At the same time, he would look for an opportunity to deliver the Gnosis into The Fair Lady's hands.
But before the plan could even begin, Lumine seemed to know everything and directly exposed his identity in front of Acting Grand Master Jean and the others.
Fortunately, Acting Grand Master Jean and Diluc could tell that he did not want to interact with others as the Anemo Archon, so they continued treating him as before.
That made him let out a sigh of relief.
"Are there many of them?" Acting Grand Master Jean asked.
They had only just been preparing to head to Dragon's Spine to rescue Dvalin.
Yet the Abyss Order had immediately taken action.
Clearly, they had planned this long ago.
"Lots. Prepare for battle." At that, Venti's face grew somewhat serious.
As an Anemo Spirit and Mondstadt's Anemo Archon, Barbatos, he could sense Mondstadt's condition through the "wind."
According to the information carried by the wind, not only had the monsters near Whispering Woods begun gathering in full force, but even outside the main gate bridge of Mondstadt City, he could sense an air of impending danger.
This was enough to show just how thoroughly the Abyss had prepared for this attack.
Although the number of monsters was likely far smaller than during the Khaenri'ah war.
The main forces of Mondstadt City had all been taken on an expedition by Grand Master Faruzan.
There were only a handful of people left in Mondstadt City who could serve as combatants. Even with the advantage of the terrain, they could only hold out for a while.
They simply could not stop this Abyss Order assault.
He had already prepared himself to step in and wipe out the Abyss Order when the Knights of Mondstadt could no longer turn the situation around, helping Mondstadt City survive this crisis.
However, seeing Lumine still looking completely confident, Venti felt that perhaps he could continue slacking off.
And when they saw Venti's face turn serious for the first time, Jean and Diluc both realized that the Abyss Order had assembled a great many troops this time.
It was very likely beyond what they could handle.
But even so, they would still fight to protect Mondstadt City.
This was their homeland. They could not do nothing and merely pray for the gods to save them.
Besides, Venti was still here.
As Mondstadt's Anemo Archon.
If they truly could not turn things around and failed to withstand the Abyss Order's attack, they did not believe Venti would abandon them and Mondstadt City.
It was at that moment.
Su Luo and the others appeared inside the tavern.
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"Who are you?!" Diluc immediately became vigilant when he saw Su Luo and the others suddenly appear.
He drew the Favonius Greatsword from his Vision and pointed it at Su Luo and the others.
"Don't be nervous. They're on our side. I brought them here to help," Lumine hurriedly explained.
Hearing that, Diluc put away the Favonius Greatsword and said with a trace of apology in his voice, "My apologies, everyone. I acted rashly."
"However, the situation is rather urgent right now. Once this is over, I will prepare a banquet to properly host you all and offer my apologies."
After all, Su Luo and the others had come to help Mondstadt City resist the Abyss Order's attack at the risk of their lives.
Since that was the case, he naturally could not neglect them.
Besides, pointing his sword at them before understanding the situation had indeed been inappropriate. There was nothing wrong with apologizing.
"We can discuss that later. For now, let's prepare to rescue Dvalin first." Wang Xiaomei smiled and went straight to the point.
"Eh?! Sorry, but allow me to interrupt."
"With the Abyss Order's invasion imminent, we simply cannot spare more people to rescue Dvalin." Thinking that Wang Xiaomei and the others did not understand the situation here, Jean hurriedly explained.
"Don't worry. We'll split off some people to fend off the Abyss Order's attack. You can go rescue Dvalin without concern."
Su Luo stepped forward. As he spoke, he released his aura.
In an instant, Jean, Venti, and Diluc all felt an overwhelming pressure descend upon them, causing their stress to surge.
That aura struck directly at their souls, leaving Jean and Diluc unable to recover for a long while.
As Mondstadt's Anemo Archon and a veteran of the Archon War, Venti was indeed well-traveled and knowledgeable.
Aside from being astonished that Su Luo, a human, possessed power surpassing even that of a god, his only thought was to keep Su Luo in Mondstadt and make him Mondstadt's second-generation Anemo Archon!
That way, he could slack off without a care.
Rather than merely thinking about it, Venti directly voiced his idea to Su Luo. "I never expected you to be so powerful."
"Boy, are you interested in becoming Mondstadt's Anemo Archon?"
Venti blinked twice with sparkling eyes, and the little seriousness that had just appeared on his face immediately vanished.
He returned to being the same unserious drunken poet as before.
It was obvious that after learning of Su Luo's strength, he had completely relaxed and intended to keep slacking off.
He was even prepared to let Su Luo inherit the position of Anemo Archon just so he could slack off.
Of course, that was only if Su Luo did not do anything that harmed Mondstadt or oppressed its people.
Otherwise, he would reclaim his divine throne and do everything possible to crusade against Su Luo, leading Mondstadt's people down the road to freedom once more.
"Do something useful, Barbatos." Su Luo's eyelids immediately drooped upon hearing that.
Naturally, he understood that Venti was only half-serious.
That was why those words slipped out of his mouth.
Diluc and Acting Grand Master Jean, standing nearby, also strongly agreed with Su Luo's words.
Venti's appearance had thoroughly shattered their beautiful image of the Anemo Archon Barbatos.
If their faith and convictions had not been strong enough, they might have considered replacing their god.
After Su Luo displayed his strength, the atmosphere in the tavern immediately became much more relaxed.
It was as though they had forgotten all about the Abyss Order.
However, as the Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Mondstadt, whether out of duty or love for her country.
Jean quickly brought everyone back to the main topic.
After some discussion, it was decided that Frieren and Claudia from Su Luo's side would help Mondstadt defend the city.
Seeing this, Jean voluntarily chose to stay behind and provide Su Luo's group with support.
As for those heading to rescue Dvalin, they would be the remaining Chat Group members, including Lumine.
On Mondstadt's side, Diluc and Venti would also accompany them to rescue Dvalin.
After all, they could not shamelessly allow others to resolve the crisis for them while doing nothing themselves as natives of Mondstadt.
Naturally, they were also worried that Wang Xiaomei and the others might strike too hard and directly kill Dvalin.
Judging from the eager expressions on their faces, Venti could already imagine what Dvalin would suffer in a moment.
But Wang Xiaomei and the others were here to help Mondstadt, so he could not say much.
He could only silently pray that Dvalin would be able to take a beating.
Once the assignments had been made.
Lumine and Wang Xiaomei's group immediately headed for Dragon's Spine.
Jean, meanwhile, rushed back to the Knights of Favonius to mobilize the adventurers and knights in the city, assigning them to guard Mondstadt City's side gates and the walls behind the city.
Mondstadt City had an excellent geographical location.
It was surrounded on all sides by Cider Lake, with the entire city enclosed within it.
The only main road was at Mondstadt City's front gate.
The water there was relatively shallow, and a large bridge stood there.
The Abyss Order would most likely attack from there.
But the Abyss Order was not truly stupid.
They would not choose to force their way through the main gate alone.
They would also attempt to circle around and attack from the sides. They just had to swim across the lake, and if humans spotted them, they would have almost no ability to fight back, making it relatively more difficult.
Time slowly passed, and roughly half an hour later.
Just as Su Luo used Clairvoyance to see Wang Xiaomei's group begin fighting the Abyss Order.
Outside Mondstadt City, dark purple energy rose into the air and condensed into one portal after another.
Roar—!!
Yah!!
Mitachurls, Hilichurl Berserkers, Samachurls...
Countless monsters rushed out of the portals. Raising their weapons, they charged toward Mondstadt City in a vast tide.
Mondstadt City's gates slowly closed.
Su Luo, Frieren, and Claudia stood by the bridge.
Seeing this, Claudia turned her gaze toward Su Luo. "What should we do?"
Gravity appeared in her eyes.
With her strength, she could naturally cut down Hilichurls as easily as chopping vegetables.
But if there were too many Hilichurls, even her stamina would not last long.
The reason she had chosen to stay and resist the Abyss Order's attack was to build a closer relationship with this incredibly charismatic big shot and earn some points along the way.
It mainly depended on what the big shot intended to do.
Su Luo said calmly, "You two only need to deal with the monsters swimming over from the lake. Leave the monsters on the bridge to me."
As he spoke, countless golden ripples suddenly appeared behind Su Luo.
Golden radiance instantly illuminated the area around him, adding a sacred and majestic air to him.
In the next instant, countless powerful Noble Phantasms shot out from the golden ripples.
Boom! Boom! Boom—
A series of explosions rang out.
A massive gap was instantly blasted open amid the densely packed monster horde.
Su Luo's Noble Phantasm bombardment continued without pause, giving the monsters no time to fill those gaps.
Frieren was unwilling to be outdone. She aimed her staff at the monsters across the bridge, gathered magic power, and fired a thick beam of light.
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Boom—!!
A small mushroom cloud rose at the far end of the bridge.
Another vast swath of the monster tide surging forward like a flood was cleared away.
The once-mighty monster horde was instantly scattered into disarray beneath Su Luo and Frieren's bombardment.
The number of monsters on the field rapidly dwindled.
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