The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

At this moment, her body was curled up among the grass and trees, perfectly concealed in the dense forest by her "slightly" modified forest ranger uniform.

“Familiar methods… the Fools…” Cole recalled the recent events at Vimo Manor—children were mysteriously disappearing, and although they were eventually found, they had no memory of the time they disappeared.

This caused widespread panic in Vimo Village, and upon hearing this, Ke Lai immediately crossed the dense forest from Huacheng Guo to Vimo Village.

Because this strange event seemed very much like the work of the Fatui. Ever since gaining power, Cora had never given up investigating the Fatui.

The number of Fools in Sumeru is unusually large. Considering the recent behavior of his master, Tinari, and the Grand Master of Ceremonies, Seno, Sumeru seems to be engaged in a silent battle with the Fools.

The only slight question is why all the preparations are being carried out privately by Tinari and Seno? Where is the official power of the Church? Cole wasn't quite clear about these unusual circumstances.

However, she didn't really want to figure it out. Tina and Seno were both smarter than her, so she just needed to do what she had always been doing.

As for what these things are...

From the shadows, Cole quietly took down the bow and arrows from her back, drew out an arrow coated with anesthetic, and aimed it at the Fools who were slowly advancing ahead.

"Where's that brat? Where did he go?" Lei Chui, a man with a muscular build, asked the man with the muscular frame behind him.

"I don't know, how come the kids here run so fast? They disappear in the blink of an eye?" Musketeer was also puzzled. He had just chased the little brat into the jungle, and the kid had vanished.

It can only be said that they are truly natives of Xumi; their ability to navigate through forests is far beyond the reach of outsiders like themselves.

"Wait, what's this?" Lei Chui stopped in his tracks, seeing the desolation ahead.

“Dead Zone…” Musketeer stepped out from behind Thunder Hammer and slowly uttered two words.

"Boom!"

Lei Chui slammed his weapon into the ground, and even though he and the musket were alone, he muttered:

"Mission complete, team back!"

"understand!"

Musketeer straightened up and responded loudly.

"Dead Zone... I didn't expect my luck to be so bad." Lei Chui looked at the vast desolate land behind him and sighed.

Who could have known there was a dead zone here? If that little brat had accidentally stepped into it, he'd probably be dead by now, right?

"Didn't the Doctor tell us to be careful...? After all, we still need to use these children to distract Lanaro..."

Musketeer looked back at the dead zone and asked with concern. They were the advance team under the Doctor, who had infiltrated Vimo Manor in search of a creature called "Lanalo".

According to the doctor, these magical creatures seem to only be interested in children, so in order to ensure that there is enough "bait," the safety of the children in Vimo Village must be guaranteed when they are on the move.

"Phew... The appearance of the dead zone is completely random. We didn't know there was a dead zone here. I believe Doctor will understand us."

"Besides, there are so many children in Vimo Manor, and the Doctor is extremely busy. Who would notice if one were missing?"

Lei Chui then put away his weapon and prepared to leave.

"sieve!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A whooshing sound came as the arrow, brimming with grass elemental power, split into several in mid-air and shot towards the two Fools on the ground at completely different angles.

The arrows had been accumulating in the shadows for a long time, and were further enhanced by elemental power. Faced with this almost meticulously prepared sneak attack, the two ordinary Fool soldiers were simply unable to react.

Unsurprisingly, they were found with arrows coated with anesthetic.

"Which direction?!" Despite the pain, Lei Chui raised his weapon and looked around.

"I don't know. These arrows are from all angles. There might be more than one person who ambushed us." The musketeer painfully pulled the arrows out of his body. Fortunately, none of the arrows hit any vital organs, as if the attackers had deliberately spared their lives.

"Retreat!" Lei Chui looked at the dense forest around him and felt as if countless pairs of malicious eyes were hidden within it.

This dense forest seems to have transformed into a ferocious beast that devours people.

Unfortunately, Lei Chui hadn't gone more than a few steps before crashing heavily to the ground.

"My body... can't move?" Lei Chui tried to get up, but found that his body simply wouldn't obey him.

"After being poisoned, vigorous activity will only make the poison spread faster. You should learn this from your companions behind you."

A petite figure emerged from the dense forest; it was hard to imagine that she was the one who carried out the ambush just now.

"Pfft!" A muffled thud came from the musket in the distance. He looked at the weapon, which was only emitting black smoke, in shock, as if he couldn't believe that it would malfunction at this moment.

"Your Fatui's equipment upgrades are too slow. Weaknesses discovered a long time ago still haven't been fixed. Is it because no one wants to be your enemy?"

The Eye of the Grass God at Cole's waist emitted a faint green light, and then countless vines and shoots sprouted from the musket in his hand.

"What...when..." Musketeer half-squatted on the ground, the effects of the anesthetic began to take hold, and he could no longer control his body.

"When you pulled the arrows out of your body, did you really think they were so easy to pull out?" Cole picked up the arrows made of vines from the ground, squeezed them hard, and the vines turned into countless bullets that shot out.

The slender vines curled up quickly upon touching other objects, soon becoming entangled in blades of grass, pebbles, and... Cole's hair.

"Ugh... I shouldn't have demonstrated this to you guys, it's even more annoying than Mondstadt's Hookberry!"

She tried to pull it away, but the curled vines were still tightly wrapped around Colley's head, which annoyed her.

The lightning hammer on the ground mustered its last bit of strength and went from lying face down to lying flat.

Therefore, he was able to see Cole in her entirety. Upon seeing that she was just a young girl, Thunder Hammer could no longer conceal the shock on his face.

"Aren't you afraid of retaliation for opposing us Fools like this?"

"Revenge? That's what I should be saying to you. What you did back then is the reason I'm taking revenge on you now," Cole replied coldly.

Her reasons for opposing the Fools were certainly not just out of hatred; the other "eye of God" hidden beneath the eye of the grass god was Cole's true reliance.

However, there's no need to tell the Fools about this.

"Enough with the nonsense, where's the child?" Looking at the nearby Dead Zone, Cole's heart darkened considerably, but she still symbolically inquired about the Fools on her body.

"That child? Haha, you saw it too. We didn't really want him to die, but who knew there was a death zone here?"

"Perhaps he's still alive and well after the dead zone? You can go and see."

Lei Chui lay on the ground and laughed a few times.

"One more question: what is your purpose?" Cole lowered his eyes, one hand resting on the quiver.

"Haha, kid, you still have a lot to learn. For example, before asking for information about the enemy, first draw a big picture."

Lei Chui saw Ke Lai's actions and shook his head.

"Heh heh, actually I didn't expect you to answer anyway. The most reliable information about the Fools is what you find out yourself; you can't believe a single word you say!"

Upon hearing this, Cora sneered a few times, then took out an arrow with a purple arrowhead and stabbed it into the necks of two Fools.

"Well……"

"Roar……"

The fools foamed at the mouth, and the veins on their exposed skin bulged. They whimpered and struggled on the ground for a while before finally ceasing to live.

"Oh!"

Black flames erupted from the corpses of the Fools, and soon only charred marks remained on the ground.

“Hmm… at least we need to see a corpse.” Cole looked up at the dead zone in front of him and took out his longbow.

Chapter 650 Lanaro

2024-05-06

"Slow down!"

After the twisting, crawling embers, came the small but urgent cry of the Great Tree King.

"Bang!"

Ember suddenly straightened up, causing the Great Tree King behind him, who was unable to react in time, to bump into him, making his head buzz.

"Why did you stop climbing?" The Great Tree King asked, rubbing his reddened forehead.

Yu Jin thought it sounded a bit like an insult, but he quickly retorted with a question.

Why did you follow me up?

"Didn't you tell me to stick close to you?"

The Great Compassion Tree King looked puzzled.

Then she saw Ember's hand on the top of her head, moving back and forth between him and herself.

This made the Great Tree King's face darken instantly: "Don't let me regain my strength, or I'll show you what true power is!"

“Okay, I’m looking forward to it.” Yu Jin gestured a few times and then lowered his arm. The little guy’s threat was secondary; the main problem was that raising his arm so high and straight was tiring.

"Hey! Didn't you say you were very familiar with that child? Why are you avoiding her?"

"Stop imagining things, okay? Who said I was avoiding her? I'm going to see her again once I find the little brat who's running around."

As Ember looked around at the surroundings, he responded to the Great Tree King's words.

"Um... I guess so."

After thinking for a moment, the Great Tree King felt that what Yu Jin said made a lot of sense.

"Wait a minute, how come I didn't even think of this?" Muttering to himself, the Great Tree King shifted his gaze to the embers in front of him, whose head was turning rapidly.

"He must have been spending too much time with this guy and it's made him lose his mind!"

"What are you thinking about now? Found it, keep up!"

"Oh!"

The Great Compassion Tree King followed along eagerly, just like a little follower.

"Where is it?" The Great Tree King followed the embers through the cave, and after passing through a narrow passage, the view suddenly opened up.

Even underground, light still shines through every crevice, so the vegetation here is just as lush as the jungle outside.

In the gap between the trees, there was a bright green dome, and under the dome, a child who looked to be less than ten years old was lying quietly.

However, besides the child lying down, there was another little guy here that caught Ember's attention.

"Lanaroo?" Ember squatted on the ground, looking at the magical creature in front of him who was maintaining the elemental shield, and asked curiously.

"!"