Mondstadt, Longcrest Snow Mountain.

After Kaia entered the lounge, the knight who had been following him coughed twice. The adventurers who were originally staying in the lounge suddenly understood and stood up one by one, making excuses to leave the place.

Naturally, this included the adventurer who had been talking to Sora and Paimon, but before he left, he reluctantly glanced at the novel in Sora's hand.

"Your novel..."

It was this glance that made Kong come back to his senses. He was still flipping through the novel in his hand.

He and Paimon were reading this novel just now, but after just reading a few lines, Kaia came in from outside.

"This novel...oh, the new book written by Ningzhe, I've also finished it."

Naturally, those little tricks did not hide from Kaiya's eyes. After seeing the novel called "Visitors from Another World", Kaiya smiled and said: "It is still of the same high standard as before. The secret places and adventure stories written in it are just like him."

I have experienced it myself, it is very real.”

The moment Kaia spoke, the adventurer had already left the lounge and went outside. At this time, even if he tried to return the book, he had no chance.

Forget it, just go and return the book after chatting with Kaia later. Anyway, since the novel has been published, it proves that it can be purchased at Mond Press...

Thoughts flashed through his mind and Kong made a decision. Then he looked at Kaia and talked about what Kaia had just mentioned: "Yes, but I saw the word [Snow Mountain]. Could it be that the story here is related to the snow mountain?"

?"

"There is indeed a snow mountain here, and the protagonist is also adventuring in it... But this snow mountain is different from the snow mountain we are in now, at least many of the details inside are different."

Seeing Kong mentioning it, Kaiya nodded, but then he shook his head, as if he had guessed Kong's thoughts, and his expression became a little helpless: "I originally thought about whether this was the snow mountain environment that Ningzhe wrote in the book.

, but unfortunately, following our previous preliminary investigation, all the details above are completely inconsistent."

"Is this so..."

After hearing Kaia's answer, Sora subconsciously glanced at the novel in his hand. For some reason, he always felt that this novel represented more than just a story.

"Kaia, it's getting late now, why are there so few people in this camp?"

Paimon asked the question that she had been wanting to ask from the beginning. When she first came to this place, she even thought that she had read the wrong map and came to the wrong place.

"Well, that's a good question..." Seeing that Paimon finally asked about the topic related to the snow mountain adventure, Kaia nodded, and then said: "Originally, except for a few great adventurers, all the other adventurers have returned.

Camp...but it may be that the first day of exploration made them understand the difficulty of the snow-capped mountain environment, so they spontaneously went to the edge of the snow-capped mountains to conduct geological exploration."

"Geological exploration? Shouldn't this kind of thing be done by scholars and alchemists?"

"Yes, generally speaking, it should be done by professionals."

Mentioning this, Kaia sighed, with a slight sadness on his face: "But the alchemists couldn't spare the time at all, and our chief alchemist Abedo lost contact again... to carry out this snow mountain tour

One of the reasons for the investigation is to find him."

"Albedo has lost contact?!"

Hearing this familiar name, Sora and Paimon looked at each other, both seeing the shock in the other's eyes.

If there is anyone in the Knights of the West Wind who is relatively familiar with them besides Amber, the only candidate is the alchemist named Albedo. After communication and contact, they all have a basic understanding of what kind of person Albedo is.

.

Although when doing research, his serious attitude was a bit scary... but in daily interactions, it can still be seen that he is a relatively easy-to-talk person.

Would such a person lose contact with the Knights of the West Wind without saying a word?

This is obviously impossible.

So...either he encountered something that he had to concentrate on dealing with, or there was an accident that prevented him from contacting the Knights even if he wanted to.

"According to members of the fourth team, the last time they saw Abedo was near the snowy mountains, and they lost contact with him after that."

"From this point of view, it is only possible that he entered the snow-capped mountains and encountered something there that prevented him from being distracted from contacting the Knights..."

Having said this, Kaia sighed, and the only eye exposed showed helplessness.

"Snowy mountains... But doesn't Albedo live in snowy mountains all year round? Why did he encounter an accident in the snowy mountains, and he still encountered this kind of accident where he lost contact..."

Paimon still looked puzzled. If he remembered correctly, Albedo even had his own alchemy camp in the snowy mountains.

"We also want to know the reason, so... we invited you two to come here."

After a simple explanation, Kaiya's expression became serious: "You have a very good relationship with Ningzhe, and your strength has won everyone's recognition, so everyone in the knights trusts you...

.”

"...Understood."

Seeing Kaia's serious expression, Kong seemed to understand what the cavalry captain wanted to say, so he gently pulled Paimon, then looked at Kaia, and said equally seriously: "We will do our best.

Complete this commission."

"Okay, then it's all down to you two..."

After hearing Kong's assurance, Kaia finally showed a smile, and then he took out a seal with a silver lion pattern from his body and handed it directly to Kong.

Silver lion...?

Taking this thing and putting it in his hand, Sora's expression was full of confusion.

Seeing the shiny thing, Paimon flew over and observed the thing carefully.

It has a circular structure, with a mighty silver lion in the middle, and three vacant positions below, but their proportions are very small and difficult to detect.

"This...what is this?"

After looking at it for a while, Paimon didn't see anything. He just tilted his head and looked at Kaia.

"This is Captain Qin's license certificate. When you enter the snowy mountains, if you meet other adventurers or colleagues, show it to them and they will obey your command."

"I know the adventurer...but colleagues? Could it be that besides Albedo, there are others in the Knights who have gone in, and they haven't received orders yet?"

Paimon looked a little confused. Didn't it mean that everyone from the Knights was on standby in the camp?

"The colleagues who were transferred to the Snow Mountain are indeed in the camp, but I said before..."

Hearing Paimon mention this matter, even Kaia showed a somewhat serious expression.

"...The captain of the guerrilla team, Yura, entered the snow-capped mountains before, but now the agreed return time has passed, and we can't contact her."

"Can't contact her?!"

Hearing this, Sora and Paimon looked at Kaia in disbelief.

If this Yura has also lost contact... then in the snowy mountains at this moment, there are only two knights who have lost contact...
Chapter completed!