Remembering The Glaze Lilies | Ganqing {DISCONTINUED}

Chapter 15 - Enemies

Once the timer is up, the voice goes, "Stage 2. Mitachurls." Mitachurls begin to form and thankfully they aren't the ones without shields - one which anyone who wasn't a Pyro user found hard to defeat. Ganyu decides to help everyone by casting Celestial Shower. Multiple people glance at her and give her a smile and nod. Pyro wielders cast their skills, triggering Melt, Hydro wielders cast their skills, triggering Frozen and so forth. Yet again, no one had any issues, so the stage is cleared easily.

"Mitachurl stage, complete. All students have passed," speaks the automated voice, setting a timer of 5 minutes. The time quickly passes and the next stage forms. "This round will feature a trifecta of enemies This is the Samachurl, Hilichurl and Mitachurl round," says the voice, as almost immediately, Shielded Mitachurls begin to charge forward and annoyingly, there were Hydro and Cryo Samachurls, leading to quite a few students getting frozen. Moreover, those who were lucky enough to not get frozen in place tried their best to deal damage but Shielded Mitachurls were known for their annoying Shield Charge shoved students into the air. Moreover, there were some Crackling Axe Mitachurls were doing Axe Slams, while Blazing Axe Mitachurls were doing Axe Spins propelling multiple students into the air. Keqing happened to be one of them, but she cast Lightning Stiletto mid-air to quickly return to the ground relatively unscathed.

Those who were able to dodge or shield themselves, like Ganyu and Xinyan, had difficulty in killing enemies because of the Hydro Samachurls easily healing their allies so the damage dealt was quickly removed. Ganyu cast Trail of The Qilin to quickly evade and she began to snipe the Hydro Samachurls. Xingqiu was finally able to stop being Frozen due to his Rain Swords, and cast his Burst, as he began triggering consecutive sword rain attacks in unison with Ganyu's Charged Attacks and they began quickly finishing off the main source of problem. Once the Samachurls were finished off, most students were not Frozen, and the rest quickly healed up with food - miniature snacks that fit into pouches that helped heal quite easily.

Now, Pyro users like Xiangling, Xinyan, Yanfei and Hu Tao charged forward and quickly burnt off the Shields, leaving half the Mitachurls vulnerable, as students made quick work of them. Finally, all that was remaining were Axe Mitachurls, and one seemed particularly after Ganyu, who could only desperately evade with her Trails, and she couldn't charge her arrow due to how close their proximity was. But luckily for her, Keqing noticed her in trouble, and teleported there in a flash, casting her Burst to finish it off. "Phew... thanks, Keqing. Really helped me out there," remarks Ganyu, as the two share a fist bump.

"Trifecta Stage 1, complete. Please take a 15 minute break," speaks the automated voice, and relieved expressions appear on students' faces, as a table pops up with various fruit juices, that the group hastily goes towards and pretty much everyone grabs a carton and they sip companionably.

The timer ticks to 0 and the next batch of enemies is announced. "Humanoid Enemies, Stage 1," it says, as Fatui Cicin Mages form - both Cryo and Electro, as well as Fatui Pyro Agents and Anemoboxer Vanguards, much to the sighs of the students, as they prepare to start doing damage. "Anemo users, please group up as many enemies as possible, and Geo users, make sure to cast Crystallize as often as possible. The rest of us will apply Elements to make sure the Pyro Agents don't go invisible. Go!" yells Keqing, and upon her command, Anemo students accordingly toss out their respective skills, and the use of so much Anemo builds up in a large spectacle of an enemy - sucking whirlpool. Geo students keep attacking, and students hurried over to pick up one of the multicolored crystallized shards left around the battlefield to help protect themselves.

However, even with all their might, there simply wasn't strong enough winds to help suck in all the enemies, and Xinyan yells out, "Watch yourselves! Them Agents have gone invisible now!"

People are wary as they wait in place, which turned out to be a mistake. They had been so laser - focused on the Agents' invisibility abilities that they forgot about the Cicin Mages' shields, and this knocks out two students, as a third gets sniped by a whole barrage of Pyro Clones. Xinyan looks over to see who got hurt, and to her shock, one of them was Xiangling. "Hey, hey, hey, Ling, come on, get up," encourages Xinyan, worry present in her tone. "Hey... Xin... yan. Go ahead with the battle, I'll be back soon," says Xiangling, trying to get to her feet and utterly failing. Thankfully, Lisa zaps inside and takes Xiangling to the clinic, "I'd watch out if I were you, Miss Xinyan. DONT worry, Xiangling will be alright," smiles Lisa reassuringly, and while Xinyan just can't get it off her mind that her friend was hurt, she knew she had to push through.

Thankfully, more students move into action, specially Xinyan, who seems determined to give effort for two people, as she completely burns through a Cryo Cicin Mage's shield using her Burst and looks awfully proud of herself.

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At long, long last, the students finally finish off the enemies, albeit exhausted. "Well done. That is all for today. Please take a well - earned rest. Today, 3 students got disqualified for this round. They will require to redo it once they've bettered their own skills," says the automated voice.