Ch14

He didn't originally intend to make a big scene, but during the battle Taylor found that his control and understanding of his Herrscher powers had increased exponentially.

If he had to describe the threat he could posed to this world with his powers, it was now like a few nuclear missiles in his previous world attacking a single egg, he was now beyond anything an Archon was, and about equal to the sustainer of heavenly principles.

This time when he was facing Signora he used less than 10% of his power, if he went all out the entirety of Tayvat would probably be torn to shreds, after all a Herrscher was born for destruction and annihilation.

In this secret base, there was a fair bit of the doctors research results. There was some mechanical guards that were similar to ruin guards and some experiment areas with remnants of the ancient gods, Taylor grabbed the research notes not because he was interested in what the notes said, but because his gamer insects told him to hoard it, Taylor destroyed everything else effortlessly and explosions echoed continuously throughout the base.

Taylor felt concerned after he realised he was taking pleasure in seeing this destruction, he then looked up realising that the base was most likely built underground separated from the surface and most likely required a specific channel to return to the surface, but that didn't matter to him.

With the resounding crash, he smashed open an opening straight to the surface above him, Taylor transformed into a bolt of lightning and sped towards the surface through the opening, his speed remaining unabated until he reached high in the sky.

The land below shrinking rapidly. ' The real continent of Tayvat is many times larger than in-game' Taylor thought.

About one minute later, Taylor return to Mondstadt, A bolt of red lightning descended from the sky and he reappeared in front of his mobile game cafe. There was already a few people gathered here, including acting grandmaster Jean, Kaeya, Eula and Diluc.

Taylor unique entrance immediately put everyone on alert, they only breathe the sigh of relief after recognising him.

Jean was the 1st to approach Taylor, With an expression of concern, she asked, "Taylor are you okay?"

"I'm fine" Taylor said with a smile. " by the way, I found a Fatui research base outside Mondstadt, they seemed to be conducting some pretty dangerous experiments."

Jean appeared somewhat surprised at this news but she quickly readjusted. "The Fatui harbinger [The fair lady], dared to act so unlawfully within Mondstadt, she will be held accountable for this." Jean vowed, This matter had long crossed her bottom line in the future all Fatui members within Mondstadt would face major restrictions.

" of course we also have to thank you for your contribution to protecting the city. Everyone witnessed your valiant battle." Jean continued her tone filled with affirmation. " For the sake of protecting the people of Mondstadt you disregarded your own safety and moved the Fatui harbinger from in the city into midair, such dedication is truly admirable!"

Taylor was feeling slightly bewildered he only come into confrontation with Rosalyne because she came and caused trouble for him, but in Jean's eyes it seemed as if he had stepped forward to protect Mondstadt, furthermore, she described it as, " forcefully moving the Fatui harbinger out of the city and into the air."

Even Taylor himself was surprised he didn't believe himself to be a great person.

" Now on behalf of the Knights of Favonius, I confer upon you the title of [honorary knight]," Jean declared.

Taylor: ???

' Huh, I just replace the Traveler?'

' Well, I can't think of any excuse to turn it down. Taylor reluctantly excepted his new title.

" Acting grandmaster Jean, you're too kind. I'm just doing what I'm able." Taylor replied. " After all, this place is where I currently live"

Jean nodded in agreement, " that's very well said, tomorrow we'll use that as the headline for the report."

"TAYLOR!" Eula rushed out from the crowd seeing that Taylor was safe and sound she was excited and happy and immediately ran to give him a big hug.

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Taylor suddenly felt like he had reached enlightenment as he felt too proud mounds get pressed upon his chest, It was a bit overwhelming as he was not prepared for it.

In any case, although this Incident has caused quite a stir within the entire city witnessing the anomaly in the starry night sky, there were ultimately new casualties or losses, so it could be considered a story to tell the grandkids.

Early the next morning, the Knights of Favonius issued a public statement, The gist of it was that for unknown reasons, the Fatui Harbinger launched an attack inside the city, fortunately, the owner of the mobile game Cafe, Taylor had engaged and a fierce battle with the Fatui harbinger and eventually gravely wounded her driving her out of Mondstadt.

All remaining members of the Fatui Within Mondstadt would be facing severe consequences and those directly involved in the incident would be immediately imprisoned in Mondstadt's prison.

This was undoubtably a major new story. The citizens couldn't stop discussing it. They had not expected that the owner of the mobile game Cafe who appeared gentle and fun loving to exhibit so much power when it mattered, enough to protect the entirety of Mondstadt, it could be said that Taylor had become the recognised hero of Mondstadt.

Many young Mondstadt ladies were enchanted by the talented and powerful young man and they admired him, besides the players The mobile game Café also attracted numerous young ladies with amazing looks and figures, they came not to play games but in hopes of meeting the [honorary knight] Taylor and maybe spark a connection. This led to most players expressing their grievances in private, the female fans were just too crazy. They would spend lots of money just secure a seat in the mobile game cafe they weren't even there to play games. They just wanted to see Taylor.

===

Needless to say, Taylor was very surprised, Suddenly becoming a celebrity he needed some time to adjust. So many beautiful young ladies were sending him not so secret signals of affection, fortunately Eula who was without question a 10/10 Beauty, was by his side otherwise Taylor doubted is he could stay strong through such a test.

That afternoon Lisa brought some good news, The adjacent store front to his mobile game Cafe originally belong to a member of the Fatui and had been confiscated after the Fatui member was incarcerated in Mondstadt's prison. The Knights of Favonius or more specifically Grandmaster Jean intended to give the storefront as a reward to Taylor. Lisa could also easily see that the mobile game cafe Birmingham popularity and more often not overcrowded. There is an urgently need to expand this business.

Taylor had no reason to refuse the benefits of this reward after a few kind words Lisa got to her own point.

"My Dear Taylor, it's been two days since I've completed act two of the story. When will you be updating to the new version?"

" You've asked at the perfect time. I will be updating the new version at 4 am tonight."

Lisa showed a joyful smile, she was already a bit addicted to this mobile game and had high expectations for the updated version's contents.

Taylor also prepare an endgame announcement that the new Game version would be updated tonight, genshin impact mobile game would be getting its brand new version 1.0 update, simultaneously Taylor introduced a series of events such as the previously unavailable first time recharge bonus and the discounts on a couple of in-game purchases.

As soon as this news spread throughout the gaming community, it causes sensation! Many players jokingly apologised to their wallets saying they really need to pay their Internet fees, nowadays most young people choose to recharge their Internet fees and those who had extra disposable income to spend on in-game purchases were considered truly wealthy, spending hundreds of thousands of more without blinking an eye was not uncommon.

The mobile game didn't require spanning of money to continue playing, even with just the initial four star characters given for free the players could fully enjoy the game, at 3 pm Taylor issued another announcement briefly summarising the contents of this update.

" Brand-new limited character banner, ' ballad in goblets'?"

" I can't stand it in the story. He just been slacking off, trying to steal the holy lyre and telling others to find the dragon tear crystals, he's done practically nothing at all!"

"I'm telling you, whoever draws Venti is going to suffer!"

" do you want to draw Venti? I certainly won't be."

" With these primogems, why not pull Diluc Lord of fire from the standard banner? Do you not understand the value of a pyro claymore user?"

The most talked about aspect of this update was the introduction of this new limited character, players had a lot to say about Venti, most people believed that Venti was not as good as Diluc and acting grandmaster Jean, fortunately this banner was a separate limited banner so it wouldn't affect their chances of getting Diluc from the standard banner.

Currently in the eyes of the players, Diluc was a godly character, those who had progressed the storyline the furthest we're already at the stage of collecting the dragon tear crystals and most of them had a Diluc.

But besides the new character, there was also considerable interest in the other parts of the update.

"Prologue, act 3, ' Song of the Dragon and freedom' Will be playable

" New character quest ' darKnight hero's alibi', ' Master's day off' and ' should you be trapped in a windless land'.

Lisa saw these new additions and a subtle curve formed at the corner of her lips after two days of longing she was feeling very "thirsty". Moreover, it seems that these new quests may reveal some important information.

The librarians curiosity was burning fiercely…

"1,000,000 mora recharge tier added to the top up store…"

In addition to the updates for the games content various systems within the game received many more optimisations. Diluc nodded and satisfaction finally he wouldn't have to recharge Primogems tens of thousands of times.

This change was quite friendly to him, Diluc had also successfully completed two of the storyline the revealed content of the storyline also surprised him. Venti was the Anemo Archon Barbatos.

Well, although this news was somewhat unexpected, it still made sense, Kaeya and him had both believe that Taylor was the anemo Archon before, but since the day Taylor clashed with Signora that idea have been ruled out the Anemo Archon wouldn't just abandon his elemental domain and start wielding red lightning instead.

So that's brought back the question of what was Taylor's true identity? The electro Archon from Inazuma? Or was he an unknown figure from Tayvat's history? Judging by Taylor's actions, he possessed incredibly powerful abilities with theories such being can be very dangerous.

However, after spending Sumi days together and observing him closely, Diluc haven't sent any danger from him. Taylor was respectful and fully integrated into Mondstadt's culture of freedom.

Diluc could only think that Taylor was a formidable it obscure presence in Tayvat's history rather than trying to delve into Taylor's true identity Diluc Felt that he should focus more on the content of this mobile game.

For example, at the end of act 2 the abyss order referred to the other twin as " your highness." This had important implications for Diluc's understanding of the abyss order.

===

Inside the palace in Sneznaya, after [the jester Pierro] listen to the report of what Signora had experienced in Mondstadt, a considerable amount of time passed, he remained silent and his expression didn't reveal whether he was concerned or not.

After pondering for while [the jester] finally spoke.

" an unknown powerful figure has appeared in mondstadt and even created this ' mobile game' even her Majesty, the Tsaritsa couldn't have foreseen this."

" you acted recklessly in this matter attacking without knowing your opponents strength, fortunately for you, he was holding back."

Signora's complexion looked terrible should been chased from Mondstadt city all the way to the secret base outside the city in the end she even had to use the Gnosis as payment to escape Death.

This event when it started to spread, she would surely be ridiculed by her colleagues of course the doctor was pretty much the same boat with her, Even [the jester] didn't expect one of the Doctor's times to die so easily.

Being a member of the Fatui although he prepared for long ago, he still felt somewhat regretful, still he has high hopes for the Doctors plan to create a god.

Pierro continued, " let's set aside the Anemo Archon's Gnosis for now, once you've recovered prepared to go to Liyue. The Tsaritsa and the geo Archon have formed the [final contract], ' according to the terms of the contract, you just need to cooperate with him to stage a show and you will obtain Morax's Gnosis."

Signora opened her mouth wanting to say something she felt that Taylor's words before she left held a deeper meaning. Liyue boarded on Mondstadt as neighbouring nations and she was worried that she might encounter Taylor in Liyue harbour. This series of events had left her with some PTSD. She would need some time to calm her mind.

Originally she had wants to request to go to Inazuma directly but when the words were right at the tip of her tongue, she felt such an approach would be too timid for her. After all she was the eighth seat [the fair lady] and the crimson which of Flame who could reduce everything to Ash if anyone should be afraid of something it should be of her not anyone else with this in mind Signora did not refuse Pierro proposal and choose to accept it.

" Wouldn't that guy Tartaglia also be in Liyue harbour? Heh this time I'll have to use him."

…

"Taylor, um… you mentioned free meals and accommodations for staff so can I stay here tonight?"

At the front desk Eula facing Taylor hesitantly asked perhaps it was the experiences from these last few days that had made her aware of the feelings she had for him which led her to ask this bold question, for Eula it took a lot of courage to ask this.

In response to her question, Taylor had a slight smile and said, " of course you can. There's been a room reserved for you since you started working here."

Upon hearing this response, Eula's eyes lit up with joy and excitement nearly bursting with emotion however she quickly realised that she shouldn't show too much emotion. She needs to keep herself composed.

"Cough… well then Taylor I'll go back to my rental house first and get my daily necessities…"

" Sure, go ahead"

As Eula left the store she couldn't help it cover her flushed cheeks with her hands moving into live with Taylor was an important step she had just taken.

Half a month ago, Eula would have never thought that she would be anticipating her future like this, she had always been carrying the "sins" of her family name and aimed to break free from those prejudices with her own effort. However, now it seemed that life had gained a new warmth.

After Eula left Taylor also prepared to start The new version update. There was no issues with the data so he could start implementing it directly, shortly after Eula returned with a large bag seeing Taylor was busy she sensibly refrain from disturbing him.

She went upstairs to her room started to tidy it up and plan out her living space, about an hour later. Taylor had completed the maintenance work faster he had expected and as usual he sent 600 primogems as compensation to every players mailbox.

After completing all this Taylor stood up and stretched his arms. Even he needed to go upstairs and rest awhile although there was no physical discomfort or fatigue it was quite late and he was accustomed to sleeping in his own bed.

His phone and the shop protection system were shared and a warning would be triggered if he moved a certain distance away from the terminal forcing him back to it so there's no need to worry about theft, since players were manually activating their membership. Taylor decided to trust them and leave the store open and went straight to his room on the second floor to sleep.

About four hours later, it was already eight in the morning and Taylor naturally woke up from his bed.

" I knew it. This is why I always believe the strike balance between work and rest."

His mind felt sharper and more accurate. His mental state was also healthy after freshening up Taylor strolled downstairs in a leisurely manner.

Eula had already started working the front desk in the gaming area there were already about 40 to 50 players gathered these players seemed even more active than himself. However, at this moment the atmosphere seemed a bit too lively. The gaming hall was as noisy as a Sunday market.

Fortunately Lisa, Amber and the others were maintaining order but the players still appeared highly excited, Eula looked somewhat helpless as she watched all this happen.

" What happened, Eula?"

"Taylor You're awake… well… because quite a few players have not completed the second act of the storyline the fact that Venti is Barbatos has now been exposed."

…

"Venti is Lord Barbatos? Good Lord, I saw him singing in the Square the day before yesterday!"

" That can't be, it's impossible! Lord Barbatos wouldn't be a wandering bar who does nothing."

" I feel like my faith is collapsing…"

" so then he wasn't joking in the cathedral. He really is the true Anemo Archon."

" everything makes sense now you're wondering you communicate with Dvalin Knew so much about the past, from the very beginning he is Lord Barbatos."

"Lord Barbatos has returned, but not as we expected him to be."

" I am going to need some time to accept Lord Barbatos's current identity…"