Two hydro dragons attacked first, and Tartaglia quickly dodged.
Tartaglia charged at Lin Qiu, but fire pillars always rose up in his path, blocking his steps, and then the hydro dragons followed close behind.
Tartaglia, covered in the Pyro element, had no choice but to dodge, which meant he couldn't get close to Lin Qiu at all.
After a period of entanglement, both Tartaglia and Lin Qiu were greatly exhausted.
Perhaps due to the exhaustion, Tartaglia found an opening in Lin Qiu's defenses.
This time, Lin Qiu didn't have time to block him with fire pillars, giving him a chance to get close to Lin Qiu.
Just as Tartaglia charged at Lin Qiu, a bolt of lightning struck in front of Lin Qiu.
His vision was briefly obscured, and when he looked again, Tartaglia had vanished.
Such an obvious opening naturally made Tartaglia suspect a trick, so he played along, first approaching Lin Qiu, then changing his attack trajectory at the last moment.
However, Lin Qiu had already predicted Tartaglia's prediction; he guessed that Tartaglia, with his high combat intelligence, would see through this deliberate opening.
As Tartaglia arrived beside Lin Qiu, fire pillars erupted from beneath Tartaglia's feet.
This attack came swiftly, and Tartaglia couldn't stop his momentum, leaving him no time to dodge.
Lin Qiu still liked to hide his true strength during combat; Tartaglia thought that as long as he was within Lin Qiu's fire circle, the attack speed of the fire pillars would be consistently fast.
This was not the case; in reality, the closer one was to Lin Qiu's center, the faster the attack.
Lin Qiu deliberately made the attack speed consistent at all positions, intending to catch Tartaglia off guard when he got close.
This fire circle was a deceptive trap from the very beginning.
Flames engulfed Tartaglia; the DMG was not significant, but the impact of the flames restricted his movements.
"Paimon, some music!" Lin Qiu raised two fingers together.
"Eh? What music?" Paimon didn't get it.
A hydro dragon surged forth, engulfing both the flames and Tartaglia within it.
Hydro hitting Pyro, 2x Vaporize.
Under the fierce impact of the hydro dragon, the ground, which was already on the verge of collapsing, finally reached its limit.
The ground collapsed, and everyone fell to the next level, Tartaglia seemingly buried under the rubble.
"I told you to be careful; now you'll have to pay for the damages, won't you?" Lin Qiu spread his hands.
I told you the ground wouldn't hold and would break, but you didn't believe the Prophet.
"Cough, cough." Tartaglia emerged from the rubble, kneeling on one knee; he was too weak to maintain his Devil King Armed.
"Even if there's compensation, I think it should be you who pays." Tartaglia's voice was weak.
"Truly excellent. The Prophet actually possesses such combat power. He certainly has the qualifications to become a Harbinger." Rosalyne clapped her hands in praise.
"It seems this toy salesman is about to become the Twelfth Seat." Rosalyne glanced at Tartaglia.
Tartaglia said nothing; losing meant losing.
Even if I win next time, that's next time; this time, I lost.
"I lost. According to the wager, my life is yours." Tartaglia said.
As he spoke, he stood up, with several Sigils of Permission floating around him.
"But before that, I must complete Her Majesty's mission."
"Partner, if you hand over the Gnosis, I'll stop."
"Then you'd better unseal Osial." Lin Qiu spread his hands. "Where would I have a Gnosis?"
Moreover, if you don't unseal Osial, what about Zhongli's trial? Do you want me to be the villain and fight all of Liyue? Me?
"Do you think I wouldn't dare?" Tartaglia unleashed the power of the Sigils of Permission.
The earth rumbled, the waves surged, and Osial's seal was broken.
Under the cover of the Sigils of Permission's power, Rosalyne left the Golden House with the exhausted Tartaglia.
"I thought their relationship was really bad, but I didn't expect them to remember to take each other when escaping." Paimon said.
"The Lady is not the Doctor after all."
"Let's go, we should head to the harbor too." Lin Qiu said.
"Mhm." Lumine nodded, raised her arm, and placed her hand on Lin Qiu's shoulder.
In a blink of an eye, the two and little Paimon returned to Liyue. This was the charm of Lin Qiu's group teleportation.
Back at the Golden House, Rosalyne and Tartaglia, who wanted to leave, were stopped.
"Fatui Harbinger, do you think you can just leave after unsealing Osial?" Yelan stopped Rosalyne.
Rosalyne threw Tartaglia aside and watched Yelan warily. She could feel that this person was not weak.
Normally, a fight would be fine, but the problem was that she had just fought the Traveler. Although she wasn't seriously injured, she had expended a lot of stamina.
In such a poor state, if she still wanted to fight the opponent, she would have no choice but to transform into the Crimson Witch of Flames.
Yelan raised her hand, and blue hydro threads were wrapped around all five of her slender fingers.
Hydro threads from Yelan surrounded them, like a spiderweb, and Rosalyne and Tartaglia were like prey caught in the web.
"It's better not to move around too much~" Yelan's fingers twitched slightly, and a hydro thread sliced past the two, leaving a mark on the ground.
They were already in a bad state and had stepped into a trap the opponent had prepared in advance.
"Eleventh, this is all because you wouldn't bow to me. I think you should really go be a toy salesman." Rosalyne snorted coldly.
"I'll hold her off." Tartaglia stood up.
"In your state, who do you plan to hold off? Just don't drag me down." Rosalyne scoffed.
Flames began to gather around her. Even if she didn't want to, at this moment, she could only transform into the Crimson Witch of Flames.
"Stubborn resistance." Yelan's delicate brows furrowed slightly, and with a flick of her finger, several hydro threads attacked Rosalyne.
A burst of flames rushed forth, sweeping around Rosalyne and Vaporizing the hydro threads.
Strangely, Rosalyne stopped her transformation. These flames were not her doing.
"Miss Yelan, regarding this incident, the Fatui will give Liyue an explanation."
"However, we hope to discuss this matter at the negotiating table, rather than in a prison."
The KnaveArlecchino walked slowly, speaking in a soft tone.
Her missions were the Hydro Archon and Lin Qiu. The Hydro Archon couldn't be rushed, and Lin Qiu had come to Liyue, so she had also come to Liyue.
"The Fourth of the Fatui Harbingers, The Knave?" Yelan stared at Arlecchino.
Arlecchino merely smiled, neither replying nor adopting a combat stance.
The situation had reversed. Liyue's combat forces were all preparing to face Osial, and Yelan had no reinforcements.
Facing two Harbingers at once, one of whom was the Fourth Seat, even Yelan couldn't do it.
As for Tartaglia, he was already exhausted by Lin Qiu and was not a concern.
"Sigh, it seems my mission failed." Yelan spoke nonsense.
Her mission was only to protect Lin Qiu. This time, she only saw a rare opportunity and wanted to capture a Fatui Harbinger along the way.
But there was no need to tell the Fatui this information directly.
Yelan raised her longbow and shot a hydro arrow.
Arlecchino snapped her fingers, and flames pierced out, blocking the hydro arrow.
By the time the hydro and flames dissipated, Yelan had already vanished.
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Character Voice Line · Yelan: About Lin Qiu · Part Two
"Actually, I'm very curious about how much the Prophet knows. I wonder if my interrogation methods could get it out of him?
It's a pity that with my relationship with him, I won't have a chance to interrogate him."