The group moved quickly, and the ruins that Diluc had discovered were soon cleared away by them, while Dvalin's Tear was also collected.
As agreed, Jiang Mu arrived at the entrance of Dawn Winery, where Jean, Diluc, and others, along with Wendy who had arrived at some point, were already talking.
"Hey, Jiang Mu, over here!"
Paimon saw Jiang Mu and quickly waved to him.
"Now, the 'Tvalin Protection Association' has regrouped!"
Paimon said, full of energy.
"How come I didn't know this organization existed..."
Jiang Mu was speechless for a moment, then poked Little Paimon's head again.
"I really don't know what's going on in your head..."
"Hmph..." Paimon put his hands on his hips and said proudly, "Of course it's knowledge, endless knowledge!"
Yes, yes, yes...
Jiang Mu stopped arguing with her and instead addressed Wendy.
"What should we do next?"
“Now, Traveler, it’s up to you,” Wendy said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Ying nodded slightly, took out the purified Dvalin tear, and dripped it onto the Sky Harp...
Once completed, the wind element on the Sky Harp had condensed to an outrageous degree; even just watching from the sidelines, one could feel the astonishing wind elemental power...
“It’s completely different from before!” Wendy exclaimed in surprise. “The wind element… is overflowing to a lively degree. In that case, it should be fine.”
Next, the group discussed where to summon Stormterror. During this time, Jiang Mu was shocked by Diluc's arrogant remarks.
"Oh, losing the winery isn't an irreparable loss, but it's best to avoid it."
Listen to what people are saying...
Ultimately, at Wendy's suggestion, the group decided to set Starfall Cliff as the location for summoning Stormterror, a place with both sea breezes and winds from high places.
Wendy: ?:.?ヽ(?????)??.:?+?
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"Oh, now everyone's here."
In order not to disturb the Fools, the group chose to split up.
Finally, after the group arrived at Starcliff, Diluc nodded in satisfaction.
"This place has such beautiful scenery!"
Paimon remarked.
“Doesn’t this fit the theme of ‘a reunion of fate’ perfectly?” Wendy said with a smile, then turned around.
"Alright, alright, everyone, please spread out a bit—"
"The best bard in the world is about to begin plucking his lyre."
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"roar!----"
Suddenly, a tremendous dragon roar came from below Star-Picking Cliff.
Immediately afterwards, the azure figure darted out from under the Star-Picking Cliff, the gusts of wind whipped up by its wings almost knocking everyone to the ground.
"Hmm..."
Jiang Mu barely opened his eyes and looked at the enormous thing in front of him.
"As expected of one of the former guardians of the four winds, his aura is truly extraordinary."
Jiang Mu murmured.
The dragon simply hovered slowly in mid-air, staring at Wendy standing in front of it, while Wendy just stared blankly at the dragon in front of her, her eyes filled with complex emotions.
The man and the dragon stared at each other silently, the atmosphere somewhat awkward. No one present dared to break the silence, not even Paimon, who usually loved to chat, consciously shut his mouth and covered it with both hands.
“Now that things have come to this… there’s nothing left to talk about…” After staring at each other for a long time, the enormous dragon opened its huge mouth slightly and actually spoke human language.
"Really?" Wendy smiled faintly upon hearing this. "Could it be that I'm seeing things?"
"Your eyes... seem to be recalling this piece of music..."
"Hmph..." Dvalin slightly raised his head, as if recalling something...
"They...can really communicate..." Qin covered her mouth, saying incredulously.
"Hmm..." Jiang Mu's eyes narrowed, and he gently clenched his fist, a touch of red slowly appearing in his hand...
"It's coming..."
Jiang Mu murmured to himself, and then immediately rushed out!
"What!"
Jiang Mu's movements were so swift that Diluc and the others didn't even have time to react before exclaiming in surprise.
At this moment, Jiang Mu had arrived in front of Wendy, and the fire element in his hand surged out wildly, condensing into a flaming longsword.
"Hiss..."
The ice arrow that had originally flown out from the shadows evaporated into water vapor upon contact with the longsword in Jiang Mu's hand.
"Ah, a street performer!"
Paimon cried out in surprise, and the others quickly ran to Wendy's side and surrounded her.
"hiss……"
Suddenly, an ice abyss mage appeared out of nowhere beside Dvalin's ear, bewitching him with his unique tone.
"Don't be fooled by him, poor dragon. He's already abandoned you, hehehe..."
"Look, he's going to deceive you again..."
Looking at the group protecting Wendy behind them, the Ice Abyss Mage continued to entice them.
“Barbatos…” Tvalin murmured…
"Hate, be angry... You have become an enemy of Mondstadt, there is no turning back..."
"roar!--"
“These people…”
"It's with you."
Dvalin leaped into the air, creating sonic booms, and roared at Wendy.
"Have you come to hunt me down?!"
"That's not how it is!" Wendy quickly protested, but the Ice Abyss Mage had already leaped onto Dvalin's neck, drawing a circle with his hands and mocking him.
"This dragon should go and serve its true master... You can stay here and lament your powerlessness!... Uh..."
Suddenly, the Ice Abyss Mage's maniacal laughter stopped abruptly, causing everyone to pause in surprise.
The next moment, the Ice Abyss Mage looked down and saw a flaming longsword piercing through his chest...
"All that muttering and grumbling, isn't it annoying..."
The next moment, Jiang Mu's voice came from behind him, and then the flaming longsword was pulled out of the Ice Abyss Mage's body.
It was only because this Ice Abyss Mage was too arrogant that it didn't create an ice shield around itself; otherwise, although Jiang Mu had the ability to kill it, it would have taken him quite a bit of effort...
"Jiang Mu?"
It wasn't until Jiang Mu spoke that everyone realized that Jiang Mu, who had been beside them all along, had somehow appeared behind Dvalin and killed the Ice Abyss Mage.
"You... the abyss will not let you go..."
The Ice Abyss Mage threatened, but his body slowly dissipated, finally transforming into a "tree branch" emitting a faint purple light, hovering in front of Jiang Mu...
"How could this be..."
Everyone stared in disbelief at the wind wings behind Jiang Mu and the flaming longsword in his hand.
"you……"
Tvalin stared at Jiang Mu, who had suddenly appeared beside him, and after a moment, said calmly.
"You... smell like Barbatos..."
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