Qin and Eula

Although monsters continued to pour endlessly from the Abyss portal, their deployment speed could not keep up with the rate at which Su Luo and Frieren were clearing them out.

The two had already begun bombarding the entrance of the portal itself.

Countless monsters had barely run out of the portal before they were met head-on by Su Luo's Noble Phantasm bombardment and Frieren's Magic Cannon bombardment!

The Abyss Order was beaten so badly that it had no chance to fight back.

Watching this from the side, Claudia looked at the unusually shaped twin swords in her hands and fell into endless silence.

Those two differently colored longswords were her Pure Star Brilliant Style Armament, Pandora!

Its ability allowed its wielder to see the future.

Though its flaws and restrictions were considerable.

There was no denying that this Pure Star Brilliant Style Armament was indeed an extremely powerful weapon.

But now, seeing Su Luo and Frieren using powerful long-range attacks to eliminate the monsters, she suddenly felt that the Pure Star Brilliant Style Armament did not seem all that useful.

At least at this moment, she felt like useless baggage, able only to stand aside and watch the two powerhouses slaughter enemies while she could do nothing herself.

Su Luo noticed Claudia's embarrassment, so he took a Golden Gatling from his storage space and handed it to her.

"Here, take it."

Claudia felt her hands sink and instinctively caught the Golden Gatling.

Looking at the firearm that had long since been phased out in her world, Claudia did not know what to say for a moment.

"Don't just stand there. Start killing. This Gatling isn't an ordinary Gatling—it has been reinforced with Rune inscriptions."

"It doesn't need ammunition. You just need to pour energy into it."

"Alright, thank you."

Hearing that, Claudia thanked him.

Then she tried channeling Stellar Power into the Golden Gatling.

In an instant, the Golden Gatling's barrels began spinning at high speed.

Rat-a-tat-tat-tat—

Orange-red flames immediately erupted from the muzzle.

A torrent of tiny yet powerful energy bullets poured forth, sweeping across the monsters in the lake.

The next moment, every monster in the path of those energy bullets was instantly riddled with holes!

Even rock-element Mitachurls gained countless bullet holes across their bodies within a second of being hit by the Golden Gatling.

Seeing this, Claudia could not help growing excited.

"This weapon is far more useful than I imagined!"

There was a frenzied edge to her voice, almost like that of a yandere.

It made Su Luo look at Claudia in surprise.

"What's going on? Could the weapons I modified affect their users' personalities?"

When modifying this weapon, he had merely added rune inscriptions and some magecraft formulas.

He had turned the Gatling into a weapon that could fire energy bullets simply by being infused with energy.

And the energy bullets fired by the Gatling were exceptionally good in terms of penetration, power, and rate of fire!

Simply put, every energy bullet carried power equivalent to a C+-rank Noble Phantasm!

Besides that, he had not given the Gatling any strange additional effects.

At most, he had retained some of its original sound effects, such as the sound of bullets leaving the barrel.

He had reduced the Gatling's recoil rather than completely removing it.

So what was going on with Claudia now?

Puzzled, Su Luo immediately took another Golden Gatling from his storage space.

Then he began sweeping the monsters with the Gatling!

Brilliant flames burst from the muzzle as a flood of energy bullets poured out.

The vibrations from the Gatling's recoil traveled into his arms, instantly igniting Su Luo's emotions.

That real sense of impact, the recoil, and the sound of bullets firing beside his ears.

It made Su Luo completely exhilarated.

He immediately withdrew all the Noble Phantasms behind him, replacing them with rocket launchers, cannons, and a whole array of modern weapons.

The next moment, every shell and bullet came pouring out!

The monster horde was suppressed once more. Countless Hilichurls, Samachurls, Hilichurl brutes, and even Mitachurls turned to ash and returned to the ley lines.

"Hahaha—!! Sir, times have changed!!" Su Luo laughed wildly in excitement.

The grin stretched across his face as though he had been possessed by Accelerator.

It made Frieren stop moving.

"What... is wrong with him? Did he get cursed?" Frieren's eyes were full of confusion.

Su Luo clearly did not seem like the sort of horrible person who delighted in killing.

So why did he seem like a completely different person after picking up that Gatling?

Could there be some kind of curse on that weapon that affected people's minds?

Frieren examined the Gatlings in Su Luo and Claudia's hands for a while but found nothing wrong with them.

After thinking briefly, she temporarily suppressed her doubts.

After all, Su Luo was much stronger than she was.

She had also learned from the Chat Group members that Su Luo possessed many Noble Phantasms with immense power and all kinds of effects.

Even if Su Luo had truly been cursed, he could remove it himself.

There was no need for her to worry about it.

Then Frieren resumed clearing out the surrounding monsters.

Meanwhile, atop Mondstadt City's walls.

Jean hurried over and immediately asked Eula, who was stationed on the wall, "How is the situation here?"

Although Jean knew Su Luo was extremely powerful and had brought along two helpers.

After helping the knights defending Mondstadt City's side gate repel the Abyss Order's attack, she had realized just how fierce this Abyss Order offensive was.

Her concern had thrown her into disarray, and she could not help worrying about Su Luo and the others.

"See for yourself." Eula hesitated before pointing at Su Luo, who wore a wild grin.

As the captain of the Cavalry Captain, she usually led her team outside Mondstadt City to clear monsters and the Abyss Order, rarely remaining in the city.

But because she had heard that Mondstadt City had been attacked by Stormterror these past few days, she had stayed near the outskirts of Windrise, worried that something might happen to the city.

That way, if anything happened, she could rush back to support it.

And today, something really had happened in Mondstadt City.

The Abyss Order was launching an attack on Mondstadt City!

After receiving the news, Eula immediately rushed back.

What she had not expected was that, when she returned to the city and prepared to defend the gates with the Knights of Favonius.

She saw a handsome young man who appeared to be from elsewhere, along with two beautiful young women, madly clearing out the monsters dispatched by the Abyss Order.

Their strength was immense, and they effortlessly suppressed the charge of the massive monster tide.

The Abyss Order's monster horde was beaten so badly that it could not fight back at all.

Even proud Eula could not help feeling inferior upon witnessing that scene.

She had even thought about inviting Su Luo and the others to a meal after repelling the Abyss Order so they could get acquainted.

But once Su Luo took out the Golden Gatling and gave it to Claudia, then began laughing wildly after using one himself, her feelings became complicated.

After all, to a woman like Eula, Su Luo, who possessed the [Grand Caster Succubus] Trait, was like a beam of light in the darkness—impossible to ignore.

Eula had already developed a favorable impression of Su Luo, and his assistance in helping Mondstadt City fend off the Abyss Order made that favorable impression grow even stronger.

But she had not expected his entire demeanor to suddenly change, turning him from a handsome and spirited young man into a wild-eyed delinquent laughing maniacally.

Though this sharp contrast did not affect Eula's favorable impression of Su Luo, it left her with a complicated mix of emotions.

Jean and Eula

After hearing Eula's words, Jean turned her gaze toward Su Luo outside the city gates.

She happened to see Su Luo sweeping the monsters with a Gatling while wearing a wild grin.

"This..."

Acting Grand Master Jean was momentarily speechless.

Now she understood why Eula felt so conflicted.

Judging only from Su Luo's current expression, he looked more like a villain than the Abyss Order attacking Mondstadt City!

As they watched the monsters fall one after another, rushing forward only to collapse onto the ground, they actually felt a trace of sympathy for them!

Before this, they had never imagined that one day they would feel such emotions toward monsters!

"Perhaps... he is the type who becomes extremely fired up once he enters combat." Seeing Jean at a loss for words, Eula offered that explanation to comfort her.

At the same time, she was also comforting herself.

After hearing Eula's reassurance, Jean shook her head and did not continue dwelling on the matter.

"Since everything is fine here, I'll go check on the areas near the city walls."

Before coming to Mondstadt City's main gate, she had already arranged the defenses within and outside the city with the adventurers and knights.

She had also personally visited the gate on Mondstadt City's northeastern side to inspect the battle there.

Lisa was holding that position. With Lisa's strength and the knights supporting her from the side, they had easily blocked the Abyss Order's attack route across the lake.

With Lisa there, she did not need to worry about the northeastern gate.

As for the main gate, she had even less reason to worry. With Su Luo and the others guarding it, nothing could possibly go wrong there.

All that remained were the other sections of the city wall.

If the Abyss Order's monsters broke through the walls and entered the city, the resulting disaster would be unimaginable.

Even if that possibility was extremely small.

As the acting grand master of the Knights of Favonius, she had both the responsibility and obligation to protect Mondstadt City and its people, preventing that possibility from occurring!

"Jean, why don't I lead the team instead? You should rest here for a while first." Looking at Jean, who seemed close to collapsing, Eula's pretty face showed a rare expression of concern.

At that moment, she could not be bothered with being Tsundere and immediately stepped forward to support Acting Grand Master Jean.

"I'm fine. I'll be alright after resting for a while." Jean rubbed her head, her voice thick with exhaustion.

"Who told you to take everything onto yourself? Even trivial things like finding cats and dogs require the acting grand master of the Knights of Favonius. Mondstadt City's residents are truly spoiled." Eula sounded as though she were blaming Jean.

Yet beneath her words was concern for Jean, as well as indignation over what Jean had to endure.

Strictly speaking, she and Jean were not especially close.

But Eula still admired Jean deeply.

At such a young age, Jean had become the acting grand master of the Knights of Favonius. Known as the Dandelion Knight, she had managed Mondstadt City in perfect order and earned the love of its people.

No matter how bitter or exhausting things became, she devoted herself wholeheartedly to Mondstadt City.

That unwavering conviction was something Eula could not help admiring.