Menma and Hashirama, what happened in Teyvat

(Benlang Territory, Trial Zone)

"Yes, here it is."

After passing through patches of woods, crossing wolf packs, and quietly plucking clusters of hook fruits and small lamp grass, Mian Ma, who had been led by Lei Ze, finally arrived at the center of the Wolf Territory, which is also the location of the King Wolf.

Menma showed a satisfied look when he found that the view in front of him had finally become clearer than the countless branches and leaves, and that he was actually seeing the circular trial field in front of him, which was much larger but still familiar to him. At the same time, he was complaining in his heart that this road was too long and rugged.

"Thank you, Raize," Menma said, "If you hadn't led me all the way here, I don't know how long it would take me to find it."

Although Menma could determine the location of the King Wolf Trial Site by flying high into the sky and overlooking the entire Wolf Territory and then landing directly there, this method would not allow him to confirm the scene and road conditions in the woods, and secondly, it would be quite offensive to the Wolf Territory and he would easily be considered an impolite person who had entered the place without permission.

"No thanks." Lei Ze still spoke slowly and unskillfully, "Wang Lang is inside. I'll take you down together."

With that, Raize jumped down from the high wall. Menma looked down and saw that although this height was not low for ordinary people, at least it was at the level where they could get injured by falling, it was not dangerous for well-trained or strong people, not to mention himself as a ninja.

So, Menma jumped down without hesitation and landed on the ground in a much more stable posture than Raize.

After meeting Menma, Lei Ze also walked to the middle of the field. There, the shadow of a weapon was emitting a faint blue light, attracting Menma's attention.

That weapon is a five-star orange weapon in the game, and one of the only legendary weapons in the world. It is a two-handed sword that has witnessed the deep friendship between the Knight of the North Wind and the wolf, and eventually became the tombstone of the wolf's eternal resting place - "Wolf's End".

Regarding this, Menma actually has a guess:

Although all demon gods have their own bodies, most of them exist in a form similar to "humans", so they are similar to "humans" in many ways. Moreover, their bodies often represent things or media that can last forever in the world, such as the seven elements, dust, salt, and dreams...

But the demon Andrius is different.

His body is a wolf, and his image is also a wolf, so pure from the inside out. Perhaps it is for this reason that Andrius' life span is much shorter than other demons, just like the life span of ordinary wolves is much shorter than that of ordinary humans.

Therefore, Andrius, who was a wolf in body, image and people, died for this reason not long after he withdrew from the Demon War in Mondstadt. He left all his strength in the Wolf Territory, hoping to use it to continue to protect his people.

Many years later, the Knight of the North Wind who wandered here from afar met the wolf that had written a profound mark in his life. Then, they began to write their own story.

Unfortunately, due to the same reason, the wolf eventually died in the arms of the Knight of the North Wind. The Knight of the North Wind used his greatsword, which witnessed the friendship between him and the wolf, as a tomb and buried the wolf in the Wolf Territory - the place where the wolf, who had been separated from him temporarily, had been active since he entered the city and integrated into human life.

Just as the story of "The Wolf's End" is narrated, in the end the Knight of the North Wind, carrying the wolf's desire for freedom, resumed his wandering; and the wolf's immortal soul, carrying the Knight of the North Wind's belief in protection, continued to guard the place that the knight once guarded.

And at this moment, because of the matching of race, location and even wishes, the power and memory left by Andrius recognized this wolf, and all of them flowed into its soul as a gift from Andrius.

Therefore, this wolf inherited everything from Andrius as a wolf spirit and became Boreas, the new king wolf of the Wolf Territory that has existed till now.

……

Following Raize's instructions, Menma walked towards the phantom of "Wolf's End" and reached out to touch its blade.

Suddenly, the shadow of the sword disappeared. Then, a pair of ice-blue holes on the opposite wall that looked like eyes began to emit a strong cold light. At the same time, a large amount of cold fog began to appear and spread rapidly, until it completely covered everything on the opposite wall except for the pair of "eyes" until nothing could be seen clearly.

"…Are you a warrior who came here to seek trials?"

At this time, an ethereal yet majestic voice came out from the cold fog. Then, a huge figure as tall as three people walked out from the gradually fading cold fog, staring straight at Lei Ze and Menma with his ice-blue eyes.

It was Boreas.

"Yes." Lei Ze nodded, and then tried to introduce Menma to Wang Lang, "This is...Uzumaki...Uzumaki..."

It was obvious that Lei Ze had some difficulty remembering Menma's name.

"Uzumaki Menma, this is my name." After taking a step forward, Menma said to Boreas, "I came here today to see the King Wolf and accept the corresponding test."

"Really? It seems that you are a courageous human. Apart from the uninvited guest last time, no one has come here to seek trials for a long time." Boreas said, which was considered to be a little recognition of Menma. "But why do you wear a mask? Are you afraid to show your true face?"

"That's not the case." Menma responded, reaching out to take off the mask. "The mask is just a very ordinary decoration for me, not a disguise to hide my identity and face. After all, I'm not the kind of person who can only hide behind a mask and pretend to be deaf and dumb."

"That's good. If he is the kind of guy who doesn't dare to show his true face, then he is destined not to be the kind of strong man who will be truly recognized."

After Wang Lang finished speaking, he turned his head to Lei Ze and said, "I accept the challenge of this trialist. Now you can go and do other things."

"Yes." Lei Ze knelt on one knee and answered Wang Lang.

Looking at Lei Ze, who was a human but stubbornly believed that he was a wolf and grew up with the wolf pack, a different emotion flashed in the eyes of the wolf king. Although Lei Ze was Lupica, recognized by all the wolves including him, not to mention Falga who taught him how to use swordsmanship and Lisa who taught him how to channel elemental power, even he himself felt that it would be better if Lei Ze could communicate and live with humans more.

Suddenly remembering that there were still people seeking trials, the Wolf King quickly suppressed his emotions. After watching Lei Ze leave alone, he officially focused all his attention on Menma:

"I can sense what happened in the Wolf Territory to some extent. The group of filthy creatures that suddenly rioted today were dealt with by you and Lei Ze."

"That's right." Menma nodded generously, "These guys are a scourge not only to the Wolf Territory, but also to the entire world. It would be best to get rid of them as soon as possible."

"I can sense that you have an extremely strange and powerful power, so I believe that the next battle will definitely not be boring." Wang Lang said, bursting out his own momentum, "If you can defeat this incarnation of mine, I will give you a reward. But if you lose, I can't guarantee the result."

"I see."

After putting the mask back on, Menma also burst out with his own momentum to counter Wang Lang's momentum, while his eyes stared at Wang Lang's face with a firm look.

Seeing that Menma was not panicking at all, and could even suppress the momentum he exuded, Wang Lang also knew that he had enough confidence, so he said:

"So, you who seek trials, are you ready to face my trials?"

In response, Menma simply prepared to fight:

"bring it on."