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

When Dixia finally traced the source...

The major tribes that had previously fought each other are now reduced to only three.

A long and protracted war.

This made it difficult for the three tribes to maintain their pre-war scale, so they could only issue truces to each other, and a period of peace was temporarily achieved.

Dixia knew that with her men, conquering one tribe would be no problem, but it would be difficult to contend with three tribes.

She was worried that if she attacked them one by one, she would alert them.

So she chose to contact Tadella for help.

Speaking of which.

Rhodes interjected, "How is Tadora?"

He wasn't too worried about Tadla's progress before.

But now, hearing Dixia talk about the chaos in the desert, he was a little worried that Tadra and the others might not be able to handle it.

"They."

"They're doing alright over there."

"At least when I contacted them, they were in better condition than we were."

Desia's words reassured Rhodes considerably.

"Tsk."

"If everything is going well, why aren't you back yet?"

Rod muttered to himself.

Compared to those mercenaries, who are a bunch of fanatics with unwavering faith.

It stands to reason.

Tribal people are the type that are relatively easy to recruit.

Look at Rhodes, he just goes around recruiting people whenever he has nothing to do, and now he's managed to recruit more than a dozen tribes to participate in the construction of Hope City.

But Tadra has been gone for three or four months, and there's still no sign of her coming back.

"Because of your reputation."

Desia gave Rhodes a strange look.

"Uh!?"

Rhodes looked bewildered.

"Your reputation is much worse deep in the desert than it is here."

Do you know what those tribes were doing while they were using your name?

"Exterminating an entire family is too lenient a punishment."

"Those who are alive also suffer endless humiliation, and moreover..."

At this point, Dixia paused, hesitating for a while before speaking, "They would also turn those who were slaughtered into rations for their army."

"!!!"

Rhodes abruptly stopped, his head buzzed, and everything went black. Dixia tried to calm him down for a long time, but she couldn't get him to catch his breath.

"brute!"

Having finally recovered, Rhodes gritted his teeth and cursed, "Where are they? Are any of them alive? Take me to them!"

He now finally understood why the small tribes on the edge of the new oasis reacted as if they had a stress response when they heard his name.

After all that, it turns out the problem was here.

Those bastards who impersonated me, they not only killed people, they ate them!

We can't quell our hatred for this beastly tribe without digging up their ancestral graves.

"Gone."

Desia continued patting Rhodes' chest to help him catch his breath, while sighing, "Don't you know what kind of person Tadella is?"

"That girl idolizes you like crazy."

"What do you think she would do if she found out that someone was impersonating her and ruining her reputation?"

Dixia wore an indescribable expression, as if she had remembered something unpleasant.

"."

Rhodes's face, which had been contorted with rage, calmed considerably. He asked with a slight twitch of his skin, "Was it her who did it?"

"Not only that, all falcons are the same."

As she spoke, a hint of lingering fear appeared on Dixia's face.

She really didn't expect it.

Those children who usually seem quiet and well-behaved can become so crazy when they start killing.

Rhodes had previously said that the falcons were killing machines trained by the Tanit tribe, and she didn't quite believe the truth of that statement based on appearance alone.

But when they saw Tardella leading the charge, single-handedly wielding her blade, leaving a trail of blood wherever she went, not even a single intact corpse remaining, and the other falcons were just as ruthless in their attacks.

Even Dixia, a mercenary who had spent over twenty years fighting in the desert, couldn't help but feel terrified.

The Blazing Beast and Ahmar's Beard, along with the mercenaries she had recruited, were all swallowing hard, not daring to meet the eyes of the murderous falcons.

that's it.

Without any intervention from Desia and the others, the falcons, already caught up in the killing frenzy, were like tireless killing machines. In just one day, they wiped out the remaining two tribes that were impersonating Rhodes.

"After that, we broke up."

Dixia sighed again and continued, "Tadla said they will continue to investigate and hunt down anyone who dares to slander your reputation until the entire desert is completely cleansed."

"Oh dear—"

Rod's head started hurting again.

He would never have imagined this.

Tadella actually led people to do this; no wonder she hasn't contacted me or come back for so long.

No wonder Dixia said that all those impersonators were fed to the Red Vultures; they were all dead beyond any doubt, so it wasn't just feeding them to the Red Vultures.

“I’ll ask Nasida to contact her. We need to bring her back as soon as possible. We can’t let her continue killing like this.”

Things have come to this point.

Rhodes could no longer allow the falcons to continue their slaughter in the desert.

He said that.

We will not let Tadella and the others go back to their old lives.

Such killings now.

Once you get carried away.

They might not be able to turn things around.

This is urgent.

Rhode disregarded everything else and led Dixia directly to the Source of the World, placing his hand on the tree trunk.

Nasida did not stay in Hope City forever.

Long after resolving the conflict between the tribespeople and the Red King's followers, she returned to Sumeru City to take charge of government affairs.

before leaving.

She left her divine heart in the source of the world, and Rhodes can communicate with her in real time regardless of distance through the divine heart. If he encounters an insurmountable danger, Rhodes can also activate the power of Hermanubis to barely draw on some of the power of the divine heart for self-defense.

soon.

Rhodes then explained the whole story and instructed Nasita to quickly recall Tadra and the falcons back to Hope City.

He urgently needs to get the falcons back to normal life and wash away their murderous aura.

After communicating with Naxida.

Rhodes let out a long breath and turned to walk towards Desia, who was squatting to one side.

She was curiously poking at the Patishalan in front of her, but no matter how she poked it, the Patishalan could twist her fingers away.

This piqued Dixia's interest, and her movements became faster and faster, even creating afterimages.

However, she still couldn't touch the flower branch at all.

"what?"

"This flower is so strange."

Seeing Rhodes arrive, Dixia stood up, stroked her chin, and said, "Where did you get this purple Patishalan? Nilu has told me many times before that this kind of Patishalan has long been extinct. Where did you get one? I'll get one too and send it to Nilu."

"Well"

Rhodes didn't know how to explain this.

I can't exactly tell Dixia that this place is a god.

"Hey? Wait, can't you see what's inside this flower bud?"

While Rhodes was trying to figure out how to explain it, he suddenly discovered a blind spot.

Judging from what Dixia just said...

She could only see the purple Patisha orchid, and not the Great Tree King in the half-open bud.

"Ok?"

"Is there something here?"

Desia blinked, confirming Rhodes's feeling with her answer.

"I really can't see it."