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

This organization has reappeared with clearly identified individuals since Kryuzrid.

He was Rustan the Young Wolf, the Knight of the North Wind from five hundred years ago, and also the lover of Lady Rosalind Cruzshika Loehfat.

At that time, the Grand Master of Mondstadt was Eren Delin, the strongest human in Teyvat's history without a God's Eye. Rustan was his Black Glove, specializing in helping Eren Delin deal with the unsavory things that the Knights of Favonius couldn't handle directly.

When Rhodes learned that Diluc had joined a mysterious organization, he guessed that one of the organizations he had joined was the one that Kryuzrid and Rustam belonged to.

Now Wendy's confirmation is available.

This also confirmed one of Rhodes' ideas.

The reason why the lady suddenly made a 180-degree turn in her attitude towards Mondstadt after protecting it, and completely disregarded the history that Rustan died protecting Mondstadt, and single-mindedly unleashed her malice towards Mondstadt, is most likely related to Rustan's experience in this underground organization.

"This organization is doing a lot of harm."

Rhodes remarked with emotion.

If I guess correctly.

After Rosalind was reborn, she must have investigated some of the events of that year, and then she disapproved of Rustan's treatment within the organization, and took her disapproval out on the entire Mondstadt and even the Aeolus Barbatos.

As for what exactly she investigated...

This is unknown.

Wendy definitely knows, anyway.

Otherwise, no matter how much he pretended to be weak, he wouldn't have let the lady beat him like that.

After all, this old man who pretended to be young had really schemed against Rhodes back in Mondstadt, forcibly binding Rhodes to the chariot of saving Stormterror.

"Give me an answer."

"What are you going to do with that person? Let her continue to oppose Mondstadt? Or watch her go further and further down the wrong path, and eventually pay the price for her arrogance?"

Rod stroked his chin and asked Wendy again.

He wasn't showing pity for the lady.

In fact.

Given the lady's current arrogant and domineering behavior, she will inevitably face that fatal blow at the castle tower sooner or later.

That's why he asked Wendy that question.

It's simply because when the lady was still called Rosalind, she guarded the Stone Gate of the West Gate for Mondstadt during the Dark Calamity, single-handedly annihilating those crazed monsters.

Judging from Wendy's tolerant attitude towards her.

Rhodes suspected that Wendy might still be thinking about Rosalind's past contributions to protecting Mondstadt.

So he wanted to see what Wendy's stance was on the matter of women.

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Seemingly stumped by the question, Wendy remained silent for a while before saying, "I can't persuade her."

Wendy shrugged helplessly and said, "After she was reborn, her hostility towards me reached its peak."

then.

Wendy then said a few things that Rhodes never expected.

"Cleanse the source of this world's distortion: the short-sighted and foolish gods, the filthy and dark abyss."

This is the reason why she harbors such malice towards Mondstadt and shows no respect for other gods.

Not because of Rustan?

Rod frowned and glanced in the direction the woman was.

These ambitions are not very good.

Moreover, Rhodes didn't quite understand the meaning of that sentence.

Cleansing the abyss is one thing.

The woman was near death because she was exhausted from clearing away the monsters in the abyss.

Wash away the short-sighted and foolish gods.

What does this mean?

It's not that Rod looks down on women.

Even with the lady's current strength, she could not possibly be a match for any god, including Narcida, even if she cultivated for another five hundred years.

So how could she dare to have such lofty ambitions?

"Forget it, never mind."

Rhodes didn't bother to think about it further.

Since the lady's hostility towards the gods has reached such a level, the original plan to deal with her can be appropriately strengthened.

Think of this.

Rhodes then turned to the group in Mondstadt, a wicked grin spreading across his face: "The plan has changed, but I'd better not tell you yet, lest you get mentally prepared, and that wouldn't be fun."

(End of this chapter)

207. Leave of Absence

written request for leave

Today was my mom's birthday, and we had a blast all day. I drank so much I was dizzy and lightheaded, I couldn't take it anymore and needed to rest. (I'm only sending out this leave request now because I'm still a bit tipsy and just starting to feel the effects of the alcohol.)

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 198 You should go see the Great Tree King.

Chapter 198 You should go see the Great Tree King

(Don't scold me, let me finish this first. I know I haven't updated much these past few days, but I still owe you. Yesterday was my mom's birthday, and today is Mother's Day. Everything was crammed into this weekend, so I really didn't have time, boohoo.)

The construction of Hope City is progressing very quickly.

With the technical assistance of the Order Academy, the financial support of wealthy merchants from Sumeru, the manpower support of desert tribes, the daily sweeps by mercenary teams, the internal supervision of the Disciplinary Officer, and the overall planning of the Grass God.

Until now.

The outer city walls are taking shape, and with Dolly's strong support, rows of sand-resistant forests have been erected to protect the surrounding farmland from wind and sand erosion.

This is a necessary protective measure in the desert.

With the experience of preventing sand and water erosion in Aru Village, Hope City's design, construction and groundbreaking went exceptionally smoothly.

The farmland outside the city was built by the tribesmen who first came to Hope City.

When Rhodes arrived at the outskirts of Hope City with the lady and Diluc's Mondstadt delegation.

The sight was completely different from the yellow sand and death they had encountered along the way, so much so that the group stopped and gazed at the lush, green iron wall formed by the sand-fixing forest.

Although they had seen similar scenes in Aru Village.

However, compared to Hope City, Aru Village is much smaller and lacks the awe-inspiring presence one feels when facing Hope City head-on.

among those present.

Perhaps only Wendy could calmly observe.

After all, he had personally witnessed the rise of Mondstadt and watched it prosper for over two thousand years.

Seeing this city before him, so similar to the early days of Mondstadt, inspired him to write a poem in praise of it.

Humans, equally hopeful and energetic for the future, and cities rising from the ground.

All of this made Wendy feel both strange and incredibly familiar.

He hadn't seen such a warm and enthusiastic scene in a long time, so he ran away from the group and squatted by the farmland, chatting with the tribespeople who were working in the fields.

Oh, these tribespeople can no longer be called tribespeople.

The first census in Hope City has been completed.

high speed.

Anyway, there aren't many people in the city.

For the first time, the identity information of these tribal people was entered into the void, and in the identity and address column, it was noted that they were residents of the City of Hope of Sumeru, and there was no longer a distinction between desert and rainforest.

"We are all Sumeru people, why make such a clear distinction?"

This is what the Religious Council's household registration investigators said when registering identity information.

Rhodes specifically instructed him to do so.

Regardless of what the people registering think, you have to say it. Even if they know it's meant to win people over, it will be enough to prevent them from harboring any further resentment towards Nasita.

Talk about it.

Nasita originally intended to shut down the Void.

Now that the forbidden knowledge on the World Tree has been erased, the Void no longer needs to undertake the task of clearing away forbidden knowledge.

Furthermore, prolonged use of the void can cause some people to become overly reliant on it and lose their ability to think critically.

Therefore, in Nasita's view...

Now the void has reached the point where it can say goodbye to the Sumeru people.

However, Rhodes had a different opinion on this idea.

The void can indeed cause people to lose their ability to think.

However, not everyone loses their ability to think.

Moreover, having a void does make life much more convenient, and shutting it down directly would actually cause far greater losses than continuing to run it.

Rhodes's advice on this.

Furthermore, Xu Xukong's search permissions were granted.

Knowledge, you know.