Teyvat Survival Guide

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Batada was very careful along the way and did not make any noise. When he saw the villager being chased, he just used the meat tied on his body to help attract the attention of the black wolves. After doing that, he turned his head and no longer looked at the situation of the villager, and ran away without seeing a single thing.

He can't even protect himself, so being able to provide a little help is already his greatest kindness.

Fortunately, he discovered a lot of the habits of these black wolves on the way.

Although they look like wolves, their sense of smell does not seem to be as sensitive as that of wolves, and they can even be described as clumsy.

But their vision seemed to be very sensitive. He didn't even see a human figure in the distance, but they recognized it and bit him with their fangs bared.

Using this discovery, he carefully avoided sight and successfully escaped from the pub where he worked to the vicinity of his home.

This distance is actually not far. If you walk, you can get there in about an hour, not to mention that there are usually means of transportation such as ox carts and horse carts that can allow him to reach his workplace in more than 20 minutes.

But there were no horse-drawn carriages or ox-drawn carts now. Apart from the herd of beasts, bloodstains, and various pieces of meat mixed with cloth, there were hardly any human figures on the road.

I guess the survivors have all retreated.

And those who were bitten by the black wolf...

Batta took a look at the bloody pieces of flesh, shook his head, and stopped thinking about it. He became more and more worried about his wife and daughter.

In order to avoid the black wolf, to find an opportunity, to find a safe path... and to stay alive, he fled for an hour from morning to afternoon.

He climbed in through the back window of his house with a nervous mood and saw that the house was in a mess. The furniture was overturned on the ground, the walls were covered with scratches, and torn clothes were scattered on the ground with blood. The whole room was covered with blood and the smell of blood was everywhere.

Sunlight leaked in through the broken glass windows, shining onto the blood-stained floor, making it look messy.

And the photo of him, his wife Philna and daughter Leah taken at the movie store in Qingquan Town, the photo that symbolized the happiness and sunshine of their family, fell on the sunlit floor, stained with blood and torn in half.

Batda felt as if he was hit hard by a hammer, and his heart felt like it was torn into pieces like the photo.

With dull eyes he murmured in a low voice:

"Felna...Felna...

"Liya..."

He walked over with trembling legs, picked up the photo and looked at it painfully.

This uncle in the photo has a beard and a strong figure, but a bright smile. As a husband and a father, he looks so fragile and helpless at this moment.

He cried.

But he didn't dare make any sound, because when he fled over, he saw several black wolves roaming nearby. He was afraid of attracting the attention of those beasts, so he could only sob silently.

But he didn't want to believe it. He put the photo in his pocket, walked up the wooden stairs leading to the second floor with hope, and searched around in several blood-stained rooms.

However, he did not find his wife and daughter. Instead, he found his wife Philna's broken blood-stained bracelet and his daughter Leah's hair rope torn by a sharp object.

He despaired again and knelt on the floor.

——I don’t know how long it took, but he stopped crying and just knelt there quietly, without any movement or sound.

After a while, he stretched out his hand and gripped the gun barrel tightly, breathing heavily, lowered his head with red eyes, staring straight at the shotgun in his hand.

...He wants these damn beasts to be buried with his wife and daughter!

Thinking of this, he picked up his shotgun and was about to rush out, when he suddenly heard a sound coming from the wardrobe in the room.

He turned his head and looked over, his eyes widened.

Next to the open wardrobe door, there stood a small girl with her brown curly hair tied into two ponytails, but the right ponytail was messy and missing, and her green skirt was stained with blood.

Barta almost pounced on her and hugged her tightly in his arms.

That was his daughter, Leah.

……

——The meeting room of the Knights’ headquarters in Mondstadt.

Jean Gunnhild was sitting at the meeting table, listening to the reports from various departments with a frown on her face.

Today is the tenth day since the Black Wolf Tide launched its invasion. Most of the survivors in the Cangfeng Highlands area have fled to Qingquan Town.

There has been no contact with His Majesty Samuel since he left that time. The only intelligence that Qin specially sent people to investigate was that "from time to time in Qingquan Town, someone would loudly praise His Majesty's beauty and publicize His Majesty's nobleness."

Among this group of people are people from all walks of life, and they claim that Your Majesty saved them from danger.

But Qin felt that with Samuel's strength, he might have just helped them a little, and did not fight on the front line against the fierce wolf disaster.

Not long after His Majesty left, Mondstadt saw its first heavy snowfall since Lord Barbatos had blown up the snowstorm, which slowed down the invasion of the Black Wolf Tide.

But it disappeared in just one day, and the spring-like weather returned to normal.

Previously, Qin sent the church to carry out purification and treatment, and found that it could indeed purify the abnormal energy that caused people to continue bleeding, so she arranged for more clergy to go for support.

During this time, Lisa was making potions and reading books.

Combining the intelligence brought back by the scout knight, she discovered that this group of black wolves was a species of the dark beast tide that swept across the entire continent of Teyvat five hundred years ago:

——Beast realm hound.

The residents of Mondstadt are already familiar with this creature, after all, bards often sing about it:

“—The stench of the ancient country’s disaster finally reached this land.

"——And the lyrics floating in the joyful wind were also torn apart by the roar of the poisonous dragon, the footsteps and sighs of the dark monster that shook the earth, and the flames.

"——The God of Wind, who did not want to be a king, heard the sound of weeping. In order to protect the dreams of his old friends and the green fields favored by the wind, he woke up from his long sleep and fought together with the azure dragon in the sky..."

According to the poem "Lament of the Last Days", Durin, the poisonous dragon, died in what is now the Dragon's Back Snow Mountain, and Tevarin, the azure dragon, was buried in the ancient city of Spire, which is now the ruins of the Wind Dragon.

In addition to the poisonous dragon Durin, one of the so-called "dark monsters" is the Mirror Hound.

The poem records that when Lord Barbatos plucked the strings of his harp, the sound waves only needed to ripple with the wind to burn the group of monsters to ashes.

Although the bard may have exaggerated, Lord Barbatos, as the god of wind, will surely help Mond through its difficulties once again.

But now, no matter how devoutly the church prayed, Lord Barbatos did not give any response.

Thinking of this, Qin couldn't help but look at some knights and officials in the conference hall.

The faces of most people changed from hope at the beginning to fear now.

There was even hatred and resentment in some people's eyes.

"Why did Lord Barbatos do nothing when Mond was in danger!" One of the civil servants whispered in hatred, but Qin still heard it.

It is estimated that most of them have such an idea in their minds to a certain extent. Recently, there have been sudden speeches in the city denouncing Lord Barbatos and His Majesty under the pretext of the Guardian of the Four Winds.

It is estimated that these people have lost their piety due to these disrespectful and blasphemous remarks.

And they were quietly turning the topic of their work report to their hatred for Lord Barbatos.

This group of people have no idea who solved the dragon disaster a while ago!

"Enough!" Qin slammed the table and stood up angrily.

The noise suddenly stopped.

She pointed at the person who had just complained about God:

"Do you know why Mondstadt is located in a very cold area but has spring all year round?

"Do you know why the towering mountains in Mondstadt are now like plains?

"Do you know why there is no rain in Mondstadt all year round, or even a dark cloud?

"Do you know who gave you the life you have now?!"

She took a deep breath and calmed herself down.

Then he slowly opened his mouth and continued:

"Knights, take off his badge and drag him down.

"The Knights do not need to speculate on Lord Barbatos's existence."

When the man was held back by two knights, he still retorted with disgust:

"But this is the truth! Everyone sings of His holiness, everyone praises Him!

"But now Mondstadt is in disaster, and news came from my hometown, Qingquan Town, that my parents have died under the fangs of those beasts! Where is He?!

"Tell me, Captain Gunhild, tell me!

"Where is Lord Barbatos?!"

Upon hearing this, the people in the conference hall looked at each other in confusion, with some hesitation in their expressions, including the two knights who were pulling him.

Because their friends, relatives, and people they care about have also suffered the same disaster.

Qin felt unprecedented pressure under their gaze, and she couldn't refute what the man said.

——She is no longer convinced by the public.

The man looked at Qin without saying anything, knowing that she could not refute him, he became even more arrogant, and began to point the finger at the new Pope, the follower of the wind god, the earthly representative of Lord Barbatos, His Holiness Saint Samuel.

The occasional praises to His Majesty from some people in Qingquan Town were information obtained by Qin who sent people to inquire about His Majesty's news, and it was not widely known.

Moreover, because of the wolf plague, people are now living in the safety of the city walls, and it is very difficult for most people to pass on information. Even if someone is specially sent to check, it will take several days to receive the information.

But that person obviously only sent people to check on the parents he cared about, and had no time to investigate the whereabouts of His Majesty Samuel.

If what you do is not known to others, it is the same as not doing it.

So he accused Samuel of dereliction of duty, accusing Samuel of being nowhere to be seen and no news from him when Mond was in danger.

He accused Samuel of incompetence, enjoying people's love but doing nothing!

Qin thought of the introverted but forced white-haired boy who tried to be calm and cheerful, and the boy's back as he spread his wings and flew into the sky. She also thought of the praises from the people in Qingquan Town, and her lips trembled.

She was about to open her mouth to retort when she saw Amber rushing in from the conference room.

"Someone, someone has observed..." She panted, looking excited, "The Wind God's followers appeared above the fierce front line of the wolf disaster!"

Qin was shocked, and her concern for Samuel made her temporarily ignore the word "they".

Your Majesty really went to the front line in person? ! But Your Majesty's strength...

She asked anxiously: "…How is Your Majesty? Is he injured?!"

Amber shook her head, looking happy:

"His Majesty Samuel, the Little Wind, is not injured! And with him are Tevalin, the East Wind Guardian, and Boreas, the North Wind Guardian!

"They defeated the Black Wolf Tide!"