However, the one Zhongli paid the most attention to in this incident was Osial.
Osial was sealed beneath Guyun Stone Forest, very close to Liyue Harbor.
Out at sea, Osial was immensely powerful. If a major battle broke out, Liyue Harbor could easily be destroyed.
But most importantly, Osial was an Archon!
Although Zhongli was powerful enough to kill Osial, the Archon Residue released upon Osial's death would be the most terrifying part.
Most of Liyue Harbor's water sources would be contaminated, and the Archon Residue would blanket the sea, turning the waters outside Liyue Harbor into a dead sea.
Any ship passing through would be contaminated by the Archon Residue.
If the sea became impassable, Liyue Harbor would lose its magnificent gathering of countless ships, dealing a devastating blow to Liyue's economy.
The people of Liyue might well be plunged back into the poverty of the past.
Moreover, Liyue Harbor was very close to Guyun Stone Forest. If Osial died, the harbor would not escape contamination by the Archon Residue either.
Once Osial was killed, the residue he left behind could affect hundreds, even thousands of generations of people in Liyue!
That was why, despite having the power to kill Osial back then, Zhongli had chosen to seal him away.
But leaving him sealed like this was ultimately no good either.
The Seal's power would always weaken with time. The sealed Osial was like a ticking time bomb that could destroy Liyue at any moment.
In other words, killing Osial was no solution, but neither was leaving him alive.
That was why Zhongli was eager to see what choice the woman named Ellin, the new Geo Archon, would make when faced with Osial.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Several deafening blasts rang out!
The mountains of Guyun Stone Forest collapsed,