Reincarnated Mercenary on Duty - Chapter 20 -

On Blue Sea Star, there is an extraordinary group of people who control all kinds of incredible power through armed cards. They are called Star Card Masters.

Su Yuan came across, and he also carried a system that can strengthen his own star card.

Transformation Realm Enlightenment Soul Card Complete Awakening = Top Qualification Soul Card [Phoenix of the Blue Sky]

Consummation-level popular walking step: avoid certain long-range attacks!

Perfect level Cang Yan Strike: double Cang Yan Strike!

Consummation-level metamagnetic heavy pressure: heavy pressure field!

Consummation level air cut: break the boundary line!

Perfect rigid flame finger + perfect hardened iron coat = golden hand!

…

Su Yuan started from strengthening the initial soul-initiating card, step by step to the ultimate realm of Star Card Master!

- Description from novelbuddy

After playing a variation of the poker game, Shadow’s Hand, Damien Pearce unexpectedly awakened in an unfamiliar world.Stripped of all kinds of information in the world he was thrown into, Damien now had to navigate it through wits and guts.Amidst his search for information, he discovered that he seemed to be a part of the world as a Transcendent Investigator, otherwise known as TI.The TI seemed fearful and revered among the people in this world. They were responsible for catching Transcendent(s) who misused their power.But was that the reason for his transfer?“Do I or do I not belong in this world?” Damien questioned his presence constantly.

Zhou Qi was reborn countless times before the end.

Every time, it doesn’t end well.

Monster invasion, natural disaster baptism, twisted rules, world destruction…

He is familiar with the survival laws of all environments, he is the doomsday walker, the lonely savior.

However, it is also a poor worm trapped in place.

What is the truth of the end? Are human struggles really meaningless? What does his existence mean?

… Zhou Qi thought about these questions and woke up again from his dream.

When the strangeness came, he made all preparations numbly.

but–

The end did not come this time.

- Description from novelbuddy

The story revolves around Charles Karino, a Levaamu Empire mercenary aerial pilot who mans the twin seater reconnaissance seaplane Santa Cruz. One day, he receives a preposterous assignment: to fly solo over 12,000 kilometers of enemy waters to protect a girl named Fana del Moral. Fana happens to be the next in line to the empire’s throne and a girl possessing beauty “equal to 5,000 beams of light.”

This is a standalone book. There’s another series under the name “To Aru Hikuushi e no Koiuta” (Love Song for a Certain Pilot) set in the same world, but in a completely different place and with different characters.

– Ulrezaj @ Mazui

Adapted to anime as “The Princess and the Pilot”