Genshin Impact: I'm The Envoy of Snezhnaya
Chapter 412: Why Would Anyone on Dragonspine Like Stabbing Kidneys?
The Eremites were a loosely organized mercenary group originating from the desert.
For the right payment, they were willing to work for anyone.
Compared to the Treasure Hoarders or the Fatui that Bai Luo belonged to, they were much more neutral in nature—people who would serve you as long as you could pay them.
Unlike most people of Sumeru, who worshipped the Dendro Archon, this desert-born organization had once worshipped the Lord of Deserts. After the Lord of Deserts's downfall, they became a group without any divine faith.
However, such loose discipline also meant that all kinds of people were mixed among them.
Some might act like adventurers, drawing their blades to help the weak when they encountered injustice, while others might engage in robbery and banditry.
In short, unless you knew them particularly well, it was best not to speak too openly and sincerely with them.
Because they really might rip your heart out.
After all… believing that all things would eventually betray them, they did not even trust their own eyes.
A curved blade engraved with mysterious runes rested across his legs. Compared to the men under him, Sharif's resistance to the cold was obviously much stronger.
That was because a fragmentary evil spirit had been sealed inside his scimitar. By releasing the evil spirit, he had once obtained power far beyond ordinary imagination.
In exchange, he also had to endure corresponding suffering.
As someone who wielded Cryo, he had long since grown accustomed to such chill.
"B-boss… maybe we should just go back?"
Sharif's subordinate was already trembling violently from the cold, to the point that even speaking had become difficult.
Having lived in the desert year-round, they would at most wander around rainforests occasionally.
To them, the temperature of The Chasm already counted as deep winter.
Now, stepping onto Dragonspine for the first time and still remaining alive could only be attributed to their abnormal physical constitution.
"And then what? Go back and get stabbed again by that brat?"
At the mention of that brat, a sharp pain flared again in Sharif's lower back.
Having Tighnari in Gandharva Ville was already troublesome enough for them. Who would have thought another seemingly delicate little brat would show up, someone whose attacks were more ruthless than anyone else's?
They would rather encounter Tighnari in the forest than run into that person.
At least Tighnari would only scold them a little and wouldn't do anything excessive.
But that brat…
All Sharif could say was that Dragonspine felt wonderful—at least nobody was stabbing his kidneys here anymore.
"B-but afterward, I heard the brothers say she had Eleazar?"
Even as he said those words, Sharif's subordinate himself found it difficult to believe.
Because with how agile and vigorous she was, she looked nothing like someone suffering from Eleazar.
"Hmph. She's obviously connected to those people." Sharif let out a cold laugh as he spoke.
Unlike his subordinate, Sharif had traveled extensively for many years and had witnessed many things.
Likewise, he knew that some children with Eleazar had once been cured.
However, the method of treatment had been exceptionally cruel.
Looking again at the scimitar in his hand, even he found it difficult to withstand the power released when the evil spirit residing within became enraged.
Yet those children had been injected by the Fatui with something even more vicious than this evil spirit, and only then was their Eleazar suppressed.
If nothing unexpected happened, those children would either suffer a relapse of Eleazar and die miserably like the other patients, or…
Recalling once more the fate of the children injected with those strange medicines, even Sharif felt a chill crawl down his spine.
Just how had that new Forest Ranger managed to suppress such a terrifying power?
However, almost everyone who knew these secrets was already quite advanced in age.
Well… not just advanced in age in one sense.
Because they had accepted payment from the Fatui back then, almost no one had spoken publicly about the incident.
If Sharif himself had not been clever enough to withdraw early, he probably would have ended up like his former colleagues, mysteriously dying in some so-called accident.
They could no longer remain in Avidya Forest, so they moved their operations to Liyue. While wandering there, they accidentally heard rumors that Mondstadt had problems involving Stormterror.
Times like these were perfect for fishing in troubled waters, so they came over.
"Let's rest a little longer. After that, we'll circle around to the front. I heard there are Treasure Hoarders active over there. They may be poor, but they still have some thick winter clothes on them. We'll rob their clothes first, then head to the dragon's lair to search for treasure." Adding more firewood to the campfire, Sharif spoke.
He knew these men followed him not because of his prestige, but purely because they believed they could make money with him.
If he pushed them too hard… who knew whether these guys might turn against him?
"Hm?"
Halfway through tossing the wood into the fire, Sharif suddenly paused.
Perhaps because of the evil spirit sealed within his scimitar, he was even more sensitive to Cryo energy than some Vision holders.
Just moments ago, he had sensed fluctuations of Cryo nearby.
And this kind of Cryo power was very familiar to him—it came from a Whopperflower.
Every part of a Whopperflower was valuable, especially their nectar, which many alchemists were willing to buy at high prices.
He himself had once tried hunting them.
Unfortunately, Cryo Whopperflowers possessed much greater resistance to ice than he had expected. Subduing one had cost Sharif quite a bit of effort.
But after enough time, he had developed his own unique methods. Killing a Whopperflower had become easy for him.
"Come on. A chance to get rich has arrived."
Throwing the remaining firewood into the bonfire, Sharif picked up his scimitar and stood.
Although their main objective this time was the treasure hidden within the dragon's lair, they certainly wouldn't mind making some extra money along the way.
The moment they heard there was an opportunity to profit, his subordinates no longer cared about the cold.
The men, who had been huddled together for warmth, immediately grabbed their weapons excitedly and followed Sharif deeper into the snowy mountains.
But after arriving near the Whopperflower, Sharif suddenly raised a hand to stop them.
Because he realized the Whopperflower they had set their sights on had already been claimed by someone else.
"Boss, what do we do?"
Peeking slightly out from behind a rocky cliff, a young boy came into view.
Both of the boy's arms were covered in blood, and sharp icy spikes that had yet to melt could still be seen lodged in them. At a glance, it was obvious he was an inexperienced rookie who had been injured after getting too close to a Whopperflower.
What delighted Sharif even more was the subdued Whopperflower itself.
As mentioned before, although they were all aberrant monsters, Whopperflowers were impossible to domesticate.
Thus, a living Whopperflower was even more valuable than some high-grade elemental nectar.
And on top of that, the boy who had subdued it had severely injured arms.
This was practically the Lord of Deserts himself blessing them!
But in his excitement, Sharif completely failed to notice that hidden in a blind spot outside his field of vision was someone who would become unforgettable for the rest of his life—Bai Luo.
Because the little brat who had once stabbed his kidney had learned everything from this man.
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