Chapter 14: Once Upon a Time in Mondstadt
On the way to the next temple, Amber gave an overview of the founding of Mondstadt, as well as some of the legends.
Although Amber says that she is not good at history, Sasuke still knows some about Mondstadt's past in her description.
The original Mondstadt was not as comfortable and free as it is now.
The original Mondstadt was divided between two warring powers: the Dragon Scroll Demon God and the King of the Gale Towers, "Decarapian", and the Wolf King of the North Wind, "Andreus"
Because the tower of Diecarapian was protected by a hurricane, Andreus could not damage the royal capital in the slightest.
Although Decarapian protected his people, he did not grant them freedom; The crowd could not leave the hurricane and the city-state of the so-called "Lone King of the Towers".
In order to witness the blue sky and the birds, an unknown boy breaks out a war for "freedom" with the help of a subtle elemental elf, Amos, the former lover of Decarapian, and an unknown knight.
Decarapian was defeated, but during the struggle, the nameless boy died.
Andrius did not choose to become an earthly god of wind and turned into a northerly wind.
Barbatos became the god of wind for a new generation, modifying the terrain of Mondstadt, using the divine wind to blow away snow and ice, splitting mountains, and transforming snow-capped mountains into habitable plains.
After the end of the Demon God War, he also became one of the "Seven Archons of the World".
Then at some point, the dragon of Dvalin was born and became Barbatos' good friend, dependent.
Subsequently, Barbatos left Mondstadt because he did not want to become the new tyrant, making Mondstadt an autonomous and free state.
Mondstadt was later ruled by the aristocracy. After another thousand years, the aristocracy became more and more corrupt, and finally became tyrants.
Barbatos reawakens in response to the cries of the slave girl Vanessa, and joins the latter in a revolution that overthrows the aristocracy.
She founded the Knights of Favonius to prevent the nobility from ruling Mondstadt again.
Vanessa, who later became known as the "Dandelion Knight", also rebuilt the Mondstadt Church.
The four winds were also established: Andreus's soul became the Wolf of the North Wind, Dvalin became the Dragon of the East Wind, Vanessa who ascended to the Isle of Sky became the Eagle of the West Wind, and the current Dandelion Knight was the Lion of the South Wind, also known as Jean.
……
Listening to Amber's description, Sasuke felt like he was listening to a fairy tale.
Why did Stormterror, who once guarded Mondstadt, attack Mondstadt?
Wait a minute......
Sasuke remembers encountering Aemoterror before entering Mondstadt, and that there was a strange person who could communicate with the dragon in green, and if he heard it right, the same person who would later give him the Aeodemon's powers during his battle with Aeoterror.
And the power of the wind elemental can be said to be exactly the same as the power obtained at the statue of the Seven Heavens.
If nothing else, that strange man is Barbatos, the legendary wind god of Mondstadt.
Barbatos seemed to be trying to appease Dvalin outside Mondstadt, but he happened to be interrupted by himself, and if Dvalin was a member of Barbatos' family, it could explain why Barbatos had murderous intent in his eyes at that time.
Stormterror has two large sores on its back, with purple crystal-like objects on them.
If Stormterror itself was the guardian of the four winds that guarded Mondstadt, the reason for the sudden change in temperament could have something to do with the crystal.
"Amber, have you seen the Anemo God?"
Sasuke asked.
"Anemo? I've never seen it at all. ”
Amber sighed.
"Legend has it that whenever Mondstadt encounters a great crisis, the Anemo God will appear, but there have been several dragon plagues recently, and there is still no trace of the Anemo God."
"But I'm sure Captain Jean will lead us through this crisis."
Sasuke understood.
Barbatos, the god of wind, had appeared, but he had not announced it to the people of Mondstadt......
Sasuke couldn't guess what the god was thinking, but now that he knew the identity of the wind god, that he had appeared, and that he had lent him some of his power, there must have been a turn for the worse in this crisis.
As long as he helped the wind god this time, as a god, he should know some reasons why he came to this world.
Although coming to this world has brought Sasuke a lot of benefits, he still doesn't know why he is in this world, and only the reason why he appeared in this world.
This uncertainty is accompanied by unease.
……
"This is it, we're here, let's go inside, solve it as soon as possible."
After a period of trekking, Amber and Sasuke arrived at the temple door of the South Wind Eagle and pushed the door to enter.
With his previous experience, Sasuke is more familiar with the battle this time.
Dealing with hilichurls and slimes who don't have much combat intelligence, it is too wasteful to write chakra, so Sasuke just uses physical skills to pull in the front, while Amber takes care of it with a bow in the rear.
I have to say that even if she uses a longbow, Amber's flexible posture can be used freely, and the cover is very good every time.
If Sakura also had this level of body and combat power, maybe she would have a chance to win the bell with her strength when she fought Kakashi before?
Sasuke, who had finished cleaning up the battle, suddenly remembered that the voice in his head didn't seem to give a hint after working with Kaeya before? Does it mean that Kaeya has not identified with himself yet?
I said so many things that seemed to be heart-wrenching before, but I didn't recognize it at all in my heart.
Sasuke pouted unconsciously.
Sure enough, it's a slick adult.
After cleaning up another wave of slimes, Sasuke discovers the Seal Stone in a slightly remote corner of a temple.
Wind Vortex Sword.
With a gust of wind elemental power entering the body, the temple was also cleaned up.
"Whew~ It's really a little tiring."
Seeing that the task was completed, Amber put down his longbow, found a relatively clean haystack in the temple and sat down, then took out two red fruits from his backpack and handed one to Sasuke.
"Here, the sunset fruit I just picked while waiting for you is very fresh."
This fruit had been seen and eaten in the forest before Sasuke met Paimon, and it tasted a lot like apples.
Sasuke took the fruit and thanked him.
"But this will take some of the hard work off the head of the piano."
"Captain Qin is personally involved in all kinds of affairs, sometimes I feel tired when I look at it, and when Grand Master Falga is on an expedition, there is simply not enough manpower."
"Falga?"
Names of people I haven't heard before.
"Well, Captain Falgar went out with most of the Mondstadt Knights, that's why he seems so busy now."
Amber took a bite of the sunset fruit with a melancholy expression.
"But with our current defense strength, at least we can still keep the city safe, after all, there are still Ms. Lisa, Captain Jean, and Kaeya are there."
Amber made a cheering gesture for herself, shaking her arm as hard as if she were giving herself motivation, then stood up and ate the rest of the sunset fruit.
"Let's go, Sasuke, this is also done here, let's go meet Lisa."