"What?!"
Himeko froze when she heard that.
I was only saying it casually, and you really are a Beauty Envoy?!
"Big Sister Himeko, is this the legendary Your Excellency Hermes?"
At that moment, March 7th finally could not hold herself back and stepped out of the Astral Express. Her beautiful blue-to-pink gradient eyes shone with astonishing brightness.
As she looked at Hermes, March 7th also turned to glance at Himeko with a subtle expression.
On one side was Hermes, the embodiment of Pure Beauty unlike anything she had ever seen. On the other was Himeko, who had rushed out of the Astral Express without hesitation. No matter how March 7th looked at it, something felt off...
However, only after coming out did she notice Great Herta, whose appearance was completely different from the Herta puppets she had seen before. She covered her mouth in surprise. "Your Excellency Herta is here too?"
With March 7th's appearance, the other members of the Astral Express Crew also stepped out one after another.
However, aside from the Stellaron Spirit, Stelle, who closely followed March 7th, Welt and Dan Heng merely exchanged polite greetings and remained quite composed and calm.
"Mm, so these are the Nameless of this generation!"
Hermes looked at them with obvious admiration in his eyes.
There might have been few of them, but every one of them was a crouching dragon or phoenix chick!
Still, it was only Hermes's faint attention.
Yet Welt and the others suddenly seemed to feel the terror of an immeasurable galaxy pressing down upon them!
Although that sensation lasted only an instant before vanishing completely.
How could Welt and the others possibly be anything less than perceptive?
Naturally, they would not dismiss it as an illusion.
So this is an Emanator?
Welt's heart turned extremely grave. Had he still underestimated the strength of an existence standing at the peak of the Universe?
Although Stelle had only just been born, her spiritual senses were unexpectedly sharp.
However, her train of thought was entirely different. After recovering herself, she turned her gaze toward Himeko and grinned mischievously, though no one knew what she was thinking...
"All right, let's not stand around foolishly in the starry sky. Come inside with me."
Facing Herta's sparkling gaze, which seemed eager to dissect him for research immediately, Hermes remained unfazed and extended a gentle invitation.
"Then we'll leave researching you for next time."
Herta said that as if nothing were unusual, then scrutinized this unfamiliar star system. "I'd like to see what is so remarkable about a place that has held your attention for so long."
Meanwhile, because of Buer's arrival, all of Teyvat's circumstances had begun to undergo subtle changes.
For example, Barbeloth of the Witch's Coven stared at Destiny, now tangled into a complete mess. She remained silent for several days, trying to sort out its threads, but eventually could not help losing her mind. "Why has Destiny suddenly turned into such a mess?!"
The same was true for many astrologers. Mona, for instance, nearly suffered a shattered Dao Heart in the face of this situation...
Aside from those innocent people who had no idea what was going on and were left utterly confused, the Archons who knew the truth each had their own troubles as well.
Mondstadt.
After leaving Sky Island, Barbatos returned here and gathered people to begin making preparations for what was to come.
Inside Diluc's tavern.
Faced with Diluc's treasured vintage wine, Barbatos unusually did not drink to his heart's content. Instead, he poured himself a glass with mixed feelings and slowly savored it.
The Demon Gods of Teyvat all loved their people.
Barbatos was no exception.
As someone with connections, he knew Teyvat's situation intimately—perhaps even better than Morax did.
He had once believed that Teyvat's chances of being saved were infinitesimal, so he had actually taken a rather laissez-faire attitude toward Mondstadt's people.
After all.
If they were all going to perish with the world, could he not let them live freely?
As long as they did not fall into depravity, Barbatos felt that he could accept it in his heart.
Yet he had never expected that Greater Lord Kusanali would return with power obtained from beyond the heavens...
The situation had actually changed!
Not only that, they had received such an enormous opportunity and would soon join the ranks of an unimaginable Great Existence...
This should have been a good thing.
But when Barbatos returned to Mondstadt, what he saw was an incredibly lax atmosphere and drunks everywhere...
Barbatos immediately went numb!
Under such circumstances, when Mondstadt went to join them, would they be thrown out the door?
Before long, Mondstadt's true decision-makers arrived one after another, and Diluc completely sealed off the tavern.
Lisa also directly set up a barrier to prevent any information from leaking out.
However, seeing the complicated expression on their own God of Wind, Barbatos, their hearts could not help skipping a beat.
For the God of Wind, who had always been nothing but carefree, to wear such an expression... Could Mondstadt be doomed to sink tomorrow?
Seeing Barbatos still staring blankly into space, Diluc finally could not help asking, "Lord Barbatos, has something major happened?"
Acting Grand Master Jean also could not help revealing a concerned expression.
She had thought that with the Stormterror incident over, Mondstadt should soon return to peace.
Yet Acting Grand Master Jean was nearly numb from dealing with Mondstadt's lax atmosphere, which had practically reached the point of depravity.
Sitting in the position of acting grand master, she was busy from dawn to dusk almost every day. Aside from countless trivial matters, she constantly had to play political games with the Fatui and often even had to personally lead people outside the city to clear out Hilichurl camps...
She wanted to delegate her duties as well, but there were simply too few reliable people to help her!
"Lord Barbatos, what exactly happened?"
Jean could not hold herself back either.
If another Stormterror incident happened, Jean felt that she might truly be unable to withstand such a blow.
She had nearly exhausted herself dealing with the lingering aftermath of the Stormterror incident!
Barbatos set down his wineglass and said with mixed feelings, "A few days ago, Sky Island summoned us Archons to a meeting!"
"What?!!"
Upon hearing that Sky Island had convened a meeting, everyone nearly cried out in alarm.
What did a meeting at Sky Island mean?
Something similar had happened five hundred years ago.
The result had been the Dark Beast Tide sweeping across the Teyvat Continent. Several Archons had been replaced outright, and even the God of Wind, Barbatos, had been severely injured and fallen into slumber, only reappearing recently!
Diluc and Acting Grand Master Jean both knew that period of history well. It was said that Mondstadt had nearly been wiped out as a nation!
And now Sky Island was holding another meeting, then...
"Stop letting your imaginations run wild."
Barbatos shook his head, interrupting their thoughts. There was a hint of joy on his face, along with indescribable distress.
Then, without concealing anything, he slowly recounted what had happened at the meeting before asking with a bitter smile, "Tell me, once we join that Great Existence's ranks, what reaction will he have when he sees Mondstadt full of drunks everywhere?"
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