Chapter 55 Sister Baoer

"Did you awaken your Vision just now?"

The pursuer's playful smile faded as he looked at Rosaria, who was now holding an ice spear.

"Let her go!"

Rosaria brandished the spear she had conjured with the power of the Cryo element, but she didn't rush forward recklessly. Instead, she observed her opponent, searching for a weakness to strike a fatal blow.

Seeing that Rosaria didn't charge blindly, the pursuer wasn't in a hurry. After all, the longer he dragged things out, the better it was for him. He occasionally sent out water blades to keep Rosaria on edge, preventing her from relaxing even for a moment.

Rosaria wasn't one to back down. She summoned ice spikes and shot them toward her opponent.

Time ticked by. Just when Kujo Tsumugi was wondering when the real battle would start, Rosaria finally lost her patience. She charged at the pursuer with the ice spear in hand. The spear cut through the air in a graceful arc, aiming directly at the pursuer. However, he simply held his halberd to the side, easily blocking the attack.

When her first strike failed, Rosaria changed tactics, attacking from above, but the pursuer blocked this move as well.

Thus, the battle between Rosaria and the pursuer began in earnest. Yet, the pursuer did not reveal his true abilities. From the start, he had treated the fight like a cat playing with a mouse, so the skirmish seemed intense but lacked any real danger.

The pursuer hoped Rosaria would exhaust her strength quickly so that he could capture her alive. After all, a child who had just awakened a Vision was far more valuable.

Despite the seemingly chaotic nature of Rosaria's attacks, each strike was aimed at the pursuer's vital points, revealing her experience with a spear.

As the fight continued, Kujo Tsumugi, who had been lying on the ground pretending to be unconscious, secretly observed the battle, waiting for the right moment to launch a sneak attack.

However, after watching for a long time, he couldn't find a good opportunity. The pursuer was too cautious. Even though his opponent was Rosaria, a novice who had just awakened her Vision, he was extremely vigilant, focusing primarily on defense and rarely launching attacks of his own.

Rosaria's stamina began to wane as the battle dragged on, and soon she was panting heavily.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Just after the pursuer knocked the ice spear out of Rosaria's hand, three small stones suddenly flew out from the dense jungle nearby. Two of the stones struck the pursuer's hands, forcing him to drop his halberd. The third stone was deflected, but it had done its job.

Now!

Without hesitating, Kujo Tsumugi sprang from the ground and thrust his one-handed sword at the pursuer's heart. The pursuer dodged the attack by jumping sideways.

Kujo Tsumugi hadn't expected to defeat his opponent with a single blow. His aim was merely to distract the pursuer.

Sure enough, Rosaria didn't waste the opportunity. She conjured an ice dagger in her hand and drove it into the pursuer.

With a spray of blood, the ice-blue dagger pierced the pursuer's body from behind.

The pursuer looked in disbelief at the blood-stained dagger protruding from his chest. Before he could react, Kujo Tsumugi slashed diagonally with his sword, cutting across the pursuer's throat and ending his life.

As the pursuer's body slowly fell to the ground, Kujo Tsumugi, still unsatisfied, kicked the corpse several times in the face before letting it go. Rosaria, standing nearby, twitched her eye, wondering if she had saved the wrong person.

"Ahem, thank you for helping out just now. If it weren't for you, I might have really had my tongue cut off by that guy."

After venting his frustration, Kujo Tsumugi approached Rosaria to thank her. However, before she could respond, a figure emerged from the jungle where the stones had been thrown. It was the black-haired girl who had parted ways with Kujo Tsumugi not long ago.

"It's you?" Kujo Tsumugi said in slight surprise. "Weren't you supposed to have left already?"

"Don't bring that up," the black-haired girl replied with a lot of resentment. "I don't know why, but the guards kept chasing me. I had to run all over the jungle. I finally found a secluded spot, but then I saw you two being harassed. Aren't you going to thank your savior?"

"Um... thank you."

If the black-haired girl hadn't intervened at that critical moment, they would have been in serious trouble.

"Wait a minute, you said you were being chased and had to hide. Could it be that this guy was after you?" Kujo Tsumugi pointed at the corpse on the ground.

"Hahaha..." The black-haired girl laughed awkwardly, then quickly changed the subject. "By the way, I don't even know your names yet."

"Let me introduce myself. My name is... um, Bao'er. You can just call me that. I'm from Liyue."

Bao'er?!

Hearing the name, Kujo Tsumugi was stunned, then unexpectedly overjoyed.

Isn't this Sister Bao'er, the leader of the Treasure Hoarders in Liyue?

I never thought I'd meet such a heavyweight here.

Although the Treasure Hoarders are loosely organized, with no strict hierarchy, Sister Bao'er is highly respected among them in Liyue. Even those who have never met her still give her face. If Sister Bao'er weren't so devoted to treasure hunting and uninterested in forming gangs, she could have easily established a massive bandit camp with thousands of members.

Who would have thought this small human trafficking outpost could host two significant characters from the game? This isn't just a trafficking outpost; it's a den of hardcore players!

"My name is Tsumugi. Although it's an Inazuman name, I'm from Mondstadt," Tsumugi Kujo introduced herself, and both she and Bao'er turned to Rosaria.

"My name is Rosaria... I've been with the Treasure Hoarders in Sumeru for as long as I can remember." Rosaria scratched her uniquely beautiful purple-red short hair. "But I'm probably not originally from Sumeru."

Indeed, the people of Sumeru don't have hair that color.

Kujo Tsumugi guessed that Rosaria might be from Natlan. She could have been abandoned by her parents as a baby or abducted to Sumeru by the Treasure Hoarders.

"Hehe, then let's stick together as a group of three from now on. After all, there's strength in numbers," Bao'er suggested with a smile.