Miyashiro was mentioning these secrets about the Gods for the first time, so the two beautiful Damselettes listened very attentively, their eyes sparkling with admiration, almost ready to take notes, which Miyashiro enjoyed immensely.
Thus, Miyashiro unconsciously told them more historical data and records about the Archon War in Teyvat.
Like Havria, the God of Salt, who was weak-willed, constantly ceded territory to protect her people, but was ultimately betrayed by them.
Decarabian, the God of Tornadoes, who was powerful but misunderstood the actions of his people and imposed tyranny.
Andrius, the Andrius who sacrificed all his power to protect the land, and Marchosius, the God of the Hearth.
And then there was the most controversial figure in the Sumeru region, Akasha Pulses, who possessed immense power and abundant faith. It was truly regrettable that this powerful God, who could be called the "Sumeru Morax," failed to emerge victorious in the Archon War.
Kokomi and Ayaka also raised their own questions, debating the relative importance of one's own strength versus the combat power augmented by the power of faith, and discussed it heatedly using the examples of Gods Miyashiro had described.
They never doubted that what Miyashiro said might be false; after all, his status, position, and strength were evident, and the historical materials and secrets he could access were vastly different from theirs.
If Ayaka and Kokomi wanted to research something, they could only piece together the truth from written records or the ruins themselves, but the recorded historical materials themselves might be incorrect, and continuing to deduce based on incorrect materials would only lead to wrong answers.
Miyashiro, however, was different. If he wanted to know about events that happened in Teyvat, he could directly ask a bard in a certain tavern in Mondstadt, or a consultant in a certain teahouse in Liyue, or simply ask a certain shut-in who refused to leave her home, right next door in the Tenshukaku.
As witnesses to history, they themselves were part of history, primary sources, and if they were not willing to be Teyvat's riddlers, what they said was generally credible.
Miyashiro saw that they were getting carried away, so he cleared his throat and forcefully pulled the conversation back: "In short, the current Lesser Lord Kusanali should be the only one among the Seven Archons whose combat power has not reached the God-level.
But this is only measured in terms of combat power. As the God of Wisdom, she possesses the clearance to connect to Irminsul and control dreams. In the spiritual domain, if she claims to be second in current Teyvat, no one dares to claim to be first. Even my Sharingan is not enough to drag so many people into my genjutsu at once."
Ayaka: "Then how should we proceed with our work in Sumeru? Are we to rescue Lesser Lord Kusanali?"
Miyashiro smiled: "Since the Akademiya high-ups are hostile towards our Inazuma Delegation and unwilling to cooperate with us, instead of bowing and scraping to beg for cooperation, why not simply replace all the Akademiya high-ups with people who are willing to cooperate with us? Wouldn't that be better?"
Upon hearing this, Ayaka instinctively covered her wide-open cherry-red mouth with her hand and said in disbelief: "You mean, to bring down the Grand Sage and his cronies? And then support a new Grand Sage to cooperate with us?"
Kokomi also said: "I originally thought my ideas were radical enough, but I didn't expect, Regent, your ideas are even more radical. However, this is indeed a simple and crude method.
Now that we know about the Akademiya's scandal of imprisoning Lesser Lord Kusanali, if this news spreads throughout Sumeru City, it might really bring down the Grand Sage."
Regarding Kokomi's answer, Miyashiro waved his hand and said: "No, in the end, Lesser Lord Kusanali has too few believers in Sumeru. Even if her followers learned of this, it wouldn't amount to much and would be suppressed.
If the Akademiya had imprisoned Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, the people of Sumeru would have overthrown the entire Akademiya upon learning of it, but Lesser Lord Kusanali does not have that influence.
Also, the Akademiya controls the Akasha, and Sumeru City is their base. Many Sumeru citizens have become dependent on the Akasha Terminal and will subconsciously believe that messages from the Akasha are correct. If it's just rumors, the credible Akademiya only needs to refute them through the Akasha, and the rumors will collapse on their own.
Just based on public opinion, spreading rumors will be difficult to be effective, unless we spend time first to damage the Akademiya's credibility, but that would take too long, and we don't have that much time.
Moreover, what we need to do is eradicate all those associated with the Grand Sage. If only one person is removed, the situation for Inazuma will not change."
Kokomi nodded upon hearing this and began to think of other solutions. Restricted by the identity of the Inazuma Delegation, trying to deal with the Grand Sage's faction through her own means would be extremely difficult. Given this, finding suitable helpers in Sumeru would be crucial.
At this thought, two figures inexplicably appeared in Kokomi's mind: a blonde Damselette and a white floating spirit creature.
Kokomi murmured: "Lumine and Paimon?"
Ayaka heard these two familiar names and instinctively wondered why Kokomi mentioned them, but the next moment, Ayaka remembered their diligent performance when they were in Inazuma and suddenly understood.
Miyashiro, on the other hand, burst out laughing, secretly thinking: So these two have such similar roles in their eyes, poor Traveler and Paimon.
Kokomi: "When we met Lumine earlier, she clearly stated that she came to Sumeru to meet Lesser Lord Kusanali. Now that she is imprisoned by the Akademiya, she should be the most anxious person."
Miyashiro: "But Lumine wouldn't overthrow the entire Akademiya just to meet Lesser Lord Kusanali, would she?"
Kokomi: "But we are new to Sumeru and unfamiliar with the place. The only external combat power we can borrow is probably Lumine, right? Besides her, we don't even know who in the Akademiya is not aligned with the Grand Sage."
Miyashiro pondered for a moment: "Then our task for the next few days is to find out the factional divisions within the Akademiya before the Sabzeruz Festival begins, and identify who is friendly to Inazuma and who is hostile.
Lumine is indeed a very good candidate. Although the reasons for her to insist on overthrowing the Grand Sage are not yet sufficient, we can subtly guide her. Additionally, I believe with her trouble-magnet physique and Paimon's social butterfly nature, she will quickly gather a group of companions willing to go through fire and water with her."
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