"Ying, can we have sweet flower-stuffed chicken for lunch?"

In the serious atmosphere, Paimon swallowed hard and tugged at Ying's sleeve, while Ying rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.

"Paimon, at a time like this, you're still thinking about eating sweet flower-stuffed chicken? Where am I supposed to find poultry for you?"

“There it is, right there! Look, there’s a moving piece of poultry flying towards us.”

Paimon pointed in the direction of Mondstadt, and Ying glanced at it sideways, as if there really was a 'bird' flying in the sky heading in her direction.

Before Ying could get a good look, a 'crack' sound drew her attention back to Wendy. An ice shard that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere had shattered the Sky Harp in Wendy's hand.

Ying's eyes instantly turned red, and she grabbed the Flying Sword in a flash. Damn it, which bastard broke the Sky Harp again?

In order to fix this broken thing, she was chased by a group of Hilichurls, a bunch of Abyss Mages, and several Ruin Guards. She finally managed to fix it, but now someone has broken the Sky Harp right in front of her.

A mage from the abyss flew out from behind Dvalin, and Jean and Diluc immediately stepped forward to protect Venti, the 'powerless' wind god, behind them.

"Don't be fooled by them, poor dragon."

"He abandoned you long ago, and now he's deceiving you again."

"Hate, be angry, you have already become an enemy of Mondstadt, there is no turning back, join us."

Ying, who was originally furious, looked up at Dvalin, who was bewitched by the Abyss Mage, and immediately deflated. With Dvalin backing her up, huh? Then it's fine.

Chapter 51 The Unlucky Dvalin

On Cape Oath, Jean held the Windhawk Sword and stared at Dvalin in the sky. The atmosphere was extremely tense. If Dvalin didn't retreat, Jean was prepared to solo him.

"Ying, look over there! That bird is so strange!"

"Go away, Paimon, go hide somewhere. Now is not the time to eat. We might start fighting soon. If you want to eat sweet flower stuffed chicken, I'll make it for you when we get back tonight."

Ying impatiently fiddled with Paimon. Was this emergency food's head full of water? In this situation, it was hard to say whether it could even make it back alive.

“Okay, Paimon will have two Sweet Flower Chickens.”

"No, no, I don't want to eat Sweet Flower Chicken. I want to ask Ying, have you ever seen a bird that's covered in flames?"

Paimon shook her head; she had almost been led astray by Ying, but thinking about the two sweet flower-stuffed chickens she could eat that evening, Paimon chose to generously forgive Ying.

"A bird bursting with fire? Paimon, are you out of your mind?"

"Don't worry, I will protect you."

Ying gripped the Flying Sword tightly in her hand, her eyes filled with determination. Paimon would be lying if she said she wasn't moved, but she really did see the bird engulfed in flames.

“Ying, I’m not scared out of my wits. Look, look, it’s right there, getting closer and closer to us.”

To stop Paimon from causing trouble, Ying glanced casually in the direction Paimon was pointing. Before she knew it, she had spotted a 'bird' covered in fire flying towards their Cape Oath.

"I feel like this thing isn't a bird, but something I've seen somewhere before."

Ying muttered something under her breath. Wendy, who had been acting the whole time, also glanced at it curiously. "Oh, this thing looks familiar," she thought, but she couldn't quite place where she had seen it before.

As the fiery 'bird' drew closer to Cape Oath, Ying finally managed to make out what it looked like. It turned out to be a cannonball; she had really thought it was a fiery bird.

Wait, a cannonball? The next second, cold sweat instantly soaked Ying's back. Holy crap, where did this cannonball come from? Why did she encounter something like this here?

"Damn it, this is a shell! Everyone get down!"

Reminded by Ying, Wendy also realized that this thing looked so much like the bombs Aerith made. Had Aerith returned to Mondstadt? Mondstadt had just resolved one internal problem only to have another arisen? Mondstadt was having such a hard time.

Without a second thought, Venti tackled Jean and Diluc, who were protecting him, to the ground. Although Jean and Diluc didn't know what was happening, they figured Venti, as the Wind God, wouldn't harm them, so the two didn't struggle.

The Abyss Mage behind Dvalin was unaware of what had happened. Seeing Venti, the Wind God, suddenly prostrate on the ground, he assumed that Venti had submitted to the Abyss.

Imagining himself telling the prince the good news and being promoted, the abyss mage couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Haha, the Wind God is nothing special. Strange, why is it getting hotter and hotter?"

The abyss mage turned his head and saw a flaming 'ball' smash right into his face, instantly engulfing the mask he used to conceal his appearance.

If Dvalin were in his normal state, he would definitely have sensed this intense fire element. Unfortunately, the dragon has now been consumed by hatred, and its remaining intelligence is probably not even comparable to Paimon's.

Boom~

With a deafening roar, a raging fire elemental exploded behind Dvalin, the shockwave of which sent Paimon, who was still unaware of what was happening, flying through the air.

"Aaaaaah, Ying, help me, help me, help me, help me!"

Paimon waved her little arms in the air, repeatedly calling for help from Bright, but the ringing in Bright's ears caused by the explosion made it impossible for her to hear Paimon's cries for help.

Poor Paimon was blown further and further away by the blast wave until he finally crashed into the branches of a large tree and came to a stop.

A few seconds later, realizing that she seemed to have been doused with an unknown liquid, Ying raised her head slightly and glanced at Dvalin. The injuries on Dvalin's body stunned Ying. Good heavens, was that shell really that powerful?

Dvalin's body was covered in large burn marks, and most of the feathers that originally covered his body were charred. The charred feathers clung tightly to Dvalin's skin, making Dvalin appear smaller.

A horrifying wound appeared where the shell had hit his back; the bright red flesh sizzled as it was roasted by the fire element, and the air was filled with an enticing aroma of roasted meat.

"No wonder Xiangling wanted to use dragon meat to make dishes. It turns out that dragon meat is so delicious."

Ying swallowed hard. If she didn't know that her strength was far inferior to Dvalin's, she would have really wanted to cut off a piece of dragon meat to taste.

"How about we wait until Dvalin recovers, and then I'll talk to Wendy and see if we can get him to ask Dvalin for a piece of meat?"

Ying stared intently at Tvalin with the same look she gave him when looking at food, her eyes darting around as if searching for the cut of meat that looked the most delicious.

Stunned by Klee's 'fireworks,' Dvalin was momentarily speechless for a few seconds before its nearly useless brain finally registered the physical pain. The sudden pain caused Dvalin to immediately howl in agony.

Perhaps the movement was a bit too forceful, because the flesh at the wound site, which had been roasted by the fire element, burst open again, and dragon blood gushed wildly towards Oath Cape from the wound caused by the cannonball. The dragon blood, which contained the wind element, also drenched Ying and the others with dragon blood.

As the fire element dissipated, a black mushroom cloud slowly bloomed behind Dvalin, as if to announce the peace of this place to the world, continuously climbing and blooming higher into the sky.

"Mushrooms are growing on Dvalin's back?"

Jean stared blankly at Dvalin's back. Wendy, the wind god, didn't know how to explain things to Dvalin anymore. It seemed that he would have to start his other plan.

The abyss mage who dreamed of reaching the pinnacle of the abyss was even more unlucky. The credit for bewitching Dvalin could have earned him a promotion and a raise, but this unfortunate fellow was blown to smithereens. Even the old ley line branch he was holding was burned to ashes by the fire element in the explosion.

Dvalin's painful wails pained Wendy, and he reached out to comfort him, but Dvalin wouldn't listen and blew Wendy into a rolling mess with a breath of wind.

“Barbatos, this isn’t over between us. Next time, I will definitely kill you.”

Despite its severe injuries, Dvalin was still no match for Wendy. After uttering a harsh remark, it flapped its nearly featherless wings and flew towards the Wind Dragon Ruins.

"Tvalin".

Wendy felt guilty seeing Dwarina's unsteady flight; she hadn't expected things to go so smoothly and unexpectedly.

"Jane, when did Mondstadt get weapons of this caliber? Has Aerith returned?"

Diluc wiped the dragon blood off his body; the sticky blood made him feel uncomfortable. Jean shook her head; if Iris had really returned to Mondstadt, the city would have been bustling with activity long ago.

"Wendy, have you seen Paimon? Where did Paimon go?"

As the dragon blood within Dvalin in the sky took on a deeper and deeper effect, and without the guidance of the abyss mage, a cruel thought arose within it: it believed that all the Mondstadt people who had betrayed it deserved to die, and only blood could quell the rage in its heart.

This thought kept echoing in Dvalin's mind. Having lost most of its rationality, Dvalin saw what appeared to be two weak humans in a forest and then sprayed a breath of wind element into the forest below.

Chapter 52 The Brotherhood Between Rizer and Bennett

Ying, who had gotten up from the ground, wanted to clean her clothes, but for some reason, the Dvalin's blood caused her to touch it. The dense wind element around her turned into a gust of wind that blew her skirt up.

"Paymon, can you help me wipe this?"

"Paimon? Paimon?"

After calling Paimon several times without getting a response, Ying realized that Paimon seemed to be missing. This made Ying a little panicked; she wondered if her emergency food had been eaten by other monsters.

"Ying, help! I'm stuck in a tree branch."

Not far away, Paimon was hanging upside down on a tree branch. Hearing Ying's call, Paimon almost cried. He finally remembered her. She was hanging upside down on the tree and was about to throw up what she had eaten that morning.

Because he was frantically twisting his trapped body and had no idea what was going on with the branches, the more Paimon twisted, the tighter the branches became.

"Paimon, hang in there, I'm coming to save you."

"I think we should deal with the immediate problem before we go to rescue Paimon."

As elemental beings, Dvalin's tears are rich in wind element, not to mention the wind element content in their blood. Ying and the others, who were drenched in dragon blood, were unknowingly surrounded by a group of slimes that sensed the wind element.

Diluc gripped the Greatsword of Favonius tightly. Slimes were relentlessly closing in on them. If they weren't dealt with soon, they would be in serious trouble, and this place would likely become a slime paradise.

Far away at Cape Oath, in a collapsed forest, Razor was carrying the unconscious Bennett through the trees. Razor couldn't understand why opening an ordinary treasure chest would trigger such a terrifying trap that left Bennett so badly injured.

Thinking of the overwhelming wind element, Razer's body was still trembling slightly; this was the first time he had come so close to death.

“Bennett, hold on, I’ll take you to see a doctor.”

For some reason, Bennett suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, which soaked the wolf fur on Razer's collar. Sweat mixed with blood flowed down Razer's neck and into his clothes.

The stench of blood intensified Razer's anxiety. He forced himself to quicken his pace, suppressing his fear; he wouldn't let Bennett die.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. This was a principle that Lisa had told Razer, and he never expected that this statement would come in handy at this moment. Despite the smell of monsters everywhere ahead, Razer resolutely chose the shortest route and rushed forward. He didn't have much time left.

"Whew, whew, once we get through this forest, we'll be able to see Mondstadt."

"Bennett, hang in there."

Razer leaned against a fruit tree, panting heavily. Behind him, the purple wolf spirit clung tightly to Bennett, while blood continued to flow from a wound on Razer's thigh, causing him some concern.

The wound was inflicted by a fire-axe Hilichurl thug while he was passing through a Hilichurl camp. In order to reach Mondstadt as quickly as possible, Razor charged straight through whatever monsters he encountered along the way, and he didn't even stop when two Hilichurl camps blocked his path.

Sweat dripped onto his wounds, and Razer frowned slightly. The pain wouldn't affect his speed, but if the continuous bleeding caused ischemia, he might collapse on the way.

Razer looked around and saw that there were no hook fruits nearby to stop the bleeding. Looking at the scattered sweet flowers around him, even this survival master was in a dilemma. If this continued, he and Bennett would be doomed.

Noticing that Bennett's breathing was weak behind him, a resolute glint flashed in Razer's eyes. He raised his hand, which was filled with lightning element, and pressed it forcefully against his wound to stop the bleeding.

The heat generated by the violent lightning element directly baked the flesh around the wound into a semi-cooked state. Protected by this layer of flesh, the blood was temporarily suppressed within Raize's body.

Faced with such intense pain, Razer, drenched in cold sweat, gritted his teeth and didn't utter a sound. Perhaps in his heart, the physical pain was far less than one ten-thousandth of the agony of losing Bennett.

The ferocity of wolves was fully embodied in Razer. At this moment, he seemed to have a trace of the North Wind Knight from back then. If Boreas saw Razer at this moment, he would be very satisfied.

"Bennett, I will definitely save you, I definitely will."

Razer gazed resolutely at Mondstadt in the distance, then lifted his foot and resumed his journey to save Bennett. He knew that the nun in Mondstadt was probably the only doctor who could bring Bennett back to life.

Inside Mondstadt, Klee, standing on a rooftop, immediately brightened up when she saw a black mushroom cloud bloom at Cape Oath. She had never seen fireworks that could produce a mushroom cloud before.

Looking at the mushroom cloud rising in the distance, Su Bai opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound. If that thing exploded around him, he would probably turn into a plate of fragrant roasted fox meat in an instant.

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