Chapter 955 - 14: Abducting the Hero

Chapter 955: Chapter 14: Abducting the Hero

The night wind blows gently.

The street is deserted and empty.

It’s not completely silent, after all, there are the painful groans of gang members sprawled all over the road, and cries as heartbreaking as ghostly wails. They want to suppress their voices, but their willpower isn’t strong enough to resist the pain.

Pain! Too painful!

Not only have their bodies been harmed, but their fragile hearts have also suffered serious damage. In the past two days, instead of bullying others, they have received two beatings in a row. They haven’t extorted any money and now have to spend on medical expenses. What’s to come is uncertain...

Such events naturally leave them completely defenseless.

Since the ghostly wail-like sounds are already unpleasant and piercing, the night wind makes them mix together, and they change completely when transmitted over a certain distance.

Not to mention, this residential street belongs to the old town district, which is usually quiet. At night, there isn’t much activity. Even if someone wants to cross this area, upon hearing the sounds ahead, they can’t help but feel uneasy. Naturally, those without need will choose to take a detour.

Ignoring the grievances of the gang members on the ground, the two are trying hard to communicate.

After a series of ineffective communication filled with pretense and nonsensical conversation, the young man pondered seriously, seemingly unsure while looking at the girl opposite him:

"Are you...are you from another country? Is that why the language doesn’t work?"

"...!!"

Hearing that question, Miss Brave’s eyes instantly lit up slightly, nodding repeatedly.

It’s good the other party understands this point, as it is the most troubling issue for her now.

"Uh..."

Her reaction was too swift, nodding too quickly, causing the young man opposite to raise his eyebrows in surprise, looking at her.

Upon instant realization, Miss Brave could only stutter and hesitantly open her mouth, continuing to gesture as she explained: "I...I can...can understand some of what you say...but...but, not...not very good at speaking..."

The same fragmented Japanese as two days ago with the Demon King.

Even if Power was temporarily lost, one’s essential nature wouldn’t change. Just as the Demon King and others could learn the human language of Ante Yisula World within three days, the Hero standing at the same Life height wouldn’t be an exception.

Essentially, once they decide, rapidly learning a new language through practical communication isn’t a difficult task.

This is still Miss Brave bumbling aimlessly, struggling for two days and a night, but can mostly understand many sentences. This is proof that true Extraordinary beings are universally superior in aspects of Life, including Intelligence and learning speed.

Such learning efficiency is, indeed, exceedingly terrifying—

If it were told, one wonders how many struggling students would shed bitter tears.

"I see... I understand now."

The young man seemed thoughtful but accepted the explanation simply, examining the girl opposite him up and down, asking considerately: "Language barrier is indeed troubling. Is there anything I can help with... Right, you’re here for tourism, aren’t you?"

"..."

"..."

Should she accept his offer for help?

Miss Brave blinked. For a moment, she was hesitant, seemingly indecisive.

The man opposite seemed to have keenly sensed her plight. Should she accept his help? She was unsure but inclined towards accepting, especially since she just helped him out; he should be trustworthy, right?

Thoughts churning within, she hesitated but felt she needed to make a decision soon.

This world doesn’t lack Magic Power, but unlike Ante Yisula World, Magic Power doesn’t seem to stem from the human emotional spectrum as Energy... Because of fundamental differences, she temporarily can’t harness the Great Source Energy of the atmosphere.

However, she feels this shouldn’t be permanent...

Similarly, for the Demon King and others, this weakness period definitely isn’t permanent...

So she needs to settle here quickly, gain a foothold in the current world, and strive to restore her Power, while also tracking the whereabouts of the Demon King and others before they regain their full strength!

Only then can she nip them in the bud and prevent this world from facing a similar disaster!

Such thoughts flashed across her mind. Based on her observations over the past two days and her understanding of the current world, she made a corresponding judgment—that indeed, she should consider preparing for long-term survival in this world.

"Ring, ring, ring—"

Just as she was quickly contemplating, a burst of ringing sounded.

Miss Brave instinctively raised her eyes, only to find the young man across from her making an apologetic gesture and then casually took out a phone to answer the call.

She was now very familiar with this kind of small device, which seemed to be a technology spread widely in this world, used for the magical purpose of long-distance communication. From what she knew, it was almost equivalent to the "Telepathy Crystal Ball" in the Ante Yisula World.

However, that kind of thought-conveying medium Treasure was still of great value in her world, essentially not something an ordinary person could use.

Therefore, discovering that in this world, almost everyone had a phone, regardless of how far apart they were, people could communicate with each other freely, Miss Brave was utterly shocked.

She couldn’t help but marvel in her heart, genuinely shocked by this world’s highly advanced technology. At the same time, she secretly resolved that she must not allow that damn Demon to cause a great disaster in this world; she had to stop him!

"Hello... oh, it’s you guys. What’s the matter? Hmm... I understand, I’ll head over in a bit, Mr. Ashiya, just tell me which hospital..."

Answering the call, the young man listened to the voice on the other end, nodding from time to time.

After ending the call, he offered a slightly apologetic smile to Miss Brave opposite him and explained, "I’m a landlord, you see. A couple of days ago, some tenants rented my house, but now there seems to be a bit of a problem; I might need to head over to help..."

Saying this, he shrugged a bit helplessly and added, almost casually—

"There’s no helping it; they are illegal immigrants, and without comprehensive identity proof, they’re essentially undocumented here, so many things are inconvenient. Only I can help them..."

Upon hearing this, Miss Brave couldn’t help but blink.

Something seemed to have sparked in her mind, her eyes suddenly lighting up slightly.

Because someone had intentionally left the information about the tenants vague, not providing specific numbers nor when they started renting, and subtly expressed a familiarity with them, as if this situation had been ongoing for a long time and was quite common—

The Hero, who hadn’t even considered this possibility, naturally did not make any such connections.

She initially assumed that the Demon King must be extremely cunning, definitely hiding very carefully, making it impossible to be exposed so coincidentally.

Additionally, having just listened to the phone call, which seemed to be concerning an emergency involving a tenant needing to be rushed to the hospital, naturally led her further away from such associations.

After all, people have fixed mindsets; just like how the Demon King subconsciously wanted to use his old methods to heal, nearly causing his demise. The Hero was also unaware of the Demon King’s situation and somewhat still imagined that ruthless Great Demon as before.

So she wouldn’t imagine such an entity would have an acute illness and be hospitalized...

It sounds particularly ridiculous, doesn’t it...

Thus, falling into the same mental trap, Miss Brave hadn’t thought the person across from her might very well be the target she was hunting but instead focused entirely on the information given by the landlord.

She, too, was undocumented...

So perhaps she could ask this landlord for help...

......

...

Italy’s airport.

A plane was gently taxiing on the runway, then gradually took off, soaring towards the sky.

Quickly reaching high altitude, the Golden-haired Knight Princess, sitting by the porthole, glanced at the vast sea of clouds outside. Outwardly composed, inside, she was already eager with excitement. She was not lost about this unknown journey; rather, she felt energized.

Ahem, just like many students envision their future, brimming with excitement.

At least, before being struck by society and reality, they hold such ideas.

The current Golden-haired Knight Princess was no exception; she had successfully petitioned and was granted permission, now decisively embarking on her journey. Just as her petition reasoned, she indeed had no experience encountering Gods, but she soon would.

Feeling as joyful as if she might burst into song, the Knight Princess shifted her gaze from the window, then lowered her eyes to pick up the file in her hands.

This was intelligence gathered by the Association, some being concrete investigative leads, while others were outcomes of predictions made through Spells and Divination.

When combined, they revealed a very distinct trace—a track line of the Gods walking the earth.

Initially appearing on the southern tip of Sardinia in Italy, because of consecutive unstable events, the Association detected something unusual, hypothesizing that a Defiant God might have descended... However, the final investigation yielded no results, and no discoveries were made. Later, it was noticed that the God seemed to be moving.

Heading east.