"Yes, may I ask who you are...?"
When Jack saw the people coming, he excitedly wanted to go up and say hello to a few people, but was stopped by the seemingly cautious Stanley.
"We're here to find you."
Pamon looked at the actions of the man in green next to Jack and curled his lips.
"Eileen asked us to bring you a message. She can't discuss the adventure plan with you today. She will have to wait for another day."
Wendy gracefully took back the bow and arrow in her hand and said softly.
"Uh... So that's it. I'm really sorry that I bothered you to come here to find me... and you saved me."
Jack scratched the back of his head and lowered his head.
"Hmph! Mind your own business! There's no need to save him at all. Is it that I, Stanley, can't handle such a simple situation?"
The man in green beside Jack felt ignored and immediately jumped up and coldly snorted at the three of them.
"Are you the legendary adventurer who is famous in Mondstadt and has reached the [Sea of Embers]!?"
Although the man with the beard in front of him had an unfriendly attitude, Paimon still exclaimed in envy.
"Yes, I am Stanley!"
The man nodded proudly.
"Haha, it's an honor to meet such a legendary figure."
Wendy looked back at Famas beside her and asked the two rescued people.
"So everyone, what are your plans now? Moving forward? Or looking back?"
"Of course, forward. According to my inference, this temple is a huge ring-shaped building. As long as we move forward, we will eventually return to where we entered."
Stanley, the great adventurer, asserted that everyone agreed to the plan. Famas still walked in the front, followed by Wendy, then Ying, Jack and Stanley.
"So, you are also here to listen to my adventure stories, right?"
Stanley took Jack and hid behind Ying.
"No, we're just here to find Jack."
Paimon looked at this arrogant adventurer with suspicion. Shouldn't powerful people be very humble?
and…
Looking at Famas who was killing people in front of him, Paimon felt that Famas, the stinky underdog, was more suitable for the title of great adventurer.
"What, little guy, I am Stanley, the most famous adventurer in Mondstadt..."
"We already know that, Mr. Stanley."
Wendy responded with a smile, but the emphasis was on Stanley's name.
"No...don't you have the wrong attitude? I am a living legend, a warrior who successfully reached the Sea of Ember Silence!"
"Okay, don't say your name over and over again."
Famas waved his hand, and the spear in his hand was like swatting away a fly, knocking back a shield-bearing Qiuqiu man, and then pierced his shield with one shot.
Stanley looked at the three people in shock. He had never been treated like this before.
As a great adventurer from Mondstadt, he has heard all kinds of praises in his ears. Even the acting leader of the Knights of the West Wind, Qin, will call Stanley "sir" when he sees him, and these three people...
"It's true, Mr. Stanley is super powerful!"
Jack, who was dressed in green, was obviously a huge admirer of Stanley. When he saw Stanley being ignored by the three people, he quickly defended himself.
"Hmph, let's continue telling the adventure story of my companions and I. Where did we just talk about, Jack?"
He glanced at the increasingly intense fire element in front of him and the spinning figure in the elemental fire storm...
Stanley, who had killed two Qiu Qiu people, shrank back and prepared to continue telling Jack his adventure story.
"The legendary Sea of Silence has no wind at all, it's extremely scary..."
Jack immediately spoke after crushing several slimes.
"Yes, there is this ear-splitting silence there, and the land as far as the eye can see is made of ashes."
"My companion was almost swallowed by the whirlpool caused by the monster, but luckily I held him tightly..."
Stanley said solemnly, as if he had returned to the time of his original adventure.
"Wow, is he okay?"
Jack asked nervously, looking at Stanley's expression.
"It's a pity...In the end, only I returned to my hometown..."
"how so…"
Stanley's eyes became lonely, which made Jack feel the same, his eyes were red and he almost shed tears.
"Jack, you are going to be a great adventurer, how can you shed tears so easily!"
Looking at the sad Jack, Stanley reprimanded with dignity: "Our greatest achievement is to die on the way to the last adventure..."
"But, it was a windless area..."
Jack stared at Stanley in fear.
"Yes, you must not die in a windless place, let the wind bring your soul back to Mondstadt..."
Stanley said deeply.
"Um!"
Jack nodded firmly, "Although now I can only take on some novice tasks such as cleaning up sewer slimes, but... one day, I will become as great an adventurer as you!"
While the two were talking, Famas had already cleared away all the monsters in the Nanfeng Temple.
At first, Wendy and Ying would set off strong winds behind Famas, triggering a diffusion reaction and helping to clean up the monsters. Later, the two of them followed Stanley around and eavesdropped on the two men telling stories.
"Speaking of which, why do they keep emphasizing that you can't die in a place without wind?"
"Is it because of this reason that Stanley described the windless Ember Sea as the most terrifying desperate situation?"
Paimon flew to Wendy's side and asked doubtfully.
"Because Mondstadt people are attached to the wind, and only the wind can send the souls of Mondstadt people back to their homeland."
Wendy explained softly.
After a round of rotation, several people stood at the door of the Lion of the South Wind temple again.
"Ying, I made a small discovery. Can you please turn on the detector?"
Wendy looked at Jack and Stanley who were still chatting, and mysteriously handed Ying the imaginary friend's detection lens.
"Huh? Stanley actually has an [imaginary friend] too?"
Curious Paimon lay on Ying's shoulder, and through the gap in the lens, he saw a figure standing next to Stanley doing the same action as him.
"It seems that his imaginary friend is a battle-hardened warrior... His body is covered in scars and his expression is very determined, just like the self described by Stanley!"
“Is his imaginary friend an idealized version of himself?
Paimon guessed that Famas was standing next to Wendy and he already roughly understood what was going on.
"Interesting, but not entirely."
"A person who is unwilling to forget [the past] and abandon [the present]...if he is forced to take the first step toward the future, in what direction will he take it?"
Wendy said a few words in a riddle, stared at Jack who was bidding farewell to Stanley, and suddenly turned to Famas.
"Do you know what's going on?"
"I probably understand."
Seeing Wendy's current appearance, Famas turned into a flame and flew straight into the distance.
"You and Ying can play with them for the rest of the trip. I'm going to repair the statue of Xingluo Lake!"
After hastily saying the next sentence, Famas had already fled away.
"Hey, don't blow up my statue!"
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PS: Thanks to the cute little black pupil for the 5,500-point reward, Tianmiao Cangqiong for the 104-point reward, and the sugar bowl sprinkled with stars for the 100-point reward!
As well as forgetting the past and two monthly passes in boiling water! A monthly pass for Above the Moon, Yoyiziko, and Soul Flame Make!
