Ch8

"There's a new membership system that has been made, Please take a look at the touchscreen here," Taylor pointed to the screen by the entrance he had finished up on the process on it last night, it was actually quite simple - just activate your account on the touchscreen at the entrance, however, for the people of Mondstadt it was a relatively new concept, so Taylor felt it necessary to provide some guidance.

Once the three understood the login process they typed up 100 more on their accounts judging from There retire they were likely well off, although they weren't anything close to Diluc off course.

The three of them choose familiar Seats and started using the smartphones perhaps, because it was of Diluc's strong presence, the captain from speaking too loudly. One of them that had a bit more courage sat behind Diluc and observed his gameplay.

Although Diluc's performance wasn't exceptionally smooth, It was still many times better than theirs. The young man must stirred up some courage to ask, "Master Diluc why don't you try your performance in-game?"

" what did you say? I'm also a playable character in this game?!" Diluc turned around, looking somewhat surprised.

"Master Diluc, did you not know? you're a five star character you can only be obtained from wishing…" the young man pointed towards where the wishing banner was, and explained.

Under the young man's guidance Diluc Open the wish interface when he saw his own image on the banner, he was momentarily lost, and thought he realised he had made an initial error and judgement. He previously mocked Kaeya for dealing too low damage, not knowing that the game featured more than just four playable characters, he and Jean were also playable characters.

"Now this is interesting…" Diluc now had four poles to make a wish one by one use them, and as expected, he only saw four blue glows resulting in four 3-star weapons.

" do I have to accumulate 'Acquaint fate' through continuous questing to gain more wishes?" Diluc then noticed the preen in the upper right corner, realising they could be exchanged for 'Acquaint fates' seeing the '+' sign next to the number, he thought for a moment and clicked on it.

Sure enough a screen transitioned to another interface.

10,000 mora = 100 Primogems

50,000 mora = 500 Primogems

100,000 mora = 1,000 Primogems

There were only three different recharge options, Diluc's eyes lit up with a pleasant surprise for him. Any problem that could be solved with Mora was no problem at all!

He immediately clicked on the highest payment option of 100,000 Mora, Golden glow appeared under his phone, [please place the Mora under the golden light].

Diluc Turo 100,000 Mora and placed on the table under the phone, in the next moment under the gold lights from his phone, the more turned into Golden particles and disappeared. "Similar to using a magic catalyst…" Diluc so the CM became even more convinced that Taylor was the anemo Archon.

Following that, the gaming display that 1,000 Primogems had been topped up, The three young people were left in awe as they gasped in shock, for them It was half a month allowance and they just spent that all on becoming members and the time fee.

As for Diluc it seemed like this was not even the beginning.

" 100,000…100,000…100,000…"

For Diluc this Mora was as insignificant as scrap paper, he spent the Mora without a second of hesitation, all the while he had even left momentarily to grab Charles and have him bring more money over to continue topping up, This series of actions left the three young men dumbfounded.

Many of Mondstadt's citizens witness the scene which attracted a lot of people over to the gaming café to witness Master Diluc's extravagant spending!

Among them most Lisa, who got to enjoy the privilege of playing this game at the taxpayers expense, " Diluc truly lives up to his reputation, spending in extravagance."

She wasn't in a rush to activate her account, but like the others took a seat nearby to see how much Diluc would spend.

After by 10 minutes, Diluc nodded, " alright that should be enough for today."

Lisa's gaze fell on Diluc's phone screen which displayed that he had 100,000 Primogems! Calculating it Diluc had spent a total of 10 million Mora, for ordinary people, it was undoubtedly an astronomical figure, but for Diluc, it was barely a drop in the bucket.

If he used 160 primogems to exchange for one 'Acquaint fate' he now had 625 wishes, although no one had drawn a five star character from the standard banner so far with so many pulls he should be able to get one.

Next, it was time for everyone to witness the "whale" phenomenon.

At the game café hall, more than 20 players had already gathered, none of them were playing the game instead had gathered around Diluc eager to witness the pull of the first 5 star character!

[The Dark side of dawn and The Dandelion knight]

What was the difference between these two characters on the four star ones? What were their elemental abilities like?

with these questions in mind, Diluc begin wishing.

1st, 10pull…

[Untainted New character , Bennet - 2 starglitter]

Right from the start, he received a new character, but Bennett was also four star character, other than some people exclaiming that "it's this unlucky guy" surprised that he was also a character in game It didn't cause much of a commotion.

In the next 40 pulls Fischl, Razor and Noelle all appeared one by one, along with the four star weapon " sacrificial sword".

The onlookers marvelled, indeed, this scheme, featured many other characters, except for Razor, both Fischl and Noelle are well-known people in Mondstadt city.

This raise expectations in some peoples hearts, hoping that they to may be characters in the wishing pool, however, at the moment it seemed to only those who wielded visions were eligible to appear.

When the 60th pull came A golden falling light appeared coming from the sky above.

Gasps filled the air.

It's here, it's here!

Finally, it's here!

Everyone's face lit up, joyful, surprise, as if they themselves had drawn the character, It was Jean, the acting grandmaster holding a sword and butte with elemental power, she stood proudly with an off like posture, her feet, stirring mighty gust of winds around.

(TN: I forgot what Jean's voice line is for when you pull and get her if any of you know then plz let me know)

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The onlookers were extremely excited some eagerly, desiring to adventure, alongside Jean, some clenching their fist tightly their faced flushed with excitement and others firmly patting their friends shoulders tears glistening in their eyes.

However, Diluc showed no signs of stopping, having just drawn Jean would not be enough, he had to get himself.

Another ten-pull, and another golden light appeared.

"Oh my, another five star character."

"Diluc's luck is unbelievable."

"It must be Master Diluc's character!"

However, this time it was an all Jean a repeat character.

Diluc lightly tap the table with his fingers on the bottom right corner of the phone screen it indicated that he had obtained "Stella Fortuna" what are these used for?

At this moment of voice suddenly sounded out from the crowd, " master dealer have you ever heard of a constellation"

" Constellation?"

Seeing everyone's gaze turn towards her, Lisa smiles slightly, and began to explain " astrologers, believe that the constellation is celestial reflection of a vision holders fate in the night sky, serving as a crucial bias for divination, in this game there is a similar concept — your characters constellation. Repeatedly obtaining the same character will transform into corresponding "Stella Fortuna" which can enhance the constellation level it has six levels each greatly amplify the characters abilities, according to my research, some characters constellations, Will even bring a bite of qualitative change in the characters themselves."

A murmur of realisation swept through the crowd, truly Mondstadt's most erudite librarian was at the forefront when I came to understanding the game.

"I see…" Diluc nodded slightly " then let's draw all The characters and max out their constellations."

gasps filled the hall, Was this even possible? Well ordinary people celebrated just having one character, master Diluc was aiming to max out their constellations.

However, if Diluc continue to have such good luck, perhaps it was indeed achievable with 100,000 primogems!

Finally, at the 70th pool, accompanied by a golden light Diluc finally pulled his in-game self?

Everyone finally saw Diluc's complete illustration, holding a heavy great sword, and a firm grip with a fiery Phoenix behind him, seeming to surge forth from the screen.

"Oh my goodness, Master Diluc looks so handsome!"

"Wow, if I could draw this, it would make my whole life worthwhile!"

"I'd give 10 years of my lifespan please Lord Barbatos bless me with a Diluc!"

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As The fifth golden light descended. It wasn't a character that appeared, but a dark red great sword named… " wolf's gravestone".

" so they're also five star weapons. They should probably be the strongest weapon tiar in the game right?"

"Wolf gravestone what a strange name."

"it looks weird to like a sword cast from solid iron."

All the players felt their horizons expanding; Master Diluc's extravagant spending today, would undoubtably cause quite the stir in Mondstadt.

Diluc however, paid no attention to the gazes of those around him. He opened his character interface, and in the weapon selection equipped the, " wolf's gravestone."

For some reason he felt that this great sword was a perfect fit for him, as if it was Tailor-made.

Below the weapons attributes, there was a brief description of the weapon: A longsword used by the wolf Knight, originally just a heavy sheet of iron given to the knight by a blacksmith from the city, it came endowed with legendary power, owing to his friendship with the wolves.

" the wolf knight…?" Diluc's gaze sharpens, among Mondstadt's four winds One of them was named Wolf of the north, and among the titles, inherited by the Knights of Favonius, there was also one "knight of the north wind." The current knight of the north wind was none other than acting grandmaster Jean.

Legend, had it that in years gone by a knight of the North wind had roamed, the wilds of Mondstadt and his companion was a legendary lone Wolf could this sword be the weapon of that knight of the north wind?

"Master Diluc and the squirt sword are perfect match!"

"Both in colour and appearance they fit perfectly."

" a five star character with a five star weapon; master Diluc is going to dominate this game isn't he?"

Hearing this Diluc dismissed it, saying, " it's just a better starting points, weapon levels, character levels, talents, artifacts, and more are all needed to be constantly improved in the game and that can't be compensated for with money alone.

Clearly Diluc had his own understanding of the game. He knew that investing a large amount of money wouldn't make him invincible. developing all aspects required players, time and effort which was the charm of this game.

Nevertheless, Deluc was not willing to stop after a few hundred more pulls he finally accumulated enough Stella Fortuna.

" Constellation 5… Phoenix, harbinger of Dawn."

" Constellation 6… flaming sword, nemesis of the dark."

With 100,000 primogems, Diluc successfully maxed out "himself", obtaining max constellation, additionally, he acquired a skyward harp, skyward blade, and Wolf's gravestone.

Diluc could tell that these 35. Star weapons were highly prestigious, but It wasn't Time to study them closely yet because all the pairs of eyes were filled with anticipation.

They wanted to see what "Jean" and "Diluc" we're capable of.

Do you look himself was also somewhat curious.

With Kaeya's case as a precedent, Diluc, believes that the skills wouldn't reveal too much of his true strength.

He opened the map and teleported to wolvendom A well-known dangerous area overrun, with Hilichurls.

Diluc levelled himself and his weapon to level 20 removing Lisa and Amber from his team, and replacing them with himself and Jean.

Diluc'se first test subject was Jean.

Her normal attack, "favonius bladework" was refined and elegant.

Her elemental skill, "Gale blade" instantly sent the hilichurls in front of her flying several meters away, when held it could contently control the enemies in front of her.

She truly deserve to be a five star character. This level of control was indeed amazing.

When she had accumulated enough, elemental energy, her elemental burst around in awe.

"Wind hear Me, I swear by my sword, Barbatos guide us,"

At the moment of her activating her elemental burst the camera focused directly on Jean.

She held the blade in front of her, and when she opened her eyes, she summoned a projection of the wind, dandelions dance around her, and beneath her feet the symbol of the Eagle appeared.

All damage from the previous battle were instantly restored back to full health and the hilichurls around her were quickly defeated.

"Wow is this a five star counter? She even gets her own close-up animation when activating her elemental burst!"

" that determined look in jeans, eyes is truly mesmerising!"

" I won't say anything more, I'm gonna recharge 500,000 mora, I have to have Jean on my team!"

Many people felt their blood boil. Impressed by Jeans abilities.

But there were also many more looking forward to master Diluc's performance.

Diluc selected himself.

His normal attack called "Tempered sword" had the characteristic power of a Claymore character and each move sets dealt very high damage.

His elemental skill "searing onslaught" Enveloped the Wolf grace soon and flames in the first segment he directly cleaved down at the monsters in front.

"Boom!"

The flames flowed, and the first segment instantly smashed the nearby samachurl to death, The second and third segment truck, empty air.

The crowd was amazed

'This… the damage is just too high!'

" oh my lord, is his damage that high."

" This is only his elemental skill, and it's even stronger than the elemental bursts of other characters."

" could it be because Master Diluc has a five star weapon?"

" His weapon hasn't been upgraded, very high-level. I checked and it doesn't have much of a difference compared to other weapons. It can only mean the master Diluc himself is the most powerful DPS."

" I'm done I was just thinking about pulling Jean earlier, but now that master Diluc's damage is so high I want to pull Diluc!"

" Just spend money learn from master diluc, 10 million mora and it was gone in the blink of an eye."

The hilichurls in the camper dancing, and when they noticed someone approaching, they immediately charged forward, swinging their flaming sticks.

Many new players were caught off guard by this move and died miserably under the hilichurls fire sticks.

Behind them, there was a blazing axe mitachurl, also charging forward.

Moose or ordinary prayers upon seeing the scene had a one word reaction - run.

However, Diluc's elemental burst was fully charged.

When the monsters got close, he tapped on the fiery red icon.

" time for retribution!"

Diluc's Great sort of erupted with a blaze of pyro once the energy was condensed into his weapon, and giant Firebird swooped towards the enemies in front.

"Buzz"

Those hilichurls we're directly engulfed by the blaze of the Phoenix and quickly turned to ash the Phoenix flapped its wings, and disappeared into the sky.

The elemental burst was called "Dawn" and it was currently nighttime at the moment when the Phoenix disappeared, the night sky seem to be ignited, briefly, creating a momentary burst of light.

"Before the don arrives, someone must illuminate the darkness."

Everyone present was dumbfounded they had imagined many possible elemental burst scenes for Diluc but nothing like this, swinging his sword to create a surging Phoenix that swept up all enemies in its path.

Even the strongest mitachurl couldn't survive the impact.

Even the look himself was shocked, Condensing elemental power into a tangible entity, was not easy, especially such a lifelike creature. It had to be admitted that this was an extreme display of power.

After a brief moment of Tranquility, the whole suddenly exploded.

" oh my goodness is just too powerful!"

" Are we even playing the same game? Why does Master Diluc look like a God!"

" I don't care anymore, even if I have to eat, eat, nothing but dirt this month!"

" Being able to get master Diluc on my team, makes my whole life worthwhile!"

A gotcha frenzy was ignited.

Eula, Who had just arrived at the store, was shocked.

It was only about eight in the morning, and there were already so many people in the store, and they all look like they had just been pumped full of adrenaline with their eyes shining bright.

"Taylor, are these people okay?" Eula asked quietly.

"Don't worry, they're just very excited because they've just seen five star characters for the first time."

" Five star characters? Is it Jean and Diluc?" Eula asked clearly she had some knowledge of the mobile game and was also feeling excited.

" What are their abilities did you see them Taylor? tell me quickly!"

The moment those words left her lips, Eula immediately Felt absolute embarrassment.

She put her hands together and apologised, "sorry Taylor I forgot you were the one who developed the game."

"It's okay," Taylor said casually, " by the way, have you had breakfast yet?"

Eula Sugarhead, she wouldn't tell Taylor that she had spent the last half an hour, choosing her outfit this morning before deciding on this black-and-white dress.