Genshin Impact: Rise of the Desert

Drums draped with animal hides are war drums, used to boost morale. Drums draped with sheepskins are used in festival music, to cultivate sentiment. And songs about the Red King are sung using the hides of various demons.

The Sacred Beast is the most powerful and common mindless monster in the desert, usually requiring a small team composed of those with the "Gilded" or "Eye of God" attributes to defeat. The Sacred Beast's horn is used by shamans for research and refining; any unused horn is used as decoration, inlaid on tent roofs.

The hide of the sacred beast would be used as material for armor or draped to make drums.

The syllables produced were mysterious and obscure, like the whispers of ancient gods.

Accompanied by this music, the tribespeople sang the "Song of Ahmar."

Ahmar, forever loving our loved ones, amidst the sea of ​​flowers and forests, with ripples and waves.

The irrigation flow is long and continuous, its first rays shining brightly. Its branches and tufts stir up turbulent waves.

Miao Huoyan, Mingyuliang, Tingfangchu, Emeiyinghui

The new moon, its pearls and jewels, adorn it as white as snow, it shines as pure as jade.

Who is this person? He lifted you up.

Who is this person, Renabu Marikata 1, reborn into the world?

Unprecedented, unprecedented

This may be the will of the Supreme Red King.

Linga spontaneously headed towards the sea of ​​flowers.

May the Lord Red King grant me the happiness my heart desires.

His heart is set on all things in the vast Teyvat. Nabu Marikata's companion.

He conquers all difficulties with his boundless compassion.

His clothes were incredibly alluring.

Ahmar, the Holy One, may you obtain the blessing of joy.

All things in the world are eternally supported by it; a snake coiled around its neck, a crown and turban adorning its head.

Her figure was graceful and slender; her appearance was lustrous and beautiful; her features were radiant and colorful.

The robes covered him, shimmering beneath the sun; the robes he wore were like a drunken elephant in full bloom.

Who is this person? He lifted you up.

Who is this person? Reincarnation of Nabu Marikata.

Unprecedented, unprecedented

This may be the will of the Supreme Red King.

Linga spontaneously headed towards the sea of ​​flowers.

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The Muscovites knelt before the enormous open-air fire pit, solemnly and devoutly singing the praises of the King of the Great Red Sand Sea.

As the tribesmen sang in unison, Ivan and Perm emerged from the tent.

When the tribespeople saw the two most respected figures in the tribe, they all bowed down and placed their heads on the ground in complete submission.

Looking at the large group of people who had completely submitted to him, Ivan felt extremely proud.

The drummers stopped playing and knelt down before the two men.

The music stopped, and the entire tribe fell silent.

Ivan roared, channeling the power of his [Golden Plating] bloodline into his people:

"My people! Now we can be self-sufficient! The days of buying food from the rainforest people at high prices and children risking their lives to hunt are gone forever!"

Ivan's roar didn't travel far, and those at the rear didn't hear it at all. So those at the front relayed Ivan's words, and the scene became chaotic.

Ivan roared with all his might, feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Counting the time he had spent here and in Kavan Station, it had been two months. At this moment, Ivan felt as if all the fatigue of those two months had rushed over him.

He staggered toward his family's campfire.

The Rurik family's campfire is easy to spot; it's filled with disabled members of the clan.

While some powerful individuals born from consanguineous marriages may resemble Candice, many more are like Uncle Ivan, lacking sharp minds, unable to use the power of [Gold], and physically deformed.

These people are called "Rusty Gold".

Before Ivan's mother was born, Ivan's maternal grandfather, Toghtoa Bukha, had three children with his sister. Now, these three uncles, along with twelve other members of the "Rust Gold" family and clansmen who were disabled for various reasons and unable to perform heavy physical labor, have become Ivan's shepherds, tending his livestock.

After distributing the extra sheep to his tribesmen and warriors, Ivan had over 320 sheep left, which he considered his spoils. Now, Ivan had over 400 sheep.

The milk produced by these sheep would be provided for Ivan and his three uncles, and the remainder would be distributed to orphans or members of the tribe who lacked sufficient food.

Garga Borjigin, like an elderly gorilla, used his arms, twice as strong as a normal person's, to support himself on the ground and laboriously moved his legs, which were as fragile as withered wood and only thirty centimeters long, slowly to Ivan.

With drool at the corner of his mouth, he asked foolishly, "Ivan! You've kept your promise, so when will you let your people live the same good life as the rainforest people?"

Ivan bent down and gently patted Garga's shoulder: "It won't be far, Uncle..."

He walked to the center of his own slaves, where there was a spot reserved for Ivan.

On either side of him sat Brunei, and the scholar. Ivan slowly sat down and patted Brunei on the shoulder: "How is life for humans?"

Brunei nodded: "My appearance initially attracted hostility, but your warriors proclaimed your decrees. Although the humans were puzzled, they still complied, which shows that your prestige is indeed very high."

Before Ivan could speak, Garga, who was sitting on the ground, waved his arms and said with a thick tongue, "When Ivan Rurik was born, a huge sandstorm struck the Blade Forest!"

"The warriors fought against the monsters that came with the sandstorm and heard the whispers of the date palms in the Blade Forest."

"The entire Blade Forest is singing the name of [Ivan]."

Following Garga's interruption, the other herdsmen also spoke up:

“That’s right. I remember that little Ivan’s mother died in childbirth and was forcibly pulled out of her corpse by a cesarean section!”

"Yes, yes, yes, his right hand was clenched tightly, and it took Varisi some effort to pry it open!"

"There was a clotted blood there; it must have been from when the knife was used to deliver the baby, cutting his hand. The low temperature of the night froze the blood in little Ivan's hand outside the swaddling clothes."

“That’s right, that piece of clotted blood looks exactly like Renekton’s Spear II. Ivan was no ordinary person from birth…”

The shepherds present were all Ivan's elders. The banquet ended as they recounted Ivan's childhood anecdotes, Ivan taught Bruneian humans the language, and the scholar cherished a piece of the sacred beast's bone...

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1. Nabu Marikata: The Flower Goddess. In the beliefs of the tribespeople, the Flower Goddess is the companion of the Red King. In the beliefs of the mercenaries, the Flower Goddess is the traitor of the Red King. In the eyes of the rainforest people, both the Flower Goddess and the Red King are greedy and audacious, and they sowed the seeds of the death of the Great Tree King.

2. Renekton's Spear: also known as the Trident. Renekton is one of the Seven Sages under the Red King, with the head of a crocodile and the body of a human. He is the commander of all commanders, the king of crocodiles, a symbol of military power, and the master of the Crowned Crocodile.