"The situation is very bad." Venti shook his head. "The erosion from the poisonous blood and the Abyss curse is very deep. Although it is still within the range that Lumine can handle, during the purification process, Dvalin is very likely to lose consciousness and go on another rampage."
"Meaning, we have to prepare to purify the Abyss curse after defeating Dvalin?" Jun Bai asked.
Venti nodded. "Yes."
Diluc recovered from his disappointment, looked at Dvalin's massive body, and said, "If we really have to fight the Dragon of the East Wind, many places in Mondstadt will suffer."
Paimon nodded in agreement. "Not to mention Dvalin's strength, just its size alone means the area needed for the fight will be huge."
Size determines the size of the battlefield, and strength determines how much of the battlefield will remain intact in the end.
"Go to the Stormterror's Lair."
The emotionally stabilized Dvalin spoke in a low voice.
"Dvalin..." Venti hesitated as he spoke.
"Barbatos, let's just do it this way. I don't care if that is my territory." Dvalin thought Venti was worried about the Stormterror's Lair being destroyed.
Jun Bai said faintly, "Dvalin, Venti was just trying to remind you that ever since Miss Alice visited the Stormterror's Lair while you were asleep, your home has officially been renamed Stormterror's Lair Ruins."
Dvalin: "..."
——Reality
"Hahahaha..." Guinaifen laughed loudly. "Fam, even through the screen you can feel Dvalin's confusion."
[Dvalin: I just took a nap, and when I woke up my home got renamed, and I didn't even know about it.]
[The ruins were renamed from the lair, so not only did Dvalin's home get renamed, it also got blown up.]
[Just who is this person named Alice? Even the Nirvana God has to respectfully call her Miss.]
[Hey up there, is it possible that my husband Jun Bai is just polite? Didn't he also add "Mr." when addressing Master Diluc earlier?]
"Don't talk nonsense!" Guinaifen suddenly put on a straight face. "Jun Bai is obviously mine."
[I knew Little Gui wouldn't suddenly get serious.]
[Keep watching, streamer. Your Dao heart is going to shatter.]
"Ah? A 12+ story is going to shatter my Dao heart? The streamer won't be like that." Guinaifen said full of confidence. Then...
"What! My husband isn't coming with me! No!!!"
——Teyvat
"We'll go to Stormterror's Lair to remove the poisonous blood from Dvalin." Venti made the decision.
"Good idea." Jun Bai nodded. "Then I won't accompany you anymore. I need to return to Mondstadt City."
"Ah?" Paimon showed a puzzled expression. "Why did you suddenly decide to go back to Mondstadt City?"
"The Abyss Order is not an opponent for me and Venti, but they also won't just watch Dvalin recover."
"So, the Abyss might control monsters to attack Mondstadt City and use the residents of Mondstadt as hostages to force Venti to abandon Dvalin."
"Leave Mondstadt to me. Venti, you can peacefully remove the poisonous blood and curse from Dvalin." With that, Jun Bai spread his flaming wings and flew toward Mondstadt City.
Venti watched Jun Bai's departing back, stroked Dvalin's head, and sighed, "Dvalin, it looks like we and Mondstadt are going to owe Jun Bai another huge favor again."
Back when they overthrew the old Mondstadt regime, Jun Bai had come from Liyue and helped the resistance defeat the tyrant of the tower. Only then was the new Mondstadt able to be established.
Ever since then, Mondstadt has owed this god a favor.
Now, Mondstadt is facing crisis once again, and this god has once more stepped forward.
Venti felt that the debt he and Mondstadt owed Jun Bai might continue to be passed down along with the story.
...
A crimson meteor streaked across the sky.
In the original plot, there was also a segment where a monster army attacked Mondstadt City. It existed in the dialogue between Amber and the Traveler.
Combining the main storyline and Diluc's Noctua Chapter, it could be known that those monsters were all controlled by the Abyss Order, which was why they had gathered into an army.
Therefore, Jun Bai's speculation was deduced backward from the ending to obtain the process.
At this moment, a large number of monsters had already arrived before the bridge.
Mondstadt City was built on the only large island in Cider Lake. Although this island might be a mountain that Venti had sliced off.
But no matter what, the city built on the island had only one bridge connecting the island to the mainland. Such conditions made Mondstadt City easy to defend and hard to attack.
As long as the only city gate was held, Mondstadt would naturally stand in an undefeatable position.
However, in Jun Bai's eyes, this was both an advantage and a disadvantage. The disadvantage was that if the other side chose not to attack the city but instead destroyed the bridge and fought a war of attrition, Mondstadt City would sooner or later fall.
Of course, this premise was that Venti stood by and did nothing.
This was how a world where divine authority was supreme worked. Everything had to be based on the premise that the gods would not take action before the next step could proceed.
Now that the monsters were besieging the city, there was one piece of bad news and one piece of good news.
The bad news: the God of Wind was removing the curse and old injuries from his dependent and could not aid Mondstadt.
The good news: the monster army had come to attack the city. Mondstadt only needed to guard the city gate for a period of time.
The even better news: the God of Wind would not come, but there was a powerful external reinforcement from a neighboring nation.
This reinforcement landed on the city wall, retracted his flaming wings, and was immediately met with the "enthusiastic greeting" of the city defenders.
An ice-blue greatsword swung toward Jun Bai's forehead. If an ordinary person took this strike, they would at the very least be heavily injured.
Fortunately, Jun Bai, who had replenished his strength using nearly fifty thousand popularity points, was not an ordinary person.
He calmly dodged the sword, then countered by taking out his white-tasseled spear to block the greatsword, cutting off the opponent's follow-up attack.
"Calm down, Miss Knight. I am not the enemy you need to deal with."
Jun Bai had a smile on his face, forming a sharp contrast with Eula, the Wavecrest Knight, whose face was as cold as frost.
"Who are you! What is your purpose in coming here!" Eula's beautiful eyes were filled with absolute vigilance.
After all, appearing on the city wall at such a critical time made it hard for people not to suspect ulterior motives.
"Eula, don't be rude. This gentleman is an external reinforcement invited by Acting Grand Master Jean."
A man wearing an eyepatch and with dark skin hurriedly rushed over. "I'm very sorry, this guest from Liyue. This was a mistake on the part of our Knights of Favonius."
Hearing Kaeya's words, Eula finally lowered the greatsword in her hand. She looked at Jun Bai, who maintained a smile the entire time, and said fiercely, "This grudge, I've remembered it!"
Classic. Jun Bai secretly nodded in his heart.
Kaeya sent Eula away, then turned to apologize to Jun Bai. "I'm sorry, guest. That's just how Eula speaks. Please don't take it to heart."
"It's fine. I don't mind. Where is Acting Grand Master Jean?"
"Please follow me."
Jun Bai followed behind Kaeya and soon saw Jean surrounded by a group of knights.
Seeing Jun Bai, Jean's eyes lit up. After giving a few simple instructions, she left the crowd and came before Jun Bai.
Before Jean could open her mouth to greet him, Jun Bai spoke first and said, "Acting Grand Master Jean, have all the knights withdraw back into the city."