Chapter 951 - 11: Demons on the Loose!

Chapter 951: Chapter 11: Demons on the Loose!

"Oh my, oh my, how can we accept this..."

Standing in front of an old two-story wooden apartment, the gray-haired landlord couple, or rather the former landlord couple, was trembling with excitement.

Although they were saying they felt embarrassed, their eyes and expressions were full of excitement. After all, their apartment was already very old, yet someone wanted to come and buy it, and did so decisively, generously, offering such a large price...

They couldn’t say half a word of "no".

Moreover, everything was done so swiftly and efficiently. A call came in ten minutes ago, the person arrived five minutes ago, and a decision was made one minute ago...

Even now, the bank transfer information had arrived right on time, leaving them feeling dizzy, like walking on cotton or traversing clouds, with feet that couldn’t find ground, and feeling that all this seemed so dreamlike and beautiful.

Typically, in such situations, no matter how suitable the conditions, a decision shouldn’t be made so hastily.

One should ponder seriously, consider carefully, and repeatedly confirm the situation across, worrying if it might be some kind of trap... One can never be too cautious.

Yet, the persuasion skills of the opposite party were too strong, and somehow, the couple felt an inexplicable passion burning in their minds, a sudden urge of "The world is so big, I want to go see it", and they wished they could leave immediately! They’ve stayed here for far too long, wasting half a life!

Remaining even for a moment longer seemed intolerable.

Under this invisible urgency, the couple made their decision in a muddle-headed manner, quickly obtaining the money, packing their things, and directly starting their journey.

"Okay, the plan is basically complete..."

In front of the old wooden apartment, Gu Mo watching the former landlord couple briskly embark on their spontaneous journey, turned around and examined the 50-plus-year-old apartment in front of him.

Although not entirely dilapidated, it was indeed very old.

It was divided into three floors, each with three separate rooms available for rent, but the area of each was only about ten square meters, making them look quite shabby. Despite the small size, the amenities for daily living were as complete as possible, from cabinets to bathrooms, basically having everything necessary.

But precisely because of this, the internal space seemed even more cramped.

There are both pros and cons—

The conditions might be lacking, hence the rent was relatively low. It was only natural, as there are always people who are tight on money yet need a place to live, and in such times, aside from lowering their living standards and expectations for the environment to reduce costs, what else can one do?

Even Gu Mo saw the advantage in this, and in his extravagant spending spree acquiring properties, he focused on acquiring such old apartment buildings.

In his Star Pupil, reflections of cause and effect from various futures swirled, but regardless of anything else, the general branches of time remained unchanged. Those two miserable Great Demons from the Otherworld, limited by work, economy, and other aspects, could only maneuver within these places.

Poorly calculating which old apartment was more cost-effective—

Closer to their workplace, more convenient for attendance, and with relatively low rent... In this regard, they indeed put in effort.

But with numerous possibilities, Gu Mo saw dozens of different branch directions. Thus, waving money directly, he acquired rental resources in the cheap locations that the two miserably working demons might choose, ensuring no deviations would occur.

"This move is steady..."

Gu Mo carefully observed the future trajectory to confirm that Demon King Satan and his companions would have limited choices in the rental properties he acquired unless they left the city to develop elsewhere, thus he nodded with satisfaction.

His actions were incredibly swift; merely during the process of tracing history and searching through this Dungeon World’s timeline, he sensed an anomalous fluctuation, instantly deducing with Extraordinary wisdom, that such an anomalous state likely resulted from a phenomenon of space-time travel.

Thus, he immediately changed his mind, abandoning the original idea and followed the clues diligently—

It didn’t take much time to locate the two cross-world Otherworld demons.

At that time, Gu Mo was shocked because he recognized these two individuals. But precisely because of recognition, he felt confused; wasn’t this Dungeon supposed to belong to the world of "Campione"? How did elements of "Part-time Demon King" suddenly get mixed in?

Thinking carefully, the only conclusion was a situation similar to Hiri’s—

Previously Hiri could crash into his real world, and later the Mad Hunt Demon Spirits descended upon the real world chasing the Demon Hunter Girl...

Highly likely due to the Teleportation Gate opening, if no portal had opened, leaving no possibility of intersection between the two space-time planes, such events naturally wouldn’t occur...

Thinking about it carefully, Gu Mo figured it might be Rune flowing through the void, forming a profound space-time tunnel connecting two different universes—but building within the infinite void from A point to B point, is it truly that simple?

How many worlds separated A point and B point?

From departure to destination, through how many dimensions did this tunnel travel?

The path Rune opened enabled subtle connections between these worlds, even though the probability was minuscule, placing the base within infinite worlds, such a phenomenon likely wouldn’t be too rare... After all, there’s precedent with Miss Hiri, followed by the Part-time Demon King, and those are examples.

Briefly summarizing his speculation and consolidating his views, he didn’t dwell excessively on this matter.

After all, he couldn’t covet such Rune for now, and researching its Power and phenomena was unrealistic. If not for gaining the God of Mischief Loki’s Power early and upgrading the Authority Badge to Legendary Level red Quality, thus touching upon truth to some extent, establishing a certain inheritance relation...

Perhaps now, he wouldn’t even realize what that thing was.

So for now, leaving it be, Gu Mo swiftly reexamined this particular intrusion.

The storyline of this dungeon world has already changed; the young man destined to become the seventh Demon King is now temporarily dormant. However, at such a critical moment, another Demon King has escaped from the Otherworld, making this situation suddenly become interesting.

Of course, Gu Mo definitely won’t admit that he’s a mischief-maker...

He just wants to uphold the spirit of scientific rigor and a pragmatic approach to see what kind of peculiar results this strange development will lead to.

— For this world, Ante Yisula World is indeed a Magical World; perhaps not everyone possesses Extraordinary Power, but everyone is absolutely familiar with it, and the quality is quite high overall, with a strong Church and numerous powerful beings.

— Whereas for Ante Yisula World, this world appears ordinary on the surface, though there exists a Magic Realm, it remains the privilege of a few... Yet, the top-tier combat power is astonishingly fierce, with six beings qualifying as Demon Kings already.

Although definitions may not exactly match—

They’re not King of Demons, King of the Demon Race.

But rather, Magic King, King of Magicians.

But in terms of threat level, there’s no exception; Demon King Satan is the King of Demons who ravaged the entire Ante Yisula World, while the Demon Kings here are humans who defeated the gods in heaven and usurped the supreme Divine Power.

From Attribute Panel to Advanced Skills, they are directly using the panels of the gods they defeated!

And they can continue to stack! Killing more gods allows them to acquire more Divine Power!

— This is the origin of "Godslayer."

Thus, after carefully examining the worldview differences between the two worlds and foreseeing the potential future collisions, Gu Mo found himself genuinely unable to resist his curiosity. He truly wanted to see what kind of sparks would fly from this "Celestial Sphere Convergence" this time.

Is it that this world discovers that the other side has oil, so they go over to kill them?

Or is it that the other side thinks this world hides Demon Kings, so they come over to kill?

...

...

The next morning.

In front of the door of a three-story old apartment, two figures appeared.

The two weary Otherworld demons who had been awake all night tried their best but couldn’t convert the magic power in this world. Even though the energy was so apparent in the atmosphere, it was entirely different from the magic power they were familiar with, seemingly a completely different nature.

Admitting reality due to lack of magic power supplement, they could only start making longer-term plans.

From the local hoodlums, they learned limited information about the current world background and some basic living knowledge... Hence the term "limited," because of the language barrier, even resorting to using leftover magic to activate hypnosis could only barely solve a few issues.

The results they managed to communicate were quite limited.

Magic power used was scarce, the two struggling hard, using hypnosis to manipulate to get themselves registration documents. Next, they faced the headache of housing.

"The landlord here is an unusual person, saying suspicious individuals like you without detailed backgrounds can get priority to move in."

Under the influence of hypnosis magic, the real estate agent enthusiastically led the two Otherworld demons while chatting seriously about the conditions of this building, which perfectly matched the requirements of the two destitute demons.

Cheap rent...

No need to prepay deposit or gratuity...

Meets the minimum living conditions...

Doesn’t even need to provide detailed identification, just can move in priority, truly nothing fits the bill better than this. Listening to the unintentional words from the fervent employee, the former notorious Great Demons felt humiliated to the point of tears.

But in such a beaten situation, they overlooked the dubious nature of the words.

Seemed like they were mentioned by name, waiting for them to show up.

...

Outside, Gu Mo didn’t return to handle the formalities; he simply delegated the matter.

He repeated prior operations, based on his foreseeing the future, continuing to purchase properties. Preparing to trick the upcoming Hero, who chased after the Demon King across worlds and then got into the same predicament, forced to work for a living.

However, Miss Brave fares far better than the Demon King, having the potential to move into standalone apartments or luxury apartments.

Thus Gu Mo could only continue to spend lavishly...

The best way to get a grip on the Demon King and the Hero is to have them eat his food, live in his place, and then wield the moral high ground. Whether it’s the Demon King’s pride or the Hero’s moral view, both will become weights in his hand.

Seeing it this way...

Perhaps he is the real demon after all.