In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

"It's you, the great hero who saved Mondstadt."

Upon seeing Rhodes again, Yura smiled and said, "I haven't thanked you yet. If it weren't for the information you provided about the Abyss Order last time, the capture wouldn't have gone so smoothly this time."

Look.

She had received a message from Mondstadt informing her that Rhodes was involved in quelling the dragon plague.

No matter how arrogant she is in front of Mondstadt people, and how she always says things like "I'll remember this grudge," Yura is still very chivalrous in front of Rhodes, a complete outsider. It's clear that she's genuinely happy that the Dragon Plague has been quelled.

He expressed his gratitude to Yura.

Rhodes simply nodded in response, then asked, "Miss Yura, I have a favor to ask, if it would be convenient for you?"

"Oh, you say."

"Would it be convenient for me to interrogate these Abyss Cult members you captured today?"

Seeing the strange look on Yura's face, Rhodes narrowed his eyes and said, "My senior brother is the Grand Disciplinary Officer of Sumeru. He taught me some methods for interrogating the Abyss Order, and they are very useful. Well, don't worry, I will share any information I obtain with you as soon as possible."

Yura originally wanted to refuse.

However, considering the messages Amber had sent over that morning, she hesitated for a moment before agreeing: "Okay, sure, but you need to be careful not to overdo it. Don't interrogate these criminals too harshly, or it will cause me a lot of trouble when I write the report."

"okay, I get it."

(End of this chapter)

182. Chapter 174 Returning to Sumeru

Chapter 174 Returning to Sumeru

"Nasita, are you busy?"

At the Knights of Favonius's encampment in Jingfu Port, Rhodes picked up the Void Terminal and began calling Narcida.

Not a few seconds passed.

Nasita's response followed.

"I'm here, what's wrong?"

You could faintly hear a hint of weariness in her voice.

But she still asked with a hint of worry, "Has something happened in Mondstadt?"

There are an extraordinary number of things happening in Xumi right now.

For the past five hundred years.

The Church of Christ left behind too many messes.

This cannot be changed simply by altering rules and regulations.

The conflict between the rainforest people and the desert people remains serious. The rainforest people whose businesses have been taken over by the desert people have even protested at Jingshan Palace twice.

All of these things left Nasida exhausted.

Besides these obvious problems.

A major investigation is also underway within the Church Council.

After Hafsey's plagiarism was exposed, countless similar reports followed, and Sino hadn't taken a vacation in a long time to investigate them.

As the person in actual power, Nasida has to work overtime until late at night every day.

Even in my dreams I'm dealing with official documents.

Even a god would find it hard to hide his exhaustion from such intense labor.

Despite being exhausted, she answered the message from Rhodes immediately.

All the things happening in Sumeru right now.

None of them are as important as the World Tree.

Therefore, she urgently needs Rhodes to bring back the Heart of God.

When the storm in Mondstadt subsided, Rhodes sent a message saying that the Heart of God had been successfully "borrowed".

So when Rhodes sent her another message in an anxious tone, Narcida's first reaction wasn't whether Rhodes was almost at Sumeru, but rather to wonder if he had encountered some trouble.

"There are some things that might take a couple of days."

"However, my immediate concern is not this matter."

"I just caught a group of monsters from the Abyss Order in Mondstadt. They are currently organizing a group to go to Mount Sumeru."

Rhodes recounted in detail all the information he had obtained from interrogating the Abyss Mage to Narcida.

These abyss mages are indeed very stubborn.

However, faced with the many methods that Rhodes had learned from Seno, they did not hold out for long before crying and wailing as they confessed everything they knew.

They not only revealed their purpose in going to Mount Sumeru, but also disclosed that they had left some people in Mondstadt to prepare to take action against the Wolf Soul of the North Wind Lord in Wolfrun.

"These Abyss Orders are preparing to steal energy from the ancient colossi and attempt to restart these machines."

This is information that Rhodes pried out of a deep abyss mage.

The Colossus Ruins are giant war machines left behind by the ancient kingdom of Kanria five hundred years ago.

Its size is enormous, almost the size of a mountain.

The giant ruins are what the Sumerian people call it.

In the ancient Kanria language, the technical term for this giant machine is "Watchtower," meaning a giant machine that can bring protection and hope to Kanria.

Five hundred years ago, during the Dark Calamity.

Although many Kanriyans have fallen into the clutches of the abyss, the elite Kanriyan Knights, led by a Kanriyan Knight Marshal named Anfortas, deployed their entire elite force, piloting three ancient colossi to hold back the surging beast tide for Sumeru.

Ultimately, all three ancient colossi were destroyed. The White Swan Knights, who were the pilots, did not stay in Kanria but resolutely remained in Sumeru to continue resisting the dark calamity with the Church and the Lannarro, the followers of the Grass God.

At that time, the Great Compassion Tree King was still alive.

The Order of the Instruction remains an academic institution that possesses advanced military power and a noble spirit.

Therefore, the history of these colossal ruins and the Knights of the White Swan has been recorded truthfully.

Rhodes had read some records about this part of history.

They also have a certain understanding of the combat power of the ancient colossi.

To be honest...

This thing's combat power is definitely not comparable to that of a god's familiar like Dvalin at his peak.

However, this thing has a huge size and a complete arsenal of weapons that can withstand the beast tide. It has remained untouched for hundreds of years and can still be used for combat after being repaired. The technology it uses has been studied by the Order of the Church for hundreds of years without being able to figure it out.

It can be said to be the ultimate power that mortals can achieve.

If the Abyss Cult, with its anti-human stance, were to reactivate it, the destructive power it could cause would be unimaginable.

Therefore, no matter how tired you are.

After listening to Rhodes's account of the colossus, Narcida's voice immediately turned serious as she inquired about the movements of this group of abyss mages.

Mount Jiangzhumo in the Atuo River Valley.

This is the information that Rhodes obtained from the inquiry.

Anfortas brought out three ancient colossi in total. One of them was severely damaged due to overuse during the war, leaving it only capable of short-range combat. After evaluation by the Kanria technical team, Anfortas ordered the parts to be removed and the main body abandoned. The other one malfunctioned due to a damaged intelligent guidance system, or navigation system, and a partial failure of the power system, losing its ability to travel long distances. It eventually got lost in the desert. The White Swan Knights intended to retrieve this machine after the war, but unfortunately, they did not live to see the day of true peace. That ancient colossi was left abandoned in the Broken Leg Valley of the Thousand Ravines Sands.

As for the third giant statue in the ruins.

This is the one located on Mount Jiangzhu that was targeted by the Abyss Mage.

Unlike the other two relic colossi that were abandoned during battle, this relic colossi was destroyed by a traitor of the White Swan Knights. Given the remaining resources of the White Swan Knights at the time, it was in an irreversible state of obsolescence, so it was abandoned on Mount Demon Slayer. Its energy core was also difficult to dispose of, and was eventually sealed away by the Order of the Church.

What the Abyss Order is now eyeing is this ancient colossus.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the report from back then described the item as irreversibly scrapped.

However, because the White Swan Knights were at war at the time, they were unable to return to Kanria to retrieve spare parts for repairs.

Given the Abyss Order's current technology, there might actually be a chance they could restart it.

Also.

According to the records left by those White Swan Knights from that time.

This energy core, which powers the ancient colossus, was created by Kanria using the power of the abyss.

Canria calls it sustainable energy.

Utilizing this highly efficient energy source, far exceeding the technology of its time, Canria's technology advanced by leaps and bounds. Various large machines were produced at an astonishing rate, and they truly achieved the ability to drive giant humanoid machines using only human power, without the aid of the Eye of God, thus entering the revolutionary Gundam era.

Energy created using the power of the abyss is ultimately extremely dangerous.

Regardless of whether the Abyss Order can actually activate the Colossus Relic, if such an energy core were to leak, it would cause the Abyss's power to leak out, resulting in widespread pollution.

The Church of Jesus couldn't solve this problem back then.

The Church of Christ still cannot solve this problem.

Therefore, the harm that the Abyss Order's current actions pose to the rainforest is self-evident.

After processing all the information Rhodes had sent, Narcida left a message saying, "I'll go find someone to handle this right away," and then hurriedly closed the communication.

"There should still be enough time."

Rhodes shook his head slightly and mumbled back what he hadn't finished saying earlier.

He vaguely remembered a place where the Abyss Order had tried to extract energy.

If I remember correctly.

The seal on that energy was broken when Ying traveled to Sumeru, so there was still quite a bit of time.

Intelligence transmission complete.

Rod got up and left the room that Yura had prepared for him.

He originally intended to stay in a hotel by himself.

However, Yura insisted that he was a great contributor to Mondstadt and had extracted such important information from the Abyss Order, so no matter what Rhodes said, she insisted that Rhodes stay at the Knights of Favonius and properly fulfill his duties as a host.