For Raiden Ei, she and her sister had gone through countless hardships to win the Archon War and bring peace to Inazuma.
This peace, no one was allowed to destroy.
Whoever broke Inazuma's peace would be the enemy of the Raiden sisters.
So before Ei, the Thunderbird Kapatcir, who had destroyed Tsurumi Island and committed atrocities along the coast of Seirai Island, was her enemy.
Ei showed no mercy and felt no fear.
Even facing the Thunderbird's fierce attacks, she did not furrow her brow.
Instead, she drew her bow.
One arrow pierced the sky and shot through Kapatcir's chest.
On the other side, when Kapatcir was struck by Ei's arrow, her attack immediately ceased.
The Thunderbird's expression gradually shifted from ferocity to fear, and from fear to unwillingness.
As a powerful being, she could clearly feel her life force rapidly fading away, about to die in the blink of an eye.
Kapatcir used her last strength to cry out.
"How unwilling I am!"
"Aru, the song—why has it disappeared."
"Aru, keep singing!"
"I can never hear the song again. How unwilling I am!"
With these unwilling resentments, the Thunderbird ended her life.
When Kapatcir died, Ei felt neither joy nor sorrow.
She only looked at the Thunderbird's body falling from the sky with an indifferent gaze, as if she had just slain an ant, without any pressure.
For Ei, although Kapatcir was as large as a beast and possessed powerful Electro power, she posed no threat to Ei at all.
She had shot the Thunderbird down only to protect Inazuma.
A moment later, with a thunderous crash, Kapatcir's massive body fell to the ground.
This stunning sight instantly shocked everyone on Seirai Island.
"Long live the Raiden Shogun—"
"The Raiden Shogun is mighty—"
"The Raiden Shogun is incredible—"
"Thank you, Raiden Shogun, for slaying the vicious beast and protecting Seirai Island!"
The people of Seirai cheered at the death of Kapatcir.
In their cheers, they even called Ei by the wrong name, addressing her as the Raiden Shogun.
In the eyes of these ordinary people, Ei and Makoto looked exactly alike.
The people could not tell which was Lady Ei and which was the Raiden Shogun.
They simply called her the Raiden Shogun.
At that moment, floating in midair, Ei finally showed a faint smile at the cheers of Seirai's people.
But she quickly suppressed it and put on a serious expression.
"People of Seirai, the evil Thunderbird has been slain by me. Please dispose of its corpse."
With that, Ei no longer wanted to stay on Seirai Island and wished to return to Narukami Island as soon as possible to study the proper way to make sweets with Saiguu.
But just as Ei took a step to leave, she suddenly stopped.
She looked with a serious gaze at the Thunderbird's corpse.
On the corpse, she saw endless resentment rapidly spreading.
If left unchecked, it could even lead to disaster.
Seeing the people of Seirai about to handle the Thunderbird's corpse, Ei frowned deeply.
She quickly called out.
"Everyone, step back! Do not come within half a step of the Thunderbird's corpse!"
"Resentment has already spawned!"
"I will use the power of lightning to purge these resentments and restore peace to Seirai Island!"
The next moment, a surge of powerful Electro energy erupted from Ei's body, enveloping the entire coast of Seirai Island.
Endless bolts of lightning gathered in the sky.
With a rumble, powerful lightning strikes descended from the sky, striking the Thunderbird's corpse.
She wanted to purify the corpse and purge all the resentment.
But Ei had thought too simply.
Kapatcir's unwillingness far exceeded Ei's imagination, and the resentment on the Thunderbird's corpse also far exceeded her expectations.
When the lightning struck the corpse, a deafening explosion rang out.
Kapatcir's body shattered.
Nothing remained of it.
But after the corpse shattered, the resentment did not diminish. Instead, it instantly spread across the coast of Seirai Island.
If not for Ei's power holding it back, that resentment would have already swallowed the entire island and destroyed it.
Seeing this, even Ei found the situation troublesome.
After thinking for a moment, she finally made a decision.
Since she could not purge the resentment, to protect Seirai Island, there was only one option left.
That was to seal the resentment.
With this method in mind, Ei immediately began to act.
She gathered all the Electro energy in the sky, gradually forming a protective barrier of lightning, compressing the resentment bit by bit.
In the end, Ei successfully gathered the resentment together and sealed it on Seirai Island.
The chaotic Seirai Island once again became peaceful and quiet.
Looking at the panicked people, Ei spoke seriously.
"People of Seirai, you need not panic. I have sealed the Thunderbird's resentment."
"I will establish a shrine on Seirai Island."
"I will forever guard the seal and protect the peace of Seirai Island!"
To reassure the people of Seirai, Ei made this promise to everyone.
Hearing Ei's promise, all the people of Seirai knelt toward her.
"Thank you, Raiden Shogun—"
"Long live the Raiden Shogun—"
"With the Raiden Shogun here, we can rest easy."
The people of Seirai were all relieved.
Ei did not deceive them.
Before long, she ordered the construction of the Asase Shrine at the center of Seirai Island to watch over the seal of the Thunderbird's resentment.
At this point, the story of the Thunderbird on Seirai Island came to a temporary end.
But Tsurumi Island, which had been destroyed by the Thunderbird, was still enduring a painful cycle.
Within the mist of Tsurumi Island, the newly revived people had already decided to offer Aru as a sacrifice once again to the guardian deity.
When the time for the ritual came, the people bound Aru to a massive wooden post and began the ceremony according to their customs.
The opening ceremony.
The blood sacrifice.
The burning flames.
Bound to the post, Aru's blood drained away once more, subjecting him to immense pain once again.
But for Lady Kapatcir, Aru was very obedient.
He did not cry out.
He only wept silently, forcing himself to endure everything.