"Moreover, if even the stars can't be shattered, extinction must have nothing to do with retribution—it's purely because they're weak and too reckless, right?"

The adjutant, waiting somewhat smugly for her response, had his expression freeze, finally only managing a silent, bitter smile.

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[Fusion Avatar: Returning Star R8-]

[Coefficient]

Strength:3.90

Agility:8.10

Constitution:5.90

Intelligence:4.90

Perception:1.60

Charm:2.00

[Skill]

Star Shattering Moment: Goddess Creation. Innate Armor*5 (Constitution/2), unaffected by negative effects, grants Extra Shield Value equal to Constitution, Shield Value weakened by Agility, can be actively triggered, negative effect: cannot wear Armor Equipment.

Holy Sanctuary of Sky Cleaning: Free from Disease and Disaster. Purification field, immune to disease effects, other negative effects within the field require Charm Judgment.

Holy Radiance of the Endless Sky: Supreme and Sacred. Dawn Enhancement*2, Extra Shield will not be weakened by evil damage other than Destructive Damage.

From Beyond the Heavens: Alone in a Foreign Country. Unaffected by judgment-based Special Attack, immune to some special judgments (good and evil, order and chaos, gender, dream, etc.).

Star Wings: Escaping the World. Immune to binding, Agility attribute unaffected by any external effects, grants Special Effect at specific values. (120, 300, 500, 700, 1000)

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[Research Report on Ancient Fantasy Species: Returning Star]

Returning Star is, according to ancient legend, a meteor that fell from outside the heavens in antiquity, striking down the high peak, a sacred giant stone hosting a Star Spirit.

It emits a strange power purifying the atmosphere, or perhaps it is not purification but a special nature of the Star Spirit, able to produce similar effects on earthly beings.

It is said that the mountains where the Returning Star resides almost have no diseases, and even when injured, there is no fear of infection.

Numerous lives have thrived because of this, reproducing and living peacefully; even Dragons favor this land, frequently pausing atop the peaks.

Later, humankind discovered this pure land and established a nation here.

They treated the Returning Star as a God, holding grand ceremonies every decade, climbing to the summit, offering tributes and divine dances.

This kind of ritual continued for hundreds of years, but there was never a record of the Star Spirit responding to prayers.

However, after hundreds of years of dwelling and reproducing in the mountains, living peacefully, people from a foreign country discovered this pure land.

Peaceful exchanges did not last long; war broke out, as the foreign country coveted this sacred land and launched an aggressive invasion. Despite the natives not giving up resistance, they were not adept at warfare having lived too leisurely for too long in this pure land.

Moreover, the Holy Stone's Power of Purification is indiscriminate protection, so even foreign invaders could be under divine favor, making them more courageous and fervent.

The war lasted just a few years before the native's country was declared extinct.

But even in the most brutal stage of the war, the natives never climbed the mountain to beg the Returning Star to stop favoring the enemy.

This indiscriminate sanctity, conversely, instilled fear in the invaders.

The mountain environment was not conducive for a nation's expansion, and the extermination of the natives served as a precedent for the invaders.

Even if they could dwell here for centuries, national power would hardly progress, leaving them vulnerable to becoming victims of future invaders.

Thus, a few years after the war, the king of the new nation made the decision to order the strong to conquer the Snow Mountain, to shatter the old nation's symbol of faith—the Returning Star—and bring it down the mountain,

this was both the ultimate blow to the old nation's remaining forces and the first step in his ambition.

Using the Holy Stone, the Returning Star, as material to create an army that could expedition anywhere without fear of disease, establishing an unprecedented empire.

But the strong who ventured forth were utterly defeated, it is said they encountered severe suppression after reaching the mountain peak.

The renowned Divine weapons and tools, upon striking the Holy Stone, shattered and broke, even the mighty who wielded them suffered severe injuries from recoil, some even died instantly.

Only those strong Shamanesses, the kingdom's queens, could dance in the Holy Sanctuary—

Recalling this unheeded intelligence, remembering the valiant posture of the old nation's queen who died bravely in battle, the king of the new nation looked at the severely decimated troops, his blank mind not yet clear when he felt the intense rumbling.

Earth quakes, rocks tumble, avalanche like a waterfall.

The king rushed out of the palace, under the shocked and fearful gaze of the new nation's people, the brilliant meteor rose from the top of the Snow Mountain, tracing a bright arc, then disappeared.

The new king desecrated the Holy Stone, causing the God to abandon them, this land forever lost the divine observation—

Shortly after these unfounded rumors spread, a terrible plague proliferated in the invader's country.

This mountain range, having evolved into a unique ecology due to continuous purification, faced its first unique and hard-to-deal-with disease after losing the Returning Star's favor.

These new country people from outside, having only enjoyed the pure land for a few years, having just found their footing, quickly suffered severe casualties under this terrifying plague, and after the Royal Family all perished, people fled the 'Pure Land', becoming refugees,

and the survivors who feared divine retribution dared not to use the name of this country, this powerful nation, having yet to realize ambition, quietly disappeared into the river of history.

The Star Spirit residing in the Holy Stone, though never responding, never refused human visits.

Perhaps after hundreds of years of offering, it might choose differently and truly become a friend to humankind.

But now, we can only learn of its existence from the sparse records of ancient books.

—Stars return to the celestial sphere, pain returns to the earth.

However, it is said that although the natives of the old nation were enslaved by the new nation, they did not all perish in the subsequent plague.

Perhaps among them, there exists a descendant of a certain Shamaness, or even the child of a queen, and this descendant successfully escaped the pure land, leaving behind progeny to this day, and that descendant changed roles to a Magician, successfully reversing ancestry in the Awakening Ritual, gaining the Star Spirit's power hahaha—

Alright, how could that possibly be.

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