Looking at the Abyss Mage, now reduced to a mess of minced meat and blood, everyone let out a deep breath of relief, feeling immensely gratified!
Despicable and shameless—suffering such an end was only what it deserved!
At the crucial moment, Paimon had covered her eyes and missed the gruesome scene, but she still understood what had happened.
As for Lisa, she was busy untying Razor while quickly checking on her disciple's condition.
Having finished the job, Guchen rubbed his chin in thought and reflected slightly: "Did I go a bit too hard?"
Kaeya shook his head: "Not at all. In fact, I think it was just right."
Looking speechlessly at Kaeya and the others, Guchen said directly: "It's naturally no big deal to you lot, since you've seen plenty of things like this. But how old is Paimon? I was mostly worried about scaring her."
With that, Guchen turned to Paimon and hurried to comfort her, his tone extraordinarily gentle: "Paimon, are you okay? Were you scared? It's also my fault for getting so angry."
Paimon turned her head away to avoid looking at the pile of minced meat, instead looking straight into Guchen's eyes. She shook her head honestly: "I was a little scared, but it's okay. Guchen, I know you were that angry because of me."
Guchen nodded: "That's right. That jerk actually dared to coerce and force you to attack me. I knew you must have been struggling and suffering terribly inside, so my anger flared up and I crushed him right on the spot!"
Paimon nodded vigorously to show she understood.
The two of them stood there comforting each other back and forth—truly living up to their status as best partners.
Over there, after Lisa finished examining her disciple, Jean walked over to ask: "Lisa, how is he?"
Lisa's expression didn't look much better: "He's heavily injured, and the Abyssal Erosion is quite severe. It's already a miracle that Razor managed to keep his sense of self."
Hearing this, Venti hurriedly looked back at Guchen: "Right, Guchen, could you please take a look at Andrius and Razor? Please heal and purify them both!"
Glancing at Andrius lying over there, and then at Razor being tended to by Lisa on the other side, Guchen naturally had no objections.
Moreover, he decided to go big.
With a leap, Guchen jumped up to a high vantage point, looked around, and unleashed a massive Full Moon Wave!
It was truly an ultra-large-scale attack; the radiance of the Full Moon Wave enveloped the entire Wolvendom!
Andrius and Razor, being the closest, were the first to be bathed in the light of the Full Moon Wave.
The Abyssal Power within them rapidly dissipated, and the degree of their erosion faded away until it was completely gone, allowing their bodies and minds to begin recovering.
Beyond the two of them, there was the very land of Wolvendom.
As mentioned earlier, the Abyssal aura here was extremely heavy; if left to spread, it could trigger further Abyssal disasters.
Therefore, since he was already at it, Guchen simply purified the entire Wolvendom on a massive scale, solving the problem once and for all.
In a short span of time, wherever the light reached, the Abyssal aura vanished entirely.
When Guchen felt it was about enough and recalled the Full Moon Wave, the entire forest had become remarkably fresh, seeming much less gloomy than before.
This was precisely the sign that the Abyssal aura had been completely eradicated.
Having finished all this, Guchen jumped down from above.
The people below rushed over to greet him as if he were a hero.
Venti, in particular, was all smiles: "Guchen, that was truly amazing! Solving the problem all at once is just fantastic!"
Without responding to Venti's flattery, Guchen looked first at Razor: "How is Razor?"
Lisa smiled gratefully: "He's out of danger. He just needs to rest for a few days to recover."
Guchen then looked over at Andrius.
Finding that the old wolf had returned to its original form—reverting to the big blue-and-white wolf it used to be—Guchen was quite satisfied. "It seems Andrius has no problems either, he's just still unconscious."
Venti chuckled cheerfully: "Indeed, Andrius has been purified as well. But he took quite a heavy beating this time, so he'll need to rest and recuperate for a while."
Guchen nodded: "That's good, then there shouldn't be any problems left. Whew... You know, purifying such a large area really has me a bit tired. The energy consumption feels kind of high. Tsk, Venti, I still can't compare to you after all."
Venti, suddenly mentioned, had question marks pop up over his head: "Huh?"
"I said, I still can't compare to you after all. Look at you—the Wind Barrier surrounding the entire Wolvendom, you put it up just like that, and afterwards you don't even blink or pant, and while maintaining the Wind Barrier you can still run all over the place. But me? I just purified a large area, and yet I'm actually a bit tired. I still fall a bit short..."
Scratching his head, Venti didn't know what to say: "You... Oh, stop praising me. How do you know that maintaining such a huge Wind Barrier isn't tiring for me? Besides, just how old are you to have already reached this level? Your future achievements will be boundless."
These words hit the nail on the head, and the four members of the Knights of Favonius along with Paimon all nodded in agreement.
Indeed, just how young was Guchen when he reached this level? What would he be like in the future?
Paimon, in particular, knew this better than anyone.
Just this morning, Guchen's strength hadn't even been this formidable.
He only knew three moves: Leo Kick, Slash Cutter, and Full Moon Wave.
By this afternoon, he had added barriers and Telekinesis.
Growing at this speed, Paimon didn't even dare to imagine just how strong Guchen would become in the future.
Regardless of everything, all matters had been resolved.
There were no casualties, and even the wolf pack of Wolvendom was preserved—you could call it a happy ending all around.
The only slightly awkward thing was that, apart from the appearance of this Abyss Mage, not a single trace of the mastermind's Abyss Legion could be found.
This left a bit of a bitter taste in the mouths of the Knights of Favonius; after all, there's no such thing as a thousand days of playing the thief, only a thousand days of guarding against thieves.
With no other choice, they could only be more vigilant after returning.
With these thoughts in mind, and carrying the injured Razor, the group left Wolvendom and prepared to return to Mondstadt.
On the way back, Venti casually dismissed the Wind Barrier that had enclosed the entire Wolvendom.
The way back was much like the way they came: everyone opened their wind gliders and was sent back by Venti using upward wind currents.
Yet as soon as they returned to Mondstadt, they noticed that the atmosphere within the city seemed somewhat wrong.
Asking a passing knight at random, the knight immediately replied that while they were away, Mondstadt had been attacked by a horde of monsters!
Fortunately, Mondstadt was easy to defend and hard to attack, and with Mr. Albedo returning in time to command everyone, they had successfully beaten back the monster horde's assault without any mishaps.
Hearing this news, everyone exchanged glances, all sharing an unspoken sense of relief.
Sure enough, whether it was the Abyss Order or the Abyss Legion, they had indeed employed a strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain.
Taking advantage of the absence of Mondstadt's main combat forces, they had tried to launch a direct attack on the city.
However, Jean and the others had anticipated this move all along.
They had contacted Albedo in advance to have him return, letting him hold down the fort in Mondstadt and command the Knights of Favonius while they were away.
When the monster horde came to attack, hadn't they just smashed their heads bloody against a wall?