Genshin Impact: My roommate and I became funny Hilichurls

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When Qin saw them, she immediately came to greet them, her tone filled with confusion.

"You've come at the right time. Some strange things happened in town today."

“We have received multiple reports of suspicious individuals being subdued by unidentified people and then… turning into black sludge and disappearing.”

"After Captain Kaeya's investigation, it was discovered that those who were subdued seemed to be... monsters disguised as our residents?"

Kaiya stroked his chin, his signature smile tinged with inquiry: "What's even stranger is that those 'unknown individuals' who made the move were incredibly fast, and... their style was remarkably consistent, like a well-trained... assassination squad? Can you explain that, everyone?"

Ying and Paimon looked at the group of four.

Zhang Chu cleared his throat and said succinctly, "We've brought in outside help to handle this kind of infiltration problem. Don't worry, they're allies."

Jean, Kaeya, and Lisa: "???"

Foreign aid? Assassination squad? Allied forces?

Lisa yawned lazily, but a glint of shrewdness flashed in her eyes: "Oh? It seems that these 'honor knights' are even more... powerful than we imagined."

Just then, unnoticed by anyone, an invisible, enormous shadow seemed to shift slightly atop the tall spire of the Knights of Favonius headquarters.

The ancient and majestic white light flashed once more, like a silent spectator looking down upon the city that was gradually being "cleaned up," and the people in the city who knew nothing about it or were confused about it.

Chapter 106: Strike a Friendly Force

"So, you've identified all the monsters disguised as citizens and dispatched... uh, an 'assassination squad' to carry out the cleanup?"

Qin, the leader, rubbed her temples, feeling that the worldview she had built up over the years as acting leader was being severely tested.

She tried to recount this extremely unofficial matter in the most official tone possible.

"That's right, the progress is not bad."

Zhang Chu looked down at the display screen inside the mask.

"Let me check the data... Hmm, two hundred and thirty-seven have been cleared. But the remaining ones seem to have sensed the danger and have started to huddle together for warmth, gathering in a few locations."

He looked up, his tone tinged with helplessness: "Now Bai Mao is in a bit of a predicament."

Qingyu shrugged and added, "She's sent out all her clones now, which has severely diluted the strength of each individual. In a head-on battle, she probably couldn't even defeat a fully equipped Fool's advance team soldier. They're not suited for this job."

Just as everyone was discussing how to deal with the group of monsters, a steady, slightly lazy sound of footsteps came from behind.

Sister Rosalia was seen carrying a tightly bound, bruised and swollen humanoid "object" as if dragging a salted fish.

She casually tossed the man at their feet, dusted off her hands, and said in a flat tone, "Everyone's here? Perfect. I just caught a suspicious guy in the alley behind the church. He might be connected to the recent strange occurrences."

The four looked down and their faces under the masks were instantly covered by black lines.

Ying and Paimon also recognized the person on the ground—it was the Hundred-Faced Hassan individual in the form of the purple-haired mature woman from before. However, she looked particularly disheveled at the moment, with several tears in her originally neat bodysuit and fresh bruises on her face.

“Um… Miss Rosalia…”

Ying spoke awkwardly.

"This seems to be... one of our own..."

"Master..."

The hundred individuals on the ground struggled to lift their heads, weakly looking at Er Kang, their eyes filled with grievance and accusation that "this job is too difficult."

Seeing his servant's miserable state, Er Kang couldn't help but laugh out loud. He then forced himself to suppress it under Zhang Chu's murderous gaze, cleared his throat, and raised the back of his hand: "In the name of the Command Spell, heal her injuries!"

A flash of red light appeared, and the wounds on the hundred individuals healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, even restoring their torn clothes to their original state.

"Thank you, Master."

She immediately regained her assassin's agility, knelt on one knee in greeting, and before anyone could say anything more, her figure vanished from the spot with a "whoosh," as if she were fleeing some raging flood or ferocious beast.

"So... what I just..."

Rosalia blinked belatedly, a rare hint of embarrassment appearing on her face.

"You beat up one of your own?"

Kaiya rubbed his forehead, his shoulders trembling slightly, trying not to laugh too loudly: "Judging from the results... yes, Sister Rosalia. You precisely struck a friendly unit that was on a secret mission."

Paimon flew up to him, pointed at the Command Seal on the back of his hand where one stroke had disappeared, and exclaimed in shock.

"You just used up a Command Spell like that?! You only have three, right? And you've already used up a third of them?!"

"That's right. Under the rules of the Holy Grail War, Masters usually only have three Command Seals."

Er Kang, with a "you're too naive" expression, calmly pulled out a huge calligraphy brush from behind his back, the tip of which was dipped in some kind of bright red "paint" that emitted a faint magical fluctuation.

Under the stunned gazes of everyone, he calmly and skillfully drew a brand new, sparkling red Command Seal pattern on the back of his hand, where the Command Seal had originally been, just like a child doodling!

Erkang proudly waved his hand, and the three-stroke command spell was now displayed on it again.

"Now there are three more! Rules? Those things are meant to be broken!"

Paimon's eyes widened even more than Mora's: "Huh??? You can do that?! You're cheating!"

"Can something done by a scholar be considered cheating?"

Er Kang imitated the tone of a certain celebrity, looking smug.

"That's called flexibility and resource reuse!"

Zhang Chu sighed, "I'm starting to think that summoning a hundred-faced Hassan might not be the most outrageous thing after all..."

Qingyu nodded in agreement: "I doubt I would be surprised if he could conjure up a Holy Grail right now."

Lisa looked at the calligraphy brush in Erkang's hand with great interest and chuckled lazily, "Hehe, it seems these friends from another world always manage to bring us some...surprises. But shouldn't we be thinking about how to deal with those ganged-up monsters? Our 'assassination squad' doesn't seem to be very good at frontal assaults."

Just as everyone turned their attention back to the main topic, no one noticed that the ancient white light on the wind god statue at the highest point of the Knights' headquarters flickered slightly again, seemingly... carrying a hint of barely perceptible helplessness.

Chapter 107 Du Lin

"Boom——!!!"

A deafening roar seemed to shatter the sky, shaking the entire city of Mondstadt.

Everyone looked up in unison, only to see that the once clear sky was now completely covered by churning dark clouds. The lightning in the clouds was not ordinary lightning, but blood-red lightning that writhed like blood vessels and exuded an ominous aura!

Beneath those chilling dark clouds swarmed countless demonic creatures, as densely packed as locusts in a plague!

They roared and twisted, converging into an endless black tide that pressed towards Mondstadt!

"Goodness, was he pushed to the limit and just flipped the table?"

Qingyu clicked his tongue.

Zhang Chu immediately activated the communication module on his mask, his voice urgent: "Wolf King! The plan has changed! The enemy has overturned the chessboard! Execute the 'Destruction Protocol' immediately! Repeat, execute the Destruction Protocol!"

"Received, protocol initiated."

The Wolf King, suspended in mid-air, instantly deactivated its optical camouflage, revealing its twenty-meter-tall silver-white mech amidst gasps of "Wow!!!" from the citizens of Mondstadt.

Its cold, electronic eyes locked onto the horde of monsters below, their torsos, limbs, backs...

Countless armor plates slid open, revealing a dense array of missile silos and gun muzzles beneath!

"Bang bang bang bang bang-!!!"

The next moment, like the most frenzied fireworks display during a festival, countless miniature missiles trailing trails of flame poured out like a swarm of bees, accurately landing in the area where monsters were most concentrated!

The continuous explosions and flames turned the sky into daylight, and the limbs and fragments of black energy from the monsters fell like rain.

At the same time, several modified "Return Machines" installed on the Wolf King's shoulders and back began to roar, and golden elemental arrows formed a barrage of destructive bullets, reaping the monsters that dared to charge like scythes, and forcefully stopping the black tide on the outskirts of Mondstadt!

“Ho ho ho—!!!”

Another deafening roar erupted, even drowning out the sound of the explosion!

To everyone's astonishment, a massive, dark red dragon, exuding a strong aura of decay and misfortune, tore through the clouds and descended from the sky!

"Dragon Dulin...how could it be..."

Lisa's expression was more solemn than ever before.

The Wolf King reacted extremely quickly, instantly charging the massive plasma cannon on its right arm. A thick, azure energy beam, like a spear of judgment, precisely struck Dulin's chest!

"Ow—!"

Dulin let out a painful scream as his massive body was blasted backward.

However, just when everyone thought that this attack would at least severely damage it, the huge hole in Dulin's chest that had been melted by the plasma cannon healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

It shook its head, its scarlet dragon eyes burning with even more ferocious rage, and charged at the wolf king again without regard for anything else!

The Wolf King immediately retreated, its massive mechanical form displaying astonishing agility. With a powerful spinning kick, its giant metal foot slammed into Du Long's side, sending him flying like a ball, crashing into a distant hill.

"How is this possible?! The wolf king's attack was useless?!"

Er Kang's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

They were well aware of the Wolf King's strength; theoretically, no creature on the Teyvat continent could withstand a plasma cannon shot and remain unscathed!

"It is an immortal curse."

Zhang Chu said in a deep voice, his brows furrowed beneath the mask.

"I just detected that its life signal dropped to zero the instant it was hit, but almost simultaneously, an even stronger force forcibly pulled it back, instantly reviving it!"

"No way?! Where did Dulin get the curse of immortality?! Isn't that the exclusive right of those who uphold the laws of nature?!"

Qingyu was also shocked.

"that……"

Gu Qian raised his huge finger and pointed it to the sky in a simple and honest manner.

"Is it possible... that the person upstairs did it?"

Ying immediately realized: "You mean the rulers of Sky Island?"

Qingyu, Erkang, Zhang Chu, and Gu Qian spoke in unison, their tone resolute, carrying a sense of grief and indignation at having seen through the truth:

"It's that damn author—!!! He must have been forcing himself to do something when he had nothing else to write, giving Dulin a forced buff!!!"

Meanwhile, high in the sky, lies Sky Island.

"Please, help me figure this out!!!"