Basic Qualities of a Female Lead

The meeting with Asta didn't involve anything beyond Twilight's expectations.

This super-rich lady, who probably wouldn't even consider buying a star system a major expense, was indeed kind to them. However, the current situation didn't give her much time for pleasantries.

After all, even though the space station personnel had been evacuated, the Antimatter Legion's attacks hadn't weakened in the slightest.

More than ten waves of continuous attacks per minute, although not enough to make her lose her cool, weren't something she could handle easily.

If you asked Twilight, this young lady was still too polite. If it were her, she would have long since put the Astral Express crew to work.

Given their personalities, if asked to resist the enemies attacking the space station, they would probably be eager to jump in… Forget about being guests or not, this is called making the best use of everything.

Unfortunately, the current Twilight was both too lazy to speak and had no interest in helping Asta – Come on, what benefit would she get from helping her?

Someone like this young lady must have seen everything. There must be countless people trying to curry favor with her. Who knows how long it would take to max out her favorability?

It definitely wouldn't be possible within the short time before the Astral Express departed.

Besides, Asta definitely wouldn't leave the space station. If she farmed favorability from her, would she have to make a special trip back to the Herta Space Station when it was time to cash in?

Don't be ridiculous, she'd be exhausted to death… So Twilight had already made up her mind, not just in the Herta Space Station, but also during the subsequent journey, she wouldn't deliberately try to farm favorability from others without unexpected circumstances.

This time, the main targets were the members of the Astral Express crew. As for the others, they could all stand aside.

Who made their return rate lower than the Express crew? Then, on the journey, she would just flatten any guys who dared to provoke her, which would be a perfect demonstration of how gentle she was to the crew…

Just as Twilight was pondering whether to smash those fools into square or round pancakes, a sudden earth-shattering tremor occurred. Everyone quickly looked at the screen in front of Asta.

It turned out that a huge, winged monster was attacking the space station's barrier.

Twilight's eyes lit up slightly. The plot's finally here! 

If she remembered correctly, this was the first boss battle in the game – as long as she performed well here, not only could she gain favorability from the Express crew, but she could also leave a good impression on the players!

You should know, what was favorability? It was future energy!

However, she couldn't be too showy and steal Caelus's spotlight.

After all, this was the first time he'd activate his cheat in this crisis, and besides, camera-hogging wasn't endearing. If her stealing the show resulted in a loss of players, that would be a big problem.

She was still counting on a large number of waifu or daughteru fans to rake in the gold.

Sigh, that's how it is for a female lead. The male lead only needs to charge forward, but the female lead has to consider a lot of things…

"Little Twilight sure is relaxed, actually falling asleep in this situation, I'm so envious…"

On the way to the platform where the Astral Express was docked, March 7th looked at Twilight, who had closed her eyes and started dozing off in Caelus's arms, in surprise.

"Do you want me to hold you too?" Caelus seriously turned his head. "It's not impossible to free up a hand to hold you."

"I'm envious of her sleep quality!"

"I've never seen you lacking sleep." Dan Heng shook his head, not understanding why March 7th, who never got up without at least ten hours of sleep a day, would say such a thing. "You wouldn't even wake up to an explosion when you're asleep, your sleep quality couldn't be any better."

"Can explosions compare to Doomsday Beast? Explosions don't hit me directly, but Doomsday Beast can jump out at any time." March 7th grumbled twice, enviously saying, "What I want is this kind of calmness and composure in the face of a collapsing mountain… When we're safe later, I must ask little Twilight if she has any special sleeping techniques."

"You didn't even dare to call her name earlier, but now you're directly calling her little Twilight?" Himeko teased, "But this child does seem young, it looks like little March also wants to be a senior now."

"Hehe, little Twilight is asleep and can't hear me, so I'll secretly call her that for now."

Although March 7th looked like a full-fledged young lady, Twilight appeared to be a bit younger, roughly thirteen or fourteen years old, and her height was also similar.

It could be said that if Twilight joined the Astral Express crew, whether in terms of age, appearance, or identity, March 7th would definitely be her senior.

Unfortunately, this joy of March 7th being a senior was destined to not last too long, because Twilight would grow taller later – after all, with only a year to live, if she didn't develop quickly, she would die of old age…

As the group chatted and laughed along the way, the space station platform finally appeared near them. The surroundings were unexpectedly quiet. After all, all the personnel had gone to take refuge.

In this deserted situation, if there were no enemy intrusions, quietness was normal.

The group didn't let their guard down, but sometimes, regardless of vigilance, the outcome was the same.

"Roar!!!"

With the roar of flapping wings, a dragon-like monster with giant wings and giant hands appeared roaring in front of them, blocking their path – a Doomsday Beast, just as fate had arranged, it appeared here.

However, there was a slight difference from fate's arrangement: it wasn't the only one here.

"The Antimatter Legion…" Himeko looked at the dense figures of Voidrangers emerging around them, her expression gradually becoming serious, "So many, it seems they're specifically coming for us."

The Stellaron within Caelus was this attractive to them? Or could it be… Himeko subconsciously glanced at Twilight, who was still fast asleep in Caelus's arms.

Neither of these two children was simple – but a Trailblazer would never stop because of difficulties ahead.

"Let's pay the bill for the space station repairs with the cleanup work for these monsters!"

…

Twilight honestly huddled at the base of the wall, still pretending to be asleep.

Of course, this was an act. Although the commotion here wouldn't affect her sleep quality, she couldn't miss the chance to show off just to sleep.

The reason she pretended to sleep was just to find a suitable time to make her entrance, giving Caelus some chance to show off first.

However, the current situation seemed to have a slight deviation from her previous expectations – So all those Antimatter Legion members who didn't show up on time were all waiting here? Good heavens, a bunch of brainless destroyers were actually playing military strategy…

Although a single Voidranger couldn't pose a threat to the Astral Express crew, there were too many of them now, like a swarm of locusts.

Coupled with the close distance, Himeko couldn't directly bombard them with satellite cannons, which meant that the battle wouldn't end anytime soon – after all, even slaughtering this many pigs would take a while.

This is the importance of AoE skills… Where's Welt? He's so close to the train now, why isn't he coming out to help throw a small black hole? 

Twilight opened the system map and took a look, only to bizarrely find that this guy was actually on the other side of the space station.

Dude, aren't you supposed to come and save the day later in the original plot? Why run so far for no reason… I feel like the plot I'm encountering isn't quite the same as what I originally remembered. 

Unable to figure out why for a while, Twilight put aside this question for now and focused on the current situation.

One or two teammates were unreliable, dilly-dallying… I'll just do it myself.

Not only did she have to deal with these guys, but she also had to create a heroic "damsel in distress" moment for Caelus to show off – Tsk, how troublesome.

But no matter how troublesome it was, this was something she had to do.

Having decided what to do, Twilight finally "woke up" from her sleep at the right time. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the situation around her.

Finally, after seeing the Express crew surrounded by the Antimatter Legion, her usually expressionless pretty face finally showed a rare emotion – then, she angrily walked towards the most arrogant Doomsday Beast in the center of the battlefield.

Himeko and the others showed anxious expressions. After all, the Doomsday Beast wasn't on the same level as the Tramplers that Twilight dealt with before. It was a complete anti-Starskiff weapon.

Even for them, they needed to be careful in battle, and Twilight was walking over so carelessly…

"Wait, Twilight, it's too dangerous over there – huh?"

The next moment, the carnage that unfolded in front of Himeko and the others made everyone stare in astonishment.

Without even seeing an afterimage, Twilight had somehow appeared behind the Doomsday Beast and grabbed its wing.

Then, this massive monster, in front of her, was like a roasted chicken, easily dismantled without any ability to fight back.

The scene was so gruesome, the Doomsday Beast's struggles so violent, that everyone couldn't bear to watch – Doomsday Beast shouldn't feel pain, right?

It didn't look like it, but it had better not…

The Doomsday Beast's painful writhing didn't evoke any mercy from Twilight. She didn't stop until she had completely dismantled the Doomsday Beast's arms, legs, and wings.

Looking at the beast stick with only its tail and torso left, she nodded with satisfaction, then silently grabbed its tail.

"Ah, this familiar posture…" March 7th blinked, murmuring, "She's not going to…"

As if to confirm March 7th's words, the next moment, Twilight started swinging the Doomsday Beast directly!

This so-called terrifying planet-destroying monster, now in her hands, was like a helpless giant club, being used to viciously beat those space-filling Antimatter Legion members.

How could the Voidrangers' body strength compare with the Doomsday Beast's?

The moment they came into contact with the Doomsday Beast, enhanced by Twilight's immense strength, they were smashed into pieces…

If possible, Twilight would, of course, also like to use some more elegant methods, but – this was clearly the most convenient, and the most impressive way.

Impression was very important, whether good or bad, because to extract gold coins from the hands of the audience and players, you had to make them remember you.

After all, no one would care about the story of a random NPC.

Although Twilight's method was quite straightforward and violent, its effect was extremely significant. The Doomsday Beast's size allowed it to take out a large number of the Antimatter Legion with each swing.

Before long, the enemies that originally filled the space like an impenetrable wall were either dead or gone. The platform returned to peace once again. Aside from the surrounding buildings that had been turned into ruins, it was no different from before.

Seeing her significant achievements, Twilight finally nodded with satisfaction, casually tossed the Doomsday Beast stick behind her, and walked straight towards Caelus, who was still frozen in place.

This is strength, pure, unadulterated strength – Twilight felt that if her character in the game could also have the same strength as in the story, then she wouldn't need to worry about favorability and energy – when she died, she would just tear up the players' cards, guaranteed to harvest countless wails and rage!

Unfortunately, a game character's strength couldn't be so outrageous…

But why wasn't this Doomsday Beast fighting back? 

She had specifically spared its life, even turned her undefended back to it, and hadn't even destroyed its energy-attacking organ – if it still didn't sneak attack her, would it live up to all her hard work?!

Fortunately, what Twilight worried about most didn't happen.

After she walked up to Caelus and extended her hands to him once again, she finally felt the energy gathering behind her – the intensity was quite considerable, it seemed that this Doomsday Beast was using all its sadness and despair for a revenge strike…

Although she didn't know if Doomsday Beast would have these emotions, even Twilight would be seriously injured if she took this attack without any defense.

And as the protagonist, Caelus finally lived up to Twilight's expectations. The moment the surging beam of light rushed towards Twilight's back, he rushed forward without hesitation and blocked this attack, which could easily vaporize ordinary humans, for Twilight!

Of course, as the protagonist, he didn't die either.

Looking at Caelus enveloped in light, resisting the laser, Twilight finally breathed a sigh of relief – she had really paid too much to create a chance for Caelus to show off.

Treating the game protagonist as a sheep to be fleeced wasn't entirely beneficial. Although she could get more energy, there were also many things to consider.

In other stories, she only needed to play the female lead and rake in the gold from other characters, but now, not only did she have to play the female lead, she also had to be the director and arrange enough scenes for the protagonist, and she couldn't steal the show…

Thinking about it this way, being too strong wasn't a good thing either~