"Whew-"
After her silent confrontation with Neuvillette, the Knave glanced around at the powerful fighters surrounding her and let out a helpless sigh.
Much as she resented it, she realized that the situation in Fontaine had become a tremendous wild card, far beyond her ability to handle.
Originally, with her strength and Crimson Moon Flame, she had felt quite confident even about facing Neuvillette.
After all, she knew perfectly well that Neuvillette was a Dragon Sovereign without the complete Authority of Water. If she fought seriously, she could hold her own against him.
But after receiving letters from Lyney and the other children in Snezhnaya, especially about the prophecy that their homeland of Fontaine would soon be submerged, she had rushed back without stopping.
Yet she had never imagined that the people in Lyney's letters would be this absurdly powerful. What was more, if her guess was right, even Liyue's Geo Archon had come to Fontaine!
Why had he come running to Fontaine instead of staying in Liyue, enjoying his Mortal Itinerancy, drinking tea, and watching plays?
Many people had no idea how powerful he was, but as the Knave, who oversaw Snezhnaya's intelligence organization, she knew all too well!
He was a true killing machine! The MVP of the Archon War's elimination game-Morax!
If she faced Morax, now known as Zhong Li, the Knave felt their odds would be one to nine-the kind where she got nine holes punched through her in one second...
By now, the Knave was truly numb. She had no idea how she was supposed to carry out the Tsaritsa's plan and obtain Fontaine's Gnosis with so many heavy hitters around...
"Oh, come on, Pepe, don't sigh. You only attacked Fufu to test her, right?"
"If you really intended to kill her, you wouldn't have