Genshin Impact is a big stage, come if you dare

“Shaplow,” the servant looked at the war-loving children in the house, “what is the custom of the Hearth House for traitors?”

Shaplow replied in a trembling voice, "All traitors... should pay with their lives."

Fior collapsed to the ground in despair; faced with absolute power, she dared not even entertain the thought of escaping.

"Please wait a moment, Father!" Linni pleaded even more earnestly under pressure. "I would like to ask Father to reconsider the handling of Fior and the others."

"Should their actions truly be considered betrayal? Executing Fior and the others like this, while upholding the rules, will take us further and further away from our true home!"

“I agree with my brother.” Lynette ran to Linnie’s side and stood next to him.

“Father,” Fimini rushed to Linni’s other side, looking pleadingly at the servant, “I beg you…”

“I am glad that you have your own thoughts about the family,” the servant said, completely unmoved, “but as a father, I will not retract my command.”

"If you are truly determined, then take up your weapons and come forward."

“If you can demonstrate enough power, you can persuade me to concede.”

One of the rules of the House of Hearths: Traitors will always be punished.

It's also a family rule: to reconcile differences through duels.

Linni no longer hesitated.

The fact that Lynette and Femini stood beside him meant that they were now completely implicated by him.

If they fail, not only will Fior and the others be affected, but even Linette and Fimini will be...!

No matter how difficult the battle ahead may be, he is determined to gain his father's approval!

Even if... I might die.

Linni took out the specially made Sharp Playing Cards.

Lynette and Femini exchanged a glance, and the moment the battle plan was finalized, their weapons appeared in their hands as well.

The traveler team exchanged a knowing glance and nodded.

With a slight clicking sound, the gold bracelet on Su's wrist transformed into a gold crossbow.

Sora drew his longsword. "Let's see what the fourth seat of the Fatui is all about."

Black and red flames appeared in the servant's hand. She looked at the three siblings, Linni, and said, "You are very clever. You have used every powerful force you can to your advantage. Not bad strategy."

While grateful for her friends' help, Linnie really didn't intend to drag the Travelers' team into danger.

Linni didn't offer any explanation or urge his friends to leave, because he dared not be distracted in the slightest while fighting his father.

Sue: "Paymon, go to a safe place and wait for us."

"Okay... Ugh!" Paimon fell unconscious without warning.

"Paimon!" Su Gang caught Paimon, then suddenly lost all strength himself. "[Servant] What...what did you put in the water?!"

Kong sensed the power within his body, "My elemental power is also...?!"

Kong Dangji decisively pushed Su Lian and Paimon in her arms away. The next second, clusters of dark red crystal thorns burst from the ground, confining everyone present in a cage of thorns, not letting any prey escape.

"Father?!" The three siblings, Linni and her brother, cried out in shock and pain, completely unprepared for this turn of events.

Crimson wings fluttered behind the servant. "Faced with an existence that can wield multiple elemental forces without needing the Evil Eye or the God Eye, I need a little precaution."

"Don't worry, as guests, as long as you don't bother me, I will let you leave after the execution."

"I will not place my hopes on the enemy!" Kong charged forward with his sword, officially beginning the battle.

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"Are you all alright?!" Clementine, who had been in a daze since arriving with the group, rushed anxiously to the corner to help Sue and Paimon up.

Su sat up abruptly. "Those wings are so cool! The blood-red single wing looks like the legendary angel of death!"

Paimon flew out of Sue's arms, "Oh my god! Her weapon can transform! It turned from a staff into a scythe!"

"Huh?" Clementine tilted her head blankly. "Are you... alright?"

"It's alright, it's alright!" Sue immediately pulled Clementine to a small corner as well, "Come over here and watch Peruvée with us."

As the girl called out, the things that had been clouding Clementine's mind and vision dissipated.

Clementine's emerald eyes widened as she stared blankly at the woman in the center of the dueling arena. "That person... is it Pepe?"

Black and white hair, blood-red X-shaped pupils, and a cursed blackened hands... It really is Pepe!

“Pe…!” Clementine’s excited shout was muffled by Sue’s hand.

"Shh—" Paimon held up a finger to remind her not to shout, "P-Peruvée is busy, let's wait until she's done?"

"Mmm-hmm!" Clementine nodded repeatedly, then stared intently at the figure in the center of the battlefield.

The crimson wings greatly enhanced the servant's mobility. Watching her suddenly disappear and reappear, Su showed an envious expression.

Su: "It's practically teleportation! If I had that speed... I'd be the perfect all-rounder!"

Paimon: "I remember Sue saying that you hated fighting enemies with high movement speed and high burst damage."

Sue: "Yeah, so I continued Paimon's story and we got out of the war together."

I didn't expect that not only would Kong not disengage from the battle, but he would also actively seal his elemental skills. Could it be that he wanted to use the [Servant] as a sparring partner to test his swordsmanship?

Su looked at the rusty, blunt sword in his empty hand. "But his weapon is really bad! It's been so long since he cooked outdoors, even our wood-chopping sword is rusty."

Paimon: "There's no way around it, the elemental light flowing across the longsword crafted by Xianyun is just too obvious."

If Kong were to take out that sword, how could he possibly admit that he couldn't use elemental skills?

Su reflected, "It seems I still need to give him some decent spare weapons."

While the servant wielding a scythe and Kong were engaged in close combat, Linni, an archer, fired arrows from a distance to provide cover.

Crimson flames coalesced into a second scythe in the servant's left hand. With a swift slash, the scythe severed all the arrows before being hurled directly at the location of the three Linni siblings.

Linni quickly stepped in front of Linette, and Fimini, wielding a greatsword, rushed out, using the broad blade to block the servant's flying scythe.

Paimon: "Oh my god! I never expected that Fimini, who looks so slender, would use a greatsword! He's really strong!"

Listening to the chaotic sounds of the flying scythe and greatsword intertwining, Su clearly judged, "Fimini is about to collapse."

The next second, the servant who was fighting against Kong raised his left hand, and eight huge scythes rushed towards the three Linni siblings with a life-ripping shriek.

The scythes clashed violently, but there was no sound of blades cutting flesh in the noise. The three Linni siblings nimbly dodged the attack.

"Please!" As Linni collapsed to the ground, he used smoke and illusion magic to conceal Linette and Fimini, who successfully reached the [servant's] side.

Lynette thrust her longsword, imbued with high-speed, sharp wind elemental power, forcefully towards the servant's side.

"I'm sorry, Father!" Fimini leaped high into the air and brought his greatsword down with force, but at the last moment, he flipped the blade, changing the slash into a strike.

“Oh dear,” Su shook his head, “Fimini is still too soft-hearted. Even at a time like this, she still can’t bear to hurt her family.”

The servant's hands, crossed, grasped Lynette's sword-wielding hand with one hand and blocked Fimini's powerful heavy sword strike with the other.

Are you apologizing for this weak attack?

The servant's voice held no emotion; instead, his expression carried a faint gloom.

As Kong attacked again with his sword, he tossed the inconvenient Lynette and Fimini aside.

Seeing Lynette land face-first on the ground and scrape a considerable distance, Sue cried out in pain, "Ouch!"

Paimon couldn't help but hiss!

Fimini landed on his entire back, with a solid metal diving device hanging from his waist! It must have been incredibly painful!

Sue and Paimon exchanged a glance and said in unison, "She really hits the child hard!"