"What treasure have I discovered?"
"The first character PV for Genshin Impact? What kind of prestige is this? Is this the candidate for the Hydro Archon's knight?"
"White hair and red eyes—my favorite."
"Official declaration: This is my daughter."
"Father-in-law, I bow to you!"
"Where are the police? Arrest the guy above !"
Amidst a barrage of comnts, the video officially began.
The opening scene showed:
"Help! Help , Lady Furina!"
Astrea scread for help, her face filled with fear as she was chased by an Abyssal creature.
Then:
"Help! Help , Lady Furina!"
Astrea scread for help as she was chased by a Fungi.
Next:
"Help! Help , Lady Furina!"
Astrea scread for help as she was chased by a Whopperflower.
Following that:
"Help! Help , Lady Furina!"
Astrea scread for help as she was chased by a Specter.
Finally:
"Help! Help , Lady Furina!"
Astrea scread for help as she was chased by a Sli.
From Fontaine to Suru, from Suru to Inazuma, from Inazuma to Liyue, and from Liyue to Mondstadt.
?????
For a full thirty seconds, the screen was filled with question marks.
"Let tell you a joke: This is the knight candidate carefully selected to protect the Hydro Archon."
This was clearly a viewer who had already watched the Reporting to Lady Furina video.
"Don't be scared, daughter! Daddy's coming to save you!"
"Don't be scared, wife! Hubby's coming to save you!"
"Don't be scared, little sister! Big sis is here to arrest all the perverts above!"
After thirty seconds of running, giving the audience a glimpse of the scenery across the nations, the scene shifted to show the white-haired, red-eyed loli kneeling on one knee, looking up at the Supre Archbishop.
The Supre Archbishop draped a cape over Astrea's left shoulder and then handed her a scale.
"In your final trial, you will represent the Hydro Archon abroad, wielding the authority to act in her na. However, with this authority cos imnse responsibility. You must achieve great feats worthy of Lady Furina's praise. Only then, when you return to Fontaine, will you beco Lady Furina's guardian knight."
The Supre Archbishop spoke in a calm tone.
"Astrea, let ask you one last ti. This will be a difficult journey. It's not too late to back out now. Do you have the confidence to complete this trial?"
With a tearful expression, Astrea weakly replied, "Your Excellency, I… I don't have the confidence. Can soone else take my place?"
"Excellent. I admire your courage," the Supre Archbishop said, his expression unchanged as he praised her. "Then, no matter how many years it takes, I will await your triumphant return here."
"Your Excellency!!!"
Astrea clung to the Supre Archbishop's leg, tears streaming down her face.
The Supre Archbishop remained expressionless and clapped his hands lightly.
"Clorinde, escort your future superior out of Fontaine."
A mature woman stepped forward, grabbed Astrea's cape, and began dragging her away without hesitation.
"It's ti to go, Lady Astrea."
"Your Excellency!!!!!"
Astrea, her bottom scraping the ground, reached out in despair.
"Help! Help , Lady Furina!!!!!"
As the doors of the Grand Cathedral slowly closed, the video ca to an end.
"Hahahahahaha!"
"Astrea: Your Excellency, are you even listening to ?"
"So I never had a choice? Then why did you even ask?!"
"Supre Archbishop: It's not too late to back out now—just pretend it's true."
"I'm dying of laughter! Mihoyo really knows how to entertain!"
"Hydro Archon's guardian knight: Help , Lady Furina!"
"I really want to know if this guardian knight is for real."
"Is this what they call contrasting cuteness? Anyway, this character must be super strong, right? Otherwise, why would they make a little girl with this personality the Hydro Archon's guardian knight?"
"I don't care how strong she is in the story. I just want to know if her chanics are strong."
"Her skills have already been revealed. Let's just say, for a ga that hasn't even had a beta test, no one knows if her chanics are strong or not."
Finally, after peeking at the players in another world through Baoyu, Ye rubbed his chin.
The response was pretty good. Now, all that's left is to wait for her official debut in the ga.
As for Astrea's skills, Ye had carefully designed them. Naturally, she wouldn't be competing for the main DPS role. As the saying goes, "Supports are eternal, DPS are fleeting." To maintain long-term popularity, a support with strong chanics would be the way to go.
Ideally, she would be a versatile support who could fit into any team composition and remain relevant across all versions.
In other words, she should occupy a completely different niche compared to other supports.
First, Astrea is a Hydro catalyst user, and her signature weapon is the scale Ye gave her in the video.
『Scales of Justice』: Its secondary stat increases Energy Recharge, but the main focus is its effect.
Increases the Max HP of all party mbers by 15%. For every 100 HP the wielder has above 10,000, the active character's ATK is increased by 1.Every ti a party mber attacks, the wielder loses 10% of their current HP.
—Of course, this HP-draining effect is tied to her skills.
Elental Skill 『Help !』: Continuously consus HP to deal Hydro DMG to enemies. The more HP consud, the higher the skill's damage. While the skill is active, the active character's attack speed increases based on the amount of HP lost. For every 1,000 HP lost, attack speed increases by 1%. Duration: 15 seconds. Cooldown: 30 seconds. Each skill level reduces the cooldown by 1 second, increases damage, and speeds up HP consumption.
Elental Burst 『Blessing of the Hydro Archon』: Instantly restores 25% of Max HP. Each skill level increases the healing effect by 5%.
Talent 1: Increases Max HP by 20%.
Talent 2: Reduces Elental Skill cooldown by 2 seconds.
Talent 3: Increases Base ATK by 300.
Yes, you read that right—Talent 3 increases Base ATK.
This is because of her sixth constellation effect.
But… for now, that's not important.
As a standard banner character, it's unlikely that players will have a C6 Astrea anyti soon. And without reaching C6, players won't know the full extent of her abilities. This is a little surprise Ye left for the players.
C6: The character's Charged Attack can switch her Arkhe alignnt.
Hmm, players obviously won't know what this ans yet.
After all, when the Arkhe alignnt switches, Astrea's Elental Skill and Elental Burst effects will also change. Ye kept this as a hidden chanic, not explaining it in the description.
Now that's a surprise.
"But there seems to be a problem."
The problem, of course, isn't with Astrea's skill chanics, but…
"No beta test?"
Ye didn't overlook the players' comnts.
In Ye's mory, wasn't Genshin Impact a ga that had beta tests?
Of course, it was.
A ga without beta testing would be riddled with bugs, especially a ga like Genshin Impact. Even with beta testing, there were plenty of bugs, let alone without it.
And that's not all.
Ye also checked out Mihoyo's other PVs. For now, he could only peek at these and Mihoyo's community.
"A free ga? Hard to believe."
"Mihoyo just ca out of nowhere?"
"Genshin Impact is Mihoyo's first ga?"
The more Ye looked, the more confused he beca.
Anyone familiar with Mihoyo wouldn't say that Genshin Impact was their first ga, right?
After all, if it really were their first ga… where would Mihoyo get the money to go all-in on Genshin Impact?
And what's so hard to believe about a free ga?
By the ti Genshin Impact was released, the idea that "free gas are the most expensive" was already common knowledge.
Ye looked up at Baoyu, who was floating in front of him with a large screen.
"Baoyu, is the other world Earth?"
"Of course, it's Earth."
"Then what year is it?"
"2020."
"...Is its developnt different from the Earth I know?"
"Of course, it's different. After all, it's an Earth within a bubble universe in the Honkai worldview."
Baoyu answered nonchalantly, but Ye couldn't help but feel a chill.
"Hmm~ Master, you should understand the situation once you see who the voice actors for this ga are."
Lumine CV: Elysia
Paimon CV: Bailu
Yae Miko CV: Yae Sakura
Shenhe CV: Einstein
Yoimiya CV: Pardofelis
Diona CV: March 7th
Nilou CV: Clara
...
A long list of nas Ye was very familiar with appeared in the voice actor credits. Finally, Baoyu thoughtfully provided the nas of Mihoyo's CEO, general manager, and ga producer.
CEO: Qingque
General Manager: Fu Xuan
Ga Producer: Kiana
"Hey, the last three are going too far! Qingque as CEO and Fu Xuan as general manager is one thing, but Kiana as the ga producer? Is this for real? Is this ga even playable?!"
Even Ye couldn't help but roast this.
Baoyu, however, was unfazed and smiled. "These are just trivial matters. As long as Baoyu is here, the story of Genshin Impact in that world will definitely align with the actual events of Teyvat."
Ye rubbed his forehead, suppressing the urge to roast further.
Thinking about it, according to the Honkai worldview, these are just alternate versions of the characters. There's no need to take it too seriously. Maybe this Kiana is particularly smart.
After all, Kiana isn't actually dumb, right? She just doesn't use her brain.
"So, the gaming industry in this world is quite underdeveloped, right?"
In a world where you have to pay to download gas, a ga like Genshin Impact, which is top-tier even among free gas, is like a dinsional strike.
"Naturally. This is the world Baoyu carefully selected for Master's popularity."
Baoyu looked proud, seeking praise.
"Genshin Impact is the first open-world ga in that world."
Ye patted her head in praise, then fell into deep thought.
If that's really the case, then perhaps… we can be a bit more aggressive.
—And so, the trip to Inazuma was decided.
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