People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

Thin lines extended from the energy ball, each of which was connected to a Hilichurl. The Hilichurl people surrounded the altar, knelt down in front of it, and rested their foreheads on the ground.

The hall was large, but it was filled with Hilichurls. A rough estimate was that there were nearly six hundred Hilichurls.

Keqing made a gesture, and everyone replaced their magazines with the three types of elemental bolt bullets. As she gave the signal to attack, bullets were fired from the muzzles of ten guns at the same time, and flames, ice mist, and thunder cages continued to erupt on the altar.

After everyone had emptied a magazine, Sucrose and Keqing quickly put up shields to protect everyone.

The abyss energy ball began to expand and contract unstably, and exploded in the next second. The spherical energy wave spread outward from the center of the explosion, and the bodies of the hillbillies wherever it passed expanded uncontrollably until they could no longer withstand the energy in their bodies and exploded into a pool of minced meat.

The intensity of the energy wave was not strong and was instantly eliminated after it came into contact with the shield.

Sandang looked at the blood and minced meat in the hall with some fear, and said in a trembling voice: "What, what is going on?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the four Abyss Mages are using Abyss energy to strengthen and control these Hilichurls, but this is a long process. We just killed the Abyss Mages, and the Abyss energy went out of control, greatly strengthening their bodies in a very short period of time. However, due to the growth rate of body tissues, the imbalance between the two caused them to explode and die." Keqing analyzed.

"Ms. Keqing is right. It's basically the same." Albedo followed Kaeya and walked over.

At this time, the other three teams had arrived here. They used Purgatory Incendiary Bombs to clean up the horrifying flesh and blood in the hall and continued to explore deeper.

But when they gathered again in the second hall, they found that they didn't meet any members of the Abyss Cult in the second fork in the road, so they became more vigilant and entered the third fork in the road.

Chapter 97: Let’s go take a bath in the snow mountains together when we have time!

"How is it possible that this is a dead end?" Qin carefully examined the rock wall at the end of the passage and found that the rock wall was a whole piece with only a few chisel marks on it.

Diluk said, "It seems that the blueprint that Lisa found is the complete structure of the ruins. Maybe the ruins were halfway through construction when they were stopped for some reason, and have remained like this ever since."

Qin frowned. "If all four forks are dead ends, then where did all those people from the Abyss Cult hide? We are advancing on all four forks at the same time, so it stands to reason that they are unlikely to escape..."

"Let's go back to the second hall and wait for the other three teams to come back."

"Ah."

More than ten minutes after Qin and the others entered the ruins, Amber, who was guarding outside the ruins, was drowsy. Suddenly, she perked up and hid herself better, because an abyss portal suddenly appeared in the open space near the entrance of the ruins!

Dozens of abyss mages poured out from the portal. They surrounded the entrance to the ruins, muttering to themselves and dancing the exact same dance at the same time. An evil aura was brewing around them.

Oh no! They want to destroy the entrance to the ruins and trap Captain Qin and the others inside the ruins!

Amber realized something was wrong and without giving it much thought, he immediately sent a signal into the air, then raised his Reaper rifle and fired a volley of explosive bullets.

The bodies of about four or five Abyss Mages were torn to pieces, but the other Abyss Mages reacted quickly, flashing and dispersing, with colorful elemental shields appearing on their bodies.

"hateful!"

Amber replaced the Death Rifle with zero-degree ice bombs, and while shooting, he pulled out the Cerberus Pistol with one hand and replaced it with Purgatory Incendiary bombs, using the two elements alternately to deal with the corresponding elemental shields.

The members of the reconnaissance team lurking in the surroundings also took action, but in this wave of attacks, only more than ten Abyss Mages were killed.

The speed of bullets is faster than them, but people's reaction speed cannot keep up. Therefore, in such an open place, it is still difficult to hit the Abyss Mage who can flash if there are insufficient firepower points.

At this moment, another taller abyss creature walked out of the portal. Amber was shocked: "Apostle of the Abyss!"

There is a sharp blade on each of its gauntlets, and it wears an apostle's robe engraved with intricate patterns. Its body exudes an abyss aura that is even more intense than that of an abyss mage.

Amber pointed the gun at it, but its senses were sharp and it teleported to the side before the crosshairs moved to it.

"Bang!" The zero-degree ice bomb and the purgatory incendiary bomb hit nothing.

The Abyss Apostle repeatedly teleported towards Amber, and her bullets never hit it.

"Human... you are too slow..." It teleported in front of Amber for the last time and raised the sharp blade on its gauntlet high towards her, with water elements flowing on the blade.

Amber channeled the element of fire into the Reaper Rifle and held it horizontally to block the fatal blow, but the gun was cut into two pieces.

"sucker Punch……"

The Abyss Apostle approached Amber again and slashed her neck with his sharp blade.

"Buzz—Snap!"

A one-handed sword shot from a distance, knocking the Apostle of the Abyss's hand to the side and causing his whole body to stagger.

Amber took the opportunity to retreat and raised his hand to shoot the last three bullets at its chest. Although it condensed a shield on its chest in time, the fire attribute of the Purgatory Incendiary Bomb just restrained its water attribute. The first shot broke the shield, and the next two shots directly hit its body.

It used the water element to extinguish the flames on its body and wiped its hand over the wound on its chest. The deep abyss energy immediately sealed the wound and began to heal visibly.

The penetrating power of the Purgatory Incendiary Bomb was still not enough. If it were two Sea Monster armor-piercing bombs, it would have been seriously injured if not killed.

The Abyss Apostle looked in the direction where the sword had just flown from, and saw a blonde girl riding a flying skateboard. She was wearing familiar clothes...

It turned out to be the case.

It roared and opened several abyss portals in the air, sending the abyss mages to its place. Then it turned and left, but left a message: "I'll wait for you at the Wind Dragon Ruins."

"Amber! Are you okay?" Ying came to Amber and looked at her worriedly.

"It's okay, thanks to you, otherwise I would have been hurt."

It is unlikely that she will be killed directly, but she will definitely be injured. After all, she is just a ranged archer and has no advantage in close combat.

"What happened outside!?" Qin and her companions had just evacuated from the ruins. As soon as they came out, they saw a messy scene and several knights were injured. They quickly asked the medical soldiers from the four teams to come forward to treat them.

"We encountered the Apostles of the Abyss..." Amber told them about the situation outside.

"So the reason why the Abyss Cult in the ruins disappeared is that they used the portal to come directly outside the ruins? They also tried to destroy the entrance and trap us inside." Albedo touched his chin, "This is indeed a reasonable explanation, but they didn't expect that we still had people outside, and their combat effectiveness is not weak."

Diluk had a blank expression on his face. He said unhappily, "Hmph, are they declaring war on us? They even said they were waiting for us at the Wind Dragon Ruins."

Qin: "The matter of this ruins is over. The Abyss Cult should have withdrawn all its personnel back to the Wind Dragon Ruins. Our next plan is to launch a general attack there."

Eula came to Ying and thanked her on behalf of Amber: "Thank you for saving Amber! I am the captain of the guerrilla squad of the Knights of Favonius, the Wave Knight Eula Lawrence."

"You're welcome. We are good friends with Amber!" Paimon approached familiarly, "She is Ying, and I am Paimon. We have heard Amber mention you a long time ago!"

"What a coincidence! Amber also told me about you." Eula smiled, "Travelers from another world and cute elves, since you are all Amber's friends, then we are also friends. Let's go to the snow mountain to take a bath together when we have time!"

"Eh?" Paimon and Ying took a step back in fright.

Amber looked at her with a smile on her face: "Eula! How can you invite someone to take a bath together when you just met them?"

"Huh? Aren't we all girls? And we're friends, so why can't we take a bath together?"

Amber explained to Ying who seemed frightened: "Don't worry, she is just that kind of person. She is very keen on taking a bath. This is her second way to express her gratitude to girls."

Paimon asked curiously: "Huh? What is the first method?"

Amber and Eula folded their arms at the same time and tilted their heads to one side: "I will remember this grudge!"

The Knights' action this time was half successful. Although they failed to surround and kill all the Abyss Cult members in the ruins, they at least drove them into the Wind Dragon Ruins, and destroyed their plan to strengthen and control hundreds of Hillilites.

If those strengthened Hillilks were allowed to scatter throughout Mondstadt, they would pose a huge threat to the safety of people who often travel in the wild.

Diluk has already arranged secret sentries to keep an eye on the Wind Dragon Ruins, so the Knights can safely return to Mondstadt to prepare for the general attack on the Wind Dragon Ruins.

Chapter 98 Shen Qin: Just Opened the Third Eye

"Although we didn't find any clues about your brother this time, it wasn't in vain that we went to Mingguan Gorge late at night. At least we helped Amber!" Paimon said with a smile.

"Ok!"

Ying was not very depressed. After traveling for such a long time, she was not so anxious to find Kong. Just as Shen Qin said, the stories and scenery during the travel were also very meaningful.

"Ah - I'm so sleepy! No, I have to go to bed! I have to get up early tomorrow to attend the Knights' meeting!" Paimon yawned.

That’s right, Ying, who possesses the power to purify the poisonous blood curse, is also a key figure in the general attack on the Wind Dragon Ruins, so Qin invites her to participate in the combat meeting tomorrow.

So let’s go to bed early today!

That night, Ying opened her eyes as if she had sensed something in her sleep, and was surprised to find that the window in the room was open. She quickly glanced at Paimon and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that he was still sleeping soundly.

Is it the wind? She got out of bed and went to the window to close it, but she saw a figure standing on the roof opposite!

She recognized the other person as the bard named Wendy whom she had met before.

"Wendy?" She picked up the sword that stood beside the bed.

Wendy waved to her and used the wind to quietly send her voice to her ears: "I'm sorry for visiting in the middle of the night, but I just suddenly remembered something very important."

He thought about the graffiti he received in the evening. It was not until he sobered up in the middle of the night that he realized that the two little people in the graffiti should be Ying and Paimon. He kept complaining in his heart about whose drawing skills were so bad.

Knowing that your drawing skills are terrible, why don't you just write a message?

It's just Mr. Shen's bad taste.

Ying hesitated for a moment, but still climbed out of the window and onto the roof, but she still held the sword vigilantly in her hand.

Wendy didn't care whether she had a sword or not. She directly took out the purified tear crystal and asked, "Did you help purify this tear?"

"It's me, but...tears?"

"Yes, these are the tears shed by Tevarin, and they contain a power that belongs only to him. Before they were purified, they also contained the cursed power of the dragon's poisonous blood, the energy of the abyss, and his resentment for being forgotten by the people of Mond. I have always wanted to remove the curse from him, but I have never found a way."

He took back his tears, took out another contaminated tear, and said to Ying sincerely: "Please purify this one as well. Thank you."

Ying glanced at him and approached the tear as she did last time. The power in her body automatically dissipated and wrapped around it. The black and red color on it slowly faded under this power, and finally the tear became clear again.

"Thank you!" Wendy wiped away her tears, "I owe you a favor."

"You said you have always wanted to lift the curse on it... so your true identity is actually..." Ying said hesitantly.

She felt from the beginning that there was something fishy about this bard who called himself Wendy. Whenever she got close to him, the wind element flowing in her body would become joyful, and it was rare to see a bard with the Eye of God.

"Ahem, my real identity is a bard named Wendy, there is no doubt about that." Wendy interrupted her with a smile.

"Okay." Ying didn't ask any more questions, but just asked him, "Then can you answer a question for me?"

"Hmm? Since you helped me purify my tears, I can do it!"

"Have you seen my brother? His name is Kong and he has the same golden hair as me."

"No." Wendy answered decisively. Seeing Ying's confused look, he smiled and said, "If it was your brother, he would be as worthy of my remembrance as you are. Unfortunately, I don't remember such a person. And I have been asleep for too long. Maybe he came to Mondstadt while I was asleep."

Ying was a little frustrated: "..."

"By the way, would you like to do me another favor?"

"What's the deal?"

"There is a Skyharp in the basement of West Wind Cathedral. Can you help me get it?"

Ying asked doubtfully, "Why don't you go get it yourself?"

"Alas! I'm just a bard, I'm only good at singing and drinking, how can I have the skills to dodge the guards and get the Sky Harp?"

"Wait!" Ying asked suspiciously, "Do you want me to... steal?"

"Hey! In Mondstadt, which advocates freedom, you can say this - I just let the Freedom Harp, which was bound in the basement, regain its freedom."

"You should first tell me what you want to do with the Sky Harp!"

"Well... well, it doesn't hurt to tell you in advance."

Wendy said, "The Sky Harp was once the weapon of Barbatos, the god of wind. After he fell into a deep sleep, people could not find him. They only found his harp and placed it in the West Wind Cathedral. This is what I have learned in the past few days."

"It just so happens that I know how to summon Tevarin. When the time comes, I will use my singing to summon it, and you can use your power to purify it, and the problem will be solved perfectly!"

Ying's face was filled with black lines: "So simple? Are you sure it will go smoothly?"

"Should... I think so?" Wendy scratched her head.

This is an obvious question!

Ying was speechless and said, "I think you can rest assured. The Knights have decided to attack Tvarin's lair, the Wind Dragon Ruins. I will go with them and purify the curse in Tvarin's body."

Wendy was surprised and asked, "Ah? Why didn't I receive any message?"

Ying: You are a "bard", why should I tell you this kind of news?

Wendy shook her head: "Well, I won't worry about these things. Anyway, Shen Qin is here, and Tewarin won't be hurt too much."

When someone first tried to discredit Tevarin in Mondstadt, it was Shen Qin who took action to reverse people's impression of him. Therefore, in Wendy's heart, he is an out-and-out dragon lover and can be completely trusted.

"Wait, who gave you that purified tear? I remember it was taken away by Shen Qin and others..." Ying suddenly realized something.