Chapter 279 Emergency Food
Under the roar of the dragon, the young man was blown back two steps, and then faced with the dragon's suddenly extended claws, he had to quickly dodge backwards.
"hurry up."
The young man said something to Liu Bai, Ying and the others, then slowly retreated and turned into green elemental force and disappeared.
Seeing that the person in front of it had disappeared, the dragon also turned all its attention to Liu Bai and pounced towards Liu Bai with its huge body.
"Oh oh oh, look, look, it recognizes me, dear~"
Liu Bai opened his arms excitedly, hugged the giant dragon's head, rubbed his face on its head, and patted it gently with his other hand.
It's like hugging a clingy pet dog's neck affectionately.
Although Liu Bai could catch the dragon's head, the ground under his feet could not hold it. While he was hugging the dragon, half of his body was pressed into the ground.
"Go away!"
Ying, who was frightened by the giant dragon, drew out his edgeless sword without hesitation and chopped at the dragon's head, but was bounced away in an instant.
"Roar!"
The dragon retracted its head and roared, then rushed into the sky and flew away.
"Hey, don't go, I haven't touched you enough!"
By the time Liu Bai pulled his body out of the soil, the dragon had already flown away.
After everything quieted down, Paimon, who was hiding in the bushes, slowly poked his head out.
"You almost scared me to death just now. Really, what were you doing suddenly walking out..."
Patting his chest, Paimeng flew out of the bushes and spoke to Liu Bai with some resentment.
"But you are really strong. You can actually catch the dragon's attack."
Ying picked up the edgeless sword that had just been bounced away, looked at the pit left on the ground after Liu Bai crawled out, and couldn't help but say this.
"Indeed, you are incredibly strong, and you can fly... Are you some monster that has transformed to deceive us?"
Paimon quickly hid behind Ying.
After all, Liu Bai's appearance just now was too sudden.
"I'm not a monster, I'm an armed helicopter..."
Liu Bai scratched his head and explained.
"Okay, compared to this, there seems to be something over there."
Ying shook her head, interrupted Paimon's topic, and pointed to the place where the dragon had just been.
Liu Bai and Paimeng followed her finger and saw a teardrop-shaped red crystal floating there.
Liu Bai and the others moved closer curiously.
"Be careful, it gives me a bad feeling..."
Seeing Liu Bai stretch out his finger and poke, Paimeng quickly reminded.
"It feels really dangerous, let's keep it for now."
Although there seemed to be no reaction after Liu Bai poked it, Paimeng was still a little worried.
Ying nodded, took out a piece of cloth from her backpack, wrapped it up and put it away.
After putting away the ominous-looking crystal, they continued on their way. Their primary goal now was to head to Mondstadt.
After walking for a distance, they finally came out of the woods. In this direction, they could see the Fruit Wine Lake in the distance and the town built on the lake, Mondstadt.
"Hey—you guys! Wait a minute!"
"Ah... Sister Amber, wait for me!"
At this moment, a girl's voice suddenly came from the side, followed by another girl's voice.
The next moment, a girl with long brown hair, a rabbit-ear-like headdress and goggles jumped out and landed in front of Liu Bai and the others.
Behind her, a little girl with rose-red hair also jumped out, but this girl was dressed a bit like an adventurer from the Adventurer's Guild.
"May the wind god protect you, stranger. I am Amber, the scout knight of the Knights of Favonius."
The girl who called herself Amber placed her right hand on her chest and revealed her identity to Liu Bai, Ying and the others.
"Hello, I'm an adventurer from the Adventurer's Association, Krevy..."
The little girl with rose-red hair followed and stopped beside Amber, but as soon as she said her name, she suddenly noticed Liu Bai next to Ying.
"Hey...Brother Liu Bai, why is it you?"
Although they hadn't seen each other for a while, Krevy recognized Liu Bai immediately after getting closer.
"Hmm? So you're Krevy's friend? I thought you were a suspicious person."
Amber was a little surprised. She knew that Krevie came from Fontaine, but she didn't expect to meet an acquaintance in Mond by chance.
"...?"
Liu Bai tilted his head and looked at Krewei carefully.
After a while, Liu Bai suddenly realized.
"Oh, you are my family..."
"I'll tell Narcida if you admit your mistake."
When Krewei recognized Liu Bai, she was already prepared. When Liu Bai opened his mouth, she crossed her arms and reminded him immediately.
"..."
"I remember you, you are Pepe!"
Liu Bai was silent for a moment, but could only remember this name.
"You are wrong. Pepe is my good friend. I am Krevy. Don't make the mistake next time."
Krevy put her hands on her hips and reminded Liu Bai.
"Alright, alright, little Krevy, don't be angry. It's rare to see someone you know."
Amber on the side comforted Krevi, then looked up at Ying next to Liu Bai.
"Is this Mr. Liu Bai's friend?"
Amber asked in confusion. She learned Liu Bai's name from what Krevy had just called him.
"Hello, my name is Ying."
Ying told Amber her name honestly.
"Well, it is indeed a foreign name... Then what about this... uh, mascot?"
Amber nodded, then looked at Paimon who was floating next to Ying.
"It's emergency food."
Ying answered without hesitation.
"That's totally wrong! How come he's even worse than a mascot?"
Hearing Ying's words, Paimon stomped his feet in the air angrily.
But the next moment, Liu Bai stretched out a hand to support the leg that she was stomping with.
"I want the right leg, and you can divide the rest."
Liu Bai said as he held Paimeng's right leg.
She always uses her right leg when she stamps her feet, so I guess the meat on her right leg is the tastiest.
"You're not allowed to take it! The right leg belongs to Paimon! And Paimon is not emergency food!"
Paimeng kicked Liu Bai's palms twice in annoyance, and then continued to refute angrily.
"Haha, you two have such a good relationship. But let's stop joking here. There have been giant dragons around Mondstadt recently. It's better for you to get into the city as soon as possible."
"And you, too, Krevy. Didn't I ask Mr. Seleus and Miss Catherine to assign you some simple tasks? Why did you sneak out again? It's very dangerous now."
Amber couldn't help but chuckle when she saw Liu Bai and Paimon joking, then quickly returned to her serious instructions, and finally turned around and said a few words to Krevy.
"But Sister Amber, I'm an adventurer. What's an adventure if it's not dangerous?"
Krevy didn't seem to be afraid at all.
"That makes sense. If it doesn't taste good, it wouldn't be called emergency food."
Liu Bai nodded, agreeing with what Krevi said.
"Hey, don't mention that name again! It's too abominable... I, I'm going to give you an ugly nickname too!"
Paimeng was so angry that he flew to Liu Bai's head and pulled his hair, but it didn't hurt Liu Bai at all. Instead, it gave Liu Bai several layers of the passive effect of the drill.
"I might as well just call you Liu Shazi."
After thinking for a while, Paimon came up with a more appropriate nickname.
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