Original God, I am the only designated Red King God Envoy of Xumi

"Before the Order could react, some exploration work had already begun in the desert. The advance team achieved some results a few hours ago. They discovered monsters they had never seen before."

Amber paused for a moment, her eyes grim. "They're like empty shells, devoid of any intelligence. They instinctively pursue energy. Their danger level is limited, and their numbers are few—at least for now."

"Other than that, I haven't found anything. But this situation is unusual. I'm considering whether to go in person." Amber looked out the window. "Also, I've already informed Nashida about this. She's on her way here."

As Amber finished speaking, the office door was pushed open and Nashida walked in. Her assistant Lena saluted Nashida solemnly.

"Lena, you go down first and go to make the notification as I arranged." Amber gave Lena a new instruction. Lena nodded in response and quickly left the office. The office was home to the four of them again.

"Amber, I already know about the matter. What a coincidence... When I received the report, I was exploring my past memories, and accidentally remembered some things. I found this in the Jingshan Palace." Nashida closed her eyes, and saw a faint light flash by. A green crystal about half the size of a head appeared in Nashida's hand. There was a burning flame in the center of the crystal, which looked very fragile.

"This contains extremely pure elemental power, very similar to my own, yet with a subtle difference." Nashida pondered for a moment. "And I have a hunch—an intuition born from those hazy memories—that the current changes in the desert might be connected to the crystal in my hand, but I can't recall the specific connection."

"I always feel that it is very important, but--" Nashida's words became a little anxious for a moment. She seemed a little anxious and wanted to recall these memories as soon as possible, which was finally interrupted by Amber.

"It's useless to try to remember it. Don't force yourself." Amber rubbed Nashida's head and took the crystal from her hand to examine it carefully. "This energy... is 'primordial'."

Amber was silent for a moment. She looked at Nashida and returned the crystal to Nashida. Ying was a little confused about the conversation between the two, but Amber didn't have the mind to answer. She stretched out a hand, closed her eyes and tried to mobilize the imaginary numbers in her body.

Amber didn't have many opportunities to practice new uses now, but this was more than the first or second time she had used it, so it didn't take too long. After a moment's wait, a light green vortex appeared in Amber's hand. The power was very similar to that in the crystal, but the quantity was much different.

"The crystal contains a highly concentrated amount of pure grass elemental power. This amount of pure elemental power is placed in a shell like this..." Amber pondered for a moment and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"What happened?" Nashida placed the crystal in front of Amber's eyes so that Amber could observe more clearly.

"...There's nothing wrong with the elemental power itself, but this shell is unreasonable. Such a shell is too fragile, and there's a considerable risk in using it to hold such a large amount of pure elemental power." Amber took a deep breath, and dark golden energy streams appeared in the air, swirling around the crystal. They slowly shrank and eventually turned into thin silk threads that wrapped around the crystal.

"Slightly reinforcing it like this can reduce the risk of problems to a certain extent, but before we find out the truth of this incident, it's best not to touch this thing lightly."

"Okay, I've got that." Nashida had no doubt about Amber's statement. She put the crystal away, and only then did the two of them notice Ying, who had maintained a subtle expression for a long time.

"Ah, sorry, I almost forgot you didn't quite understand this." Amber came to Ying's side, "It's just that we don't have time to waste right now. I've already given the instructions. Next, let's hurry to Qianhe Sandy Land. I'll explain things to you on the way."

"...Hmm." Ying suppressed all the doubts in her mind after hearing that. The current situation was indeed not the type where they could talk slowly here. Therefore, they did not delay any longer and quickly left the Church Order Academy, relying on their extraordinary speed to head towards the Thousand Valleys Desert.

But the journey was not as smooth as they had imagined. As soon as they left Xumi City, some accidents occurred. Two mushroom beasts entangled Nashida. Strangely, they did not launch an attack and seemed to be eager to convey something.

Thinking that it would be no harm to stop by and take a look, several people followed the mushroom beast to the bridge, where they saw a mushroom beast lying... No, it was not a mushroom beast to be exact, it just looked like a mushroom beast. In essence, it was an aggregate of elements and should be an elemental creature.

"...It's an elemental creature." Amber narrowed her eyes slightly. The strange things happening one after another before her gave her a strange premonition, a premonition of impending storm. "It looks like a mushroom beast, but its essence is different. A part of its body is inexplicably missing, and it's this missing part that is hindering the flow of elements within it, causing the current phenomenon."

Nashida did not hesitate when she heard this. She closed her eyes and sensed the area. After finding the hole, she mobilized her divine power and repaired it. When Nashida opened her eyes, the elemental mushroom beast began to move again.

"The King of Grass...it's actually the King of Grass?" The elemental mushroom beast looked at Nashida the first thing after waking up, and a soft voice came from it.

"The mushroom beast... the mushroom beast actually spoke?!" Paimon widened his eyes. Although Amber had said before that it was an elemental creature, Paimon was still shocked when it actually spoke.

"It's amazing... I've never seen anything like you before," Nashida said after a moment's thought. She had quickly reviewed her current memories and was certain she had no recollection of such a creature. "And you seem to know me? I'm sorry, I've only just recovered some of my memories, so I have no recollection of you at all."

"Don't feel guilty, Grass King. I know exactly what it's like to lose your memory." The elemental mushroom-beast looked at the other ordinary mushroom-beasts around him. They were the ones who had brought them here. "If you continue like this, you'll scare my companions. Let's find a more suitable place to talk."

Several people nodded in agreement to the Elemental Mushroom Beast's suggestion and moved to a more suitable place to talk, where the Elemental Mushroom Beast told his story.

Its ethnic group is very ancient and used to live in a beautiful home with mountains and rivers, until disaster struck, until the pollution of forbidden knowledge came, turning their home into doomsday, and their compatriots who were contaminated by the forbidden knowledge were also polluted and turned into another appearance.

Many companions stayed there, and many fled their homes. Many of them died outside and turned into the Dead Zone - yes, the Dead Zone tumors and flowers in the Dead Zone were the result of the death of these elemental lives contaminated by forbidden knowledge.

Amber also found many green crystal balls that he had kept when he solved the dead zone a long time ago. These crystal balls were absorbed by the elemental mushroom beast. It was very grateful to Amber for sending these companions back to it, and it would bring these companions back to its hometown later.

However, when asked about the location of its hometown, the elemental mushroom beast had no impression at all, nor did it remember whether it had other living companions. In the end, Nashida used her power and asked Lanaro and the children in the city to help search. If there were new, living elemental mushroom beasts, that would be a new breakthrough point.

"Although I also feel that these things have a strange connection, as the messenger of the desert and the sage of Nashida, I must not trust my intuition unilaterally at this time." Amber expressed her thoughts while waiting for new news.

"There's an advance team from the Chi Nian City-State in the desert. Given the current situation, I need to be there as soon as possible. How about we split up here? I'll go explore the desert first, and Nashida, you guys continue to follow this lead. This way, neither of us will be delayed."

"It is a more appropriate choice at the moment. I agree with your idea." Nashida thought for a moment and nodded, agreeing with Amber's idea.

"I have no objection to this." Ying habitually placed her right hand on her chest. "I will do my best to ensure Nashida's safety."

Amber nodded when she saw this. Nashida still had no significant fighting ability, but her ability to save her life was top-notch. With Ying present, she really had nothing to worry about.

Amber said goodbye to everyone, gathered the wind to propel herself forward, and turned into a blurry shadow, quickly leaving the scene and heading towards the Thousand Valleys Sand Land.

Chapter 138: Hatred

"Lord Messenger of God!" A temporary camp was set up at the edge of the windbreak forest planted by the Tanit clan in the Thousand Valleys Sand Land. The fighters here saluted solemnly when they saw Amber coming.

"Let's skip the formalities." Amber observed the situation here. From the surface, there was nothing obviously unusual. "What's the current situation here?"

"Your Excellency, apart from the unusual migration of wild animals and the appearance of new, strange monsters, there are only some strange signs appearing in the northwest area of ​​the Thousand Valleys Desert." The guard pondered for a moment before arranging his words. "As someone who remains at the camp, I'm not entirely clear on the details, but someone in the tent over there is conducting research."

Amber nodded after hearing this. Without any delay, she walked into the tent. There was an iron cage in the tent, and in the cage was the new monster. It looked a bit like a half-peeled banana peel turned upside down on the ground, and its color was unusually dark.

There were two clerks standing next to the iron cage, recording something. They only noticed Amber's presence after she coughed. They were about to salute her but were stopped by Amber.

"Time is running out, so stop talking nonsense and explain to me in detail the situation in the northwest of Qianhe Sand Land." Amber's expression was serious, and the aura from inside out instantly pulled the two clerks back to their memories of a few years ago. They were stunned for a moment before they reacted and quickly reported to Amber.

"Your Excellency, after investigation, we found that this is the source of the monsters. The terrain has changed slightly compared to before, just like..." The clerk paused here, and he and his companion looked at each other. In the end, his companion made the supplement.

"...It's as if some extremely large being moved about."

Amber frowned upon hearing this. What kind of creature could cause the landscape to change simply by moving? How could such a creature appear in the desert?

"The Thousand Valleys Desert has always been plagued by sandworms. Have you considered this possibility?" Amber asked, and the two clerks nodded when they heard it.

"We initially considered this possibility, but after surveying the target location, we rejected this speculation. If there was indeed some kind of creature active here, its size would be much larger than the sandworm. Compared to the sandworm, it's like an earthworm compared to a ruins guard."

"However... Lord Divine Envoy, the possibility that some creature once roamed here is only one of our conjectures. The traces there were definitely not formed naturally. Some have also suggested that it might be the work of some ancient machine."

Another clerk added, "There's also the possibility of a leyline mutation causing erosion. Most of the camp members are currently out on new exploration missions. Besides us, there are only three clerks left in the camp, responsible for follow-up observation of any new monsters."

"I understand." Amber nodded, tapping her temples with her fingers as she thought about the current situation. She had seen about seven guards outside before, which meant that there were currently 7 people left in the advance team, and the entire team was about fifty people.

Seeing this, Amber did not stay any longer and turned into a shadow again and rushed to the place mentioned by the clerk and the guard. What greeted her was the dust blown by the wind, and apart from the sound of the wind, the area was silent.

This continued until Amber approached her destination and could see the advance team members gathered together to discuss something. Then, the tremor occurred again and the sand sea "boiled" again. Seeing this, the advance team members immediately ran outside to keep their distance.

"——!!" An indescribable roar sounded, covering the entire sea of ​​sand. The roar came from the distant underground, carrying with it a strong sense of pressure. The body covered in rock armor also revealed a small part of its shape, appearing on the sea of ​​sand for a moment, and then sinking into the sand in an instant.

Amber came to the vicinity of the advance team members as soon as possible. With a wave of her hand, huge rock pillars rose from the ground. Tough tree roots wrapped around the rock pillars, and a platform was built between the rock pillars, lifting the advance team members into the air, so that they could escape the danger on the ground.

"It's the Lord Messenger of God!" The members on the platform noticed Amber, but Amber no longer had the extra energy to pay attention to them. She looked solemnly at the sand sea that had slowly become quiet. The current situation was much worse than she had imagined.

Among the previous speculations, the giant creature was undoubtedly the most troublesome one, and the abnormality that happened here a moment ago proved that it was the most troublesome situation. Based on what Amber had observed before, she was able to determine that the body of the giant beast was as wide as the God of Righteousness, and it was undoubtedly a long body similar to that of a snake, so how long would a snake of this width be?

"Huh..." Amber took a deep breath. No one could have expected that there would be such a giant beast that had never been seen before in the Xumi Desert. But Amber had to take action at this time, otherwise the giant beast would go somewhere else. With such a huge body, just walking around would turn the Chi Nian city-state and even the Xumi City into ruins.

Amber concentrated her mind and explored the place. After some exploration, she found a cave that was difficult for ordinary people to find. This cave was probably created by a giant beast when it was active. It pushed away the sand and soil piled on top. After walking along the cave for a distance, there was a dark cave with a very steep slope leading straight to the depths of the underground.

Amber waved to the advance team members, signaling them to retreat to the camp as soon as possible, then jumped into the ravine that collapsed due to the activities of the giant beast, and quickly went deeper along the route previously explored.

Relying on the ability to see in the dark, Amber observed as she moved forward. There was nothing worth noting in the cave. It was unexpectedly deep, deeper than Amber had expected. Amber walked for half the time she expected before she finally saw the end.

Arriving here, the sound of something moving became clearer, sounding similar to the friction and collision of rocks, and at the same time, it was accompanied by some indescribable humming, which was full of pain, as if a wounded person was gritting his teeth, but still couldn't stop crying out in pain.

"Wounded?" Amber guessed. This was even worse news. Wounded beasts are often the most ferocious. If the giant beast in the depths is also like this, then this is completely bad news.

It would be fine if it could be killed, but if it cannot be killed, it will be completely enraged, and the damage that may be caused will be completely unacceptable to Amber.

But no matter what, she should go and confirm it. After making up her mind, Amber mobilized her energy to hide her body and went to the end of the cave.

When you finally get to the end, the view opens up. It is an extremely large underground space with plants emitting faint light. You can also hear the sound of water flowing.

The giant beast was right in the center of this place. Although she had expected it, Amber still widened her eyes when she actually saw its huge body. She had thought that the vortex demon god Osel was powerful enough, but if Osel was put together with the giant beast in front of her, the giant beast in front of her would undoubtedly be bigger and longer.

It was entrenched in a ruin that should have been a relic in the past. This place had become its nest. Its huge body moved unconsciously, making bursts of sound of rocks rubbing against each other.

Powerful creatures are not necessarily huge, but huge creatures are often very strong. Amber felt an indescribable surge of pure grass elemental power from such a huge existence. If this level of elemental power were to erupt, it would be able to transform the entire Xumi area into a sea of ​​trees that was even more exaggerated than the Water and Sky Jungle in a very short period of time - that would be a catastrophe for Xumi, no, for any country.

Reality once again shattered Amber's expectations. Originally, she cared about whether she could kill the giant beast. But now, even if this issue is put aside, assuming that Amber has the ability to kill the giant beast easily, Amber is absolutely unwilling to do so. Even if she wins, the entire Xumi will be destroyed. How is this different from failure?

Amber frowned. She no longer had any intention of launching an attack. She felt it was best to withdraw from this place, arrange for the Tanit clan to evacuate urgently, and at the same time call everyone together to discuss countermeasures.

If necessary, it is best to request support from gods of other countries as soon as possible, such as Zhongli, Venti, or Ying. Several gods working together can probably suppress the giant beast without killing it, just like they suppressed the Ruta Dragon King.

Amber thought so, and she quickly reported the situation on her side to Nashida remotely, and prepared to leave.

But the sound of rocks rubbing against each other suddenly intensified at this moment, and the giant beast raised its head and looked in the direction of Amber.

——This was a dragon head that was filled with overwhelming pressure. The angry expression reminded Amber of a dragon. The golden pupils in the dragon's eyes reminded Amber of the events of the past that she had read about and the secrets that she knew.

This is undoubtedly a dragon, this is definitely a dragon! That surging pure grass elemental power, this is probably the Grass Dragon King among the Seven Dragon Kings!

"This power, this aura..." The grass dragon's voice, more feminine yet remarkably heroic, echoed, as if it were exploring something. The mere sound caused the rubble of the cave's dome to peel away, thudding to the ground.

“——It’s you! Amon!!” When the word Amon was mentioned, the rage that almost solidified into substance spread out, and the body of the Grass Dragon also became active. In an instant, the rubble on the dome of the cave turned into raindrops, and the solid rock was also crushed by the body of the Grass Dragon.

"......!" Amber was sure that she had been discovered. The other party could not accurately locate her location, but could sense her breath.

As for Amon mentioned by the Grass Dragon, Amber naturally knew that it referred to the Red King, but she had no time to think about it now.

Amber didn't care about anything else. Since she was exposed, she rushed out of the cave she came from as fast as she could - underground was not a good place for fighting!

"Amon! You are not dead, you deceived me - again!!" The dragon as sensitive as grass naturally discovered these sounds. It drove its huge body into the cave and chased Amber's body all the way up. The sound of cracking rocks was endless during its movement.

"You're going to pay for this! Amon--!!!"

Chapter 139: Like a Natural Disaster

"Tsk!" Amber's face was solemn. He rushed out of the cave as fast as he could and came to the sea of ​​sand. The ground was full of soft fine sand and was not suitable for standing. So Amber simply mobilized the wind to lift himself into the air.

The sound of cracking rocks continued to ring, following closely behind Amber. The series of explosions was accompanied by a strong sense of oppression, until the angry dragon broke through the ground, and its dragon-like head faced Amber.

Amber looked down and saw that only a small section of the Grass Dragon's body was sticking out of the ground, but this small section was as huge as a mountain.

"——!" An angry roar echoed above the sea of ​​sand. Just the roar raised a sandstorm. A man and a dragon looked at each other across the sand. Amber looked at the grass dragon, which was many times bigger than herself, and took a defensive posture for the first time in a long time.

The dark golden energy flow gathered in Amber's hand and shaped into a huge hunting spear. The spear had a strange shape. It was more like a greatsword with the blade and handle each accounting for half rather than a spear.

Amber had just tightened her grip on the hunting spear when the Grass Dragon's attack arrived. The huge dragon's tail broke through the sand sea and rock layers, and slapped towards Amber with a strong wind pressure. Seeing this, Amber quickly mobilized the power of the wind and appeared a hundred meters away in an instant, thus avoiding the ordinary tail sweep.

The existence of the Grass Dragon is truly a moving disaster. Just by sweeping away the scars, it created another gully in the sea of ​​sand and left another scar on the earth.

Seeing that the battle was inevitable, Amber took a deep breath. She turned the hunting spear, and the air currents from all directions carried the yellow sand and gathered on the spear tip, extending it to nearly thirty meters in length in an instant. Amber pushed the hunting spear and stabbed it hard at the part of the grass dragon's body that was exposed in the sand sea.

The wind was howling, and the surging airflow easily shattered the rock shell of the Grass Dragon with this blow, and pierced directly into the body under the rock shell. It was a layer of scales with a texture like wood, but its hardness was beyond imagination. This strong thrust only pierced the scales and injured some flesh and blood. For the Grass Dragon, it was probably just a scratch on the skin.

"Have you weakened to this point, Amon?" The Grass Dragon's eyes gleamed with the brilliance of pure grass elemental power. "How dare you come before me again like this?! Are you looking down on me?"

"Or are you trying to play those same tricks on me again? Deceiving me again!?"

"...I am not Amon. Amon has been dead for thousands of years." Amber gripped her hunting spear tightly. This was her first time encountering such a battle after gaining such power. "I am a mortal who was given power by a wisp of Amon's soul, and the current Grand Sage of the Order."

"Great Sage? The House of the Decree? The organization founded by the King of Grass?" As the Grass Dragon spoke, she rolled her eyes. She looked towards the forest in the distance, towards the House of the Decree built on the big tree. At the same time, she also saw the desert whose environment had changed drastically.

The current House of Religion is not the same as before. It was also damaged in the disaster five hundred years ago, and has undergone considerable changes. The Grass Dragon, who has been sleeping for a thousand years, has seen all this, and a hint of annoyance appears in his eyes.

Thousands of years ago, when the Nibelungen was defeated and Phanes began to create the world, the Nibelungen had not yet died. He obtained the power from outside this world to fight against Phanes and led the Dragon King to rebel against the sky again.

However, the result of that battle was still the defeat of the Nibelungen. The winner got the opportunity to reshape the world, while the loser turned into ashes. The defeat of the Nibelungen declared that the dragons had no hope of turning things around.

After that, some dragons forgot their past, some dragons lived in corners of the world and were eventually forgotten, and some dragons even made contracts with gods and even humans to serve them.

Apep does not belong to any of the above categories. She still remembers that dark time vividly. When other dragons chose to avoid the edge, she chose to follow the same path as the dragon god Nibelungen to explore the power outside the world.

But the sky nails that fell from the sky stopped Apep. At that time, the earth-shaking changes in Sumeru seemed to be heralding the end of the era of dragons. But Apep finally saw hope in Amon and the Red King Akhmara.

The self-sacrifice of the flower goddess Nabu Marikata brought Amon the opportunity to access forbidden knowledge, and Amon absorbed a large amount of extraterrestrial power from the edge of the world. There is no need to repeat the story after this.

At that time, Apep noticed Amon, this demon who was much younger than himself. He firmly believed that Amon would be defeated by his arrogance and eventually be swallowed by the forbidden knowledge. He wanted to seize the forbidden knowledge from Amon, but he had to face up to Amon's powerful strength.

Eventually, Amon and Apep made a pact, in which Apep tacitly agreed to Amon's establishment of a powerful kingdom on his territory, formerly the Thousand Sands. In exchange, after Amon's death, all the forbidden knowledge he held would belong to Apep.

Time proved that Apep's view was correct, but it also proved that its idea was not entirely correct. When Aru was established for the second time, when Amon was tempted by forbidden knowledge into an endless abyss and could no longer control this dark power, Apep arrived as promised.

Amon was still powerful at that time, and Apep was mentally prepared for Amon to break the contract - but if he did so, Apep would definitely destroy everything he had built in Xumi.

But at that time, Amon did not resist Apep at all and allowed himself to be swallowed. When the dark power spread, Apep saw his own stupidity and arrogance.

It is true that Amon did not have the possibility of mastering the forbidden knowledge, but did it have it? It once thought it had it, but now it seemed ridiculous.

At that time, Apep understood why Amon readily agreed to the deal and why he did not resist at all before being swallowed by him - after Amon's death, the forbidden knowledge would surely erupt, bringing unimaginable disasters, which was what Amon did not want.

If you want to stop all that, you must find a suitable "carrier" that can suppress the forbidden knowledge and prevent it from wreaking havoc on Teyvat. Apep, the grass dragon who has the unrivaled vitality among the dragon kings, is the best choice.

When Apep realized all this and realized that she had been plotted against, everything was irreversible. She had no choice but to return to the dark underground and suppress the erosion of forbidden knowledge through a long sleep, and try to slowly control it.

Apep was not able to do it completely. The forbidden knowledge was not a good and obedient baby. It had been eroding Apep's body for a long time and eventually merged with Apep. Even so, the pollution of the forbidden knowledge still existed. It subtly influenced Apep and amplified Apep's hatred and anger.

All of this was exposed at this moment. Apep claimed to be the true ruler of Xumi. In her opinion, she was the real master of Xumi, not some demon or something. The changes that happened to Xumi at the moment only made her feel irritated, and these turned into new anger the moment she looked at Amber.

If the person standing before her this time was the real Amon, even if Amon was so weak, Apep would still be a little afraid of him - firstly, under the erosion of taboo knowledge, Apep's strength has been greatly reduced, and secondly, based on her understanding, if the weak Amon dared to come to her, he must have some backup plan.

But since the being in front of her was not Amon, Apep didn't need to worry about it. She allowed herself to be dominated by hatred and used the amber in front of her as an outlet.