Shiki hadn't noticed Enjou, who was dozens of kilometers away. At this moment, her attention was entirely focused on the Mikoshi.
This cube, only about half a person's height, emitted a scorching and dazzling light. Incomplete triangular frames revolved around the glowing cube.
It floated in mid-air like that. Shiki could feel the immense energy emanating from it, but this energy was confined to the high tower by an invisible field. As long as she maintained a certain distance, she would only feel very hot.
Shiki's palm repeatedly lifted and lowered. Finally, she decided not to court death by passing through the field.
At best, her arm would be burned to ashes; at worst, the entire Enkanomiya would be gone.
Once the electro element in her body reacted with the energy inside the Mikoshi…
For details, please refer to the Little Boy and Fat Man.
Oh, it might even be more severe, as there was a high probability that this thing was a fusion reaction.
After looking at the core of the Mikoshi for a while longer, Shiki finally landed on the ground, preparing to see if she could find the bloodbranch coral that Sangonomiya Kokomi had mentioned.
It was said to be a coral branch condensed from the life force of Watatsumi Omikami Orobas, red and blue in color.
However, after circling the base of the high tower, Shiki couldn't find any red and blue coral branches.
'Why isn't it here?'
Just as Shiki was wondering if she had missed something, a voice suddenly came from behind her.
"You won't be able to get the bloodbranch coral that way."
As the voice fell, six electro element spears descended from the sky, forming a golden cage that trapped Enjou inside.
"Stop, stop, stop! What are you doing?"
Enjou collapsed to the ground immediately. This was too scary! Six big treasures fell from the sky right after he spoke.
He hadn't intended to come, but his curiosity was simply too strong. When he saw the girl spinning in circles like a fool, he couldn't resist jumping out.
"Doing what? I should be asking you that, shouldn't I? Do you know that the Abyss power on you is very conspicuous to me?" Shiki turned and said.
There were three types of power on Teyvat: the first was the common elemental power on the continent, the second was the power of Archon that condensed the authority of Archon, and the third was the Abyss.
The Abyss was a power from outside the world. Shiki didn't know what exactly happened to Khaenri'ah Five hundred years ago, but one thing she was certain of.
That was that the people of Khaenri'ah had turned into various monsters under the power of the Abyss, which was the origin of the Abyss Order.
Although in the game, Abyss Mages were constantly trying to expand evil among Hilichurls, in reality, Shiki had never seen an Abyss Mage.
However, not having seen them didn't mean she couldn't recognize the power of the Abyss, as she had both elemental power and the power of Archon within her.
Simple elimination: remove the two she knew, and what the unknown one was, wouldn't it be obvious?
"Oh?"
"How did you know? Our Abyss Order has always avoided contact with you. Logically, you shouldn't know what the Abyss is!"
Upon hearing this, Enjou also stopped pretending and immediately transformed into an Abyss Lector, a humanoid monster with a fiery red body.
"Ah, I guessed."
Enjou: "???"
"You tricked me?"
Shiki: "No, I didn't."
Enjou: "As expected of Shiki, who can turn the tide in Inazuma, she's truly not to be underestimated."
Shiki: "…"
The girl silently looked up at the sky. Brother Long, are the people of the Abyss Order you lead always absorbing too much Abyss, not only having problems with their brains but also not understanding human language?
"I have indeed never seen the Abyss, but precisely because I haven't seen it, this unfamiliar power stands out so much in my perception."
"Sure enough, you were tricking me before!"
At this moment, Enjou was even more convinced of his thoughts. As an old Liyue saying goes, curiosity killed the cat. He shouldn't have come here!
He should have guessed it back at the Library. In all of Inazuma, there was only one person with electro element.
However, what he hadn't expected was, wasn't this a bit too exaggerated? It didn't match the intelligence!
'No wonder His Highness the Prince told us to temporarily withdraw our forces from Inazuma and be careful of this woman named Shiki. She managed to trick my identity out of me in just a few sentences!'
Enjou had already imagined Shiki as an incredibly wise individual with extraordinary electro element.
Meanwhile, Shiki felt that this Pyro Abyss Mage was completely beyond saving. It seemed that absorbing too much Abyss truly did damage one's brain.
"Forget it, forget it, let's just say I was tricking you."
"But what I'm curious about is something else. You said your Abyss Order has been avoiding contact with me. What's that about?" Shiki asked.
No wonder she had never encountered an Abyss Mage before; it turned out they had been deliberately avoiding her!
"Hmph, no matter what you do this time, I won't say anything. I won't fall for the same trick twice!"
Enjou snorted, vowing to keep the Abyss Order's secrets.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Shiki smiled playfully at his words, her exquisite beauty astonishing even Enjou, a Grand Mage of over five hundred years.
It's just… why did he feel waves of chill emanating from that smile that made heaven and earth lose their color?
Tap, tap, tap…
Shiki walked towards Enjou step by step, her wooden clogs making crisp sounds on the stone slabs.
Enjou wanted to open a spatial gate to teleport, but found that under the powerful magnetic field of this lightning cage, he couldn't find any coordinates at all.
"You, what are you going to do? I warn you, don't come any closer!"
"Hehe, nothing much, just lamenting that there are always living beings on the ground who dare to face the faint glow of thunder."
Shiki played with the electro element in her hands as if pulling noodles, and Enjou became even more panicked at the sight.
"Don't come any closer, don't come any closer!!!"
...
"Stop, stop! I'll talk, alright? Don't shock me anymore, I'm going to die if you keep shocking me!"
Enjou finally succumbed to the might of the electro element. His Pyro elemental power, strengthened by the Abyss, was like a tiny matchstick, lasting less than a minute before it was gone.
"It would have been better if you had just done that earlier. Why pretend to be an unyielding warrior?"
Shiki dispelled the electro element in her hand, then asked:
"Tell me, what exactly is going on?"
"…It's His Highness the Prince. He ordered us to fully withdraw from Inazuma and avoid contact with a woman named Shiki."
"At first, I didn't know why His Highness the Prince would give such a strange order, but now I do."
"Someone like you is too dangerous. I was just curious and came to take a look, and I was caught and almost shocked to death!"
Enjou was lying on the floor at this moment. He was completely numb from the electricity and couldn't move anything except his mouth.
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