Chapter 153

Tartaglia estimated that this was still the result of the other party holding back.

From the beginning, he didn't detect any killing intent; the other party seemed to have just dealt with him casually.

Disdain?

Tartaglia smiled bitterly in his heart, looking up at the sky.

Ultimately, he was still a bit arrogant.

If it weren't for the power of the Cryo Archon and his master this time, he would really have lost his life.

However, the Cryo Archon and his master could only save him once.

If there was such a situation next time, I’m afraid he would really be gone.

Death, Tartaglia was not afraid.

But he didn't want this kind of aggrieved death.

He made full preparations, intending to have a

As it turned out, the other party had dealt with them just by waving a hand.

If they were to die like this, it would be too much of a loss.

It is unknown how much time had passed when several Fatui members appeared in a hurry on the mountain peak.

Upon seeing the miserable state of Childe, they were shocked and turned pale.

"Lord Childe!"

If anything were to happen to Childe in Liyue, none of them would survive.

"For now... I'm fine..."

Childe responded weakly, whispering:

"Return to Liyue Harbor... remember to keep a low profile."

"Yes!"

99. Childe is stunned: Is Liyue really practicing immortality?

Keqing did not take the matter of Childe to heart; in fact, after settling the troops, she returned to the Shushan Cave Heaven.

She only mentioned to Ningguang that those cultivation techniques had been delivered safely.

She did not mention a single word about Childe blocking her path.

As for whether Childe was already dead, Keqing felt it was unlikely.

He was a Fatui Harbinger, after all, and she hadn't truly used her full strength.

Relying on the power granted by the Cryo Archon to save his life, he should be able to survive.

Keqing had no intention of kicking him while he was down.

Childe being alive was better for everyone.

After their brief contact earlier, Keqing had already roughly deduced what kind of person Childe was.

Belligerent to a fault, and extremely confident in his own strength.

Of course, the latter point was now in doubt.

However, to put it nicely, he was a martial general; to put it another way...

A brute with some brains, but not many.

Having such a person in Liyue was far better than having a calculating Fatui Harbinger.

Furthermore, an enemy in the open is always much easier to deal with than a rat in the shadows.

From this perspective, Keqing still hoped that Childe would survive.

Meanwhile, Childe, who had been quietly transported back to the Northland Bank by the Fatui, was still lying on the bed, half-dead.

Due to the special circumstances currently surrounding the Northland Bank and the Fatui, Childe's identity was sensitive.

The Fatui could not bring in a doctor and could only let the doctors within their own ranks handle him simply.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have been dead long ago from such injuries.

But fortunately, Childe had an extraordinary constitution, and with the power of the Cryo Archon and Skirk keeping him alive, he held on.

Childe was now merely in a state of severe injury, somewhat weak, and unable to move.

Lying motionless on the bed, Childe quietly recalled the sword strike he had faced today.

In a trance, it felt as if he had returned to the time when he was being taught by Skirk.

The same inability to resist, the same despair-inducing power.

But upon careful reflection, the power of that sword immortal today should not have been a match for Skirk's.

It was just that he still didn't know who the other party was.

This made Childe feel somewhat troubled.

It is unknown how much time had passed when a Fatui member finally knocked on the door and walked in cautiously.

"Lord Childe."

Childe glanced over and said calmly:

"Have you finished the investigation?"

Just this simple sentence caused the wounds on Childe's chest to split open again, blood seeping through the bandages.

But to this, Childe seemed already accustomed, looking at the Fatui member without changing his expression.

The latter swallowed a mouthful of saliva in fear.

Even the Fatui themselves often privately lamented that the Harbingers were all perverts.

Not just in their power, but in their mentality as well.

Like Childe earlier today.

When they found Childe, there wasn't a single intact spot on his entire body.

It was as if he had been subjected to death by a thousand cuts.

Blood was splattered across the entire mountain platform.

Even in fatal areas like his chest, waist, abdomen, and neck, there were terrifying sword marks.

How could someone survive such injuries?

The Fatui could not comprehend it.

Even for modified soldiers, they would have died long ago, right?

"I asked you, have you finished the investigation!"

Seeing the other party dazed, Childe raised his voice with some displeasure.

With this, the blood seeped out even more alarmingly.

The Fatui member shivered, hurriedly lowered their head, and said intermittently:

"Investigation... the investigation is complete."

"Lord Childe, according to the folk tales of Liyue regarding their adepti, there is no woman with long purple hair and cat ears as you described."

"The adepti of Liyue are mostly cranes and deer."

"At the very least, among the existing adepti, there is no mention of one whose true form is a cat."

"Moreover... to be able to... to wound you like this with one sword strike, an ordinary adeptus clearly could not do it."

Childe frowned slightly and said in a deep voice:

"Is it possible that it is an Archon who has remained in Liyue to this day?"

To be honest, Childe did not think that an adeptus, who is merely an Archon's attendant, could so easily come close to killing him.

It had to be an Archon, right?

"That is even more impossible, Lord Childe."

The Fatui member denied it flatly.

"During the Archon War, many Archons did cooperate with the Geo Archon."

"There was an Archon similar to a cat, the God of the Hearth, Marchosius."

"But it has been confirmed that they exhausted all their power and vanished without a trace back then to save Liyue."

"It is absolutely impossible for them to return and possess such power."

"As for the remaining Archons, the God of Dust, Guizhong, has been confirmed dead, and the others were basically enemies of the Geo Archon and have all been suppressed and sealed."

"If it were them, the first thing they would do after getting out would be to deal with Liyue."

"Besides them, there is one other existence with strength comparable to the Geo Archon, the Dragon King Azhdaha, who was indeed a close friend of the Geo Archon back then."