"—The tides of the Abyss… the thunder of termination… the echoes of extinction… judgment of the end… serve the Abyss—"
"Heh~ hehehe~"
"Weak point— frozen roast chicken wings—"
"If we're going to play, then call more little friends over, yeah~?"
"The disrespectful shall be punished!"
…
Sure is chaotic…
Standing quietly off to the side watching the mixed battle, Su Mo's face was alternately lit by purple lightning and washed over by fiery red glow.
From afar, the clash between the Fatui and the Abyss Order looked like a full-blown concert, lights flashing every color, with an occasional explosion adding rhythm.
But Su Mo was already getting bored.
It wasn't his cue to enter yet — the Knights hadn't arrived.
"Move—!"
Just as he wondered when the Knights of Favonius would show up, a familiar voice rang out in the distance — Kaeya's — followed by loud footsteps and clattering armor.
Finally…
Su Mo glanced toward Mondstadt, and for once, the boredom on his face lifted a little.
"Absolutely cannot let that power fall into their hands!"
Hearing the battle from afar, Jean's expression tightened.
She had just been about to sleep when urgent knocking came from outside — Kaeya reporting the situation at Windrise.
The Fatui and the Abyss were fighting.
No matter the reason, the Knights couldn't ignore a conflict erupting so close to Mondstadt.
"We're close. Everyone, stay alert,"
Diluc warned as the group closed in.
Fatui side
"The Knights? They're here too? Do they also know about the power?"
Childe narrowed his eyes.
Stranger still—
He couldn't sense any such power at all.
Both sides were fighting in utter confusion.
No words.
Just… started hitting each other.
Completely nonsensical.
Knights side
"Acting Grand Master, what do we do? Who do we help? Or… do we just watch?"
Paimon blinked.
"Help no one,"
Kaeya replied.
The Fatui were allies in name only, especially after the fake Anemo Archon incident.
Abyss side
The Abyss Herald was also confused.
They couldn't sense any power from start to end.
Yet the Fatui and the Knights both acted like it was definitely here.
Why?
At that moment—
A clear, ringing girl's voice came from the side:
"Hey, you're all just standing there watching? Not going in for a warm-up?"
Everyone turned.
A gray-haired girl stood atop a small slope, arms crossed, expression bored.
The Herald instantly sensed it—
Not human.
"She—when did she show up?! And what is she doing?"
Childe frowned.
It's her…
Did she already take the power?
Damn…
And where's Miss Rita…?
Diluc felt a bad premonition. He didn't see Rita anywhere and couldn't help worrying.
"Everyone stay alert. The power might already be in her hands."
Venti grew serious.
Her strength was far beyond his expectations.
Something that could draw this many factions… could never be normal.
Ugh… Wendy, couldn't you clean up your mess before leaving…
If she— no, never mind. Let's not invite disaster…
"Forget it. If you're not joining, fine. I'm already bored. Watching you fight is even duller than listening to that annoying maid lecture me. What a disappointment. All that running around for nothing."
The gray-haired girl looked utterly unimpressed, tone full of disdain.
We… were played?
She took the power already?
No wonder—
Childe finally pieced it together.
"So it was you who took it… and made fools of us. You can't bear the consequences of deceiving the Abyss."
The Herald summoned twin blades of Hydro and lunged.
Then—
BOOM—
"That's it? Pathetic."
Lowering the foot she'd casually kicked out, the girl's voice dripped with mockery. Then she added, almost as if remembering manners:
"Oh right, guess I should introduce myself. You can call me the Daylight Knight. As for my real name, no need. Just Daylight Knight."
"Daylight Knight? Like the opposite of the Darknight Hero who only appears at night?"
Paimon recalled stories she'd heard before.
Diluc: "…"
"So the power is in your hands?"
Venti asked, face completely solemn. Her strength was no joke.
"Power? Oh, right— that thing. Let me tell you straight: it doesn't exist. I made it up."
She said it like it was nothing.
That was where your text stopped.
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