The journey to Teyvat from the Abyss Mage

Finally, Bennett agreed to Luomu's final decision to hand over the staff and set him free. He carefully put away his sword and walked towards Luomu step by step. Luomu slowly landed, dissipated the water shield, put the staff on the ground, and let Bennett take it away.

Without the staff, Luo Mu naturally couldn't use any abyssal magic that required spells to mobilize elemental power, but this was far from making him lose his ability to attack. Because all system skills could be used without spells and actions, his main means of attack, lava ghost face, elemental fire bombs, ice spikes... these could still be used normally in combat.

But without a staff, Luo Mu couldn't summon a water shield to fly. If he only relied on his legs, his movement speed was extremely worrying. Now if Luo Mu and the hill people were to compete in a 1,000-meter race, he could beat the hill people by two laps...

So how should I get to Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain? Should I sneak underground the whole way? Luo Mu thought in distress. He looked up by chance and found that Fischl and Bennett had not left yet, and were looking at him meaningfully.

"What...what happened?" Luo Mu asked guiltily.

"Um..." Bennett rubbed the corners of his clothes with his hands and asked awkwardly: "You don't have a staff, you can't cast spells, how are you going to survive?" As soon as he finished speaking, he added anxiously: "I don't care about the Abyss Mage, it's just... if you are really a traveler from another world, I don't want to harm you..."

What a kind and good kid. Luo Mu smiled and sighed in his heart. Just as he was about to wave his hand and bring out Wang Lang as a backer to dispel Bennett and the others' concerns, he suddenly had an idea:

Why wouldn't I let them...

"Alas," Luo Mu sighed, regretting as if he had just lost his position as one of the Seven Gods. "Yes, it seems that I have no choice but to go back and accept the protection of His Royal Highness Wang Lang. I can't go to the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain anymore."

Luo Mu thought to himself: Hurry up, tell them that you guys are going to Longji Snow Mountain!! I want to take a ride!!!

"Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain?" Fischl nodded in thought, her voice still a little tearful: "I have a noble knight trapped in the severe cold of the sky, and I am going to rescue him. You are allowed to come with me."

"The lady said that an investigator from the Adventurers' Association went missing in the snowy mountains, and she's going to rescue him. She's on her way, so you can follow her." Oz translated mechanically.

Although it still didn't believe Luo Mu, it would not interfere with the decision made by the young lady and Bennett. Moreover, this strange abyss mage seemed to really understand the young lady.

Yeah! Luo Mu was ecstatic. He adjusted his tone and pretended to be surprised and embarrassed and said, "That's great, but... won't it delay your mission?"

"It just so happens that we need to further investigate you." Bennett took over the conversation, "The journey you take with us is also an opportunity for you to prove yourself."

"Well, okay then..." Luo Mu lowered his head, trying his best to suppress his joyful laughter, pretending to be submissive, and took trembling steps with his short legs -

He walked thirty meters in half a minute...

Bennett and Fischer both held their foreheads with their hands.

"Eighty-year-old Jace from the Adventurer's Guild can do a somersault faster than this..." Bennett couldn't help but complain.

Luo Mu fell down at this time and was just getting up from the ground groaning...

Bennett: "...It's okay, don't worry, take your time."

Finally, Fischl could no longer bear Luomu's slow pace, which seemed like he was walking on the red carpet, and turned his head to glance at Oz.

Oz immediately understood what his lady meant and shook his head with a determined look.

Fischl stared.

Oz continued to shake his head.

Fischl glared again, and this time her pretty little eyebrows also rose.

Oz shook it. . . it accepted its fate.

Oz fluttered his wings and flew to Luomu, mumbling something. He put his claws on his shoulders, flapped his wings, and flew up with Luomu.

Hiss—It hurts! Luo Mu’s shoulders were hurt by Oz’s claws. He wanted to warn him, but when he saw Oz’s eyes that seemed to peck him to death, he shut up and stopped causing trouble for the night crow.

Fischl and Bennett continued their journey to the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, and Luomu also got a ride to his destination as he wished. Everyone was happy, except for a purple crow.

A world where only Oz is injured is reached...

The group continued on their way, and after walking a few kilometers along the river, they finally found the way up. Bennett took the lead and cut off all the bushes and weeds that were scattered on the steep mountain road. He occasionally mobilized elemental power to burn the monsters that fell with the ever-burning fire. The most outrageous thing was that once a towering tree with intact roots and lush branches fell directly towards them. If Bennett hadn't been quick-witted, they would have had to climb the mountain road again...

Luo Mu suspected that this tree was brought down by Bennett's "bad luck".

It took them a full twenty minutes to walk this distance. And that wasn't the most frustrating thing. The most frustrating thing was that as soon as they climbed up the hillside, a wooden shield hillman ran into them head-on...

On this steep slope is a large camp of Hilichul people.

This is too bad luck! Luo Mu, who had no intuitive understanding of Bennett's bad luck, was completely shocked. Oz hooked him and dodged left and right among the hill people. Luo Mu felt like a plush toy locked by the claws of a claw machine. He was floating in the air without control.

But it was also at this time that Luo Mu truly understood the true strength of Bennett, the veteran adventurer.

Unlike his innocent appearance, Bennett's swordsmanship is full of desperate ruthlessness and momentum. His slightly thin body often makes unexpected responses and changes at the critical moment. Every bone, every muscle, and every joint of his seems to be a steel part that can't feel pain, existing only to execute the command of the battle. Collisions, spells, crossbows... All attacks that he didn't have time to dodge were taken by Bennett, and he didn't even utter a groan of pain even though blood was flowing.

"This kid, doesn't he feel pain?" Due to the hunting order of the Abyss Cult, Luomu and Oz were targeted by the hill people. The frequency of the attacks was so high that Luomu sometimes had to quietly release a few skills to assist Oz. But even so, Bennett's tragic fighting style still attracted his attention.

Bennett was covered in blood, most of it from the Hillilchur, and some from his wounds. Most of his wounds were superficial, and many of them could have been avoided with his strength. But in order to cause the most damage, Bennett would sometimes deliberately let the attack fall on himself. He would trade injury for life.

Just now, Luo Mu saw with his own eyes that Bennett withstood the shield attack of the Wooden Shield Hillock Man, then swung his sword, a brilliant fire flashed, and beheaded the Wooden Shield Hillock Man with one sword.

"Bennett is the strongest child I have ever seen." Oz said. Its wings were now emitting bright purple lightning all the time. Even with Luo Mu, its flight was still swift and powerful.

"Although he is plagued by bad luck, he is the luckiest person in the world."