Genshin Impact: Hello! Traveler

(I did a part of the first day of the alt-story Mist Sea Journey very early, and I don’t even remember the conversations with anyone at the festival. I didn’t really follow the original questline afterwards.)

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After going to the festival with Aru and talking to the projections about something incomprehensible, the Traveler was invited by Aru to participate in the working part of the festival.

"Offering perch?" The traveler suddenly connected with many heavyweight things that had been offered before.

"Is there a reward?" Paimon asked first.

"There shouldn't be any reward for a tree where Kapachiri once lived." Aru touched her head, a little confused.

"Then, Aru, do you have this kind of shiny stone?" The traveler took out a rough stone from his backpack.

"Well...it turns out there were a lot of these as decorations at the festival, but those masked monsters took them away...Do you really need them? I still have some, about 100, do you want them?" Aru took out those tiny star-shaped colored raw stones from her pocket.

"WC!" shocked travelers for ten thousand years.

"So many?" Paimeng was a little surprised. After all, the commissions he had encountered before only gave him 60 raw stones.

"A lot? There used to be a lot of them at the sacrificial site. Unfortunately, they are useless except for looking good. Many people throw these stones into the sea to pray for good weather and good harvests."

"Paimon... I'll find a chance to go for a stroll around the surrounding seas..." The traveler said nervously, pulling Paimon aside.

“……” Knowing the importance of the rough stone to the traveler, Paimon was speechless, but still agreed.

(Note: The definition of the original stone is a very magical thing. It seems to be common among the natives of Teyvat, but in the hands of some people, it can play an incredible role. This article sets the original stone to enhance the strength of the traveler to a certain extent and reduce the seal and wear imposed on him by the Heavenly Justice Maintainer.)

A thick fog began to spread and the moonlight became dimmer.

The white of the fog could no longer be seen, and the vision was becoming increasingly darker.

When walking on this lifeless island, always pay attention to the road conditions ahead.

Because if you are not careful, it is easy to step into the territory of the Hillilks.

"ya——"

"Wind Blade——"

Along the way, the travelers cleared out countless Hillilion camps.

"Logically speaking, the aura I exude should have scared away those Hilichurls long ago. Could it be that the fog is the cause again?" Looking at the Hilichurl thugs who were rushing towards the traveler without any reason and howling with their giant axes in their hands, the traveler thought that the strange energy in the Layered Abyss seemed to have some similarities with this fog.

"Big brother is so awesome! I used to hide from them." Aru, hiding in the distance, watched the traveler deal with those monsters calmly.

"Is the perch you mentioned still far away?"

"It's not far away."

……

"Look, here we are—"

Arriving under a bare tree, Aru turned around and spoke excitedly to the traveler and Paimon.

After all, it’s been a long time since I had to deal with this matter with others.

"Isn't this the place we passed when we came here..." Although the fog almost obscured the view, the traveler vaguely remembered that the layout gave him a sense of déjà vu.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, the traveler immediately drew out his edgeless sword and flashed behind Aru.

"careful!"

"Zheng——" Several beast claws stretched out from the space and tried to strangle Alu, but fortunately the Traveler took the lead to block the fatal blow.

"A bunch of dead dogs..." The traveler knew who the attacker was just by looking at the dark and ominous claws, without having to look at the hideous wolf head in the torn space.

The Beast Hound is also a heavyweight among the monsters that travelers have fought against.

Not to mention its corrosive claws and fangs, its ability to appear and disappear at will in space is a troublesome existence.

But generally speaking, the Beast Realm Hounds will only escape into space and attack and kill when they see prey.

With the traveler's perception, he can definitely predict the spatial fluctuations around him.

But these two wolves seemed to be lurking here, without any sign.

From a universal perspective, the Beast Realm tribe resembles wolves in appearance but they do not unite or ambush like wolves.

"Is it caused by the fog here..." Looking at the ferocious wolf head that had already emerged from the space, the traveler did not have time to think about it and chopped it off with a sword.

The claw was cut off directly.

Although the pitch-black wolf had no joints, it still howled symbolically to vent its anger.

"Leave quickly--" The traveler called out to Alu who was a little frightened beside him and said seriously.

To deal with these creatures, elemental power and brute force are far from enough.

He took out some raw stones (Note: the size of a raw stone is set to be about the same as a 5-cent coin in real life) and scattered them on the sword. The raw stones attached to the blade as if they had spirits, and the originally gorgeous surface began to dim.

The strange power contained in the raw stone was injected into the edgeless sword, and the colorless raw stone that lost its power gradually shattered and dissipated.

And the edgeless sword, which already had a hint of red murderous aura, was stained with a layer of bright light.

Just cut those two pairs of claws.

“Ah——” The strange energy directly severed the connection between the Beast Hound and its claws, and the former howled in pain.

"It's precisely because I want to severely injure and kill you that it will cost me the raw stones, that I hate you guys so much..." Looking at the several disappeared raw stones with some heartache, the traveler said angrily and sadly.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

When you save a grain, it is hard work; when you use it, it is like dirt...

If this continues, my six-digit rough diamonds will soon run out, bastard!

"Forget it. You bastards from five hundred years ago not only brought disaster to this continent, but now you are trying to harm people. I want you to die as a token of your sins—"

The traveler swiftly swung the sword at the necks of the two beast hounds.

"Roar——" Without any fear, the Beast Realm Hound growled, and the surrounding space seemed to fluctuate again.

Before the sword was about to strike, the Beast Realm Hound escaped into the void.

"Still want to leave?! Have you asked me before—" Using the sword to cut through the thin space, the Traveler used the sword-wielding technique he learned from Liyue to operate the Edgeless Sword to kill the two wolves fleeing in the void.

"Ah--" The edgeless sword easily pierced through the body of one of the wolves, shattering its core. The howl before death declared its unwillingness.

"There is another one..." Through the space crack, the traveler saw another beast hound running wildly inside.

Just when he was preparing to strike the fatal blow, something strange happened.

There seemed to be an invisible wall blocking the advance of the Edgeless Sword.

No matter how hard the traveler manipulated the sword, he could not move it any further.

But when he was about to sacrifice the raw stone again with great pain, a fear from his soul made the traveler subconsciously control the sword back.

In the torn space, the originally dark nothingness was covered by a desolate gray-yellow color.

The edgeless sword that had been moving freely inside now seemed to be moving at a snail's pace in thick glue.

"Not good!" Suddenly the traveler's pupils shrank.

Inside, a pair of eyes with such malice that he had never seen before stared at him.

What eyes are those.

Aggression, greed, killing, death...

The Traveler's first eye contact with the King of the Other World began at this moment.