The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Good that we don't know each other, bye-bye, get back to work!"

Seeing the embers rushing straight towards the sea, the soldier shuddered.

"Did we really encounter a mentally ill person?!"

Chapter 470 Mushrooms are about to grow.

2024-02-06

"Maurice, you're back so quickly?"

"Haha, that's fast! My physical fitness is top-notch!"

"Won't you be free for the next three days?"

……

On the shallow beach between Tatakasa and Kujojinya, as far as the eye can see, there are blue and black tents.

Upon closer inspection, one will find that the pattern on the tent is exactly the same as that on the emblem of the Fools.

Anyone with even a slight familiarity with the area could immediately tell that these tents were military tents issued to the Fools.

The military tents, which were usually only seen in the desolate wilderness, now almost covered the entire shallows, demonstrating the large number of fools stationed there.

However, unlike the usual busy and vigilant appearance of the Fools, the Fools here were all extremely relaxed. Some were wandering around the camp, while others were playing cards with others, having a very leisurely time!

The Fools here are jointly managed by the soldiers and the prince. Initially, the soldiers did not want to team up with the prince.

But he later discovered that he didn't have anywhere to set up a camp.

There's a lady on Umijima Island, and the young master is at Kannazuka. That leaves only Nashiina Beach and Hachiun Island as places for the scattered soldiers to establish camps.

Needless to say, setting up a camp on Hachiyun Island is practically tantamount to suicide. If it really happened there, it's estimated that only the Lady, the Scattered Soldiers, and the Prince among the Inazuma Fools could withstand it.

As for Nashiina, this is the front line of the battlefield. How do we set up a camp here?

Guilong was able to build the camp because his power was small and he chose a location on the edge of the Nashida Beach.

However, the Fatui are different. Although their strongholds in the wild are individual, their sheer number makes up for it.

If you gather all the Fools in the wild together, the number of Fools on just one island is several times greater than the number of pirates under Oni-ryu's command.

Left with no other choice, the stragglers had to team up with the young master and set up camp on the beach between Tatakasa and Kujojinya.

As for why I didn't team up with a lady? Mainly because ladies have sharp tongues; if a soldier makes a sarcastic remark at her, she can retort with three.

As for mocking the young master, he would only blush and shout that he wanted to fight, but the key point is that he couldn't even beat the stragglers.

"Ugh, so boring!" In the tent in the middle of the camp, which was obviously several sizes larger, the young master lay on the bed and cried out in boredom.

He originally thought that falling into the hands of the Embers would keep him as busy as he was in Liyue, but he didn't expect to be so idle that he'd be growing mushrooms.

The reason for this was simply that there were too many Fools. Even the prince himself hadn't expected that there would be so many Fools in Inazuma.

He didn't keep count—even if he did, he wouldn't know. Anyway, it's uncertain whether there are tens of thousands, but there are definitely several thousand.

Moreover, these are not ordinary soldiers. The soldiers of the Fatui are all equipped with elemental weapons, and the best among them are even blessed with the Evil Eye.

Therefore, a soldier from the Fools can be said to be far stronger than soldiers from other nations, both in terms of equipment and physical fitness.

Using so many super-powerful oxen and horses solely for transporting grain is truly a waste of their potential. Therefore, the Inazuma Fools are currently in a relaxed and carefree state.

"Isn't this good? We can use our free time to do what we should be doing." Hearing the young master's shout, the stragglers put down their pen and paper and sneered a few times.

It's a bit of a hellish situation. The reason they can be so carefree is partly due to the sheer number of the Fools, but also thanks to the Shogunate and Umijima Island.

Because of the various miraculous actions of these two parties, almost all the residents of Kannazuka and Hachiyū Island who could die were killed.

Those who survived either gathered together to form large villages, which had sufficient resilience to withstand risks; or they fled from Kannazuka and Hachiyū Island, far away from this place of trouble.

So their work as fools was actually quite easy, not as tiring as they had imagined.

"What should we do? What is that?" the young master asked curiously, jumping out of bed.

He came to Inazuma purely to escape the misery of Liyue. Just thinking about the slogans posted on the construction site made the young master shudder.

How can this be even worse than cattle and horses?

"You don't need to know that. Just stay here and don't cause any trouble." The soldier glanced at the young master and waved his hand at him as if shooing away a fly.

"I'm curious too, can you tell me about it?" A familiar voice rang out in the tent, causing the soldiers and the young master to stand up immediately.

When they looked around again, they found that Ember had somehow entered the tent, holding the pen and paper that the skirmisher had just put down.

[Should we destroy what he has?] The young master quickly gave several hand signals to the stragglers from the shadows.

He had at least climbed his way up from the military, so he understood these basic things.

"There's nothing useful about it. He's seen it, so be it. There's no need to provoke him," the stragglers quickly replied to the young master.

"Aren't you afraid of getting cramps from moving your fingers so fast?" Yu Jin lowered the paper in his hand, revealing the peephole on his helmet.

He's been watching the soldiers and the young master exchange hand gestures for ages. Do you really think he's blind?

"It's nothing, I was just practicing rope skipping. My sister really likes it." The young man immediately stopped what he was doing and said with an embarrassed smile.

“They need to practice more.” Yu Jin put down the paper in his hand and turned his gaze to the skirmishers.

"You haven't finished writing this yet? You've got the goal of seizing Thor's God Heart, but what are the specific measures?"

Pointing to the paper on the table, which contained only a few words.

"I can't think of anything." The soldier pointed to the black lumps on the paper, which were all the methods he had come up with, but they were all rejected in the end.

"Then keep thinking! Maybe I can give you some advice," Yu Jin encouraged.

If the Fools were to steal the Heart of God from another god, Ember would definitely intervene. However, if the god in question is Thor, then Ember might make an exception and lend a hand.

After all, if it weren't for the lockdown order and the Eye Hunt order, he wouldn't have encountered so much trouble. For the sake of his corrupted eyes, Ember had to make things difficult for Thor.

"You guys seem quite relaxed?" Yu Jin asked the stragglers and the young master with a half-smile, recalling what he had seen and heard in the camp.

"No," the young master denied directly.

"Actually, we've been celebrating the holiday these past few days. We'll get busy after this." The soldier was a little better than the young master; he at least found an excuse.

"Alright, stop trying to fool me! Gather a few boatloads of people and come with me to He Guan!" Yu Jin didn't believe the stragglers at all. He waved his hand and was about to lead his men to He Guan.

"Sorry, we're out of boats right now." The soldier smiled slightly upon hearing this. Their boats were borrowed from Guilong; with so many people on such a small fleet, it was already at full capacity. Where would they find extra boats?

"No boat? Didn't Guilong borrow his boat?"

"Guilong's ships are too few. Even if they are overloaded, they can't carry half of us. Otherwise, why do you think we're so free?"

Fortunately, the stragglers stopped pretending and directly told Ember that the Fatui were currently quite free.

"Then hurry up and build the ship! Seeing you all idle makes me feel worse than when I'm busy." Yu Jin hurriedly urged the Fools to build the ship.

These people really know how to cut corners. If they don't have a ship, can't all these fools build one?

This is one of the drawbacks of using force to resolve conflicts; it completely eliminates any motivation.

"The fools of Inazuma are all combatants. They are already very unaccustomed to transporting grain, let alone building ships."

Seeing Yu Jin's anxious expression, the skirmisher's smile widened.

"Really?"

"real."

"You won't regret saying that, will you?"

"I definitely won't regret it."

The stragglers crossed their arms and nodded calmly.

Upon hearing this, Yu Jin showed no sign of discouragement. He simply whistled and continued speaking to himself:

"Oh dear, it seems I'll have to go to Crane Pavilion alone. What secrets could a place hold that even Thor wouldn't want to face?"

"Wait, I've changed my mind!"

The soldier's relaxed expression vanished instantly; he was now filled with regret.

Chapter 471 This is called being proactive

2024-02-06

"What did you just say?" The soldier, who had always been frivolous and arrogant, showed shock and urgency for the first time.

"Who just said they would never regret it? My ears are deaf, young master, can you tell me?" Yu Jin shook his head, looking incredibly smug.

The young master first glanced at the smug embers, then at the stragglers whose eyes seemed to devour him, and immediately shook his head rapidly, saying, "I don't know anything, don't ask me!"

His son is a high-ranking officer of the Fools, yet there's a time when he's someone no one can afford to offend. It's unbelievable!

"I take back what I just said, I've changed my mind." The skirmisher took a few deep breaths and said to Ember through gritted teeth.

If the skirmisher wasn't a puppet, Ember had reason to suspect that his molars were now broken.

"Haha, bowing your head makes you this upset? Well, you'll have to get used to it. You'll have your turn to bow your head in the future." Yu Jin saw the bruises on the soldier's face and said it was both encouragement and mockery.

Even Ember himself had the experience of being chased by wild dogs and having to run away. What makes Skirmisher any better than him? He can't tolerate the slightest humiliation.

"Alright, my speculation is that Raijin is unwilling to face Tsurugami. However, she did give the Shogunate a direct order not to investigate Tsurugami."

To prevent the skirmishers from exploding again, Ember eventually brought the topic back.

"Thor won't allow the Shogunate's people to investigate Tsurugami?" The purplish-blue color on the soldier's face faded. It seemed that the soldier valued the news about Thor more than the loss of his own dignity.

He was pondering what might be within Tsurugami that even Raigami was unwilling to investigate. Tsurugami's area was roughly one-sixth the size of Inazuma's territory.

The fact that such a large territory was abandoned so decisively suggests there must be a significant secret behind it.

"Yes, she's probably afraid that He Guan is fake, but there's definitely something inside that's giving her trouble."

As Ember spoke, the skirmisher's eyes grew even brighter.

"Of course, that's just my guess."

Fearing the stragglers might get too excited, Ember added a final sentence.

"That's enough. I didn't expect there would be something else that even she found troublesome. What could it be..."