Even without a Vision and without using elemental power, Jean was still an outstanding fighter.
Facing those shoreland monsters—Eerie-corrupted and mindless—she made quick work of them…
But because those monsters had already been tainted by the Eerie, Jean had to remain cautious; her clearing speed wasn't as fast as it might be, so it was time to let Eerie meet Eerie.
"Let me!"
Diona, recovered from her injuries sustained on the snowy mountain trip, joined the defenders to protect Mondstadt.
She tossed out the bottles of liquor she had prepared and splashed them over the hilichurls and slimes before her.
In the next instant, "Diona" slipped into an Eerie state.
"You cursed lot — why do you all reek of booze???" she shouted.
"You've been sneaking drinks behind my back, haven't you???"
"Unforgivable… unforgivable… Drunks, die for me!!!"
"Diona" charged into the monster horde and began slaughtering them ruthlessly.
The mindless, Eerie-corrupted creatures were like paper tigers before her — they fell in droves.
"You ungrateful monsters, how dare you invade Mondstadt???"
Eula drew her greatsword, eyes sharp, and fixed her gaze on the approaching horde.
"This grudge — I'll remember it!!!"
After a short while, Eula too entered the Eerie state and launched a ferocious assault on the monsters she had sworn to remember.
Lisa also arrived on the battlefield.
She laid several library volumes on the ground and — forcing down grief and reluctance — watched as the monsters trampled and desecrated those books.
Then Lisa yielded to the rage, entered the Eerie state, and glared at the monsters with murderous intent:
"You dare to trample these precious books of knowledge on the ground???"
"Since you've violated the library's lending laws, I will make you pay dearly!!!"
With that, "Lisa" summoned lightning laced with Eerie power and unleashed a brutal barrage upon the monster horde.
The other Knights of Favonius and adventurers present didn't know exactly what was happening with Diona, Eula, or Lisa, but they remembered Guildmaster Cyrus's instructions before the battle: no matter what happened, don't be surprised or ask questions—just fight the monsters with all their strength!
With the relentless bombardment from those riding on Dvalin's back and from Klee on Su Yuan's back, combined with the desperate struggles of the warriors on the shoreline, the battle line at Falcon Coast was miraculously held!
This was thanks to the fact that, although the monsters corrupted by the Eerie had formidable strength, they lacked any intelligence and could only serve as living targets…
Even so, this was still a brutal struggle.
Quite a number of adventurers and Knights of Favonius, whether due to mistakes or exhaustion, were cruelly slain by the monsters…
Jean, witnessing the scene, felt her throat tighten with choked sobs, but still raised her voice:
"Everyone, the monsters cannot be endless! As long as we endure, we will see the dawn of victory!!!"
"Since you have chosen to stand here, you are warriors unafraid of death!!!"
"The people will remember you, Mondstadt will remember you, history will remember you!!!"
At that moment, while soaring through the sky with Klee and letting her drop flame bombs downward, Su Yuan suddenly noticed a figure within the horde of monsters at the rear—a figure so familiar, smiling faintly at him…
"Dottore!!!!"
Thinking of the fallen Knights of Favonius and adventurers just now, Su Yuan couldn't help but roar in fury:
"So it really was your doing!!!"
"What is it you want? Do you intend to destroy Mondstadt???"
"Killing you ten thousand times wouldn't be enough!!!"
Yet in the face of Su Yuan's enraged roar, Dottore only revealed a faint, sinister smile, then pointed toward the water beneath his feet.
From the surface, a Hydro Slime corrupted by the Eerie emerged, its head rising slowly…
High in the air, Su Yuan froze as he stared at the sight…
What is Dottore trying to imply here???
Also — while hilichurls and slimes normally fear water and can drown…
Hydro Slimes don't — and judging by what's happening now, they can even move stealthily underwater!!!
Thinking of this, Su Yuan immediately shouted back to those behind him, "Everyone be careful!!! There may be Hydro Slimes hiding beneath the water's surface, unseen by us!!!"
"Su Yuan, as a token of my sincerity, I can tell you that here at Falcon Coast there is only one Hydro Slime near me."
Dottore looked at Su Yuan and smiled as he spoke:
"This Hydro Slime is merely a demonstration for you…"
"Dottore — do you think I'll believe you?" Su Yuan shot back without politeness.
"You're trying to lull us into a false sense of security so you can launch a surprise attack, aren't you?"
"No, no, no, Su Yuan, you must trust my sincerity." Dottore said, unhurried.
"There really is only one Hydro Slime here…"
"Because the other Hydro Slimes are hidden under the water — they're making their landing from somewhere else!"
As he spoke, Dottore pointed north.
Su Yuan followed his finger.
Wasn't that the beach between Windrise and Starsnatch Cliff?
The very spot where Aether once fished up Paimon!!!
Good grief — Dottore is pulling a feint: create a diversion here so everyone piles their forces at Falcon Coast, while the real strike comes at the northern shore!!!
"Su Yuan, you've already lost…" Dottore said with a triumphant smile.
"Originally I intended to control these monsters and use the threat over the whole of Mondstadt to force you to befriend me — to cooperate with my experiments…"
"But these monsters corrupted by the Eerie have no intelligence at all…"
"Even if I control them with my Eerie power and give them orders, they can only perform very simple actions…"
"So if that's the case, let's just destroy Mondstadt!"
"As long as you have no one left to care for you, no one to protect you, you will fall into my hands all the same!!!"
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