Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

Although Su Feng wanted to continue teasing the two Fools' Enforcers in front of him, he also knew that too much of a good thing could be bad. If he went too far, the two of them might just flip the table—whether he succeeded or not was another matter.

But if that were the case, it would be quite troublesome. At that time, the one from Zhidong might even come directly to kill us—hiss, that seems like a good option?

After all, if the other party really came to kill him, it would be Wendy who would suffer. Anyway, he was just a follower of the Wind God, so he naturally only went to deal with the two Fatui executors because he received the Wind God's order.

Thinking about this, Su Feng was slightly tempted.

"Humph!"

Perhaps realizing that staying with Su Feng would only lead to frustration, or perhaps sensing a hint of malice from Su Feng, the Doctor and the Scatter Soldier exchanged a glance and decisively chose to leave.

After all, they also have their own things to take care of.

Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain is undoubtedly a treasure trove, and even for the Fools' Executors, it still holds too many secrets. Now that they finally have a chance to openly explore this ancient site, they are naturally unwilling to give it up.

So, after realizing that there was no way to take the most crucial destiny star directly from Su Feng, the two decisively chose to leave the mountaintop and explore other places. That way, even if they still couldn't take the destiny star from Su Feng in the end, it wouldn't be a loss.

"These guys are finally gone."

After the soldiers and the doctor left, Su Feng shook his head helplessly and also put down the little impulse in his heart.

The main problem is that dealing with those two guys would be too much trouble.

At first, Su Feng didn't even want to have much interaction with them—after all, these two guys were Queen Winter's people. Although Su Feng wasn't afraid of Queen Winter, considering what Queen Winter was doing and was about to do, he had better not make a move against the executors of the Fools at least for now.

Well, this was something Wendy personally requested. After seeing Wendy make this request seriously and sincerely for the first time, Su Feng could only nod in agreement.

After all, although that guy is unreliable, he rarely makes mistakes when it comes to important matters. Thinking about it that way, it's somewhat unethical to trick Wendy in this way.

Fortunately, these Fatui executives were not incapable of discerning the situation—or rather, Su Feng's demonstrated strength so far was enough to calm them down.

"Well then, I'll get back to my own business first."

After getting rid of the two temporary troubles, Su Feng refocused on the problem at hand. He wasn't there to slack off at the top of the snow mountain.

That's Barbatos slacking off!

Chapter 51 Hehe

“Hu, hu, hu…”

"boom!"

"Pfft!"

Heavy breathing echoed in her ears. Yura swung her greatsword, tearing another Hilichurl in half. Then, with a swift spin, she used the super-powerful ice element attached to her greatsword to rip through the elemental shield of an Abyss Mage that suddenly appeared beside her, instantly killing the Abyss Mage who had no time to react.

"No, Yura, there are just too many members of the Abyss Order here. We have to retreat for now!"

On the other side, after Amber took down a Hilichurl thug with a single arrow, she anxiously advised Yura, who had been fighting on the front lines, "If this continues, we'll be worn down and die here!"

"Ah!"

"boom!"

Just as Amber was speaking, Bennett slammed his longsword into the ground, and a crimson flame field completely enveloped everyone. Although it was the most violent fire element, in Bennett's hands, it slowly healed everyone's bodies while giving their previously exhausted bodies a surge of seemingly endless vitality.

Even as the fire domain unfolded, the scorching fire element directly impacted the enemies surrounding them, sending some of the approaching Hilichurls flying.

"Go with the wind!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Ying decisively seized the opportunity to unleash the wind element within her body and used her longsword to create a massive tornado. As the tornado engulfed the fire element released by Bennett, a fire tornado that instantly evaporated the surrounding snow and wind swept up all the nearby enemies.

Countless Hilichurls and even Abyss Mages were completely incinerated by the massive fire tornado.

"Indeed, the enemy's numbers haven't decreased at all after all this time. We must retreat!"

After dealing with the surrounding enemies, Luminous breathed a sigh of relief and immediately agreed to Amber's suggestion to retreat, since their situation was indeed quite bad and they had almost no chance of continuing.

Not long after parting ways with Su Feng, they stumbled upon a small lair of the Abyss Order. This wouldn't normally be a big deal, since while the Abyss Order members were powerful, their squad was no pushover either.

Moreover, they had already dealt with many monsters and worked together well on the way up the snow mountain. Now, dealing with a small Abyss Cult lair would be a piece of cake for them.

In fact, they didn't spend much effort to take down the small nest.

Then bad things happened.

It's unclear what mechanism was triggered, but after dealing with the Abyss Mage in the lair, before Ying could even pull her longsword out of the enemy's body to finish him off, a sudden avalanche swept everyone away.

Fortunately, Yura, who had the advantage of the snowy mountain terrain, created a sturdy igloo to protect everyone inside, thus preventing them from becoming frozen solid under the thick snow.

But after they finally managed to climb out from under the avalanche, they ran into an abyss mage who seemed to have come to check the situation. And then... and after accidentally letting one abyss mage escape, they were immediately besieged by what seemed to be the entire Abyss Order of the snow mountain!

The seemingly endless number of Hilichurls almost drowned them!

I don't know what triggered these guys from the Abyss Order, they're fighting like they want to die together!

"I see!"

"Strong ice, end the deep hatred!"

With a fierce tone that was almost like gritting her teeth, Yura suddenly unleashed a violent burst of ice element. In an instant, the ice, which seemed to cover the entire sky, froze all the enemies around her. The descending sword of light then shattered all the frozen enemies in an instant.

"Let's withdraw!"

Although the combined attack of the group did clear out the enemies around them, a large number of Hilichurls soon appeared and seemed to be surrounding them again. Realizing that continuing like this would only result in pointless sacrifices, Yura could only grit her teeth and say these words. Amber breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Yura had finally listened to her advice.

“Arrows rain down!”

As Amber drew her longbow, a rain of flaming arrows rained down in front of the group, temporarily blocking the Hilichurls that were trying to rush towards them. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the group decisively chose to run up the mountain.

Fortunately, although there were many Hilichurls, the absolute difference in strength meant that these short-armed and short-legged creatures were unable to catch up with the group. In the end, they could only watch as the group gradually disappeared from their sight, while they could only stomp their feet in anger amidst the increasingly terrible blizzard.

"Wow~ There are so many Hilichurls, they're all crazy!"

After escaping the encirclement of the Hilichurls, Paimon, who had been panicking, finally breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but complain. She never expected there to be so many Hilichurls on the snowy mountain. This place should be considered a no-man's land. How did these Hilichurls survive?

"These Hilichurls are clearly affected by the ley lines and the Abyss mages. If that's the case, the situation on the snow mountain is probably quite dire."

After catching her breath, Amber said with some concern. She never expected the situation on the snow mountain to be so bad. If this was the case, it would be impossible for them to help Yura complete her revenge.

The abyss has likely already severely eroded the snow-capped mountain, but it just hasn't shown itself yet.

Having gained some understanding of the Abyss, Ying silently pondered matters related to it.

"..."

"I'm sorry, if it weren't for my stubbornness..."

Yura, who was sitting on a block of ice tending to her wounds, paused slightly before apologizing to everyone in a low voice. She knew very well that if it weren't for her willfulness, she wouldn't have dragged everyone into this mess.

"Huh? Don't say that. I think it's probably because of my bad luck. I'm the one who should apologize."

However, Bennett was the first to object after hearing Yura's words. He was used to his misfortune bringing various dangers to his companions and genuinely believed that everything was his responsibility.

"But if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten involved in this at all. It's all because I was too weak and willful..."

Yura remained quite depressed when facing Bennett, who wanted to take the blame.

"No, that's not right! Yura, you shouldn't think like that!"

"At least I genuinely want to help you, and I genuinely want to avenge my comrades in the guerrilla squad!"

"I am also a member of the Knights of Favonius, how could I remain indifferent to the plight of the guerrilla squad?"

"Even Captain Jean agrees with this. This time, Captain Jean asked me to collect a series of intelligence about the Abyss Order on the snowy mountain. The Knights are ready to launch a large-scale purge of the Abyss Order throughout Mondstadt as the beginning of our revenge!"

"Yura, how can you think this is just your problem!"

"We're friends!"

Amber almost instantly pounced on Yura, grabbing her arms tightly and nearly roaring, her amber eyes even glistening with tears.

At this moment, Yura, who was forced to stare at Amber, began to tremble again, her expression that had seemed completely dead.

......

"Wow, the bond between comrades is always so amazing!"

What do you think about incorporating a scene into my poem?

At the summit of the snow-capped mountain, a gentle breeze whispered in Su Feng's ear as he gazed at the entire mountain. Upon hearing this, Su Feng's lips twitched involuntarily.

"I think you're going to get beaten up if you do that! I won't help you then, and I might even want to kick you a couple more times!"

"Believe me, Tvalin might think the same thing!"

Su Feng once again relentlessly criticized his boss, and Wendy's response was equally simple.

"Hey~"

Chapter 52 Su Feng: What the hell is this thing?

P.S.: This chapter contains a lot of personal interpretations, so please be gentle with your criticism. If you feel dissatisfied, feel free to vent to the author, but please refrain from arguing or insulting each other. Thank you for your support.

Amber's persuasion and sincere expression of emotion did indeed alleviate Yura's anxiety, and also temporarily put aside everyone's worries about Yura.

Actually, no one really cared about the dangers they had encountered before—after all, even without Yura's plea for help, they still planned to venture into the snow mountain for exploration, and if they were unlucky, they would still encounter those monsters in the snow mountain.

It's even possible that being alone and vulnerable would put them in greater danger!

In contrast, everyone is more worried about Yura, whose emotions are clearly out of sorts. Compared to the beginning, Yura seems to have a more serious self-destructive tendency now. If her emotions are not managed in time, no one knows what Yura might do.

Fortunately, Amber is here to calm Yura down, so at least for now, Yura doesn't seem to be out of control.

"We need to find a place to rest for a bit now; everyone is exhausted from the battle just now."

After confirming that there would be no problems with Yura, Ying observed everyone's condition and offered suggestions.

The frigid temperatures on the snow-capped mountain were already extremely exhausting, and now, after a fierce battle, their condition was even worse. Although they weren't completely drained, they needed a good rest.

If we insist on taking risks now, everyone will be in danger.

“Phew, come with me. I remember it’s not far from Abedo’s camp. Although I’m not very familiar with him, I don’t think he’ll refuse us a short rest.”

After regaining her composure, Yura assessed her surroundings and offered her suggestion, which everyone readily agreed to after some consideration.

After all, they didn't have many other options. Although Bennett and Luminous didn't know much about this alchemist from the Knights of Favonius, they could only hope that he would take them in temporarily out of consideration for Amber and Yura.

……

Just as Ying and the others were out of danger, Su Feng, who was still standing on the top of the snow mountain, was continuously pouring his power into the earth of the snow mountain.

"Are you sure you're okay with this? The ley lines of the snow mountain are already heavily polluted by the abyss. What if this pollution, through your power, contaminates you in return..."