Inside the core command post of the Serenitea Pot, a massive sandbox dominated the center, displaying Mondstadt City and its surrounding terrain in painstaking detail through miniature light and shadow. The areas occupied by Abyssal Monsters were covered in glaring dark red markings, resembling festering scars. On the walls, light screens projected by the Akasha Terminal silently flowed with encrypted data streams from the Golden Grain Communication Network, reflecting the solemn faces of those seated around the table.
Keqing stood at the head of the sandbox. Beneath her neat, purple short hair, her amethyst-like eyes were as sharp as ever, yet they carried a deeper gravity. Her fingertips brushed across the broken towers of the Mondstadt model: "Sharpened Edge II, target—our homeland!" Her voice was not loud, but it carried the ringing clash of metal on stone, instantly piercing the silence of the command room.
"Territorial encroachment, advancing step by step." Keqing's fingertip pointed precisely at the target. "Phase one: clear out the wandering monster clusters in the core area and outskirts of Mondstadt City without fail!" She looked toward Jean. Acting Grand Master Jean Gunnhildr of the Knights of Favonius straightened her back. The winds of Mondstadt whipped up a storm in her azure eyes as she nodded heavily, her fingers brushing against the marker for Windrise, a place once fragrant with dandelion wine. "The Knights' mobile unit is in position. In the name of the A…
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