Chapter 121

"BOOM!!!"

A tremendous sound echoed through the sky as Morax's divine form made its brilliant entrance.

However, that massive body plummeted straight down from the clouds.

"CRASH!"

It slammed down hard, landing directly on the table of offerings.

The Geo Archon's divine form appeared as half-dragon, half-qilin.

But at the head, that majestic dragon face had its eyes tightly shut.

"Heavens above, what happened?"

"I think I saw Lord Rex Lapis fall from the sky..."

Witnessing this scene, the crowd's initial shock had turned to terror.

This was their most revered deity, yet he had fallen straight to the ground before their eyes.

"Keqing, have the Millelith seal off the area..."

Ningguang was the first to approach. After examining the divine body, she displayed a gravity never before seen on her face.

Their eyes met, and Keqing likewise understood the severity of the situation.

In such official matters, personal grievances had to be set aside.

"I understand!"

As Keqing left with her orders, Ningguang turned her gaze to Ganyu, the secretary of Yuehai Pavilion.

"Ganyu, you must know what happened!"

"Rex Lapis... how could this happen to Rex Lapis?"

How could Ganyu, with her thousand-year relationship with Rex Lapis, not understand what had occurred?

She had just witnessed the Geo Archon lose his life before her very eyes.

She had been thinking of using her connections to have Morax assign Nathan to her.

But now, they were eternally separated!

"Rex Lapis has been assassinated. While we all grieve, we must pull ourselves together and find the culprit!"

Ningguang paused halfway, patting her rival's shoulder.

"I know that those who practice adeptal arts are usually very sensitive to others' thoughts. So I'm asking you and your junior disciple to help find any suspicious individuals!"

"I understand!"

Ganyu nodded, composing herself once more.

After Ganyu and Shenhe left, only Hu Tao and Ningguang remained face to face!

"It seems the Director needs to make preparations..."

"Oh? Hu Tao, what preparations?"

Ningguang looked at her puzzled, as Hu Tao wore an unusually serious expression.

"The Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's traditions aren't just about guiding humans to the afterlife. Now that a god has passed, we naturally need to prepare the appropriate funeral rites!"

"Ah!"

Ningguang didn't contradict Hu Tao's words, instead gazing helplessly at the sky.

The heavens over Liyue... would soon change!

...................

"Hey hey hey, Traveler, what's going on?"

Meanwhile in the crowd, Paimon had already panicked.

"They said Rex Lapis was assassinated? Did the Geo Archon just die? Ah, it's the Millelith and that fierce woman..."

Paimon floated upward, immediately spotting Keqing leading the Millelith to surround the area.

"Aaaaah... Traveler, what should we do? That fierce woman is questioning all suspicious people near the scene. Could the murderer be among us?"

Paimon flew to Lumine's shoulder, suddenly seeming to realize something.

"Speaking of suspicious people, wouldn't that be us?"

"Shh..."

After listening to this long stream of chatter, Lumine finally reacted, but only to make a silencing gesture at Paimon.

"Eh? Traveler, where are you going? Why are we running away?"

The next second, Lumine had already started quietly retreating with her tiny companion.

"The deity might be my enemy from back then. We can't let these devotees catch us!"

She explained her actions while fleeing.

"Suspicious individuals spotted acting suspiciously!"

However, they hadn't gone far before being spotted by patrolling Millelith.

"After them!!!"

Seeing this, Keqing immediately led her soldiers in pursuit.

"Waaah, Traveler, that fierce woman is chasing us with lots of soldiers!"

Paimon looked back to see Keqing's figure flash like lightning, already nearly catching up to them.

"Mm, Paimon, don't look back!"

Lumine quickened her pace, the wind whistling past them.

"This is bad, Traveler, we're surrounded!"

Paimon pointed ahead, where Ganyu and Shenhe were already blocking the exit.

"You suspicious character, don't think about escaping. Surrender now!"

Keqing had caught up from behind, completely cutting off Lumine's retreat.

"Traveler, you were right - they all look so fierce! We absolutely can't let them catch us here!"

"No choice then, we'll have to break through by force!"

At this crucial moment, Lumine instantly devised a strategy.

If they didn't break through now, once more Millelith arrived to surround them, escape would be impossible.

"Still planning to resist? Then we'll have to restrict your movements!"

Seeing their opponent prepare to fight, Keqing exchanged a glance with Ganyu ahead.

In an instant, all three women had drawn their weapons.

"Traveler, can we win?"

Seeing the tense situation, Paimon asked nervously.

She felt that these three women surrounding them were on a completely different level from the Knights of Favonius.

"Don't know, but we must fight!"

At this, Lumine gripped her Dull Blade tightly.

She prepared to gather Geo energy resonating from Rex Lapis's statue...

"Wait, everyone stop!"

At this critical moment, someone suddenly entered the battlefield.

"Nathan? Why are you here?"

Keqing was stunned by Nathan's sudden appearance.

"Nathan, get away! That person is dangerous!"

Ganyu warned from the front, her bow already drawn!

"It's alright, this person isn't the criminal you're looking for!"

Nathan glanced at Paimon and Lumine beside him, then smiled at the women.

According to the game's plot, he originally wouldn't have needed to appear.

Because after escaping from Yujing Terrace, Lumine and Paimon would have met Tartaglia, who had been waiting for them, leading to a series of events.

But because of Nathan's existence, reality had diverged significantly from the game.

The key difference was that Ganyu and the others were present at the Rite of Descension.

Now that Lumine was surrounded by them, trying to compete against their five-star weapons with just a Dull Blade was pure fantasy.

With Ganyu and Shenhe in action, anyone would tremble, not to mention Keqing, Liyue's Lightning Girl, joining the battle.

To prevent Lumine from getting beaten down, Nathan had no choice but to reveal himself.

However, while he was talking with Ganyu and the others, Lumine suddenly approached him and grabbed his wrist.

"Brother!"

"Huh???"

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