While the Fatui soldiers outside the city rested and gathered their strength, Mondstadt City beneath the cover of night was not as peaceful as it appeared either.
Just moments earlier, several squads of the Knights of Favonius had raided certain inns and clubs in the city, arresting every member of the Lawrence Clan who had been hiding in Mondstadt City, waiting to reap the fruits of victory.
The sole purpose of these Lawrence Clan members remaining in the city was to act as turncoats for the Fatui outside. If anything unexpected happened, they would fire signal flares to notify them.
Unfortunately for them, the Knights of Favonius had acted with such astonishing precision and suddenness that all the Lawrence Clan members had still been drinking and singing before their arrests. Before they could even understand what was happening, the knights had trussed them up. Some had even been dragged out of bed stark naked.
When they were dumped one after another at the statue in Anemo Archon Plaza and saw that striking blue-and-white figure standing tall with the greatsword Song of Broken Pines in hand, every member of the Lawrence Clan bristled with righteous indignation and began struggling desperately.
Even with rags stuffed into their mouths, their hysterical expressions alone made it clear that nothing pleasant would come out of them. It was better to gag them beforehand.
Eula no longer looked as weak and helpless as she had a few days earlier. As she watched so many of her kin, who shared her blood-including several childhood playmates-being dumped below the platform, her heart remained unruffled. Seeing their hysterical faces, in particular, only made her feel utterly calm.
Their pathetic display precisely confirmed what the Regent of Inazuma had said. The Lawrence Clan had indeed reached the point where it