A huge plume of smoke rushed towards them, instantly covering several people in soot.
The originally adorable beautiful girls all turned into little dirt sprites. After Arkz quickly called a halt, they exchanged glances with each other and burst into laughter at how comical they looked.
For a moment, even this gloomy Underground Mine was illuminated by the sound of the girls' laughter.
"Hahaha, look at you all, you look like mud sculptures!"
"Haha, aren't you the same, little dirt person?"
After a round of joking and laughing, they began to brainstorm solutions to the problem.
How could they prevent the dust raised by Klee's jumpy dumpty bomb in the mine from obscuring their Vision?
Fischl raised her hand first: "We can use Elemental Sight."
"Um..." Ellin scratched her head awkwardly, "I don't have a Vision, so I can't use Elemental Sight."
"Uh..."
Everyone fell silent.
Just now, Ellin, clad in heavy armor, looked incredibly powerful swinging her Sword, not at all weaker than them. Such a performance made them momentarily forget that Ellin was not a Vision holder.
Fischl immediately apologized to Ellin, realizing that among their group, Ellin was the only one without a Vision, and her earlier words might have hurt her.
Fischl lowered her head and whispered, "Ellin, I'm sorry..."
However, Ellin was stronger than everyone had expected.
"Fischl, no need to apologize."
"Even though I don't have a Vision, after Uncle Arkz's devil training, I am very confident in my own strength!"
"As long as we work hard together, we can definitely overcome all difficulties and achieve our dreams."
Hearing Ellin's spirited and inspiring words, the others immediately rekindled their fighting spirit. The squad, which had a slightly awkward atmosphere moments before, instantly became more united and harmonious.
Arkz nodded and said:
"A Vision is merely a key to the path of the strong. As long as the heart is strong and the belief is firm, one can become strong even without a Vision."
"As for using Elemental Sight to solve the problem of smoke obscuring Vision, I don't think it's feasible."
"Activating Elemental Sight requires consuming Elemental Power. The consumption for short-term activation is not large, but maintaining Elemental Sight for a long time will easily deplete all your stored Elemental Power."
Fischl nodded in agreement:
"My nemesis speaks sense."
"In the dangerous wilderness, exhausting all your Elemental Power or stamina is a very foolish act, especially in areas where monsters appear."
"In this mine, who knows how many monsters are hiding in the darkness!"
Barbara pondered with her head down, quietly listening to everyone's input. Suddenly, she remembered the bubble attacks used by monsters in the wild, and inspiration struck.
"I have an idea."
"I can use the Hydro Element to create water bubbles to envelop everyone. This way, everyone can be protected from the dust kicked up by the bombs."
Upon hearing this, everyone lowered their heads in thought, and after a moment, sounds of agreement arose.
"Good idea."
"Not a bad thought."
"We can try it."
"..."
After receiving everyone's approval, Barbara broke into a smile. She waved the Catalyst at her side, and a huge, transparent bubble enveloped them all. Under Barbara's precise control of her Elemental Power, these bubbles looked fragile enough to pop, but in reality, they possessed excellent defense and resilience, and they didn't affect anyone's attacks at all.
Looking at the bubble in front of him, Arkz poked it with a finger and asked:
"It feels a bit like the Hydro Element shield of an Abyss Mage?"
Barbara smiled and nodded: "That's right. The inspiration for these water bubbles comes from the Water Abyss Mage."
Arkz: "Perhaps you can try to improve the defense of these water bubbles later. If you can reach the standard of the shield used by the Water Abyss Mage, your means of controlling enemies will become richer."
Protected by Barbara's water bubbles, they finally avoided being covered in dust from Klee's jumpy dumpty bombs.
However, the issue of dust obscuring Vision remained difficult to solve; they could only wait for the dust to naturally disperse.
"Sigh! If only we had a Vision holder of the Anemo Element on the team, they could use Anemo Element to blow this dust away, avoiding our Vision being obstructed as well," Fischl sighed.
Being able to share Vision with Oz in Mondstadt, she had never worried about Vision obstruction before. However, in this Underground Mine, the dark environment combined with the dust raised by the bombs rendered even Oz's Vision useless.
Furthermore, as an archer, Fischl inherently relied heavily on Vision for ranged attacks, so the impact on her was the greatest among them.
Arkz chuckled: "Vision holders are not that easy to find."
"There aren't many people in the entire Mondstadt who can obtain a Vision, let alone finding one to train with you."
Fischl smiled: "That's not necessarily true."
"I met an Alchemist near the alchemy table; she has the Anemo Element."
"Although she seems a bit shy and rather introverted."
Arkz thought to himself: "Alchemist, female, Anemo Element. You must be talking about Sucrose."
Arkz was quite familiar with the young lady named Sucrose.
The famous Heavenly Emperor—Kaedehara Kazuha was known to everyone, nicknamed 'Little Sucrose'!!!
As a monthly pass player, before pulling Kaedehara Kazuha, Arkz always used Sucrose in his team to perform Swirl reactions. Even after obtaining Kaedehara Kazuha, Sucrose's usage rate did not decrease.
After all, although Kaedehara Kazuha was strong, he still had to start leveling materials and experience books from Level 1 to cultivate him, whereas Arkz had already raised Sucrose to Level 90, and her artifacts and weapons were already matched. He truly couldn't bear to just put her in storage as a warehouse keeper.
After all, Sucrose was one of the companions who had accompanied him on the journey from being a novice to a slightly more experienced player on the Teyvat continent.
Fischl put her hands on her hips: "Although I'm not very familiar with that girl, this won't be difficult for this prinzessin der verurteilung!"
"As long as This Princess takes the initiative, I will definitely be able to invite that Anemo Element Vision holder to join our team."
Hearing Fischl's description, Barbara asked:
"Fischl, are you perhaps talking about Sucrose?"
Fischl's eyes widened instantly, and she asked: "That's right! Barbara, you know her?!!"
Barbara nodded and introduced: "Sucrose is the disciple of Albedo, the Chief Alchemist of the Knights of Favonius. She also serves as an Alchemist in the Knights of Favonius. It is said that she is very talented in the field of Alchemy."
"And perhaps Klee is more familiar with Miss Sucrose than I am."
"That's right! Klee knows Sister Sucrose!" Klee said proudly, hands on her hips, "Klee met Sister Sucrose at Brother Albedo's place. Sister Sucrose is very gentle, but Sister Sucrose is usually very busy."
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