Mondstadt City, the blacksmith's shop.
Bennett told them what had happened to him recently.
"You mean strange, vicious-looking wolves that could fly appeared in Wolvendom, and you nearly got hurt?"
Li Qiuzhi spoke with a slightly surprised expression.
Vicious-looking and able to fly-if he was not mistaken, they were probably those monsters from another world, Rifthound Whelps or Rifthounds.
When the game had first updated, Noelle, whom he had always brought along no matter how he built his team, had lost half her usefulness against them.
As long as these monsters landed a hit, they would inflict a prolonged "bleeding" effect, even through a shield.
That was manageable in the game, but if one slashed you with its claws in reality, you might soon bleed to death. In other words, they were far more dangerous than he had imagined.
Fortunately, Bennett's Elemental Burst had a healing effect. Otherwise, he really might have met his end in Wolvendom.
Then again, unlucky as Bennett was,
no matter what circumstances he encountered, he could probably emerge safely in the end. Perhaps that was why his Constellation was called "Rota Calamitas."
The adventure was perilous, but the ending was still a happy one.
"Yeah... I've really never seen monsters like that before. Something about them feels strange, and I don't know why they suddenly appeared in Wolvendom."
Bennett rubbed his pale blond hair as he spoke.
"That sounds interesting... Why don't we investigate? As the saying goes... the greater the danger, the greater the adventure. After all, the unknown often means treasure!"
Listening beside them, Paimon grasped the crown floating above her head and straightened it, speaking with a smile.
"..."
Lumine rested both hands on her slender waist, her fair fingers pressing slight indentations into her backless dress at her lower abdomen.
She