NOVEL NEXT Chapter 24: Copycat
Focalor's POV.
"Remind me to formally thank Shimmer later!" I tell Neuvillette as I see the Maison Gardiennage fire away at monsters using guns from Shimmer.
Looking carefully, I see that there are also Fatui members fighting the monsters, even the Knave herself is fighting, "If only wecould fight without hurting people..." I mutter under my breath.
"We can, we just need to limit ourselves." Neuvilette told me, making me get the same idea he was.
Jumping down from the balcony I was looking from, I take out my sword, landing on a Teostra's head with a stab, followed by a downpour of water that heavily weakened the fire lion, "This thing is durable..." I comment, noticing how the stab barely made a dent in the Teostra's skull.
A second after, Neuvillette joined me, using his catalyst to make a Hydro vortex around the Elder Dragon and tossing it high up in the air, where it was then shot down by a barrage of artillery.
"Good thing I noticed that!" I hear Navia say as she approached the area, "These things are far more durable than any other creature on Teyvat, the only thing that seems to damage them is the weapons Shimmer made." She informs us.
Hearing that made me look at the monsters the Maison Gardiennage was fighting and noticed that there were indeed bullet holes on them, "Weird..." I comment, seeing as the monsters weren't harmed even from a sword falling on them from high up.
"Shimmer did say she got the blueprint for the weapons from already made products, maybe they were originally made exactly for hunting monsters." Nuevilette suggests.
"...That does make sense, but she also got them from an island that's kept up by a tree." I point out, adding to the weirdness of the situation.
Gloom's POV.
"You seem to know a lot about these monsters, anything in particular we need to look out for?" I ask Shimmer who pauses to think for a moment.
With a snap of her fingers, Shimmer was about to talk, but stopped in thought again before saying "There's so much bullshit in water I don't even know where to begin!" She exclaimed in absolute shock.
I put my hands on my face at the realization that things will be a lot harded than I initially thought, "Why did it have to be Fontaine..." I mutter under my breath feeling annoyed.
After that left my mouth, I heard Shimmer laugh, "Luckily for me I have something I have been working on for a while!" She says confidently.
"What could you have possibly been working on?" I question my girlfirend, confused as to why she doesn't seem that worried.
She points at a group of monsters heading to Fontaine, "Let those be my test subjects." She says, activating her Vision and covering herself in a thin layer of Hydro, "Copycat: Luffy!" She exclaimed.
Hearing that name all I could ask is "Copycat?", "Yes! I realized that I don't know how to fight, and since while we may be dating, we're still rivals, so I decided to copy people who do know how to fight!" Shimmer explained.
Pulling her arm back, she extended a Hydro tendril from it with a Dendro Core at the tip, "Gomu Gomu no..." She started before launching her arm forward with the Core, the tendril extending to the group of monster, "Pistol!" She finished as the DendroCore crushed against the monsters, exploding and killing them.
Shimmer's POV.
"Alright it works!!" I cheer at the fact my experiment works perfectly, "So what do you think?" I ask Gloom who looks just sort of impressed, much to my disappointment.
"I'll admit, it's creative." Gloom compliments, "But to fight me you're really gonna need something stronger." She critiques.
I hide a smirk at the comment since I already do have something better, "I'll keep that in mind, but for now, let's deal with that thing." I suggest, pointing to the Ceadeus swimming in the waters of Fontaine.
Gloom looked surprised at the giant monster, "What does this one do?" She asked me, "Causes earthquakes by slamming it's head against islands." I explain, causing Gloom to grimance.
"Okay, here's the plan." Gloom started, pointing at the Ceadeus, "I pull that monster out, you use that pistol thing to explode it onto dry land." she instructs, to which I do a salute in agreement.
Extending her a large amount of tentacles, in a mve I never saw, Gloom began spinning so fast it created a hurricane, prompting me to use Dendro to root me into the ground, saving me from the pulling force.
Spinning towards the Ceadeus, Gloom picked up gallons upon gallons of water causing a water hurricane, also picking up the Ceadeus in the process, "Now!!" I heard Gloom yell, prompting me to use Gomu Gomu no Pistol again against the monster, hitting it square in the side and blasting it to dry land where it couldn't move anymore.
"All according to plan!" Gloom said as she stopped spinning and fell down to the ground.
"What do we do about the people who saw it in Fontaine?" I point out, knowing people might be really freaked out.
Furina's POV.
The sight of the hurricane seemed to scare away the monsters, giving me a moment of relief, during which I turned to my other half "Did you plan fo-" I was asking her before.
"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?!?" She screamed in absolute shock, making it clear she didn't do it.