Chapter 181

At this time, Ying was also sent out of the Narugami Shrine by Saigo and came to the foot of Yingxiang Mountain.

When Ying raised his head again, there was no trace of Saigo in the back mountain of Narugami Shrine.

"Hey... I ordered the thunder in the ten directions to calm down, and I wish you a safe journey."

Ying stared for a long time, she sighed softly, and her expression was a little lonely.

In the distant castle tower, Lei Dianzhen knelt on the carpet in the boudoir. She looked at the empty room and sighed softly: "... Mingying sent a letter and silk, and she will come back as promised!"

"... Today is obviously our wedding anniversary, but it is also the time of separation. This Inazuma's dream is really magnificent and sad."

...

Saigo's figure disappeared from Narugami Shrine, and the next moment he appeared in the Coral Palace on Haigi Island.

He did not show up, but just watched Coral Palace, who was taking a young girl and teaching her the duties of a shrine maiden.

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As the incarnation of pearls, Coral Palace will be passed down from generation to generation in the form of ‘pearls born from clams’.

She will let the bloodline of ‘Goten Daimikoto’ stay forever on Haigi Island, and let this belief be passed down from generation to generation.

He watched the Coral Palace and their children for a long time, until the dawn, when Xixiang's figure disappeared in the morning mist of Haigi Island.

However, Xixiang did not leave this world directly. He had to meet someone before leaving.

Someone he had noticed in the abyss before, but had never seen.

Time ruler - Istaru!

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In the northeast of Liyue, there is a region called Mond.

It is covered with ice and snow all year round, and the environment is harsh, and it is almost difficult for humans to survive here.

However, the power of the demon god has opened up a soil for human survival in this dangerous snowy mountain.

But the demon god who brought the breath of life to humans also restricted the freedom of everyone.

"Life is precious, love is more precious, if it is for freedom, both can be abandoned!"

When Saigo set foot on the desperate situation of this snowy land to meet the ruler of time, what he saw was the dissipation of the storm that imprisoned freedom.

He also saw a wisp of wind among the thousands of winds, and obtained the power of the demon god of the storm and became the new god of wind.

"Fly, like a bird, fly——"

"Take me to see this world——"

"Take me to the sky!"

The pleasant piano music and the high singing of freedom lasted for a long time in Mond, but in the high singing, there was a little loss of sadness.

Chapter 103 Life and death, time and space, the duality of good and evil!

The Mond region is located in the white snow-capped mountains. The environment here is harsh and the climate is unpredictable. It is not a dangerous place where humans can survive.

But in such a place that should be almost uninhabited, under the protection of the fierce wind demon god "Dikarapian", humans have a piece of land for themselves.

The lover of the demon god, Dekalapian deeply loves his subjects, but this demon god of the fierce wind is different from the demon god of rock and the god of sound. His love is too heavy.

Dekalapian "imprisoned" his people in the fierce wind to prevent the wind and snow from the outside from flooding the capital.

He thought that humans would praise his achievements and offer him the most pious prayers to express their return to the favor bestowed by the demon god.

But Dekalapian did not understand that there is a side of human instinct that yearns for freedom. The people of Mond, who are surrounded by fierce winds and can only live in the capital, are dissatisfied with the imprisonment of the demon god.

However, the power of the demon god "830" makes humans powerless to resist the power of the demon god even if they are dissatisfied.

Until the arrival of the demon war, due to the harsh environment of Mond, almost no demon god is willing to stay here.

Therefore, the Demon War in Mondstadt was the simplest, with only the Fierce Wind Demon Dekalapian and the King of the North Wind Andreus fighting for the throne of the Wind God.

However, the lonely king of the tower Dekalapian was too powerful, and the King of the North Wind could not even break through his hurricane surrounding the royal city.

Normally, Dekalapian would win the Demon War and become the true God of Wind.

However, a wisp of wind in the thousand winds, under the people's pursuit of freedom, finally overthrew the rule of the tyrant.

When Saigo stepped into the half-destroyed Mondstadt with towers, he saw this scene.

This city, which had not seen outsiders for thousands of years, was full of cracked rocks and dust that was ground into fine water.

That was the scene in the city caused by the Fierce Wind Demon who never stopped blowing out his storm for thousands of years.

The people in the city cheered and were inexplicably excited about the death of the tyrant. Many residents spontaneously organized guards to wipe out those diehards who pursued the tyrant.

The fierce wind that once hovered over the royal city forever dissipated, replaced by a gentle breeze that advocates freedom.

On a dilapidated tower, a handsome young man was sitting on the ground full of broken rocks and playing the harp.

His singing echoed in the city, giving courage and strength to countless people who advocate freedom.

This reckoning with the tyrant lasted for several days, until the song and flag of freedom were planted on this land, and the riots in the city gradually subsided.

The young man who played for three consecutive days did not seem tired.

He stood up, his eyes were regretful and warm, watching a young man with his eyes closed at his feet, who looked like him, gradually turning into a beautiful breeze and dissipating under the gentle singing of the wind.

"Good night, my friend, may the song of freedom accompany you to sleep forever!"

The young man once again flicked the strings of the harp with his fingers, and then he turned around. The sadness in his body disappeared, leaving only the frankness and lightness of happiness and freedom.

Because the young man knew that his friend did not want him to be sad, but wanted him to bring joy and happiness to these people who had lost their freedom.

"Hey~~ I also want to thank you for not interrupting my singing, strange traveler from afar."

The handsome young man showed a bright smile to Xixiang who was standing behind him. He waved his hand with a "yo" sound and said very familiarly:

"...My name is Barbatos, and I am a wind elf. Hey, traveler from afar, what is your name? Do you have a story from afar to tell me?"

“But if you tell a story, it’s best to pair it with wine!”

Barbatos' overly frivolous and brisk voice sounds a bit unreliable, but inexplicably it makes him excited.

"My name is Zarathustra, a wisp of Barbatos among a thousand winds."

"...But you are no longer the Wind Elf, you are now the 'God of Wind'!"

Saigo was wearing a black robe with gold trim. He held a simple long lamp in his left hand and said to Barbatos.

"Zarathustra, well, it is indeed the name of a demon that I have never heard of. You are so strong, even stronger than Dickapian."

"...Hey, I can't beat you. Are you here to compete for the position of the God of Wind? If so, then you can be the God of Wind."

"I'm just a little poet, I don't know how to fight, and I'm very afraid of pain, hehe~~"

Barbatos raised a bright smile, scratched his head, and said in a brisk tone.

Xixiang, who heard his words, said: "...give up the position of the God of Wind like this? In order to get all this, you and your lost friends must have paid a lot."

Barbatos continued to play the harp in his hand, and his tone slowed down slightly: "...My friends and I did not want to resist Dick Lapian because of the position of the God of Wind."

"...We only heard people's wishes for freedom, and that's why we sang loudly here..."

"Now that Dick Lapian has been overthrown, people have gained the freedom they dreamed of, and my friend is satisfied for this."

"...The position of the God of Wind is not important at all. As long as you don't imprison people's freedom like Dick Lapian, then who should be different about this God of Wind?"

"I just want to be the spirit of the wind again, flying and wandering in the snow-capped mountains, and telling the story of people pursuing freedom and overthrowing the lonely king in the tower forever."

These words of Barbatos were sung while playing the harp.

"So that's it. Then it seems that you should continue to be the God of Wind."

"...It is obviously a very interesting thing to let the wind spirit chasing freedom be imprisoned by the position of the wind god."

Xixiang smiled thoughtfully.

Barbatos, who was playing the harp, paused for a moment, and the young man showed a troubled expression, "...Hey, you are such a bad person."

"...But you are also very interesting. Traveler from afar, I wonder why you came to this land blown by wind and snow?"

"As long as you tell me your request, the wind elf Barbatos will definitely help you. Of course, in exchange, please tell me a story from afar."

"...As a poet, you can't just rely on your own meditation. Poets need more stories as nourishment for new poetry."

Xixiang stared at the God of Wind with calm eyes, and he slowly said: "...a wisp of the thousand winds, take me to find the thousand winds!"

Barbatos, who was playing the 5.5-piece harp, paused with his fingers for a moment, and then he continued to play, and asked doubtfully: "...Why do you want to see Thousand Winds?"

Saigo satisfied Barbatos' doubts: "...Time is a very interesting thing. Even if the time ruler only masters an insignificant bit of time, it is enough to serve as a reference."

"...Life and death, time and space are opposite and unified just like good and evil. The so-called duality does not only refer to the duality of good and evil."

"The origins of good gods and evil gods limit their ability to expand the scope of dualism. I cannot go down the same old path. I need to seek greater possibilities for duality."

"...Whether life or death or time and space, any duality of opposites and unity must be controlled by me!"

Saigo knew that Barbatos didn't understand what he was saying, but what he wanted was that the new God of Wind didn't understand.

Sure enough, Barbatos' face was at a loss at this time, and he was a little confused.

Chapter 104 The arrival of Istaru

Barbatos touched his head and said slightly confused: "...Okay, okay, since you want to see her, then I will take you there."

"...But you may have to wait a little while, she is not at this point in time."

Hearing this, Xixiang said: "...It doesn't matter, as long as she knows about my arrival, she will definitely show up."

Barbatos put away his harp, stood up with a 'hey', and said in a sly tone: "...I promise to take you to see her."

"...But you also have to tell me a story outside."

"I have been in this snowy mountain since I was born, and I have never seen the outside world."

Barbatos said this, holding his piano and walking briskly towards the ruins of the tower.

Xixiang followed him and nodded, saying, "...Okay, if you want to listen, I will tell you the story of Liyue and Inazuma."

Barbatos stopped, and the wind god, who borrowed the appearance of his friend and had a delicate face, said happily, "...Liyue and Inazuma? Great, I want to listen to poems from foreign countries."

"...The 28 demon gods of the former gale blew violent winds and did not allow Mond to communicate with the outside world, but occasionally some Liyue merchants were allowed to come to this royal city."

"Inazuma, I have only heard of such a place, but I have never been there."

Barbatos did not walk into the crowd, he just sat down in a tower ruin that overlooked the royal city.

He sat on the edge of the tower wall, swinging his legs, and looked at the whole city with a warm smile and full of joy.

"Although I have never seen the demon god of fierce wind, it is because of his existence that these humans can live in this cold and desolate land."

Xiang walked to sit next to Barbatos. He also looked at the people of Mond and spoke slowly.

"You are right. People can live here thanks to Decarabian's efforts."

"...If he could understand people's pursuit of freedom and leave a door to the outside world in the fierce wind, there would not be so many things now."

Barbatos felt a little regretful. If Decarabian was really as he said, then the position of the God of Wind would definitely belong to that demon god.

Barbatos did not care about the position of the God of Wind. What he and his friends pursued was the yearning for happiness and freedom.

"The dead girl was called Amos. She thought she was favored by the demon god, but she didn't realize until she died that the demon god had never loved her. The demon god's love was universal love."

"... Before she died, before she bravely shot an arrow at Diocletian, I'm afraid no one knew her name."

Barbatos pointed at a barefoot dead girl and said.

Then, his finger pointed at a red-haired man with a beard and scars all over his body, like a knight.

"That was Leggenfind, who was originally an unknown knight, but bravely raised his sword against the cruel lord."

"... and my dead friend, who was originally an unknown boy, and me, an unknown weak poet."

"Just as it is recorded in the heroic biography, four nameless weak people bravely stood in front of the enemy."

"... But the result was not as magnificent as in the poem, and it can only be described as miserable and embarrassing."

"Hey, we didn't defeat Diocletian at all. It was He who finally realized that he was not loved by the people."

"... It turned out that the reason why people bowed down to Him was not because He was worshipped, but because people had to bow their heads to the tyrant under the strong wind."