Chapter 408: Scout Knight Amber
However, what the two did not expect was that just after leaving the lakeside of Xingluo Lake, they encountered something unusual in the grove.
"… It's okay…I'm back…"
"Look... that guy... he's talking to a dragon~"
"Oh no, I've been discovered."
Paimon had just finished talking when he saw the green guy being roared at and swept with his claws by the dragon. The weirdo looked at them with the eyes of a knife man.
Then the dragon soared into the sky, and the strange green creature disappeared.
"What happened just now? I thought I was going to be eaten." Paimon said in shock, "It must be related to that weirdo just now."
"We seem to have done something we shouldn't have done." Ying said speechlessly, "Just now the wind elemental force was abnormally concentrated in my hand."
"By the way, is it common to talk to dragons in this world?" Ying asked.
"No matter how you think about it, this kind of thing can't be common. Dragons are top-level elemental creatures." Paimon said speechlessly.
"Hey~ There's something where those two guys were just now, let's go take a look."
"Hmm~ I've never seen a stone that shines with this kind of luster. It looks very bad." Paimon said with a frown.
"Let's put it away first, maybe it will be useful in the future." The two continued on their way.
"Okay, Ying, don't worry. Isn't that weirdo fine? Let's not talk about these things anymore. Let's hurry to Mondstadt. I'm starving."
"Well, I still have three sunset fruits and a dozen apples, as well as some vegetables. Do you want some, Paimon?"
"Ying, please give me a sunset fruit, otherwise I won't be able to fly anymore." Paimon said, "It's a pity that the meat we seized from the Hill Chow camp last time has been eaten up..."
"Then fly higher and look for apple trees and sunset fruit trees around us... Otherwise, with this little food, we won't be able to make it to Mondstadt. If that doesn't work, we can go to the Hillichul camp..."
"Okay, but you have to give me more when the time comes," said Paimon.
The two walked for some time, and as the light around them changed, they were finally about to leave the forest.
"Hey~ Two suspicious guys over there."
A red figure flashed past from the slope next to them and landed in front of them.
After paying them a special courtesy, he said.
"I am Amber, the scout knight of the Knights of Favonius. Now please tell me your origins."
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Quite far away from Ying, Amber and the others, several members of the treasure-hunting group cleared out a Hilichurl camp with great difficulty.
"Hey, Boss, why should we listen to those guys? Fighting these hillbillies is really a waste of time."
"Then do you want the bounty?" the leader of the treasure-stealing group asked rudely. "This kind of business that can make a lot of money is usually given to the Adventurer's Association and the Knights of Favonius. It's only because of the wind dragon's rampage that we can get a bargain."
"And if it weren't for the weapons and potions provided by the adults, would we have been able to clear out these hillbillies so smoothly? You don't even think about it."
What the boss didn't say was that he was a low-level agent officially enrolled in the Rock Shadow Lightning Campaign, and his purpose was to infiltrate the Mond Treasure Thieves and collect some relevant intelligence.
"Please don't , I still need to treat my mother's illness." The young man from the treasure-hunting group couldn't help but say, and the others also became more serious when collecting the spoils.
If the family is not in financial difficulty and the individual does not have any special skills, who would be willing to work in a career with no future like a treasure thief?
Even if they were the so-called North Monster Bird and South Treasure, they were just two big thieves, weren't they? They were chased by the Knights of Favonius and the Thousand Rocks Army every day.
Moreover, the treasure-hunting group said they were treasure-hunting, but Liyue is not so bad, with a large number of various ancient sites, but Mondstadt has very few ancient sites, and the ones that exist have almost been developed by people. So these low-level treasure-hunting groups can only rob and plunder.
This time, the job of clearing out the Hilichurls was assigned by the Knights of Favonius, and fortunately their boss had the identity of an adventurer and was able to accept the commission, otherwise their family would have gone without food long ago.
After all, it is not suitable to go out during the period when the wind dragon is raging. They are able to go out because they have been given talismans by the superior organization.
Of course, these talismans could not be precious talismans such as large barrier talismans. They were just talismans written by ordinary Inazuma shrine maidens and Onmyojis, such as Vajra talismans, barrier talismans, lightning talismans, etc.
The best one is the compound barrier talisman that combines protection, concealment, exorcism and healing. The little leader only brought three of them this time.
This kind of compound barrier talisman is the best talisman that their low-level agents can exchange. Generally, it will be safe after using it, so it is also called the shelter talisman by these low-level agents.
"Hmm~ Who is it?" Suddenly the low-level agent moved his ears and shot a crossbow towards a bush.
"Hey~ Don't be so angry, everyone." The man said as he knocked away the flying crossbow arrow with his sword.
"Knights of Favonius, Cavalry Captain Kaia. " The leader re-strung his crossbow and stopped aiming, signaling everyone around to put down their weapons. "What do you want from us?"
"Yo~ I didn't expect there are people who know me." Kaiya squinted his eyes and looked at this ordinary-looking treasure-stealing group. "I also came to clean up these hillbillies, but I didn't expect that the job has been done by you."
"Thank you so much anyway."
"We are just doing it for the bounty," said the little leader.
"Then I won't bother you any more."
The little leader thought about it , took out a map, made some marks on it, and threw it to Kaia.
"The above is the Hillock camp that we are going to clear and have already cleared. If possible, we'd better avoid each other, Mr. Horseless Cavalry Captain."
"Brothers, let's go." The little leader said and left with his brothers.
The treasure-stealing gang packed the loot into sacks and left. They didn't have anything as magical as the God's Eye Space.
"Hey, hey~ Does it seem so unlucky to meet me?" Kaia held his forehead helplessly.
If the tavern had run out of Afternoon Death to sell and the trade routes had been cut off by the storm, do you really think anyone would be willing to leave the city to bring trouble to these Hillilks?
"But... who is secretly helping Mondstadt? I don't believe these people are really just doing this for the small bounty." Kaia looked at the treasure-stealing group thoughtfully. "It can't be that the nobles have a change of heart and are doing this."
