Just as everyone was puzzled by Mona's divination results, a hurried Knights of Favonius member ran over and said to the group, "Master Jean, everyone, something's wrong!"
"There's been another incident at the Favonius Cathedral!"
"A person covered in blood broke through the Knights' blockade and entered the cathedral!!!"
"Even more shocking, it seems that person is holding someone's severed head!!!"
Hearing this news, everyone was stunned.
What was going on? Why did someone suddenly appear inside the Favonius Cathedral?
"Did you see who that person is?" Captain Jean asked.
"The person is covered in blood and their face is obscured. We couldn't make out who it was!"
The Knight replied, "Not only that, but this person drove out all the Knights stationed inside the cathedral, saying he wanted some quiet time alone with Miss Barbara…"
Hearing Barbara's name, Jean's brows furrowed tightly.
Who was this mysterious, blood-covered person?
What were they planning to do to Barbara's body???
"Everyone, we must hurry back to the Favonius Cathedral!" Jean said anxiously.
Even though Barbara had already passed away, if that mysterious person dared to desecrate her, she would never forgive them!
When Su Yuan followed Jean back to the cathedral, a Knights member immediately reported, "Master Jean, you've finally arrived! That mysterious person seems to have blocked the cathedral's main door with something. We can't push it open…"
"It's fine. Let me handle this!" Jean said, stepping up to the door.
She drew her one-handed sword and concentrated her Anemo power in her hand.
"Gale Blade!!!"
With a fierce surge of Anemo energy, the door was shattered, and Su Yuan clearly saw the scene inside…
A blood-soaked figure knelt before Barbara's body, sobbing uncontrollably…
Beside him was a bloodied head, its expression frozen in shock…
And the head belonged to Rosaria!!!
Who was this mysterious figure crying here?
How could he possibly have the strength to single-handedly defeat an Eerie-affected Rosaria???
"Miss Barbara, why did you have to die…"
The blood-soaked figure spoke sorrowfully:
"Although you've now become Mondstadt's greatest idol, I've always believed in you. Your footsteps were never meant to stop here…"
"I refuse to believe it… I refuse to believe any of this…"
Hearing the mysterious voice, Jean's face filled with shock as she exclaimed:
"Albert… it's you???"
Su Yuan was also stunned by Jean's words…
This blood-covered person was Barbara's number-one fan, Mr. Albert?
And Albert's current appearance was extremely strange.
Could it be that his Eerie transformation condition was Barbara's death?
After Barbara died, Albert entered an Eerie state, which drove him to kill the culprit who had caused her death—that is, the Eerie Rosaria…
But Albert was just an ordinary person, without a Vision or any special abilities.
Even if he entered an Eerie state, how could he possibly overpower Rosaria, who had been trained since childhood by the Treasure Hoarders in assassination and combat, and was also a Vision bearer?
"Master Jean… yes, it's me… Albert!!!"
Albert suddenly turned to Jean, his voice hysterical:
"Barbara is dead! Why do you not look as heartbroken as I am???"
"After all, I am the one who truly cared the most about Barbara…"
Su Yuan didn't know how to respond to Albert's words…
Barbara was dead, and as her sister, Jean would naturally be grieving.
But as the acting grand master of the Knights of Favonius, Jean had to suppress her sorrow in order to continue her duties…
Now, Su Yuan began to understand why Albert had been able to single-handedly defeat Rosaria.
The answer was simple: much of the power from Eerie state comes from a person's negative emotions…
Although Albert's natural strength was far below Rosaria's, the negative emotions generated by Rosaria due to overwork, in both intensity and quantity, were far less than Albert's…
With that, it wasn't surprising that an Eerie Albert could surpass Rosaria in strength…
"Barbara is dead… does this world even have a reason to continue existing?"
Albert continued to sob, his voice choked with grief:
"No hookfruit can catch the Bunny Count… no sweet flower can be sweeter than Barbara…"
"Now that Barbara is gone, my world has lost all its colors. It will be an eternal gloom, tasting only melancholy and bitterness…"
Su Yuan watched Albert cautiously.
Could it be that Albert also intended to kill everyone to accompany Barbara in death?
Wait… Su Yuan suddenly paused, realizing he instinctively said "also."
Had someone else done something similar before?
But in the next moment, something completely unexpected happened.
Albert drew a dagger, stained with a great deal of blood—the same one used to kill Rosaria…
Without hesitation, Albert plunged the dagger into his own heart and shouted:
"Barbara! Can you see this?!"
"My heart beats because of you! My life exists because of you!!!"
"Now that you are dead, I will not live alone. I will forever follow in your footsteps, becoming your most loyal and devoted fan!!!"
Albert then collapsed into a pool of blood.
In his final moments, he spoke to Jean:
"Master Jean… after I die, I do not wish to be buried alongside Barbara…"
"But at least… let me remain somewhere I can still see her…"
The situation clearly took both Captain Jean and Su Yuan by surprise…
Albert had committed suicide instead of harming anyone else.
Indeed, when he had broken into the Cathedral of Favonius earlier, he had only driven away the knights inside without hurting a single person…
Su Yuan now felt the weight of the situation almost unbearable.
Even without the left-hand palm intel, he knew he had to find a way to use a death rewind…
After all, the casualties had already become far too heavy to ignore…
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