Genshin Impact: I'm The Envoy of Snezhnaya
Chapter 364: Trial: Wolf's Gravestone
With the experience from Inazuma, Bai Luo had long suspected that Wolvendom in Mondstadt might also contain a trial-like dungeon.
After all, to the people of Teyvat, this place itself was already a training ground.
However, for various reasons, he had never had the opportunity to come here.
Unexpectedly, because of Jianna, he had been brought here by Razor by accident.
The moment he jumped into this circular trial arena, a sense of ancient history rushed toward him.
Although the surrounding walls bore marks of time's erosion, the almost divine carvings still conveyed the majesty of the North Wind.
The uneven ground was filled with traces of battle.
And most of those marks were wolf claw prints.
The lingering spirit of the Great Wolf King of the North, later named Boreas, resided within these carvings after death.
Looking at the wolf-like patterns in the reliefs, Bai Luo took a deep breath and walked toward the greatsword standing in the center of the arena.
This greatsword was called Wolf's Gravestone.
It had once been the weapon of the Knight of Boreas, Ravenwood.
Before setting out to wander with the heart of a lone wolf, he left his greatsword here as the grave marker for his companion.
Now, it had become the key to activating the Trial of the North Wind.
"Don't… touch it!"
Steel wires cut bloody marks into Razor's body, but he ignored them all, struggling desperately to stop Bai Luo.
But Bai Luo had already reached out and touched the greatsword.
[Trial Activated — Wolf's Gravestone]
[In Mondstadt, very few knights are granted the names of Wolf or Lion.]
[Defeat them and prove your strength.]
[Trial Requirement: Defeat the Knight of Boreas — Ravenwood]
[Trial Reward: Lost Narrative Poem]
"???"
He wasn't surprised that the opponent wasn't the Great Wolf King of the North.
After all, the last time he thought he would be fighting that sword demon, what actually appeared were three Intertwined Fates related to it.
What puzzled him was the reward.
Lost Narrative Poem?
What kind of thing was that?
Wouldn't it be better to give him a skill card or a new class?
Thinking back to the way the system had sounded glitched at the beginning, Bai Luo came up with a guess.
Could it be that fixing the bug had already drained most of the system's energy?
So now it could only fool him with something like this?
[Do you wish to begin the trial?]
Perhaps noticing that Bai Luo hadn't responded, the system prompted him again.
"…Start it."
After a moment of thought, Bai Luo finally chose to accept.
A Lost Narrative Poem—perhaps that drunken bard in Mondstadt would be interested in it. If he used it as bargaining material…
he might be able to pry some useful information out of that guy.
Bzzz—
A beam of light shot skyward from Wolf's Gravestone, completely enveloping Bai Luo.
And thus, Bai Luo's trial began.
"Haah…"
The heavy breathing of a wolf spirit echoed.
The carvings on the walls—previously nothing more than reliefs carved into stone—began to move strangely under a mysterious power.
As the wolf spirit's body condensed, the lingering soul of the North Wind appeared before the statue.
"Prepare to accept the trial… hm?"
After stabilizing himself, Andrius's remnant soul noticed that there was no one inside the arena.
Instead, the scent of blood in the air caught his attention.
"Razor?"
Seeing Razor bound by steel wires, a very human-like expression appeared on the wolf's face.
…
[Dungeon activated. Your first opponent is: "Wolf Pup" Rostam. There is no time limit for this battle.]
Wolf Pup Rostam?
When Bai Luo heard that name, his expression became slightly strange.
According to the traditions of the Knights of Mondstadt, any knight granted the title of Lion or Wolf would become the Grand Master who protects Mondstadt.
Of course, that wasn't the reason Bai Luo found it unusual.
Because according to the system's hints, he might have to fight many knights bearing the titles of Lion or Wolf.
He might even get to see the original Lionfang Knight, Vennessa.
Compared with the other knights, however, Rostam's identity held special meaning for one of Bai Luo's colleagues.
But the story between them was brief.
The knight bled out his life, and the maiden exhausted her tears and her songs.
After her tears and songs ran dry, the maiden chose to burn the fire of her life, cleansing the distortions of the world.
Yes, Rostam was the lover whom La Signora would never see again.
The howling wind gradually faded.
On the vast plaza, a knight appeared.
He held a Favonius sword and wore an old-style knight's armor.
The Knights of Favonius usually gave off an impression of uprightness and honor.
But the Wolf Pup Rostam standing there gave Bai Luo a strangely familiar feeling.
The knight opened his eyes and looked at Bai Luo.
"Hmm?"
Just like Bai Luo, he sensed an extremely familiar aura from the other.
They… were both people who handled dirty work.
What counted as dirty work?
Anything that couldn't be done openly—things that required someone to secretly bear the burden—could be called dirty work.
Assassinations, interrogations, infiltration, intelligence gathering…
Bai Luo truly hadn't expected that among the knights—who were famous across Teyvat for their righteousness—there would also be someone like him.
However, unlike Bai Luo, who accepted this "honor" without hesitation, this Wolf Pup born among knights clearly carried a sense of guilt that he shouldn't have had to bear.
But… if he hadn't carried that guilt, perhaps back then, the maiden's beautiful singing wouldn't have been able to cleanse his soul.
"I am Rostam, 'Wolf Pup' of the Knights of Favonius. Please, enlighten me."
"I am the Twelfth Harbinger of the Fatui — 'Ausbilder' Anatoly. Please, enlighten me."
Instead of using the name Bai Luo, he used the more formal Anatoly, showing his respect for Rostam.
After exchanging names, the two moved almost simultaneously, as if by mutual understanding.
The mechanisms inside Bai Luo's daggers began to operate, and thin steel wires—nearly impossible to notice—unfurled with his movements.
Under his control, the sharpness of those wires rivaled that of blades.
But the title Wolf Pup Rostam was not undeserved. With wolf-like sharp eyes, he instantly locked onto the positions of every wire.
After avoiding them, he closed the distance with Bai Luo.
Steel wires danced wildly as the shining knight and the ink-black assassin became entangled in combat.
Compared with Bai Luo's aggressive offense, Rostam's swordsmanship focused more on defense.
Though there were attacking moves, they were mostly simple cuts, slashes, and thrusts.
As the creator of the Favonius Swordsmanship, the standard sword style of the Knights of Favonius, Rostam originally developed this technique for the sake of protection.
Not only to protect his close friends, but also to protect the one he loved—and this land itself.
And as the creator of that sword style, there was no one in the world more skilled at wielding it than he was.
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