Chapter 439: Kokomi: 'Don’t Look Down on a Young Girl Just Because She’s Poor!'

Chapter 439: Chapter 439: Kokomi: “Don’t Look Down on a Young Girl Just Because She’s Poor!”

"Yelan, you and Kokomi, come over here."

As one of the earliest people to join Su Ran alongside Ningguang, Yelan’s current work wasn’t much different from what she had done before.

She primarily handled intelligence gathering.

Most of the time, she rarely even appeared at the space station.

Yet today, she had come once again.

In broad daylight, she had boarded the Jade Chamber in front of countless pairs of eyes, which made her extremely uncomfortable.

After all, the nature of her work meant she disliked being exposed to the public eye.

This visit would probably cause all sorts of unnecessary trouble.

But she couldn’t ignore the orders of her direct superior.

After arriving at the space station, she discovered that Kokomi had already been waiting there.

This strategist of the Resistance was likewise a woman with considerable depth.

"Queen Mother Yelan, you’re finally here!"

Yelan: ...

How could she possibly deserve to be called the Queen Mother?

"Boss, did you need me for something?"

As an existence standing above the entire world, Su Ran surely wouldn’t assign her some boring task, right?

"How about I give you an opportunity to fill your entire body with divine power?"

"Sure! What’s the price?"

Divine power was divine power.

After witnessing Tartaglia’s strength, Yelan already had a concrete idea of what Su Ran’s rewards could provide.

This power presumably wouldn’t be much weaker than that of a Demon God.

"Warm my bed tonight."

"No problem."

Yelan immediately agreed to what sounded like an outrageous request.

That was probably because, in her eyes, this was an absolutely incredible deal.

Kokomi: ???

Was it really that simple?

Just a few days ago, she had been discussing this very matter with Keqing.

Could this opportunity really have arrived so soon?

"Then, Boss, should I come tomorrow, or should I do it tonight as well?"

She wasn’t prepared yet, but she could be on standby at any time.

"You... we’ll talk about you later."

Su Ran glanced at Kokomi.

Kokomi: ...

Was he looking down on her?

After comparing herself with Yelan, she became even more certain of that possibility.

Damn it!

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!

Don’t look down on a young girl just because she’s poor!

Two streams of blue energy separately entered Yelan and Kokomi’s bodies.

Perhaps because she’d just been rejected, Kokomi’s mood was actually worse than Yelan’s.

"This is... divine power?"

Feeling the surging elemental energy within her body, Yelan was utterly astonished.

Compared to the power she possessed before, the difference was like an ocean compared to a single drop of water.

She had become this much stronger in an instant?

She really was filled with divine power now!

"This is the Authority that originally belonged to the Elemental Dragon King."

"It means absolute control over Hydro."

"Congratulations. You have surpassed the original Seven Archons in one stroke."

Hearing Su Ran’s congratulations, both Yelan and Kokomi found it unbelievable.

Just like that...

They had obtained power surpassing that of the gods?

Why did the process feel so ordinary?

There wasn’t even any sensation.

"So that means even Fontaine’s Hydro Archon isn’t my opponent anymore?"

Yelan was somewhat curious.

This power was incredibly strong!

Stronger than any power she had ever witnessed.

If she’d possessed this power back then, perhaps even Osial could have been suppressed by her.

"No."

"???"

Kokomi and Yelan were both bewildered.

Hadn’t he just said they had surpassed the Seven Archons?

Why couldn’t they beat the Hydro Archon now?

"Before you two, I had already given both Hydro Archons a portion of this power."

"So they have this Authority as well."

Yelan and Kokomi: ...

Putting aside the fact that there were two Hydro Archons—

he had casually handed out four copies of this power!

Was it really that cheap?

Wasn’t this supposed to be power that surpassed the gods?

"Then what price do we have to pay to use this power?"

"Or do we need to shout some kind of catchphrase?"

Thinking of the Fatui’s Delusions and Tartaglia’s transformation chants, Yelan couldn’t help worrying.

If this came from Su Ran, the price might not be one’s life.

It might instead be one’s dignity.

"Hmm... I forgot."

"You forgot?"

"Can you even forget something like that?"

Kokomi was dumbfounded.

If the side effect was serious, what if she used it once and died?

Would that count as a workplace accident?

Would he compensate Watatsumi Island?

"I forgot to set a catchphrase or activation password."

"Something like, ’Tides, rise! I have returned!’"

"Forget it. Just make do with it for now."

"If you feel like you need some momentum, just shout your own catchphrase beforehand."

Su Ran himself had completely forgotten about that sort of setting.

It would have looked pretty cool, though.

Shouting before activating a big move could really boost one’s momentum.

"No side effects?"

"For example, is there a short time limit?"

The fact that power surpassing that of the gods could be obtained so easily made Yelan feel somewhat unreal.

Even a three-minute time limit would have been reassuring.

Otherwise, holding this power felt a little too strange.

"..."

"Do you think I’m some third-rate scientist?"

"Would I give you defective products?"

Besides, in Su Ran’s eyes, the Elemental Dragon King’s power really wasn’t that impressive.

Control over the water of a single planet?

Even the scholars of the Intelligentsia Guild could probably accomplish that.

At his level, he was already the sort of scientist who could casually declare that the entire Milky Way was merely another river.

"Boss, how many copies of this power have you prepared?"

Seeing how casually he had distributed such power, Yelan didn’t think it was particularly precious.

But she also couldn’t imagine it being truly cheap.

As Su Ran’s employee, she hadn’t even contributed much.

Yet she had received such a reward for nothing.

And the price was merely warming his bed for one night.

Wasn’t that a little too outrageous?

"Currently, I only have five completed copies."

"Four have been distributed, and one is being kept as a sample."

"The rest are ninety-five incomplete copies."

"I’ll finish them when I have time."

"How long will that take?"

Hearing this, the two of them finally felt somewhat reassured.

Although the power was precious, it wasn’t that precious.

There were a hundred copies of power surpassing that of the gods available for distribution...

Wait!

At present, counting the twins, there were only nine Archons in Teyvat who could still freely move around, right?

And he’d casually created a hundred copies?

The Archon War might not have been this terrifying!

Yelan and Kokomi had already begun silently mourning for Sumeru and Natlan.

The Winterland was Su Ran’s home.

Inazuma was his wife’s home.

Liyue was the home of one of his key employees.

And from what he’d just said, it seemed the Hydro Archon had probably joined his side as well.

That left only Sumeru and Natlan as relatively unrelated to him.

More importantly, if people learned that power surpassing the gods could be obtained this easily...

They were bound to be incredibly jealous, weren’t they?

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