Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 381 Kiana: The atmosphere has gotten this far, it would be impolite to lose the divination.

"D-Did it succeed?"

Zhe nervously looked in Kiana's direction and asked, but no one could answer his question.

When the light faded, Kiana was revealed to be somewhat disheveled. Her clothes had scorch marks, her hair was curly from the heat, her halo had cracked, and the mysterious pattern emitting light above her was now flickering.

Upon seeing this, Zhe immediately began to analyze the situation, and the results were quickly obtained.

"Good news, we succeeded. Kiana's shield has been successfully broken through, and even the ether energy stored in her body has decreased significantly. For now, we don't need to worry about her shield automatically deploying."

Relieved by the long-awaited good news, the group immediately rallied and launched a second attack. This time, Kiana was not as at ease as before. In fact, under Zhe's observation, it was not difficult to notice that the etheric energy within Kiana's body was gradually decreasing.

"It's amazing. I originally thought that the automatically deploying shield consumed Kiana's own ether energy. I thought that if it exceeded its limit, it would consume a lot of Kiana's ether energy, thus preventing Kiana from activating the shield for a short time. But now it seems there are other reasons?"

"It's probably because of the Moon Throne," the captain replied.

"The Moon Throne? Can you tell me what this is?" Zhe asked curiously.

"The so-called Moon Throne is an energy conversion device made by Otto and the top scientists in the three major families after analyzing the ether energy. Its function is to convert the ether energy on the target into electrical energy, heat energy and other clean energy sources."

The previous overload not only breached Kiana's ethereal energy shield but also struck Kiana herself. Although it failed to severely injure her, the energy conversion effect of the Moon Throne remained in effect.

"I see, an energy conversion device. So the Moon Throne isn't just a main cannon?"

"Yes, the original plan was to use multiple Moon Thrones to bombard the void itself, completely converting the etheric energy inside, thereby erasing the void."

"But wouldn't the resources inside, such as the ether crystals, also disappear?"

"Yes, aside from the current inability to mass-produce the Moon Throne, the biggest problem lies here."

The captain sighed and continued, "Actually, the Moon Throne Project has never been a secret among the higher-ups. It's just that the new Ellito is now highly tied to Ether Energy. Once the Moon Throne Project is officially launched, it will inevitably affect the interests of some people. That's why the project has been delayed again and again."

On the other side, under the siege of the crowd, Kiana finally showed a ferocious expression on her face, her attacks gradually weakened, and the aether energy in her body was rapidly decreasing.

With the help of Mei, Fu Hua, Durandal, and others, Hoshimi Miyabi finally managed to sever Kiana's halo, followed by the pair of eye-shaped wings behind her.

After these two things were severed, Kiana's movements paused, and then a painful expression appeared on her face as the aetheric energy within her body surged and leaked out wildly.

Everyone stared warily at the high-concentration etheric energy storm and looked at Kiana not far away. Fortunately, the storm came and went quickly.

Soon, Kiana stopped leaking any more aetheric energy, and she fell into a coma, lying helplessly on the ground.

Durandal carefully stepped forward and embraced her, only to find that Kiana had completely lost consciousness. While announcing the end of the battle to everyone, the captain also teleported them to the Hyperion to rest.

As for the skeletons that were previously attracted by Kiana's burst of ether energy, they were handed over to the Hyperion to deal with, and the pattern in the sky was dissipating because it had lost Kiana's ether energy supply.

The aether activity data within the Epsilon Port void is decreasing, and the void itself is shrinking back to its previous size. The various forces that were clearing out the skeletons on the periphery can finally lay down their weapons and relax. On the docks, the defense forces are dismantling various specialized equipment to make room for the upcoming victory celebration. All those who carried out the plan are now gathered together, happily preparing for the celebration.

The battle lasted for over three hours, from afternoon until evening. Due to prolonged activity inside the cavern, everyone experienced varying degrees of erosion and was urgently transported to Otto for treatment.

As night fell, the celebration banquet officially began. Everyone wore smiles, but only they themselves knew how much of that smile was genuine and how much was a facade.

However, in order to calm the emotions of the citizens who had been invited to stay here, everyone forced themselves to hold this celebration banquet and consolation meeting despite their already exhausted bodies.

That night, the port of Epsilon was bustling with noise until midnight, with only the captain and Kiana remaining on the Hyperion to watch the lively scene below.

At this moment, Kiana had already changed out of her clothes and was now wearing only a thin nightgown, nestled in the captain's arms as he silently treated her injuries.

Kiana gently poked her now fully healed wound and glanced at the captain, only to find him looking at her with equal tenderness.

"Does it still hurt?"

"They've already recovered, so how could they still feel pain? I just didn't expect them to choose to retreat and adjust their condition immediately instead of rushing over directly."

"Yeah, I knew I shouldn't have acted in that scene. You got hurt for nothing, and all my tears were for nothing. Mei will probably scold me again later."

Hearing Kiana's slightly aggrieved tone, the captain smiled and gently stroked Kiana's head with his right hand.

"Don't worry, Mei won't do anything to you. I bet she's still racking her brains trying to figure out how to punish you. After all, when it comes to food, I could totally replace her as your personal chef, right?"

Kiana shivered instinctively upon hearing this. She glanced at the captain with a resentful look, finding it hard not to suspect that the captain had deliberately said those last words to tease her.

Seeing this, the captain laughed and asked, "What are you planning to do next?"

"Hmm, just pretending to be unconscious isn't very fun. How about we do it like we did in Sky Dome City, and have some praise groups cause trouble? That would be perfect, and we can take this opportunity to give them a big surprise."

"Um, didn't you ever consider just uprooting it completely?"

"Keeping the Praise Society still has some use. Just like in those stories, there always has to be a villainous organization that causes trouble. Even if we destroy the Praise Society, who knows, another singing group or other organization might pop up somewhere else. It's better to let the Praise Society exist for a while. But this new Elidu really needs a good cleaning."

"Okay, whatever."

That night passed in silence.

A few days later, the expansion of the Episport cavern was completely over. The disaster seemed to have never happened; New Elidu remained New Elidu, and everything functioned as usual.

However, the impact of that disaster was far from over. As a result of this incident, the main force of the Sixth Air Division was injured to varying degrees.

In particular, Hoshimi Miyabi, due to the high-intensity battle in the Void for a long time, developed severe erosion symptoms after leaving the Void. Fortunately, she was sent to Otto for emergency treatment as soon as possible, so there was no serious impact.

Although he has not fully recovered after these few days of treatment, he is at least able to carry out some light cavern warfare operations.

Mei suffered numerous penetrating wounds, including a large gash in her abdomen, and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment after being removed from the cavity. She has now successfully recovered and is able to walk after treatment.

Kiana hasn't come to work yet. Although the captain and Durandal described how she has recovered from the aether energy leak, Kiana has completely shut herself off when she thinks about all the trouble she caused when she lost control. She locks herself in her room all day and doesn't respond to anyone calling her.

Today is a long-awaited day off for the Anti-Air Section 6. The members of the Anti-Air Section 6 unanimously decided to visit Kiana, who is currently in a state of withdrawal. On the way, they happened to run into Tetsuya, who had just finished shopping with Rin.

After learning of everyone's purpose, Zheling immediately said that she wanted to go along too. After putting the videotape in her arms in the trunk of the car, Zheling and Ling followed the group to Kaslana's residence in New Elidu.

Looking through the gate into the courtyard, the vast and boundless courtyard still managed to shock the siblings, Tetsuya and Suzu.

"Although I had mentally prepared myself, I was still amazed by this courtyard."

Led by the butler, the group arrived at the main castle gate in a car used in the courtyard. Karen was standing at the entrance to greet them. Unfortunately, due to the incident a few days ago, Durandal was extremely busy; the aftermath of the Bollinger incident had severely damaged the reputation of the Sheriff's Office.

"Haha! After all, the Kaslana family is an old noble family with a history of over a hundred years. Even though they donated most of their wealth to build the new Elidu, they still had a lot left over."

Kallen chuckled as she explained to everyone, leading them to Kiana's room: "With the operations over the years, our assets have recovered quite a bit."

Along the way, the group discovered that although the castle was very luxurious and huge, there were not many servants inside. Instead, many of the Kaslana people were cleaning the castle.

"This is…"

“Well…” Karen scratched her nose, a little embarrassed, “Well, actually, our Kaslana family’s assets haven’t been restored. On the contrary, due to various reasons, most of the funds have been donated. The properties in other places have also been sold off. Now, this settlement is basically where all the clansmen live. Because we don’t have the money to hire so many servants to maintain the castle and courtyard, most of the servants who remain are long-time servants who have worked in the settlement for many years. So, a lot of housework is done by us and the servants together.”

"This……"

The group exchanged glances, their eyes filled with surprise and helplessness.

"Alright, don't worry about these things. As long as it can be used to protect the citizens, we don't care if we have to sell this last remaining mansion. Didn't you come to visit Kiana? That's the room in front."

Karen pointed to the room ahead and said, "But no matter how much we knock on the door, the child doesn't respond at all. If you could help persuade the child, that would be wonderful."

After saying that, Karen followed the maid to the kitchen to prepare lunch for everyone, but she was quickly driven away by the maids.

What a joke! As people who have worked for the Kaslana family for so many years, don't they know? Every single member of the Kaslana family is a kitchen killer. They either blow up the kitchen or come up with all sorts of bizarre ideas while cooking, causing the dish to deviate from its original method and taste.

The maid named Meryl still remembers that when Durandal simply made a bowl of instant noodles, she left for a short while and found that the bowl of noodles contained all sorts of snacks and even fruit.

Yulandel knew from just one bite of the instant noodles that they were inedible, but adhering to the principle of not wasting food, she still finished them with a frown.

From then on, Rita took full charge of Durandal's meals, while Karen, a heavyweight, made dishes that looked perfectly normal, but the taste that burst out the moment they entered the mouth completely killed the game.

So Karen came to the crowd dejectedly, but now everyone was also frowning.

It's easy to see that everyone is currently in a dilemma, as Kiana doesn't respond no matter how much they knock on the door.

Even faint sobs and whimpering could be heard coming from inside the room.

In the end, everyone had no choice but to follow Karen to the living room for a simple lunch. After lunch, everyone left.

At this moment, Kiana is enjoying a delicious bowl of instant noodles in her room, while Seele sits opposite her.

"Miss Kiana, is this really a good idea?"

"What's wrong, Seele?"

"That's how I lied to them."

"Hey! How can you call it a lie? It's just that after going through something like that, even the most heartless person would be sad and upset for a while."

"What you said is true, but it's still not good to lie."

Hearing this, Kiana shook her head helplessly. She couldn't help it; Seele was just too kind. She shouldn't have told Seele so sooner, otherwise Seele wouldn't have come to nag her today. But how could Kiana bear to lie to Seele?

Besides, even if I don't tell Seele, Bronya and Mei will eventually tell Seele everything.

Kiana sighed and pushed the cake she had bought earlier using her Herrscher of the Void powers to the front of Seele, hoping to temporarily stop Seele from bringing it up again.

Sensing that everyone outside had left, Kiana got up, stretched, and turned on her computer, preparing to start a live stream.

The reason Seele is here today is because today's live stream is a collaboration between her and Kiana.

Soon, the chat in the live stream became dense with comments. When it was almost time, Kiana released her and Seele's virtual avatars to officially start today's live stream.