The Weapon Master Shall Never Die Bare-Handed in Genshin Impact [410]

"I can't approve of what it did, nor do I want anything to do with it."

Dainsleif's voice held more weight than usual as he turned to Lumine.

"Besides, winning others over... that's your talent, not mine."

"Of course it is!"

Lumine struck a peace sign and grinned.

"There aren’t many girls like me left in Teyvat—cute, cool, and very dangerous. If I get any cuter, this whole world’s in trouble!"

"..."

Dain stared at her self-confidence and was struck again by just how different she was from the one he had once known.

"You really hate the gods, huh... but what’s there to hate?"

Jax scratched his chin.

"One’s a drunk, the other can’t even afford to pay for lunch..."

"Gods are not worth placing your hopes in."

Dainsleif crossed his arms.

"Think of this as a personal warning—always be on guard when dealing with the gods."

"Don’t trust them too much. But..."

He paused, then looked directly at Lumine.

"...Don’t walk the path of overthrowing or hunting them either."

He emphasized it.

"Even when it comes to that old enemy of yours."

"That’s such a weird way to think about it!"

Paimon yelped.

"So you’re saying we shouldn’t trust the gods... but also shouldn’t hunt them?! Dain, are you for or against the Seven?!"

"What a bold thing to say."

Jax’s eyes narrowed slightly.

"Hunt gods?"

"So Khaenri’ah wasn’t just godless… it saw gods as prey."

He rubbed his chin, his understanding of Khaenri’ah deepening.

Some truths don’t declare themselves—they live in subtle signs.

The pride etched into their bones.

If Dainsleif could say hunt gods so casually, then it stood to reason that Khaenri’ah, in its final days, wasn’t just without gods—

It fought them.

Could that be why the original Electro and Dendro Archons perished during the fall of Khaenri’ah?

Were they killed by Khaenri’ah's desperate resistance?

"Dain, why do you think like this?"

Lumine asked curiously.

"...Because I’ve seen what comes of it."

He fell silent for a moment, then spoke:

"Here’s the truth."

"Khaenri’ah was destroyed by the gods. And that is why the Abyss Order now seeks to destroy the nations ruled by the Seven."

He left them with that thought.

"No more talk. Back to the mission. I’m going to deal with the rest of the Order’s forces. You two move fast. When you’re done, meet me at the entrance to Wolvendom."

With that, Dainsleif turned and walked off.

"He’s gone..."

Paimon sounded a little down.

"...I kinda get it, though."

Lumine muttered.

"Traveler, didn’t you used to be super wary of unknown gods too?"

Paimon remembered the time they fled the assassination scene in Liyue.

"It’s because there was no trust..."

Lumine murmured.

"So I avoided them."

"And what about me?"

Jax raised an eyebrow.

"You didn’t seem all that cautious around me."

"You..."

Lumine looked him up and down.

"Are you a god?"

"...Touché."

"Still, you made a real impression."

She patted Jax’s shoulder.

"You were the first person I ever met who, within five minutes of knowing me, tried to drag me into a dragon fight—and was excited about it."

Paimon blinked, suddenly remembering something.

Back when they first met Jax, Lumine had almost walked away to avoid the hassle.
If it hadn’t been for her—Paimon—the team wouldn’t be together right now!

She straightened up proudly, hands on her round little hips.
Hmph! Paimon was also a key member of this party!

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Jax, meanwhile, stored the Statue of The Seven back into his system inventory, already mentally prepared to pull it out again mid-battle.

Maybe it was the divine energy infused in the statue…
Maybe it was the Abyssal corruption clinging to it…
But every time he used it as a weapon, it hit hard.

Just imagining the next time he ran into that smug Abyss Herald—
Pulling out the statue mid-fight,
and slamming it right into that guy’s face…

Yeah. That sounded fun.

As soon as he tucked the statue away, someone came walking toward them from the direction of Wolvendom.

It was Jean.

She blinked, clearly surprised to see them.

"Mr. Jax? Lumine? What are you two doing here?"

"Captain Jean!"

Lumine ran over eagerly.

"We’re here to help! And to check on Big Fluffy!"

"B-Big Fluffy?"

Jean tilted her head, confused.

"Yup!"

Lumine nodded.

"The super cool, big... I mean, wolfie-wolf!"

"You’ve never pet him before, right? His fur is amazing! Cold and silky with this breezy feeling, just like the wind!"

"...You mean Boreas?"

It finally clicked—Big Fluffy was Andrius, the Great Wolf of the North.

Jean’s thoughts momentarily derailed.

Lumine’s description had conjured up an image of a fluffy, majestic—and strangely adorable—wolf deity.

"I still think Stormterror’s better for cuddles."

Jax chimed in.

"Those feathers? Top tier."

"Hmm?"

Now Jean found herself imagining a wind dragon with sleek, soft plumage...

Were all of the Anemo Archon’s followers this adorable?

Jean quietly slipped into deep thought.

"Back to business."

ean eventually pulled herself together.

"We’ve received reports that the Abyss Order is encircling Wolvendom. We’ve only just begun deploying troops."

"But we still have no intel on what’s happening inside the forest."

She frowned.

"Wolvendom has always been the Wolf King's domain. Few enter. The Knights of Favonius know very little about the terrain."

"Now that the Abyss has moved in, it’s nearly impossible to break through."

Jean looked seriously at Jax and Lumine.

"Mr. Jax, Lumine—I’d like to ask you both to confirm if the Wolf King is in danger."

"You two have a connection with him. You’re the best ones for the job."

"The Knights will clear a path to the heart of Wolvendom."

"No problem!"

Lumine nodded eagerly.

"We’re going to find Big Fluffy!"

"Then I leave it to you. Honorary Knights."

Jean offered a formal salute.

...

With the Knights clashing against the Abyss to create an opening, Jax and Lumine slipped through the chaos—

Following the paths burned into their memories—

And made their way toward the ruins that the Great Wolf once called home.

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