"Finally, we won."
After squeezing out the last trace of Elemental Power in their bodies, Fischl and Barbara finally relaxed upon seeing the battle won.
Then, the two of them fainted and began to fall toward the ground.
At this moment, Oz had already exhausted all his strength and returned to Fischl's Vision to rest. Fortunately, Arkz noticed in time and caught the two.
The giant bear Arkz carefully held the two in his palms, vigilantly watching their surroundings.
"Come out, old God, Andrius won't be defeated so easily!"
"Oh, it seems your origins are not simple, trial-taker."
"Since you know my identity, you are still so arrogant. Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"
The North Wind Wolf King reappeared as if from nowhere, without a single scratch on its body, as if its previous death had no effect on it at all.
"Heh."
Arkz laughed disdainfully. He only intended to scoop up some rewards, but if Barbara hadn't risked her life to save him just now when he lost control, he would have almost been killed.
At this moment, Arkz was truly provoked. As a dignified transmigrator, how could he cower? At worst, he could take Barbara and Fischl and teleport away using a teleport waypoint. After all, the blueprint for the farm's teleport waypoint had already been unlocked.
He didn't believe that the power of the system, which even the Heavenly Principles couldn't detect, could be stopped by a demon god remnant that only had a soul left.
Arkz carefully protected the unconscious Barbara and Fischl in his hands, maintaining his composure. Although he was highly likely to lose to a full-strength North Wind Wolf King, Arkz didn't intend to fight it. If his two comrades were caught in the crossfire during the battle, Arkz would truly regret it forever.
Although he secretly planned to teleport away with the two the moment the North Wind Wolf King made a move, Arkz still showed no intention of showing weakness or begging for mercy.
As the tension escalated, a great battle was about to begin again.
Razor arrived in time with the wolf pack.
The moment Arkz saw Razor, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. This fight definitely wouldn't happen now.
If a fight broke out now, Razor and this pack of wolves would certainly be caught in the crossfire, suffering heavy casualties.
"King!"
Razor looked in shock at the Wolf King's sacred land, which was now occupied by towering ancient trees and had turned into a forest, and at the savage giant beast confronting the Wolf King.
It was the first time he had ever seen an opponent capable of fighting the Wolf King so fiercely.
"Razor, fall back. Take the wolf pack and leave this place."
The North Wind Wolf King looked nervously at the giant bear Arkz, and when it saw that he had no intention of attacking Razor and the wolves, it immediately relaxed.
At this distance, if Arkz had truly attacked Razor and the wolves, the only thing it could do would be to chase Arkz down furiously to avenge Razor and the wolves.
At this moment, the North Wind Wolf King looked at the giant bear Arkz and suddenly lost the will to fight. As only a remnant soul, it had long since lost its former ferocity. Its only wish now was to protect this group of Lupical.
The North Wind Wolf King sniffed the air and revealed a look of disgust.
"Barbatos, come out! With such a heavy smell of alcohol, do you think you can hide it from my nose!"
"Aiya! Wolf King, don't be angry. Come, come, have a drink with me."
Venti appeared between the giant bear Arkz and the North Wind Wolf King at some point, placating the North Wind Wolf King while constantly making eye signals to Arkz.
Arkz understood, dispelled his giant bear form, and returned to his human appearance.
Holding Barbara in his arms and carrying Fischl on his back, he carefully dissolved the Grass Domain on the ground, and the towering trees and vines instantly vanished.
The North Wind Wolf King snorted coldly. The cracked ground of the trial's circular arena quietly restored itself, and then it haughtily disappeared.
"Barbatos, let's get down to business!"
Hearing the North Wind Wolf King's complaint, Venti showed no embarrassment on his face. Instead, he happily picked up several sparkling items from the ground and walked toward Arkz.
"Venti, quickly check if there's anything wrong with their bodies?"
Arkz urgently grabbed Venti's arm, showing him Barbara in his arms and Fischl on his back.
Venti was stunned. He had thought Arkz was going to ask about his identity, such as: "Ah! You are actually the respected Anemo Archon Barbatos! I must give you five million Mora as a sign of respect for the Anemo Archon!"
But it turned out he was being asked to check on their health.
Although Venti didn't know medicine, with his powerful strength, a mere sweep over the two was enough to understand that there were no major problems with their bodies.
"Don't worry, they just overused their Elemental Power. They'll be fine after resting for a while."
Then Venti beckoned to Razor in the distance, and Razor happily ran over.
"Wind's scent, I like it."
"Strong bear, amazing."
Faced with Razor's sincere praise, both Venti and Arkz looked at Razor with much gentler eyes.
"As expected of the North Wind Wolf King's cub, call me Uncle Venti!"
"You have good taste, little Razor. Come visit my farm sometime, it's near Springvale."
Venti shamelessly asked Razor to call him uncle and falsely claimed Razor was his cub. The North Wind Wolf King immediately couldn't stand it and roared angrily at Venti.
"Razor is not my child! Also, Barbatos, you stinking drunkard, scram!"
When Razor heard the North Wind Wolf King say he wasn't its child, he immediately showed a look of sadness.
Although he didn't know where the North Wind Wolf King was, Arkz knew it must be paying attention to this place, so he joined Venti in looking toward the surroundings with a judgmental gaze.
"You actually made such a cute child sad!" × 2
The North Wind Wolf King looked at the sad Razor, hesitated for a moment, and then explained.
"Razor, you are my… Lupical (family)."
Having received the North Wind Wolf King's acknowledgment, Razor was no longer sad. Instead, he became extremely excited, spinning around and running excitedly toward the distant wolf pack to share the news with his 'Lupical'.
He finally received the Wolf King's recognition!
Arkz leaned close to Venti's ear and gossiped in a low voice.
"I didn't expect the dignified North Wind Wolf King to be such a tsundere!"
"What is tsundere?"
"Tsundere is…"
"Enough!!!"
The North Wind Wolf King truly couldn't stand Arkz and Venti subtly ridiculing him, so it roared loudly and burrowed underground amidst thick fog.
The trial grounds of Wolvendom, which were constantly shrouded in strange mist, finally welcomed a ray of sunshine.
"Did it really leave?"
"It really left."
Hearing Venti's confirmation, Arkz nodded regretfully, stopping the persecution of the North Wind Wolf King.
"Don't look at the Wolf King as fierce; I think it actually likes you quite a bit."
"Look, it even gave you so many rewards."
Arkz took the rewards Venti handed over and frowned after taking a close look.
"Venti, this isn't right. Are these the only three things?"
"What! Three five-star artifacts, and you're still not satisfied!"
"I remember there was a pile of Mora just now, right? You didn't secretly hide it, did you?"
"Aiya heh."
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