Dvalin: Even though I was beaten, I still want to say, let us get some real work done.
Venti held the Holy Lyre der Himmel and walked toward the edge of the cliff.
Kael and the others watched him from a distance.
The plan was simple. Venti would call for Dvalin and talk to him. Once Dvalin felt calm, they would move to the next step. They needed to clean the Blood of the Corrupted Dragon.
Once the bad blood was gone, Dvalin would be sane again. The Abyss Order would no longer be able to control his mind.
A soft song from the lyre began to play.
Under everyone's eyes, a sudden storm of wind hit Starsnatch Cliff.
A huge figure shot up from the bottom of the cliff.
The strong wind blinded everyone for a moment.
When the wind finally stopped, they saw Dvalin standing before Venti.
"It is you. There is nothing left to talk about."
"Is that so? Are my eyes lying to me? Your gaze seems to remember this song."
Venti and Dvalin, one man and one dragon, stared at each other in silence.
Suddenly, a cold beam of energy shot out from nowhere.
The surprise attack knocked the Holy Lyre der Himmel out of Venti's hands.
In an instant, the lyre lost its green glow. It looked like it was dying.
Amber: "It is an Abyss cultist."
Fischl: "An Abyss cultist just destroyed the Holy Lyre der Himmel in the Anemo Archon's hands?"
Barbara: "..."
Jean: "This..."
Yelan: "So careless. Did he not rest well last night and just drink all night instead?"
Venti: "Hey! That is impossible. I was just careless for a moment."
Dvalin: "Maybe he was so focused on talking to me that he did not notice the Abyss cultist."
Eula: "Acting Grand Master Jean, did something like this happen when you went on missions in this life?"
Jean: "This..."
Kaeya: "Great. Will this ruin Mondstadt's name in other nations?"
Keqing: "Do not worry. It will not. The fall of our Rex Lapis in Liyue did not ruin Liyue's name in your eyes, did it?"
Cloud Retainer: "Cough cough. That is not very nice to an adeptus."
Shenhe: "..."
Ganyu: "..."
"Do not be fooled by him, poor dragon..."
With quiet, happy whispers, an Abyss cultist floated out from behind Dvalin.
"He left you a long time ago."
Just then, Jean and Diluc ran out to stand in front of Venti. They wanted to protect him.
The Abyss cultist's smile grew wider. "Look. This time, he is lying to you again."
"Feel the hatred. Feel the anger..."
"You are already an enemy of Mondstadt. There is no turning back."
The cultist's words filled Dvalin with sudden rage.
He glared at the people before him.
Just as the cultist said, Barbatos did not call him just to have a friendly chat.
He wanted to...
"Barbatos!"
Dvalin let out a loud roar.
"You brought these people here to hunt me down, did you not?"
ROAR!
The angry dragon cry went across Starsnatch Cliff.
The scary sound made everyone shiver.
"No..."
"It is not like that, Dvalin."
Venti stepped forward to explain.
But the Abyss cultist was faster. He jumped onto Dvalin's back and laughed. "Now, this dragon will go serve his true master."
"You can just stay here and be helpless."
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Dvalin flapped his huge wings.
Just as he was about to fly away, many vines burst from the cliff wall below.
They wrapped tightly around Dvalin's body.
"What!" The Abyss cultist was scared. "What is this?"
That was not all.
Venti and the others were also shocked by the sight.
In that moment, Venti finally understood.
Kael must have done this.
"No, what is happening?"
"Dragon, fly now!"
The Abyss cultist shouted in anger.
As he spoke, several vines wrapped around him.
In an instant, a strong force crushed the Abyss cultist into nothing.
"This is..."
Jean was shocked.
"What kind of power is this?"
Before anyone could react, Dvalin roared again. "Barbatos, you really do want to kill me, do you not?"
The more Dvalin struggled, the tighter the vines wrapped around him.
While he fought, Dvalin felt the vines stealing his strength.
Soon, the huge dragon stopped moving.
Wrapped in vines, he crashed onto the ground of Starsnatch Cliff.
"Dvalin!"
Venti rushed forward to check on him.
Luckily, Dvalin had only lost his strength and lay on the ground. He was not in danger of dying.
"Mr. Kael, did you do this?"
Jean looked at Kael with a serious face.
This was not part of their plan.
However, looking at Kael, who was breathing hard, everyone knew this attack came from him.
"Hah..."
Kael took a deep breath and stood steady.
"Venti..."
"Or rather, the Anemo Archon Barbatos."
"Since your plan failed, we could not just watch Dvalin fly away."
"So I had to use some force."
Kael walked over to Venti and patted his shoulder.
"Do not worry. Dvalin is not in danger."
"He is weak right now. This will make it much easier for us to clean the Blood of the Corrupted Dragon inside him."
"But before that, could the Anemo Archon do me a small favor?"
"Lumine has something she wants to ask you."
---End Of Chapter---
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