"Oh!" Alex then put away his phone and looked at Clorinde, who seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
Alex paused slightly, then explained his purpose: "It's like this, I know there's an elite BOSS in Fontaine called the Hydro Tulpa. I want to fight it, but I don't know its location."
"Also, if you could help me fight it, I'd be incredibly grateful!" Alex said, putting his hands together above his head, pleading with Clorinde.
"I can… um, give you lots of strawberries, and when I make fruit tea later, you can have it for free!" Alex thought about it and realized this was all he could offer at the moment.
"A Hydro Tulpa, huh…" Clorinde lowered his head in thought for a moment, then looked at Alex and made up his mind: "Alright, I agree!… I know where it is. I've personally cleared it a few times, but these monsters revive themselves in the same spot after a while. They're among the kind that are hard to truly get rid of."
Clorinde continued, "But luckily, it's always in an underwater area, so the danger isn't that great!"
"That's great! Clorinde, you're really nice!" Alex was happy, he hadn't expected Clorinde to actually help him.
If Clorinde didn't help him, perhaps he would ask Chiori and Navia for help?
Oh, right! Maybe with Clorinde, he could also look for the two of them, just to make a Geo Resonance!
Thinking of this, Alex said to Clorinde, "Then I'll go find two more helpers. It probably won't be easy to fight, the Hydro Tulpa."
"No need, I'm enough by myself!" Clorinde said confidently, pulling out a Sword.
Alex recognized its shape.
It looked like… the iron sting?
"Don't you have any other weapons? Why are you using the EM-boosting iron sting? Are you an EM-scaling DPS?" Alex asked, confused.
"I also have a gun. This Sword is just something I carry casually; it's easier for me to use. As for what you said later, I don't understand." Clorinde took out his main weapon, a single-handed gun-Sword, with his left hand.
"Can I see this single-handed Sword?" Since he didn't equip it, he couldn't see the weapon's stats, but Alex was still curious about the iron sting's attributes.
"You can." Clorinde nodded in agreement.
Clorinde had no need to be wary of Alex's request. After all, he was very confident, had high combat power, and could handle Alex even bare-handed, not to mention he was somewhat of an acquaintance.
When Alex picked up the iron sting, the harbinger of dawn was automatically replaced in his equipment slot.
Seeing the equipment slot like this, Alex still didn't understand the replacement mechanism. Perhaps in the future, when items are of the same grade and level, he would have to manually confirm them in the equipment slot.
However, the most convenient method was to hold weapons in both hands simultaneously. This way, no matter what was previously equipped, the equipment slot would instantly display the weapon held in hand.
Four-star iron sting, Level 90. Base ATK, 510. element Mastery, 165. Refinement 1.
Infusion Sting: Within 6 seconds of dealing element DMG, the character's DMG increases by 6%. This effect can stack up to two times. This effect can be triggered once every second.
"Wow!" Alex saw that Clorinde was actually using a maxed-out, Refinement 1 iron sting, and couldn't help but feel envious and want it.
At the same time, Alex also seemed to realize that allogene characters' weapons are directly maxed out, at Level 90!
"What a great Sword." Alex reluctantly returned the iron sting to Clorinde.
He almost made a fool of himself. He had originally wanted to swap his harbinger of dawn for his iron sting to give Clorinde some Crit Rate/Crit DMG.
How strong is the three-star harbinger of dawn? Isn't it better than the four-star iron sting?
But then he saw it was maxed out.
Looking at his own harbinger of dawn, which was only Level 1! Alex was too embarrassed to try and trick him out of the iron sting.
Nor could he possibly swap his four-star 'Salted Fish Greatsword' with him.
Damn it, all the equipment I pull is Level 1, and I have to enhance it and spend materials to ascend it. I'm having such a hard time.
Clorinde retrieved the iron sting and placed it back into his Vision's space.
Alex, still envious, couldn't help but look at Clorinde's single-handed gun-Sword, which he hadn't put away yet.
In an instant, his mind cleared. Guns, it seems, I can play with them now!!!
Cool! Cool~!
"Let me see your gun again, please!" Alex's eyes lit up.
Why hadn't he thought of it before? Chevreuse could use a two-handed polearm-gun, and Clorinde was also using a single-handed gun-Sword.
Just watching them fight was cool! Now that he was in Teyvat, he could use guns too!!!
"You want to see the gun, here you go~" Clorinde generously handed his gun to Alex, and then added, "Our guns are specially made; they're completely different from what ordinary people use."
Alex took the gun, playing with it with a look of novelty.
Clorinde continued, "This gun doesn't have a magazine, because we, the Vision wielders, can use element power to replace the firing of bullets."
"There's such a thing? Let me try!" Alex said, constantly thinking about infusing element power into the gun.
But after waiting a few seconds with no reaction, Alex couldn't help but point the muzzle at himself, while widening his eyes and looking inside.
"Pew!" As luck would have it, the gun seemed to be waiting for Alex to point the muzzle at himself. A water bullet hit Alex's forehead.
"Ah!" Alex cried out in pain, his hand loosening.
The single-handed gun-Sword dropped, caught by the quick-reacting Clorinde.
"That hurt so much! I almost got shot dead!" Alex rubbed his forehead, glancing at his HP, which was still over 90%.
"Be careful, it's very dangerous." Clorinde only then reminded him.
He knew that getting shot once wouldn't kill him, and being shot by his own element power wouldn't cause too much DMG; it was quite safe.
But it also served as a good lesson for him: don't think about pointing the muzzle at yourself casually, it's very dangerous!
"Got it!" Alex's face flushed slightly. Indeed, this was a gun. Luckily, it didn't misfire and kill him.
However… Alex then frowned.
Just now, when he held the gun, it not only replaced the harbinger of dawn's slot, but also, this gun seemed to give no stats at all!!!
This was not good news! But it wasn't an absolute truth either. Perhaps if he wanted a gun with stats, he could use his phone to gacha and pull a gun weapon, and then it would give stats!
Hmm, if he wanted to play with guns, it wasn't impossible. He would just treat it as not having the dual-wielding skill, and miss out on the stats of one weapon.
Should he play with guns? If he did, he'd still prefer Chevreuse's type of long gun-Sword, which could also be used as a sniper.
Moreover, if he played with guns, his weapon choices would be completely diversified; he wouldn't need to be restricted to single-handed Swords.
Whichever weapon is powerful, he would use that one! He could totally carry a two-handed greatsword and spin around when he had nothing to do!
Alright, alright, who needs the stats of two weapons anyway!
I'm going to play with gun-Swords directly! I'm going to be a happy gun man!