Chapter 212

As for the claim that Neuvillette, as the Dragon King, has completely integrated into Teyvat and is therefore willing to live with humans, can we really believe that? After all, Neuvillette has always said that he will eventually judge all living beings.

"If Heavenly Principles were to wage war against the Ancient Dragons again, and the battle were to take place in Fontaine, what would become of Fontaine? Would it become the next Cainrea?"

When Li Yue mentioned Cainrea, Furina's eyes widened immediately. Such a thing was not impossible. Heavenly Principles would not allow anyone to defy them. Back then, just by transforming the water spirit into a human form, Fontaine was cursed by Heavenly Principles. The Hydro Archon destroyed the Hydro Archon's throne and even returned power to the ancient dragon. How could that be allowed?

"You should be glad that Heavenly Principles no longer has time to deal with the Teyvat continent, otherwise your plan might have just been completed before Heavenly Principles summoned the gods to besiege Fontaine."

Furina took a deep breath and patted her chest lightly.

Should I say I'm lucky?

"You are unlucky because you wasted a lot of time in your plan over the past 500 years, without considering any other way to save the Fontainian. But you are also lucky because if your plan had succeeded, if I were Heavenly Principles, I would have been the first to send people to destroy Fontaine. But right now, Heavenly Principles has no time to deal with you, so your plan can succeed."

"But now that I've been pulled out of here, my plan can no longer succeed unless I can return to the Mekatombs."

"If that's all you're thinking about, then there's nothing to worry about."

Li Yue knew what had happened with the flood that submerged Fontaine. As for that whale, he didn't care about it at all. How many divisions did that whale have? How many strikes could it withstand from my Enma's Blade?

"This concerns the very survival of Fontaine, how could I not be worried?"

"According to what you just said, Fontaine will be submerged by the sea, so we will make sure that the sea cannot submerge Fontaine."

Li Yue looked at Furina.

"You?"

"That's right. Do you think we three foreign gods came here just to inquire about your situation? After learning about Fontaine's situation, we will naturally intervene in Fontaine's affairs. As I said before, Fontaine's flooding is not just Fontaine's own problem. It concerns the entire Teyvat continent. Therefore, we will help Fontaine solve the problem of the Fontaine flood."

"You want to help Fontaine?"

Furina looked at Li Yue in surprise. She originally thought Li Yue had come to interrogate her, but she didn't expect that after the questioning, she would stay and take the initiative to help.

"That's right. For the sake of Teyvat, we will help Fontaine overcome this flood crisis, and I already have a plan."

As Li Yue spoke, she looked at Furina.

"As for you, I have already pulled you out of the Mekatombs, and you can't go back, so you should find a new vessel."

"A new vessel, is there anything here that can hold me?"

"There is nothing to carry you, but there is someone who can carry you."

Li Yue pointed to Furina next to her.

"She has been performing alone for 500 years because of your curse. Now, it's time to give her the true Hydro Archon, isn't it?"

"I see, I understand now."

Furina immediately understood Li Yue's meaning and walked lightly to Furina.

"You've had a tough time, Furina, enduring 500 years of hardship all by yourself."

"It's alright. It's all worth it to save Fontaine."

Looking at Furina in front of her, Furina smiled and shook her head.

"Then I need to ask you again to let me reside in your body."

"No problem, my other self!"

Furina showed no intention of refusing and immediately agreed.

"Then I'll leave it to you, my other self. Bring your power and witness Fontaine's future together."

376. Furina: O tide, I have returned.

After leaving Court of Fontaine, Neuvillette would usually take a walk on the grass outside the Court of Fontaine. After walking on the grass, he would also walk along the coastline. Today, as usual, he first walked on the grass for a while, and then began to walk along the coastline to see the scenery of the Fontaine waters.

Unlike inside Court of Fontaine, here no one bothers him, and there is no noise. There is only the sound of the wind rustling the leaves on the shore and the sound of waves crashing on the beach. It is so peaceful. If you put a deck chair under the shade of the trees on the beach, it would definitely be a very good place to sleep.

However, Neuvillette wasn't particularly interested in sleeping on the beach; he was merely taking a walk along the shore. His purpose, of course, was to rest occasionally while avoiding the Demon God who might return at any moment.

He and Furina had been together for 500 years and had a relatively good relationship, so there was nothing wrong with that. However, he didn't have much affection for gods from other countries, so he would avoid them if possible.

With that in mind, Neuvillette decided to take a longer walk on the beach.

However, this peaceful atmosphere was soon broken.

"Tide, I have returned! Ha!"

Um?

Neuvillette was a little confused. He felt like he was hallucinating, hearing someone shouting, "Tide, I have returned!"

These are the kinds of things only Neuvillette would say, since they represent his status.

"Is it because you've been working too hard lately?"

Neuvillette frowned slightly, but this situation shouldn't happen to him in any way. He was the Hydro Dragon King, so what was this level of fatigue to him? He shouldn't be experiencing this.

"Tears, I will repay you, ha!"

???

Am I hallucinating again? And why does that voice sound so familiar?

"Quiet!"

"Lower your head!"

"No noise!"

Neuvillette opened his eyes wide. He finally remembered whose voice it was. It was the voice of Furina, the owner of the room opposite his office!

What's going on? Why is Furina here, and why is she mimicking my speech? Is she looking for some fun again?

Indeed, in Neuvillette's view, this was just Furina deliberately imitating him for fun.

In Neuvillette's memory, Furina usually just looked for fun and enjoyed watching fun, and even created fun. In his opinion, she was not like a proper god at all.

And now, it's clear that Furina is mimicking his own speech. As for why Furina knows what he's saying, he's been an inquisitor in Fontaine for 500 years and has fought many battles, so it's normal for Furina to hear and remember some of his habitual phrases.

The reason why Furina deliberately imitated in this way was probably to perform for others, after all, Furina is a goddess who loves to perform.

As for the audience that Furina was performing for, Neuvillette naturally knew who they were. Furina had taken foreign gods with her before, so the audience that Furina was performing for now must be those foreign gods.

Although Furina's behavior was quite baffling, Neuvillette chose not to go there in order to avoid those foreign gods.

Neuvillette moved away, Furina's voice wouldn't stop.

"I utterly despise anything that is lofty and great!"

Neuvillette:...

"Turn into foam!"

Neuvillette: #!

Well, Neuvillette couldn't take it anymore. He felt that if he didn't step in, Furina would keep imitating him endlessly.

So Neuvillette had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk in the direction from which Furina's voice came.

After navigating through a grove of trees, Neuvillette finally spotted Furina. However, upon seeing Furina, he noticed that Furina was leaning on her one-handed sword with her right hand forward, floating low in the air, with a huge jet of water spraying forward in front of her.

The water column looked ordinary, but its impact was extremely strong, directly shattering the exposed rocks on the water's surface and creating a perfect circular opening.

Neuvillette:...

After completing her impact with the reef, Furina stopped spraying for a few seconds and then happily raised her hands in cheers.

Wow!! That was a really powerful move!

"Right, right? The impact of water is really powerful."

Li Yue stood behind Furina, clapping and applauding as she affirmed her.

"Moreover, the angle of this attack is very flexible. As long as you stand still and change the direction of the spray, you can attack all the surrounding enemies. It's really a great way to attack."

Nahida agreed from the side, and she even immediately discovered the best way to deal damage with this attack method.

"Nahida, you figured it out really fast! This attack method, in essence, can hit all enemies within a certain radius of the attack distance as long as you spin around. And even if there are many enemies, it doesn't matter, because as long as you spin fast enough, you can directly attack all enemies in front, behind, and even above and below you while still in place!"

Li Yue gave Nahida a thumbs-up.

"Simply put, as long as I start spinning, there's no enemy I can't attack!"

"I see! Spinning it up will hit all the enemies!"

Listening from the side, Furina was also very excited. She immediately raised her hand, and water elements gathered in her left hand. After a second of gathering the water elements, a huge stream of water shot out from in front of Furina's palm. After it shot out, as Furina waved her hand, the water column began to dance wildly. The faster Furina waved, the faster the water column danced. However, it did not spin around as Li Yue had said, because Li Yue, Nahida, and Ying were standing behind Furina, so Furina could not spin around.

The fact that the water column moved with Furina's hand already demonstrates that the attack pattern described by Nahida and Liyue —a spinning attack that targets all enemies within a certain range—is achievable.

Therefore, Furina had a great time.

"Haha, this attack method is so much fun."

Neuvillette:...

After listening to Li Yue and Nahida's conversation, Neuvillette agreed that their attack methods were sound and comprehensive. However, the question was whether they could refrain from using them in front of him. Especially considering Furina's use of this method, he felt it was foolish of him to think she would use the same approach.

Seeing Furina constantly waving water jets, Neuvillette couldn't help but go outside.

"Ms. Furina, please stop what you're doing."

377. Neuvillette: Furina, you'll regret this!

"Neuvillette, what brings you here?"

The appearance of Neuvillette greatly surprised Furina. At the same time, her gaze towards Neuvillette became subtle. She never expected that Neuvillette, who had stayed in Fontaine with her for 500 years, was actually the Hydro Dragon King, and also the key figure that Furina originally planned to use to save Fontaine.

However, now, because of the arrival of Li Yue and others, Furina was forced to change his plans, so the Neuvillette storyline can be abandoned. Although the Neuvillette storyline is no longer usable, Furina still thinks that Neuvillette, the Hydro Dragon King, can continue to be friends with him. After all, they have been together for 500 years, Neuvillette, the Hydro Dragon King, is a pitiful person.

"Ms. Furina, if I don't come out soon, you'll probably keep performing in this way."

Neuvillette looked at Furina and said with a headache that he did not want to see those Demon God, but now he had no choice. After expressing his dissatisfaction to Furina, Neuvillette looked at Li Yue and the other two.

"Greetings, I am the Supreme Judge of Fontaine. You may address me by my surname Neuvillette, just as you would address Ms. Furina."

Raiden Ei looked at Neuvillette and frowned slightly, but didn't say anything. Nahida looked at Neuvillette with some curiosity, while only Li Yue raised her hand to greet him.

"Hello, Neuvillette, I am the Geo Archon of Liyue. You can call me Li Yue."

"Hello, Mr. Li Yue."

Neuvillette greeted him very politely.

"After arriving in Fontaine, are you all satisfied with Ms. Furina's hospitality?"

"Hey, Neuvillette, what do you mean by that? What do you mean by 'Is my hospitality satisfactory?' Have I not been good enough to my guests?"

Furina stopped spraying water, walked to Neuvillette's side, and raised her chin to look at Neuvillette.

Neuvillette's answer was also very direct.

"Ms. Furina's usual reception is fine, but this time she is receiving a deity from a foreign land. If Ms. Furina were to receive guests in the same way she usually does, there would certainly be no problem. However, Ms. Furina would never normally spray water in front of guests."

"Forehead..."

Furina was a little embarrassed, but then she quickly realized what was happening.

"No, I wasn't just spraying water for fun! I was researching new attack methods."

"Ms. Furina, do you think what you said is reasonable?"

Neuvillette completely disbelieved Furina's answer and researched new attack methods, only to copy my lines and even my actions.

Furina was also helpless. She couldn't very well tell Neuvillette that this was the first time she had been able to control the power of water and had truly become Hydro Archon. So, with Li Yue's help, she should develop her own attack methods.

Even though Furina obtained the Hydro Vision, it was only after Furina died that Furina received the Vision and officially became an Original God. Therefore, Furina currently has no attack methods whatsoever, let alone the ability to summon the Super Three Bullies. As for copying Neuvillette's attack methods and lines, that was entirely taught to her by Li Yue, and it was intentional!

That's right, Li Yue did it on purpose. He wanted to make Furina learn Neuvillette's attack methods and even Neuvillette lines, and then perform them in front of Neuvillette so that she could see Neuvillette's constipated expression.

Clearly, Neuvillette's expression was now starting to resemble that of someone suffering from constipation.

Faced with Neuvillette's denial, Furina pouted.

"In short, Neuvillette, you must remember this: I am the Hydro Archon of Fontaine!"

Neuvillette looked at the stubborn Furina and, for some reason, suddenly blurted out something.

"Ms. Furina, you will regret this one day."

"Ah?"

Furina looked at Neuvillette with some confusion, not understanding why she would say such a thing. Neuvillette also felt something was wrong and quickly spoke again.

"What I mean is, as the Hydro Archon, you should focus your attention on Fontaine, not on some strange frivolous pursuits."