Dehya, who was already quite wary, became even more so.
He gripped his greatsword tightly, ready to fight at any moment.
"Hmph! I almost fell for your trick. You investigated me so thoroughly."
"We're not familiar at all. Even Kaveh wouldn't know those things you mentioned. You've exposed yourselves!"
Xavier was momentarily speechless, unsure how to respond to Furina.
She gave Furina a rap on the head: "Please, who would tell someone all about their hobbies the first time they meet them!"
Furina covered his head and said, "But, only then can we prove that we truly have no ill will and understand him, right…?"
Xavier was too lazy to explain. His small brain probably couldn't comprehend it.
"You don't need to keep up the pretense. If you have any problems, talk to my sword!"
Dehya stopped wasting words with Xavier and Furina, raising his greatsword and swinging it down.
With that swing, yellow sand filled the sky, and powerful Pyro element energy scorched towards the two of them.
Fortunately, Xavier's strength was exceptional. He not only dodged Dehya's attack but also pulled Furina along.
Facing Dehya's powerful attack, Xavier showed no intention of fighting back.
"We truly have no ill will, it's a misunderstanding…" Xavier kept explaining, but Dehya didn't believe him.
Just as Xavier was thinking about how to make Dehya believe him, the system's notification sound suddenly rang out.
[Due to frequent sandstorms recently, Candace's Aaru Village, where Dehya's friend resides, has suffered severe corrosion from the sandstorms and is in urgent need of sand-proof materials.]
[As long as Dehya stops his hostility, half of the materials can be obtained.]
[Help the host find his companions to obtain the other half of the materials.]
Xavier smiled inwardly and quickly said to Dehya, "Wait a moment, are you currently helping Candace find materials to resist the sandstorms?"
Dehya indeed stopped his movements, paused for a moment, and said, "I can't believe you even investigated that!"
Xavier struck while the iron was hot, saying, "What if I told you I could provide you with these materials?"
Furina tugged on Xavier's sleeve: "Hey, Xavier, we don't have those materials."
Xavier really wanted to curse out loud, 'You're truly a pig teammate!'
"Is that so?" Dehya stopped his attack and plunged his greatsword into the yellow sand. "Then how can I know you're not deceiving me?"
Xavier sincerely said, "As long as you choose to believe me, I can show you the materials right now."
"Alright, then show them to me."
Dehya said this, but his sword remained in his hand.
It was clear that Dehya had not let go of his hostility, so the mission was not completed, and naturally, he couldn't receive the reward.
Xavier didn't speak or make any moves; he just stared directly at Dehya.
After a while, Dehya finally released his grip on the sword and sighed, "I truly believe you now, because you are very strong, yet you didn't fight back."
As his words fell, Xavier felt a large batch of materials being delivered by his system.
Xavier extracted one piece from it and felt it was a material cast from some kind of alloy.
It was not only light but also very sturdy.
Using such materials for sand protection would definitely be the best choice.
"This is what you need. If nothing unexpected happens, you won't find a second material this good in Sumeru."
Xavier handed over the material in his hand. Dehya took it and, after just two glances, knew that Xavier was not lying.
"Good stuff!" Dehya laughed heartily, "I've seen a few things, and I really haven't seen anything this good in Sumeru. It must be very expensive, right?"
Xavier had only said he was willing to provide the materials, but he hadn't said they would be free.
Although the materials were good, Aaru Village was located in the Desert, so how could they afford such expensive materials?
Xavier smiled and said, "Of course it's free, but if you want to get all the materials, you have to agree to one condition."
Dehya knew there was no such thing as a free lunch, so he sighed and said, "Tell me your condition first. If it's too troublesome, I'll need to discuss it with Candace."
"I need you to help me find Kaveh and Nilou. That condition shouldn't be too much trouble, right?"
"What?" Dehya thought he had misheard. "Are you sure that's the only condition?"
Xavier nodded firmly and said, "Of course. It's a very troublesome thing to not be able to find your companions, so do you agree?"
"If you're not joking with me, then of course, no problem!" Dehya readily agreed to Xavier's request.
Just like that, under Xavier's "resourcefulness," a great deal of trouble was successfully resolved.
"Xavier, Xavier, where did you get that thing from? I don't think it even exists on Blue Star, does it?"
Furina knew that Xavier could conjure things out of thin air, but he had never seen this item before. Xavier couldn't conjure something he hadn't seen, could he?
"Secret!" Xavier only gave Furina two words.
"Hmph! If you won't say, then don't. How stingy." Furina pouted, sulking.
Meanwhile, Xavier was talking to Dehya about Kaveh.
"Hahaha, what you're saying is indeed something Kaveh would do, but going to fight the Anemo Hypostasis isn't that easy."
"It's fine, I'm still confident in my strength!"
Xavier flexed his muscles, indicating his strength.
After some conversation, Dehya's hostility towards Xavier was completely eliminated; he even felt a bit of curiosity and goodwill.
"How about this? This place is very close to Aaru Village. Why don't we go back to the village first, and then find someone to help us search? It will be more efficient."
Dehya put forward his idea and plan, and Xavier, of course, agreed.
Just as Dehya said, this place was indeed very close to Aaru Village.
After walking for less than an hour, they saw the village.
"Oh, that's strange. Has a caravan arrived? There are so many pack beasts, but some of them don't quite look like…"
Dehya saw several pack beasts tethered near the village from a distance.
What was even stranger was that these pack beasts only carried some simple supplies, not goods.
Upon entering the village, Xavier saw a familiar figure.
It was Hu Tao and her group!
[Ding! Dehya has completed the mission, and the reward has been issued!]
Xavier was momentarily dumbfounded. Dehya had completed the mission by accident, hadn't he?
But it didn't matter. If the system hadn't wanted Dehya to complete the mission, it wouldn't have been a problem for him to give these materials to him anyway.
"Xavier, what a coincidence, you've come here too!"
Seeing Xavier, Hu Tao waved his hands.
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