People in Teyvat, starting from saving the grass god

Nowadays, all the Abyss Mages who were killed by Rhodes and exterminated or captured alive by Jean were Kong's subordinates.

But Rhodes wandered around Mondstadt for a long time but found no trace of the Prince of the Abyss.

It is clear.

He is different from those abyss monsters that leave a trail wherever they go. He can perfectly control his own power and will not leak even a single bit.

A poisonous snake lurks in the darkness.

This resulted in no trace of Kong being found for as long as one day.

Rhodes always had a feeling that he would come out to cause trouble when he was solving Tevarin's problem.

The arrival of Ying can solve this problem very well.

No matter how heartless Kong becomes under the influence of the Abyss, he will not attack Ying.

As long as he and Ying can successfully reach a cooperative relationship, he can avoid the situation where Kong might come out to cause trouble.

"Hi, how are you guys?"

While Rhode was still thinking about how to approach and strike up a conversation, Wendy had already come up to her with a smile.

At this time, Ying and Wendy had never met each other.

However, Wendy simply showed something and brought Ying and Paimon, who were about to go to the Knights of Favonius with Amber.

The thing he showed.

It is a crystal stone emitting blue light.

These are Tevarin's tears.

It was a tear that Tevarin had shed earlier when Wendy had tried to contact him.

at first.

This tear was bright and dazzling red, and it kept emitting a foul smell. It was the filth from the abyss and was highly poisonous. Even Wendy didn't dare to touch it easily. She could only wrap it up with the power of wind element and preserve it well.

Later I met Rod.

Knowing that Rhodes could purify the power of the abyss, he gave the tear to Rhodes to help purify it.

Now this tear in the shape of a blue crystal is what it looks like after purification.

It is also through the filth in this crystal.

Rhodes had some understanding of the poisonous blood in Tevarin's body.

Compared to the power of Xumi's death zone.

The poisonous blood from the abyss in Tevarin's body was purer, and the filthy power was stronger, but it did not exceed Rhodes's ability to bear, so it was relatively easy to swallow.

Ying happened to have a tear exactly the same as this one in her hand.

Rhode didn't know how Wendy knew that Ying also had a tear crystal in her hand.

Because according to the time.

Ying probably didn't see Wendy comforting Twalin.

But there is no doubt about it.

With the help of this purified tear, their conversation went very smoothly, and Ying followed Wendy to Rhodes.

"what--"

As soon as they met, before Rhodes could speak, Paimon, who had been floating beside Ying, began to circle around him, and especially tapped on the void terminal which was also floating.

Listening to the 'bang bang bang' sound coming from the void terminal, Paimon asked curiously: "Is this your guide?"

"Uh--"

“I guess so.”

Rhode smiled, then looked at Ying and the others and said, "Hello, my name is Rhode, and I am the helper that the Knights of Favonius invited to solve the dragon disaster."

This is the identity that Wendy and Ying just mentioned.

Rhodes heard it clearly.

"Hello, I'm your mother."

"I'm Paimon, the best guide in all of Teyvat."

Speaking of the word "guide", Paimon glanced at the void terminal secretly, then put his hands on his hips, looking very proud.

The machine behind Rhodes cannot communicate with humans.

really.

She is the best guide.

Amber followed.

As a scout knight, she has recently been active on the outskirts of Mondstadt, helping to clear out the monsters that were restless due to the appearance of the Wind Dragon, and also bringing some travelers who were still wandering in the wilderness into the city.

Ying and Paimon got together with her for this reason.

Looking at Rhodes's unfamiliar face.

Amber was skeptical about his claim that he was the helper invited by the Knights of Favonius to solve the dragon disaster.

But after seeing the Knights' badge that belonged to Lisa that Rhode showed her, she no longer suspected him.

Lisa is different from others.

Said he was a librarian.

But she is a master that even the captain of the Eighth Team openly admits is inferior to him, and both the Grand Commander and the Acting Commander have great trust in her.

If you can get her approval, then you must be someone you can trust.

Therefore, she just looked at Rhode carefully, without saying much, and simply introduced herself: "Hello, I am Amber, the scout knight of the Knights of Favonius. If you need any help in the future, feel free to tell me."

In a few words.

The few of them quickly became familiar with each other.

Ying also mentioned that she came to Mondstadt to look for the God of Wind, to see if she could find any clues about her brother from him.

Speaking of it.

Rod glanced at Wendy.

Seeing that he was joking around but his eyes were on Amber, Rhode did not reveal his identity or say that he knew the whereabouts of the God of Wind. He invited him, "Wendy and I are going to the Deer Hunter Restaurant. Let's go together. I'll treat you. You can also try Mond's specialty, fried carrots with honey sauce."

“Fried pork with carrots in honey sauce!”

Hearing the name, Paimon immediately jumped up in the air excitedly, looked at Ying expectantly and said, "Let's go, let's go~~"

Ying would naturally satisfy her little foodie's small request, so she smiled and said to Rhode, "Then I'll have to trouble you to spend the money."

Wendy had no objection to not going to the Angel's Gift as originally agreed upon and going to the Deer Hunter Restaurant instead. However, Amber, who was also invited, looked embarrassed. She stepped forward and pulled Rod aside, whispering in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Mr. Rhodes, I have an order from Captain Qin. If anyone finds a blonde traveler carrying a flying object, she must be brought to the Knights of Favonius as soon as possible."

Listen to what she said.

Rhodes then remembered.

A few days ago, he did ask Lisa whether Ying had gone into the city.

I think Lisa took this matter to heart and informed Qin, who then passed the order to the reconnaissance team that was carrying out the mission outside the city.

Rhodes originally wanted to bring Ying to see Qin later.

But when he saw Amber's dilemma, he changed his tone and said, "Okay, let's go to the Knights together first."

Hear this.

Amber let out a long sigh: "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

After talking to Amber, Rhode returned to Ying and Wendy and said apologetically, "Sorry, we have to eat the fried meat with honey-sauce carrots tonight. We have to go to the Knights first."

Ying had no objection to this.

Visiting the Knights of Favonius to inquire about the information of the God of Wind was something that was originally planned.

It was just that Paimon seemed a little unhappy. He pouted and kept repeating "Fried carrots with honey sauce, fried carrots with honey sauce" over and over again.

Later accompanied by Amber.

Rhodes and his men changed direction and headed straight for the Knights of Favonius.

While on the road.

In order to compensate Paimon who was resentful for not being able to eat the fried carrots with honey sauce, Rhodes bought her some convenient carrot meatballs and grilled fish at a street snack bar.

This instantly made Paimon's favorability towards Rhodes doubled, and the way he looked at him became much warmer than before.

After coaxing the childish Paimon.

Rhode then asked Ying where the drop of dragon tear in her hand came from.

The process is not complicated.

The front is the same as what Rhodes knows.

Ying, who was traveling alone, caught Paimon while fishing at the seaside, and the two became travel companions from then on, with Paimon as their guide, and they made a travel plan to the mortal world to find the Seven Gods.

that's it.

They were gone for two months.

Finally arrived in Mondstadt.

The day before yesterday, they ran into the Wind Dragon who was resting in the woods.

The wind dragon is huge.

Block all roads ahead.

Paimon didn't dare to go forward, so the two of them hid in the distance and observed quietly. They waited until the Wind Dragon left, and then they found such a crystal stone where he had just rested.

"Tevalin"

Wendy, who was chatting and laughing before, had a look of sadness on her face after hearing this.

Even if he's gone crazy.

Tevarin still shed tears for what he had done.

Unlike the tear crystal in Wendy's hand, the tear crystal in Ying's hand has not been purified.

See this red crystal again.

Amber was curious and reached out to touch it.

Her bold move was also stopped by Rhodes.

"Be careful, the filth and elemental forces in here repel each other."

Rhodes reminded Amber.

Say it.

He grabbed the tear crystal in his hand.

"Hey you!"

This action immediately surprised Amber and the others.

Rhode had just said that this crystal and elemental force repelled each other, so why did he suddenly take action himself?

Then they saw it.

The red color in the tear crystal slowly faded away, and in a few breaths, it turned into the same pure blue color as the tear crystal in Wendy's hand.

"Okay, now it's okay."

After absorbing the abyss power in the tear crystal, Rhodes threw the tear crystal back into Ying's hands as if he had done something insignificant.

"Huh???"

"Can't you use elemental power? Why are you okay?"