The Captain and Durandal Face Off in a Battle of Wits (Continued)

The dashing Durandal makes a triumphant return with a completely new model.

The horse neighs, and the spear is raised high.

It amazed the audience.

"So handsome!"

"That goose is so cool and handsome!"

The audience couldn't help but praise it.

Durandal is one of the few characters in Honkai 3rd who is called "husband" by viewers.

Without any hesitation, Guān Xīng questioned her directly. Durandal didn't mince words either. Upon hearing that Guān Xīng was unwilling to go with her, she drew her spear and charged over on horseback.

"Wait, General Durandal!"

"How dare you, a mere guard, act so presumptuously between a sovereign and his subject? Get out of the way!" Durandal showed no intention of slowing down, shouting angrily as she drew her gun, the tip pointing directly at the Captain's chest.

With a clang, a dull metallic sound, the spear tip did indeed strike the Captain's chest, but it did not penetrate. Durandal was quite surprised, thinking that the Captain had practiced some kind of Iron Shirt technique.

They interrupted the Captain directly.

He picked up his gun again.

The simple, unadorned thrust pierced directly through the Captain's shoulder.

"This is... not what we agreed on..."

Warm blood gushed out, the Captain's eyelids grew heavier and heavier, his vision blurred, and in a daze, he seemed to see Guān Xīng pressing on his wound, crying out his name.

Unfortunately, he no longer had the strength to respond.

Ah?

At the same time, the audience had this thought.

This Durandal is way too fierce!

And why didn't the Captain dodge at the last moment?

The audience had many questions.

Little Knowledge's eyes widened. All the clues pointed to the fall of the Guān Xīng, but in the end, it was the Captain was seriously injured, which was beyond her expectations.

"Huh?! This isn't right, shouldn't it be Guān Xīng?"

The Little Knowledge do not believe it.

"Wouldn't this count as taking a hit for someone?"

Shub's lips twitched. "If it weren't for the Captain, just looking at Bianka's fierce appearance, Guān Xīng probably would have really perished here."

Who knows?

Salome shrugged.

"That doesn't make sense either. If the future Guān Xīng and the Captain knew each other, and Guān Xīng died here without the Captain's intervention, how could they have known Captain other in the future?"

Shub has once again disrupted her previous plans.

Patrick shook his head.

When the Captain opened his eyes again, he found himself lying in a tent. According to Xiao Te, he had been unconscious for nearly 22 hours.

Guān Xīng took place in a separate camp, where they were given special care.

Xiao Te's rant.

Durandal really doesn't play by the rules. Last time she only stabbed me once, and even told the Captain her location and put a steel plate under her for protection, but unexpectedly, she fired another shot.

"Stop!"

Suddenly, Vill-V spoke up.

Elysia was startled and instinctively pressed the pause button.

It brought the audience, who were immersed in the story, back to reality.

"What happened? Why did it suddenly pause? I was just listening to Xiao Te complain about Durandal."

Is there something wrong with this part of the plot?

Elysia glanced at Yaqing and asked Vill-V.

"It's not just a problem, it's a huge problem!"

Vill-V pointed to the subtitle of Xiao Te's sentence.

"Look at this sentence. What does it mean that it was 'the last time'? There are two possibilities. One is that the Captain has met Durandal, but the two don't seem to know each other in the story. The other possibility is that the Captain did not experience it for the first time."

Vill-V's guess left Elysia even more confused.

What do you mean by "not the first time"?

"Have you forgotten?"

Vill-V adjusted her intellectual-looking glasses. "At the beginning of this web series, it was mentioned that the Captain's consciousness was projected into the present in order to change the causes of the past. In other words, what we are seeing now is not the first time that consciousness has been projected; it may have happened many times before."

Elysia's mouth opened slightly.

The viewers in the live stream also realized what was happening.

"Damn, this is really terrifying to think about. Although this is the first time we've seen it, who knows how many times the Captain has gone through it? And how many times he failed?"

"Holy crap!!!"

The audience, who had initially taken it as a fairy tale, suddenly became serious.

The "collapse experts" started taking this web series seriously.

The Captain and Xiao Te were invited to Durandal's tent.

After removing her coat, Durandal revealed her fair shoulders and slender abdomen, her upper body appearing as if she were wearing a strapless top, making it impossible to look away.

The Captain came aboard and immediately asked about the whereabouts of the Guān Xīng.

Durandal only said that she had moved the Guān Xīng to a safe place, but that did not convince the Captain. He directly questioned Durandal about what she was doing.

"According to the late emperor's will, the Starcaller will inherit the throne, and we, his subjects, must also do our utmost to assist the country in its affairs."

Durandal paused for a moment.

"But Starcaller is still young... at least for now, she is not ready to shoulder the weight of the entire empire. Until she is ready, I will take over..."

Hahahaha!

The Captain's loud laughter interrupted Durandal's speech.

"I once thought that General Durandal commanded thousands of troops and was a person who understood the big picture."

The Captain laughed, seemingly mocking Durandal's ignorance.

"But I never expected that you, General, would be so loyal and devoted, yet know nothing about your lord. It's truly laughable."

The plot takes a bizarre turn.

Others might not think much of it, but Fu Hua and Little Knowledge, as natives of Shenzhou, had some doubts in their hearts.

"No way?"

Little Knowledge said subconsciously.

Perhaps both I and the old antique were wrong. The Captain might actually be the "Zhuge the Villager," which would explain why he was seriously injured at Hundred-Zhang Wasteland Captain. I just hope that the following plot won't be about Captain Zhuge cursing General Durandal.

["What's the meaning?"

Durandal frowned.

"It is true that Guān Xīng is still young, but so what? She is already prepared to take on the responsibility of this entire empire, and she is fighting for it."

"Nonsense! If she was already prepared to take responsibility, why did she flee Huangyue City on her own, putting herself in danger?!"

The Captain and Durandal held differing opinions, and their emotions grew increasingly agitated.

"Does the general believe that being the ruler of a country is merely about residing in the imperial city and issuing orders to the world?"

The Captain couldn't help but ask in return, "When the alien beasts return, do you, General, and these hundreds of thousands of soldiers, really want to fight for such a ruler?"

The Captain's question left Durandal with no point of rebuttal.

"Guān Xīng has always been very clear about what she should do... For this empire, the greatest threat is undoubtedly the strange beast that could descend at any time."

"What Guān Xīng is doing now is to permanently seal away his last beast in order to ensure the safety of the empire."

"Absurd! When the strange beasts descended in the past, countless soldiers fought valiantly to win a narrow victory for the empire."

A Durandal's eyes; she felt that the person before her was mocking her.

"Although Starcaller is exceptionally intelligent, how could she possibly seal that strange beast permanently on her own?"

"If you think she can't do anything on her own, then use your strength to help her!"

The Captain's emotions calmed down slightly.

"To trust the lord you serve... isn't that what you, General, should be doing?"

Durandal was once again rendered speechless.

"If the general still insists on this, I am willing to fight the general..."

The Captain engages in a verbal battle with Durandal.

This was the initial spark that ignited the passion for this web series.

It gave the audience in Shenzhou a sense of home.

It evokes the feeling of Zhuge Liang verbally abusing Wang Situ to death.

"The Captain's eloquence is impressive, and he actually wants to fight Durandal. Was his combat power very high before the consciousness mapping?"

"I don't think the Captain's combat ability is very high. After all, he's always bleeding or injured in battle, and he even gets caught by Guān Xīng. But if you look at it this way, doesn't the Captain seem cooler?"

"To challenge the strong for the sake of the one you love—this is the kind of love you only see in novels!"

"Could Durandal have been persuaded by the Captain?"

Elysia asked curiously.

"Which 'persuasion' did Miss Fairy mention? Is it the one I'm thinking of? / Hehe"

Upon seeing this comment, Elysia quickly said, "Hey, don't make jokes like that. I'll let you in on a secret: Durandal is Yaqing's niece."

Although she spoke quietly, Elysia did not lower her voice at all.

The viewers in the live stream got excited when they heard about this relationship.

"Uncle, I swear I have never called you an old thief, nor have I ever insulted you online. I hope you will not make things difficult for me in the future. As for my relationship with Durandal..."

"Someone come here. Wake up the people upstairs, Uncle. Don't let this kind of person ruin your good mood for the day."

The live streamers started frantically recognizing each other's uncles.

"Elysia!"

Yaqing's tone was tinged with resentment.

It's not that I'm complaining about Elysia revealing her relationship with Durandal without permission, but rather that once such a relationship is revealed, many scholars of the "Honkai Impact" phenomenon will start speculating about him.

Moreover, once they discover that Durandal is Kiana's older sister, they will make connections in that direction, and a wonderful plot twist will disappear completely.

Elysia was taken aback.

They realized what was happening.

She glanced apologetically at Yaqing.

"Sorry."

Elysia hid her head behind Vill-V and mouthed something to Yaqing.

"It's okay, I'll just say it."

Yaqing didn't care about the words, but simply sent a message to Froglay on his phone, prohibiting any information about Durandal from being found online before the Thus Spoke Apocalypse.

Mobius glanced at his phone screen.

Back at the company, although Shigure Kira didn't say it, the women already knew that this plot couldn't possibly have been written by Shigure Kira.