Blue Planet.
Sparkle's livestream.
The meta-chaser Sparkle watched that sword strike.
She nearly ascended.
She nearly died.
"Too strong, bros. I have to pull for him."
"This feels like it's just a minor skill."
It probably was. Before this, we'd never seen Brother Mu call out a skill name. He'd just taken down every little nobody with one slash.
Azure Dragon Emerging from Water? How did it emerge?
Don't be ridiculous.
Diluc: I hadn't even gotten my big moment before I became irrelevant, family.
It probably wasn't a minor skill. There weren't even any special effects.
The new character probably wasn't finished yet. At least it showed Lao Mi wasn't being half-hearted.
Over in Teyvat.
The Electro Cicin Mage had no chance to react.
She fell straight to the ground.
Mu Yang sent out another sword aura.
It killed a Debt Collector.
The other one seemed to have slipped into a secret passage.
His voice could still be heard drifting back.
"Don't get too cocky. Just wait until I bring La Signora here. You'll be sorry."
"La Signora will punish you all..."
"Mondstadt's poets will use your fate to weave nightmares that keep children awake at night!"
Paimon shot back.
"He sounded really fierce, but he still ran away."
Mu Yang faced the direction the voice had come from.
"Heh. La Signora, the Eighth Seat. If the Fatui want to challenge me..."
"Then at the very least, bring your Captain."
Lumine walked over. "The Captain?"
"The Eleven Fatui Harbingers." (Currently speculation, not official.)
A chief executive officer—nothing more needed to be said.
Even the Eighth Seat could throw her weight around in Mondstadt.
Wouldn't the chief executive officer be unstoppable?
Everyone gained a new understanding of Mu Yang's strength.
Of course, they did not know.
The reason La Signora could swagger through Mondstadt.
Was only because Venti felt he owed her something.
Otherwise, she would have been beaten up long ago.
Mu Yang handed the Lyre of Winds to Lumine.
"Let's leave this place first."
"Mm."
The group left the Fatui hideout.
On the way, Lumine asked Mu Yang why he was there.
Why he had come looking for the Lyre of Winds.
The place was so well hidden.
They had only found it through Master Diluc's intelligence network.
Mu Yang answered her questions one by one.
Though most of it was made up.
Mu Yang said that he had originally been at the Cat's Tail.
When he heard activity from the Knights of Favonius outside.
After asking around, he learned that some blondie had stolen the Lyre of Winds.
The Knights of Favonius were now investigating.
They had even shown Mu Yang a portrait and asked whether he recognized the person.
"I knew it was you at a glance."
Lumine was speechless.
How could he possibly tell?
That portrait was so abstract. (See Honkai: Star Rail.)
It had no features besides blond hair, okay?
Hahaha, look at Lumine's expression. She was completely speechless.
What the hell did he mean, "I knew it was you at a glance"?
That devotion was being used in the wrong place. I'm dying.
He could recognize her from something that abstract?
Even Paimon could not help but complain.
"You could tell from that?"
Mu Yang nodded.
Then he said that he had spotted a sneaky figure.
Holding a lyre in her arms.
The lyre gave off the scent of the wind.
It was very likely the so-called Lyre of Winds.
"So I followed her."
"I didn't expect her to be so alert. She used teleportation and misdirection all along the way."
"I almost lost her."
Paimon agreed.
That Electro Cicin Mage really had run fast.
Fortunately, Mu Yang had still found the hideout in the end.
Everyone knew what happened afterward.
Mu Yang, one man and one sword.
Had slaughtered his way through the entire Fatui hideout.
After hearing that, Paimon said with a grin.
"So that meant you drew your sword to help when you saw injustice?"
"Hehe, I thought you only did things after getting paid in Mora. Turns out you're a good person too."
Mu Yang said.
"I did get paid. That glass of juice was delicious."
"I thought that if I brought back the Lyre of Winds, the Knights of Favonius would call off the warrant for you."
After Mu Yang said that.
His eyes met Lumine's.
Under his gaze, Lumine's cheeks seemed to grow a little hot.
She hurriedly turned her face away.
"Th-thank you."
Lumine's thoughts:
Lumine, Lumine, what are you thinking? He was only returning a favor.
And wasn't it your own fault for deciding to pay for someone else?
The livestream.
Guinaifen asked the chat.
"Guys, have you noticed that whenever Mu Yang is with us..."
"He talks a lot more. Is that what they call a closet pervert?"
That's true. He's really stingy with words around everyone else.
Stingy with words? He wouldn't even ask questions during an interrogation.
Confirmed, he's a young boy. He becomes a chatterbox in front of someone he likes.
Your young boy kills a Fatui with every slash, huh?
Fatui: Is our life only worth a glass of juice that costs five hundred Mora?
Diluc: So what exactly am I here for?
Master Diluc was all about showing up and participating.
The group returned to the gates of Mondstadt City.
Mu Yang said goodbye to them.
Paimon asked him.
"You're not coming with us?"
Mu Yang said, "I won't get in that poet's way."
Lumine understood.
"After all, the Anemo Dragon is Venti's friend."
Mu Yang said, "Come find me at the Cat's Tail if you need anything."
Lumine replied, "Got it."
Afterward, they took the Lyre of Winds back to Angel's Share.
To meet up with Venti and Acting Grand Master Jean.
Hahaha, it felt like Brother Mu knew Venti was the Anemo Archon too.
He definitely knew. He said he wanted to beat up the guy's familiar, then didn't dare go. I'm dying.
If those two fought, wouldn't it cause even more destruction than the Anemo Dragon? Could Mondstadt City withstand it?
Those two fighting would be fine, right? Haven't you seen the Mu Yang x Venti fan art?
Don't just say it. Where's the link?
Hurry, hurry, hurry! I'm the King of Hurry!
Guinaifen quickly stopped them.
"Guys, don't post that stuff in the livestream chat. The moderators will come."
"Just send it to me through private messages."
You little punk.
The flow of time in Teyvat and the Parallel Blue Planet was not always the same.
For example, when Lumine rested.
The game simply skipped it with a brief black screen and subtitles.
Mu Yang planned to return to the inn and rest for a while.
Though fighting those little nobodies had not cost him anything.
There was nothing else for him to do now.
All he had to do was wait for the final matter.
Then he could leave Mondstadt and return to Liyue to start making connections.
Over the following days.
Lumine kept busy with the matter of purifying Stormterror.
First, she searched for tears, then purified them.
She infused the purified tears into the Lyre of Winds.
Unexpectedly, when they finally used the Lyre of Winds.
It was shattered with a single blow.
But the Lyre of Winds was not Venti's trump card.
The truly formidable one was Lumine.
Because Venti discovered that the contamination in the tainted tears.
Was the same thing that afflicted Stormterror.
So the group headed to the Anemo Dragon's ruins.
They wanted to use Lumine's purification ability in the Anemo Dragon's lair.
To restore Stormterror's sanity.
The only Knights of Favonius member participating in this operation was Jean.
But that did not mean everyone else was slacking off in the city.
Nothing needed to be done.
They only had to wait for the hero's triumphant return.
Beyond the protagonist's view,
the Knights of Favonius had matters of their own to handle.
Scout Knight Amber had discovered early on that the Hilichurl camp was gathering in the direction of Mondstadt City.
This was far too unusual.
So Jean instructed them
that while she was away,
they absolutely had to protect Mondstadt City.
If necessary, they could hire Mu Yang.
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