【“Ah!”】
【The knight standing in front of the Lyre stared fearfully at its back, letting out a scream. 】
【Seeing that the acting Grand Master of Mondstadt, Jean Gunnhildr, was about to face death. 】
【The knight’s choice was to turn his body and run to the back.】
【He had never seen such a terrifying Hilichurl, and he was terrified.】
【But the uncanny was born at this time.】
【Perhaps his voice was too loud, attracting the attention of the Hilichurl Brute.】
【It lifted its head, its gaze fixed on the knight who was running away.】
【With a single stride, it leaped forward, straight at the knight, landing with one foot on the knight's body as it landed.】
【Without even a scream, the knight's body began to crumble and shatter.】
【Little by little, like broken pieces of a cube, it slowly disappeared from Jean's sight.】
【“Damn it!” Jean glared at the back of the Hilichurl Brute, drawing her knight's sword again, wanting to avenge her companion.】
【Unfortunately, the Hilichurl Brute did not linger, after stomping the knight to death, it went straight towards Mondstadt City.】
【“Damn it, damn it...”】
【Looking at the mess on the ground, at the injured Knights of Favonius.】
【For the first time, Jean helplessly waved her knight's sword in the air, venting the grief and unwillingness in her heart.】
【The knight squad she led was actually tricked by two Hilichurls, and even suffered heavy casualties. How could she face the people of Mondstadt?】
【But now was not the time for a tantrum.】
【Those guys had already marched towards Mondstadt, and Jean dared not hesitate for a moment. She gathered a few knights who were still able to move, and rushed towards Mondstadt without stopping.】
Mondstadt City, Knights of Favonius.
Jean hung her head, her face dull.
She did not die, she survived.
But her knights were trampled to death by the Hilichurl Brute right in front of her.
Even though she didn't experience it personally, she understood the bitterness and unwillingness in the heart of her projection in the screen.
That self-blame made her unable to face the trust of her family, the high hopes of the Grand Master, and the title of Knight bestowed by Lady Winnifred.
“It should have been me who died...” Jean mumbled as if she had lost her soul.
She didn't understand why, at the crucial moment, the Hilichurl Brute would change its target and trample her companion to death.
This feeling made her even more sad, as if the other party was dying for her.
“Jean!” Lisa suddenly grabbed Jean's shoulder, putting away her usual laziness, her expression serious. “Cheer up.”
“This is not your fault, it’s all the Fifth Descender’s doing.”
The Hilichurl archers hid behind the trees and shot cold arrows at the Knights of Favonius, and the Hilichurl Brute broke up the formation.
The other Hilichurls suddenly changed their course and took a different route directly to Mondstadt City.
Was all this the intelligence of the Hilichurls?
Lisa, a graduate of Sumeru, never believed in coincidences.
Hilichurls suddenly know how to launch a night attack, Hilichurls suddenly know how to ambush, Hilichurls suddenly know how to hold back?
She didn't believe for a moment that Hilichurls, whose IQ was lower than that of a bard, would suddenly become so intelligent overnight.
Plus, their powerful strength and strange ability to cause a person's body to crumble and shatter.
She even suspected that these Hilichurls were just a group of other monsters with the same appearance as Hilichurls.
Moreover, their will was under the control of the Fifth Descender.
Somewhere in a space outside the world of Teyvat.
“The girl from Mondstadt lived, haha...”
“It's interesting. If that knight hadn't given up on being the acting Grand Master who has been working hard for Mondstadt, I'm really curious how the Fifth Descender would choose.”
The blond man watched everything in front of him with interest, occasionally commenting on it.
Beside him, a warrior in purple-black armor asked in a low voice, “Visfernyl, what do you mean by that?”
“It's easy to understand, Surtlochi.” Visfernyl smiled, “This screen has shown from the beginning that the Fifth Descender believes that many people are not worthy of being resurrected.”
“That runaway knight clearly abandoned his knightly spirit as a knight, and he was naturally eliminated.”
Surtlochi glanced at Visfernyl, who was complacent, and didn't continue talking to him, just left a word of boredom, and got up and walked towards the door.
Through spatial teleportation, he returned to his residence, and finally vented his dissatisfaction.
“Humph! Idiot.”
“Since the screen appeared, you've been unable to predict the future of the world of Teyvat.”
“You still have the mood to play with your little cleverness here, stupid, you're really stupid.”
After venting his anger, Surtlochi calmed down.
He sent a call to his disciple.
After a while, the space twisted and then shattered.
A beautiful woman with silver hair, red eyes, and black hot pants stepped out.
“Master, you called for me?”
“Scirk, I now order you to go to Teyvat immediately and investigate that Fifth Descender thoroughly.”
Hearing Surtlochi's order, Scirk did not show any expression on her face, and calmly said: “Yes, I understand, Master.”
But before she left, Scirk suddenly asked another question: “That Fourth Descender...”
“No need to worry about her.” Surtlochi waved his hand confidently, “The strength of the twins in their prime is not as good as the confused Dainsleif.”
“As the Prince of the Abyss Order, what the empty one does is beneficial to us.”
“Only that suddenly appeared Fifth Descender, is too weird.”
“You go investigate, if you find that there is a possibility of winning, then...”
Surtlochi gave Scirk a meaningful look.
“This variable is not in our plan, it’s better to eliminate it as soon as possible for peace of mind.”