"No matter. Liyue has me."
Zhongli's voice was as calm and unruffled as ever.
Beside him, Zhongyue helped bolster his confidence. "Little girl from the Hydro Archon's household, do you think Zhongli's title as Martial God is empty boasting? Besides, Liyue has me too. They are only a few gods. What is there to fear?"
"The adepti of Liyue will also follow Rex Lapis, sweep away monsters and evil, and protect all the people of Liyue!"
Led by Xiao and Xianyun, several adepti put away their usual leisurely manner, their expressions turning extremely solemn.
"With us here, we will do everything we can to protect Liyue's peace," Guizhong said from where she sat nearby, a smile on her face. "Such a beautiful Liyue must not be allowed to fall to ruin, even if it costs us our lives."
"There is no need to speak so readily of death." Zhongli looked at Guizhong and reassured her, "This time, we are not fighting alone."
"That's right, that's right. This time, we have Lora on our side!" Makoto nodded, then continued, "Inazuma's situation is also fairly simple. There are not many gods there, but there is one thing we need to stay wary of."
"The Dark Sea."
After Makoto finished, Ei took over and said, "Within the Dark Sea, there are still some fleeing gods who never died. When the Ley Lines stir and the gods awaken, they may take the opportunity to return to Teyvat as well."
"If there is any disturbance in the Dark Sea, Liyue will offer aid within its means," Zhongli said to Makoto and Ei.
Liyue was the nation closest to Inazuma, making it the most convenient to send support.
"If they invade Inazuma, then I and the blade in my hand will make them understand what a terrible mistake it was to return to Teyvat." When Ei said this, her voice was faintly cold and her expression stern, as though she might unleash Musou no Hitotachi at any moment.
Lora gave Makoto and Ei a thumbs-up.
"Sumeru is even simpler. Lora already knows about Sumeru's gods. Aside from me and Nahida, there are only King Deshret and the Goddess of Flowers," Sophia said, explaining Sumeru's situation to everyone.
"But what if, after King Deshret and the Goddess of Flowers awaken, they are no longer the ones we knew?" Lora looked at Sophia and suddenly asked, "Then... Sophia, would you be able to bring yourself to strike them down?"
Given Sophia's relationship with those two, if they truly appeared before her, and if blades were truly drawn between them, would she really be able to fight with all her strength?
Probably not.
"But behind me stand the people of Sumeru. For their sake, I will restrain them," Sophia said to Lora seriously.
"Good. Next is Fontaine." Lora nodded and continued, "Fontaine's situation is simple, even simpler than Sumeru's. Over all these years, aside from our family, there has only been Remuria."
The Fontaine region had barely experienced the so-called Archon War. For Fontaine, its ruler had already been decided several thousand years ago.
After that came Natlan.
Mavuika was not present, so Venti spoke on her behalf. "Natlan's situation is fairly simple. With the Fire Dragon Sovereign and Mavuika there, no matter what happens, those two won't let some new god come in and take a share."
The god and the dragon had not even settled things between themselves yet. If some other blind fool tried to get involved, they would probably be swatted aside by the two of them without a second thought.
"And if a large number of gods really do appear, I'll go over and help too," Lora added.
Everyone nodded.
"Then that leaves only Snezhnaya." After Zhongli said this, everyone's gaze fell on Beleth.
Feeling all those eyes on her, Beleth was silent for a moment before saying, "I don't know much about Snezhnaya's situation. I did not take part in the Archon War."
She had taken over the position of Cryo Archon less than a thousand years ago, so naturally, she did not know much about the Archon War from more than two thousand years earlier.
Beleth looked at Sophia and asked, "You should be able to look up Snezhnaya's situation in Irminsul, right?"
Sophia shook her head and said, "Because of the Ley Lines, the entire world of Teyvat is gradually collapsing. Even through Irminsul, it is no longer easy to retrieve records from the era of the Archon War."
"Then I can only wait until I return and consult Snezhnaya's old records. But... do not place too much hope in them."
Beleth said to everyone, "Snezhnaya is different from your nations. Much of what concerned the previous ruler is already gone."
"Although I strongly dislike the way Snezhnaya conducts itself, for the sake of Teyvat's stability, if Snezhnaya truly faces an enemy it cannot deal with, just send someone to Fontaine to inform me."
"You are truly willing to help Snezhnaya?" Beleth sounded somewhat incredulous.
Lora spread her hands and said, "Of course. I simply dislike your Fatui, that's all. I don't actually want anything serious to happen in Snezhnaya. Otherwise, we'll still be the ones cleaning up the mess in the end."
Lora's words were extremely blunt, but Beleth could understand them.
The Fatui's name had indeed spread far and wide across Teyvat, though of course, only as something frightening.
"Then we will stop here for now." Lora stood, looked around the room, and said slowly, "Everyone, from this moment onward, the Teyvat United Front is officially formed! Our goal is to save the world and restore order!"
"Save the world and restore order?" Beleth murmured Lora's slogan once, then rose from her seat, looked at her, and said, "Not a bad slogan, Egeria."
Zhongli slowly stood, and with him, those on Liyue's side also rose to their feet.
He said, "Liyue will stand like solid rock. Through wind and rain, unchanged for ten thousand years. We will stand with you all and share in both fortune and hardship."
"So will we!" Makoto stated next.
"There's no need for us to say anything. We have been on Lora's side for a long time already," Sophia said from the side with Nahida beside her.
Nahida tugged at Apep's sleeve.
Apep looked at Nahida and remained silent for a while before reluctantly standing up.
Seeing Apep's action, Lora was a little surprised. "You actually agreed?"
"Hmph! I do not want some worthless god disturbing my life either! Compared to those gods, you lot are at least a little more tolerable!" Apep looked at Lora, snorted, and said this to her.
Lora smiled and gave Apep a thumbs-up. "All right, all right. Everything you said is right."
"Judging by that expression of yours, you do not believe a word of it, do you?" Apep asked in a low voice, staring at Lora's smile.