Genshin Impact is a big stage, come if you dare

Chapter 966 Mysterious Guardian

The "mysterious guard" delivered a map and a key to the prison.

Navia: "He's helping us escape? And what he just said..."

"We must reclaim the honor that belongs to us Shadow Hunters..." Furna's eyes lit up, "Could he be a Shadow Hunter hiding in the royal city?!"

"It all matches up! The Shadow Hunters hidden among the royal city guards discovered the evil wizard's anomaly, but due to their limited individual strength, they guided citizens who had heard of the Shadow Hunters' stories to send letters for help!"

"The Shadow Hunters are elusive. How could ordinary people who have only heard the legends so easily gather real Shadow Hunters? It makes sense that there must be a Shadow Hunter secretly guiding them!"

Paimon exclaimed, "Wow, the more I listen, the more I believe it! Frynn, your reasoning skills are amazing!"

A group of people used a key to open the prison and, following the map, ran to a sparsely populated island.

"Is this the location marked on the map?" Funina closed the map and looked at the huge blue stone in front of her.

Paimon stroked his chin. "What a suspicious-looking rock."

Based on her experience with adventures, I'd guess there's something hidden inside!

“If there are rocks blocking the way, just blast them away.” Navia raised her umbrella gun, and just as she was about to pull the trigger, she remembered that the girl seemed to really like her weapon.

"Uh... Su, do you want to play? I've opened the safety lock, and it's even more powerful than before!"

Seeing Navia's cautious and ingratiating manner, and then looking at Funina's expectant expression, Su silently took the umbrella gun and pulled the trigger together with Funina.

With a loud "boom," the thick bluestone shattered everywhere, revealing a damp and narrow path.

Sue and Funina held hands and carefully slid in. The cave was surprisingly large, mysterious and quiet.

At the deepest point was a massive stone gate. The emblem on the gate was very similar to the wooden badges worn on the chests of the Shadow Hunters present.

Funina: "The aging technique is quite impressive; it looks quite old."

Claude stared at the gate in silent contemplation.

Navia was always very sensitive to Clarinde's unusual behavior. "What's wrong, host?"

“It’s nothing,” Clorind shook her head, then resumed her role as host, providing narration to fill in the plot.

"After a difficult journey, the Shadow Hunters finally arrived at the location shown on the map—an ancient site, a treasure."

Sue, Paimon, and Frynn joined hands, raised their arms high, and cheered, "Treasure!"

Fu Ningna looks forward to the storyline where she returns to the battlefield fully equipped after the upgrade and turns the tide of battle.

"For the sake of the suffering people of the royal city, and to destroy the evil sorcerer, it is time to let it see the light of day again!"

A group of people scattered and carefully searched through the grass and various crevices, and they actually found three stone key pieces.

Clarin stared intently at the keys in the hands of the Shadowhunters, and finally took out an identical key from her own backpack.

The four stone key pieces fit together perfectly, forming a complete key.

"We did it!" Funina clapped her hands, then took the key and pulled Sue and Paimon toward the stone gate.

But before the girls could open the treasure vault doors together and behold the treasure, all the torches around the cave went out.

"W-What's going on? Have we run into some kind of trap?" Funina grabbed Sue and Paimon's hands nervously.

Claude turned sharply to look back at the path she had come from, where a figure holding a sword appeared.

"Please close your eyes, fellow Shadow Hunters. You will see nothing in the dark cave due to the lack of torches."

Sue, who is completely visible: ...

"..." Clorind looked at the girl's eyes, which were faintly glowing in the darkness, and emphasized again, "You can't see anything."

Funina: "Oh, okay!" A new development! She knew the treasure wouldn't be so easy to find!

Furna closed her eyes first, followed by Paimon, Linni, and Navia.

Seeing how cooperative and expectant Funina was, Su Mo closed her eyes while chanting "immersion, immersion".

Footsteps echoed in the darkness.

Furness was startled to find that her vision and hearing had been enhanced instead of suppressed.

"Besides us, there are others?! Uh..." Funina suddenly realized halfway through her sentence.

Oh--

It must be Mr. Florian playing an NPC again to advance the plot!

Relieved, Funina shook her hand, which she was holding with Su. "I was really nervous when I couldn't see anything. Luckily, Su was with me."

Sue and Funina clasped hands and shook back, indicating that she didn't need to be afraid.

Let alone just a highly realistic game, even if this place were a real den of dragons and tigers, she could still lead Funina and Paimon out unscathed.

"Tch, have we been discovered?" Florian looked at Clarinde, who was also holding a sharp blade and staring at him, and felt a chill in his heart.

Clarind raised the blade, but her voice remained calm as she narrated.

“You recognized the owner of the voice—the ‘guard’ who offered you help.”

"It turns out he coveted the treasure of the Shadow Hunter's legacy and came to compete with you for it."

"What?! The guards who helped us weren't actually righteous Shadow Hunters after all?" Furness muttered to herself. "Damn it! My deduction went wrong again."

"..." This "again" is quite clever; Paimon decided to forget what he had said to Puffina earlier.

With her eyes closed, Navia's voice rose sharply, "This is so suspenseful! Is it going to be a night battle? I'm going to use 'Swordsmanship' on him!"

As Clarin drew her sword and charged toward Florian, she calmly reported, "Action confirmed, judgment successful. Do not open your eyes until I announce that the torches will be lit again."

Hearing the intense sounds of battle clashing over there, Funina nodded with her eyes closed, "I understand, I understand, because this is a duel in the dark!"

Wow, the realism and immersive experience of this tabletop theater troupe are constantly improving!

Yesterday, we were just "fighting" using gacha results and verbal descriptions, but today we have incredibly realistic "voice acting"!

Sensing something amiss, Linni let out a long "uh..." and hesitated before continuing.

Paimon crossed his arms proudly. "Hmph, you're up against the battle-hardened Shadow Hunter squad. You can't beat us!"

"Haven't you defeated him yet? This enemy has a lot of health." Navia was starting to find it strange.

Clarinde's voice was extremely calm, "It's tougher than I thought."

"I'm going to use my 'culinary skills' on him!" Su threw a wooden ladle with his eyes closed. "Eat my Smiling Half-Step Madness!"

Florian, caught in the middle, let out a scream and fell to his knees.

"Mr. Florian's screams were so realistic! They were just as good as those of professional stage actors," Furna exclaimed.

Clarind: "...Cooking Skills Test: Great Success."

Knowing that the girl's patience was about to run out, Clarinde decisively launched the Night Hunt. "The Shadow Hunters have successfully subdued the uninvited guest, and he will confess everything he has been hiding."

"Tch! I haven't been...!" Florian struggled to lift his head, only to see the dark muzzle of a gun. "..."

Clarin pressed the gun to Florian's forehead and repeated, "He will tell you everything he's been hiding."

Florian: ...

Nodding, nodding, nodding!