"Lin Yi, something seems wrong. I sensed an unsettling presence."
Lin Yi nodded at her words. "I sensed it too, so I ended the fight quickly and came back. Have those two been dealt with?"
"Of course. Duo Jie and Muyun of the Thaliga Family have been detained for now. We haven't had time to collect evidence yet, though, and they're both incredibly tight-lipped."
Zero had willingly revealed herself aboard the Thaliga Family's merchant ship, which all but confirmed the crimes of Duo Jie and his son Muyun.
Harboring an assassin, colluding in secret to defraud others, and so on were already enough for Lin Yi to throw them into a dungeon for the rest of their lives.
But none of that mattered much right now.
"Put those two aside for now. We'll have plenty of time to deal with them. Right now, we need to keep a close watch on the situation and find out what's releasing such turbulent demonic energy!"
Lin Yi's tone was grave, and Ningguang could certainly hear how serious the situation might be.
"Could it be something sealed beneath Liyue?"
While he had been fighting Zero, an abnormal surge of Demon God energy had suddenly appeared along Liyue's coastline. It was extremely dangerous.
Thinking about it, wasn't the incredibly dangerous Demon God sealed in Liyue's depths none other than Osial, the Vortex God?
In the game's main storyline, that creature had been a troublesome foe. Even Ningguang dropping the entire Jade Chamber on him hadn't been enough to suppress him completely.
"No, if that bastard really is stirring, I'd love to send him straight to hell with a Dongfeng Intercontinental Express. If he fully revives and descends upon us, how could Liyue possibly be all right?"
In Lin Yi's view,
The might of the strongest