After Orion expressed that he also wanted to participate in the Trial of the North Wind Wolf King, Razor quickly agreed to lead the way.
As long as the wolf pack wouldn't go hungry, Razor didn't mind bringing his new friends to participate in the trial.
The group chatted and laughed along the way. With Orion providing supplementary translation, Fischl and Bennett could easily understand Razor's words.
With Oz present, communication between the group and Fischl was also not a problem, and Razor inexplicably learned many new words.
However, while walking, Orion realized that Razor kept looking at him.
"Razor, is there something on my face?"
Razor shook his head: "Your face, very clean, very warm, has nose, has eyes, nothing else."
"...In that case, next time I go out, I'll try to bring my eyebrows and mouth too?"
Oz suddenly interjected: "Sir Razor, I believe Sir Orion means, are you looking at his face because there is something you wish to say?"
Razor suddenly realized, and quickly nodded: "Yes, Orion body, clothes, very like friend, hot hot girl."
Bennett, Fischl, and Oz all looked bewildered. What did "hot hot girl" mean?
Razor had previously used the phrase "hot hot girl" when speaking to Lumine and Amber, but neither of them had understood at the time. Having learned his lesson, Razor now knew to describe things in as much detail as possible, so he continued to explain: "It's a girl, uses a Vision, throws things outside."
Orion raised an eyebrow, conjured a sketchbook and a pen, and began drawing in the book.
After a moment, he tore off the completed drawing and showed it to the group.
It depicted Jean using Wind Cutter to throw Hilichurls off a cliff.
Razor froze for a moment, then quickly waved his hands: "Not Hilichurls, it's a doll, girl is red, throws doll."
Orion lowered his head again and drew rapidly, then tore off a page and showed it to everyone. The drawing showed Amber throwing Baron Bunny.
Razor shook his head again: "No, the DMG is not this low, it's the kind that is very hot, very painful."
Orion pondered for a moment, then, as if realizing something, drew on both the front and back of the paper, then tore it off and showed the front side.
It was Master Diluc using his elemental burst to throw a fiery phoenix straight ahead.
Razor's hands were waving so fast they left afterimages: "A girl! It's a, very hot, girl, not a man."
Orion reached out to stop him, then flipped the paper to the back. It showed the Phase Two Boss, the Crimson Witch Rosalyn (The Signora).
"See, a woman."
Razor: "..."
Razor's limited vocabulary no longer supported him playing along with Orion's joke.
Fischl's eyelid twitched. She realized that Orion was teasing the boy.
Of course, Orion actually knew Razor was talking about Klee, his nominal younger sister. He simply found Razor amusing and wanted to tease him.
Now that he was satisfied with the teasing, he finally drew his good younger sister, Little Klee, happily throwing Jumpy Dumpties. Only then did Razor nod in agreement.
Fischl, Oz, and Bennett all recognized Little Klee. This runaway Little Sun was known to almost everyone of note in Mondstadt.
Do you understand the value of having the only PVP Immunity in the entire game?
And when Orion stated that he was Klee's biological older brother and the son of Ms. Alice the Great Adventurer, the three of them were even more shocked.
Razor was shocked at how different the siblings' personalities could be.
Fischl and Bennett, however, were more shocked that Orion was the son of Ms. Alice the Great Adventurer.
However, Fischl and Oz secretly nodded.
That explained it; that explained it.
If he was Alice's son, it wasn't strange that he could conjure so many Night Ravens.
Finally, in the evening, after the Night Ravens had returned from hunting, the group, led by Razor, arrived at the Wolf King's Trial Ground, an incredibly vast, sunken altar.
It was here that Boreas, the God of the North Wind, sacrificed himself; it was here that Andrius the Wolf King was born and long protected the wolves of Mondstadt.
In the entire sunken area, a faint blue beam of light shone. The source of the beam came from an illusory greatsword—Wolf's Gravestone.
Deploying their wind gliders, Orion, Fischl, and Bennett flew together towards the location of the illusory Wolf's Gravestone. Razor, who did not have a wind glider, simply jumped down and ran over.
The twelve Night Raven Knights landed around the group.
As the group got closer to Wolf's Gravestone, the humidity in the air increased and the temperature dropped, gradually forming a strange Ice Fog.
As soon as the fog appeared, everyone clearly felt that the entire circular area seemed to be separated from the surrounding mountains and forests.
Orion and the others looked around. Mysterious patterns were carved on the high rock walls, and directly in front of them, those patterns converged to form the shape of a wolf's head, with two glowing hollows where the eyes should be.
That wolf head design was exactly where Andrius resided.
After confirming they had reached their destination, Bennett scratched his head sheepishly: "Why do I feel like we didn't really help much along the way?"
Fischl didn't speak, but she felt the same way.
Orion smiled awkwardly. He had originally sought help because he thought Razor's Story Quest hadn't started yet, and he would need to deal with unscrupulous merchants and hunters for a while, as well as collect a pile of herbs. His original intention in posting the commission was just to grab some laborers.
But now, even if herbs were needed, he could just have the Night Ravens do it, and he didn't want Fischl and the others to bother. Moreover, the Story Quest had already been cleared by Lumine.
So Orion shrugged and said: "Since we are participating in a trial left over from the Ancient God War, no one knows exactly how difficult it will be, so I still need your help to complete the trial."
Fischl and Bennett naturally agreed. The world of the Genshin Impact was, after all, a Fairy Tale World, where people generally tended to show kindness to others rather than shrink away from a little difficulty.
For example, this is the difference between choosing "Damn it, if that old bastard scolds me, I'm going to slash the tires on his car!" and "I should give the teacher a shoulder massage so he won't feel embarrassed about scolding me later!" when a teacher who always reprimands you needs help getting food. Most characters in the Genshin Impact world lean towards the latter way of thinking.
Even Razor, after a moment of thought, said: "Very warm Older Brother, if need help, I can."
"You're going to fight the Wolf King??"
"Trial, no problem, Wolf King approves."
"Then it's fine."
Orion also didn't want Razor and Andrius to fall out because of helping him, so after gaining everyone's consent, he walked forward and grasped the hilt of the illusory Wolf's Gravestone.
Instantly, the phantom of Wolf's Gravestone scattered like smoke, and the fog in the air suddenly became several times thicker at the same time.
This was a strange phenomenon. Although the fog was thickening, and even the surrounding mountains and fields could no longer be seen, everything in the arena remained clearly visible, though the distant murals were obscured.
Suddenly, a wolf howl, seemingly from the distant past, rang out, and everyone except Orion instantly adopted an attack stance.
In the distance, although the location of the wolf head pattern on the wall was obscured by thick fog, the two hollow eye sockets still emitted a faint glow.
"Older Brother Orion," Bennett suddenly spoke, "I don't know if the Poisonous Mushrooms I ate yesterday haven't been completely detoxified, but I feel like those two eyes on the wall over there are swaying back and forth."
Orion patted his shoulder: "Silly child, it's not a problem with your eyes, but the entity inside has walked out."
As the sound of claws hitting the ground grew closer, the two beams of faint light from the hollows in the wall seemed to approach the group, until the vertical pupils within those two faint lights were clearly visible. The giant beast covered in Azure Fur made its full appearance before them.
Standing five meters tall and over fifteen meters long, Andrius, the God-Lord of the Wolf Pack and King Wolf of the North Wind, appeared before the group.
His profound gaze fixed on Orion in the center.
"Mortal, I sense the aura of the Traveler on you, but... you are far more profound than she is."
Orion met Andrius's gaze and shrugged.
"You used the first word incorrectly."
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