[The sight of Benedikta's work is certainly something to behold, and even Alhaitham has to take a moment to fully digest what he's seeing. It is more or less the first time where he gets to truly see and witness a power that is very much not that of Visions... possibly something even beyond that, given the appearance of wings on her back and basically just about everything else.
His gaze briefly follows one particular trail of murky ichor as it oozes across the now stained deck after having taken one splattered mermaid zombie, with another joining it soon enough as Alhaitham deals with the second of many more of these creatures that they're going to have to take out, judging from the silhouettes he can make out from the localized tornado.
The sound of Benedikta's then comes to him just in time for him to look up and see her more or less tossing over another one of the creatures towards him. Alhaitham reacts immediately once that happens, striking forward with his Dendro-infused blade—and as soon as he sinks his sword in a light projection appears, starting from the side and spinning about, its points sharp enough to cleave through the creature and bisect it into two clean halves.
With that particular one dealt with, Alhaitham continues on with the next one; this one, however, he uses his sword as a point to spin around and toss it to where the two Bloom Cores from earlier are. The instant that particular mermaid zombie lands there the two cores erupt, exploding in a shower of Dendro energy that has the mermaid screaming out in anguish before it too goes silent to join the others already dead.
Alhaitham takes a second then to catch his breath, staring at the few corpses that now litter the deck (which has not taken any physical damage even after the first two cores had exploded; Dendro, after all, goes for the intangible, unlike most of its other counterparts back in Teyvat). Both of his Chisel-Light Mirrors have expired, and he needs a bit more time to renew them. And there is also the minorly-growing issue of the five new Bloom Cores that have appeared—two from the one his projections had struck, and then the three that had formed from the lingering Dendro from the cores that had exploded just now combined with the water on the deck itself.
...given how small the boat is, the constant (unintentional) production of Dendro Cores isn't going to end very well for him if this keeps up.]
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His gaze briefly follows one particular trail of murky ichor as it oozes across the now stained deck after having taken one splattered mermaid zombie, with another joining it soon enough as Alhaitham deals with the second of many more of these creatures that they're going to have to take out, judging from the silhouettes he can make out from the localized tornado.
The sound of Benedikta's then comes to him just in time for him to look up and see her more or less tossing over another one of the creatures towards him. Alhaitham reacts immediately once that happens, striking forward with his Dendro-infused blade—and as soon as he sinks his sword in a light projection appears, starting from the side and spinning about, its points sharp enough to cleave through the creature and bisect it into two clean halves.
With that particular one dealt with, Alhaitham continues on with the next one; this one, however, he uses his sword as a point to spin around and toss it to where the two Bloom Cores from earlier are. The instant that particular mermaid zombie lands there the two cores erupt, exploding in a shower of Dendro energy that has the mermaid screaming out in anguish before it too goes silent to join the others already dead.
Alhaitham takes a second then to catch his breath, staring at the few corpses that now litter the deck (which has not taken any physical damage even after the first two cores had exploded; Dendro, after all, goes for the intangible, unlike most of its other counterparts back in Teyvat). Both of his Chisel-Light Mirrors have expired, and he needs a bit more time to renew them. And there is also the minorly-growing issue of the five new Bloom Cores that have appeared—two from the one his projections had struck, and then the three that had formed from the lingering Dendro from the cores that had exploded just now combined with the water on the deck itself.
...given how small the boat is, the constant (unintentional) production of Dendro Cores isn't going to end very well for him if this keeps up.]