Mondstadt, Longji Snow Mountain.

Sora had already joined the Knights of the West Wind's investigation team on the snowy mountain, and during the next day's trip, he successfully found the previously missing Yura on the mountainside.

At that time, Yora was resting in a small cave. There were still traces of injuries on her body, but after being properly treated, she is no longer in serious trouble.

And what this Wave Rider said surprised everyone even more.

During a routine inspection the day before, she met Abedo by the lake, who had lost contact with the Knights for a long time. At that time, Abedo was sitting by the lake, seemingly tinkering with something.

Yora walked up without doubting his presence. She also happened to want to ask the chief alchemist why he had lost contact.

However, to her surprise, Albedo took action decisively the moment he saw Yura. Sharp ice blades surged from all around and stabbed her without hesitation.

Fortunately, Yula, who had been engaged in guerrilla warfare all year round, quickly reacted. Although her body was still scratched by the irregular ice blades, she managed to escape with her nimble skills.

There is a dark blue formation on the ground, and those ice blades are gathered from the formation. It is very simple, this Albedo is not here by chance, but has been prepared early, waiting for the arrival of prey.

After escaping from the scene, Youla did not choose to return to her base at the foot of the mountain immediately. Instead, she chose to continue deep into the snow-capped mountains and found a very secluded cave entrance, where she took a short rest.

The next day, Kong and Paimon went into the mountain to investigate and found the entrance to the cave.

"Albedo...is he the unsmiling alchemist?"

After listening to Yula's story, Paimon touched her little head and asked with some confusion.

"Yes, that's him."

Yora nodded. There was only one person named Albedo in the entire Mondstadt, and he was very easy to identify.

"That's strange. Isn't he an alchemist? How could he use an ice blade to attack you..." Seeing Yula nodding, Paimon was even more puzzled, "Isn't he one of the monsters made of some kind of machine?"

Something inside is coming to attack you."

"Alchemists are not such a simple profession. They use ice elements to a certain extent... This is not difficult for an alchemist with a profound background. What makes me surprised is another point."

Hearing this, Youla just shook her head slightly, and then said seriously: "When he attacked me... he didn't seem to know who I was."

"I don't know who you are?" Kong, who had been silent until now, frowned.

"That's right."

Yora picked up a small ice-made dagger next to her, placed it in her hand, showed it to Sora and Paimon, and then said: "Although I am not very familiar with him, I still have some communication...

...And when he was attacking me, I didn't see any familiar color in his eyes, as if he had changed into a different person."

Hearing this, Paimon seemed to suddenly remember something, and quickly said: "He has changed into a different person... Could it be that he has lost his memory? I heard that many people will lose their memory if they do not receive appropriate guidance.

He has become a completely different person than before!"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."

Yora did not deny Paimon's words, but her eyes remained on the ice-made dagger. That thing was the object that hurt her, and she had been bringing it here.

What's interesting is that most of the ice blade attacks launched through that formation were temporarily shaped by some means, but the ice-cast dagger that injured her was a finely polished thing.

In other words, this dagger is not a gathering of some kind of power, it is a weapon specially crafted by a blacksmith.

But why would such a weapon appear in Albedo's formation...

"Then what are you going to do next?"

After the scene was silent for a while, Kong was the first to speak.

They had found the missing Wave Knight, and the knight was injured. Logically speaking, they should return to the camp immediately. But for some reason, Kong had a hunch in his heart that if they chose to continue going forward at this time, they would

Can get some valuable information.

"Is there any need to talk about it? Keep walking, find Albedo and ask him clearly."

After hearing Sora's words, Yula stood up and spoke without hesitation.

"But your injury..." Paimon said worriedly.

"It's not a problem. It's just a minor injury, and I've already taken care of it. There's no problem."

After saying that, Yora took out her exquisite and gorgeous sword and slashed at the ice-made dagger. However, with this blow, the stone holding the dagger shattered, and the stone made of ice shattered.

The dagger showed no trace of damage.

"..."

Seeing this situation, Youla shook her head slowly, and then put away the sword.

Not only is it sharp, but it is also very hard... This is beyond what ordinary ice cubes can achieve.

"Wow...this is too hard..."

Sora and Paimon were also surprised. They clearly felt the intensity of Yura's blow. It was obviously powerful enough to smash even boulders, but in the end, it couldn't even leave a mark on the dagger.

.

"So, I think the truth must be found as soon as possible...or there are valuable clues."

Yora gently picked up the dagger. It was still covered with crystal clear ice, leaving no trace.

"no problem."

Seeing the knight saying this, Sora and Paimon, who had originally wanted to continue exploring deeper, nodded.

"But talking about this, I remembered something."

Just as they were about to set off, Paimon suddenly stopped and attracted the attention of Yura and Sora.

"I remember Kaiya said, was there a huge avalanche in Longji Snow Mountain a while ago?"

"To be specific, twice."

Seeing Paimon mentioning this matter, Yora seemed to have remembered something, frowned slightly and said: "You should have been in Mondstadt when the first outbreak occurred. At that time, according to the investigation results, the culprit of the avalanche was Foolish Crowd.

, and both Abedo and Ningzhe were in the snowy mountains at that time."

"The second time was this time a while ago. The scale was larger than the one caused by the Fools before, and the impact was much greater. So do you want to say that this time someone also caused the avalanche behind the scenes?"

There have been speculations about this within the Knights for a long time, but they have never been able to find a single person or force with the motive to trigger the avalanche.

Generally speaking, to trigger such a large avalanche, you must first find a critical point where the snow layer accumulates, and then destroy it. This means that the environment of the snow mountain will change greatly, even if an avalanche is triggered.

If a person wants to get something, he has to re-explore the entire snow mountain.

No matter from any angle, it is thankless.

unless...

"Unless he's hiding something, right?"

A man with fiery red hair suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave. His iconic clothes and face made Yula and others recognize him instantly.
Chapter completed!