It must be miHoYo's doing.

This step scared everyone else in the office.

However, given Klee's previous experience riding the Holy Red Eagle, it was reasonable for her to suddenly summon a flaming mecha... What the hell!

This is Teyvat! The style is completely different!

Klee ignored the surprised looks of the people around her. She hurried to Jean's side with her short legs, and used her shared vision ability to share the vision of "Little Flamebird" with Firefly Type 3, and then projected it into the air through the projection in Firefly Type 3's eyes.

"Captain Qin, and Brother Kaiya, be careful. That's a giant over at the Dawn Winery! It seems incredibly dangerous!"

Jean and Kaeya on the other side of the video call both saw the giant-like Hilichhill King. The oppressive feeling that could be felt even through the projection was truly terrifying.

But what everyone cared about most was not the terrifying Hillicrule King, but a man wearing leather clothes, holding a big sword, and standing in front of the Hillicrule King.

It’s Diluk!

However, even though Diluk in the projection was covered in flames and swung his sword with all his might, he failed to injure the Hilliard King at all. Instead, he was punched into a nearby grape trellis, raising a cloud of dust.

"Diluk! Damn it!"

Kaiya roared ferociously during the video call, and Qin's expression became more and more solemn.

She considered her words for a moment before speaking, "Kaeya, calm down. You should be on your way to the Dawn Winery now. I know I can't stop you, so now, as the Acting Leader of the Knights, I'm giving you a mission—support the Dawn Winery! As for the reinforcements, with nearly 10,000 blackened hillbillies attacking Clear Spring Town, we're short on manpower, so I can only give you 100..."

"no need!"

Before Qin could finish her words, she was interrupted by Kaia's deep voice while running.

"You know this kind of monster corroded by black energy, Jean. Even an ordinary knight with the Eye of God would die if he went against it... Leave this one... to me! It must die today!"

After saying that, Kaiya hung up the call.

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Watching the terminal screen disappear before his eyes, Qin Gang thought angrily, "Isn't Kaeya also a knight with only the Eye of God? Wouldn't going alone be like seeking death?"

However, the next moment, Qin suddenly came to her senses.

"Wait! Kaia contacted me through the association's terminal, which means he's already become a junior member of the association and has even used the association's grant to make a wish!"

Thinking of this, Jean finally understood. She breathed a sigh of relief, and her worries about Kaeya were alleviated. After all, she had seen the power of the association firsthand. Since Kaeya had become a member, it meant that he possessed power far beyond that of an ordinary knight.

Behind Jean, Klee had clearly figured it out. However, in Klee's mind, it was her brother Tianming who allowed Kaeya to join the association and gave him power in order to help Mond fight the monster invasion.

"Yes! It must be like this! After all, Brother Tianming is a very good man!" Keli thought naively with a bright smile on her face.

………………

On the other side, Tianming, unaware that he had been given a good guy card, was floating above Mond, overlooking the entire battle situation.

In fact, even Tianming hadn't anticipated the rapid penetration of the black energy into Teyvat. In just two days, such a massive influx of monsters had emerged. Considering the intermittent attacks on Blue Planet by the alien creatures, Tianming even suspected that the mastermind behind those alien creatures was also trying to have their way, just like him.

However, Tianming wasn't too worried about this wave of monsters. As long as the other party's mastermind didn't come down, he wouldn't take any action, just leaving it to his members to practice.

Back in Qingquan Town, while the number of enhanced Hilichurls reached 10,000, they were merely ordinary Hilichurls. Klee alone was sufficient to deal with them. After all, 170 wishes were no mere formality, and Klee, at the moment, didn't realize how powerful she truly was.

In comparison, Tianming was more interested in the Chenxi Winery.

If his prediction is correct, he will be able to recruit another member later.

Dawn Winery.

Diluc plunged his greatsword into the ground, blood gushing from his mouth. The Hilichook King's punch had directly damaged his internal organs and shattered his ribs. This was the first time in all his years that Diluc had seen such a terrifying monster.

"No, I can't fall down yet..." Diluk gritted his teeth and forced himself to stand up.

Through the smoke and dust, Diluc spotted the massive Hilichook King advancing towards the Dawn Winery. Aside from a few guards, the majority of the people inside the Dawn Winery were ordinary, incompetent soldiers. Diluc shuddered to imagine the consequences if the Hilichook King got too close.

"Don't let it get near the winery!"

"Uhhhhh!!!"

Diluk roared, raised his greatsword, rushed out of the smoke and dust, and stabbed the giant Hill King in the back with the flaming sword.

I thought this sneak attack would be successful.

However, the tip of the flaming giant sword did not even pierce the opponent's skin.

"How is this possible!" Diluk's eyes widened in shock.

Before he could react, the giant Hillicrule King, angered by the sword, turned around and punched Diluc again, knocking him away.

Diluk drew an arc in the air and flew into the woods nearby, crashing heavily into a big tree, his body sinking into it.

"Puff!" Another mouthful of blood spurted out.

Diluk's vision gradually blurred. He could only see a huge monster rushing towards him, but he couldn't even move his body.

"Is he...going to die? I didn't expect the Dark Night Hero to die in such a cowardly way..."

The past scenes replayed before Diluc's eyes like a revolving lantern.

"It's a pity that some things haven't been explained clearly to that guy Kaeya, and no one will come to uphold justice after Mondstadt..."

A gigantic fist enlarged in Diluc's field of vision, and everything before him was filled with darkness.

However, at this moment, a brilliant white light illuminated the world. The massive fist was instantly covered in ice crystals, which connected to the ground and fixed the giant Hill King's body in place.

"Bang!" The next moment, the giant Hillichule King's body seemed to have been hit hard, and he flew backwards and fell dozens of meters.

A familiar voice came to Diluk's ear.

"I never thought that Mondstadt's Dark Night Hero would be saved one day."

Diluk reluctantly turned his head and saw a familiar face.

"Ka...ya..., is that you..." Diluk's voice was weak and hoarse.

"Okay, if you can't talk, just keep quiet. Here, eat this." Kaiya's tone was relaxed and casual, as if the crisis before him was not worth mentioning at all.

As he spoke, Kaeya stuffed a Mondstadt potato pancake into Diluc's mouth, which was the one he had just wished for.

The food melted in his mouth, turning into a warm energy that quickly repaired Diluk's injuries.

"What... is this? Why can potato pancakes heal?" Diluk asked in shock.

"There are so many things you don't know." Kaeya smiled, a hint of pride in his tone, "Alright, stay here and don't touch the Night Elf Hero. Leave that Hilichook King to me."

Kaeya raised an eyebrow at Diluk, his expression seeming very pleased.

"Wait! You are no match for him!" Diluk hurriedly stopped him, his tone full of worry.

Kaeya didn't turn around. His deep voice filled the air: "Sorry, Diluc, I'm very strong now! Much...stronger than you!"

It was only then that Diluk noticed that Kaeya's aura was infinitely more powerful than he had imagined. And that powerful aura came entirely from the one-handed sword in Kaeya's hand, which glowed with an icy blue light.

………………

Kaiya rushed out of Shunlin, and soon, the sound of fighting could be heard from outside the woods.

Diluk sat blankly under the tree. He was still a little dazed. He didn't understand why Kaeya suddenly had such a strong aura, nor did he understand what the sword in Kaeya's hand was.

Suddenly, Diluk heard the voice of a young child singing: "Little friend, do you have a lot of questions?"

"Who? Come out!" Diluk immediately became alert.

"Um, sorry, I forgot to turn off the silent mode on my phone. Haha~~"

A slightly apologetic laugh came from behind a tree, and then a white-haired man came out.

"Mr. Tianming! Why are you here?"

Looking at Tianming who suddenly appeared, Diluk's expression was a little confused. He knew Tianming because a few weeks ago, Tianming came to visit him with a kind of wine called Fuel Oil Drink.

Diluk was very interested in the kind of wine that made people want to dance, so he also remembered Tianming.

However, in Diluk's understanding, the other party was just a merchant selling wine.

"Hey, Grandpa Diluk, long time no see. Let me reintroduce myself. I'm actually the Devil of Wishes from another world, and I'm also the acting president of the MiHoYo World Salvation Mutual Aid Association."

"??? What... President?"

He suddenly went from a wine merchant to a demon god, and even the president of an association. Even someone as cunning as Diluc couldn't wrap his head around such a huge change.

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Tianming stepped forward, hooked his arm around Diluk's shoulder, and said with a smile, "What's wrong? Are you not used to my new identity? It's okay. There's still a long time to go after you've been stripped of your umbrella. You'll slowly adjust."

Diluk frowned at Tianming's baffling words, seemingly speaking with a carefree air. He suddenly wondered if the man in front of him had come here drunk from his fuel drink.

"Mr. Tianming, please leave quickly. There's a giant Hilltop King nearby. If the aftermath of its attack gets you, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you."

"Grandpa Diluk, your thoughts just now were very rude." Tianming's face became serious. He flipped his right hand and took out a bucket of fuel drink that was as tall as a person.

"With this kind of wine, I won't get drunk even if I drink a barrel of it!"

Tianming, ignoring Diluc's shocked gaze, uncorked the barrel and gulped down the entire bottle. Of course, Tianming was creating a portal in his throat, not actually drinking it.

This scared Diluk who was standing by. The barrel of wine was as tall as a person, but Tianming drank it in one breath, and his stomach didn't get bloated at all.

"You...are you a human or a ghost?!" Diluk was completely stunned. This was the first time he had ever seen such a strange person. Moreover, the other person seemed to be able to know what he was thinking.

"Hehe~, I told you I'm the God of Wishes~" Tianming smiled and patted Diluk's shoulder, his tone as relaxed as if he was talking about the weather.

"By the way, Kaia gained his power by praying to me. What do you think? Do you want to pray and give it a try?"

Diluk frowned and reached out to grasp the big sword that fell beside him, as if he was guarding against Tianming's attack.

"Alas~ It seems you don't believe it~~ Then there's nothing I can do, just don't regret it later~~" Tianming shrugged with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

At this moment, the sounds of fighting in the distance became more and more intense, the air was filled with a cold breath, and a roar like an earthquake came from the ground.

"Oh~, has Kaia taken a tantrum? Is he going to fight to the death?" Tianming shook his head as if sighing and was about to turn around and leave.

But after hearing some key words, Diluk couldn't sit still anymore. He barely propped up his still seriously injured body and shouted, "Wait a minute, you said Kaeya was going to fight to the death?! What's going on?"

Tianming, with his back turned, almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Did he take the bait? The relationship between Grandpa Lu and Kaia is truly...tsk tsk tsk~~

Tianming turned around and spread his hands helplessly, saying, "He got his power from me, so of course I know what he's going to do."

As he spoke, as if afraid that his explanation was not clear enough, Tianming waved his hand to create a light screen, on which was playing the battle scene between Kaeya and the giant Hilltop King from a distance of 100 meters.

"Look~~ The sword Kaeya holds is called Frostmourne. It grants the wielder the power to control ice and souls. Furthermore, the wielder can sacrifice their body and soul to the sword, gaining even greater power. Right now, Kaeya seems to have begun to exploit his own soul. If this continues, I'm afraid they'll both perish."

In reality, Kaeya's sword was another experiment by Tianming. He attempted to incorporate the weapon panel of the original god and the blessing and equation from the Collapse Iron simulation universe into the sword. The weapon panel provided Kaeya with enhanced physical attributes and stats, while the blessing and equation were placed in Kaeya's prize pool by Tianming as future kryptonian gold points. As for the power gained through manipulation of ice and snow and sacrifice, these were other powers of Feng and will not be discussed here.

At this moment, after saying this, Tianming looked at Diluk, who already had a dazed expression, and decided to add fuel to the fire!

"What a shame for such an outstanding junior member to die here like this."

"Forget it, this is his choice. Who made him value you, his sworn brother, so much that he would even give up his own life to save you? Sigh, what a pity..."

Hearing this, Diluc's inner defenses finally crumbled. He stared at the screen—Kaeya, wounded and knocked down repeatedly, gritted his teeth, stood up, and charged at the Hilichook King, brandishing his one-handed sword once more.

Vision gradually blurred...

A trace of warm liquid slid down from the corner of the eye...

Diluk rarely cries because he knows crying won't solve any problems.

To protect him, his father used the Evil Eye to fight the dragon. Eventually, the Evil Eye went out of control, and to prevent him from being harmed, his father voluntarily died under its sword. That time, he cried.

And now, it was so similar to that time. He was just as weak as he was then, and he was just as protected by someone, someone who protected him with a power that disregarded his own safety. But, the person protecting him had changed from his father to Kaia.

But why did Kaia do this? Hadn't he already severed their brotherly relationship? Hadn't Kaia also repeatedly said that they were no longer brothers? Why?

"Because, both of you brothers are tsundere. One is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, while the other is warm on the outside but cold on the inside." Tianming folded his hands. He looked at Diluk's thoughts and couldn't help but speak.

"Just a while ago, when Kaia asked me for a wish, I read his memories. Do you know who is the most important person in his heart?"

Tianming stretched out his hand and pointed at Diluk, his tone somewhat angry at his lack of fighting spirit.

"That's you! He treats you as his only relative, the most important person in the world. I think you two are quite interesting. If only one of you had spoken to the other from the heart, things wouldn't have gotten to this point."

Diluk froze, his pupils trembling and tears streaming. But he didn't seem surprised...

Yes, in his heart, didn’t he regard Kaia as the most important person?

As if the knot in his heart had been untied, Diluk supported himself and stood up, smiling with relief.

"Kaeya's power is what you gave me. If possible, I also want the power to protect those around me and the weak. In exchange, you can take my life and soul."

Tianming smiled. He knew that Diluk had been completely fooled by him. In the past, if his father had died because of the evil eye, Diluk would never ask for power from others.