"I'm sorry, please live well within me!" Yu Jin shouted loudly, his hands raised above his head, in a Hilichurl camp.
Then he was surrounded and beaten by the Hilichurls.
The clanging of armor sounded, but the Hilichurls' attacks were like fine rain entering a river, creating no ripples.
Even when a Mitachurl swung its great axe, infused with the pyro element, Yu Jin's stance remained unshaken.
"Good, you've all struck more than three times," Yu Jin murmured, then roared, "Don't worry, there will be no more pain!"
Then Yu Jin raised his hands even higher, inhaled, gathered strength, and slammed them down!
His arms struck the ground with an unnatural speed.
"Boom!" The sound of the earth cracking echoed, and a huge shockwave spread outwards from Yu Jin, tearing everything in its path to shreds!
Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker—a combat skill where one strikes the ground with outstretched arms, creating a shockwave and causing violent tremors.
This move was a combat skill that Grandpa Ge was proud of; when Yu Jin fought him back then, it genuinely lifted the crust of the Capital.
Just as Yu Jin was lamenting, he saw a black shadow flicker through the ruins of the dilapidated Hilichurl camp.
Then the monster drops on the ground, such as Mitachurl horns and Hilichurl masks, disappeared.
A king must not bend over—that's what the Black Knives told him.
Anyway, Yu Jin thought it was ridiculous; they didn't seem to care about a king's dignity when they picked him up.
However, since the Black Knives insisted, Yu Jin let them do it. It saved time, and Yu Jin didn't think he was better than the Black Knives in this regard.
Closing his eyes, Yu Jin sensed for a moment, then ran to the next camp.
The number of monsters outside Mondstadt City was incredibly high now; the Knights of Favonius, besides ensuring the safety of Mondstadt's surroundings, also had to dispatch people to small towns like Springvale.
It was precisely because of this that the Knights of Favonius posted notices in the Quartermaster's Office, mobilizing all combat-capable people in the city to go out and exterminate monsters.
Yu Jin smelled a conspiracy in these anomalies. If you ask why, it's because he had seen Hilichurls of the Good Sleep tribe and Good Meat tribe appear around Mondstadt more than once.
Yu Jin recognized every creature he had seen, and Hilichurls were no exception. In fact, Yu Jin had even given them names, but considering his somewhat poor Talents for naming, he hadn't told anyone else.
The Good Sleep tribe and Good Meat tribe of Hilichurls wouldn't run out of Dadaupa Gorge for no reason. Now that so many had appeared, Yu Jin could only think of one answer—someone was driving or controlling them.
As if he had thought of something, Yu Jin reached out his hand and said to the air, "Bring out a Forbidden Scroll for me to see."
As soon as he finished speaking, a Black Knife knelt on one knee, placed a Forbidden Scroll in Yu Jin's hand, and then disappeared again.
Yu Jin unrolled the scroll and carefully examined the scroll that Teyvat people avoided.
According to Lisa, Scholars who understood these scrolls eventually fell into madness.
Yu Jin clicked his tongue; it wasn't as potent as Frenzied Flame. In fact, nothing much was written on this scroll, just some methods for using elemental power, but the text had been tainted by taboos and curses.
He tossed the scroll away, and another black shadow flashed, and the scroll disappeared without a trace.
Yu Jin felt the faint Abyss aura remaining on his fingertips, very weak, but enough for him to deduce some things.
"Corrupted compatriots? Or non-human monsters? I need to take a good look." Yu Jin looked at the Hilichurls wandering below and smiled... As the sun set, on the outskirts of Mondstadt City, Yu Jin was counting the day's harvest with the Black Knives.
Looking at the four bulging sacks in front of him, Yu Jin looked at the bags, then at the Black Knives.
"You did this?" Yu Jin was a little speechless; had all the Hilichurls around here been wiped out?
"Yes, but please rest assured, Your Majesty, we have also collected their souls." Alecto said, and several Black Knives behind her each took out a pure white small pot.
Soul Storage Pots, actually a sanitized version of Grudge Pots. They are now widely used in the medical industry of The Lands Between.
"Crush them." Yu Jin sighed helplessly.
"Crack!" The pure white pots shattered, releasing the stored souls. Tens of thousands of pure white souls, carrying curses, entered Yu Jin's body.
Yu Jin calmed himself and observed, surprisingly discovering that most of these Hilichurls were from a fallen ancient kingdom called Khaenri'ah. After regaining consciousness within Yu Jin, they all appeared either bewildered or pleasantly surprised.
Yu Jin suddenly had a bad premonition: would this Khaenri'ah somehow re-establish itself within his body?
As everyone knows, when there are many people, there are many ideas, and many ideas lead to trouble. Although Yu Jin thought they shouldn't be able to cause any major trouble within him.
Even if they did cause trouble, there was no need to worry. Because Yu Jin felt that in terms of causing trouble, he should be even better than them.
Thinking of this, Yu Jin no longer worried about anything. He hoisted the four large sacks, big enough to fit a person, and ran like the wind towards Mondstadt City.
This day was destined to be unforgettable, because many Mondstadters saw four large sacks with legs suddenly dart past them.
As for why Yu Jin couldn't be seen? The four sacks, large enough to fit a person, covered his body.
Originally, the Black Knives wanted to carry them, but Yu Jin thought that if he called out, a large sack would appear out of thin air, and he always felt it was a bit strange.
When should I resolve the identity of the Black Knives! Yu Jin suddenly thought of this idea.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was right; having eleven older sisters constantly following you, even if unseen, was enough to make anyone uneasy.
"Thud!" Not far from the back gate of Mondstadt City, at the Knights of Favonius Quartermaster's Office, four sacks were stacked in front of Hertha, who was on duty, startling him.
Then he saw a helmeted head emerge from the pile of sacks.
"Dot dot?" Yu Jin said to Hertha.
Seeing Hertha's puzzled look, Yu Jin reached out and untied the opening of one sack; the bulging sack emptied, and countless Hilichurl masks, scrolls, horns, and arrows gushed out.
Hertha stared blankly at the scene before him, not even noticing a mask that had jumped onto his face.
After a long while, Hertha's body trembled, and his throat was dry as he said, "All of it?"
"All of it, guaranteed to satisfy you." Yu Jin confidently said, patting his chest armor with a "clang clang."
"Whew—" Hertha took a deep breath. He stared at Yu Jin in front of him, having already ranked him as the person most not to be provoked in Mondstadt—oh no, in all of Teyvat.
His ranking directly surpassed Miss Alice, rising to first place!
"I... I'll go call people." Hertha glanced at Yu Jin, then ran away as if fleeing towards the Knights of Favonius Headquarters.
"Huh? Am I that scary?" Yu Jin found it incomprehensible; he was clearly very friendly.
However, he looked at the three large sacks around him again and felt that he should give the Knights of Favonius a little help, after all, there was just too much.
So Yu Jin untied all the sacks, and he happily began sorting and organizing the materials, which were enough to bury a person.
Slime condensate went into one bottle; no bottle? Then into a Black Copper Horn. And masks and the like also needed to be sorted, as the Knights of Favonius would need to count them later.
When Hertha brought people over, they only saw Yu Jin leaping among piles of items that glowed with a special luster.
"See, I told you it was real, and you didn't believe me." Hertha pointed at the alchemy materials and said to his colleagues behind him.
"Rea... real!"
"I'm not dreaming, am I?!"
"How many monsters must have been killed for this?! Are there that many monsters around Mondstadt City?"
...The Knights of Favonius behind Hertha looked at Yu Jin, who was waving at them not far away, and all involuntarily took a step back.
This person is too terrifying!