Yae from Genshin Impact is my sister

As he spoke, the staff of homa in Hu Tao's hand began to catch fire. Feeling the increasing heat approaching him, the ice-attribute abyss mage swallowed hard and said awkwardly.

"Well, I think I can still be saved."

"No, no, no, I don't care what you think, I care what I think. You're beyond saving, just wait to die."

Chapter 204 Each with Their Own Dilemmas (7)

In a secluded corner, Shen He crushed the ice cube in his hand and casually stretched his slightly aching tongue. It seemed that licking ice cubes in cold places really did make the tongue stick to them, which was quite amazing.

Mona, standing to the side, twitched her eye. She really couldn't understand Shen He's thought process. With Paimon as a living example right in front of them, why did Shen He still want to conduct an experiment himself?

"I just wanted to experience what it felt like when Su Bai was a child."

Realizing she had been discovered, Shen He's face showed a rare moment of calm. She seemed to have thought of something interesting, and her tone became much lighter.

"When Su Bai was a child, his master took him to play in the snow mountain. Su Bai licked the ice with his tongue. According to his master, Su Bai once regarded the ice as the most terrifying enemy in the world."

"Uh, I think I've found out something I shouldn't know."

Mona pressed down on her magic hat. These were things that a mere astrologer like her couldn't possibly know. After witnessing the power of the immortals, Mona felt it was best for her to stay out of these matters, or she might get a lecture from them while walking down the street one day.

"Paimon, do you need Klee's help?"

Klee brought a unique bouncy bomb to Paimon's side, and Paimon immediately let out a terrified "uh-uh." Seeing Paimon's frightened look, Klee regretfully put away the unusual bouncy bomb. It was a specially made high-temperature bouncy bomb, but she didn't expect it to be useless.

Seeing that Klee had put away the bouncy bomb, Paimon breathed a sigh of relief. Klee, that brat, had almost scared her to death. How could Paimon not know how powerful the bouncy bomb was, judging from the mess on the ground? If it had exploded near her, she would probably be in grave danger.

"Paimon, bear with it. I may need to melt the ice around here before I can free your tongue, otherwise your little tongue might get burned."

Luminous held up several pieces of crimson stone and gestured around. Unable to find a good spot, Luminous had no choice but to melt the surrounding ice. Of course, poor Paimon didn't forget to eat even though his tongue was stuck to the ice.

Despite her limited tongue movement, it didn't stop her from stuffing honey into her mouth. In this cold environment, only honey could bring some comfort to her wounded heart.

After a lot of effort from Ying and the others, the solid ice that was radiating ice element was finally about to melt. Ying held the last piece of Crimson Stone in her hand, and after finding the frozen spot on Paimon's tongue, she directly knocked the Crimson Stone in her hand onto the ice.

A wisp of steam rose, and the ice that had stuck to Paimon's tongue gradually melted. Paimon hurriedly retracted her little tongue, feeling that it seemed to have swollen up. Paimon angrily flew to the side and kicked the exposed fragment of the Frost Spike hard with her little foot.

"You dare bully me! You dare bully me! I, Meng, will beat you to death!"

Seeing Paimon taking his anger out on the Frost Spikes, Ying and the others didn't stop him. Mainly because Paimon had really been in a bad state just now, his tongue stuck to the ice for so long, um, just thinking about that feeling was exciting.

Paimon kicked twice, seemingly still not satisfied, or perhaps because her feet hurt. She glanced around, picked up an ice block from the side, flew it over the Frostfire Nail fragment, and slammed the ice block into the Frostfire Nail fragment.

"Hmph, serves you right for bullying me."

With a loud bang, the ice block shattered. Paimon stood with his hands on his hips, looking quite smug. She didn't notice that the person below her was either hit by Paimon's ice block or had automatically activated after a certain time.

The previously silent Frostfire Nail fragment trembled slightly before shooting straight into the sky. Because it happened so suddenly, Paimon, who was above it, didn't have time to react before being carried away by the Frostfire Nail fragment into the free sky.

Shen He leaped forward, trying to grab Paimon off the Frost Nail fragment, but she underestimated the fragment's speed. Despite her quick reflexes, she couldn't save Paimon.

The fragment of the Frostfire Nail flew through the opening above the Starry Cave towards the top of the snow-capped mountain. Its extremely fast flight speed caused the Frostfire Nail to quickly turn into a black dot and disappear from everyone's sight.

Below the Starry Cave, the group looked at each other in bewilderment, mainly because none of them had expected such an unexpected incident to occur.

"Looks like we can only go to the very top of the snow mountain. Paimon is such a worry."

Ying sighed. Although she always said that Paimon was an emergency food, in her heart she had long regarded Paimon as her best partner. Now that Paimon was in danger, she couldn't just ignore it.

"Ying? What are you doing here?"

A familiar voice came from above the Starry Cave. When everyone looked up, they found that Su Bai had somehow appeared above the Starry Cave.

"Su Bai, what are you doing here? Wait, this isn't the time to talk about this. Paimon was taken away by a fragment of the Frostfire Nail. We need to go save her right now!"

When Ying saw Su Bai arrive, she felt a little relieved. Among them, only Su Bai could fly, and with Su Bai there, Paimon should be much safer.

Su Bai, who had just jumped down from above the Starry Cave, was stunned by Ying's words. If he remembered correctly, Paimon could fly, right? Even if Paimon was taken up into the sky, she could still fly down.

"Hey, Ying, calm down."

"I really can't imagine what dangers Paimon, who can fly, could encounter."

Hmm, what Su Bai said seems to make some sense. I was so anxious just now that I forgot about Paimon's ability to fly. Since Paimon can fly, what is she worried about? Once the fragment of the Frost Nail stops, Paimon should be able to fly down on its own. Paimon should be able to think of that, right? It should be able to, right?

Once Ying understood, she immediately stopped rushing and awkwardly scratched her head to change the subject.

"Su Bai, what are you doing here? Are you here to deal with this Frostfire Nail fragment too?"

"No, no, no, I'm doing an experiment with Aberdo."

Su Bai waved the small black box in his hand. Upon hearing that Su Bai was conducting an experiment with Abedo, several people gathered around, since they all knew that Su Bai had come to the snow mountain this time for the alchemist Abedo.

Looking at the dark, unremarkable iron box in front of them, everyone was puzzled as to what it was for. Even Klee, who had some basic alchemy skills, stood on tiptoe and stared at it for a long time but still couldn't figure out what magical function the black box had. Could it be a new type of bomb?

"Ahem, this thing was originally just a sample, but since you're all so curious, I'll demonstrate it for you."

As he spoke, Su Bai channeled a wisp of elemental power into the black box in his hand. A miraculous scene unfolded before everyone's eyes: the strange black box began to glow. Ying looked at the familiar scene before her and muttered something under her breath.

"Why does this thing look so familiar?"

Chapter 205 Each with Their Own Dilemmas (The End)

"This substance emanating from ice must be the reason why the storms on the snow-capped mountains never stop."

Yura glanced around the cave and immediately noticed the unusual block of ice in the center. Through the ice, she seemed to see something frozen inside.

"Hiss, it's really cold. Even my fire element can't melt the ice on it."

Hu Tao rubbed her hands, which had been frozen by the ice element, and curiously circled the ice. This was the first time in more than ten years that she had encountered ice that she couldn't melt.

"If I could knock off a piece and bring it back to the Hall of Rebirth, then I wouldn't have to catch ice slimes to cool down in the summer anymore."

Seeing that Hu Tao was about to take out an axe, chisel, and saw from a small, golden cloth bag, as if she wanted to fight the ice head-on, Amber hurriedly stepped forward to stop her. They didn't know if what was inside the ice was dangerous. If Hu Tao violently broke through some mechanism, they would probably all have to go to Hu Tao's ancestral hall.

Just as Hu Tao was gesturing with her tools, Yura noticed that Qiqi was squatting motionless in a corner. Out of concern for Qiqi, Yura went over to check on her and saw that Qiqi was examining a red stone.

At first, Yura didn't think much of it, assuming it was just a child seeing something new and interesting. But when Qiqi smashed the red stone, Yura realized that it contained a very strong fire element.

"Perhaps these stones are the tools used to melt this block of ice."

Yura's years of experience as a knight told her that this stone was definitely related to the ice, and it turned out to be true. Sensing the rich fire element contained within the Crimson Stone, Qiqi immediately gave the stone to Hu Tao.

Hu Tao originally intended to place the stone on the solid ice and then hug Qi Qi, since this was the first time Qi Qi had given her a gift. However, as soon as the stone touched the solid ice, it reacted immediately, causing part of the ice to melt.

"Hey! You ice block, hurry up and spit out the gift that Qiqi gave me!"

Seeing that the gift Qiqi gave her had been swallowed, Hu Tao was instantly unhappy. The staff of homa turned into a tool for breaking ice, smashing it against the solid ice again and again.

After Amber pulled Hu Tao away, Yura rubbed her temples. She seemed to be having trouble dealing with this Master Hu, but now was not the time to think about that. She should melt this block of ice first.

As the only one in the four-person team who used a two-handed sword, Yura naturally took on the mining work all by herself. Of course, Hu Tao and the others were not idle either. Hu Tao found a relatively straight piece of iron plate from the fragments of the relic heavy machine. Recalling the iron plate grilled meat that Su Bai had made for her before, Hu Tao was going to cook a delicious meal for the rest of the team in a very serious manner.

"I didn't expect this iron lump to be so heat-resistant. The Abyss Mage was reduced to ashes, but this iron lump was completely unharmed."

While still grilling meat, Walnut tapped the round iron lump under her buttocks with her homa staff. This thing could withstand her fire element, so it must be a treasure. Hmm, I can take it back to the Hall of Rebirth to keep it.

"This should be the core of the Relic Heavy Machine. There is a record of this thing in the ancient books of our Lawrence family."

"This thing has an extremely complex internal structure. It is said to be a rare treasure, and if used properly, it should be able to be made into a very powerful weapon."

Yura grabbed the core of the relic's heavy machine and tossed it around a couple of times. Its weight was comparable to that of a solid iron ball. Just as Yura was about to return the core to Kurumi, she suddenly noticed out of the corner of her eye that Abedo had somehow appeared inside the cave.

"Oh, it's you, Abedo. It seems that the feeling of being spied on earlier was emanating from you."

"Hmph, you came all this way but didn't even help us clear out the monsters. I'll remember this grudge."

Yura, who was initially somewhat wary, lowered her guard when she saw that the visitor was Abedo. She didn't have much interaction with Abedo, but she did recognize him as the chief alchemist of the Knights of Favonius.

"Yura, come back quickly, it's dangerous."

Amber saw Abedor and seemed to remember something. She anxiously urged Yura to come to her side. Yura looked at Amber in confusion. What was wrong? Why did Amber look like she had encountered an enemy? Wasn't Abedor a member of the Knights of Favonius?

Could it be that Abe betrayed the Knights? But that doesn't make sense. If Abe really had betrayed the Knights, she, as the guerrilla squad leader, would definitely have received the news.

Despite her doubts, Yura remained cautious. Whatever the reason, Amber would never harm her. As 'Abedo' drew closer, the muscles in Yura's arms tensed, ready to act immediately if 'Abedo' showed any signs of distress.

However, 'Abedo' did not continue to approach her. It stopped at a relatively safe distance.

"Yura, what happened? Why are you all so wary of me?"

Yura was at a loss for words when she heard "Abedo." Amber behind Yura was also stunned. Had she really seen it wrong?

In that moment of hesitation, 'Abedo' suddenly made his move, his dagger mercilessly stabbing towards Yura's throat, clearly intending to kill her.

Just then, the thawed fragments of the Frozen Nail suddenly shook a few times and shot into the sky. With a tremor in the cave, the knife in 'Abedo's' hand also shifted, and a few strands of Yura's blue hair slowly drifted down from the air.

Seeing that his attack had failed, 'Abedo' immediately changed tactics and snatched the core of the relic heavy machine from Yura's hand. Yura staggered back a few steps, her eyes filled with rage.

"Aberdo, what do you mean?"

"Heh, how foolish."

After saying this, 'Abedo' quickly ran out of the cave. Yura wanted to give chase but was stopped by a group of ice-attribute Lilium. By the time she finished dealing with the Lilium, 'Abedo' had already disappeared.

"I'm so angry! I never thought I'd be ambushed by the Knights of Favonius."

"Ahem, everyone, compared to this, I think we should hurry up and go see the top of the snow mountain."

"Why, Aberdo, wait, Aberdo, you dare to come back?"

Upon seeing Abedo in front of her, Yura drew her sword and was about to strike him. Abedo helplessly dodged the attack by turning to the side. Amber also hurriedly stopped Yura because Kurumi had found Su Bai fox fur on this Abedo, and Amber was certain that the Abedo in front of her was the real thing.

"Although I don't know what happened here, you must pay attention to your surroundings next time you activate any mechanisms."

"The mechanism that just flew out from here not only startled me while I was surveying the area, but it also carried Bennett, who was resting nearby, all the way to the top of the snow-capped mountain."

"Alright, let's talk about it on the way. Let's hurry up and rescue Bennett. Otherwise, even if Bennett has the fire-attribute God's Eye, he won't be able to withstand the low temperature at the top of the snow mountain."

Chapter 206 Reunion (1)

At the Adventurers' Guild camp at the foot of Dragonspine Snow Mountain, a group of swindlers kept surging towards the camp for some unknown reason. Despite the adventurers of the Adventurers' Guild's valiant resistance, the fragile defense line was still in a precarious state.

"Didn't we send people up the mountain to look for Yura and the others? Why haven't they come back yet? If they don't come back soon, we'll all be fed to the liar flowers."

"President, the storm on the snow mountain has just stopped, our people shouldn't be back so soon."

Serius sighed helplessly. He understood the logic, but he still couldn't help but complain. Damn it, just a few days ago the foot of Dragonspine Snow Mountain was a safe zone, but how did it turn into a gathering place for scammers after only a few days of peace?

He had finally organized an event, hoping to improve his standing among the new adventurers. Now, if these new adventurers die here, his job as branch leader is probably over.

"Is there no news about Bennett? I remember he went to the snowy mountains to look for Amber and the others a few days ago."