The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 35 Red Hand Society

"YA!"

The ordinary hillbillies roared, trying to intimidate the merchants who were holding their weapons, but unfortunately the effect was minimal.

Led by the leader of the caravan, a group of merchants rushed forward and took advantage of the opportunity when the ordinary hillman bent down to pick up stones. Wooden sticks, hatchets, and half-burned and charred torches rained down on this ordinary hillman.

The ordinary hillbilly only uttered a cry of pain, and then fell silent, turning into a puff of smoke and returning to the earth vein. Where it disappeared, a [Broken Mask] lay quietly, as if telling the tragic experience of its owner.

"How many more!? How many more?!"

"No more! No more! This is the last one!"

"There are two more wooden shield Hilichurls over there! And there are thugs with axes!"

The caravan leader turned his head and looked at another battlefield. Adventurers with sharp knives and long swords were fighting against the hillil thugs, and two hillil men with wooden shields were fighting against adventurers holding flails.

Both sides are in a stalemate, and it depends on which one, the Hilliard Thug or the Flail Adventurer, will defeat the opponent first.

"Go together!"

The leader of the caravan made a decision: "Stop the two wooden shield hillbillies and let the brothers of the ore adventure group deal with the thugs!"

"Okay! Kill them!"

"Go together!"

The merchants all responded in unison, holding their weapons, their eyes gleaming with ferocity, the courage in their bones being awakened, and they looked even more aggressive than the Fire Axe Hillock thug.

Just as they were about to help, a figure jumped out from the darkness on the side.

The leader of the caravan was startled at first, but then he saw the man's face clearly and his surprise turned into joy: "Brother Chen!"

"It's all solved, I'll go help!"

Chen Tianfeng explained, without stopping, and ran towards the hillock thugs with a long knife in hand.

"Oh!"

"Roar!"

The Hillock Thug roared, and swept the hot and heavy axe across, forcing the two adventurers to retreat. Just as it was about to pursue the victory, it saw a "thin" figure rushing in front of it, and it immediately became furious, raised its huge axe, and chopped it down fiercely!
Chen Tianfeng held the knife with both hands, and a blazing flame appeared on the blade. He slightly turned sideways to avoid the axe blade, aimed at the handle of the giant axe, and chopped it hard!

At the moment when the flaming sword touched the axe handle, a gray-white flame flashed on the blade, hidden in the red flames and did not attract anyone's attention.

"Oh!"

The Hilliard thug's axe bounced back, his sturdy body swayed, his steps became unstable, and a crack appeared on the axe handle that was hit.

Chen Tianfeng seized the opportunity, flipped the long sword, changed direction, drew a flaming arc in the air, and slashed fiercely at the waist and abdomen of the hillock thug!

The Hilliard thug let out a wail, but before he could react, Chen Tianfeng got behind him, kicked him down, and made him kneel on the ground. The flaming long sword pierced through his chest from behind.

The Hilliard thug exploded with his axe, turned into black smoke, and returned to the earth.

Chen Tianfeng put away his knife, picked up the [Black Crystal Horn] that had fallen on the ground, and threw it to the sharp knife adventurer with a smile: "I was itching to steal your achievements, please forgive me."

"... No way! We should be the ones thanking Brother Chen!"

The sharp knife adventurer was stunned for a moment, then quickly clasped his fists in thanks.

The longsword adventurer also clasped his fists to Chen Tianfeng, then ran to another battlefield with his sword in hand. Soon, he and the flail adventurer dealt with two wooden shield hillbillies together.

After cleaning up the battlefield, everyone returned to the cabin. The two bonfires became one, and the atmosphere was harmonious and warm.

"Brother Chen is really skilled!"

The leader of the caravan smiled warmly, "I'm Curry, a member of the caravan from Mond Dawn Winery. This is the deputy leader of the Mineral Mercenary Group, Tolansi." "Uncle Curry, Uncle Tolansi." Chen Tianfeng bowed.

"Oh, I don't deserve it." Tolansi said this, but the smile on his face became two points thicker: "Brother Chen is so young but has such strength. He will definitely achieve great things in the future!"

Curry nodded in agreement.

Chen Tianfeng responded with a smile, and they started another round of business flattery.

"I didn't expect Uncle Curry to be a big businessman at Dawn Winery. From the way you spoke, I thought Uncle Curry was also from Liyue."

"It's just a small caravan among many caravans, not a big merchant." Curry waved his hand and smiled, "As for talking, I have been traveling between Liyue and Mondstadt for most of my life, so I am already half a Liyue person."

"Me too." Torrance applied medicine to the scratch on his arm. "Our Ore Adventure Group has been taking on escort commissions on the trade route between Mondstadt and Liyue, and we've learned a lot about the way the Liyue people speak."

"I see."

Chen Tianfeng nodded, then looked at Tolansi and praised: "The fierce fighting, shocking all directions, is called the Lion King. The Crazy Lion Adventure Group, what a mighty and domineering name!"

"Uh···"

Tolansi looked embarrassed, Curry burst into laughter, the other merchants also smiled with their heads down, and the remaining two adventurers looked helpless, obviously they were already used to it.

"It's not a mad lion, it's an ore, the ore of marcasite, the stone of stone."

Curry met Chen Tianfeng's puzzled look and explained with a smile: "When their leader was registering the group name, he thought of several names but found that they had all been taken. In a fit of anger, he chose a homophonic name. Unexpectedly, it was approved."

"Ah? Hahaha, there is such a thing?" Chen Tianfeng laughed.

"Yes, quite a few."

Torrance shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "It is said that someone once thought of more than a dozen names for the group, but they were all taken by others. In anger, he cursed, 'All the good names were taken by dogs.' Unexpectedly, Miss Catherine of the Adventurer's Association actually approved this name, saying that no one had taken it yet, and asked him if he wanted to use it."

"What happened next?" Chen Tianfeng became interested.

"He refused it later." Torrance smacked his lips, seeming a little regretful: "Firstly, the name is too...strange; secondly, many other members of the adventure group were eyeing him at the time."

If that person dared to call out this name, not only would the members of his adventure group quit, but the other members of the adventure group would also find an opportunity to beat them up - especially those with good names.

"It's still not strong enough."

Chen Tianfeng sighed and revealed the truth in one sentence.

Curry and Torrance nodded in agreement. If that person was stronger and more shameless, he might have chosen the group name "All the good names have been taken by dogs".

After some small talk, Curry thought the time was right, looked at Chen Tianfeng, and invited him, "Brother Chen, since you are going to Mondstadt too, how about we go together?"

"Uncle Curry doesn't plan to stay in Wangshu Inn for a few days?" Chen Tianfeng raised his eyebrows.

"Alas, Brother Chen, you don't know that every day I delay transporting these goods will result in a loss of a lot of Mora. I really can't afford that." Curry gritted his teeth and wanted to take a sum of Mora as a reward for Chen Tianfeng, but he was struggling with how much money to pay. He wanted to be generous but also wanted to be calculative.

"Is that so..." Chen Tianfeng thought for a moment and nodded, "I plan to stay at Wangshu Inn for a day. If Uncle Curry doesn't mind, we can go together. Of course, if we meet better companions at the inn, Uncle Curry doesn't have to worry about me and can just go with them."

"Thank you! Thank you, Brother Chen!"

Curry was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. He continued to think in his mind how much Mora should be given to Chen Tianfeng when they arrived at the destination.

"By the way, Uncle Curry, do you have a name for the gang of bandits near Shimen?"

"Yes, yes. It seems to be called something like... The Red Hand Society?"

"Will Red Hand..."

Chen Tianfeng lowered his eyes slightly. According to the information given by Ye Lan, the group of bandits who helped Cornell Reed escape were called the Red Hand Society.

(End of this chapter)