Orion and the others were sprinting quickly toward the Mondstadt Cathedral, but their goal was not to find a certain Mondstadt drunkard; it was... "Hurry! Run faster, Orion! The Traveler has already descended to about a hundred meters!"
"¡Rápido! ¡Corre más rápido, Orión! ¡El Viajero ya ha descendido a unos cien metros!"
"I'm running, I'm running!"
That's right, Lumine, having lost the protection of the Anemo God's power, was slowly gliding down from a height of a thousand meters.
I have to say, Lumine has some Talents. If an untrained person carrying a parachute pack were floating down, they would probably be drifting aimlessly, but Lumine managed to precisely aim for the Cathedral Plaza, which looked like the best landing spot.
However, she could glide, but she couldn't land.
Falling from a thousand meters wouldn't kill her, but Lumine could already imagine the agony her legs would scream in the moment she hit the ground.
Eighty meters, fifty meters, thirty meters, twenty-five meters, twenty meters.
"Oh no! We're too late!" Paimon covered her eyes.
Suddenly, a humanoid Ort burst out of the crowd and said, "I got this!"
He then performed a massive jump, leaping directly from the steps below the Upper City into the sky a hundred meters away, catching Lumine from the air in a 'Princess Carry' before landing on a high platform ten meters away.
Are you saying that hitting her at that speed is no different than smashing into the ground?
Don't ask; the answer is Bio-Force Field.
Lumine slowly opened her eyes, seeing Orion's broad chest immediately. She looked up, and Orion was smiling warmly down at her: "Are you okay? Were you scared?"
Lumine felt a string in her heart being plucked. She pressed her hand to her chest, and after a long pause, she mustered her courage, parted her cherry lips slightly, and asked the question buried deep inside:
"Why didn't you use anemo element power to catch me?"
"What kind of ridiculous question is that? If I did that, I wouldn't be able to use the Princess Carry on you!"
"Who asked you for a Princess Carry? Next time, change into the appearance of my Shota Master before you try a Princess Carry."
"Damn it, I should really arrest you, officer! There's a pervert here, lock her up in jail!"
"Be my cellmate, you Princess Carry weirdo!"
"Oh? Such a good thing exists?"
"I'll let you be my cellmate using your shota body."
"...You just want to initiate the 'Cellmate Unspoken Rules,' you Shota-con pervert."
Amber and the others rushed over and calmed down when they saw Orion and Lumine bickering.
Amber ran up and showered Lumine with praise: "Lumine! You are truly amazing! I can't believe you actually managed to scare off Stormterror! You are our hero!"
Lumine scratched her head, blushing slightly: "Hehehe~ It wasn't that amazing!"
Then the two young girls high-fived: "Yay!"
They have such a good relationship.
Afterward, Amber excitedly jumped around, chattering to the group: "Oh right, right, did you see that Big Barrier? Stormterror just said that was the Anemo God manifesting!"
Paimon felt reluctant to interrupt Amber's happiness, but worried about her misunderstanding, so she said, "Um, Amber, that was actually Orion's skill. It's the same technique he uses to till the soil at Hilichurl Camps."
Amber: ?!
"But wasn't his skill used to obliterate the tornado?"
"It's a set of skills," Skirk interjected. "The essence of the power is the same—it's the power of protection. After destroying the tornado, the scattered wind was gathered again to form the Protective Shield."
Amber looked at Orion in shock: "So you're the Anemo God?"
Orion: "If you used your brain a little more, you wouldn't come to that conclusion."
Just then, applause suddenly erupted behind the group.
Orion knew the cutscene had been triggered.
"To possess the strength to fight a Giant Dragon, are you guests of Mondstadt, or... a new storm?"
The group looked toward the sound. The person approaching was a handsome man with dark blue hair, dark skin, and an eye patch.
"Captain Kaiya!" Amber exclaimed.
Indeed, the person who arrived was Kaiya.
Speaking of which, Orion remembered this scene vividly.
Because he had seen the Closed Beta, he knew who Kaiya was. The moment his boots and Cryo Attribute Vision appeared, Orion knew it must be Kaiya.
Furthermore, for Orion, who had been immersed in ACGN culture for over a decade, this kind of scene meant it was Kaiya's time to appear, so he wasn't surprised at all. In fact, he thought the Camera Work at the time was quite good.
But the problem lay precisely in that Camera Work.
The Camera Work for Kaiya's entrance showed his boots first, then moved from back to front, and simultaneously from bottom to top, circling from Kaiya's heel to capture his face.
At the time, when one of his friends played this segment, the moment Kaiya's slender legs entered the frame, the friend, thinking it was a cool, Mature Woman of the Cryo Attribute, immediately started licking the screen.
Later, that friend quit the game, citing that ACGN culture wasn't suitable for him.{Hahahahahahaha}
Orion said he could actually understand; if there was a close-up shot of Shenhe's butt, he would lick the screen too.
Just as Orion was lost in his memories again, Amber had finished introducing the two parties.
Stormterror's attack this time was far more ferocious than previous ones. Previously, Stormterror only intimidated residents traveling outside and passing Merchant Caravans, yet this was the first time it entered Mondstadt City and caused such widespread destruction!
However, it was also during this event that these Travelers capable of restraining Stormterror arrived, and a miracle, possibly the Anemo God manifesting, appeared in the city.
This naturally made Kaiya suspicious.
But Kaiya, who managed to become the Cavalry Captain in Mondstadt despite the lack of rideable animals (of course, in the real Mondstadt, including the comics, things like carriages do exist), quickly reacted.
Kaiya revealed an incredibly gentle smile and said, "I see. So, you are all Travelers from [A Distant Place], are you? If you are uncomfortable revealing your specific origins, I won't press, but since you are the heroes who saved Mondstadt, if there is *anything you need help with*, feel free to tell the Knights of Favonius. We would be happy to assist!"
Skirk remained expressionless and silent, completely unfazed by Kaiya's blatant probing. Orion had nothing to say; after all, he was just following Lumine to see if he could piggyback on system quest rewards and meet some beautiful girls along the way.
But Lumine and Paimon truly had something important to do.
"I came here to find my Kin!" Lumine was still somewhat agitated about her brother. Stormterror's words suggested the Anemo God might be in Mondstadt, which somewhat corroborated Paimon's earlier comment that the Unknown God might be one of the Seven Archons. She wanted to clarify things.
"My brother was kidnapped by an unknown... entity. I only know that the Anemo God might have information about him, so I want to seek an audience with the Anemo God!"
"Seek an audience with the Anemo God?" Kaiya was surprised; he hadn't expected Lumine to drop such a bombshell immediately.
Amber was more concerned about the kidnapping of her Brother and immediately came over with Paimon to comfort Lumine.
Orion considered whether to spoil the plot, but seeing that the Main Quest was still ongoing in the system, he kept quiet for the time being.
He hoped Aether wouldn't be too devastated when he eventually saw his sister with another blonde guy.
Finally, Kaiya clapped his hands again: "Alright, honored guests, I won't pry too much into your secrets, but to show our appreciation for your protection of Mondstadt City and its citizens, may I invite you all to the Knights of Favonius headquarters for a discussion?
In fact, our Acting Grand Master is already awaiting your arrival, and I believe she will also be very happy to help you search for your Kin."
Just then, as Kaiya was inviting the group, the quest panel in Orion's field of Vision suddenly changed, displaying the words "New Quest: Dragon Crisis," and three hundred Primogems were immediately credited to his account.
Orion's eyes widened, and he looked at Lumine.
So that's how it worked. The system quests were not divided into small segments like in the game, but into larger sections.
And more importantly—it seemed that as long as Lumine the Traveler completed the Main Quest, even if the process deviated slightly from the game's plot, as long as the final checkpoint matched, Orion would receive the Primogem reward!
As he followed the group toward the Knights of Favonius headquarters, Orion could no longer suppress the smile on his lips.
The weight of the phrase, "As long as the general direction of the plot doesn't stray," was immense.
For example, if every minor checkpoint had to correspond exactly to the Genshin Impact storyline, then using Natlan as an example, Chuychu's death, the fall of the Hanging Tree People, and the death toll of around two thousand, magnified several or even a dozen times in reality, would all have to occur.
If Orion forcibly interfered, causing plot confusion, the system, unable to advance and stuck, would likely become nothing more than a furnishing.
But now, as long as the final checkpoint matches... then the deaths of characters like Teppei in the storyline might even be unnecessary!
Finally, Orion, who was protecting the group in front of him, flashed a Cheshire Cat-like smile, the corners of his mouth stretching almost to his ears.
Skirk: "Did your mouth cramp?"
"Cough, cough! I'm fine, I'm fine."
"I said, Orion."
"What is it, Lumine? My mouth is genuinely fine."
"I mean, maybe you should put me down. I can walk by myself."
"...Oops, my bad. I forgot."
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It turned out he had forgotten to cancel the Princess Carry skil