Chapter 12: The Brothers
Durin flew towards Mondstadt like an empty island. Kaeya, who was holding the wings of the wind, leaned against Dorin's back, and the wind struggled to follow Dorin.
And with Doolin's defense, no matter how Kaeya attacks or scolds to attract Dorin's attention, there is no way to do it.
What really attracted Durin before was the fire from the explosion of the cannonball. If this continues, it won't be long before Doolin will be heading straight for Mondstadt.
"Here—pronounce the sentence!" Just as Kaeya was agonizing over how to attract Dorin's attention, a firebird soared into the sky with its head held high, and Kaeya's ears seemed to hear the indifferent voice of his brother-in-law.
The flaming firebird flew towards Doolin and hit Doolin right on the chin, and the brilliant flames erupted, and Doolin finally flapped his wings and stopped in the air.
"Hmph, are you finally willing to stop?" In the storm set off by the flapping of his wings, a flowing red hair spread in the wind.
The straps on which Diluc's long hair was tied were long since the wind blew away, but he stood so tall with his sword in the storm.
"I knew you were coming." Kaeya, who had folded her wings of the wind, descended from the sky and landed in front of Diluc.
"The Knights are still so unreliable." Diluc glanced at Kaeya and looked up at Dorin, who had obscured the entire sky.
Underneath Durin, Diluc couldn't even get a full view of it.
"I can't refute what you said today," Kaeya spread out her hand helplessly.
As for the other hand, he was still covering his blindfold. The storm was somewhat alarming, and Kaeya was worried that her blindfold would be blown away by the wind.
"If you're in the mood for small talk, let's figure out how to keep this dragon here before Dvalin arrives, Mondstadt isn't ready to withstand a battle between two dragons..."
"I thought the Night Knights who guarded Mondstadt in the shadows would say what they wanted to do to bury the dragon here forever." Kaeya looked at Diluc and laughed.
"Hmph, I'm not arrogant enough to do that... Be careful, it's coming. Diluc kept his eyes on the huge body change in the sky, and when he saw Dorin's body begin to fall, Diluc immediately alerted Kaeya and sprinted to the side.
Durin had descended as gently as he could. The main thing is that it really can't see who the human it just greeted is.
Diluc's attack with almost all his strength just now could only be regarded as a greeting to Dorin, and it was the fiery glow that caught Dorin's attention.
"Roar—" Finally, after falling to a certain height, Durin noticed Diluc's long fiery red hair and let out a friendly dragon groan.
It's just that the dragon groan almost didn't break Diluc and Kaeya's eardrums, and both of them slowed down their feet after hearing Doolin's roar, and they only felt dizzy.
This is the terrifying destructive power of Doolin's massive body. Its friendliness is not acceptable to ordinary people, just like a 200-kilogram cat that wants to be coquettish with people, it is very likely to pounce on people and crush them to death.
"Very well, it has been attracted to our attention now, take it to the Eagle Soaring Beach, at least it won't cause too much damage on the beach!" Durin was only a few dozen meters above the ground, and the storm caused by the flapping of his wings made Kaeya, who was not far from Diluc, even have to tear his throat and roar and gesture to make Diluc understand what he meant.
"You don't need to say that!" Diluc gritted his teeth and ran against the chaotic wind, and after rushing out of Dorin's body, Diluc looked back to see Doolin's head turned in the direction of Mondstadt, and with another swing of his sword, the roaring firebird rushed towards Dorin's head again.
The blazing flames caught Dorin's attention again, only this time Doolin didn't let him
The "mosquito" stared at its mouth. With a gentle breath of black mist, Durin easily blew out the firebird that Diluc was proud of symbolizing the dawn.
"Such an enemy is too desperate, isn't it?" Kaeya couldn't help but sigh when she saw this scene.
"At least it attracted its attention, didn't it—" Diluc didn't stop after his attack, he wasn't ready to do it heroically.
It was only after they had fled a long distance and turned back that they found that the demon dragon did not seem to be catching up.
"Isn't it, that's why it wants to build a nest in Mondstadt? Mondstadt doesn't seem to be big enough..."
"Don't make any more bad jokes at this time." Diluc took a deep breath and swung his sword at Durin again.
This time, the firebird's light had obviously dimmed a little. Each time, he tried to attack with the greatest amount of force, and he kept running away without respite, and even Diluc was a little overwhelmed.
"You're okay, right?" Kaeya looked at Diluc with some concern.
"It's not time for you to worry about it yet." Diluc just watched the trajectory of the firebird's flight, expecting Durin to notice him.
As Diluc had hoped, Durin saw him. Or rather, the human who had been watching it greet in a friendly way.
Durin descended so slowly just to wait for the two humans to get out of the range of his body, so as not to crush them.
Under Anping's education, Durin had learned that his careful contact could injure or even kill these tiny creatures.
Otherwise, in the face of Diluc's firebird greeting, there is a high probability that the previous Durin will still greet in the same way.
This time, Durin gently raised his claws to extinguish the firebird. Durin stayed still and just wondered how he could greet the two humans in a friendly way without hurting them.
Why don't you lick them with the tip of your tongue? Durin thought of the best way to do it. These small human beings are only the tip of their gentle, slender and flexible tongues that can protect them from being injured to the greatest extent.
Having thought of a good idea, Durin roared with joy. The deafening roar sounded like an angry roar to Diluc and Kaeya's ears, especially when he saw the fallen Durin rushing towards them with his mouth as big as he could swallow the sky, and two big feet like hanging peaks.
"You seem to have succeeded in angering this big guy, can you really hold on?" Feeling the tremor of the ground, Kaeya swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked.
No response was received, though. When Kaeya turned his head to look at it suspiciously, he found that Diluc had already spread his feet and rushed to a hundred meters away.
"It's too unjust!" Kaeya hurried to follow. It's a pity that the two of them who are running wildly can't compare to Du Lin's speed of more than half a mile with a casual step.
Feeling that he had caught up with the two, Du Lin opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue to lick towards them.
"You're left, I'm right!" Seeing that Durin looked like he was going to swallow them together with the mountain, Kaeya gave the command, and Diluc rushed to the left without hesitation.
In this case, it is only possible to save at least one person's life if two people distance themselves.
However, Durin, who was worried that he would hurt them if he was too fast, lowered his head to lick them, but his movements were slow, but it gave Kaeya and Diluc plenty of time to avoid Doolin's gentle licking.
Licking the emptiness, Durin raised his head and looked at Diluc, who was not much bigger than a pebble in his eyes, and then turned his head to look at Kaeya who had not noticed at all if it weren't for Diluc, who had a conspicuous hair color.
The plan seems to have worked! As she ran, Kaeya looked back at Durin's movement of turning his head from side to side, thinking that Dührin was struggling with who to pursue.
Maybe you can really get away with this time... The tension was so tense that Kaeya didn't notice for a moment that Doolin was unusually slow in the face of them, and if Kaeya had been watching from the sidelines, he might have been able to spot the problem.
Was it because of what you just did or was it too rough? Durin was a little worried, and then he showed a gentle and easy-going expression, and stretched out his flexible and gentle tongue to lick Diluc again to say hello to him... When he saw that Durin had finally made his decision and chased after him with his tongue stuck out in the direction of Diluc, Kaeya didn't think twice as he condensed several ice picks and shot them out towards Durin's eyes.
On the ground, Kaeya is much stronger than in the sky. And the eyes should also be a rare and fragile place on the surface of this big guy's body... Kaeya was right, but unfortunately Doolin was not a fish, he had eyelids, and Doolin just closed his eyelids, and Kaeya's ice pick shattered into scum.
But that's okay... Just succeed in attracting it in your own direction. You're left and I'm right.
From the very beginning, Kaeya hoped that Durin was coming towards him. On the right is the direction closest to the coastline, so if you lead this big guy into the sea... A fight for your life might freeze it for a while... This dilemma between loyalty and mission is an easy choice for Kaeya to make.
Sure enough, just as Kaeya had expected, Durin turned his head and stuck his tongue out at him. Durin thought it was this little guy with a familiar smell who wanted to get his love first.
"Damn it!" Diluc saw Durin turn around, and instantly realized that it was Kaeya who had attracted Dorin's attention.
Looking at Dorin, who was as huge as a mountain range, Diluc gritted his teeth, his big sword ignited into flames, and he turned around and rushed towards Dorin.
Durin's neck was like a mountain in front of him, and Diluc didn't need to take aim, he stepped on a rock and jumped high, and slashed his flaming sword into Durin's neck as he was chasing Kaeya and preparing to lick him with love.
A puff of black smoke rose from Durin's neck. However, compared to Durin's body, this is at most a wisp of black smoke.
Feeling a slight pain in his neck, Durin twisted his neck, and Diluc struggled to grab Durin's feathers, and then successfully hugged Durin's body.
Roar! Durin was so happy that he looked up again and howled. It thought Diluc was giving it a welcome hug.
"Is this some kind of brotherly drama?" Kaeya, whose anticipated plan was interrupted by Diluc, complained in annoyance, but looking at the small figure around the dragon's neck, Kaeya was very anxious.
All he had to do was lure Durin into the sea... But this plan had only just come to Kaeya's mind, and he didn't have time to explain it to Diluc.
Diluc, who was firmly on Dürin's neck, raised his greatsword and stabbed downwards with all his might, but no matter how hard Diluc tried, Dürin's smooth and soft feathers could easily keep his invincible greatsword out.
"Don't waste your efforts here!" Kaeya, who also rushed back and climbed onto Dorin's neck, shouted at Diluc.
Kaeya is well aware that five hundred years ago, Mondstadt's elite were all present and they were unable to break through the dragon's defenses, let alone Mondstadt, who has now been taken away by the Grand Master.
It was enough for them to hold the dragon back for a while.
"Lure it into the sea with me, I have a way to freeze it for a while!" Kaeya knew that Diluc would not be able to leave him and run away alone, so he persuaded Diluc to join him in leading Durin into the water.
"And at what cost? Did you turn into a monster? Or do you need to pay with your life? Diluc looked up at Kaeya.
"If that's the case, then I'm not impossible." Diluc's indifferent eyes turned dark, and a dark glow shone inside his coat.
"You brought the Evil Eye with you?!" Kaeya's expression became shocked.
"Hmph, if everyone had followed the rules of the Order, Mondstadt would have disappeared into history." Diluc, who was shining with the light of the two elements on his body, raised his jet-black flame burning greatsword high and stabbed it again.
This time, Durin's feathers failed to stop Diluc's blade. A sword went down and pierced Durin's skin.
But it's just the skin. Durin, who had been listening to the quiet love of his brothers, suddenly felt pricked by a needle, and his feathers stood upside down, cutting Keadilluk, who was still on his neck, and falling off his body.
Durin looked at the blood that flowed from the two brothers who had fallen, and suddenly felt worried. Anping has repeatedly reminded it not to hurt humans... This sucks up... Durin didn't know what to do, so he quickly flapped his wings and fled, and Diluc and Kaeya were swept away by the storm set off by Doolin's wings, and their physical condition worsened.
"Found them! Barbara, come to your aid! Fortunately, Amber and Fischl arrived in time with Barbara, so that their injuries did not worsen.
"Great, just some skin trauma... Master Diluc is just a little out of strength, and there are no major problems with either of them..."Barbara was relieved after examining their injuries.
"But... The dragon is heading towards Mondstadt again..."Amber looked up in the direction the dragon had left, her eyes filled with worry.
Even Diluc and Kaeya, the best duo in Mondstadt, failed to stop the dragons, so who else could save Mondstadt?