Under countless watching eyes, the white-haired girl in a baggy bear nightdress climbed onto the head of the Statue of The Seven.
"Ellin! It's dangerous! Come back!"
Seeing their daughter climb so high in the teeth of the storm, Hermann and his wife panicked. They were about to rush outside when Feng'er stopped them.
"Mom, Dad, please don't worry. Master will be fine!" Feng'er's voice was calm. Her heart was connected to Ellin's, so she knew what Ellin intended to do.
"Is that... Ellin?"
Fischl poked her head out of her window and gasped when she saw Ellin standing atop the Statue of The Seven.
But she wasn't worried that anything would happen to Ellin. She trusted her, so what she felt now was mostly anticipation-anticipation for whatever earth-shattering feat Ellin would perform.
Ellin couldn't hear her parents shouting over the roaring wind. Nor did she pay any attention to the gazes gathering on her.
At that moment, her face was a picture of seething fury.
Yes, she was furious-not just because she'd been woken up, but because her Slime Bra had been blown away!
"Do you have any idea how exhausting it is to carry around 36D Slimes every day?"
"Do you have any idea how annoying it is to put up with countless lecherous stares every day?"
"Do you have any idea how embarrassing it is to have your Slimes bouncing around every time you walk?!"
"Do you have any idea how miserable it is not even daring to take a proper stride whenever I go out?"
"Do you have any idea how hard it was to get that Slime Bra?"
"Do you think a Cryo Regisvine respawns in five minutes like it does in the game?"
"Do you have any idea who made that Slime Bra for me?!"
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to be a 36D beauty?"
"You! Don't! Understand!"
The more Ellin thought about it, the angrier and more wronged she felt.
She had once been a strapping man. Being reincarnated as a girl was one thing, and she'd even put up with carrying two 36D Slimes every day while countless lecherous eyes stole glances at her!
Without support, her Slimes bounced all over the place. It was so embarrassing that she didn't even dare take long strides, but she'd put up with that too!
But after all that trouble, she'd finally gotten a Slime Bra. At last, she no longer had to endure all those stares or walk so gingerly.
And this damned dragon had taken her Slime Bra away, along with the happiness she'd only just found.
Sucrose had made it for her! It was the finest, most precious Slime Bra in the world!
And this damned dragon had just taken it away. That was simply... unforgivable!
And so, under the eyes of countless Mondstadt City residents, the white-haired girl stood alone atop the Statue of The Seven amid the storm.
Dust obscured her vision, and fierce winds howled in her ears, whipping her long white hair and nightdress.
But she stood like a rock, unmoving no matter how the storm raged!
Under countless watching eyes, the white-haired girl in a baggy cartoon-bear nightdress and fluffy slippers stood atop the Statue of The Seven, faced the relentless gale, and drew her great bow!
Hum!
The Cryo Vision at her waist trembled, radiating blue-white light.
At once, the surrounding Cryo surged toward her like a tide.
A Frost Arrow formed from freezing air materialized on the bowstring, and the nearby Cryo energy came pouring in, gathering within its shaft.
One second... two seconds... three seconds... thirty seconds...
As she continued charging the shot, more and more Cryo energy gathered within the arrow.
But the girl still wasn't satisfied. She kept charging!
By the forty-five-second mark, the Cryo energy accumulated within the arrow was so powerful that it shone with dazzling light!
Its brilliant blue-white glow was like a lighthouse in a sea of fog, becoming the brightest star in dust-shrouded Mondstadt City!
An aura of danger spread. Even ordinary citizens could feel the heart-stopping pulses coming from that Frost Arrow.
"That's..."
Diluc frowned beneath the eaves.
At the sight, the Purple Nun's lips curved into an inscrutable smile.
"It's the arrow that split the sea of flames!" Kaeya said.
"Yes. Judging solely by the energy radiating from it, this shot is already every bit as powerful as the one that split the sea of flames back then."
"And she's still gathering elemental energy!"
"To think such a young body could hold so much terrifying elemental energy. It's incredible!"
Jean watched the white-haired girl atop the Statue of The Seven, her face filled with wonder.
Even ordinary citizens could sense the arrow's energy, so how could Dvalin, whom Ellin had locked onto, fail to notice it?
The Eastern Wind Dragon keenly sensed the energy coming from atop the Statue of The Seven. Though that small amount wasn't enough to harm him, he could feel the arrow's dangerous aura growing stronger and stronger.
If he allowed it to continue, that arrow would pose an immense threat to him.
So he had to nip it in the bud.
The dragon beat his wings and summoned a storm. At once, fierce winds laden with dust surged toward the girl atop the Statue of The Seven.
Then the dragon threw back his head and roared. Two Anemo Bombs, each over ten meters across, formed and hurtled down at the girl from high above!
"Look out!"
"Oh no!"
Seeing the storm and Gale Bombs bearing down on Ellin, Jean's expression changed drastically. She drew her sword and rushed toward the Statue of The Seven.
Diluc likewise charged out from beneath the eaves, claymore in hand.
Both knew that mortals were as insignificant as ants before a storm, but neither cared about that now.
At that moment, they had only one thought: save Ellin!
The gale roared, and the Anemo Bombs tore through the sky!
But just as the fierce winds and Anemo Bombs were about to swallow Ellin...
A mysterious, unfathomable power suddenly descended upon the area.
That power carried a loving warmth. Like a pair of gentle hands, it brushed aside the Anemo Bombs falling from above and tore a huge opening in the storm surging toward the girl, diverting the winds to either side of her.
As that loving power tore through the gale, it also opened a gap in the dust obscuring the girl's vision, leaving her sight unobstructed and firmly locked onto the dragon!
The white-haired girl atop the Statue of The Seven still wore an expression of seething fury.
The storm and dust raged on either side of her.
The Vision at her waist shook violently, while the arrow blazed with dazzling blue-white light!
She had charged this shot for a full ninety seconds, but things were different now.
Through constant training and the use of energy recharge during this time, she had increased the speed at which she channeled elemental energy five- or sixfold. In other words, the arrow on her bowstring now held several times as much Cryo energy as the shot she'd fired in the Whispering Woods!
The storm could no longer hurt her, and the dust could no longer obscure her vision.
Now was the perfect moment!
With everyone's eyes upon her, the girl in a bear nightdress and fluffy slippers raised her head and glared at the dragon in the sky!
"Take this-36D Maiden Strike!!!"
With an angry shout, the girl released the bowstring.
In an instant, blue-white light shone like a radiant moon overhead, and Cryo energy spilled in every direction!
Frost covered the statue. Like a meteor flying in reverse from the ground toward the heavens, the Frost Arrow became a dazzling streak of white light and shot toward the dragon in the sky!
Boom!!!
The Frost Arrow pierced the storm and struck the dragon squarely in the wing.
At the instant of impact, frost bloomed!
The immense amount of Cryo energy stored within the arrow exploded, forming a cloud of freezing air dozens of meters across in the sky.
Roar!!!
Struck by the arrow, the dragon let out an agonized cry. His body lurched sideways, and he could no longer maintain steady flight.
Finally, with his wing injured, the dragon cast a resentful look at the city he had once protected, then beat his wings and flew away.
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