Remembering The Glaze Lilies | Ganqing {DISCONTINUED}

Chapter 18 - Final Day

A couple hours later, and Keqing had added a fluid flip into her attacks, done so speedily and woven in so neatly that it almost looked like she disappeared for an instant while she did them - before reappearing to do her fifth strike and landing effortlessly, tossing her sword into the air once she was done.

"Congrats, Keqing!" applauds Xingqiu, impressed. "Why thank you, Xing. Do yours now, come on!" replies Keqing. "Alright, alright," smiles Xingqiu, summoning his sword, as he does his string of attacks. Just like Keqing, he evaded on his fourth attack, but did an impressive forward leap that launched him straight up into the air. The instant he landed, he executed his fifth strike and tossed his sword to his right before bowing gracefully. "Incredible!" exclaims Keqing, clapping her hands.

"That was... what's the word Klee said for it..." says a voice behind them, and Keqing and Xingqiu turn to see Qiqi looking through a little notebook. "Aha, Qiqi found it. It's... cool," adds Qiqi, looking back up at the two. "Why thank you, Qiqi," reply the two in unison. "Qiqi believes Miss Keqing has completed the training course because she finished the backward evasion too. Mister Xingqiu could also finish it if he could perform a successful backward evasion," says Qiqi.

"Ha! That's easy," retorts Xingqiu, simply doing a Charged Attack and sliding backwards. "Congratulations, the both of you. That was mighty impressive~ You may leave and go fight the enemies you previously failed against, and then you can leave to prepare for tomorrow," giggles Lisa, appearing out of nowhere in a flash of Electro. "Thank you Qiqi," says Keqing. "And thanks, Klee!" yells Xingqiu, because she was at the far end of the room. At the sound of her name, Klee grinned back and did a thumbs - up to Xingqiu, as the two students leave.

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Keqing and Xingqiu, along with various other classmates, finish their respective courses and trail back into the main arena. Surprisingly, Chongyun was there too. "Yun!" exclaims Xingqiu, running over to him. "So you got knocked out too, huh?" asks Xingqiu, to which the exorcist nods his head. "Well, we just need to survive our respective enemies. Should be pretty alright. Also, Chongyun, did you also learn evasive maneuvers?" grins Keqing.

"Don't know if you've noticed, Keqing, but I use a fucking claymore. The hell am I supposed to evade when my weapon of choice weighs so much?!" exclaims Chongyun. Keqing blinks, before she erupts into peals of laughter. "Oh Chongyun... I guess that was a dumb question to ask. So... did you learn how to make a shield?" adds Keqing. "Sort of. I learnt how to make a mini Cryo shield that lasts for about 10 seconds at least, which in turn lets me dish out more damage with my skills," replies Chongyun, and before he can elaborate, the robotic voice is speaking again and enemies are already spawning - the Lawachurl being one of the first.

"This one's mine!" yells Keqing, lunging forward to go attack, as the Lawachurl leaps into the air, ready to do the attack that knocked out Keqing the first time, but the lavender - haired woman was prepared. She dodged easily, tossing a Lightning Stiletto into the air and striking the Lawachurl perfectly, causing it to topple over from the headshot as she continues repeatedly attacking it, before finally launching her Burst and finishing it.

The students continue annihilating the enemies in this fashion, using the techniques they learnt from the course to help finish the stage.

"Well done, everyone! You may leave now, but don't slack off. Keep it up, tomorrow's the last day!" shouts Lisa, waving kindly as the students leave.

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Once they're outside, they see Ganyu running over. "So, how was it?" asks the qilin. Keqing, Xingqiu and Chongyun grin at each other before grabbing their weapons and performing their respective attack strings with modification, leaving Ganyu amazed. "Hehe, you did great, Keqing! And so did you, Xingqiu and Chongyun," chuckles Ganyu. "Thanks! Did you do any stages today?" questions Keqing. "Yeah, but it was just a couple Abyss Lectors, you know, Hydro, Electro and Pyro. I'm glad I own a Cryo vision," laughs Ganyu.

"I personally, am one who thinks it's unfair a half - adeptus like you is allowed to battle normal enemies. The power scaling is unfair!" laughs Xingqiu. "I have to agree, though, these enemies are really easy. Maybe we'll get a really tough final enemy. I heard it would be a boss in Liyue, but I'll be disappointed if it's something as easy as a Pyro Regisvine," replies Ganyu, as the four of them keep up their banter before returning to their own homes.

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The Final Day

The students were assembled in the arena as usual, and tension was quite high. This was the final stage after all, and most people faced at least one difficult enemy in the previous stage, save for people like Ganyu and Yanfei having adeptal blood - allowing them to be naturally stronger than the average student.

"Thank you for all for sticking through with this training course. We've seen so many improvements in all of you elemental Vision wielders and it's finally coming to an end. We'll be doing our final enemy today, and it is a very hard one to say the least, hence why we'll be placing you in groups of 6 to 8 to fight this boss - being Azhdaha," says Lisa, and she can only serenely smile in response to the panic that spreads across the room.

"Shit, shit, shit!" muttered Ganyu, annoyance already present in her face. "If it makes you feel better, you are allowed to go in groups with your friends. Only one rule - there must be a healer present in your team. Besides that, the remaining 7 slots may be filled with whoever you want if they consent to joining your team. Final note, and that is, if you want to, you may ask for Qiqi who is a healer or Klee who is a mage to join your team, but be nice about it, okay?" adds Lisa.