"I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush. Tell me slowly, what exactly happened?"
Jack poked Lumine's forehead and pushed her away.
Lumine wiped her ash-stained face and smiled, showing her teeth: "Roughly, we encountered a fire dragon in the wilderness, and then we were going to subdue it as a mount, but that big lizard was quite cunning. We fought for nearly two hours, and it actually spent most of the time hiding in the air, breathing fire."
"Keqing and I lack aerial combat methods, and we don't have ice or water elemental attributes to counter it. Plus, the team was missing a healer, so we had no choice but to temporarily avoid its sharp edge."
They encountered a giant dragon already?
After listening, Jack felt somewhat surprised.
After all, he and Keqing had searched for a long time without finding a single dragon's nest, and Lumine encountered one on her first day out.
This inevitably made him suspect if Lumine had the legendary protagonist's halo, where trouble happened wherever she went.
Fortunately, Jack had always been preparing to become a Swordsman of Shilipo, stubbornly sticking to peaceful mode.
Otherwise, even on easy difficulty.
With Lumine's luck, she could still refresh a 3-star demigod-level zombie for him.
The 3-star demigod here doesn't mean the monster actually became a god; it's just a difficulty rating, derived from the localization of the Champions mod in the dragon's adventure integration pack.
Affected by the Champions/Nemesis mod, ordinary monsters might become elite monsters by gaining buff, and they can drop powerful enchanted books. According to difficulty, they are roughly divided into 1-star demon, 2-star evil spirit, 3-star demigod, and 4-star unspeakable.
In addition, Boss-level creatures are guaranteed to be strengthened, with their evaluation matching the event progress.
And growth-type monsters like giant dragons will correspond to the various star levels of Nemesis based on their growth stage.
In other words, Lumine and Keqing were not facing the original giant dragons with only a few hundred health points from the ice and fire legend mod, but enhanced giant dragon pluses with thousands of health points.
"Okay, I understand. Did you save the coordinates?"
"We left a Waypoint on the south side of the dragon's nest, behind the mountain. We took a detour when escaping, so it shouldn't have found it yet."
Keqing said, holding Paimon, who was startled and foaming at the mouth.
Jack stepped forward, and Aralia Element Power passed through, checking Keqing's body.
"Good thing you're not hurt. Next time I'm not around, don't be impulsive with Lumine, okay?"
"No way, and I have the potion you gave me. Lumine was accidentally swept off a cliff by the giant dragon's tail earlier, and that's what saved her."
Lumine's face turned red: "Keqing, why are you bringing that up? This, this, this... I just wasn't careful and didn't dodge."
"Yes, then what happened when you rushed directly towards Osial's wife, Beisht? Can the same move make the Traveler fail a second time?"
"Wuwu, Jack, you're bullying me! I'm not going to be nice to you anymore!"
Boom!
A roar echoed in the distance.
Lumine jumped up as if she had dragon PTSD, grabbing Jack's arm, looking suspiciously towards the waterfall.
"Oh, that's Klee. I promised to let her blast fish to her heart's content earlier."
"You scared me to death! I thought that big idiot was chasing us. But abducting Lisa is one thing, how dare you abduct Klee? Aren't you afraid Alice-nushi will chase you all over Teyvat?"
Jack flicked Lumine's forehead.
"What are you thinking all day? I didn't do anything to Klee. Is there a problem with a brother inviting his sister to play at home?"
"You flicked me again! My smart brain was broken by your flicking! No, I'm going to flick you back!"
"Alright, alright, I'll let you flick me, okay? You're acting like a child."
Jack was pulled away by Lumine.
The two left the space to Keqing and Lisa.
Paimon was in a deep coma and not counted in the scene.
"Their relationship is so good ~"
Lisa looked at the two who had suddenly started arm wrestling in the distance.
"They're always bickering. When we first reunited, they gave me a huge 'surprise.' I even suspect these two are siblings."
Recalling it now, Keqing felt a surge of resentment, wanting to stab Mistplitter Reforged into both their heads.
"Haha, indeed, sometimes the things they do are quite infuriating."
"Your name is Lisa, right? From the Knights of Favonius in Mondstadt. I've heard of you."
"I've also heard of you, Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing, Miss Keqing."
"That's all in the past... From your expression, you must already know about my relationship with Jack, right?"
"Yes."
"Don't you feel a little wronged, being a young maiden in her prime, yet having to share a lover with others?"
"Do you feel wronged?"
"Wronged? Perhaps. But being able to meet him, love him, and stay with him, none of that seems to matter anymore."
Keqing looked at Jack, who was standing on a wooden board due to his victory, with a helpless yet doting gaze.
It was only at times like these that he would reveal a childlike personality.
But whether it was his calm self, his childish self, or his domineering self in bed, Keqing loved them all.
What a broad mind!
Lisa was shocked by Keqing's answer.
She thought to herself, if she were in Keqing's position, and Jack still wanted others to compete for his attention?
It would be a miracle if there wasn't a storm of anger.
It could only be said that Lisa admired Keqing, the master of the harem.
However, Jack, that scumbag, should definitely not be spared when it came to giving him an electric shock!
"It seems Miss Lisa has resolved her inner conflict?"
"Hehe, it's because we witches have such bitter fates. Once we commit to someone, we never change, even if that person is already dead."
"I won't let you hurt him." Keqing frowned.
Lisa smiled slyly, "So, as long as he doesn't die, it's fine, right?"
"This…it's better not to go too far, okay? And quietly, Jack isn't that easily injured. To cause him harm, you'd have to take off his Diamond Armor first."
Keqing earnestly explained the characteristics of MC armor to Lisa.
Even Lisa was confused by this.
Was Keqing naturally blunt, or was she truly just that serious about things?
But in any case, it was good news. If Jack could be hurt, then it was manageable.
...
That night.
At the dining table in the Linjian Cabin.
Jack's family was holding a war council.
"The Fire Dragon Lumine encountered should be the Stage 3 Fire Dragon from the open-air dragon's nest. If it had just been Keqing and me before, we would've only been able to mark it.
But now, we have a complete set of warriors, healers, and mages here. With ample potion supplies, taking on a young Fire Dragon in a siege battle shouldn't be a problem."
Jack tossed out 12 bottles each of red and blue potions for supporters.
He had obtained these by refreshing the random shop dozens of times, regardless of the cost.
The general store didn't sell immediate consumables, and the first time he encountered it, he didn't have the financial means to stock up on potions. Fortunately, he had maintained his habit of hoarding, and a few world coins were not a big problem.
Once the Villagers in his territory expanded their farmlands, even if he wasn't good at generating electricity to exploit world rule bugs, he could achieve world coin freedom.
By then, he could draw the big lottery a thousand times a day until his hands were sore!
"Also, here's a scroll. Lisa, see if you can use it."
Jack handed over a byproduct from his potion farming today.
[Caster's Tome]
[Type: Support]
[Copied Runes: Shield - Enhance - Shield - Enhance]
This was an item from the New Magic Arts module, allowing those with magical power to directly use the runic magic inscribed on it. Its description indicated it contained Level 2 "Shield" runes and "Enhance" runes.
Jack, who hadn't yet started "eating" runes to learn magic, didn't have the magical power to activate the spell, but there were two ready-made witches here, one big and one small.
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