King Ember's Journey to Tevat

Chapter 860: Slip Away First
"Hiss..." Ying rubbed the wound on her face as she walked. She turned her head and saw Paimon was safe and sound, and she suddenly felt unhappy.

"Why are you okay? Hey! I'll lift you up and use you as a shield when we fight next time!" Grabbing Paimon in his arms, Ying began to ravage him fiercely.

"Well...well, that means it can't run fast!" Paimon explained vaguely, but unfortunately Ying was addicted to rubbing her, and she wouldn't listen even if Paimon explained.

"Hey! Stop rubbing it, your face is going to be swollen! I just saw someone up ahead, let's go ask for directions!"

While rubbing, Paimeng noticed a figure appeared in the whistling sand wind. So she immediately broke free from Ying's restraints and said hurriedly.

"Ask for directions? Yes, I need to ask for directions!" Ying reacted immediately. She had finally met someone and had to find out her current location as soon as possible.

Getting lost was a rare occurrence for Ying. She was a seasoned adventurer and always had a map with her, so it was impossible for her to get lost.

But now is an exception - because Ying and Paimon were blown up.

As soon as they stepped into Nata, there was a roar, and then the two of them flew completely into the sky. When they came to their senses, they had been blown to the desert.

"Hello! Hello - where in the desert are we?"

From a distance, Paimon greeted the girl enthusiastically. The girl didn't want to cause any more trouble, but when she saw the two strangers approaching, she had no choice but to use some tricks.

The white wings under the hood flapped slightly, and an invisible wave spread out, sweeping across the sand sea and across Paimon and Ying whose faces were filled with excitement.

As expected, Ying and Paimon's smiling faces froze. The girl felt relieved. From this moment on, there would be no place for her in the memories of these two strangers.

But is this really the case? The answer is no. Ying and Paimeng were stunned for a short while before they came to their senses.

The two did not forget anything because of the girl's power. On the contrary, many things were constantly emerging in their minds.

"Damn it! Paimon, isn't the pocket money I give you enough?! You actually have some hidden money!"

"You're still blaming me?! Didn't we agree to share the contents of the treasure chest?! Why did you hide some of it?!"

What appeared in Ying's mind was the scene that she had overlooked in the past, of Paimon secretly hiding his private money in the soles of his shoes.

What appeared in Paimon's mind was Ying's changing hands when she opened the treasure chest, and her secretly triumphant smile.

It was a detail that should have been ignored, but now it became a crisis of trust between the two of them - they almost started fighting.

"I'll catch it!"

"I'll dodge!"

Ying's moves were like a phantom, but Paimeng was surprisingly agile. No matter how hard Ying tried, he just couldn't catch her, just like in those crises, he was always one step behind Paimeng.

"Huh..., don't... don't catch me. Let's... let's call it a draw. Let's not do any tricks from now on, okay?"

Paimon was sweating profusely, so he proposed a truce.

"I agree, or...I'd better ask for directions!" Ying was also out of breath. She looked up and was surprised to see that the girl had gone far away.

Fortunately, because the girl had let her guard down against the two men, she was able to avoid going far in such a short time.

"Hey--"

The girl paused as she was moving forward. Was it an illusion? Why did she hear the voices of the two people from before?
With doubt in her heart, the girl turned around, and when she saw Ying and Paimon running towards her holding a map, she couldn't stop feeling shocked.

"Hello...Hello, could you please mark this location on the map? Thank you!"

Ying ran up to the surprised girl and handed her the map.

The girl didn't move. She raised her head slightly and asked Ying, "Can you recognize me?"

"Um..., no, but didn't we just meet?" Ying scratched his head, looking confused. What do you mean by "know her?" Doesn't it mean you know her if you see her?
Seeing Ying's confused look, the girl's wings behind her head fluttered slightly again. Just like before, Ying's expression froze for a moment, but this time she recovered much faster than last time.

Although some details that were difficult to complain about appeared in his mind again, Ying did not forget his current goal.

She looked at the motionless girl and silently took the map back.

"Are you a local who has never seen a map? Then can you tell us where the nearest town is?"

Ying showed hope on her face, and Paimon on the side noticed even more.

"Wow! She has two divine eyes!"

"Wow! Not only does she have the Eye of God, but she also has many small wings behind her head. Can you fly too?"

"What?" Ying's curiosity was also aroused when she heard this. She looked at the girl. The short silk veil only roughly covered her eyes, making it impossible to see the girl's expression.

The most magical thing is the three pairs of wings fluttering behind the girl's head and the two eyes of God hanging around her waist.

But...Ying narrowed her eyes slightly. Why do these two eyes of God look a little different?

"call!"

A black shadow appeared before his eyes, and Ying, who had experienced many battles, immediately realized what it was - a whistling fist.

"boom!"

"Ouch!"

The girl in front of him looked frail and small, but her strength was many times greater than that of the strong man. In a hurry, Ying flipped and flew out.

After inserting the weapon into the sand sea, Ying flew a long way before she could stabilize herself. But after such a struggle, the hastily bandaged bandages on her face almost all fell off.

"Paimon, get behind me!"

He tore off the bandage on his face, endured the pain, and got ready to fight.

Paimeng ran behind Ying. She leaned her head out to look at the girl, then looked at Ying, whose old wounds had not yet healed, with a worried look on her face.

"You...you...I'm going to get help!"

"return!"

Ying stopped Paimeng's panic. In such a vast desert, if Paimeng really asked for help, her fate might not be much better than staying here.

"Can you handle it?" Paimon was also anxious and confused. He had been traveling with Ying for so long, and even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had seen pigs run. Based on the girl's previous move, Paimon was sure that her strength was not inferior to that of the executive!
"We have to try." Ying gripped the weapon tightly, took a few deep breaths, and nodded.

"Oh!"

Stepping on the sea of ​​sand again, Ying did not hold back at all, and released a powerful force that shook the ground where she was standing, causing the sand to fly everywhere.

And Ying herself turned into a whistling cannonball.

"Boom!"

The huge force collided, and Paimon's vision blurred in an instant. The sand was running wildly, and the fierce wind made her body a little unstable.

"You are... Fatui?"

Ying held the hilt with one hand and pushed the blade with the other, looking at the girl and asked. She knew why the Eye of God on the girl's waist looked so strange.

That is not the Eye of God at all, but the Heart of God!
And the purpose of the Fatui, Ying remembered, was to collect the Heart of God.

"I didn't expect that you not only see a lot, but also know a lot." The girl was pushed back a few steps by Ying's power, but she did not panic at all. Instead, her eyes were filled with more murderous intent.

"Hoo! Boom!"

The girl leaped back, and as she turned around, she brought out countless raging flames.

Heat waves rolled, the fluorescent sword flashed, and as she swung it, the elemental power of rock rolled in like a wave.

The soft sea of ​​sand on the ground was attracted and transformed by the elemental force. It rose from the ground and became compact and solid.

"Rumble!"

Walls of sand and stone rose up from all directions and wrapped the girl tightly, but before the rock walls could squeeze through, parts of them turned red.

"laugh……"

Lava rolled down, and even though the space between the sands was filled with elemental power, it could not stop the spread of the flames.

"sieve!"

Ying turned into a shadow again, but this time she really ran in the opposite direction.

"Help!"

He picked up Paimeng and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)