Chapter 299 Second Executive Officer
Tevarin sheds his skin…?
On the Star-Pickling Cliff, Ying, Paimon, Qin, Diluk and the others looked at each other, which touched upon their blind spots in knowledge.
After a while, Diluk shook his head slightly. He didn't think Tevarin would shed his skin. This was probably just an excuse to delay.
Unless Wendy really takes out the dragon skin, the other party probably won't believe it...
"Give."
After getting Nashida's confirmation, Liu Bai put the vine net containing Tevarin back on the Star-Picking Cliff.
Because Tevarin struggled so violently, he would definitely get out if Liu Bai let go, so Nashida controlled the vine net to shrink in time, depriving him of the space to struggle without strangling him.
"It's a pleasure to work with you. Come back to Mondstadt and find me in Fengqidi. I'll give you the things then~"
Wendy said happily to Liu Bai.
This would save the trouble of going back to Tevarin again.
"Oh, did you see that? This is called the Wind God's battle of wits with the fool Liu. Traveler, I think you can learn from him. I'm afraid he will want to eat me someday."
Seeing that Wendy had indeed used her mouth to persuade Liu Bai to return Tevarin, Paimon spoke excitedly and reminded Ying.
"Lord Barbatos..."
Jean and Diluk had already had some doubts when they saw the conversation between Venti and Tevarin, but they were finally confirmed after hearing what Paimon blurted out subconsciously.
This alcoholic bard is none other than Mondstadt's wind god, Barbatos.
"Traveler, I may need your help next. If you can purify Tevarin's tears, you can definitely purify the poisonous blood in it."
Wendy approached Tevarin, who was suppressed by the grass god and unable to move, and gently stroked its head, while turning back to ask Ying for help.
"Well, leave it to me."
Ying nodded seriously, drew out the edgeless sword and walked forward.
Although Tevarin was trapped in the vine net, the net was a hollow structure after all, and the two spikes on its back were directly exposed to the air, one on the back and the other near the neck.
Ying jumped and landed easily behind Tevarin. Although Tevarin could hardly move, he could still move like a cricket pupa, which made Ying a little unsteady.
Wendy soothed Tevarin's head and turned to look at Nashida beside Liu Bai.
"Young lady, please do me a favor~"
Wendy pleaded with Narcida.
"..."
This time, Wendy called out this name in front of outsiders, which made Nashida a little uncomfortable, but she still nodded and raised her hand towards Tevarin.
After her amplification level reached 14, although her ability to materialize dreams was upgraded, it did not mean that her own dream power had not been enhanced. Now, she could probably pull any god into her dream, so dealing with a weak wind dragon would be a piece of cake.
Soon, Tevarin fell into a dream, in which he recalled the days when he first met Barbatos and the days when he flew with him.
For Tevarin, flying in the air with him so freely was the happiest thing...
In the dream, Tevarin couldn't help but shed tears, but compared to the previous tears full of filth, this time the tears were as pure as if they had been purified.
At the same time, Ying swung his weapon with all his strength, destroying the poisonous stinger on Tevarin's back that was condensed with poisonous blood and the power of the abyss curse.
With the stinger destroyed, the poisonous blood and abyss curse in Tevarin's body were basically dissipated, and the little bit of residue left could no longer affect it.
At this point, Mondstadt's dragon plague ended successfully.
"…Thank you, Your Highness, for saving my life…"
At the bottom of the Star-Picking Cliff, on the beach where Ying and Paimon watched the sunrise together and officially started their journey, the Abyss Mage who had escaped death was lying on the ground, raising his head with difficulty to thank the golden-haired boy in front of him, who had a long pigtail behind him.
"It's time to go. Tevarin was dealt with ahead of time. There's no point in staying here any longer."
The blond boy did not respond, but just looked up at the Star-Picking Cliff. Then a portal like the starry sky opened in front of him.
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"Huh? Really? Liu Shazi, you are a fool!"
Tevarin was still asleep, and Wendy was comforting him gently beside him, while Paimon was looking at Liu Bai in surprise.
Judging from the Fatui that she and Ying had come into contact with so far, they all looked like bad guys... although Liu Bai didn't look that good either just now.
But after all, I had spent some time with Liu Bai before. Although he looked a little strange, he didn't look like a bad person.
"Hehe, that's right, I'm the twelfth executive officer of the Fatui, code name... I forgot."
Liu Bai didn't care about exposing his identity. After hearing Paimeng's words, he immediately folded his hands over his chest and spoke proudly.
"..."
Diluk, who was standing by, didn't know Liu Bai's identity before. After Liu Bai finished speaking, he couldn't help but frown and recall it.
I have no impression... He was not there at that time...
Then Diluk shook his head slightly.
"What are the Executive Officers? And what are the Twelve Seats?"
Paimon scratched his head and had to turn around to look at Captain Qin beside him.
"The Fatui are the diplomatic mission of Solstice, and the Executors are the eleven...twelve most outstanding people among the Fatui. Each Executor is granted god-like authority by the Queen of Solstice, and possesses power beyond that of mortals."
Qin explained to Paimon and Ying.
"Oh! Then you, Liu Shazi, are the twelfth seat! Doesn't that mean you are the most powerful executive officer?"
Paimon couldn't help but exclaim after hearing Jean's explanation.
"Huh? Why? Is this related?"
Paimeng’s words made Liu Bai scratch his head. He was the twelfth seat. Wasn’t he the weakest executive at first glance?
"Hmm? Isn't twelve the biggest number there?"
Liu Bai’s reaction left Paimeng somewhat puzzled.
"what……?"
Liu Bai was confused for a moment. How come he didn't know about this?
Paimeng became even more confused when he found that Liu Bai's reaction was wrong, and couldn't help but wonder if he had said something wrong?
"Paimon... this is a ranking, not a competition of who has the bigger number..."
Ying couldn't bear to watch it anymore and couldn't help but remind Paimeng.
"……Eh?"
"what!"
"It's all Liu Shazi's fault. I must have been infected by him!"
Paimeng screamed and realized something was wrong. He quickly pointed at Liu Bai and explained for himself.
"Little flying white fairy, don't talk nonsense, my little white one is not contagious."
Nashida stood up and spoke at this time, but she did not refute the meaning of Paimon's words.
"Little white fairy?"
"Yes, I don't know your names yet. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Nashida."
Paimon was stunned for a moment by the sudden new name, while Narcida raised her hand to greet Ying and Paimon, as well as Jean and Diluk beside them.
"Nashida... Could it be that you are...?"
Compared to most people who don't remember foreigners' names, Qin, as the acting leader, naturally has to remember the name of every foreign leader, and the name of Xumi Little Auspicious Grass King is naturally among them.
Although the probability of having the same name as a god is very high, ordinary people do not dare to have the same name as a god.
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