Chapter 963 - 20: Everything Is Going According to Plan

Chapter 963: Chapter 20: Everything Is Going According to Plan

That should be the person, right?

But why does he look so... so young?!

Noticing the silhouette of that handsome androgynous youth, at this moment, Amilia felt somewhat excited inside, but at the same time, she couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled... Because the target was unexpectedly young, to the point where the word ’young’ wasn’t even sufficient to describe it.

It was completely at a level of naivety, if put more disdainfully, it could even be called... wet behind the ears?

Alright—

Although Amilia herself is only seventeen years old, she’s a typical example of "heroes disregard age".

So questioning the other person’s age seems like something that she shouldn’t be doing...

But the target over there is clearly excessively young, looking like only fourteen or fifteen years old... Unless it’s some kind of Old Demon? Appearing overly youthful on the surface, but actually being a veteran contender who is hundreds or thousands of years old by now?

Amilia pondered this possibility for a moment but did not think too deeply about it.

Because in terms of reference, only demons and angels from her world fit, as both are races with life spans far exceeding humans— In the Church’s holy scripture, angels are seen as God’s messengers, possessing immortality and great power; whereas demons are the wise race that rules the Demon Realm, possessing incomplete immortality, their lifespan is extremely long, with records showing an astonishing age of 4000 years.

However, humans are different, even when powerful, they cannot compare in this aspect.

Moreover, in this world here, humans seem to be the only mainstream race, lacking other large-scale intelligent life forms—This touched the heroic maiden deeply— and precisely because she recognized this fact, she subconsciously formed a preconceived notion.

Hmmmm...

But thinking about it from another angle, might it be that because this youth is still too young, lacking experience or control power, he just "accidentally" leaked a momentary magic power aura, which she happened to catch?

——If such a possibility exists, then it completely makes sense...

——Even the reason why she just suddenly felt the energy fluctuations can be explained without worrying too much if this might be some sort of bait...

For a moment, the heroic maiden’s little brain was filled with all kinds of crazy thoughts. She isn’t particularly inclined towards the strategist type of character, preferring straightforward combat in the past, given no one could defeat her wielding the Holy Sword.

Any conspiracy is futile against absolute power.

Even the Demon King’s Army sweeping across the Holy Cross Continent could only be crushed by her strength.

However, things are different now, trapped in a strange Otherworld, having to face a completely unfamiliar and unknown environment, while being in the most dire situation she’s ever been. Additionally, knowing her enemy is also lurking in this current world, it’s a matter of who discovers who first and opens fire...

All of this naturally compels the Hero to be more vigilant, she can’t afford to be as reckless as before.

"So lively here..."

Unobtrusively withdrawing her gaze, she glanced at the baseball field, Amilia absent-mindedly praised, pretending that she too was concerned with the fiery competition happening on the field.

Though her focus wasn’t on the field at all, she didn’t even know how many players there were altogether from both teams, her words of praise were standard, feeling perfunctory... This was to hide her intentions, she didn’t want her covert observation to be exposed early.

Just like after confirming the target’s silhouette over there, Amilia immediately shifted her gaze without even pausing for a tenth of a second.

This was a wise decision.

And a result of her previous experience accumulation.

Because true strong individuals can easily sense the presence of gazes and emotions, not just intense feelings like hostility or killing intent, even conscious regard may raise alarm. So one must not stare directly nor reveal emotions.

Only this way is it safer, avoiding easily triggering the target’s counter-detection skills— fortunately, Amilia has some experience in this regard, so she managed to handle it adequately, at least she believes she hasn’t been discovered... Well, assumed.

"Yes, so lively indeed..."

Nearby, Gu Mo casually echoed, but his gaze was on the other side of the field.

In the crowd over there stood a dazzling, extremely radiant girl, so radiant that she seemed to sparkle under the sunlight. With beauty like a finely crafted creation, more dignified than any doll, her expression full of nobility and confidence, adorned with a striking red dress even more eye-catching.

Her long golden hair, illuminated by the mid-spring March sunlight, burned like flames, lavishly decorating her head like a crown.

Perhaps due to her unparalleled beauty and figure, her attire also rose in level, in short, she was extremely attractive.

At least compared to a fellow beauty of the same caliber, Amilia’s deliberately understated plain appearance indeed didn’t have the same commanding and overwhelmingly captivating presence as this girl. Under such an oppressive aura, nearly three meters around the girl lay empty.

It’s not just the boys, even the girls nearby unintentionally kept a distance, fearing they might end up as mere background...

No, the worst fear is not even being considered as a green leaf, directly reduced to the tragic background, which is distressing just to think about.

When the gap becomes too great, envy and jealousy seem to be far less than the sense of powerlessness in the heart, making people unable to even raise the thought of resistance. Unlike the usual situation, where even if there’s an obvious distinction, the latter often feels dissatisfied, believing that if they could do this or that, they certainly wouldn’t be worse than the other.

However, at this moment, none of that applied.

The girl herself was completely unaware of this, instead focusing intently, her sharp gaze also staring in that direction.

Like Amilia, she briefly glanced in that direction but quickly withdrew her gaze, pretending to nonchalantly focus her attention on the court.

However, compared to Amilia’s low profile, which could be overlooked if not careful, her beauty is too flamboyant, like a gorgeous blooming camellia, constantly emanating an astonishing charm that is impossible to miss.

Thus—

Just like on any sports field, when a beautiful girl suddenly appears on the sidelines, the boys on the field seem to gain some strange buff, their morale inexplicably boosted, the desire to compete rapidly increased, and a heart eager to show off becomes fervent...

So at this moment, the competition on the field suddenly and naturally intensified.

Originally, having just finished the last official match, both sides were just practicing with each other, trying to get a feel for the game, but it is unknown when exactly, perhaps it was after seeing that blonde figure in a red dress, the players on both sides started exerting themselves with effort!

Their backs suddenly didn’t ache, their legs suddenly weren’t sore, and hitting five balls in one go wasn’t exhausting!

But they are destined to be disappointed because just like Amilia, the girl in the red dress was only using this to mask her own intentions. She casually cast her gaze towards the court, yet showed incredible indifference, paying no attention to the people or happenings on the field.

"How interesting..."

Gu Mo said softly, almost unable to hold back his laughter.

He saw in the opposite direction, within the crowd by the field, a young man with messy short hair, wearing a McDonald’s uniform, a short-brimmed hat, trying to hide himself by looking down as much as possible.

It was indeed the Great Demon King from the otherworld, now a temporary worker at McDonald’s, Masaaki Oda. He was also cautiously and secretly observing, seemingly having discovered some clues, his eyes constantly changing, indicating that his mind was certainly calculating various possibilities.

Including Amilia on Gu Mo’s side...

There were three people, occupying three positions respectively...

Forming a triangle, mingling among the crowd around the field...

Each with different motives, unaware of each other’s existence, all showing signs of restlessness, this scene was really amusing. As the only clear observer, Gu Mo almost burst out laughing, this was truly too entertaining.

What kind of sparks will fly, he was very curious about.

...

...

Meanwhile.

Amilia was biting her lip lightly, mulling over a question intently.

She sneaked a glance at the young man beside her, hesitating a bit before saying, "Umm, Mr. Gu Mo, please wait here for a moment, I’ll go over there to buy some drinks, I’ll be back soon..."

It would be best to act alone next, as this was her own matter, not suitable for the other party to know.

Moreover, she wasn’t certain if there was any danger, from the bottom of her heart she didn’t want to drag the other party into this, so she sought a reason to leave first.

"Alright, bring me a bottle of Coke..."

Gu Mo was very aware of Miss Brave’s intentions and didn’t intend to stop her in this regard, after all, one must allow the other party the opportunity to act. So he nodded, smiling as he waved his hand, seemingly very rightfully accepting the Saintess’ errand service.

Amilia instantly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed she successfully managed to fool him, now then...

—Now is the time to act!

She glanced in that direction, quickly said with a smile on her face, trying to maintain a facade of nonchalance, she naturally walked out of the crowd.

But—

What Miss Brave didn’t notice was that almost at the same time, there were two other individuals making similar actions and choices.