The Weapon Master Shall Never Die Bare-Handed in Genshin Impact [430]

“Erosion is the will of the Heavenly Principles… a force beyond all power.”

Jia Changjiang raised his greatsword toward the sky, his voice thunderous with anger. “There is nothing in this world that lasts forever!”

“Even bedrock can be shattered. Even gold and stone may yield…”

“But—this world is not governed by erosion alone.”

He turned to Zhongli and Lumine—who now bore Azhdaha’s benevolent will.

The battle ahead… would be two against one.

“For everything erosion has stripped from me—I’ll take it back!”

Jia Changjiang pointed his blade to the heavens.

“I… refuse to submit!!”

“I REFUSE!!!!”

His roar shook the earth.

“MORAX!!! ZHONGLI!!!”

Jia’s voice dropped into a low, resonant growl as he stared straight at Zhongli. “If the old contract has been worn down to the point of obscurity… then let us forge a new one!”

“I am… Azhdaha. Born in darkness, blind since the day I emerged into this world, sealed away for centuries, never seeing the light of day.”

“You were the one who gave sight to the blind dragon. The very first thing Azhdaha ever saw… was you.”

He looked straight at Zhongli. “So—”

“Let us settle everything here and now. Of all people… only you can do this.”

“…Very well.”

Zhongli raised his spear.

“As you wish. I will grant what you seek… and face you in battle.”

“Jia Changjiang. Azhdaha.”

“….” Zhongli sighed.

For the first time since stepping down from his post, he once again stepped into the role of Geo Archon.

Not for Liyue—

But for the sake of an old friend.

Just as Jia Changjiang—and Azhdaha—had said.

Zhongli had given Azhdaha the eyes to see. He had led him to the surface...

And now, it was Zhongli alone who could bring this story to its end.

He leveled his spear and stepped forward.

Lumine followed at his side.

Jia Changjiang advanced to meet them.

The wielder of the greatsword—merged with Azhdaha.

The bearer of the polearm—Zhongli.

As they drew close, the Geo energy surrounding them began to tremble.

Azhdaha was Liyue’s oldest Geo being. Zhongli—its god of stone for over a thousand years.

Between them, their command of Geo was near-absolute.

Which meant—

“Come!!!!”

As the distance between them closed to a threshold, Jia Changjiang moved first. His towering frame swung the greatsword down at Zhongli with immense force.

Zhongli braced himself and raised his spear—this was the first time he’d shown true seriousness before Lumine and Jia Changjiang.

Now, he faced both Jia Changjiang and Azhdaha.

An old friend. A current companion. And the very essence of contract.

Zhongli could afford no half-measures.

“Azhdaha… I am no longer a god.”

Zhongli spoke plainly. “Now, I am merely a man of Liyue.”

“I know that!”

Jia Changjiang shouted, bringing the greatsword around in a wide arc. It collided with Zhongli’s spear in a burst of sparks.

“Zhongli!”

They clashed again, and as their weapons met, Jia Changjiang spoke—face to face.

“Back when we were in Guyun Stone Forest… you asked Lumine to bear witness.”

“But you never said a word to me.”

Steel clanged and blazed with light as sword met spear.

“And you were right!!!!”

“I was never the witness!”

Jia’s crimson eyes gleamed. He lifted his greatsword and brought it crashing down again.

Zhongli didn’t dodge.

Each time, his spear deflected the blow just in time—until Jia’s final strike, which Zhongli took head-on.

“I—am the one who throws himself into the storm. I can’t simply watch sad, unchangeable truths unfold!”

“I embrace consequence!!”

Jia stomped the ground. A Geo shockwave blasted out, driving Zhongli and Lumine back together.

“I’m a stone from another world! Even in this sea of stars—I’ll make a ripple of my own!!”

He roared. “If the pain of Azhdaha’s past still chains you—then I’ll help you carry it! I’ll help him!”

“Since the day you arrived in Liyue, you’ve done nothing but fight for others,” Zhongli said, realizing—this voice speaking to him now was Jia Changjiang’s.

“Why?”

“Because I damn well want to!” Jia grinned.

The sharp teeth—a gift from Azhdaha—showed clearly in his smile.

“I want to see others smile. I want to see my friends happy—not burdened by sighs and sorrow.”

“Zhongli… ever since the moment we met, you’ve never looked more conflicted than you do now.”

He pivoted, driving his massive frame into Zhongli’s shield. The impact nearly cracked the unbreakable barrier.

“If the Geo Archon can’t do it—then let Zhongli do it instead!”

“I, Jia Changjiang, am your friend. A friend I won through sheer determination!”

He swung his greatsword down diagonally toward Zhongli. “Helping a friend—how is that complicated?!”

“…” Zhongli caught the blade on his spear shaft, bracing hard as they locked in a deadlock.

Jia Changjiang… might be the one mortal Zhongli had met who treated gods as equals.

The purest warrior he had ever seen.

A man who used every ounce of power he had—only where it truly mattered.

He helped repel the demon gods that once threatened Liyue.

In the face of catastrophe, the Millelith under his lead were nearly on par with those who had fought in the Archon War.

It was as if… Jia Changjiang never wanted anything in return.

Even after all he’d done for Liyue…

All he ever asked for was—

Three hundred Mora that Zhongli owed him.

And a friendship.

“Jia Changjiang… you truly are…” Zhongli steadied himself with his spear, then raised it to strike.

Lumine, meanwhile, had drawn her Geo sword and used Jia’s greatsword as a springboard to leap into the air. She came down from above, blade first.

“Morax… is the strongest soul among us,” said the benevolent will within her. “He remembers everything… and because of that, he bears the deepest erosion.”

“We… are the reasons he has been worn away.”

Jia caught Lumine’s strike and blocked Zhongli’s thrust in the same motion. “Every living being is eroded by time!”

“Departure is not erosion!”

He shouted, “Even if memories fade, even if they vanish…”

“The past—still truly existed!”

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T/N: im tearing up

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