Chapter 323 Mimic Monster
Amber brought Ying and the others to the square in front of the West Wind Church, which was the place where the Wings of Wind were given to Ying and Liu Bai for a test flight.
The only difference is that compared to a test flight that was just for experience, this time Ying needs to fly according to the route set by Amber. Only if he can reach the destination safely without landing and pass through all the wind circles during the whole journey, will the mission be considered completed.
"Those flying above! Land immediately! Allow inspection by the Knights!"
However, not long after Ying took off, he was suddenly called down by a Favonius Knight on the ground.
"Hello, I am a knight of the Knights of Favonius."
"Please show me your pilot's license."
After Ying landed, the Knight of Favonius saluted her and asked.
"My pilot's license...was eaten by a pink-haired fox..."
Ying scratched her cheek in embarrassment.
"Illegal flying without a license. According to Article 7, Section 12 of the Mondstadt Public Security Management Law, please follow me!"
“You have the right to remain silent, but the wind will remember every word you say.”
Seeing that Ying couldn't produce a pilot's license, the Knight of Favonius spoke sternly.
"Wait, we are taking the pilot's license test right now!"
Amber noticed that Ying suddenly deviated from the route and landed, so she hurriedly flew over from a distance with the pink-haired fox, landed beside Ying, and explained to her.
“Ah, is that so…”
"But it's really unfortunate to take the pilot's license test at this time."
Everyone in the Knights of Favonius knew Amber. Upon hearing her say this, the Knight of Favonius scratched his head and his tone became much weaker.
Then he explained what had happened.
It turned out that the West Wind Church had reported a case that a guy called "Strange Bird" had escaped using the Wings of Wind, and he thought Ying was an accomplice of the "Strange Bird".
Originally, the Church and the Knights Templar were working together this time, planning to use the relics in the church as bait to lure out this habitual criminal who used the Wings of Wind to commit crimes, but in the end, he escaped with the relics.
Although the nuns of the church had marked the artifacts with elemental magic in advance, the speed of the "strange bird" was too fast and they could not catch up with it even by following the traces.
Upon learning of this situation, Amber immediately decided to help hunt down the "strange bird", and Ying also decided to help.
The two then began to search according to the traces left by the elemental magic, using the unique elemental vision of the Eye of God.
They chased the bird for a long distance and even rescued a merchant who was attacked by hillbillies. Finally, they found the hiding place of the strange bird.
This is a hidden relic secret place.
After all, the strange bird was just an ordinary person without the divine eye. After it lost its advantage of flying and was caught up, it was captured obediently.
After arresting the strange bird and having Amber bring him back to Mondstadt, Ying set his sights on this ruin.
In a place like this, there are bound to be treasure chests, and Ying has not forgotten the mission she accepted earlier.
"Paimon, you're lucky, go open the treasure chest."
When the first treasure chest was found, Ying waved and said to Paimon.
Paimon has certain mascot attributes. When Ying encountered a treasure chest before, she would ask her to open it, and occasionally good things could be found in the treasure chest.
Sometimes you'll find a bunch of pink and blue four-pointed star-shaped stones, and I don't know what they're used for.
"Eh? Should I go?"
Paimon pointed at himself and confirmed with Ying.
If it were any other time, she would definitely be the first one to open a treasure chest, but now she knew that there was a monster hiding in the treasure chest, which made her a little afraid to open it.
"That's right, don't worry, I'm right behind you and I won't let you get hurt."
Ying nodded, then assured Paimon.
"Okay, okay..."
Paimon hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
Contrary to Ying's idea, Ying felt that she was lucky and would definitely get a treasure chest monster, but Paimon felt that he was lucky and would definitely not get a treasure chest monster.
With this thought in mind, Paimon flew to the ordinary treasure chest.
He first reached out and knocked on it, then Paimon lay on the treasure chest and listened carefully, trying to confirm whether there was any sound inside.
"No sound... safe."
After confirming that the treasure chest was quiet, Paimon nodded, then used both hands to open the treasure chest.
"Waaaaaah! Traveler, help me!"
The next moment, several blue tentacles stretched out from the treasure chest and wrapped around Paimon's body. Paimon was so scared that she quickly asked Ying for help, but she was caught by the tentacles and couldn't even turn around.
"I told you, Paimon, you're so lucky, you'll definitely get a treasure chest monster."
Ying nodded with satisfaction, and now she could go back and submit the task.
"Stop making sarcastic remarks, come and save me, I, I can't hold on any longer!"
Paimon tried hard to fly backwards, trying to avoid being pulled over by the treasure chest monster.
"I'm coming."
Ying took out the Sword of Dawn and walked forward, and cut off the tentacles that were entangled with Paimon in two quick strokes.
The attacked treasure chest monster quickly closed its shell like a seashell.
"Is this the treasure chest monster? It actually looks... pretty cute?"
Looking at the treasure chest monster that shrank into the box, Ying couldn't help but mutter.
When it caught Paimon just now, Ying had already seen its appearance.
It looked like a slime stuffed into a box. Judging from its color, it should be a water slime, and it had tentacles and other limbs growing on it.
From the outside, it looks harmless.
"How can it be cute? It almost ate Paimon..."
Paimon broke free from the tentacles of the treasure chest monster that were wrapped around his body and spoke somewhat depressedly.
Although the treasure chest was quite large, the treasure chest monster had already occupied a large part of the space inside. If he was pulled in, he would definitely be squeezed very uncomfortably. Paimon was scared just thinking about that small and narrow space.
"Well, let's take it back to the Adventurer's Guild first."
Ying patted the treasure chest monster and said.
For the Adventurer's Association, capturing a treasure chest monster alive is of course more valuable than capturing its corpse, which makes it easier for them to study the habits of this new monster, the treasure chest monster.
While carrying the treasure chest monster out of the secret realm, Ying also found some miscellaneous items that should have been left behind by the strange bird and his accomplices, and found a bundle of hemp ropes from them.
Holding the hemp rope, Ying tied up the treasure chest tightly to prevent it from suddenly opening the box and attacking.
"Traveler, come on~ Traveler~ Come on!"
On the way back to Mondstadt, Paimon cheered for Ying who was carrying the treasure chest monster.
"Can you at least help me pull the rope so I can save some effort..."
Ying, who was carrying the treasure chest monster, spoke to Paimon unhappily.
"Hehe, the rope is so thick that I can't even hold it with my hands. I can't help you~"
Paimon said embarrassedly, hiding his hands behind his back.
"Humph, you are so lazy and greedy. I will eat you sooner or later after I fatten you up."
"Hey, Traveler, I was wrong. I'll help you pull it..."
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