The journey to Teyvat from the Abyss Mage

"Do you want to meet the Wolf King?" Luo Mu asked.

At this time, Luo Mu, Wendy and Ying Sanzheng were walking in the Wolf Territory. From time to time, a dark shadow flashed through the dense forest on both sides. It was unclear whether it was a beast hound or some other animal.

"I'd rather not." Wendy looked around nonchalantly, with her gorgeous longbow hanging at her side, not intending to be on guard at all: "Like a certain little guy said, my reasons are too unreliable."

Paimon tilted his head, as if wondering if Wendy was talking about him.

Luo Mu: ...If Paimon is really the great figure behind the scenes, then the dark history accumulated during his time as Paimon is probably enough to make him socially dead and even commit suicide.

"Anyway," Wendy concluded, "I won't bother it. If the travelers are interested, you two can go together."

At this time, Ying said, "I should go see Wang Lang. I heard Barbara is here too, so we can go see her."

"I agree!" Paimon waved his little fist to show his agreement.

I should go meet...Ying, did you remember that you haven't played Zhou Ben yet? Luo Mu silently complained.

"Ah? Barbara is here too?" Wendy was shocked. "Then I can't go either. She and I seem to have had some minor frictions over religious matters. Every time I see her, she says I don't respect the Wind God or something like that."

"Oh, I am the God of Wind. Do I have to pray to myself?" Wendy sighed.

"Ah! Wendy, why did you say that!" Paimon hurriedly flew over and tried to cover Wendy's mouth, but when he found it was too late, he flew towards Luomu and tried to cover Luomu's ears.

Could this little confused guy really have a hidden identity? Looking at Paimon fluttering in front of him, Luo Mu thought with amusement, but then he saw the traveler also cast a surprised look at him.

Luo Mu knew he had to put on a show.

"Ah? You are... the Wind God Barbatos!" Luo Mu was shocked. He looked Wendy up and down, as if he couldn't believe it at all: "But, shouldn't the Wind God be... I mean... at least not like this!"

"Oh, it's okay." Wendy grabbed Paimon's collar helplessly and pulled her back from the top of the rock. "I'm the God of Wind, not a wanted criminal. If it were someone else, they would want everyone to know about this identity. Isn't it Paimon?"

"That's right." Paimon thought hard, and then she found something wrong with Wendy's words: "Hey, singing boy, the other person you are talking about is not me, right?"

"Hey!" Wendy replied.

"So Wendy, why did you reveal your identity in front of Luomu?" Ying frowned and asked. She was not Paimon, so she would not be dealt with by a few jokes from Wendy.

Luo Mu didn't respond, and continued to dutifully and immersively perform the role of "an ordinary person who is shocked by the true identity of the bard", but his ears were already perked up.

"Yeah, why?" Wendy held his chin up in thought as if he was really thinking about the answer, and then he winked playfully: "Maybe I just want to say it."

"What kind of answer is that!" The good thing about having Paimon here is that you don't have to say out loud what you're complaining about, because Paimon will say it for you.

Wendy shook a finger seriously and said, "Don't underestimate the intuition of the wind. Generally speaking, what I think should be done is always right."

Okay, you are the God of Wind, and everything you said is right. Luo Mu thought helplessly. I thought I would hear some constructive answer.

"Then Lord Wind God, what do you think of the current situation in the Wolf Territory?" Luo Mu asked Wendy very humbly.

"Oh don't be so serious, just call me Wendy."

"Okay Wendy." Luo Mu straightened up suddenly. The speed of his transformation from flattery to integrity was so fast that it shocked Ying.

Who would have thought that such a guy was actually a socially phobic person in his previous life!

"Actually, you shouldn't ask me what I think," Wendy answered Luo Mu's question very seriously this time: "Everything is like the wind, it has a beginning and an end. The means are not important, the purpose is the key to breaking the deadlock."

"You mean I should go ask that wolf?" Luo Mu pointed at a young beast that jumped out of the woods.

"Oh, how annoying." Wendy turned around impatiently, and arrows condensed by wind elements flew towards the young beast one after another. Ying chased after the arrows, raised his sword, and took advantage of the gap when the young beast dodged the arrows to pierce its head with a sword.

Wendy waited patiently until Ying came back after counting the spoils before continuing, "Some things don't need to be asked, you can just guess, for example, you."

"I?"

"Have you ever thought about why you became an Abyss Mage?"

"It was because of a magic error." Luo Mu said this lie that he had told countless times without blushing or beating his heart.

"Then how does your magic achieve this effect?"

Luo Mu thought for a while and said, "Communicate with a high-level being and ask Him to bestow His power to guide me in my journey to another world." He half-truthfully told the fortune teller about his and his speculations about the system to see what the God of Wind would think.

"Since an unknown being is involved, can we understand that your magical error this time might have been intentional by this being?" Wendy said.

"Of course." Luo Mu affirmed. This was also one of the conclusions he and the fortune teller reached.

Wendy clapped her hands. "Okay, then here comes the question. Why did He help you travel through the other world, but not follow your ideas completely, and instead sent you to an abyss wizard? You were originally a human, so wouldn't it be more reasonable to let you be a human?"

"I've thought about this question, too." Luo Mu replied, "At first I thought it was because this being was more supportive of the monsters in this world, but then I felt that was not true."

"What's wrong?" Wendy asked with interest.

"Because..." Luo Mu hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and continued: "He also gave me a special ability, which allows me to obtain the skills of monsters by hunting them. If He really stood on the side of the monsters, how could He give me such an ability?"

"That's right," Paimon interrupted, "He let you reincarnate as an abyss wizard and gave you the ability to fight against monsters. What on earth is this guy trying to do?"

"I think the answer may lie in the contradiction." Ying also joined in the analysis.

The answer lies in the contradiction... It allows me to reincarnate as an abyss wizard, but also gives me hope of turning back into a human. It allows me to become a monster, but also gives me the ability to fight monsters... The purpose is more important than the means. What purpose requires the system to make such a contradictory gift?

Luo Mu initially thought that his reincarnation as an Abyss Mage was just an accident, but Wendy's words today opened up a new path for him to solve the mystery of the system: since it has been basically determined that the system has some plan, then allowing Luo Mu to reincarnate as an Abyss Mage might be a means for it to achieve its goal!

In this way, everything that happened in the Wolf Territory can be thought of in this way: the Wolf King summoned all parties to come, which might be one of the means for it to achieve its goal.

Although Wendy, the uninvited guest of the Wolf Runner, did not say anything, Luo Mu saw something from his attitude:

Lord Wind God, it seems like he’s here to cause trouble.