Volume 5 – Chapter 63(Flag)

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Author Note:

[ ] = When Twilight is speaking.

{ } = When talking through Telepathy.

' ' = When thinking in your mind.

<<  >> = When talking with your Pokémon or Tamed Beast.

--- --- = When describing a certain period of time OR Another place.

** ** = Point Of View i.e., POV

/// /// = In Call

" " = System and when talking to it.

「 」 = Thoughts being heard

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THURST!!

STAB!!

SLASH!!

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Xiangling was attacking the man-eating boy with her polearm from different different angles and force.

The boy on the other side only tried to protect and dodge in case the attack was coming for his vitals. Else he kept on striking even when injuries appeared on his body.

This made things difficult for the girl because her weapon barely did any serious damage thanks to the boy's hard muscles. On top that, those minor injuries got full healed in a matter of few seconds.

Frowning she gathered her pryo element in her polearm and stabbed again.

The man-eating boy seemed to have sensed the danger so he hurriedly dodged.

STAB!!

Still, Xiangling didn't stop and keeping on stabbing.

STAB!!

STAB!!

STAB!!

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SHIN!!

HISS!!!

Man-Eating Boy: Ahh!! It hurts! MOM!!!!!

The boy screamed in pain as fire covered the boy's wounds. It's burning speed was faster than his regeneration.

That was one of the main weaknesses of these man-eaters. They had zero resistant against elemental power. That's why they preferred to hid till now knowing they were at disadvantages against Vision Holders.

If not for these people came knocking to their door in order to eliminate them, they didn't plan to show themselves in the open.

Man-Eating Woman: MY SON!!!

The boy's mother on the other battlefield of course heard her son's painful cry and rushed towards his location.

ZAP!!

However, too bad, she was intercepted by Keqing.

Keqing: Where do you think you are going?

The woman faced turned ugly as at this.

Man-Eating Woman: B*TCH, GET OUT OF MY WAY!!

Shouting she attacked with her claws.

SHIN!!

CLANG!!

Deflecting them, Keqing started swinging her sword which put the woman into disadvantage in a matter of seconds.

SWOOHH!!

BAM!!!!!

A punch came for her from another direction. But before it could touch her, Keqing jumped out of the way.

CRACK!!

Spider-web like cracks appeared on the ground, as Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing looked at the man in front.

Man-Eating Woman: Dear! We must hurry and reach our son. Otherwise, they will kill him!

Man-Eating Man: I know. Let's attack with our full power.

With this, both the man and woman launched themselves towards Keqing.

The girl on the other hand only became more solemn before electric power started gathering around her.

CRACKLE!!

Next, she also charged towards them.

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Thirty minutes later.

Xiangling was looking down the burning corpse of the boy with complicated expression.

Even though she had fought many bandits before, she never killed them. But this time, she not only killed a human but that human was also a kid.

Hence, some kind of odd feeling engulfed her. She felt disgusted of it and tried to suppress it.

Turning her head to the side, she saw that Keqing was also done. Two headless corpses were lying near her feet.

Compare to the boy who didn't have much experience in fighting, his parents not only had that but their strength were also higher. Yet, they were killed by Keqing faster than Xiangling killed the boy.

Keqing gestured the soldiers who were guarding from the sidelines. Since she knew that there will be needless death in case the soldiers joined, she took care of these man-eating humans herself.

Approaching, the soldiers did a salute before a Sergent stepped forward.

Keqing: Take away these corpses to research. Maybe we would find something useful.

Sergent: Right away, Miss Keqing.

Saying the Sergent ordered the soldiers to do as instructed while Keqing walked over to Xiangling.

Keqing: Are you alright?

Xiangling: Y-Yeah...…. Though I still need some time to calm myself.

Keqing: I understand...…. You know, you don't need to follow us any longer. We can take care of rest ourselv---

Xiangling: No, I will join.

She interrupted Keqing and spoke with some determination in her tone.

This startled Keqing as she looked at the chef whose eyes now had a tint of sharpness. Keqing knew such gaze since she also appeared like this when killing her enemies. Her gaze was of course much sharper thanks to longer experience. But now she saw the same thing was happening with Xiangling.

At the morning when Xiangling approached and said she wanted to join, Keqing was sceptic. In case it was another person, she would have decline. But since she knew that Xiangling was someone close to Primis, she reluctantly agreed.

Though she thought Xiangling won't be able to kill another human that easily. In case she did, she would be traumatized at what she had done.

But now seeing the determination, her impression of Xiangling increased several points.

Keqing: Ok. But let's rest for a bit before continuing.

Xiangling: Um.

While this was going on, Primis and others were looking from the top of the building.

Primis: Not bad.

Makoto: Yes. I must say that her heart and will is stronger than other humans.

Ei: Yeah. But still, the first kill definitely affected her to her core. Though if she will keep on killing, the sense of disgust she was feeling will soon disappear.

Shenhe: First kill is most difficult one.

Ganyu: Won't it be cruel for her if she will continue like this.

Primis: It is. But she must.

As the four behind him became silent, they heard his thoughts.

「 Primis: These man-eaters won't show any mercy just because you are a fellow human. In case Xiangling will hesitate, it will her end. And that's not the only thing.... In the upcoming crisis, there will be many such people. They would be a lot stronger than these Man-eaters. Hence, instead of showing mercy and letting your guard down that time, it will be better if Xiangling will get used the killing now. 」

This surprised all the women even Xiangling who was feeling down. Raising her head, she looked around but failed to even see the shadow of Primis.

Still, knowing that her teacher was keeping an eye of her from the shadows, her mood improved somewhat.

Taking a deep breath, she held her polearm tightly and stood up before approaching Keqing.

Xiangling: I am fine now, Miss Keqing. Let's continue.

Keqing: ...Ok.

With this they continued their investigation and soon found even more such man-eaters. Once they killed them, they would move to next one.

By the time Xiangling was done killing the tenth one, all of her hesitation disappeared. Keqing, on the other hand, killed more than thirty.

The soldiers at the side could only look at these women with reverence and respect in their eyes.

Primis on the other hand, checked their current strength.

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Xiangling ---> Level 73

Keqing ---> Level 151

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「 Primis: These fighting really helped Xiangling to raise her level by 3. As for Keqing, since she already completed her second ascension and is halfway done, she needs a lot more experience that's why these fights can't help her to her reach next level. 」

The 'Waifus': !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All the women who heard Primis words opened their eyes wide in shock. This was especially for the case of Xiangling and Keqing.

None of them revealed their levels to Primis. In case of Xiangling, she would have told her level to Primis he had asked. But didn't. And now with his thoughts, they knew that Primis had a way to see their true level.

This made them shudder. If one didn't know your true level, this can be used for their advantage against your enemies. But now such things were useless in front of Primis. And in case he told this knowledge to others, then their enemies could use them for their own advantages.

On top of that, Primis directly said Xiangling level was increase by 3. With further confirmed that he can see their level accurately instead of predicting it after seeing their strength.

「 Primis: Anyway, in order to face the upcoming crisis, the normal soldiers of Mondstadt must complete their first ascension and reach above Level 90. As for the higher members like Jean, Lisa, Diluc, Amber, Eula, Kaeya and others, they must complete their second ascension and must reach max. In other words, Level 200. Only then do they any chance to survive. As for Liyue Harbor...… 」

Here Primis glanced back at Shenhe and Ganyu.

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Shenhe ---> Level 296

Ganyu ---> Level 508

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「 Primis: Since they have the protection of Adepti and Geo Archon both, the enemies they will be facing will also be stronger. Hence, Keqing and other elites must complete their third ascension. 」

The 'Waifus': !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

「 Primis: *sigh* The point is the way things are right now, they won't be able to accomplish that in the limited time they have...…Looks like I have no choice but to make my move to further the speed of their leveling 」

Hearing this, all of the 'Waifus' were surprised.

At this Primis looked at particular direction before opening his mouth.

Primis: Makoto. Ei.

Saying, he gestured down below.

As if understanding what he meant, the twin moved leaving a spark of electric behind.

Down when Xiangling and Keqing were still processing what they heard, the twins appeared behind them and grabbed their collar.

Xiangling & Keqing: Eh?

Before they could do anything, the twins took them away in front of the shocking eyes of soldiers.

When the twin electro archons left Primis side, he did the same for Ganyu and Shenhe and took them away.

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---Unknow---

When Xiangling, Keqing, Ganyu, and Shenhe opened their eyes, they found themselves in an unfamiliar place.

The atmosphere was eerie as they felt someone looking at them. Though when they looked around, they found nothing. This sent a chill down their spine.

Ganyu: I…know this place.

Keqing: Um. I also remembered...…This is Wuwang Hill. It's a place in Bishui Plain. The area is known for its eerie atmosphere, as the skies will always be dark gray regardless of whether it is daytime or nighttime.

Xiangling: I have heard that many supernatural things happened here. Some people even said they saw ghosts here.

Shenhe: This means that there are high chances the gaze we felt belongs to those ghosts.

Saying she took out a talisman, in order to prepare herself.

Ganyu: It appears so.

Keqing: Before that, what are we doing here?

Xiangling: Teacher! Wait for me!

This snapped others out of their thoughts as the looked at Primis, Makoto, and Ei who were going somewhere while leaving them behind.

Other also hurry their steps and caught up to them.

Keqing: Minding telling why you bring us here, all of sudden?

The Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing already knew why Primis brough her here after hearing his thoughts. But still pretend she didn't know.

At first, the girl had some dissatisfaction with Primis when she learnt that he planned to release Osial. But after knowing that he was doing that so that they can be prepared for an even bigger threat, her dissatisfaction somewhat diminished.

And now, he brought them here to become stronger, that feeling disappeared completely.

For now.

Primis: You will know.

Hearing this, none of them asked.

Still, by being his side, they all felt a strange sensed of security. This made them relaxed as they were no longer afraid of the ghosts and started talking among themselves.

Even Makoto and Ei were talking with each other about the trivial stuffs. Though when other girls joined them, Ei closed her mouth and let Makoto do the talking.

Getting bored and not interested in taking part in the girls talking, she stepped forward and walked closer to Primis and spoke in low voice.

Ei: Since we are here, could it be that one of those Man-Eaters base of operation here?

Primis: Um.

Ei: If I am not overstepping my boundaries, can I ask how many of them will be there?

Primis: A Hundred something.

Ei: ...…

The electro archon's forehead twitched as she continued.

Ei: Are there any kids or all are adult?

Primis: All of them are adult. They even had more strength and experience than the ones they fought back in Liyue.

Ei: Must be because they got rid of many intruders who trespassed their territory.

Primis: Yes.

Ei: And...…...you are planning to let these mortals face all of them.

Primis: Yes.

Ei: Are we allowed to interfere in case their life will be in danger?

Primis: No.

Ei: ....

The shogun becoming silent hearing this.

And since they kept their conversating in low voice, except of Makoto, other girls didn't hear that.

Even though Makoto was talking with them with smile, the corner of her lips twitched hearing that Primis planned to throw these girls in a group of those man-eaters.

She couldn't help but take a deep sigh inwardly.

'Makoto: As expected, Lord's method of training is really very cold and ruthless. Though I won't deny that after it's over, they will get huge boost in strength. Lumine was a prime example of it.'

Xiangling: The atmosphere reminds of the scary stories I have heard and read of before.

Ganyu: Really?

Xiangling: Um. You're in an empty place in the middle of nowhere, there's barely any light, then just when you least expect it, a stranger comes out of----

???: --Ah?

「 Primis: *sigh* Should I be happy or sad knowing that not only my student raised a flag but it also showed its affect right away? 」

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*A/N: Please throw some power stones.

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