章 61: Fusing Elements

I went to my now Abyss filled Domain. It was… suffocating to say the least. I wanted to remove this before letting go of the Domain, but I didn't know how. I sat on the ground and began to ponder on what to do about this Abyssal energy. Could I use Gluttony?

I tried doing just that and made a small fireball. It was absorbing the energy, but once the surrounding energy disappeared, it didn't absorb any more. So it just absorbs anything within its range. No wonder the flames expand and grow larger when consuming Life Force. I actually felt the fireball forcefully trying to expand.

I was controlling the size of this fireball so it really couldn't expand. I wouldn't want this whole place getting engulfed in flames after all. Hm…

"Would this work?"

I raised my hand and made a small Anemo vortex combined with Gluttony. It sucked all the energy in. I meant ALL. Nothing was left, not even a single speck of Abyssal energy. It worked just like a black hole… That was both horrifying and incredibly cool.

Now that the whole Domain was cleared, it was peaceful and no longer suffocating. Welp… now I don't have anything to do. Shit.

"I could just try practicing using a spear?" I said as I stood up and made a halberd out of Geo. "Hm… Should I just buy one? Or should I just make one with the combination of Gluttony and Geo?"

The information in my head about Gluttony states that it can fuse with any element with little to no problems at all. I actually knew this since long ago, way back when it was still purple. I just didn't bother really. I mean, why would I fuse it with any element? Now I know the reason.

Anyways, I made another halberd. However, it's blade and point were now a pure black color. It looked quite nice as the pole had that signature Geo structure color of dark brown with golden linings. After that, I began practicing using my new weapon. I don't really know if my moves were effective or not since I didn't have anything to test it out on.

"Should I look for a Ruin Guard?"

Due to them having higher physical resistance, I'll be able to hit them more before they break compared to other beings that I've fought. I teleported out of my Domain to a place near Luhua Pool. I remember seeing an inactive Ruin Guard here before. I could have gone to that small pool near Guili Plains with the four resting Ruin Guards, but I tried that before, and it seems I need to do something first.

"Ah, here it is."

I went to the Ruin Guard and it started activating. I made my new halberd once more. By the time the Ruin Guard was fully activated, I was already in a fighting stance. I was quite surprised when it immediately swung it's fist from above at me. In which, I dodged by doing a side step and took a step forward right after. I was just about to thrust at it's eye when it's other hand suddenly tried to grab my halberd.

I stepped back and slashed my halberd upward using two hands so that I could quickly disarm it. And yes, I literally meant to disarm it. When my halberd hit it, the blade slashed through the arm like butter.

"Ah… It's more powerful than I thought…"

When I began hearing some clinking noises, I quickly made some distance between me and the Ruin Guard. Six missiles came out from it's back and went for me. I stood in place and when all of it was near me, I plunged my halberd into the ground and jumped, using the halberd as a means of staying in the air. Even if that only lasted for less than a second as I flipped, taking my halberd off the ground. I held onto the pole with both my hands as I performed a downward slash that carried the power of my momentum from the jump earlier. I wasn't close, even if the Ruin Guard was heading towards me in it's slow pace, so I paired the slash with Gluttony.

My slash released a slash of Gluttony that the Ruin Guard tried to block. However, as expected, it cut through it like butter. I knew I said that I wanted to test it out for longer, but seeing that the blade could cut through its metal body like butter, killing it off was just much easier.

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When I went back to the hotel room, I was quite shocked at the person who went over for a visit.

"Ah! Mr. Aether!" said the cheerful voice of a small girl with long pointy ears.

"Oh, hi there Klee!" The small girl jumped at me and quickly embraced me. I hugged her back and carried her. "What brings you here today?"

"Let's go fishing! Klee has found a very good place with lots of fish!"

"Hm…" I looked back and saw that both Ganyu and Keqing were still doing the paperwork. When they noticed me looking at them, they shook their heads as if knowing what I meant. Well, Ganyu needed to finish those before the wedding after all. So that we can have a lot of time for ourselves. That's what she told me after all.

"Sure. Do you want to come with us, Noelle? Havria?"

"Gladly!" said Noelle.

"Oh? I haven't fished in a while, so sure," said Havria.

Klee cheered, jumped from my arms, and hugged both of them. It seems that Havria already introduced herself to Klee. Seeing her carry Klee was so precious that I had to take a picture of it. She made Klee smile just by being around and she even talks with her with gentleness. She'll be a great mother…

Instead of teleporting, we just walked to the location that Klee said. We could have just teleported here since I actually was kinda familiar with the place, but walking way more nicer since I'm with them. When we got to the location, I pulled out the essentials from my storage ring. As an adventurer, I needed to be ready for these sorts of things.

"Time to go fish-blasting!" yelled Klee in excitement.

"Yeah!... Wait what?!" I said as my eyes widened.

Noelle quickly told Klee that Jean will get mad if she goes fish blasting, and after a few seconds, Klee nodded albeit a bit sad. I sighed and went to her. I crouched down and held her shoulders.

"Next time, I promise."

"Yay!"

God that smile is too precious.