With the plan at this stage, the mission to rescue the god could already be declared a success. All that remained was to stop Scaramouche from becoming a god with Nahida's help.
Everyone had a surreal sense of déjà vu about this outcome, and even now, they could hardly believe it.
With nothing more than a hastily assembled team and almost no casualties, they had actually breached Sumeru City from within and captured the Akademiya's Great Sage alive in less than a day.
Wouldn't something like this be utterly shocking and unbelievable in any nation?
Liyue had withstood the invasion of Osial, the Vortex Vanquisher. Mondstadt had held off the Fatui's two-pronged siege with its depleted forces. In Inazuma's earlier civil war, hundreds of thousands of people from Narukami Island and Watatsumi Island had remained at a stalemate for nearly two years.
But when it came to Sumeru, wasn't it putting up far too little resistance?
After this battle, if Sumeru failed to change the status quo, Sumeru City's defenses would probably earn a reputation as an easy target. Some powerful Eremite groups might even scramble to follow suit, attacking Sumeru City to loot and plunder. Of course, that was a matter for later.
After hearing Dehya's words, Lumine and Paimon could not help breathing a sigh of relief. Although their part had not produced good results, at least it had not adversely affected the outcome, which eased Lumine's guilt a little.
Both of them deeply sympathized with Nahida's experience of being imprisoned by successive generations of Sages for five hundred years. Now that they knew she had finally been rescued, they were naturally overjoyed.
Paimon said eagerly, "Since Nahida's been rescued, let's hurry to the Sanctuary of Surasthana to find her! Hehe, we finally get to meet Nahida."
Lumine