Kaslana's Path to Survival in Honkai

Delta gritted her teeth, stuffing the hastily folded instruction manual into her arms, then used brute force to break free from the seatbelt and jump out.

"Careful."

Delta had just poked her head out when she heard Yae Kasumi's voice, who had just jumped from the plane in front of her... and the almost imperceptible sound of a blade cutting through the air behind her compared to the surrounding environment.

No time to react, her body moved before her brain, and two greatswords, one red and one blue, instantly appeared in her hands.

Her tail hooked onto the seat to stabilize herself, Delta turned and crouched on the plane, the two greatswords crossed to block the Xuanyuan that Kaino had slashed over.

"A pretty quick reaction? And not bad strength either... you were holding back when you fought that Parvati."

Feeling the strength from the blade, no less than her own monstrous power, Kaino couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"Hah, I should be the one surprised. Putting aside your ability to suddenly appear on the plane, I haven't encountered many enemies who can match my strength."

Delta's words were defiant, and she increased the strength in her hands.

The blade gradually pressed towards Kaino.

And then...

"Hiss!"

Delta suddenly winced in pain, losing her balance, staring wide-eyed at Kaino, her face full of disbelief: "Resorting to such childish tricks, have you no shame?!"

"Nope."

Calmly retracting his foot from Delta's tail, Kaino took advantage of Delta's momentary weakness to exert force and push Delta away.

At the same time, several ice spikes condensed out of thin air beside Kaino, stabbing towards Delta.

Chapter 74: Difficult Passage Through the Mortal Realm

Delta frowned and swung the blue greatsword, instantly shattering the ice cones.

She wasn't a child... at least not mentally. An attack like stepping on her tail wouldn't make her curl up on the ground and roll around. Apart from that momentary distraction, it wouldn't have any additional effect on her.

But Kaino didn't expect such an attack to hurt her; he wasn't that naive.

The dozens of ice cones turned to powder the moment they came into contact with Delta's greatsword. The icy blue powder crystals reflected the sunlight, not only blocking Delta's vision but also hurting her eyes.

"Heh. I say, is that all you can do, these petty tricks?"

Quickly blocking the Xuanyuan Sword that stabbed out from behind the ice crystal mist with the pink greatsword, Delta snorted disdainfully.

"Surprise attacks are enough for a warrior only once. Show me the same ferocity you used to attack that Honkai Beast, and let's have a good fight!"

"This is the first time I've heard someone wanting to be treated like a Honkai Beast."

Kaino gripped the Xuanyuan with both hands, exerting force, and once again stalemated with Delta.

"My main goal is to bring you back. If I really fought seriously, I'm afraid I might accidentally kill you. If that happened, Liliya would fight me to the death."

"Judging by your previous behavior, you and Liliya have a good relationship, right? Are you really so heartless as to leave your sister and walk away alone? Or are all your previous interactions, all your previous feelings, just an act..."

"None of your business! Shut up!"

As if stepping on one of Delta's landmines, she instantly exploded. Red and blue colors like dyes appeared on the two greatswords, and Delta suddenly knocked Kaino back several steps.

She looked at Kaino coldly, raising the two greatswords high in her hands.

"You better pray your body is as tough as your mouth."

With that, the two heavy swords swung down with force, cutting the still barely flying plane in half, causing it to explode with a bang.

Delta gritted her teeth as she watched Kaino being swallowed by the flames, released her tail from the cockpit, and quickly fell, riding the shockwave from the explosion, then plunged headfirst into a pile of dirt.

Before she could exert any force, a pair of hands pulled her out.

"Delta, your luck is very good. If the plane had flown further before being destroyed by you, you might not have landed on the dirt but on the stone bricks near the center of the island."

Yae Kasumi put Delta on the ground, her voice devoid of emotion.

"Cough, cough cough, bleh."

Spitting out a few mouthfuls of dirt, Delta glared at Yae Kasumi indignantly: "Are you laughing at me?"

"I am merely stating the facts."

"Alright, alright, I can't argue with you anyway."

Delta waved her hand impatiently, then looked around.

"What about the wreckage of the plane? He hasn't come after us yet. That kid isn't dead, is he?"

"The Ferryman's evaluation of him is..."

"No need to explain in so much detail, just tell me the result."

"It is very likely that he is unharmed, but for some reason, he did not attack us. There is a small chance that he fainted somewhere on the island and will wake up soon."

"Hah, he's really something, I wonder where he came from."

Stretching, Delta put away the two greatswords, scratched her hair, and asked impatiently:

"What is this place? Why is it so gloomy?"

The place where the two fell was a forest. It was unknown what kind of trees were planted in the forest. They were bare and strangely shaped, and there were many bats flying around in the forest.

It was clearly daytime now... huh?

Looking at the suddenly thickening clouds in the sky, Delta clicked her tongue.

"How did it suddenly turn like this? Is she behind it again?"

"Highly likely, but we can't rule out the possibility of someone else who can interfere here."

Yae Kasumi nodded, looked around to discern their location, and then walked in one direction.

"This is an island in the center of the sea, the location of the finals for the competition you participated in, and also the key to leaving this place. Follow me, and we'll be able to leave soon."

"Wait."

Delta took out her instruction manual from her bosom, placed it gently under a tree with a complex expression, wiped the raindrops from her face, took a deep breath, and followed Yae Kasumi.

"Let's go."

Plop.

Kaino conjured a huge parasol, sheltering the collapsed and vacant-eyed Rosalia and Yae Sakura—or, according to their names for each other in the illusion, Delta and Yae Kasumi—from the rain. He then looked up at the overcast sky and sighed helplessly.

"It's a good thing I'm kind-hearted, or you two would be soaked to the bone."

Leaning against the undamaged plane behind him and creating a vacuum zone where he wouldn't get wet, Kaino listlessly fiddled with the Feather of the Underworld in his hand.

It had to be said that this was indeed a divine artifact, and its usefulness to Kaino was even greater than that of the Judgement of Shamash.

After all, Kaino had quite a few authorities. Even without the Judgement of Shamash, he could still possess considerable combat power—and in fact, Kaino currently only occasionally used the Judgement of Shamash in dual-gun mode, and had never once unsheathed it.

But the Feather of the Underworld was different. Like this time, without the Feather of the Underworld, even if Kaino knocked the two of them unconscious, tied them up, and interrogated them, he probably wouldn't get any information. On the contrary, he might provoke Liliya's complaints.

Although they didn't interact much, he couldn't handle children who politely called him "Big Brother."

Conversely, he had already obtained a lot of information by simply creating a small illusion instead of probing their memories with the Feather of the Underworld.

"The Ferryman... and that woman who can barely be called human..."

Kaino narrowed his eyes, then sighed.

Unfortunately, Delta's temper was too volatile, and she didn't have much patience. If she hadn't interrupted Yae Kasumi, he could have obtained even more information.

However, judging from Delta's strange behavior in the illusion, the person who communicated with Rita back then probably wasn't her.

"Oh well, let's just go to their so-called exit and see if there are any clues there."

Kaino held the Feather of the Underworld close to his mouth and whispered:

"Seele? Can you hear me?"

"...How's it going on your end?"

After a while, Red Seele's voice came from it.

Mm, there was still quite a distinction between her voice and Blue Seele's.

"I've stopped the people. I'll go ahead and see what their goal is."

"Oh, by the way, pay attention to comforting Liliya's emotions later. Del... Rosalia seems to be acting a bit strange. She seems to know the person who kidnapped her."

Not only that, but they even attacked me together... but let's not mention that.

"Got it!"

Xiao Shi's voice suddenly came through.

Kaino: ?

"How can you even chime in?"

"My power and the feather you're using to communicate are from the same source. By the way, how exactly is this feather made? I've never heard of it before."

"For the sake of your mental health, it's best if you don't know."

Kaino sighed.

"That's all for now, I'm leaving."

Chapter 75 Phantom, Vanishing

There were quite a few things that caught Kaino's attention in Yae Kasumi and Delta's conversation in the Feather of the Underworld's illusion.

For example, the rain clouds in the sky, which, according to them, were caused by someone who could interfere here. Creating rain clouds was nothing; Kaino could easily do it if he wanted to.

What Kaino was concerned about was their mention of "interference."

Even if his education wasn't high, he knew the meaning of that word—unauthorized, forceful intervention.

...This bubble world very likely has a nominal owner. Unless Yae Kasumi's education was so low that her word choice was extremely inaccurate, this possibility was very high.

Kaino didn't know the meaning of "owner" here. But his intuition told him that even he, who had only reversed the bubble world into his body, couldn't be considered the owner of Fu Hua's bubble world.

The Book of Xuanxuan didn't tell him about these things either? Did it not know?

Thinking of this, Kaino couldn't help but sigh.

This feeling of everyone else around him knowing everything while he was like a clueless idiot was really uncomfortable.

And was this really the finals venue for the challenge competition?

Scanning the surrounding facilities, Kaino looked puzzled.

Ferris wheel, roller coaster, merry-go-round... this looked like an amusement park.

Forget about anyone from the competition organizers; there wasn't even an open arena. How could this be the finals venue?!

And planting those extremely bizarre trees around the island, then building an amusement park in the center—what kind of terrible design was this?

Were they not afraid of going bankrupt?

"The closer I get to the island's center, the more wrong things feel. I only came here to play, so why am I running into so much trouble?"

After a moment's thought, Kaino gave up trying to figure it out and took out Feather of the Underworld, ready to ask for help.

"I should ask Xiao Shi; they should know something... What's that?"

Kaino suddenly turned his head, looking towards a shadowy area.

Accompanied by a tick-tock, tick-tock sound like the turning of clock hands, a huge black and gold robot that had been lying on the ground as if dead was suddenly given life. The pink crystal on its head began to glow red, and at the same time, its entire body began to twitch and shake, then slowly stood...

It didn't stand up.

Its legs were blasted by Kaino, who had decisively drawn Judgement of Shamash. The robot, which hadn't even found its footing, lost its balance and fell back to the ground.

Without giving it a chance to recover, the Heavenly Fire pistols instantly transformed into the Heavenly Fire greatsword. Kaino rushed forward, aiming for the pink crystal on its head that practically screamed, I'm the weak point!

Perhaps its power was weak from just awakening, but with a flash of sparks, the crystal on the robot's head returned to darkness, and it stopped moving completely.

Kaino didn't relax his guard, quickly severing its limbs to prevent it from reactivating.

Only after finishing everything did Kaino finally breathe a sigh of relief, carefully examining the robot before him. He had long memorized the Honkai Beast encyclopedia, but there was no information about this one.

A round head like a clock face, and a slender yet massive body. Although he didn't know its exact strength, it looked very dangerous.

Especially the golden black greatsword in its hand, which looked very powerful.

The dark body was made of some unknown material; Kaino felt it was difficult to cut through with Heavenly Fire.

"A sudden attack... is this part of the finals? But this robot looks so dangerous; won't it accidentally injure or even kill the participants?"