The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Ah~" Andrius yawned, then looked around and asked, "Where's my fanboy?"

“Here.” Ember nudged Dayne.

"..."

Dain felt that these past few days had been more exciting than the past few years.

Chapter 346 Master of Depression Treatment

2023-12-11

"Is this my fanboy?"

"It's true."

Andrius and Ember exchanged a glance, then Andrius raised his paw and pointed at Dain, saying, "But I clearly heard him curse at me."

"Weren't you sleeping?" Yu Jin was taken aback. Could it be that the Wolf King didn't need to rest?

“Isn’t that obvious? Who sleeps during the day except for lazy pigs?” Andrius pointed to the bright sky and shouted.

"He's just hating me because of love, don't worry about it. He's really interested in hearing about your glorious past!"

“I don’t want to,” Daigon refused decisively. He looked at Andrius, who was jumping up from the altar below, and took a few steps back.

Dain was still a little flustered after being talked about behind someone's back.

"what……"

The wolf king yawned, and then began to talk to himself.

"Back in the day, I fought a great battle against the tornado demon, Dekalapian..."

Perhaps because he hadn't spoken to anyone for too long, Andrius completely ignored Dain's refusal and began to recount his experiences from his youth.

During this time, Boreas would occasionally pop up to add to the history after the Demon God War.

Everyone listened with great interest, except for Dain, of course.

His face darkened further, though he still maintained his expressionless demeanor.

"So, considering that Barbatos was still young at the time, I gave him the position of Wind God." Andrius finally recounted his experiences during the Demon God War to everyone in a joking manner.

These events are clearer and more vivid than anything recorded in any book, though their accuracy is another matter.

At least Ember felt that Andrius's abandonment of the Demon God War was certainly not to promote the virtue of "love for the young".

"Have you finished speaking? If you have, we should continue our journey and search for the traces of the Abyss Apostles."

Seeing that Andrius had finally stopped rambling, Dain didn't want to waste a single second.

"What's the rush? Isn't there a local bigwig who knows Wolf Territory best?" Yu Jin lay on the lawn.

To be honest, he was getting a little bored, but seeing how enthusiastic Andrius was, he listened patiently.

Upon hearing this, Dain stopped in his tracks and looked up at Andrius, whose skin reflected a frosty white luster in the sunlight.

This old wolf has lived in the Wolf's Territory for thousands of years. This land is neither large nor small, but on a scale of thousands of years, even an ordinary person can know it like the back of their hand, let alone the King Wolf of the North Wind.

"Hmph! I knew you weren't here to listen to my rambling on." Andrius wasn't too surprised. It snorted and then asked:

"Speak, what do you want to ask? I know everything about this land, except for Wolf Territory, of course."

"We want to know where the Abyss Order is!" Paimon asked eagerly.

Although the story is very interesting, we must not forget the important matters!

"The Abyss Order?" Andrius thought for a moment. "You mean those guys who exude a repulsive aura and spend all their time teaching Hilichurls to cause trouble?"

“Yes, these are them!” Ying nodded.

Andrius remained silent. It closed its eyes, and then a dazzling white light emanated from its body.

After a while, the white light gradually dissipated, and Andrius opened his eyes.

"Apart from those hairy creatures with staffs being chased by my people in the jungle, there are no other monsters similar to them."

"Is that so?" Paimon's tone was somewhat disappointed. She turned around and said to Ying, "It seems our lead has gone cold again."

"Looks like those guys do have some brains after all." Dain wasn't too surprised by what he saw.

"Why do you say that?" Ying asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Andrius, the Wolf King of the North Wind, even the Apostles of the Abyss would not want to provoke such an enemy." Dain sensed the powerful aura emanating from Andrius. Even without a physical body, the power contained within his will was enough to freeze the earth.

"Kid, you have good taste. No wonder you're my fanboy." Andrius was very pleased and gave Dain an appreciative look.

Ember was also very happy, because it was the first time he had learned that wolves could wag their tails when they were happy, just like dogs.

"Are you thinking about something rude?" Andrius looked down at the restless embers and asked warily.

"You're overthinking it." Yu Jin scratched his head. Why did this passage feel so familiar to him?

"To reiterate, I have no liking for anything on the ground."

Dain was very unhappy. He paused for a moment, as if he felt that what he said was too cold, and then added a sentence.

"Of course, there was no malice intended."

"Is there something wrong with this person?"

Andrius leaned closer to Ember and whispered. He sensed a certain air of impending doom about Dain.

Just like those old wolves in a wolf pack who can no longer walk, they no longer care about anything.

“He might have depression; I’m trying treatment,” Ember replied. It seems Dain was right when he said he knew Andrius because of his travel companion.

Because when Andrius recounted its "glorious history," Dain's gaze never lingered on Andrius for even a second.

He genuinely learned about things he had absolutely no interest in, all for the sake of his travel companion.

“Depression, seems to be caused by a lack of love? Should we put him in a wolf pack? But wolves don’t give love to every member.” Andrius offered his treatment plan.

"Come on, Dain is a human, he can't associate with wolves, that's a terrible idea!" Ember retorted on the spot.

"Ha, you believe that? Don't tell me you can't tell, that guy isn't human anymore." Andrius glanced at Dain, who had walked away, and snorted a few times.

Dain's scent is like a combination of one-third Hilichurl, one-third Abyssal aura, and one-third human aura.

If this can be considered a human being, then Andrius could also call himself a human being.

“Go back and train your eyes. What’s the point of just looking at appearances? You have to look at the soul.” Ember pointed to his own eyes, then to Andrius’s eyes, and then waved his hand to indicate that they were far inferior to his.

This infuriated Andrius. He used to be the one showing off to others, but today it was the other way around.

“Dain’s soul still belongs to a human, there is no doubt about that,” Ember explained.

"Besides, so what if you're not human anymore? Aren't you human too?"

Andrius felt that the embers were cursing him, but he couldn't find any evidence.

Paimon, seeing Ember and Andrius still chatting idly, flew over and called out, "What are you two whispering about? Time to go!"

"Get lost, I want to sleep." Andrius was even more eager than Paimon, wishing the embers would leave quickly.

"Oh—, I see, so Andrius, you're a pig, not a wolf. Goodbye, I'll keep this secret for you." Ember sighed before disappearing in a flash.

This forced Andrius to reluctantly lower the claw he had just raised.

……

"How about that? Isn't it faster than you searching alone?" Ember caught up with Dain, looked up at the still blazing sun, and said smugly.

"It would be faster if you just asked directly." Although Dain was sarcastic, he had to admit that asking the Wolf King directly would be much faster than him foolishly asking alone.

"Isn't this for your own good? Didn't you say you knew the story of the Wolf King? Now that I'm letting you know even more, you're not happy about it," Yu Jin replied casually.

It's as if the story is the main focus, while the traces of the Abyss Apostles are secondary.

"That was something I did for my former travel companions; it's no longer necessary."

"If necessary, you can tell him the story again when you meet him, making it more exciting and detailed, even better than the first time you went on the trip!"

Dain suddenly stopped walking, but soon she picked up her pace again, very quickly.

"Holy crap, are you on steroids? You're running so fast?!"

Ember watched as Dain vanished from sight in an instant. Without a word, he grabbed Luminous and Paimon and gave chase.

Chapter 347 The Embers of Many Friends

2023-12-11

The Wind Dragon Ruins are a good place, mainly for dragons.

Strong winds blow here constantly, preventing anyone from entering.

However, there are always unexpected things in this world. At the entrance to the canyon of the Wind Dragon Ruins, several figures were standing.

"I feel so dizzy."

Paimon was thrown down by Ember, and by this time her eyes were already like mosquito coils, and she looked dizzy.

Ying, who was next to her, was in a similar situation. She covered her forehead, trying to calm the confusion in her mind.

Without saying a word, Ember scooped her and Paimon around his waist and started running.

The hardships involved can only be understood by those who have experienced them.

"Are you out of your mind? Why are you running so fast all of a sudden? Did you take the wrong medicine?" Ember put his hand on Dain's shoulder and said, catching his breath.

This kid, you wouldn't believe how fast he moves with those two little legs, I doubt many people could keep up with that speed.

"It's just to save the time you've wasted." Dain turned his head to look at Ember's hand on his shoulder, but didn't swat it away.

“Alright, I’ll call you the master of time management.” Ember withdrew his hand and looked up at the still towering ruins in the distance—he wondered if Dvalin’s house was finished yet.

"Thank you for the compliment." Dain accepted Ember's praise readily, then strode into the Wind Dragon Ruins against the raging wind.

The Stormterror's Lair and Dragonspine Mountains are notoriously high-risk areas in Mondstadt, and naturally, these two places are extremely sparsely populated.

Aside from adventurers and treasure hunters who roam the world, probably no one would come to such a treacherous place.

The group walked on the broken bridge leading from the Wind Dragon Ruins to the tower, with only the sound of their footsteps crunching on the gravel and the howling wind in their ears.