Genshin Impact: I, Heavenly Principle, Will Make Teyvat Supreme-Chapter 122: Barbatos? That’s One of Solomon’s Seventy-Two Demon Gods

"Busujima-senpai..."

The surviving students, upon hearing the unnaturally calm voice, felt as though they had found their pillar of support.

Busujima-senpai was the captain of the Kendo Club at Fujimi Academy and had once won the championship at the National Youth Kendo Tournament.

They had all followed Busujima-senpai to the rooftop. Her formidable swordsmanship was well known—leading the charge, she had knocked down countless corpses with nothing but a wooden sword.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Crunch! Crunch...

As if in response to Saeko Busujima's words, the rooftop door, blocked by heavy objects, echoed with the sounds of frenzied roars and wood being gnawed apart. The wooden crates barricading the door were constantly being pushed, revealing bloodied, disfigured faces through the gaps.

"Ahhhh!"

"The—the crates are being pushed open!"

"No, no!"

The already terrified students, trembling uncontrollably, let out shrill screams. They were on the rooftop—there was nowhere left to run.

A pink-haired twin-tailed girl was so frightened that tears streamed down her face. "Ahhh! It's all your fault! You yelled so loudly and attracted those monsters! Now we're all going to die!"

A blonde-haired girl collapsed onto the ground, her legs too weak to support her. "No... I don't want to die!"

Saeko Busujima rushed forward to the crates with a calm demeanor, gripping her wooden sword tightly and repeatedly stabbing at the heads that were squeezing through the gaps.

Squelch!

The wooden sword pierced through a corpse's head, splattering blood everywhere. Her clothes were inevitably stained red as she turned to look at her petrified classmates.

"Don't just stand there! We have nowhere left to run. If they break through, we're all dead."

Driven by the instinct to survive, the students shakily rushed forward to push against the crates.

The blonde-haired girl, pushing with all her strength, screamed hysterically, "I've never even been in love! I don't want to die yet!"

The pink-haired twin-tailed girl, tears streaming down her face, cried out, "Who the hell has?! Damn it, I'm a senator's daughter! I refuse to die here!"

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch...

Despite the surviving students' efforts to hold the crates in place, the number of corpses was overwhelming. They continued gnawing away at the wood, and in the blink of an eye, the crates had been nearly dismantled.

Seeing this, Saeko Busujima gritted her teeth. "This isn't working! Everyone, run!"

Crack! Bang!

The crates completely shattered under the opposing forces, and the flood of corpses burst through like a breached dam.

Roar! Roar! Roar...

"Ahhhhhhh...!"

The students screamed in despair, their bodies instinctively retreating.

"Busujima-senpai!"

Saeko Busujima wielded her wooden sword with both hands, slashing at the rushing corpses. Within seconds, she had precisely crushed the skulls of three of them.

However, when she struck the fourth one—

Crack!

The wooden sword shattered.

She had been using it nonstop since leaving the Kendo Club, and it had long reached its limit.

It's over!

"Ahhhhhhh...!"

The students let out cries of utter despair.

Boom!

At that very moment, a golden light descended from the sky.

Buzzzzz...

Under the golden radiance, all the undead instantly disintegrated into ashes.

The surviving students stood within the light, yet it was not blinding. The fear in their hearts vanished in an instant, leaving only tranquility.

At the same time, all the remaining survivors across the city could see the soft golden light descending straight from the clouds. The clouds formed a circular halo around the golden glow.

Saeko Busujima was stunned. She had witnessed with her own eyes as all the undead before her melted away like snowflakes under this light.

"What… is happening?"

The blonde girl was equally bewildered. "What's going on? Those monsters just… vanished all of a sudden?"

The pink twin-tailed girl clutched her chest in shock. "I… I'm not afraid anymore?"

The students standing within the golden radiance were in tears, their faces soaked with relief.

"What is this…?"

"This light… has a god manifested before us?"

"The monsters… they're gone!"

And at that moment, from the highest heavens, a voice descended—a voice of salvation, a voice that soothed the soul.

[People of the apocalypse, hear my divine decree.]

[To stand in the light is to become a hero; to dwell in the shadows is to invite calamity.]

[Is courage not the same? Those who have lived an easy life will never grasp its true worth.]

[But when you are cornered by despair, courage will be the only light guiding you to rise and fight back.]

[My divine name is Barbatos, the God of Breeze and Hope under the Heavenly Principle.]

[I shall bless those who dwell within the apocalypse, bringing hope to the kind-hearted.]

[The gods love humanity, but they are not selflessly benevolent—hope and freedom shall not be bestowed upon evildoers.]

[Innocence and kindness are the most cherished treasures of the Heavenly Principle—may all of you hold them tightly.]

[Embrace kindness and innocence, wield courage as your weapon, and hope and salvation shall surely come to your side.]

The voice did not travel through the air; instead, it echoed directly within everyone's minds.

The instant the voice resounded, all fear and despair in their hearts were wiped away.

"A god! A god has appeared! It's a miracle!"

"A divine manifestation!"

"The apocalypse… The world has truly fallen into an apocalypse! Why?! Why did it come to this?!"

"God of Wind and Hope, please protect me—I don't want to die!"

All who heard the divine decree erupted with a flood of emotions.

Even though fear and despair had vanished due to the god's words, other emotions still remained. In fact, because fear was gone, their remaining emotions surged even more intensely.

Especially those who, upon realizing that gods truly existed, considered themselves unworthy. Their ugly thoughts surfaced without restraint.

"If the gods love humanity, then they should love all of us! Why are we being treated differently?!"

"Barbatos? I'm a professor of Western mythology—that name is one of Solomon's seventy-two demon gods! That's no real god—it's a demon!"

"Barbatos is a demon's name! There is no such thing as a God of Hope—this is a devil deceiving us!"

"The apocalypse was caused by demons!"

"Damn demon!"

Unfortunately, the voices of these vile-hearted humans could not reach the ears of the gods. Even if the gods could hear them, they would not care.

After all, they were nothing more than the dregs of humanity, unworthy of divine salvation.

As the divine decree gradually faded, the golden light also slowly disappeared from the sky.

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As the light vanished, a tall, valiant girl with golden hair, dressed in a knightly uniform that seemed to exist only in anime, appeared.

In her hand, she held a magnificent, glowing blue longsword, as if it had been taken straight from a fantasy tale.

Her arrival, like that of a knight king summoned by magic, left the surviving students utterly awestruck.

Jean opened her eyes. She could immediately sense that elemental energy and other forms of power were absent from this world.

However, she felt no discomfort. Her Vision remained connected to the Teyvat Universe, allowing elemental energy to flow into her continuously. She could even use it to pray to Lord Barbatos or other gods.

What entered her sight was a group of teenagers staring at her in stunned silence. Beyond the rooftop railing, the distant scenery was filled with smoke and chaos.

Having already understood the state of this world, Jean quickly regained her composure.

These were the students mentioned in the provided information, three of whom were specifically noted: Saeko Busujima, Rei Miyamoto, and Saya Takagi.

As the Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, someone capable of managing an entire nation's affairs, Jean knew exactly what needed to be done. She extended her hand and performed a knightly salute—both cordial and resolute.

"Jean Gunnhildr, Acting Grand Master of the Western Knights. I have been sent by the Heavenly Principle and the gods to this apocalyptic world to bring salvation. I hope you will aid me in this mission."

Saeko Busujima was the first to recover from her shock. Her heartbeat pounded violently—this was divine intervention! The mystical! The unknown! The supernatural, something she had never truly believed in, was now standing right before her.

The other students gradually snapped back to reality as well. A scenario that should only exist in anime was now unfolding before their very eyes.

"A Grand Master of the Knights?!"

"A savior sent by the gods to this world?!"

"A legendary hero! Am I dreaming?"

Saya Takagi, having barely processed the scene that had completely shattered her worldview, hurriedly asked, "The apocalypse? Our world is on a countdown to destruction? Why is this happening?"

Her question immediately brought others to the same realization.

Rei Miyamoto wiped away her tears. "Hero… what is happening with this apocalypse?"

"The world is ending? N-no… how can this be happening?"

Jean observed the students slowly regaining their composure. The wind-element pattern on the back of her hand glowed softly before fading, revealing her Vision.

The Vision radiated a gentle light as a dozen strands of wind elemental energy shot toward the students.

Seeing the tangible streaks of light flying toward them, the students instinctively raised their hands to shield their faces.

At that moment, their minds were flooded with an overwhelming influx of information.

The origin of this world's apocalypse.

The nature of this world itself.

Jean's background.

The identity of the deity Barbatos.

All of these details were directly transmitted into their consciousness.

This was a standard protocol—Noah would always equip mission operatives with a temporary ability to transfer information through their Visions.

Of course, all of the information had been carefully curated and embellished.

Regarding the nature of the world and the gods, Noah had borrowed concepts from the Little Garden Universe, incorporating theories of parallel and intersecting universes.

After all, even within Teyvat Universe, there were already two Earths—perfectly aligning with the concept of parallel worlds.

Moreover, every mythology on Earth was merely a distorted interpretation of real gods' histories, fabricated by ordinary humans.

This narrative would never be debunked—after all, the right to interpret reality lay entirely in the hands of Noah. Once the world was assimilated, all of it would become truth.

The students absorbed the flood of information in stunned silence, but they quickly regained their senses.

Saya Takagi gritted her teeth. "So that's how it is! Damn it, the apocalypse was caused by those virus laboratories! Those bastards!"

Rei Miyamoto trembled in fear. "At least 90% of the world's population will turn into undead!"

While the students were still reeling in terror over the cause of the apocalypse and the staggering death toll, Saeko Busujima felt a surge of excitement.

The existence of gods was real. Supernatural power existed. The Vision and its wish-granting abilities—it was all within reach.

Moreover, in a world consumed by the apocalypse, the undead had to be eradicated. She no longer needed to suppress her deep-seated thirst for violence and bloodshed.

Eyes filled with anticipation, Saeko Busujima spoke up. "Hero, you have come to save this world. Please, allow me to follow you."

The moment she said this, all the students jolted.

"Let me follow you as well, Savior!"

"I want to go with you too!"

"Please, don't leave me behind!"

Even a fool would understand—amidst the apocalypse, following the savior sent by the gods was the safest choice.

Saya Takagi hurriedly added, "Savior, my father is the leader of the largest faction in this region and a government official. He can definitely assist you. Please, allow me to join you as well."

Rei Miyamoto quickly followed, "My father is a police officer—he can help too!"

Jean spoke with solemn authority, "I must make one thing clear: My mission is to save the world, and I will only save those who are good. As for those abandoned by the gods—the wicked—I will eliminate them."

Saeko Busujima hesitated before asking, "Then… how do we determine who is wicked, Savior?" A nervous tension gripped her—was a woman like her, with such twisted desires, considered evil?

Jean smiled as she raised the Skyward Blade in her hand. "This sword is the divine artifact of Lord Barbatos, god of the wind, of hope, and of freedom. In its presence, the wicked will reveal their true nature. Moreover, this blade can only harm evildoers; no matter how many times it strikes the pure-hearted, they will remain unscathed."

"The Heavenly Principle and the gods will not allow evildoers to enter the new world."

The terms Heavenly Principle, the gods, and the new world—these were all concepts that had been imprinted into their minds.

The Heavenly Principle referred to the primordial creator god, the entity that had forged the universe itself. The gods, in contrast, were the embodiments of the world's rules, the very fabric of existence.

The wind and hope—Barbatos was their divine incarnation.

As for the Seventy-Two Demon Gods of Solomon, any student who had studied mythology knew that these figures were once native gods, later demonized by the Church for the sake of conversion.

One must never judge divine beings through the lens of human morality.

The new world—it was akin to the world reborn after the Great Flood in the Bible.

Only this time, it was humanity itself that had brought about the undead virus. If the gods wished to cleanse the world, was that not only natural?

Besides, as students of this so-called "modern age," they had long harbored resentment toward this entire world.

Now, they were to become the first followers of the savior.

Was this not akin to the chosen people of God boarding Noah's Ark, following the savior to the new world?

Excitement surged among the students, their eyes ablaze with fanaticism.

Jean spoke, "None of you carry the taint of corruption—you are all good people. Now, take these, and join me in saving more survivors. Together, we will establish a new order."

"There's no need to call me Savior—just Jean, or Captain Jean, will do."

Her Vision glowed, and with the sound of clashing steel, a dozen silver swords materialized on the ground.

The students eagerly picked up the swords—these were weapons conjured by the savior herself, treasures of legend.

"Yes, Lady Jean! We will aid you in saving the world, eliminating all evildoers, and ushering in the new era!"

"That's right!"

Roar! Roar! Roar!

At that moment, guttural snarls echoed from below—more undead had climbed onto the rooftop, shambling toward the source of the noise.

Yet now, the students no longer felt the same overwhelming fear.

After all, they wielded legendary swords bestowed by the savior, and beside them stood Jean—a knightly figure sent by the gods themselves to save the world.

With a single swing of Skyward Blade, a brilliant emerald wind blade slashed through the air—instantly shredding the undead.

Jean sighed inwardly.

These undead… they were once human, too. I'm sorry. May you find a better rebirth in your next life.

She turned to the students. "Follow me. We will first purge the undead from this school. Then, I will teach you the swordsmanship of the Knights of Favonius. Together, we shall establish the Order of Favonius and venture into the city to save more people."

The fervent students shouted in unison, "Long live Captain Jean!"

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