“Outlanders, you…”
“Hey, hey, hey? Calm down, calm down!”
Before Neo could finish speaking, a dull sword was already swinging at him, and Neo immediately dodged.
Judging from the blonde girl’s expression, she had clearly reacted on instinct.
“Huh? Didn’t the Traveler say we should say hello first?”
Seeing the blonde girl suddenly swing her sword at Neo, the white-haired little girl hurriedly stepped forward to stop her.
“Traveler, please calm down.”
Jean, who had followed from behind, also spoke up to soothe the blonde girl, whose emotions seemed to have suddenly become agitated.
Clearly, none of them understood what had caused the blonde girl’s reaction.
“…”
Only after hearing the white-haired little girl and Jean did the blonde girl somewhat come back to her senses, slightly relaxing the dull sword she had raised.
“What were you trying to say just now?”, The blonde girl couldn’t help asking Neo.
“Uh, I was going to say, ‘Outlanders, you…’ …moved faster than I expected…”
Seeing the blonde girl put away her dull sword, Neo finally came up with a barely reasonable continuation for the words he had blurted out.
“Okay… Sorry, I acted impulsively.”
After calming down, the blonde girl apologized.
The reason she had reacted that way just now was because the tone Neo used when saying those words sounded somewhat familiar, as if…
Neo simply waved his hand, not caring about it.
He didn’t think that even if that dull sword hit him, it could hurt him.
He currently had “Snowland Survival Law” activated the entire time.
While increasing his defense by 50%, it also continuously restored 3.5% of his maximum HP every second.
“May I ask who you are? Why have you appeared in Stormterror’s Lair?”
Behind them, Jean only asked after seeing that Neo hadn’t gotten angry because of the blonde girl’s actions.
Stormterror’s Lair was sealed off by the storm barrier, but Neo had clearly entered before them.
If he wasn’t from the Abyss Order, then he could only be the person who had created that ice wall earlier and dealt with the monsters along the way.
“You can call me Neo. After I saw that giant dragon fly into these ruins, I followed it in to take a look.”, Neo gave a simple explanation.
“But you knew we would come. Do you know us?”
Diluc carefully observed Neo.
He always felt that there was some ominous aura about Neo, which made him frown slightly.
“Of course. When you were talking to Dvalin at Starsnatch Cliff yesterday, I was hanging from the cliff below and desperately trying to climb up. After finally climbing up, I found that you had already left…”
Neo couldn’t conveniently say that he had played Genshin Impact before transmigrating, so he explained what had happened at Starsnatch Cliff.
“Ah?”
“Eh? Then why were you hanging from the cliff?”, The blonde girl was surprised that Neo had actually been there at the time, while the white-haired little girl asked curiously.
“Uh, that’s not the important part. Just assume I lost my footing and fell off.”
“Anyway, Dvalin is currently sleeping in the space beneath the tower. We need to unlock the seal on the Guiding Light mechanism first.”
Neo couldn’t be bothered to keep explaining how he had made his way to Stormterror’s Lair, so he simply pointed at the Guiding Light mechanism and reminded them.
“He’s right. We should release Dvalin first and talk afterward.”
The young bard beside them nodded in agreement.
“Yes, he’s right. This is indeed a Guiding Light mechanism. This type of mechanism is part of Stormterror’s Lair itself, so it shouldn’t have been made by the Abyss Order.”
Jean examined the Guiding Light mechanism Neo had pointed to, then explained it to the others.
After Jean’s confirmation and the information Neo provided, they finally understood that this tower had become the place where the Abyss Order was imprisoning Dvalin.
The Guiding Light mechanism, like the storm barrier summoned by Dvalin, had always been part of Stormterror’s Lair itself.
They had simply been put to use.
Now, it seemed that Dvalin would only awaken from the tower after the seal was unlocked.
“When it comes to mechanisms, the Traveler is very good at them. There shouldn’t be any problem.”
The white-haired little girl had already gone through several domains with the blonde girl, so she was very confident about this. Find the original chapter at g.com.
Afterward, the blonde girl, Jean, and Diluc tried to solve the Guiding Light mechanism together.
Meanwhile, the white-haired little girl and the bard stayed behind to “keep watch” over Neo.
Neo couldn’t do anything about the Guiding Light mechanism either, so he simply took the initiative to chat with the white-haired little girl and the bard.
After getting acquainted with each other, Neo finally learned their names, Paimon and Venti.
Although Neo had known their names for a long time, since they hadn’t said them, it would have been inconvenient for him to address them by name.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain how he knew.
Besides that, Neo also learned Jean and Diluc’s names from them.
Only the blonde girl was different.
Paimon only said that she was the “Traveler” and didn’t tell him her name.
Neo didn’t press the matter.
After all, he knew that the blonde girl’s name was Lumine.
“Is this talent…!”
Afterward, Neo’s attention fell on Lumine.
He personally witnessed her figure out the pattern after a few failed attempts, return the twelve different transparent components to their proper positions, and easily unlock the Guiding Light mechanism.
Seeing the mechanism that had stumped him being solved so easily, Neo couldn’t help showing an NPC-like shocked expression.
As the first Guiding Light mechanism was unlocked, one layer of the seal on the tower was removed.
But judging from the reaction of the seal, one mechanism was clearly not enough.
Using the view from the tower, Diluc discovered that there were three more Guiding Light mechanisms inside Stormterror’s Lair, so the three of them split up to unlock the mechanisms separately.
Paimon and Venti continued staying on top of the tower.
Although they didn’t say it directly, they obviously wanted to keep an eye on Neo.
After all, they didn’t know him at all, even though Neo didn’t seem to have any ill intentions.
Neo didn’t mind.
Since he couldn’t solve the Guiding Light mechanism, he didn’t want to follow them and seek out another blow to his confidence.
“Don’t you think Dvalin looks great? I’m happy to help a beautiful dragon, which is why I followed it all the way here.”
“Right? You think so too, don’t you? Dvalin is the most beautiful dragon I’ve ever seen!”
After Neo expressed his opinion of Dvalin, Venti acted as if he had found a kindred spirit, putting an arm around Neo’s shoulder and speaking excitedly.
If the circumstances allowed it, he even wanted to invite Neo to drink with him.
“…Uh, he is pretty good-looking.”
Paimon, who was beside them, felt a little speechless at the topic, but she had to admit that Dvalin was indeed pretty good-looking.
Just as Neo and Venti sat side by side with their arms around each other’s shoulders, discussing taking pictures with Dvalin later, the three Guiding Light mechanisms were also unlocked one after another.
Soon, Lumine and Diluc returned to the top floor of the tower.
“What are they… doing?”
Seeing Neo and Venti sitting at the edge of the tower with their arms around each other’s shoulders and chatting happily, Lumine asked Paimon in confusion.
“I don’t know either. Maybe it’s some mysterious ritual of a dragon enthusiast club.”
Paimon could only spread her hands.
At this moment, Neo and Venti also noticed that Lumine and the others had returned, and immediately stood up and walked over.
“Now that the seal has been unlocked, the next step is to awaken Dvalin sleeping inside the tower. Traveler, you have to be prepared. You’re our trump card, after all.”
As Venti spoke, he winked at Lumine.
Lumine nodded, and Venti then began trying to awaken Dvalin.
No one knew what the Abyss Order wanted to do to Dvalin for now.
After being taken away by the Abyss Mage, it returned to its nest in Stormterror’s Lair, then fell asleep, with the entrance sealed by the Guiding Light mechanism.
After being awakened, Dvalin let out a painful roar under the Abyss’s corruption, then shot straight into the sky from the tower and flew into the heavens.
“Then, Traveler, Mondstadt’s thousand-year-old flowing wind is with you.”
Seeing Dvalin fly into the sky, Venti explained this to Lumine.
As his voice fell, the wind flowing through the wind field in front of them changed slightly.
With Lumine at its center, the wind field blew everyone on top of the Stormterror’s Lair tower into the air.
Neo was among them as well, but when he saw Lumine and the others spread their Wind Gliders high in the air, Neo froze for a moment.
“What do I do without a Wind Glider…?”
Neo couldn’t help looking at Venti, who had also spread his Wind Glider.
The ice glider he had made earlier probably couldn’t be used here, right?
“Eh? I didn’t think of that… Hmm, how about having Paimon pull you? She doesn’t need to fight, after all.”
Hearing Neo’s words, Venti scratched his head, then looked at Paimon beside Lumine and suggested it.
“Hey! How could Paimon possibly pull him!”
Paimon didn’t have a Wind Glider either, but she could freely fly beside Lumine.
After hearing Venti’s words, she was even angry enough to stomp her feet in midair.
“I guess you’re right. Then I’ll pull you. I don’t have much fighting ability either.”
Paimon wasn’t willing, so Venti had no choice but to come closer himself and put one hand on Neo’s shoulder.
Although even without a Wind Glider, the thousand-year-old flowing wind could support Neo’s body and let him fly in midair, it would be difficult for him to control his direction like that, making it easy for him to become separated from the others.
“I see Dvalin.”
Lumine observed the situation high in the air and quickly locked onto Dvalin in the distance with the clear view.
“Okay, Traveler, can you see the two glowing spots on Dvalin’s back? That’s the poisonous blood that has condensed over Dvalin’s wounds…”
Venti also saw Dvalin and immediately reminded Lumine.
At present, he could only have the thousand-year-old flowing wind empower Lumine, so although Neo and the others were also flying in the air, only Lumine could use the thousand-year-old flowing wind to attack the poisonous blood gathered over the wounds on Dvalin’s back.
Before Dvalin stopped, Neo and the others couldn’t help.
Neo didn’t mind and watched this chase with interest.
It had once been the most interesting chase in the game.
Although Dvalin, flying ahead, kept releasing small wind blasts backward in an attempt to stop them, Neo didn’t even get the chance to move forward and block the wind blasts.
Because Lumine was just like an experienced gamer, able to precisely destroy those wind blasts while continuing to attack Dvalin’s back.
Thinking about it carefully, it made sense.
Including the Guiding Light mechanism earlier and the chase now, Neo had also been able to easily control the Traveler to solve them in Genshin Impact.
Although the game and reality were fundamentally on different difficulty levels.
Finally, Dvalin was angered.
It stopped flying into the distance and instead dove into the storm beneath the clouds.
Lumine also hurriedly led everyone after it, landing on a circular platform.
This seemed to be part of some ruins.
It was just unknown who had built it, since it was actually located within the storm high in the air.
Although it looked circular, the circular platform had already broken into nine separate small platforms.
After they landed on the platforms, Dvalin also flew out of the storm and looked at everyone on the platforms.
“Wow! A dragon! Such a huge dragon!”
Looking at Dvalin flying ahead, Neo could no longer remain composed.
He excitedly rushed to the edge of the platform and waved both hands at Dvalin as if greeting it.
“Quick, quick, quick, use my Camera to take two pictures for me. I want to send them to Snezhnaya… Where’s my Camera… My Camera sank into the sea with my luggage!”
Neo searched himself for a while, suddenly remembering that the Camera he had bought in Snezhnaya had also sunk into the sea, and immediately covered his head in pain.
Even the Primogems he had saved for several years, which he had planned to use to give the Traveler quests, were all in his luggage.
And what upset him the most was that the Camera still had quite a few pictures of Columbina stored in it.
‘Damn shipwreck!’