The Abyss Mage's interrogation had certainly left them speechless.
But the information it divulged also put everyone present on high alert.
His Highness the [Prince] of the Abyss had gathered all his forces throughout Mondstadt. Whatever he was planning, it was no small matter.
If they left it unchecked, Mondstadt might suffer a terrible disaster!
And so Jean and Diluc both mobilized their intelligence networks to investigate.
Yet, perhaps because they were too afraid of the Mondstadt Rising Sun Watchers,
the Abyss's forces operated with extreme secrecy, and all the informants Jean and Diluc sent out came back empty-handed.
Even Jean and Diluc personally went to Windrise to investigate, only to find nothing unusual at all.
At first, Diluc and the others thought the Abyss Mage had been talking nonsense. But over the following week, they caught three more Abyss Mages traveling to Windrise from various regions.
Their statements were all identical: His Highness the Prince had ordered every Abyss Mage in Mondstadt to gather at Windrise.
As for when they were supposed to gather or what they would do afterward, none of them knew.
Ellin, Diluc, Jean, and the others all sensed that great storm clouds were quietly gathering.
But with their leads exhausted, the situation had reached a temporary stalemate.
Jean could only assign more people to keep patrolling and investigating.
Ellin, however, had her own affairs to attend to. Staying in Mondstadt indefinitely was no solution.
After another week in Mondstadt, with the investigation still making no progress,
Ellin reminded Jean and Diluc that this was a serious matter, and that they should go to the Serenitea Pot to inform her as soon as they discovered anything.
After all, she could use the Teleport Waypoints. Even if something did happen, she would still have time to teleport