I'm in the Teyvat running group

"It's alright, I don't really care about these things," Yunxiu said with a smile, casually eating a jade mixed bag. The sweetness of the vegetable leaves was wrapped in the spiciness of the Jueyun peppers, the ham was cut just right, and there was a slight bitterness from the lotus seeds when eating it, followed by a sweet aftertaste. One couldn't help but admire that the chef's skill was comparable to that of Liuliting.

"We're off now that we've finished eating." Diluc walked into the restaurant. Hearing a strange "clanging" sound, Yunxiu looked up and realized that he was wearing an enormous suit of heavy armor!

"Holy crap, Astartes!"

Unlike the typical white and gold plate armor worn by knights, this armor is predominantly black, composed of black magical materials and red leather. The entire suit of armor is quite form-fitting, but the joints, shoulders, back, and breastplate are deliberately enlarged, clearly intended to protect the joints and vital parts of the body. Fine fire element runes are engraved on the armor surface, and the joint connections are obviously made of extremely tough magical beast tendons and silk threads. The entire suit of armor exudes a fiery aura of red and black, and the back plate has a rather ingenious lock that holds a large and terrifying black and red greatsword.

The entire suit of armor looked as if it had just been forged in the furnace of the abyss, making the already tall Diluc look like a true god of war!

"What?" Diluc glanced at Yunxiu sideways: "Isn't it normal for warriors to wear heavy armor on the battlefield?"

"Ah... but I saw Qin wearing it yesterday..."

"That's just a standard plate armor for low-intensity combat missions," Diluc said dismissively. "She'll have to change into this kind of armor when she returns to the Knights today, otherwise she'll easily run into problems when facing high-intensity combat."

"Why don't you wear them in normal combat?"

"Uh..." Diluc showed a rare look of embarrassment, and only after a minute did he utter a very quiet reply: "It's expensive, and repairing the damage is troublesome."

This answer surprised Yunxiu. A hero who could spend tens of millions to build a teleportation array at home, and who could handle events at the winery during the day and go to Mondstadt to be a master of teleportation at night, actually uttered these two words. This place is nearly two thousand kilometers away from Mondstadt, and there is no high-speed rail in Mondstadt. Diluc, who can travel back and forth between the two places, probably burns millions of Mora on the teleportation array every month...

“Mr. Yunxiu, this is for you.” Kaeya, who came in from behind, handed Yunxiu a spellbook: “Lord Tian Shu Xing’s letter mentioned that you recently awakened your elemental power. I stole this from Diluc’s warehouse. You can use it for now.”

"Heh." Diluc scoffed dismissively. "Once we've finished eating, we'll get ready to leave."

"Okay, okay." Yunxiu took the spellbook and put it in her bag. She then quickly finished her breakfast and went to the teleportation array at Diluc's house with Diluc, Kaeya, and Jean. Kaeya took out a large bag of Mora and crystals from a cabinet and poured them into the energy interface of the teleportation array. Then he fiddled with the rune array plate of the teleportation array. After a flash of light, the four of them were teleported to the headquarters of the Knights of Favonius.

Even though they didn't see any openings in the Knights' exterior after emerging from the teleportation array in the headquarters' basement, the sheer size of the Knights was still palpable. The teleportation array was located in a room on the lowest level of the Knights' headquarters. Beyond the basement was the Knights' storeroom, a massive warehouse spanning tens of thousands of square meters, storing vast quantities of armor, weapons, various magical potions, rations, and war supplies. Moving forward from the storeroom were offices and staff handling all sorts of tasks. Yunxiu glanced casually at the equipment maintenance room and saw hundreds of craftsmen and staff maintaining equipment and various magical items.

This is definitely much bigger than the Knights' headquarters in the game...

However, upon reflection, it makes sense. Judging from the plot, Mondstadt is likely one of the most militarily powerful nations on the continent, and the Knights Order is not just a small group as it appears. In fact, the situation in Falgar reveals that the Knights Order was able to amass a large force at Jingfu Port to launch expeditions to the North and fight to a standstill against Winter. Even those remaining in the city, as seen in later interludes, include more than a dozen high-ranking knight captains. This represents only 20% of Mondstadt's military strength. Such a massive scale makes the Knights Order undoubtedly a huge organization.

Reaching the top of the stairs, Kaiya went straight to the captains' offices on the second floor. He needed to gather the other captains for a meeting in the captain's office.

Qin turned around and said, "Call Yura over first."

Kaeya nodded and went upstairs, while Yunxiu followed Jean and Diluc to the Knights Commander's office.

The decor here is quite similar to that in the game, only much larger. Behind the commander's desk are the Knights' emblem and two crossed longswords. Thousands of ancient books, covering two full walls, are neatly arranged, many showing obvious signs of being searched. Huge maps of Mondstadt and photographs and paintings of various locations hang on the walls. Next to the commander's enormous office is a huge table with nearly fifty chairs, presumably where the Knights hold meetings.

Jean and Diluc are both decisive and efficient. She sat down at the back of the office, pulled out a piece of paper, and began writing quickly. Diluc, on the other hand, opened the small storage door next to him with practiced ease, took out a set of women's armor with a bluish-white base and engraved with eagle ornaments from the storage shelf, and then took out a soft brush, maintenance oil, and a bunch of other tools to start maintaining the armor. His movements were meticulous and serious. After cleaning a piece of the armor, he would carefully check the perfection of the magical runes.

"Do you need my help...?" Yunxiu watched Diluc's actions and couldn't help but wonder if this was just a habit of the young master or...?

“No need,” Diluc replied casually, his hands moving at the same speed. “I won’t entrust the maintenance of this armor to anyone else.”

oh……?

They only prepared a room for five people, and they're so meticulous about the knight's most important armor... Could it be...?

Before Yunxiu could continue her daydreaming, a tall woman, also dressed in light knightly armor, with short light blue hair and an ice-blue greatsword slung across her back, walked in. Seeing Diluc, Jean, and Yunxiu, she showed some surprise, but her noble composure and knightly principles prevented her from asking further questions. She merely glanced quickly at Jean before asking, "Jean, what brings you here? And you two, why are you already preparing heavy armor? Are you going on an important mission?"

“Yes, the Knights’ Assembly will begin soon.” Jean waved the document in her hand that had already been written and stamped with the Knights’ seal: “But there is one more thing. We need the Sky Harp to communicate with Lord Wind God. This requires the Knights of Favonius and the three founding families of Mondstadt to sign and confirm. Please sign your name.”

"This is the only time my Lawrence family name still has any use." Yura didn't think much of it and quickly signed her name: "In that case, I'll go prepare my heavy armor."

Diluc put down the armor he was maintaining and signed the document. Then Jean handed the document to Barbara, the church priest who was waiting at the door: "Miss Barbara, please make a trip for us and bring a small team from the Knights of Favonius to escort the Sky Harp here."

"Okay... Sister... Acting Commander, is there something important?"

“It’s an important combat mission.” Jean’s expression softened, and she even patted Barbara’s head. “Trust me, I will come back safely.”

As Barbara led a squad of soldiers toward the Church of the West, Kaeya also led in one West Wind Knight squad leader after another. Jean sat in the main seat and immediately began to assign combat missions.

After Yunxiu remarked that each of the squad leaders possessed formidable strength exceeding the fifth ring, she sat down on the sofa and began to assess her current abilities.

Chapter 28 Vanessa's Holy Armor

I leveled up last night, and my base HP has reached 48, with a total HP of 7872. I have to say, the Rock King's Blessing is truly a god-tier talent, directly allowing my 1D4 HP to reach the maximum limit with every dice roll...

Whether in games or in real life, the expected value of rolling dice is usually only slightly higher than half of the highest value. For example, the average expected value of rolling a D8 die normally is only around 4.5.

In other words, a full D4 bet can be considered a normal D8 bet, exceeding the level of most D6 bets.

Arcane Shield has reached 3116, and his total "health" has officially exceeded 10,000. Considering the need for continued combat, the level 6 spellcaster Yunxiu chose the skills Lightning Touch and Vampire Touch.

【闪电触】3环/113能量：从你指尖射出一道30米长、2米宽的雷光。线上的所有生物必须进行一次敏捷豁免，失败则受到8D20+7雷元素伤害，成功则伤害减半。

【吸血鬼之触】3环/113能量：你的手笼罩在负能量的黑雾中。用近战法术攻击触碰一个生物，命中则造成3D20腐蚀伤害。你恢复数值等于此法术所造成伤害一半的生命值，此法术可持续1分钟或触发10次。

At level 4, you can choose an additional feat. Yunxiu chose [Enchantress] and then [Spell Delay]. This feat allows you to double the duration of a skill with just 1 point. This means that Vampire Touch becomes an almost invincible survival skill in Yunxiu's hands, especially when facing mobs. With 3D20 damage, each hit deals at least 12×164.3, which is close to 2000 points, enough to easily kill ordinary Hilichurls, Slimes, and Treasure Hoarders.

Twenty kills can easily restore his health from zero to full, and with the help of a magic shield, Yunxiu can even transform into a "melee fighter" to some extent and compete with some monsters in terms of physical strength.

Of course, melee combat isn't really that useful for mages. This is mainly because Yunxiu considered that there might be many strange things in the secret realm, and having more survival skills is always better...

The Protection School at level 6 also unlocks the [Projected Barrier] ability, which can cast a shield based on the ring number for any teammate within 10 meters that you can see. I am currently at level 3, which is 3D20+7, and the total value of 4000 points should not be a problem, which is a pretty good feature.

Thinking of this, Yunxiu took out the spellbook that Kaiya had given him that morning.

It's easy to see that stealing anything is just a joke. When Kaeya goes back to Diluc's house, it's like going back to his own home. It's just that this prodigal son's personality makes him like to make jokes all the time.

【Otherworld Travelogue】Spellbook: A cheap fantasy novel, not a reliable source. The power of the spell artifacts, of course, also comes from fantasy.

Damage output increase: 10%

Elemental Energy Regeneration: +75 per hour

effect:

1. When you cast a spell, you automatically recover 1D4 health.

2. When casting illusion spells, your spells gain an additional +1 bonus.

For the Diluc family, this should be considered a fairly standard weapon...

According to the rules of D&D, this weapon would likely sell for over 20000 gold. However, the elemental power rules in the Teyvat world are different, so the actual price shouldn't be that high, but it should still be worth 10000 gold. In this world, it would be worth around two million Mora, which is roughly Diluc's monthly taxi fare.

Casting spells to restore health is not very meaningful for Yunxiu. As a mage, as long as the shield is still there, her health will not be a problem. Especially after the protection school mage has the shady combination of Shield and Arcane Protection, she can basically keep the shield on her all the time. After learning a series of high-level protection spells such as Mind Barrier and Rainbow Wall, it will be even less of a problem...

The protective aspect of the Protection school doesn't mean making you tankier, but rather using spells to prevent opponents from hitting you or only hitting your shield. It's more of a conceptual protection. Those who rely on tankiness for protection are called Paladins, while Mages rely on spells or World Analyzer for almost everything.

Thinking of this, Yunxiu couldn't help but become curious. Just how expensive was that armor? That it could make even a wealthy man like Grandpa Lu complain about it.

I secretly cast an appraisal on the armor of the leader of the Qin troupe:

"Ding! An identification was performed. The final value of this identification was 22 points. The identification failed, and you can only obtain partial information!"

Vanessa's Legacy Armor: This armor is not forged from steel, but is the crystallization of the will for freedom, the spirit of resistance, and the promise of a thousand winds. Only a selfless heart can bear its weight…

Rank: ? ? ?

Protection level: 18+10

Attributes: Constitution +6, Strength, Perception, Luck, Intelligence, and Agility all +2

Special effects: ? ? ? ? ?

Skill:?????

Holy crap... no wonder it's so expensive. In the world of D&D, if a high-ringed warrior wore this armor, he would be able to conquer a kingdom!

Putting everything else aside, what does an AC rating of 28 mean? As a top-tier knight, Jean likely possesses a fairly good shield. Even at the very least, she would need an AC rating of +5 to match this armor. Keep in mind that even extremely powerful dragons, approaching legendary status, typically only have an attack bonus of +17 to +18. A total AC rating of 33 means that at least a 16 on a 20-sided die would be needed to "break through" the armor. As a knight, Jean would at least possess a +2 AC Holy Shield and a series of other defensive skills, theoretically making it entirely possible for her AC rating to reach the despair-inducing level of 37 to 38.

For all characters below Legendary rank, without skills that guarantee a hit or any powerful blessing, Jeanne d'Arc cannot break through defenses in most cases...

Even if it's a forced hit or a divine blessing, Jean's massive health and defensive skills will likely allow her to withstand round after round of damage, making her a true guardian knight.

"Although no one would use such a divine artifact to exchange for money..." Yunxiu complained while watching Jean quickly assign tasks. Amber took the lead and led two small teams to search for the Traveler and Paimon in the Starfall Lake and Starcliff area, while Kaeya and Yura led the knights to collect equipment and put on armor. As the last knight walked out of the office to start preparations, Diluc's armor maintenance was also coming to an end.

He gently picked up the armor, walked to Qin, and carefully helped Qin put on the armor, fastening the buckles and adjusting the straps of the arm guards. Every movement was precise and skillful, as if he had done this countless times before.

"Alright." After fastening the cloak, Diluc helped Jean straighten her collar: "I'll take off your armor when you return."

"Hmm..." Jean looked into Diluc's eyes, patted Diluc's breastplate, and the armor made a dull sound. She said softly, "I'll help you too."

Seeing this, Yunxiu wisely turned her head away.

Although there were many hints in the game, and the relationship between the two was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, Yunxiu never expected it to have reached this point!

For any warrior, their armor is their most important survival tool, and they wouldn't normally entrust it to someone else. Oh, right! Jean removed her everyday armor at Diluc's house yesterday. Although I didn't think much of it at the time, it's unusual for a servant of Diluc's household to help the Knights Commander pack his armor, isn't it? Last night, Diluc only arranged rooms for five people, so Jean probably wasn't included...

Their tender moment lasted less than a minute before they parted ways; at least for that time, they had many more important things to do.

Jean, Diluc, and Yunxiu arrived at the entrance of the Knights Order and saw a group of knights and priests escorting Barbara, who was in the center, as she walked over. In her hands, she carefully held the sacred relic of the Church of Favonius in Mondstadt—the Sky Harp.

Yunxiu casually tossed out an appraisal.

【Sky Harp】：? ? ?

Rank: ? ? ? ?

It's all question marks! Yunxiu couldn't help but wipe away a cold sweat. Since arriving in Mondstadt, there have been a lot of question marks. Although she knew that Mondstadt was full of big shots, there were just too many of them!

Diluc took the Sky Harp and carefully placed it into a magic backpack made of dragon lizard skin. He then gestured to Yunxiu, and the two of them started running. The Windrise wasn't far from Mondstadt, and it was one of the few maps in Genshin Impact that wasn't scaled to scale. They ran out of the gates of Mondstadt, crossed the bridge, and turned right to reach the Windrise.

But Diluc clearly took an unusual path; he took Yunxiu and jumped off the city wall from the side of the Knights, then ran along the wall all the way to the water's edge.

"It's closer this way," Diluc said softly, glancing at Yunxiu. "Is it possible to go there?"

"Yes." Yunxiu looked at the waterway of Fruit Wine Lake, cast a flight spell on himself, and immediately levitated, beginning to fly at a considerable speed. Just as he was about to cast one on Diluc as well, two balls of fire elemental energy appeared around Diluc's feet, and he jumped off the lake, running on the water!

A cluster of extremely compressed, blood-red fire elemental burst forth beneath his feet, causing a violent "evaporation" reaction on the lake's surface. As Diluc ran at full speed, a series of low but extremely penetrating explosions echoed across the Cider Lake!

Amidst the continuous explosions, Diluc not only did not sink, but instead gained unparalleled acceleration. He transformed into a ball of dark red fire and rushed straight to the opposite bank, creating a huge wave behind him. The water was then instantly evaporated into a spreading shockwave under the powerful fire elemental force!

Yunxiu was dumbfounded by the powerful aura; in terms of strength alone, this had definitely surpassed the realm of humans.

"I know you're strong, but this is just too strong..."

Chapter 29 Diluc Unleashes His Power

Although Diluc was indeed ridiculously strong, with the help of flight and the ability to slip away unscathed, Yunxiu quickly arrived at the foot of the tree. His energy level of 1228 allowed him to use spells quite ruthlessly.

When they arrived, Diluc had already taken out the Sky Harp and started chanting prayers, and Yunxiu finally had the opportunity to examine this giant tree, which was currently the "third largest" in Teyvat.

Only when you get down there can you feel the awe. The trunk, which is a hundred meters in diameter, supports a canopy that is over a thousand meters high. It is slightly less tall, though, at less than a thousand meters. If you use elemental vision or detection magic, you can see that the entire tree is surrounded by unparalleled elemental power. It is located in the very center of Mondstadt and regulates the elemental power and climate of the entire country, making Mondstadt warm all year round and fertile land.

"It seems that this tree is the medium that the Wind God used to fix his divine magic..." Yunxiu thought for a moment, then stood quietly under the tree and began to sense the elemental power.

The elemental forces of Teyvat were originally violent and difficult to tame. Even with the help of the Eye of God, most people could only choose a single elemental force. However, the wind elemental force here became docile and easy to absorb under the powerful control of the Wind God. Upon closer inspection, one could also sense that strange runes were hidden around the tree and even in the underground space, which "locked" the space around the entire tree in an extremely stable manner.

No wonder Wendy always comes here to recuperate...