"Look, look! An Adventure to subjugate Stormterror! Such a great opportunity to train, don't miss it!"
"Young people! The Age of Adventure, fighting against dragons, has arrived! What are you waiting for? Join the Adventurers' Guild now!"
"…"
Inside the Mondstadt Adventurers' Guild reception area, Katheryne watched Cyrus and Yu Jin, who were excitedly standing beside her, speechless. The two of them, singing and harmonizing, immediately made the atmosphere in the reception area lively.
Yu Jin looked at his surroundings with some curiosity. This was his first time coming to Katheryne's workplace; before, he had always been outside, increasing Katheryne's workload.
After shouting for a while, Yu Jin felt a bit tired. He grumbled, "Cyrus, is this your so-called notification method as a Branch Master?"
"This is too rustic!" Calling it rustic was even a bit of an overstatement; it was no different from a street vendor's hawking.
However, Cyrus's eyebrows twitched upon hearing this. He slowly said, "Actually, I've already officially issued a notice. Everyone should have seen it by now."
"Then why did you drag me out of bed early in the morning to be a megaphone?!" Yu Jin delivered a kick, a You Sui-style flying kick.
"I'm dodging!" Cyrus quickly dodged it, then explained, "Don't you think just issuing a notice is too lacking in atmosphere? It's not passionate at all! We should let the young people of Mondstadt know about this. The more companions we have, the stronger we become!"
"Indeed." Yu Jin thought about it and felt that Cyrus had a point. However, he mainly felt the latter half was reasonable; the first part he just took as Cyrus having another bout of chuunibyou.
Katheryne heard the commotion Yu Jin and Cyrus were making behind her. She clenched her delicate fists and said with a forced smile, "Great Adventurer Yu Jin, and Branch Master, could you please not disturb my work?"
Yu Jin and Cyrus looked at Katheryne's gloomy expression and were quite surprised. It turned out that Miss Katheryne, who always smiled, could also get angry.
"Oh." x 2
Yu Jin and Cyrus, feeling guilty, walked out of the back door of the reception area.
However, neither of them left. Without Yu Jin in charge, even if someone wanted to subjugate Stormterror, they probably wouldn't have the courage.
As for Cyrus, he was simply idle. Or perhaps he could serve as a demonstration subject for Yu Jin?
Yu Jin glanced at Cyrus, who immediately shivered.
"Senior, I want to participate!" A passionate and enthusiastic voice came from afar. Unlike Cyrus's boisterousness, it was the genuine passion of a youth—Bennett had arrived.
"Hmph hmph! I am… ouch!"
"Miss, watch where you're going. You have a big bow on your back."
Fischl adjusted the angle of the Dragon-Slayer's Bow on her back and emerged from a small alley.
"With my retainer going to war, this Prinzessin naturally must accompany him!" Fischl and Oz also ran over.
They had decided to join the Stormterror subjugation group after seeing the Guild's notice last night. Although they didn't think they could succeed, with Yu Jin as a safety net, they at least felt their lives were not in danger.
"Hahaha, excellent! Truly the young people I've taken a liking to!" Cyrus, seeing Bennett and Fischl's enthusiasm, excitedly patted them on the back.
With such passionate juniors, how could the Guild not prosper?
Yu Jin looked up at Bennett and Fischl and nodded in satisfaction. As expected of the juniors he favored, they were very good at playing along!
"Alright! Miss Katheryne, please register them." Yu Jin called out to Katheryne behind him, who then reluctantly took out two forms for Fischl and Bennett to fill out.
After Bennett and Fischl, many Adventurers came to sign up one after another. Most of them came out of admiration for Yu Jin's reputation.
Mondstadters seemed to have a special trust in Great Adventurers, especially within the Adventurers' Guild.
"It's so lively! Can I participate?" Katheryne also squeezed to the front desk and said to her counterpart inside.
"Eh? This…"
"Of course, no problem! Anyone can participate!" Yu Jin heard Katheryne's request and, without thinking, directly answered for Mondstadt Katheryne.
This "Stormterror subjugation group" was a name Cyrus came up with. Yu Jin originally wanted to call it the "Mondstadt Dragon-Slaying Fitness Convention."
Because Yu Jin thought running against Stormterror's fierce winds would surely be great for physical training.
However, this name was quickly and unanimously rejected by Cyrus and others, including Katheryne.
Therefore, this "Stormterror subjugation group" was originally an activity for the entire city, just organized and held by the Adventurers' Guild.
"In that case, count me in!" Ellin also came over. After several days of training, he was eager for a real battle.
Unfortunately, after Yu Jin cleared out Mondstadt's monsters, even though their numbers had somewhat recovered, they were still very few. Not to mention, the effects of the Dragon Scourge had not been completely eliminated.
If he really went out of the city alone, he would probably be blown away by the storm before he even found any monsters.
"It seems you've had good progress these past few days." Yu Jin looked at the changes in Ellin's aura, feeling a bit relieved.
Ellin nodded upon hearing Yu Jin's praise. Then he took one of the two sword sheaths from his waist and handed it to Yu Jin, saying:
"Master, your weapon."
Yu Jin took the sword sheath and looked at it. The sheath was a bit large, but considering Ellin had found it on short notice, it was quite good.
He drew the broadsword from it.
"Buzz—" A faint sword hum sounded, and a silvery sword light almost blinded Yu Jin.
Yu Jin tilted his head to the side. Good heavens, how long had this been polished?
He closed the sheath and threw it back to Ellin. Then he said, "It's yours. Following me, this fellow wouldn't get such good treatment."
"Then thank you, Master." Ellin did not decline. A good weapon significantly boosts one's strength. And this broadsword clearly fell into the category of "good weapons."
Just as everyone was busy, Yu Jin saw a group of people walking out on a distant street. He looked closely and exclaimed, "Wow! Everyone with some power in Mondstadt's official circles who could come out, did!"
"What are you doing? Are the Knights of Favonius going to fight Stormterror?" Yu Jin stepped forward first to greet them.
He then looked at Lumine in the middle and could only sigh, marveling at how powerful a Child of Destiny was, gaining the trust of the Knights of Favonius so quickly.
One must know that the Knights of Favonius had their own ideas about how to deal with Stormterror, and they hadn't even invited him, a famous Great Adventurer of Mondstadt.
Of course, it might also be out of fear that Yu Jin would kill Stormterror in one blow.
"Yu Jin, what's all this? Is the Adventurers' Guild having a gathering?" Kaeya asked curiously, seeing a group of "little green men" behind Yu Jin.
"Stormterror subjugation group, interested?" Yu Jin said, then handed Kaeya a slip of paper.
Kaeya's mouth twitched as he looked at the hand-drawn flyer, Hu Tao-style. After a long time, he had originally thought that after the tempering of the Dark Sea, Yu Jin would be a bit more reliable. Now, it seemed there was no change at all.
"Brother Yu Jin, are you going to subjugate Stormterror?" Amber also ran over and asked curiously. If Yu Jin took action, wouldn't they not have to be busy anymore?
"I don't have that intention right now. I just want to use Stormterror to train Mondstadt's juniors." Yu Jin looked at the novice Adventurers behind him, then confidently said:
"If you find it difficult, you can also ask for my help."
Lumine, hearing this, looked around and found that no one reacted with surprise to Yu Jin's words, which secretly startled her.
She hadn't expected Yu Jin to be so strong! But then she thought of his reputation in Mondstadt and found it not so unacceptable.
"Wow! You're that strong?" Paimon listened and circled Yu Jin a few times. Yu Jin was so small, how could he fight a big guy like Stormterror?
Big questions filled Paimon's tiny head.
"Naturally!" Yu Jin looked at the singed marks on Paimon's head and replied.
"What are you all doing?" Now it was Yu Jin's turn to ask questions.
"Going to the temples of the Four Winds to cut off the source of Stormterror's power." Lisa yawned, then looked at Yu Jin and said, "By the way, little dummy, where are your friends? I've been waiting for a long time."
"Eh? Was there such a thing?" Yu Jin scratched his head. Sorry, he had completely forgotten about it.
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