Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

Then he looked at the Thousand Rock Army soldiers who were on guard and said.

"This is the messenger of the Fools from the Winter Solstice. The damage has been cleaned up. Release him."

Upon hearing the words of the Liyue General Affairs Officer, the Thousand Rock Army soldiers guarding the prison were stunned for a moment, staring at the figure in the cell who looked like a comedian.

They could hardly believe that this guy, who looked like a comedian, was actually a member of the Fools' Embassy.

Although they were utterly astonished, they opened the cell door and released D'Artagnan from the dungeon on orders from the General Affairs Officer.

After releasing Dadalia, Pantalone didn't say much more.

He simply gestured to the Liyue General Affairs Director in charge of the handover, and then left with his men.

……

After Pantaroni and the others had completely come out, Dadalia, who had just been pulled out of the room by Pantaroni, couldn't help but say with great emotion.

"Oh, thanks to the master for paying my bail. Otherwise, if I had continued to stay in the cell with those other prisoners, I would have been prepared to break out. That would have made things very complicated, since I'm not very good at dealing with these kinds of things."

These words, which seem like a joke, convey an underlying message that if no one comes to bail me out, I'm prepared to resort to force and forcefully escape from prison.

But anyone who knows him will know that what he said, which seemed like a joke, was actually serious.

As he said, if Pantalone hadn't come to his rescue...

He had even planned to break out of prison, even if it meant some trouble later. His willful and combative personality was a headache for everyone else.

Pantalone glanced at D'Artagnan, who was sighing over something, and rubbed his temples.

"Didn't I tell you to be a little more careful? How did things get so awful?"

"There are many, many reasons, and to be honest, I actually followed the plan well and didn't use force against those Liyue people to solve the problem."

Upon hearing Pantalone's question, D'Artagnan chuckled awkwardly to cover his embarrassment.

This made him sigh helplessly, feeling a throbbing pain in his head.

Although the 'mechanical prosthetic body' does not cause physical pain, it is ultimately not immune to mental torment, leaving him mentally and physically exhausted for a long time.

Should he thank him for not resorting to extreme measures to escape directly from prison?

If D'Artagnan were to resort to extreme measures to force his escape, the Thousand Rock Army's defenses would undoubtedly be unable to stop him, but this would also bring a problem.

If it were just a simple prison break, that would be fine. With the capabilities of the Northern Bank and the Fatui, handling such a thing would be quite easy.

What he was really worried about was that if a direct confrontation really happened, given D'Artagnan's personality, he wouldn't care about controlling the intensity of the attack, and it wouldn't be unusual for him to accidentally kill a few Thousand Rock soldiers.

This would inevitably strain diplomatic relations between the Fatui and Liyue, making it extremely difficult and troublesome for Pantarone to rescue the people, which would certainly have an impact on his plans.

Although he was fully capable of handling the situation, he preferred to avoid unnecessary complications if there was no need for it.

In a sense, the boy named Ajax was both before and after becoming Tartaglia.

Regardless of the era in which he lived, the boy in front of him was undoubtedly a problem child.

Leaving aside this troublesome and headache-inducing topic for the moment, he chose to ask D'Artagnan about another, more important matter: the task he had assigned to D'Artagnan.

Pantalone glanced at Dadalia out of the corner of his eye and asked this question.

"Instead of that, how's the progress of the task I assigned you before?"

"Of course, I have obtained the essential intelligence needed for the mission and am ready to act at any time."

After receiving an unequivocal reply from D'Artagnan, Pantalone nodded slightly and let out a soft sigh.

"Then let's begin preparations."

Chapter 125 The Ancient Legend of Emperor Fuchi and the Master of Light Strategy (4k)

Located in the northernmost part of Liyue, in a secluded place far from the hustle and bustle.

The towering Qingce Mountain compassionately embraces the peaceful and carefree village, unaware of the ancient and eerie legends that have long been forgotten in this idyllic paradise.

If it weren't for Pantalone's considerable effort, even finding that forgotten ancient legend would have been no easy task.

Through D'Artagnan's investigation and the intelligence he gathered, which was then organized by the scholars of the Fools, Pantalone finally managed to find fragments of the ancient and eerie legend from the scattered information.

According to legend, the term "Qingce" originates from the ancient monster "Chi" in the legends of Liyue, and "Qingce" is the pronunciation of "Chi" in the mouth of the ancient people of Liyue in the primitive era.

Just like the well-known story in Liyue.

Legend has it that thousands of years ago in Liyue, it was a turbulent era in which gods and demons rose up and war raged.

Back then, Liyue was plagued by great demons in the sea and evil dragons lurking in the mountains. It was only thanks to the Geo Archon summoning the immortals to suppress the evil demons that Liyue was able to enjoy peace and tranquility.

In this well-known storytelling tale in Liyue, the so-called "evil dragon" refers to a dragon-shaped monster called "dragon" that dwells in the area of ​​present-day Qingce, which is also the lord of Qingce.

Legend has it that a thousand years ago, Qingce was plagued by an evil dragon that caused harm to all directions.

Later, when the Rock King learned of this, he subdued the evil dragon that was harming Liyue. After the dragon died, its body curled up and turned into a stubborn rock, its blood turned into clear water, its scales became terraced fields, and the former monster's lair became the Qingce Mountain of today.

Of course, this is just a beautiful story circulating among the people of Liyue, and it is not a fact.

In the legends of Liyue, the 'Evil Dragon' is a terrifying monster that is on par with the Great Demon of the Sea. The so-called Great Demon of the Sea is the demon god who fought against Morax, the Geo god who is one of the seven rulers of the world today, for the right to rule the world during the war between the demon gods thousands of years ago.

It was the whirlpool master who ruled the sea, the whirlpool demon god named 'Oser'.