Collapse: Journey Begins with the Moonlit Oath
Chapter 7

Destruction Can Do Anything

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Then she had only one fear left...

She was afraid that person would disappear, afraid she would never see him again.

Therefore, for that person, Miss Moonlit could give her life.

"Another new day!"

The girl got out of bed and walked over to the window.

Looking at the golden light the sun had become at dusk, a beautiful smile appeared on her face.

She turned and walked into the bathroom. She instinctively turned on the faucet, but when no water came out, she finally remembered that she was not staying in a normal hotel.

Naturally, there was no water or electricity in this room.

She did not mind. She was still very clean, having already bathed in the river last night.

She looked at herself in the mirror again—or, more precisely, at Miss Moonlit's appearance. Only now did she truly understand what she looked like.

How should she put it? She was naturally somewhat different from her two-dimensional appearance in the game.

She looked more real, yet even more beautiful.

Miss Moonlit's outfit was primarily black, including a long black dress, black gloves, and black boots. This color combination made her look even more mysterious and aloof.

The skirt was especially long, nearly dragging along the floor, giving her a solemn yet elegant air.

Moreover, several black roses decorated the hem. The design was highly distinctive, enhancing the outfit's beauty while also calling to mind her identity as a vampire.

Besides the outfit, Moonlit Oath's hairstyle and accessories were also quite distinctive. Her hair was white and brilliantly bright, forming a powerful contrast with her black clothing. Around her neck was a lace choker, exquisitely made and perfectly suited to her style.

The black stockings wrapping around her slender legs were also incredibly alluring.

Miss Moonlit looked at herself in the mirror, then gently parted her cherry lips to reveal her cute little fangs.

"Even Miss Moonlit's fangs are so cute. As expected of my Moonlit Wife."

She licked her fangs with her tongue. Watching her own movements in the mirror, she was simply far too tempting. She had the urge to bite herself...

Even if she were drained dry of blood, she would not hesitate.

Of course, Moonlit Oath: For Love with Heart had long since lost Moonlit Embrace's original impulse to drink blood. The girl who controlled the Aetherium Singularity no longer craved blood.

Though she was a vampire, she had no blood addiction and certainly did not feed on it.

Even so, her vampire abilities had not disappeared.

She could still inject Bacterial Honkai Beasts into the bodies of those whose blood she drank, turning them into beings that were half-human and half-Honkai Beast within forty-eight hours.

Those infected by Bacterial Honkai Beasts would share their life force with her.

The infected could strengthen Miss Moonlit through bloodsucking, while in return, so long as Miss Moonlit did not suffer a fatal threat, they could gain a nearly eternal life.

If Miss Moonlit died, those infected after having their blood sucked by her would die alongside her.

That was also why, in the story, Miss Moonlit had bitten every "Theresa" in order to keep the Captain safe.

Because under that world's rules, the closer the Captain got to "Theresa," the greater the danger he faced. Miss Moonlit chose this method... As long as every "Theresa" disappeared... the Captain would be safe.

"Pointy ones are cute too~"

Licking her fangs at the mirror, the girl curiously struck several cute poses and found herself liking them more and more!

As expected of her own Moonlit Wife.

Sure enough, little Theresa could not compare at all to the mature big-sister Moonlit Oath.

So she was not some lolicon after all. She simply liked Theresa and liked Miss Moonlit.

And now, she liked this Great Theresa even more.

But unfortunately, although Miss Moonlit was already an adult and of legal age, she could not do anything right now.

Feeling miserable, Miss Moonlit returned to the bed and flopped down onto it. After resting face-down for a while, she got back up.

"I finally have 225 Crystals now, but... it's not even enough for one pull."

Opening the system inventory, the Crystals were no longer at zero, but 225. She had earned them yesterday by killing the bounty targets, the Lost Demon and the church priest, the Vice Bishop.

Put together, it was not even enough for one pull. What a pitiful amount.

Right, that priest seemed to have had an Artifact on him. She had forgotten to take it before directly killing him. What a shame about the reward for collecting Artifacts.

Artifacts were items created by the God of the Bible, extraordinary powers that resided within certain humans. They were not merely weapons, but more like powers that accompanied their hosts.

It was said that when a human chosen by an Artifact was born, it would already reside within them, waiting for its host to awaken.

Some people might possess an Artifact in their bodies yet never awaken it throughout their entire lives...

At that thought, Miss Moonlit realized something.

"Ai-chan, does taking an Artifact require a special method? Otherwise, no one can obtain someone else's Artifact. And only Fallen Angels possess a method for taking Artifacts. Do I need to find Fallen Angels first and get their method for taking Artifacts?"

If that were the case, it would be troublesome. She did not even know whether the Fallen Angels had developed the technology to forcibly take Artifacts yet. Even if they had, obtaining that technology would not be easy.

Furthermore, using such a method would mean certain death for the host stripped of their Artifact.

There was no need for such trouble. As long as you capture those Artifact Wielders, Captain, you can directly use the system's power to obtain their Artifacts. The Artifact Wielders will not need to sacrifice their lives, either.

Ai-chan appeared out of thin air before the girl, making the assurance with complete certainty.

How could the Fallen Angels' pathetic technology compare to the system?

Honkai Can Do Anything

"That's good!"

Hearing Ai-chan's words, the girl was much more at ease.

There was no need to go through so much trouble, nor would she have to take someone's Artifact at the cost of their life. Not every Artifact Wielder deserved to die, and she thought highly of some of them.

"Then can I use Artifacts?"

Thinking of something else, Miss Moonlit eagerly asked Ai-chan.

After all, some Artifacts possessed truly extraordinary abilities, no worse than the equipment in games. Their utility was even greater.

Especially the Sacred Gears, which included ones capable of stably crossing parallel worlds or even creating worlds, as well as creating every kind of magical beast one could imagine.

Freezing worlds, endlessly growing stronger, stopping the world's operation, resurrection and immortality, the authority of a creator, dominion over the earth, dominion over the sky and dragonkind...

All of these could be accomplished through Artifacts. The key was the user!

An Artifact's ability and power were not fixed. The same Artifact could have entirely different upper and lower limits in different hands. It mainly depended on its owner—the greater the owner's potential, the greater the Artifact's power.

If a host's potential was sufficiently powerful, they could even surpass an Artifact's limits.

In short, it would be even better if she could use Artifacts too.

Miss Moonlit believed that her potential would absolutely not be inferior to anyone else's. After all, she represented every Valkyrie and Star Rail character!

Even as Moonlit Oath: For Love with Heart alone, she had lived for ten thousand years and controlled the Aetherium Singularity...

And now the question was whether she could use Artifacts.

Logically, she should be able to, right?

Although she was a vampire, she also possessed Kallen's genes. But perhaps only humans with bloodlines from this world could use them?

This isn't the Genshin system, so of course you can! Boss, haven't you heard that Honkai can do anything? Only the elements are powerless.

"...Is that so?"

Ai-chan's words clearly startled Miss Moonlit, and a strange expression appeared on her face.

So Honkai Energy really could do anything!

Fortunately, her system was not Genshin's, or it really would have been powerless.

She played Genshin too, but not long ago, she lost three consecutive 50/50s while pulling for characters and angrily uninstalled it.

Only Honkai and Star Rail remained.

Come to think of it, if she had not uninstalled Genshin, would she have had three systems?

That was...

A little unfortunate.

"Artifacts..."

Since she could use Artifacts, she could not sell some of them to Ai-chan. However, there were many Artifacts in this world. Even the strongest Sacred Gears numbered more than a dozen.

If she kept some and sold the Artifacts that were less important to her for Crystals, it should be enough to raise herself to SSS-rank, right?

As for her level, she did not need to spend many Crystals on that.

She could gain experience and level up just by killing enemies. After last night's slaughter, Miss Moonlit was already level three, though that was only because early levels required little experience.

It seemed reaching the maximum level would not be easy either.

Fortunately, besides experience from killing enemies, she could obtain Experience Chips from missions, and Experience Chips also had a chance of dropping when pulling supplies.

They could all greatly increase her leveling speed.

Although she had twenty Supply Cards in hand, the girl was not in any rush to use them. She would wait until she completed more bounties and had enough Crystals before pulling them all at once!

Many Captains were used to pulling as soon as they had 280 Crystals, but she still preferred waiting until she had enough Crystals first.

That way, she would not miss a character she wanted because she lacked Crystals, or have to spend money.

She did have quite a lot of allowance, but she could not keep spending money like that!

She had maxed out Moonlit Oath because she lacked enough Crystals and liked the adult Moonlit Oath so much that she had no choice but to use all her allowance.

Elysia used to be her favorite, but Miss Moonlit now ranked just a little higher in her heart. That was enough to show how much she loved Moonlit Oath: For Love with Heart.

"Ai-chan, is there a way to obtain the locations of bounty targets? In a place I'm completely unfamiliar with, it's far too difficult to run into those bounty targets."

"In open-world games, the targets are always marked."

Having made up her mind, she wanted to raise her Valkyrie rank to SSS as soon as possible, which meant she needed a great many Crystals! She had to complete more bounties.

And it was not just Valkyrie fragments, but Stigmata as well.

Right now, she only had the Hana Stigmata set Ai-chan had given her.

What era was this? Who still used that stuff?

She had to switch to Miss Moonlit's signature Stigmata. Even if it was not the completed "Sweet Dream" set, she needed at least the budget "Darwin" set. If that truly would not work... Edison would do as well.

And all of that required a great many Crystals to pull supplies...

The rewards from Bounty Missions were certainly tempting, but without even a single target, wandering around aimlessly and relying on luck was too difficult.

There are clues! Boss, don't you look for yourself? Just click the bounty target you want to complete and choose to purchase bounty clues."

As she spoke, Ai-chan looked around, then flew over to the room's outlet. After cautiously glancing at the door a few times, she stuck her finger inside!

The next moment, a blank expression appeared on her face. Why was there no electricity?

"..."

The girl was somewhat speechless at Ai-chan's actions. As expected of Ai-chan, the electricity-stealing maniac.

But then she suddenly realized something.

"Wait, bounty clues have to be purchased?"

Shouldn't the clues be given to her directly?

What a typical mhy move!

To complete bounty missions, she even had to buy the clues herself...

Grumbling internally about the system, the girl opened the Bounty Missions interface and clicked on a bounty target. Sure enough, there was a prompt...

The moment she saw it, her face darkened.

Not only did she have to spend Crystals to purchase bounties, there were also limits.

Monthly purchasable bounty clues: S-SSS (1 time), A-C (3 times), D (10 times).

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