Chapter 53

By the side of Star Fall Cider Cider Lake, Paimon stared blankly in the direction of the City of Mondstadt for some unknown reason, which aroused Lumine's curiosity: "Paimon, what's wrong?"

"Just daydreaming for a bit!" Paimon scratched her head, feeling a bit guilty, and then changed the subject: "Traveler, you have already obtained the Anemo element; why don't we go and get familiar with this power!"

With golden hair and a youthful figure, Lumine exuded a very unique temperament that was a perfect fusion of both naivety and cynicism.

She clenched her right fist, and a very pure Anemo element gathered in her hand; although this Anemo energy was very weak, Lumine felt that she could slowly strengthen it.

By then, she should be able to possess a certain level of self-preservation, right?

Although it couldn't compare to the power she once wielded, it was still not bad!

Just thinking about her encounters along the way, Lumine couldn't help but complain to Paimon: "Paimon, are there really other people in this world?

Why is it that all I've seen along the way are monsters?

The villages we passed by earlier were already empty!

Could this be some kind of monster-only world? Or has this world already been destroyed and occupied by monsters?"

Paimon spread her hands helplessly: "I don't know about that either. This is within the territory of Mondstadt; usually, although there are some monsters, they would be cleared out by the Knights of Favonius and the adventurers from the Adventurers' Guild.

But as for the situation here now, Paimon doesn't know either.

At least when Paimon last came to Mondstadt, it wasn't like this!"

Lumine looked suspiciously at the little sprite beside her who wore diapers and could fly; previously, she thought this was a special human of Teyvat, but now, Lumine highly suspected that the other party was some kind of special monster that could talk.

Fortunately, Lumine did not feel the slightest malice from Paimon; on the contrary, she felt inexplicably close to her.

She didn't know why, but she still chose to bring along this emergency food who claimed to be a guide.

Perhaps by traveling with her, she could find many truths.

"How long ago was the last time you came to Mondstadt?" Lumine glanced at Paimon and continued to complain.

"About that, Paimon has forgotten too!" Paimon poked her fingers guiltily; how could she possibly remember that!

However, just as Paimon said, she also needed to adapt to the ability she had just acquired!

Looking at the surrounding Cider Cider Lake water and the vast Star Fall Cider Cider Lake, well, she still had to swim across, but this outfit of hers was really good—it wouldn't get wet or damaged when encountering water, truly nice!

She rubbed a small Anemo ball in her hand; actually, the Anemo element was quite easy to control!

After leaving Star Fall Cider Cider Lake, Lumine easily found a small-scale Hilichurl camp with about a dozen Hilichurls inside; for Lumine, this number was not a big problem.

Even without the Anemo element, Lumine could deal with them by relying on her formidable physique and excellent swordsmanship.

After waking up, Lumine also discovered that she was not left with nothing.

Although her power had disappeared, her former physical body seemed to remain; if she really suffered a powerful attack, it seemed she could still withstand it.

Mu Yang: After all, this is a body that has been beaten by countless Archon-level beings without sustaining injury!

"Hide here, I'll be right back!" After giving Paimon a word of caution, Lumine drew her Dull Blade and charged into the Hilichurl camp.

Her speed was as swift as a cheetah; before the Hilichurl archer could react, she had already reached its front, and her long sword slashed across its neck.

Then her figure flashed again, arriving beside a Hilichurl Shaman, quickly gathering Anemo energy in her hand, attempting to condense it into an Anemo ball to deal with the Shaman.

But something that horrified Lumine happened: as she used the Anemo element, a powerful surge of Anemo energy poured into her body and then uncontrollably gathered into the Anemo ball in her hand.

The Anemo ball, which was originally only the size of a fist, grew rapidly; in the blink of an eye, it became a massive sphere about a meter in diameter, and the Hilichurl Shaman within arm's reach was instantly obliterated.

And the other Hilichurls in the camp were also affected by the Anemo sphere, constantly being sucked in.

"What is going on?" Lumine was also completely bewildered at this moment.

Where did that powerful Anemo energy come from?

And why was her body out of control?

What should she do now? She couldn't control the Anemo sphere in her hand; what was she supposed to do?

/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~, what on earth is happening?

As expected, one should never casually set a flag!

It's going to explode!

Just as Lumine was thinking this, an even more massive surge of Anemo energy poured into her body, and the Anemo sphere in her hand expanded rapidly, growing into a sphere about five meters in diameter in an instant.

With this, everything in the Hilichurl camp was sucked in and torn to shreds by wind blades in a split second.

At this moment, even Paimon in the distance was dumbfounded; is the Traveler really this powerful?

This doesn't match what she expected at all!

She scratched her head, finding that her not-so-smart brain couldn't figure out the reason at all.

But what neither Paimon nor Lumine knew was that this scene was being watched by Mu Yang and Barbara.

"Such terrifying Anemo power, such pure wind; the strength might even be above that of my sister!

The other party has no Vision, yet can use Anemo energy, and appeared just when Mondstadt needed help!

Lord Barbatos, is that you?" Barbara couldn't help but exclaim as she looked at Lumine in the distance.

The corner of Mu Yang's mouth twitched; good grief, has Lumine directly become the Anemo Archon?

[Jean: "Ahem, sorry, I will properly educate Barbara later and let her learn more common sense."]

[Venti: "Ehe, if it were me, I would also suspect that the other party is the Anemo Archon!"]

[Diluc: "I've never heard that the Anemo Archon is a woman! However, could this fellow be the wind that changes the timing? If it's this power, it's worth looking forward to."]

[Mu Yang: "Speaking of which, I'm actually a bit interested in the little sprite on the side. As a traveler, I don't even have such a travel companion; this is a bit unfair!!"]

[Regarding Regarding Zhongli: "No, actually you do, you might have just forgotten!"]

Reminded by Regarding Regarding Zhongli, Mu Yang silently looked toward the location of Celestia, feeling speechless. Good grief, Lumine's flying pet is Paimon, is my flying pet the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles?

(Lumine will join the group, but not now! After all, such a cute, naive Lumine must be teased a bit!)