The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Brothers, tear them to scrap metal!" Seeing this, Thunder Hammer didn't want to waste any more words. He raised his arm and shouted, and the Fools behind him charged forward with shouts.

The once peaceful Tabaisha has become lively again after a long time.

……

"The sun shines brightly, the flowers smile at me." On the path leading to Tasha, the young master was humming some unknown ballad, and he seemed to be in a very good mood.

The fools leading the way heard the little tune behind them and looked up at the sky.

The purple light emanating from the inner core of the Mikage furnace would spread out in a purple haze, making it impossible to see anything like the sun.

As for the flowers, Tasha was a major steel-making site, and its vegetation was not much different from that of Haiqi Island. The flowers died before they even had a chance to bloom.

"Hey, still haven't found your captain?" The young master turned his head and looked around. It was deserted, and he didn't know what he was doing here.

"We'll be there soon." The Fools leading the way nodded in agreement, though they were a little puzzled but didn't show it.

The order from Zhidong didn't mention that the young master would come. Why did he come? And why were they all gathered together?

"That's fine then." The young master nodded. He was in a good mood, so walking a little further didn't bother him.

Following a narrow path, the two crossed a mountain stream and arrived at the bottom of the huge mine pit of Tasha.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The missiles, flying erratically, landed, and the shockwaves blew the young master's short hair up.

"Da da da!"

Bullets flew past, tearing holes in the young master's newly fluttering scarf.

"A passerby? How could there be a passerby here?" Xavier, hiding behind the rock, exclaimed in surprise when he saw the young master's innocent (confused) face.

Seeing a stray bullet flying towards him, he gritted his teeth and ran towards the young master from behind the boulder.

"You are……"

"Don't speak, lie down!"

Without saying a word, Xavier pinned the young master firmly to the ground.

"boom!"

An explosion rang out, and the two were thrown into the air before landing in a mud pit nearby.

Chapter 453 The Fools with Delayed Information

2024-01-29

"Pah! Pah! Tell me, what happened?!"

At the bottom of the sand mine, the young master cleaned the dirt off his body as he walked back and forth in front of the crowd.

He has a terrible stomachache right now. Yesterday, to celebrate escaping the Embers, the young master took a nice bath, but who would have thought that Xavier would be stuck in the mud today.

Could this be a sign from heaven telling him that this place is not a safe place to stay?

"Reporting, Executor! We're on a mission, but he's discovered us!" Thunder Hammer pointed at the wary Xavier beside him and said with ill intent.

"An Executive Officer?!" Xavier was startled by Lei Hammer's words. He had considered that the young man in front of him might be a high-ranking lieutenant, but he never dreamed that he would be an Executive Officer.

For a moment, Xavier's heart sank; he was probably going to be defeated here today.

"Okay, I understand. From now on, whatever your previous tasks were, from now on..."

The young master pondered for a while, trying to come up with a good excuse, but after thinking for a long time he couldn't think of one, so he simply stopped trying.

So he shrugged and said:

That's all~

"That's it?" Lei Chui was stunned upon hearing this, seemingly not expecting his mission to end so abruptly.

"That's it! Now follow me, I have a new mission for you!"

"What mission? Please tell me, young master!" After a brief moment of surprise, Lei Chui adjusted his mindset.

Among the Fools, the principle of subordinates obeying superiors is almost ingrained in their very being.

So even though the prince had neither written documents nor orders from the winter, Thunderhammer accepted the fact that the mission he had painstakingly carried out for several months had been abolished.

"Uh... a new mission?" The young master scratched his head. He had come here to gather the Fools, but he hadn't really thought about what mission to assign them.

While he was thinking, the young master caught a glimpse of Xavier, who was about to run away, and then he looked up at the blinding light of the Imperial Shadow Furnace in the sky.

He slapped his forehead and realized that someone would take on the responsibility of repairing the furnace core.

"Take this Fontaineble man with you and come with me to the assembly point!"

With a wave of his hand, the young master summoned the Fools below and lifted Xavier up.

"Hey! What are you doing?! I'm telling you, trafficking adults is illegal, even if I'm a man!!!"

Xavier struggled, but without the clockwork mechanism, he was just an ordinary person.

And so, Xavier shouted from the front and the young master sang from the back, and the lively sound of treading on sand spread throughout the entire Kannazuka.

……

The beach between Tatsuna and Kujo Jinya, which was originally a deserted area, is now filled with the Fools.

"Is everyone here?!" Standing in front of the crowd, the young master shouted to the assembled fools below.

"Reporting to the Executive Officer, all members of the Kannazuka clan have arrived!" A young master's reprimand came from below, and he immediately stepped forward and responded loudly.

"Very good!" The young master nodded, then paced back and forth, saying, "Many people may wonder why I summoned you here. But I want to tell you that what I need you to do concerns the survival of us, the Inazuma Fools, in Inazuma!"

Hearing the young master's serious tone, the slightest hint of confusion on the faces of the crowd below vanished instantly.

At first, the Fools below had a lot of complaints about the young master forcibly interrupting the mission, but after hearing what the young master said, how could they have any resentment left?

The mission concerns the very survival of the Inazuma Fools—just hearing about it gets my blood pumping!

"Young Master, just tell us what the mission is! We will do our best!" the Fools below shouted excitedly.

"What mission..." The young master looked at the crowd opposite him, took a deep breath, and then shouted loudly, "The mission is that from now on, you will all be transporting grain!"

"..."

The young master's words were like an invisible hand, gripping the throats of the fools present, leaving them speechless for a long time.

However, the young master himself seemed completely oblivious. He pointed to Xavier, who was also staring blankly to the side, and said nonchalantly:

"That Xavier... right? I heard you're a great inventor? I'll leave the task of fixing Mikage's furnace core to you!"

"I?"

Upon hearing the young master mention him, Xavier was somewhat incredulous. He looked around and, seeing everyone staring at him, took a step forward.

"No? What are you Fools up to? First you destroyed the Mikage Furnace, and now you want to repair it. Is there some kind of conspiracy?"

Xavier shook his head; he felt there was definitely something fishy going on.

"Just tell me if you're in or not! The people here are at your disposal!" the young master said with a grand gesture.

As long as Xavier can take on the task of repairing the furnace core, we'll provide as many people as he needs!

"Really?"

"Seriously? Do I look like the kind of person who jokes around?"

After confirming it again, Xavier nodded, still somewhat doubtful. Mikage's furnace was about to give way; if no action was taken soon, Kannazuka would likely become a giant firework visible to all the nations.

Circumstances dictate his actions. Although Xavier didn't believe the Fools would be so kind, he couldn't worry about that now; he had to fix the furnace first!

If we rely on the people in the shogunate, they'll probably be blown to bits and still shirk responsibility.

"You, you, you! And you! Come with me!" Having made up his mind, Xavier didn't hesitate for long. He pointed to a few Fools who looked very smart (and bald), and led them to run into the sand.

"Wow, that's quick! We need to get moving too! We can't let these Fontaines outdo us!"

Upon seeing Xavier immediately take action, the young master energized the Fools below.

However, the results... vary from person to person.

Some of the fools were excited, eager to immediately put their skills to use, while others had gloomy faces, seemingly deep in thought.

"Young Master, I'm sorry, our team has important missions to fulfill and cannot complete the task you requested!"

A fool dressed in a dark robe raised his hand and shouted.

Unlike the others, this Fool had white hair and was clearly old.

The young master was greatly surprised. Weren't all the fools young and strong? How did an old man sneak in?

“Old man, why are you still among the Fools? At your age, you should be retired.” The young master helped the Fool forward, afraid that he would collapse to the ground and never get up again.

“Young master, you flatter us. We members of the Hearth House don’t have the concept of ‘retirement,’” Yefi Schneitzevich said, shaking off the young master’s support.

"The House of Hearths?" Upon hearing this, the young master looked up and carefully examined the old man in front of him.

Although his hair was already white, his eyes were filled with gloom, like a vulture waiting for its chance to strike.

"When was the last time you contacted your contact?" the young master suddenly asked, leaning closer.

Yefie Schneitzevich's eyes widened slightly. The young master was asking a confidential question, but considering he was an executive officer, Yefie Schneitzevich answered truthfully:

"In reply to your question, young master, the last time we made contact was three years ago."

“Three years ago…” The young master looked up at the sky, as if deep in thought. Then, with a sorrowful expression, he patted Yefi Shchernetsevich on the shoulder and sighed:

"Your boss and servant changed more than a year ago. The current servant is Arecino."

"No one has contacted you in the past three years. Arecino has probably forgotten about you. Sir, you should just retire!"

After saying that, the young master immediately turned around and gave instructions to the others.

"You guys, calculate the remaining funds!"

"You bunch of people, go and buy some food!"

"You guys run fast? Okay, use this map to find the nearby villages for me!"

……

The beach was bustling with activity for a while.