[Instance Name: Song of the Wind and Poem of the Dragon]
[Difficulty: Beginner]
[Synopsis: In the free city-state of Mondstadt City, quell Stormterror's wrath and uncover the Abyss Order's conspiracy.]
"Hoh."
White Night looked at the instance with the "NEW" tag, his eyebrows rising.
Stormterror?
Mondstadt City?
Abyss Order?
Isn't this… isn't this that incredibly popular game from his previous life, "Genshin Impact"?
The curve of his grin grew wider and wider.
Interesting.
Too interesting.
Dealing with these three inexperienced brats would be like a dimensionality reduction strike.
It would both let them see the vastness of the world and lack the bloody violence of Garp's instance, while still providing maximum training effect.
Perfect!
"Alright, brats."
White Night put away the panel, clapped his hands, and attracted three pairs of shining eyes.
"Close your eyes, and relax."
"Your first remedial class begins now."
Before he finished speaking.
A white light, much gentler than the one that swallowed Garp earlier, instantly enveloped Ace, Luffy, and Sabo.
The three small figures vanished from their original spots.
White Night leaned back into his rocking chair, casually pulling up a giant virtual screen in front of him.
On the screen was a live broadcast of the three little ones.
"A million for a beginner instance, ten million for an intermediate instance, a hundred million for an advanced instance…"
He crossed his legs and swayed leisurely.
"You three better put in some effort."
"I'm counting on you to clear the advanced instances and get me some divine gear."
"Don't go dying on the first stage, or my million will be wasted."
...A sensation of weightlessness.
After a brief moment of weightlessness, came the feeling of solid ground beneath their feet.
Ace was the first to open his eyes!
He instantly tensed all his muscles, scanning his surroundings vigilantly!
Then.
He froze.
The azure sky, as if washed with water, was clean without a speck of impurity.
Giant, slowly turning windmills stood above the city-state in the distance.
The air was filled with the scent of grass and dandelions.
Where… was this?
"Waaah—!"
Luffy's exclamation broke the silence!
He spread his arms and ran wildly across the boundless green grassland!
"Amazing! It's so beautiful here!"
"Windmills! Such big windmills!"
Sabo also looked at the scene before him in shock.
He squatted down, picked up a pinch of soil, then looked up at the completely unfamiliar architectural style.
"Ace… this place… is definitely not any island we know."
His voice was filled with disbelief.
Just then.
A cold, emotionless mechanical voice simultaneously echoed in all three of their minds.
[Welcome to the Instance World: Teyvat Continent]
[Current Instance: Song of the Wind and Poem of the Dragon]
[Main Quest: Enter the free city-state of Mondstadt City and quell Stormterror's wrath.]
[Quest Reward: Settled based on contribution.]
Teyvat Continent.
This was the name that appeared in the mechanical announcement just now.
Ace's mind went blank.
He stared fixedly at this completely unfamiliar, impossibly beautiful world before him.
The distant city-state, the giant windmills, and the sweet scent of grass in the air.
All of it was violently assaulting every bit of understanding he had built up over ten years!
"Is this…"
Ace spoke with difficulty, his throat terribly dry.
"Boss Bai Ye's ability…?"
An ability that could send people to another world!
What kind of… what kind of unfathomable power was this!
"Unbelievable."
Sabo clutched his forehead, feeling his brain buzz.
As someone who loved reading and had some knowledge of world geography, he could be one hundred percent certain.
The Grand Line, the Four Seas, nowhere in any known place existed architecture of this style, or a climate this unique!
"We really… came to a brand new world."
Sabo murmured to himself, his blue eyes filled not only with shock but also an indescribable excitement.
A brand new, unknown, vast world!
What a fatal temptation this was for a young man who pursued freedom his entire life!
"Waaah! So cool!"
Only Luffy, that single-minded idiot, didn't think so much.
He simply cheered for the beautiful scenery before him, running with open arms across the grassland, then accidentally tripped over his own feet and rolled several meters.
"Hehehe!"
He got up, his head covered in grass clippings, and grinned foolishly at his two brothers.
"This place is so much fun!"
Ace and Sabo exchanged glances, seeing helplessness and a wry smile in each other's eyes.
This idiotic younger brother always missed the point.
Ace took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.
"That prompt just said."
"Our mission is to enter the city ahead, and then quell something… Stormterror's wrath?"
Sabo nodded, his expression turning serious again.
"Right, Mondstadt City, and Stormterror. It doesn't sound like a simple task."
"And it also mentioned an organization called the 'Abyss Order'."
"The reward… is settled based on contribution." Sabo's eyes flickered with thought.
"Which means, everything we do in this world will be seen by Boss Bai Ye, and used as a basis for evaluation."
Ace clenched his fists.
Become stronger!
He wanted to become stronger!
He wanted to gain that man's approval!
He wanted to obtain enough power to protect everything!
"Hey! Sabo!"
Just as Ace and Sabo were analyzing the mission, Luffy's boisterous shouts rang out again.
He got up from the ground, patting the dirt off himself, while tilting his head and curiously pointing at Sabo's waist.
"When did you get a green thing hanging there?"
"Hmm?"
Sabo paused, subconsciously looking down.
Ace also cast a questioning gaze.
They saw, on the side of the belt of Sabo's faded blue noble attire.
At some unknown point, a palm-sized, peculiar ornament emitting a faint cyan glow had appeared.
The object's main body was a spherical glass, containing a wisp of feather-like cyan energy, encased in a bronze-colored, wing-like metal frame.
It hung there silently, as if it had been there since birth.
"What… what is this?"
Sabo's eyes widened sharply!
He reached out, trembling, and touched it.
He swore, before entering here, he absolutely did not have this item on him!
Was it given by Boss Bai Ye?
Or was it… the moment his fingertip touched the ornament.
Buzz!
The cyan ornament suddenly lit up!
A soft, visible cyan airflow surged from the ornament, circling Sabo's arm like a living thing, spiraling upwards!
A breeze, without warning, spread outwards from Sabo!
It ruffled Ace's black hair.
And blew away the grass clippings from Luffy's head.
"Wow!" Luffy's eyes instantly sparkled with countless stars, "It glows! And it blows wind! So cool!"
Ace also looked at Sabo in shock.
"Sabo… you…"
Sabo himself was completely stunned.
He could feel it.
He could clearly feel a peculiar, light, and incredibly familiar power continuously pouring into his body from that ornament.
It was a power… of wind!
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