldn't guarantee what would happen with anyone else.
But if it was Su Ran...
She genuinely feared that he could somehow distribute her power.
The previous Emanator of Propagation was the best evidence.
That man had even been able to influence the swarm.
There was no guarantee that Destruction would be immune to him.
"Let them laugh."
"Anyway, they won't be laughing for much longer."
Su Ran wasn't worried about what others thought of him.
He had the title of Genius to protect him.
Even if people found out, they would simply assume he had some deeper purpose.
No one would think he had merely joined a group of fools.
"You're really going to go this far?"
Compared with March 7th and Stelle, who had mocked her back then, Phantylia had never felt such overwhelming anger.
"Did you think I'd be able to make peace with a Lord Ravager?"
A force of Destruction that could be considered a scourge just like the Swarm...
What kind of good people were they supposed to be?
Whether it was the Antimatter Legion or the Annihilation Gang, who would actually like them?
If they could genuinely get along with others, they wouldn't have chosen the Path of Destruction in the first place.
"But if you do this, then we'll truly be enemies until one of us dies!"
She was panicking.
For so many days, she hadn't been particularly worried.
But now that Su Ran was actually about to act against her, she was finally afraid.
"You're talking as if you wouldn't have become my mortal enemy after I cut off your escape route and imprisoned you."
Could he really trust the word of a Lord Ravager?
They were a bunch of lunatics devoted to Destruction.
What credibility could they possibly have?
"Su Ran!"
"If you don't act, there's still room for negotiation."
"Otherwise, I'll detonate myself and attract the attention of Lord Nanook."
"I refuse to believe you can survive the gaze of Destruction!"
The self-destruction of an Emanator of Destruction would undoubtedly be an astonishing spectacle.
It really could attract the attention of the Aeon of Destruction.
"If you're as afraid of death as you are, do you really have the guts to destroy yourself?"
If Su Ran didn't understand Phantylia, he might have been intimidated.
But now that he understood her, how could he possibly fall for it?
"Your former fellow Emanator died under the siege of the Galaxy Rangers."
"What did Nanook do?"
"You think far too highly of yourself."
"Ultimately, Lord Ravagers are nothing more than tools Nanook uses to accomplish His goals."
"If one dies, He can simply find another."
Especially Phantylia, who had even split herself into two parts just to preserve a sliver of hope for survival.
Someone this afraid of death...
Did she really have the courage to blow herself up?
They say a cornered dog will jump over the wall.
But Su Ran still didn't believe she'd self-destruct unless he truly forced her to the brink.
"Damn you!"
"I'll wait for the day you face Destruction!"
Phantylia let out a furious roar.
Never before had she been this enraged.
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