The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 7: The City of Freedom
With Diluk providing three belts, Ruo Jin skillfully tied up the two living debt collectors and the unconscious Firefly Warlock tightly with the belts.

"I haven't encountered many treasure-stealing groups recently, so my skills are a little rusty."

Ruojin clapped his hands and nodded with satisfaction at the tied-up Fatui in front of him. Diluk looked at the taut leather belt thoughtfully. It seemed that the merchant named Liben had not fooled him. The quality of this belt was indeed top-notch.

"Well, brother, I don't know which direction Mondstadt is. For some reason, I can't find the location of Mondstadt now."

"Of course, if you also want to go to Mondstadt, you can take me with you. The bounties of these Fatui will be given to you."

Ruo Jin kicked the debt collector who was still struggling. If he didn't want the white-haired little girl floating in the air to see too bloody a scene, he would have killed these Fatui long ago.

"We do need to go back to Mondstadt. If Mondstadt is also your destination, why don't we go together?"

"As for these Fatui, the Knights of Favonius may have a rule for taking in prisoners, but I don't."

As he spoke, a fire element rose up, and the scorching flame distorted the air. The three Fatui in the flame screamed a few times and then turned into ashes and dissipated on the earth.

Although Ruo Jin wanted to stop it, he saw that the white-haired little girl who could fly and the yellow-haired girl who seemed to have been fooled by the Fatui did not show any discomfort on their faces.

This made Ruo Jin a little confused. According to the information he got from Sister Keqing, didn't the people of Mond rely heavily on the Knights of Favonius? He clearly remembered Sister Keqing complaining that the people of Mond were like a group of children who never grew up. How could they just kill them now without any hesitation from the three Fatui.

"Boss Ruota, do you think we have come to the wrong place? Why do these people give me the feeling that they are not good people?"

"If you ask me, who should I ask? I don't know them. But pay attention to that little yellow-haired girl. I sense a very strange power from her."

Ruota's serious voice sounded in Ruojin's mind. Ruojin glanced at the yellow-haired girl who looked dazed. If it weren't for his trust in Ruota, Ruojin really didn't think there was anything noteworthy about this girl.

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you all silent? I think this guy is definitely not a bad guy since he can help us. Ying, why don't we make friends with him?"

Paimon's words made Ying nod in agreement. For some reason, although this person looked a little unreliable, he exuded a reassuring aura. This strange sense of contradiction made Ying somewhat interested.

"Hello, my name is Ying, and I'm a traveler."

"Hello, my name is Ruojin, I'm from Liyue. Speaking of which, you're not a Fatui experiment. I thought you were one of the Fatui before. I'm so sorry."

"Well, I'll treat you to a meal when we get to Mondstadt. That'll be my apology."

Seeing Ying introduce herself to him, Ruojin was stunned at first and then scratched his head embarrassedly. He thought a little girl was a fool. Ruojin felt a little embarrassed. When Paimeng heard that Ruojin wanted to treat Ying for dinner, his big eyes immediately lit up.

"Well, my name is Paimon, and I'm a traveler's best friend. Can I come with you when you invite me to dinner?"

"What best partner? It's just an emergency food."

"Traveller!!"

After hearing Paimon's self-introduction, Ying, who had already been outgrown by Paimon, complained rudely, which made little Paimon so angry that he stomped his feet in the air. Paimon's cute look made Ruo Jin's eyes light up. "Haha, since you are Ying's travel companion, let's go together."

"Really? That's great! Ruojin, you are such a good person."

Hearing Ruojin say that she was also included in the treat, Paimeng excitedly circled around Ruojin several times. Yingwei, who was standing beside her, held her forehead with her hand, thinking, "Paimeng, what a shameful guy!" It was as if she, the traveler, had starved herself before him.

"This is not the place to talk. We don't know whether these Fatui have informed the Executioner yet. If you have anything to say, let's wait until we return to the Angel's Gift."

Diluk took the Sky Harp down from the platform and held it in his arms. After checking to make sure that the Sky Harp was not damaged, Diluk breathed a sigh of relief and urged everyone to leave quickly.

After learning how to save Tevarin, Diluk didn't want to participate in any battle that might damage the Skyharp. Otherwise, Diluk wouldn't mind using this base to teach the Fatui a lesson.

Along the way, with Paimon's explanation, Ruo Jin roughly understood the situation of Mondstadt at the time, the rampant Tevarin and the constantly pressing Fatui. In a nutshell, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as internal and external troubles.

"Is this how Barbatos manages Mond? Even though Mond is in such a state, why doesn't that guy show up to deal with it? That Morax guy even uses a rock elemental clone to fool around during the annual ceremony of inviting the immortals."

"Sure enough, Morax is the only one who is the most competent among the Seven Gods."

After hearing about Mondstadt's current situation, Roto said that he had been observing Liyue for so many years and had never thought that a country would be so aggrieved. It was not a good thing to be ridden on the neck by the Fatui in its own territory. Although he wanted to beat that guy Morax, Roto still agreed with Morax's ability to govern the country.

Ruo Jin also deeply agreed with this point. Apart from anything else, in terms of professionalism, Geo King is truly a benchmark among the Seven Gods. Even though Sister Keqing proposed the concept of rule by man and questioned Geo King, this did not hinder Sister Keqing's admiration for Geo King.

"Ruojin, if the Fatui dare to act so presumptuously in Liyue, do you know what to do?"

"Don't worry, Boss Ruo. If the Fatui really dare to do this in Liyue, they will never see the sun the next day."

"That's good. After all, Liyue is my hard work. If someone tries to destroy it, humph!"

Hunting down those who did evil in the dark was something Ruo Jin had done over the years. He had even teamed up with Ye Lan to target the "rich" among the Fatui executives.

I heard that there was a guy called Dark Night Hero in Mondstadt who was also doing this kind of work. If there was a chance, Ruo Jin would like to take this opportunity to make friends with him. He felt that he and the Dark Night Hero should be able to get along well.

"I've finally arrived after walking all this way. My phantom limb is sore from exhaustion."

On the bridge in Mondstadt, Paimon hammered her shoulder with his little hand and looked very tired, which made Ying, who was currently the weakest person besides Paimon, roll her eyes. She didn't complain of being tired after walking all the way, so why should you, an emergency food flying in the air, be tired?

Looking at the brightly lit Mondstadt not far away, Paimon performed like a guide. She pointed at Mondstadt and introduced it to Ruojin.

"If it's forbidden, if it's forbidden, although I'm not from Mondstadt, I still have to say this: welcome to the pastoral city of wind and dandelions, the capital of freedom - Mondstadt!"

(End of this chapter)