The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Ying looked down at Wendy with a sense of urgency. If she wanted to find her brother, a clash with the gods was inevitable.

Is my own strength enough?

Ying clenched her fists. It seemed that regaining her power was urgent. Only by regaining her former power could she have the confidence to find her brother.

"The authority over time is not mentioned in Mondstadt's records for Lord Barbatos," Jean said, just as Luminous was pondering how to regain her strength.

She searched her memory for myths and proverbs about the wind god, but found none that mentioned the wind god having any authority over time.

"The Anemo Archon probably didn't spend as much time in Mondstadt as he did drinking, so it's normal for there to be inaccuracies in the records," Diluc explained from the side.

Given Wendy's free-spirited nature, unless something major happens in Mondstadt, he'll probably stay out all the time and not come home.

"Hey! Dvalin, do you know?" Lance Sanks looked at Dvalin beside him and asked curiously.

They've been friends for thousands of years, so they should know Wendy even better, right?

But to everyone's surprise, Dvalin shook his head in frustration and said, "I don't know. This is the first time I've heard that Barbatos can affect time."

As Dvalin said this, he was gripped by deep self-doubt. How could he have known nothing about Wendy after living with her for thousands of years? Had he been spending all this time with a fake Wendy?

"Alright." Lance Sanx saw Tvalin scratching his head and didn't press him too much.

Dvalin is simple-minded and has no experience interacting with humans. It would be incredibly easy for Wendy to hide something from him.

However, Lance Sanx didn't dislike Wendy because of this. The Ember might be hiding even more secrets than Wendy.

……

"How does the Wind God have abilities related to time?" Ember looked at the somewhat exhausted Wendy and was very surprised.

The name is deceptive, isn't it? Luckily, he fought Wendy today, otherwise he might have been tricked when he fought the other gods.

“Wind…wind is everywhere.” Wendy looked completely drained, but he quickly forced a smile and said to Ember:

"But why are you helping me? Your past self must be quite difficult to deal with, right?"

Wendy stroked her completely lifeless Heart of God, her shock no less than that of Luminous and the others.

Originally, he shouldn't have been able to project the embers of the past, but later a mysterious force helped him.

Wendy knew without a doubt that it was thanks to Ember, but why? To overcome oneself—many people don't even have the courage to say that, let alone do it.

"Hehe, should I say I'm checking if I've gotten rusty? Or maybe I'm just not wanting you to leave empty-handed after all that work?" Yu Jin chuckled a few times, speaking meaningfully.

"Since that's the case, then I won't stand on ceremony!" Wendy took a deep breath and shouted. Then she released the restrictions on the projection.

"Boom!" The projection of Ember turned into a gray-white flash, just like when Ember attacked Wendy at the beginning.

"Swoosh!" Ember drew his sword and collided with his own rapidly approaching self.

"Bang!" The blades of two worn straight swords collided, accompanied not by the harsh sound of metal scraping, but by the sound of wind cutting through the air.

The moment the embers and the projection collided, powerful shockwaves erupted from them, creating gusts of wind.

In near-perfect martial arts, power can be precisely transmitted into the opponent's body through the collision of weapons.

Those echoing shockwaves were actually the embers releasing their power. The power was transferred into his body through the collision of the blades, and then perfectly transmitted outwards by him.

"Heh, it's starting to resemble me." Yu Jin looked at the projection that was locked in a stalemate with him, and the corners of his mouth turned up.

Aside from its true self, its martial arts skills should be no worse than anyone else's.

“However, it’s still a bit lacking!” Yu Jin suddenly exerted his strength, slightly moving his sword blade away to break its entangled state.

Then, with one hand, Yu Jin pressed down and in the blink of an eye, he sent the blade onto the projected sword guard.

"Click!" Upon seeing this, the projection twisted its wrist. The sword guard just managed to dislodge the blade of the embers, and then an immense force that could not be released came from the sword guard.

He used to be the one parrying others, but now it's his turn to be parried.

Seeing the wide-open gap in the Ember before him, the projection thrust out without hesitation.

However, Yu Jin's body did not lose balance like those who were parried. Instead, he used the force of the parry to turn around and deliver a sweeping kick.

"Boom!" The projection was instantly sent flying, leaving only embers that had spun perfectly in the air before landing.

The series of actions happened in an instant; all the onlookers saw was two embers colliding, and then one of them was immediately kicked away.

"Tsk tsk tsk, no good. Just like that doll." Yu Jin patted imaginary dust off his body and sighed.

This projected martial arts skill is quite competent, but like that Thunder General puppet, he remains completely unmoved.

A lack of variation means unchanging attacks, and in Ember's eyes, unchanging attacks are boring. Because he can anticipate the enemy's moves before they even begin.

Unlike him, whether in daily life or in battle, Ember's mind is always racing, and even he himself doesn't know what he'll do next. Are you scared yet?

In the distant crater, the projection that had been kicked away by the embers stood up. Its waist was deeply dented, indicating that the attack had caused it considerable damage.

However, the huge dent on the projection quickly healed, looking exactly the same as before it was injured.

Yu Jin suddenly felt a bit tricky, not expecting that he had even inherited a portion of his regenerative abilities, which was troublesome.

However, there is one thing that definitely cannot be projected.

As Yu Jin looked at his outstretched palm, a golden whistle appeared on his index finger.

"Whoosh—" A highly penetrating whistle rang out, and a spirit horse with two horns appeared beneath Yu Jin's hooves.

"Huh? What's going on? How come Ember has a mount?" Paimon looked at Torette beneath Ember and was immediately surprised.

"What kind of horse is this? I've never seen one like it before." Diluc looked at the two horns on Torret's head with great confusion.

He had never seen such a horse, even after traveling through seven kingdoms.

"Isn't it normal for a king to have his own mount as a knight?" Lance Sanx said, completely oblivious to the embarrassment on Jean's face.

The Knights of Favonius were a knightly order, yet they didn't own a single horse. It's undeniably a sad story.

Ember sat on Torret, looking down at his past reflection. A sense of smugness welled up inside him.

Cavalry fighting infantry, isn't that just plain easy prey?

Chapter 191 The Hunting Little Man

2023-09-24

“Ha! This feels so familiar.” Ember held the reins in one hand and stroked Torret’s mane with the other.

The Torret is extremely fast, and the infrastructure at the border is, to put it mildly, terrible. When it runs at full speed, the bumps are so bad they could practically split your backside in two.

Back then, Ember was just like this, holding the reins in one hand and gripping Torret's mane in the other, barely managing to avoid being thrown off by Torret with both hands.

For this, Torret bit him quite a few times. However, after breaking a few teeth, Torret wisely shut up.

Because anyone capable of breaking a Spirit Horse's tooth is definitely not someone to be trifled with. Later, Ember's actions proved Torrett's guess right; this guy was truly a handful.

If it weren't for its spirit horse, which couldn't die, its grave would probably be overgrown with grass by now.

However, Torret did not regret following Ember. It and Ember traversed every nook and cranny of the borderlands and experienced countless epic battles.

In terms of time alone, Torret was the one who stayed with Ember the longest.

"Bang!" Seeing that Yu Jin had not made any move for a long time, the projection in the distance launched the first attack.

It flashed grayish-white as well, but this time something was faster!

"Bang!" Everyone felt their vision blur, followed by a loud clanging of metal against metal.

"Boom!" The projection flew out like a cannonball and crashed heavily onto the white barrier of the arena, creating ripples.

"Hmph—" Torret gasped. He retracted his raised hind leg and turned to look at the projection falling from the barrier.

It nodded in satisfaction. Sure enough, it was strongest when it was with Ember! Since following Ember, it had even started to dislike Melina.

The reason is simple: Torret simply enjoys the feeling of being powerful.

Yu Jin sat on horseback, watching the projection rise again from the dust. He decisively drew a cavalry lance.

The massive steel spear was held firmly against Ember's waist, accompanied by Toret's horse constantly rubbing against his horseshoes.

An irresistible, sharp aura swept over us.

Cavalry lance – A large spear with a long, conical spike at the tip. A bladeless weapon specially designed for thrusting attacks.

Weapons that are heavy and difficult to handle can be advantageous when mounted or in combat with mounted enemies.

The cavalry lance was not sharpened, but the gleaming tip of the spear made its power undeniable.

When this weapon is wielded by a charging knight, its power will be far greater than that of ordinary weapons.

"Toret!" Ember lowered his center of gravity, aiming the spear tip at the projection that had stood up in the distance.

"charge!"

"sieve!"

If before everyone could still see the embers turn into flashes of light, this time they couldn't see anything at all.

Torret was so fast that even with everyone's abilities, they couldn't distinguish its figure.

Everything before Yu Jin's eyes was blurred into thin lines. The projection that looked exactly like him was surrounded by these blurs, making it extremely conspicuous.

The projection raised its hand, as if about to do something. But at that moment, the embers were already in front of it.

The straight cavalry lance did not pierce directly into the projection's body. Its shaft emitted a white light, and then the embers made a thrusting motion.

Combat Skill: Hunting Giants - A combat skill used to challenge enemies larger than oneself.

Lower your body to stabilize your posture, step forward, and then thrust upwards at the enemy.

The Giant Hunter was originally designed to challenge enemies of enormous size. Its upward thrusting attacks maximize the advantage of the user's smaller size.

The unique power-generating posture of the combat technique can inflict a huge imbalance attack on giant enemies.

Against enemies like giants, it won't take many hits to knock them down and throw them off balance. Then you can do whatever you want.

However, after using Ember to knock away a few enemies of normal size, it became unstoppable.

Sorry, but it's so much fun to send enemies flying into the air and not be able to stop them!

"Sizzle!" A projection is still just a projection. The spear tip, glowing white, pierced through the projection's body like a hot knife through butter, going straight through it.

"Hissing—" Toret stopped, raised its head, lifted its upper body, and let out a loud and long neigh.

"The enemy is ashamed, I will go and strip him naked!" In this situation, Yu Jin couldn't help but shout out a phrase that the warriors of the Eastern Kingdom often said after defeating the enemy.