Genshin Impact: I Made the Entire Playerbase Cry

Chapter 388 386: Jakob Reveals His True Form, Mocking the Liberator of the Abyss's Will

It turned out that the three had been brought to this place by Jakob initially.

Just to mine.

"That guy had us go get those red stones for him again... the ones you just took back, saying they had important uses."

However, what exactly those uses were, Jakob didn't explain.

"He didn't tell us anything, just ordered us to mine... By Ahmar, we're mercenaries, not miners!"

[Pretty funny]

[All cattle and horses; mercenaries are just freer cattle and horses]

The latter part was even more absurd.

The three, for the sake of seven times the commission, worked themselves to death chiseling for half a day.

Only with great difficulty did they knock off a few fragments.

As a result, they were even coldly mocked by Jakob.

Mu Yang couldn't quite understand; was this stuff hard to extract?

Could it be...

He looked at Mamere; the reason he could mine the ore so easily.

Was entirely using Mamere's method.

And that method was probably told to her by [Father].

Jakob needed these ores but couldn't extract them intact.

That's why he came up with this roundabout approach.

The Gilded Brigade continued recounting their ordeal.

Because their work didn't meet standards, Jakob didn't want to pay.

How could the few agree to that?

"I was just about to settle accounts with him when he made a gesture, chanted a couple of incomprehensible words, and those monsters appeared. Chasing us all the way here."

The big sister's back molars were nearly ground to pieces. "Aaaah, that bastard..."

How could she not hate him?

Traveling thousands of miles to Fontaine's territory, doing so much work, experiencing life-and-death crises.

Yet not earning a single Mora...

Jakob hadn't even paid the deposit.

[Business is hard, stones are tough to eat]

[No deposit? And they still took the job?]

[The Gilded Brigade takes any job; they're scrambling for work, where's the room for so many rules]

Mu Yang pressed, "Were the magical beasts in other places also summoned by him?"

The three were stunned. "What magical beasts in other places?"

Mamere said, "The magical beasts outside the village; they're attacking Melusines everywhere!"

From the three's expressions, that matter seemed unrelated to them.

They ransacked Mamere's home and fought with Seymour...

After that, they were taken to the mining site.

No delays along the way.

Hearing what the few had done.

The little agent was furious. "You actually did such things?!"

Learning that Mamere's home had been turned upside down by these few.

She immediately wanted to take them back for Senior Serene.

Send them to the Marechaussee Phantom for interrogation.

The Gilded Brigade's big sister knew she had nowhere to run.

At the very least, she had to drag the wage-withholding Jakob down with her.

"Listen, that guy headed toward a place with a hanging giant stone, in that direction."

"If you chase now, you can still catch up!"

The little agent was somewhat skeptical. "You lot, you're not trying to use this to get off the hook, are you? Let me tell you, this isn't enough."

The big sister snorted coldly. "Hmph, I just can't accept an employer who summons magical beasts for his own purposes."

"Moreover, that bastard didn't even pay the deposit! It pisses me off!"

[These few are comedy characters (confirmed)]

[This story tells us: at least pay the deposit, or it's easy to get betrayed (wrong)]

[That's not how it is, hey]

The ground shook violently again; this was the omen of the previous magical beast appearances.

The big sister couldn't keep up the act anymore.

She was truly scared; they couldn't fight magical beasts.

"Good grief, you said you wanted to arrest us earlier, right? Hurry, hurry and take us back to Fontaine Court! We surrender, unconditional surrender!"

"Hmph, that's more like it! Go remodel properly in Meropide Fortress and become useful people to society!"

Mu Yang had the little agent show a few moves, confirming she could handle the three from the Gilded Brigade.

Only then did he feel at ease handing them over to her.

He even helped her disarm them and tie their hands.

As for Mu Yang himself, he was going to pursue and capture Jakob.

Resolve this shaking issue.

After all, he had some connection to the Beast Realm Hounds.

Just as Mu Yang was about to set off, Mamere followed right behind, but in an instant fell into pain.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"It's... Father... it hurts so much... it hurts... don't... why do that?"

Mu Yang calmed down, while helping Mamere calm herself.

He also listened to [Father]'s words.

It seemed what Jakob was doing now was harming him.

He was asking Mamere for help.

Mamere at this moment was in great pain, but she still wanted to help Father.

Mu Yang picked her up and shuttled through various shortcuts under her guidance.

As a result, after just one tunnel, they couldn't use them anymore.

"Father's blood... is blocked... so can't use..."

[Whoa, this place couldn't be inside some giant beast, right]

[Where are the lore experts, save us!]

"Can't... delay any longer; we'll swim over from there."

Mu Yang dove into the water on the left; Mamere meant to ride the ocean current over.

Mu Yang obediently did so.

The one speaking now should be [Father].

He was saving himself; no one would joke with their own life.

Mu Yang also didn't want to see Mamere suffer like this anymore.

He advanced rapidly along the current.

Underwater wasn't his domain after all.

If on land, he probably would have captured Jakob long ago.

When Mu Yang emerged from the water, he saw from afar a figure resembling an Abyss Lector, using energy to attack a large stone.

After the stone withstood his attacks, it turned blood red.

It looked just like a heart...

The monster spoke. "Yes, this is the original appearance of the 'heart'!"

From the voice, it was Jakob.

As expected, related to the Abyss.

[It's evaporating the Sinshade bro]

[Handsome]

[This is actually Abyss plot?! Sister, come save people quick!]

"You... what exactly have you done?!" Mamere got down from Mu Yang's back and sternly questioned Jakob.

"As you see, merely collecting pigments, Miss Mamere."

He smiled. "Now that I think about it, pigments is truly an interesting term. I didn't expect someone would actually smear such filthy stuff on their canvas."

"Wh-what?" Mamere didn't understand.

However, Jakob had no intention of answering her question.

Instead, he was pondering where his grand plan had gone wrong.

"I should have sealed every possible entrance... How did you get here?"

Mu Yang pointed to the pool behind him.

"One question each; now it's my turn. What connection do you have with the Abyss Order?"

Given the extent of his transformation, his status was probably higher than the one Mu Yang encountered in Mondstadt before.

Unexpectedly, Jakob let out a contemptuous laugh.

"Abyss Order? Please do not lump me together with those obscure and foolish people."

"They are no different from those oppressors; what they seek is merely power usable only by a few."

"What we seek is true equality, the liberation of [will]."