Chapter 342

At this time, Gu Chen suddenly thought of the time when Varka was there.

As the saying goes, having an old person at home is like having a treasure.

Varka knew a lot about these things. If he were here, he wouldn’t need to think much to come up with a good answer, while Gu Chen still needed to consider it carefully from many aspects.

Gu Chen, who couldn’t think of an answer, rummaged through his office.

He suddenly saw a long box.

It was used for the Aquila Favonia.

The Aquila Favonia was not just a weapon, but a symbol.

Gu Chen certainly knew sword skills, but ordinary Favonius swords couldn’t support Gu Chen’s strength.

Although the Aquila Favonia was strong enough, it wasn’t worth using it for combat.

"Giving this to Jean should be quite appropriate."

For the past two years, Jean had handled most of the affairs, and the Knights of Favonius were also very convinced by Jean. Giving the Aquila Favonia to her wouldn’t meet with any opposition; on the contrary, everyone would feel that Jean deserved the Aquila Favonia.

Knock, knock—

The office door was knocked again.

"Brother! Brother! Let’s go play!"

Klee’s youthful voice sounded outside the door, and the little one’s anticipation was about to overflow.

"Come in."

After calling, Klee pushed the door open, carrying her small schoolbag, full of joy, and jumped to Gu Chen’s side: "Brother, accompany Klee to fish, okay~"

She put her hands together and kept twisting her small body.

"Let’s go!"

Anyway, he was idle, so Gu Chen immediately made a decision.

Just as he walked out of the office with Klee, Jean poked her head out of her office and stared at the two.

"Where to?"

Jean’s calm voice seemed to carry a pressure, and Klee hid directly behind Gu Chen.

Gu Chen pondered for two seconds and said: "Recently, there have been movements in Stormterror’s Lair, and Klee also wants to go out and look around, so I want to take this opportunity to investigate Stormterror’s Lair."

Is it really an investigation?

Jean looked at Gu Chen suspiciously.

"It concerns the safety of Mondstadt, so we must investigate the cause of the matter as soon as possible," Gu Chen said as a matter of course.

Jean nodded doubtfully and said: "Alright, pay attention to safety, especially Klee."

"Mm-hmm, Klee understands," Klee nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

[Venti]: The movement in Stormterror’s Lair refers to Dvalin, right? It’s over, some elemental dragon is going to be beaten again~ (Funny)

[Dvalin]: If I remember correctly, some Anemo Archon has already awakened and blessed the leader, right? Why doesn’t he go see his attendant? Is it because he really doesn’t care? (Confused)

[Azhdaha]: This kind of sincere question with doubt, Venti, why don’t you answer? Why are you silent? Could it be that you really don’t love Dvalin anymore? (Funny)

[Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Zhongli]: Generally speaking, since he is Venti, it’s not strange for him to do anything. (Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Zhongli: Drinking tea)

[Osial]: Dvalin, don’t hang out with Venti anymore. Hurry up and have faith in the leader. Isn’t that more cost-effective than having faith in Venti? (Funny)

[Dvalin]: I have never had faith in Venti. We are just ordinary friends, like-minded, don’t misunderstand. Only the leader is my faith. (Gu Chen: Dragon King crooked mouth)

[Venti]: Look at what you guys are saying. How could I not care about Dvalin? Is there a possibility that I slept for too long, slept stupidly, and my power is a bit insufficient? If I bless the leader twice more, I will be even weaker... How could I have time to pay attention to Dvalin!

[Gu Chen]: Caring about Dvalin ≠ I want to see him.

[Azhdaha]: What kind of statement is this?

[Gu Chen]: Don’t understand, right? This is forbidden knowledge, a rule-level inequality, directly killed! (Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Seeing Zhongli: Dragon King crooked mouth)

[Venti]: Don’t blacken me! God’s actions must have deep meaning! (I am very mysterious)

[Furina]: Mm! Indeed! (Nods)

[Neuvillette]: In that case, what is the deep meaning of Miss Furina’s actions? (Contemplating)

[Furina]: Little Dragon King, don’t ask about the God’s affairs. (Cool)

Palais Mermonia.

Neuvillette fell into thought.

Everyone has their own secrets, and Furina, the Hydro Archon, clearly has more secrets.

The prophecy crisis of Fontaine is like a sharp sword hanging over everyone’s head that could fall at any time. Does Furina know anything?

Neuvillette really wanted to ask Furina, but Furina was too good at avoiding this question. Every time he was about to speak, Furina would find an excuse to slip away.

Why is this?

Neuvillette couldn’t understand Furina’s thoughts.

Sighing, Neuvillette looked at the light screen in front of him.

The traveler Lumine from the first installment had been to Fontaine, but there were only a few confusing fragments that couldn’t form any clues or guidance.

He only hoped that the series of videos about Mr. Gu Chen’s past lives could be played with Fontaine as the main stage once, so that, perhaps, he could see the future of Fontaine?

Stormterror’s Lair.

What Gu Chen told Jean was certainly not an excuse to take Klee out to play.

Stormterror’s Lair also had water and fish.

Klee was happily trying out her new bombs, while Gu Chen stood to the side, rubbing his chin and looking at the clouds accumulating in the sky.

These clouds covered the top of the spire, making it impossible to see what was on top of the spire.

Gu Chen’s perception was very keen, and compared to before, he was even stronger now.

Because there was no reference, Gu Chen didn’t know how strong he had become.

"Hmm... there seems to be an ominous aura in the air."

Gu Chen came to a high place and looked around, but didn’t see anything unusual in this basin.

"Brother~!"

Klee’s voice came.

Gu Chen looked down and saw Klee calling him and pointing in one direction: "There’s a green person there!"

A green person?

Gu Chen raised an eyebrow.

If you talk about a green person, the first impression should be that Venti.

Turning his head to look, sure enough, Venti, wearing a green cloak, was shuttling through the ruins.

"Heh, didn’t expect to meet a friend in this desolate place~"

Venti waved to Gu Chen after seeing him, his face full of smiles.

"...It’s you."

Gu Chen jumped down from the high place, looked at Venti for a moment, and said pointedly: "Come to see the situation here?"

"As a bard, of course I have to see more of such a historical place. Maybe I can write a poem that will be passed down through the ages?" Venti chuckled.

"Brother, this is what you often call playing dumb, right?" Klee scratched her head and asked.

"Indeed."

Gu Chen nodded.

Venti scratched his head with a blank face and asked: "What are you talking about?"

Klee looked at Venti with some confusion, not knowing if this green brother was really stupid or pretending to be stupid.

But it didn’t seem to have anything to do with her here, so the little one ran away happily to throw bombs.

After Klee walked away, Gu Chen asked: "Does the wind have any guidance?"

"Eh? What are you talking about?" Venti blinked.

Gu Chen sighed helplessly, then said: "There’s no one else here, I think there’s no need to cover it up, right?"

"Alright, alright, but how did you find out?" Venti was a bit curious.

"Cosplaying the Anemo Archon statue itself is nothing, but not only cosplaying the image of the statue, but also singing ancient poems that are rarely known all day long... This is very suspicious, but it doesn’t count as direct evidence... However, a warrior’s intuition and perception are the root cause of confirming all this," Gu Chen said faintly.

"So that’s how it is!" Venti suddenly realized: "Looks like I still underestimated you."

"There is one more point."

Gu Chen continued: "The Anemo Archon’s two blessings are on me. This aura of power from the same source... Could it be that the Anemo Archon also blessed you? So I concluded... Lord Barbatos, you are here to check on the recent situation of the East Wind Dragon?"

When the words reached this point, Venti didn’t cover it up anymore. He nodded with a serious expression on his youthful face: "Yes, Dvalin is very abnormal now. The wind flowing here carries an ominous aura. The source of this aura is the Abyss!"