Teyvat Continent.
The Pearl of the North, Mondstadt City.
Downtown.
After landing gracefully, the golden-haired girl hadn't even had time to marvel at the wonders of this creation called 'Wind Glider' when her shoulders were grabbed by Amber, who was rushing towards her.
"How was it, how was it? How did your first flight feel?"
Looking at the enthusiastic bunny-like girl in front of her, Lumine smiled brightly and answered in a sweet voice, "It was great, I really liked it. Thank you, Amber."
"I'm glad you liked it!"
Amber blushed slightly and rubbed her nose with her finger.
Paimon flew over from somewhere, curiously looking at the Wind Glider that Lumine was putting away. Then, with a face full of anticipation, she asked Amber, "Amber, Amber, do I have a Wind Glider?"
"Don't you already fly, Paimon?" Amber had a slight look of trouble on her face, "Besides, you're too small, there's no Wind Glider that would fit you."
The little guy was a bit disappointed and pouted, but her childish nature quickly recovered. She looked up at the sky, confused, "Strange, is Mondstadt's weather so unpredictable?"
It was a clear blue sky when they first entered Mondstadt, but now thick clouds were gathering overhead.
"What the..."
Amber frowned, the joy of meeting a new friend had already faded from her face. As if she had thought of something, she quickly grabbed Lumine's hand and shouted, "No! Come with me!"
The next moment, a deafening dragon roar came from the sky.
The giant dragon, bursting forth from the dark, thick clouds, circled above Mondstadt City, stirring up a gale.
The violent storm instantly shattered the peace and harmony of Mondstadt. People all over the city were panicked and scattered in all directions.
Numerous roof tiles and various other things from the city were swept into the air by the storm. A tornado directly landed in the center of the bustling city, only a few steps away from where Lumine stood!
Lumine hesitated for only a brief moment before she realized that she was being uncontrollably swept into the storm. She only had time to see Amber's panicked face before she felt dizzy, her entire body tumbling and spinning in the storm, her stomach churning violently. The feeling of nausea made her complexion instantly turn pale.
When Lumine finally regained her senses, she found in horror that she had been swept up into the sky.
"Lumine! Lumine! Are you alright!?"
She heard Paimon's voice, choked with tears.
Without thinking twice, Lumine decisively unfolded the Wind Glider Amber had given her, which temporarily slowed her descent.
"I'm fine, Paimon." After reassuring her companion, Lumine began to observe her surroundings.
Unlike the previous storm, a gentle azure wind was now supporting her Wind Glider, keeping her stable in the air.
"Huh? Wind Glider...can it keep people in the air for so long?"
Paimon, who had seen Lumine use the Wind Glider to glide earlier, also realized something was wrong, so she couldn't help but ask.
As soon as the words left her mouth, a familiar voice came through the wind, reaching Lumine and Paimon's ears.
'It is I who have lent you the winds of millennia, preventing your fall.'
'Now imagine, you can gather this wisp of wind, and make it break through the clouds...'
Paimon clung tightly to Lumine's arm, her little head constantly looking around, "Whose voice is that!?"
"Don't worry about who it is, they're probably helping me..."
While Lumine was just as curious about the identity of the voice, she had already seen the Stormterror charging towards her. She didn't have time to think further, so she could only follow the mysterious voice's instructions and imagine that she could gather the wind and make it obey her.
Fortunately, the voice did not deceive her.
As Lumine imagined, the wind truly gathered at her will, transforming into wind arrows, shooting towards Stormterror!
"It works!" Lumine was overjoyed.
The countless wind arrows struck the thick dragon scales with a loud clatter. Stormterror, whose mind was already in disarray, instantly roared in anger. His wings flapped wildly, and even more violent wind blades than the ones Lumine had shot out tore through the air, howling towards the girl who was only the size of an insect in his eyes.
"Ah——!!!"
Lumine quickly twisted her body in the air, narrowly dodging the wind blades. Looking at the strand of her golden hair that was floating down, the girl felt a sudden toothache.
These wind arrows don't seem to be as effective as she imagined?
(You fool.)
A low hum echoed.
Lumine froze, a low chuckle suddenly ringing in her mind, different from the voice that came with the wind just now.
"Who are you!?"
(Don't worry about who I am, Stormterror is about to attack again. Get out of the way quickly.)
Lumine's peripheral vision naturally caught Stormterror's movement. While thinking "So this dragon is called Stormterror", she dodged several more wind blades.
(Have you noticed the two obvious abnormal places on Stormterror's back? Those are where its poison blood has accumulated, its weak points. Aim, hit it!)
Things were so strange today, first there was a mysterious person who spoke to her through the wind, and now it was even better, someone was speaking directly in her head.
Because of the urgency, Lumine wasn't in the mood to ask too many questions. She could only follow the instructions in her mind and try her best to aim at the poison blood on Stormterror's back, gather the wind, and fire wind arrows.
When the wind arrows struck the poison blood on Stormterror's back, the once arrogant Stormterror immediately roared in pain, and even retreated in fear, turning around and fleeing in a panic.
"It really works! Thank you!"
She subconsciously thanked him, Lumine chased after Stormterror, ignoring all other distractions, keeping her eyes fixed on the poison blood on Stormterror's back.
Paimon, who had been holding onto Lumine's arm and flying along, had found it strange from the beginning. Now that she saw the situation improving, she finally asked, "Lumine, who are you talking to? Is it the voice from before?"
"No." Lumine shook her head, "There was another voice in my head just now, he told me that the poison blood on Stormterror's back is his weak point."
"Stormterror?"
"It's this dragon!"
"Oh..."
On a distant hill, Venti, who had also heard Lumine's explanation through the wind, furrowed his delicate brows.
"Someone else is helping? Strange, why can't the wind hear his voice?"
In the sky, guided by the mysterious voice in her mind, Lumine chased after Stormterror, relentlessly attacking him.
Finally, under the girl's relentless wind arrow attack, the crystalized poison blood accumulation on Stormterror's back shattered!
"We did it! There's one more!"
Lumine cheered, just as she was about to aim at the poison blood crystal on Stormterror's head, she saw the dragon suddenly speed up, and she was actually falling behind!
"No! He's going to escape!"
"That...that who! Do you have any ideas!? He's escaping!"
In her panic, Lumine actually reached out to the mysterious voice in her mind for help.