King felt speechless.
Inazuma's sarcastic and threatening reply.
One could tell with their toes that it couldn't possibly be Raiden Ei's will.
She didn't have those kinds of devious schemes.
As a peak powerhouse standing at the summit of the Gods, Raiden Ei's threats would never be just talk.
Even though this country girl had indeed caused a lot of trouble.
Her governance was a mess, and her subordinates had caused such a huge disaster... but then again, without her presence, this godforsaken place of Inazuma would have been devoured until nothing remained by those desperate, defeated Gods from the Dark Sea.
At that time, the defeated Gods would use Inazuma as a bridgehead to invade the Seven Nations of the mortal world.
Teyvat would likely have to experience the dark catastrophe from 500 years ago once more.
"Sigh..."
King let out a rare sigh in his heart.
What a mess.
He couldn't exactly blast her into dust with one punch, could he?
Just as King was having a headache over how to give this blockhead a way out—
Raiden Ei moved again.
Dragging her battered body, she stumbled toward him step by step.
musou isshin trembled in her hand like she had Parkinson's, the tip of the blade tracing crooked marks on the ground.
She stopped about two steps away from King, seemingly lacking even the strength to lift her sword.
Then, under King's somewhat bewildered gaze, Raiden Ei slowly gripped the sword with both hands and used her last ounce of strength—
To gently slash at the tip of King's shoe.
"..."
The tip of the blade poked limply at the sneakers on King's feet.
King's foot was, of course, completely unharmed; not even a white mark was scratched onto it.
But... *Rip.*
The upper of the shoe was sliced open by musou isshin.
The corner of King's eye twitched imperceptibly.
These shoes were very expensive... and they were a limited edition!
Aside from being a bit old, they were almost like new!
King's mouth twitched, feeling a bit of heartache, but he didn't say anything.
Why bother getting worked up with a stubborn country girl.
Seeing King completely ignore her, Raiden Ei felt a strong surge of indignation.
She bit her lower lip and raised her sword again.
This time, she aimed at the blue windbreaker King was wearing—
The one Furina gave him.
The blade sliced through the air, carrying a "pitifully weak" lightning glow, heading straight for the windbreaker!
King's brow furrowed.
Almost instinctively, King dodged to the side while his right hand shot out like lightning.
"Clap."
Two fingers steadily clamped onto the blade of musou isshin.
Raiden Ei was stunned and instinctively tried to pull the sword back.
But the blade remained motionless between King's fingers, as if welded shut.
She tugged hard again, but it still didn't move.
King glanced at her and gently twisted his fingers.
*Hum—*
musou isshin let out a wail. Raiden Ei felt an irresistible force surge through; her hand holding the sword went numb, and her fingers involuntarily loosened.
The sword had changed hands.
"..."
Time seemed to stand still for a few seconds.
Raiden Ei stared blankly at her empty hands, then looked up at musou isshin being held casually by King.
That exquisite face, which had always been expressionless, showed a clear emotional fluctuation for the first time—
Her eyes widened slightly, her lips trembled, and even the cracks on her body seemed to dim a bit.
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