"Lumine, be careful." As Noelle spoke, she swung her pitch-black greatsword at Lumine. Lumine immediately summoned the Wind Element and rapidly retreated. Then, with a boom, Noelle's strike blasted a crater over twenty meters wide into the ground.
"Noelle, keep going." After dodging Noelle's attack, Lumine immediately launched a counterattack. Her longsword had also turned pitch-black, hardened through Armament Haki coating.
Noelle immediately raised her greatsword to meet her. The two exchanged blows, sparks scattering and shockwaves erupting as their battle grew increasingly fierce. Yet whenever Noelle attacked, Lumine dodged rather than facing her head-on. As a result, more than a dozen craters appeared across their battlefield.
"Noelle's so strong." In a nearby pavilion, Paimon ate fruit while staring in shock at Noelle's strength. When Lumine and Noelle had first started fighting, Lumine had been sent flying dozens of meters by a single swing.
"Giving Noelle the Streng-Streng Fruit was definitely the right choice." Shen Fei nodded lightly as he watched Noelle fight. It had been five days since the Rite of Parting, and after it ended, Liyue Harbor had become busy repairing the damage to its port.
At the same time, Ningguang had reached an agreement with the Fatui. The captured Fatui had now been released, and Northland Bank had reopened. Judging from that outcome, the Fatui must have paid a considerable price. Otherwise, Ningguang would not have let them off so easily.
This result was quite good. For Ningguang, driving the Fatui—even Snezhnaya's embassy—out of Liyue would have been easy. But then the Fatui certainly would not compensate Liyue for its losses. Naturally, Liyue's interests came first for Ningguang.
Setting everything else aside, there was currently nothing that could replace Northland Bank. If Liyue wanted to conduct cross-border trade, it needed Northland Bank. After all, they could not