The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Torajiro!"

"To!"

"silver!"

"To!"

"Three brothers from Jiangxia!"

"arrive"

……

The flames gradually died down, and a large crowd gathered at the entrance of Hiki Village in the otherwise quiet night.

As the number of checkmarks on the roster increased, Washizu's expression changed from serious to relaxed.

"Looks like everyone's quick-witted; no one's dead," Washizu said with a smile, waving his hand and shouting loudly.

"awesome!"

"The village chief is amazing!"

"Lord Meng is amazing too!"

Cheers erupted from the villagers. The fact that everyone in Hikimoku Village had escaped this calamity unscathed was truly exhilarating news.

The cheers continued for quite a while before subsiding. Seeing that everyone's excitement had dissipated, Washizu gestured for everyone to quiet down.

He looked up and glanced around at the dense crowd in the open space. They included people of all ages, and without exception, their faces were covered in soot, making them look quite disheveled.

"Cough cough!"

He coughed lightly, and Washizu's gentle face turned serious.

"We're all smart people. Since we've survived, someone's plans must have fallen through. Logically and emotionally, we should ask them why, shouldn't we?"

"Kids, if you can't handle it, step aside. Next, we need to discuss how to deal with those guys."

Washizu's eyes narrowed, his tone filled with a sinister and suppressed anger.

As soon as he finished speaking, a deathly silence fell over the surroundings. After all, the villagers of Feimu Village were ordinary people; many were too afraid to even watch a pig being slaughtered, let alone what was about to happen.

"Go, go, go! Kids, go back to sleep!"

"But our house was burned down, wasn't it?"

"You little brat, I would have stayed if it weren't for you."

……

Upon hearing this, most of the women realized what was happening. Without much hesitation, they grabbed their children and ran far away from the area.

Not only women, but many men also felt that they couldn't handle the psychological pressure and quietly left the place.

Most of those who survived were either people who had just fought or had something important destroyed.

"Is anyone else leaving?"

Washizu gave a final reminder, but the crowd remained still.

"Okay, pull him up!"

Washizu nodded to the people behind him, and then several figures emerged from behind the golden tree.

Those were bruised and battered, bound hand and foot, and already incapacitated as rebel soldiers.

The most tragic of them all was Nojima Kazunari, whose lower body was severed by Washizu. And he was also the most eye-catching—how could he not attract attention when he was being carried like that?

"Speak! Which faction are you from? Why?" Washizu was ruthless, kicking him to his knees with a single blow.

The captured soldier glanced up at Washizu, then remained silent, just like the crowd in the distance.

"Give up. Our will is incomparable to yours." Nojima Kazunari lay on the ground and sneered a few times.

"Is that so?" Washizu replied indifferently. Then, he drew a wakizashi from his waist and tossed it in front of Dankiroku.

“You have blood on your hands with them, so come on,” Washizu said.

Oniroku picked up the wakizashi from the ground and walked silently to Kazunari Nojima.

"I'd like to test your willpower!"

Chapter 420 The Vanishing Mongot

2024-01-17

Dan Oniroku walked up to Nojima Kazunari, pinned him down with his knee, and then viciously stabbed the wakizashi in his back.

"Pfft... glug..."

The sound of gushing blood and blades cutting through flesh filled the air, turning the already dull armor of the Demon Six into a deep crimson once more.

"Well……"

"Ha... ha... it's useless..."

The small pool of blood spread out beneath Nojima Kazunari's body. His voice grew fainter and fainter, his breath grew weaker and weaker, and finally he fell completely still.

The crowd finally stirred, but it was all sounds of fear and vomiting. The captured men, on the other hand, remained unresponsive.

It was as if their captain hadn't just died.

"If you could use your willpower elsewhere, I think things like the Eye of God would be a piece of cake."

Seeing this, Washizu knew he wouldn't get any information out of them. So he waved his hand and said to the few who were still standing:

"Kill him, and bury him under the tree."

……

"Ha ha……"

"worn out."

Tuan Gui Liu leaned against the golden tree, supporting himself with his shovel, and rested.

"Tired already?" Washizu teased, seeing Dan Oniroku panting heavily.

"What do you think? We killed one before, and now we're digging another hole." Dankiroku rolled his eyes at Washizu and said speechlessly.

"Sigh—if only they could channel that kind of ambition elsewhere… surely they could get their hands on the Eye of God?"

Washizu took out a glass bead that exuded a dangerous aura from his hand; it was the Evil Eye that he had taken from those soldiers.

At first, Washizu thought it was the Eye of God, but after a closer inspection, he found that it was not.

This is likely a tool for using elements developed by some force, but which force it is is unknown.

In any case, Washizu wouldn't use this thing. He saw many signs of premature aging on the corpses of those soldiers, and Washizu hadn't lived enough yet; he wouldn't trade his lifespan for elemental power.

"If this happened elsewhere, these people probably wouldn't be so crazy." Tuan Gui Liu chuckled, then paused for a moment before saying with lingering fear, "I'm sorry, this trouble started because of me, causing you all such a big problem."

"Haha, if someone in Hisakimura died, I'd probably blame you, but now..."

Washizu raised an eyebrow, looking at the many things burned in the village, and joked, "Consider it a village renovation!"

Upon hearing this, Oniroku looked up at Washizu, who was smiling, shook his head, and smiled as well.

"You, the village chief, are just as unpredictable as that tin can of Ember?"

"Who called me?"

Speak of embers, and embers arrive.

He peeked out from inside the golden tree, looked left at Washizu, and right at Dangui Liu.

"what?!"

"Ghost!"

Washizu and Dan Oniroku were both startled by what they saw, but after seeing that it was Ember, they found it somewhat normal.

"Have you all finished?" Yu Jin asked, puzzled, seeing the two slacking off.

"It's all taken care of. They're all sleeping under this big tree now," Washizu said, pointing to the ground beneath the golden tree.

"I didn't realize you were so decisive. You acted pretty quickly too." Ember emerged from the golden tree, quite surprised that Washizu had finished so quickly.

"It's partly my fault, but I also have to thank Mongot." Washizu nodded, then shook his head, not denying it directly.

"What do you mean?" Ember swam out from the golden tree.

"Because most of the attackers were killed by Mongot, we only dealt with a small portion of them."

As Washizu recalled what the villagers had said, he couldn't help but marvel at the mystery and power of Montgomery.

According to the villagers, they had seen Montgomery at different times and in different places. This crisis was largely thanks to the efforts of this large figure shrouded in a cloak.

“No wonder Mongot’s evaluation of you has a lot of room for improvement.” Ember nodded.

Upon his return, Montgomery's first words were about Hishimura's various oversights in the incident.

"What did he say again?" Yu Jin stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and said:

"The sentry towers are scattered, resulting in too many blind spots."

"No traps were set in blind spots, and the lighting near the watchtower was insufficient."

"There are no patrol teams in the village, so there is no ability to respond to emergencies at all."

……

The more Yu Jin spoke, the more embarrassed Washizu became. He understood that what Meng Gutt said was not unfounded; if Meng Guttt hadn't intervened, the initial surprise attack alone would have been enough to give Hishimura a run for his money.

Perhaps in the end Hikimura will still be able to wipe out all the rebels who attacked, but the price he will have to pay will not be so simple.

"I know, I know. If there are any loopholes in the village's defenses in the future, let Menggete bring them up!" Washi nodded in agreement with Yu Jin while hurriedly writing down what Yu Jin was saying.

These are things you can't find anywhere else, so memorize as much as you can.

Seeing Washizu writing furiously, Yu Jin patted him on the shoulder, "Forget it, no need to write it down, let Mengget guide you."

"Strengthening one's own power in chaotic times is never a bad thing."

"That's great, but what about the Mongts?" Washizu was also very excited when he heard this. Their village was just an ordinary village, and their defenses relied entirely on the villagers' experience.