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Lu Sheng led Fu Ningna to the high and mighty Cardinal of Decree and Judgment.

"Fukaros! Come out!"

Fontaine Chapter: Chapter 178: I'll Steal

Riku called out to Fukaros, but received no response.

"Furina, come here, give her a piece of your mind!"

"Ah I?"

Funina was stunned.

She approached the Cardinal of the Proclamation and pleaded with utmost sincerity, "Fukaros, I don't know if you can hear me, but please don't remain silent any longer. Fontaine is in its most perilous moment. Only you can save this country. I... can no longer continue this charade! Please! Fukaros! Water God! Save your people!"

Click!

The decree issued by the cardinal rang out clearly, and beams of blue light enveloped the entire courtroom.

Everything around me began to disappear gradually, and the world turned into pure white.

A collapsing opera house replaced the original world.

Not far from the two, a woman who looked almost exactly like Funina leaned against the throne.

Her body radiated holy light and was filled with pure divinity.

"Furina, I can hear you. I can hear your prayers. I am here. I have always been here."

Fucarus slowly rose from his throne, his bare feet touching the ground, creating ripples.

“My consciousness is connected to the Cardinal of Decree, and I have seen everything that has happened during this time. You solved the Carles case and cracked the serial disappearance of girls. You have exceeded all my expectations of you. You have done a really great job.”

One by one, Fu Ningna's little pearls fell off.

She felt a pang of regret, regretting that she had only started working hard now. If she had done so from the beginning, five hundred years would have been enough time for even a stone in a latrine to be polished until it shone brightly.

If I had pursued power from the very beginning, would I have had enough strength to deal with this crisis five hundred years later?

"No, Fucarus, I did a terrible job! I...I...I can't do anything at all!"

"Shut up, Funina."

Lu Sheng suddenly defended Funina, criticizing Fukaros for his unfair treatment of her.

"Frinina may be a bit useless, but the root of all this is your fault, Fucaros. You made Frinina, an ordinary person, play the role of a god, but you didn't give her a single bit of power. You just gave her an empty sentence and then became a hands-off manager, not caring about anything. I ask you, in these five hundred years, have you provided Frinina with even the slightest bit of help?"

Fukalos lowered her eyes. "No, but I prepared Navelette for her."

"Really? You've got some nerve. Vilette is a dragon, and there's an irreconcilable and intense conflict between humans and dragons. Aren't you afraid that if he finds out about the fate of dragons, he'll turn your Fontaine to ashes?"

“This is a gamble,” Fukalos replied calmly. “No matter how small the chances are of saving Fontaine, I must try. It is my duty as the water god.”

"So you're betting everything on Funina?"

Lu Sheng turned the tables and questioned him in return.

"I really don't know how many years you could keep this up if you two switched roles."

Fukalos was so preoccupied with this question that she focused her attention on the man who kept picking on her.

"Stranger, why did you have to come and disrupt all of this? If it weren't for your appearance, everything would have gone according to my plan! I could have deceived the laws of nature, faced my own death, and returned the power of the ancient dragon to its rightful owner. In that way, Fontaine's prophecy could be broken, people wouldn't be dissolved in the sea, and Funina could live a healthy and happy life as an ordinary person."

"Your appearance completely overturned everything, and even brought the abyss, causing the prophecy to come true in a more extreme way."

Why are you blaming me? Does it mean the prediction wouldn't have happened if I hadn't made it?

What we're saying is that the Abyss will eventually invade the entire Teyvat. It's all the same whether it comes sooner or later. A short, sharp pain is worse than a long, drawn-out one. We might as well cripple or even eliminate the Abyss in Fontaineble.

Eliminating them might be unrealistic, but if we could take down those few people who are manipulating the Abyss from behind the scenes, it would definitely keep the Abyss quiet for hundreds of years.

Lu Sheng simply stopped pretending and said bluntly, "Let me tell you the truth, I will not let you return the power of the ancient dragons to Vilette. You've had your fun as the god of justice, taking it upon yourself to return the power of the dragon race to the Dragon King. Have you ever thought that after Vilette regains her power, she will launch a trial against the other rulers? Won't that just lead to a bloodbath?"

"Go ahead and stir things up! If you stir things up again and the conflict between humans and dragons reignites, then everyone in Teyvat will suffer the consequences!"

The power of the dragons is undeniable, and they are the best help in the fight against Sky Island.

But throughout history, which emperor would allow his ministers to become too powerful?

Besides, they are human, while the other are dragons.

It's best for Gu Long to keep the reins firmly in his own hands.

The extinction of the dragon race is a fait accompli. I can allow the dragon race to exist, but if the dragon race still thinks about becoming the master of this continent again...

Excuse me, but my beloved Immortal Venerable is also a human being.

Fukaros fell into deep thought; she hadn't actually considered what would happen after returning the power of the ancient dragon to the water dragon king.

She only wanted Navelette to spend the past five hundred years living among the humans of Fontaine, so that he could develop feelings for them.

Little did they know that the power of bloodline inheritance cannot be restrained by emotions.

Given Navelette's personality, he will inevitably seek justice for the other Dragon Kings later on.

Even if he doesn't want to harm humans, once he becomes an enemy of the other rulers, it will inevitably escalate into a war between humans and dragons, and it will be impossible for people not to die.

"But... if the power of the ancient dragon is not handed over to Navelette, the people of Fontaine will never be able to get rid of the curse. When the Primal Sea rises, they will all be dissolved in the sea."

Lu Sheng shook his head. "There's no need for the sea level to rise. Didn't you see that giant whale devouring the Fengdan people? Once it's full, that's when the real calamity will strike. At that point, I really don't know who will be able to stop it."

"The primary objective now is to reclaim all the original fetal water and prevent that whale from continuing to devour and grow its power. And the only one capable of doing this is you, Fucarus."

Fukaros felt a chill run down her spine: "Reclaim the Primal Seawater... Do you want me to kill all the Fontanians? No! Impossible! I can't do it!"

"I know you can't bring yourself to do it, so I'll help you."

Lu Sheng spread his hands towards Fukalos.

"Give me your power, Fucarus. Now, no one but me can save Fontaine."

His words startled both Fryna and Faucas.

Is this his real purpose in coming to Fontainebleau?

Fukaros's hair shimmered with a blue light, a sign that she was unleashing her full divine power.

She had already identified the person in front of her as an enemy.

"I thought you really had some good ideas, but you've finally shown your true colors? You want to seize power. Who exactly are you?"

The next instant, Lu Sheng's aura was no longer concealed.

An extremely oppressive divine power emanated from his body.

A purple lightning element ring is surrounded by a green grass element ring.

That was a manifestation of the power of the two divine hearts.

Fukaros's imposing presence was instantly overshadowed. She stood there dumbfounded, like a frightened little mouse, even the ahoge on her head drooped listlessly.

"I don't like the word 'steal,' please take it back. If you don't want to give it, that's fine too, I'll just take it myself."

Fontaine Chapter: Chapter 179: The Transfer of Divine Authority

"Sherlock! You..."

Funina never expected that the person she trusted so much would suddenly bare his fangs at Fukalos.

Was everything he did to get close to me just to use me to see Fucarus?

“Furina, haven’t you always wanted to know my true identity? Now I can tell you. My real name is Rikuo, and I am the newest grass god in Sumeru.”

Grass God?!

He was actually a god!

Funina suddenly felt relieved.

Despite the many suspicious aspects about him, his terrifying strength, and his almost omniscient knowledge, he could even discern that he was not the true water god.

But I never suspected that the other party was a god.

The final answer was too simplistic, almost ridiculously so.

But why would the Grass God come to Sumeru to seize the Water God's power?

Shouldn't the seven ruling groups be bound by the rules of Sky Island and not allowed to fight each other?

Fukalos was also surprised and questioned, "God of Grass, why didn't you stay in your own country and come to Sumeru to cause such a farce? Aren't you afraid of the punishment from Sky Island?"

"How dare you say that to me?" Lu Sheng laughed. "Don't think I don't know that you used the Cardinal of Decree to collect five hundred years' worth of energy, all for the purpose of destroying yourself along with the Throne of the Water God. Isn't your crime far greater than mine?"

"Destroy the throne of God?!"

Funina was horrified.

"Fukaros! Is what he said true? You've been plotting your own death all along?!"

Fukaros's carefully guarded secret was ruthlessly exposed by Lu Sheng, and she gritted her teeth and admitted the truth to Funina.

"I'm sorry, Frinina, I didn't mean to keep it from everyone, but once this matter is exposed, even without the prophecy, Fontaine will perish completely in the wrath of Sky Isle..."

"This was a risky gamble... I... I never expected things to turn out this way."

Lu Sheng didn't want to waste any more time; every minute that passed would allow the Star-Devouring Whale to gain even more power.

He gave Fucaros an ultimatum: "Fucaros, this is the last time I'm asking you. Will you hand over your power or not? You've seen the situation now. My army has entered Fontaine and is currently fighting against a large number of abyssal monsters."

“If you cooperate, this will be military aid, and I can guarantee that Fontaine will remain the same as before. But if you insist on resisting, then my actions will turn into aggression. I will seize your power, drive back the Abyss, and occupy this place. From then on, the country of Fontaine will disappear from this world forever. I will not save or care about a single Fontaine.”

Fukalos was caught in a deep dilemma.

Although she was a water goddess, she was not good at fighting, and the pressure emanating from Lu Sheng just now immediately brought her to her senses.

There was absolutely no way I could beat him.

"Your method is too radical. I cannot agree to it. Reclaiming all the seawater will cause all the people of Fontaine to dissolve into water. What difference is there between that and the extinction of Fontaine? They are the precious treasures entrusted to me by the previous generation of water gods. I will never, ever let them perish in my hands!"

Lu Sheng sneered, "Hmph! Ignorant fools. Taking away the water of their womb won't really kill them. It'll just make them revert to a primitive state from being human. Once this is over, I'll naturally find a way to turn them back into real humans."

These words caused Fucarus's mind to shift.

To make the pure water spirits of Fontaine a true human being was the lifelong dream of the first water goddess, Ergolia, and the long-cherished wish she had tried her best to fulfill.