The Captain Just Wants to Go Home and Play Games

She then remembered the other party had wanted to find Kiana before, and considering the world they were in was the Honkai world, an exceptionally dangerous place. She continued to send a message.

"I don't know what you intend to do, but if anything dangerous comes up, remember to contact me. This Princess has immense abilities; cling to my thigh, and I guarantee I'll lead you to victory and glory."

"Then thank you, Her Highness the Princess. I'm going to be busy. I'll find you when I get back."

PS: This chapter is unrelated to the main story and does not affect its development. It serves as supplementary character information.

Also, since everyone felt the Card Master setting in the book was unreasonable, let's nerf the Blade Dancer. Cough, I mean, let's seal the Card Master's fate-related abilities. They won't appear in later plot points.

Chapter 32: It's Time to Swing the Great Axe!

After finding a suitable medium for transformation, Mo Yi entered the small world's game interface and equipped the Character Card of Card Master - Twisted Fate.

"Dream Transformation - Card Master - Twisted Fate."

Why was he still shouting the lines when no one was around?

Naturally, it was because life needs a sense of ritual!

Girls like a sense of ritual, while women prefer looks, cars, and houses. Compared to that, the cost of a sense of ritual is very low. Why not be a man full of ritual?

Moreover, when others unleash their ultimate moves in battle, they shout the names of their techniques. Besides the mystical reason that all damage comes from shouting, it also serves as a form of psychological suggestion, subconsciously making them think:

This wave, I'm strong! After this move, you might die! With dragons flying towards me, I ask you, how can I lose?!

Confidence is extremely important.

For example, in the most common scenario of exams, a confident person can often achieve scores far exceeding their usual practice tests. Conversely, someone lacking confidence and feeling nervous might make mistakes in areas they shouldn't, performing at an 80-point level when they should be scoring 90.

In combat, where every second means life or death and hesitation means defeat, confidence is infinitely more crucial. Therefore, to cultivate confidence, shouting the name of a technique when using it is a very necessary and useful little trick.

As for why the lines were from a Magical Girl, Mo Yi could only say it was purely coincidental.

Directly entering the activated state, Mo Yi completed the transformation in 0.1 seconds. He then placed the medium, filled with Kiana's essence, onto the magic circle he had drawn on the ground and channeled his Magic Power.

Countless poker chips began to fly around Mo Yi, while the magic circle on the ground emitted an increasingly dazzling light.

Instantly, he transformed into a beam of light and vanished from Kiana's room, leaving only the magic circle drawn with a marker pen on the ground as proof of what had just happened.

As for how Mo Yi obtained a marker pen, as a light novel author, isn't it natural to carry one at all times?

Drawing tally marks isn't the only use for a marker pen.

Meanwhile...

The prolonged chase and constant use of 'Space-Time Rift' had left Kiana in an extremely exhausted state. Facing Theresa, who had appeared before her, Kiana wondered what words of surrender she could use to move the other party and make them go easy on her later.

"Not running anymore, delivery lady?"

Theresa, dressed in a red and black dress, appeared incredibly alluring and sinister under the moonlight, with huge blood-red wings. Anyone would think it was the entrance effect of a villainous boss.

"This time, Theresa won't give you another chance to escape."

"Mhm, I'll knock you out directly and get information about big brother from your brain."

Kiana: "..."

Hey, can you not scare me like that?! Are you some kind of parasitic beast that eats brains to gain memories, or a psychic skilled in mind control and brainwashing? Is it too late to surrender now?

"Wait—"

Kiana, ignoring the need to take a deep breath to recover her stamina, blurted out something to interrupt Theresa: "I think we can talk. Otherwise, before I'm defeated, I'll blow my own brains out, and then you'll never know about big brother."

"Mhm?"

Hearing Kiana's threat, Theresa couldn't help but hesitate. If the other party really did blow their brains out, she would have to spend more effort to get information about big brother, needing to 'resurrect' them first.

But thinking about how cunning Kiana had been before, darting away like a mouse, Theresa remembered her sister's words—hesitation leads to defeat! When facing an enemy, one must never let their guard down until the opponent is completely incapacitated, or they risk being counter-killed. If that happened, her sister would be very sad.

"I'm sorry, Theresa has decided to knock you out first."

With that said, red mist condensed around her right hand, forming a giant, double-bladed axe.

"Gulp—"

This isn't knocking me out, it's clearly trying to send me to my death!

Kiana couldn't help but swallow. With a newfound sense of self-preservation, she shouted:

"I surrender!"

I'll survive this wave and find a chance to run again.

Alas, Kiana's wishful thinking was just that. Theresa, with her childlike nature, could be incredibly stubborn at times, much like a child who wouldn't easily change their mind once they've decided on something.

"Feast of the Dead (It's time to swing the great axe)—"

The giant axe in her hand began to spin rapidly and was brought down towards Kiana on the ground. The blood-red Honkai Energy fluctuations emanating from it indicated that this was no simple axe-throwing attack, where one could just dodge the physical projectile.

Clearly, this was an area-of-effect attack that would explode violently upon hitting its target.

"Damn it—"

With her stamina completely depleted, Kiana could only forcefully activate the Space-Time Rift again, attempting to escape the attack range before the great axe exploded. However, halfway through the energy's circulation, it automatically broke off due to insufficient power supply.

Facing the great axe that was about to smash into her face, Kiana could only rely on her exhausted legs to dodge as much as possible. She wouldn't give up until she lost consciousness!

"You really look pathetic, Kiana—"

Just then, Kiana noticed a strange girl with long purple hair appear beside her. Judging by her appearance, she seemed even younger than Kiana. Moreover, her figure appeared semi-transparent under the moonlight, very similar to the ghosts rumored to exist. The words just spoken had come from her.

"This voice... are you that annoying person who's always babbling in my head?"

Sirin: "..."

Right now, I really want to grab this person and throw them at that spinning great axe. What should I do?