Chapter 205: The Intertwined Trajectory Again

To be honest, even though Miss Vilyric has personally dealt with quite a few Pseudo-God level entities by now, true Pseudo-Gods are exceptionally rare in this world, especially in a realm with strict control of world power.

Without counting Vilyric herself and certain companions who are close to being her dependents, the number of actual beings that have reached Pseudo-God level or can exert power comparable to or above that level, capable of casually wandering around, is very few.

First and foremost is the Life Goddess, who is a true god. However, Xi Fu Lin has no reason to suddenly travel thousands of kilometers from the Sky Island to here, and she wouldn’t intentionally avoid Vilyric. Therefore, such traces of attack could not possibly originate from her, so we can practically rule that out.

The one who claimed to be Musk, the “Pseudo-Face and God of Frenzy,” has already proven that even if cut off from the world, a divine avatar can still exert a certain level of Pseudo-God power, so that factor could also be considered.

But ultimately, gods aren’t cabbages; they simply can’t keep popping up endlessly like they’re wholesale products, just waiting for Vilyric to bump into them! After all, if an avatar gets eliminated, the actual god would take significant damage and backlash too.

Moreover, Edwina made a good point—since they took action against the demon army attacking Sacheno City, this implies they should be on the side of the Holy Kingdom. At least, they shouldn’t share the same camp as the demon forces.

Thus, the possibility of the Four Demon Lords descending can be completely excluded.

What remains are the few genuine Pseudo-God level beings that still exist in this world.

If we simply pick the one among the strong beings Vilyric knows who most closely matches the traces of this attack…

It would have to be that guy.

If it’s him, then making such a move and even deliberately avoiding the Holy Kingdom’s troops could be barely explainable.

But shouldn’t he be busy with his own mess? Why would he suddenly show up in the Holy Kingdom at this moment? Or maybe it’s not him?

“Hmm…”

While everyone else is digesting and discussing the shocking evaluation of “Pseudo-God level,” Miss White Fox has already sorted through her thoughts and reached her final conclusion.

“Regardless, that guy probably doesn’t have any malicious intent towards the residents of this city. The reason for going to such trouble to take them away is likely a protective measure to avoid the war.”

“If it were me, I’d suggest you focus your energy on more important matters right now.”

“…That’s a point.”

…

Taking advantage of the moment when Saintess and Edwina were discussing the next strategies for the battle atop the city walls, Miss White Fox, who wasn’t too interested, slipped away with her two little white-feathered followers and, following the contract link, found the Little Dragon Daughter, who had just gotten out of her caravan after entering the city, idly playing with a quivering Mingjing beast while gazing at the sky.

“Master?”

Vilyric’s arrival was instantly sensed by the perceptive Little Dragon Daughter.

“Shh, don’t make a sound, follow me.”

Leaving Leila and Renée behind to take over the positions protecting Eudora, the Priestess led her pet’s hand, and they took advantage of a defensive gap of the Temple Knights to sneak out over the city wall. After becoming invisible, they arrived at the scar that extended across the Eastern city gate toward the other side of the Star River.

“…Master, this scent belongs to that guy who calls himself Min Chen; he was just here not long ago.”

Before Vilyric could ask, the Little Dragon Daughter, in tune with her thoughts, crouched down and sniffed, quickly making a judgment.

“Wow, so it really is that guy?”

Min Chen’s race is that of a half-demon from the “Ghost World,” which means he is half demon, half human.

Pureblood demons cannot produce offspring with humans or, to put it another way, with most creatures in this world.

Therefore, this special lineage coming from the game, said to be only him and a “few” descendants, would certainly raise alarms or even hostility during the currently intense war between the Holy Kingdom and demons.

Perhaps that’s why Min Chen chose to avoid the main forces of the Holy Kingdom and demons unless he planned to put on a spectacular show of matching a million troops single-handedly.

But based on Vilyric’s understanding of that guy, there’s no chance he would behave that way.

It’s more accurate to say that with Min Chen’s penchant for hiding his identity and acting low-key… or rather his style of being invisibly impressive, to directly intervene in the front lines of the war between demons and the Holy Kingdom, and to favor one side… feels very strange.

After all, as a crossover intruder with a half-demon half-human identity, Min Chen shouldn’t have a clear tendency towards either side in this war. At most, he should be doing the righteous thing—fighting off small monsters and occasionally saving a few folks.

Don’t think being strong gives you the freedom to act recklessly! Although Min Chen’s power is not bad, it seems to Vilyric that he’s far from being invincible. If he were to recklessly slaughter the demon side, he’d definitely anger those demon lords, and who knows what could happen.

Speaking of that… Min Chen once mentioned that the [World Will] that sent them here and granted significant aid could issue main or side quests to the travelers through something called a panel…

Could it be because of this?

Is the World Will driving him to expel intruders from another world?

Feeling quite curious, but since Min Chen has already left, Vilyric, given her current situation and identity, cannot boldly seek him out. In that case…

At that moment, Xiao Guang, who was hidden by the riverside and had just gotten up, suddenly added,

“Oh, Master! Besides Min Chen’s presence, there’s also a lingering scent of another creature I may have encountered before, a Male Human, but quite weak—probably just a bottom-feeder level.”

“Is that so…”

Vilyric knows her pet well; the subtext of this remark indicates she doesn’t remember the identity of the bottom-feeder, so she can only determine that she might have had contact with him previously… just that level of awareness.

But since it’s a being Xiao Guang has encountered, it means Vilyric must know him too. If we follow the clues previously mentioned by Min Chen, that he would first head to the United Kingdom…

Never mind.

There’s no point in guessing back and forth. Since he’s involved in this war, it’s only a matter of time before both sides meet. Let’s just wait and ask everything clearly at that moment.

“This war… seems to have all sorts of characters mixed in. It’s really lively~ Let’s go back first.”

“Sure, Master.”

…

A day and night quickly passed.

The vacancy of Sacheno City not only created ample space for the main forces of the Holy Kingdom and various supplies needed for protracted battles but also spared Yuna and others from having to check for demon spies and the spread of plagues in the city, allowing them to focus all their energy on facing the impending large-scale battle.

Though it was only a short day, with the full efforts of the priests bolstered by faith-based magic, the originally small riverside city of Sacheno had transformed by dawn of the second day into a solid fortress on the frontline against the demon invasion.

Not only did the city walls rise to over twice their original height with the help of special area magic, but many large siege weapons brought by the expeditionary army also found their places atop the walls.

A gigantic barrier magic was constructed at the center of the city, radiating outwards for several kilometers, effectively amplifying the power of faith-based and light attribute magic within the area while weakening and suppressing the demons.

This was one of the reasons why Yuna and her companions had to find a city as their foothold.

The elite troop tactics of the Holy Empire excel in barrier warfare and magical bombardment, rather than close-quarters combat; they need support from machinery and cover from the walls to maximize their potential. If they were to engage in direct combat in the wild, their numerical disadvantage would naturally be magnified.

With the armies prepared and on high alert, the magnificent golden barrier became the most conspicuous beacon within a radius of several hundred kilometers.

The real war and slaughter are about to commence soon.

   

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