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Chapter 1849 Five-Year-Old Devil—I'm No Longer a Three or Four-Year-Old Child

"Caesar, Edward!"

Jaden pounded on the entrance to the shelter, which had been collapsed and resealed by the monsters of Caesar and Edward. He gritted his teeth, and the words that the Wandering Hero - Freed had said before echoed in his ears once again.

"If I had enough power"

In Jaden's eyes, amber light expanded again, attempting to completely cover his original brown pupils.

“I understand how you feel, but we can’t let your companions’ sacrifice be in vain.” [Wandering Hero - Fried] patted Jaden on the shoulder and said, “We should set off, once again.”

Jaden knew that what the "Wandering Hero - Freed" said was true, but he had heard the same words many times before, and some of them, even if true, were still so hard to agree with.

Last time, despite Manjoume's urging, Judai stubbornly chose to support [Wandering Hero - Freed]. [Wandering Hero - Freed] lacked the ability to deal with the aerial combat of [Dark Sword of the Dark Demon World], and Judai's support did change his fate of only being able to die, but the price of this change was that Edward and Caesar had to stay behind to cover their retreat.

Judai nodded silently. This time, he chose to follow the other party's suggestion and head in another direction from the shelter.

Even after Judai and his companion left through another exit, the sounds of battle continued to echo along the shelter's passageway from the other side of the mountain. This indicated that Caesar and Edward still had the strength to fight, but it also meant that they had not yet ended the battle and had probably been dragged into a protracted war by the arriving "Overlord Army."

Since Manjoume and his group were leading the villagers to evacuate and couldn't be found by the "Overlord Army," they naturally didn't leave any obvious traces that could be tracked after leaving the area around the shelter, since the villagers didn't have any supplies.

However, the lack of conspicuous marks did not mean that Judai and his group could not find out where Manjoume and the others had gone. Although Judai did not participate in the discussion before the evacuation began, he was still listening in and knew which direction they would go after they left.

Upon opening her terminal, Judai saw several missed communication messages. Because of the distance that had grown, and in this world where there were no base stations for relaying communications and everything relied on "BtoB" connections between terminals, Asuka could no longer call Judai. In the end, she could only send Judai a few messages to inform her that Caesar and Edward had set off to provide support, and that they had no choice but to set off, their destination being the place they had originally agreed upon.

Switching to the chat interface, Jaden opened the hand-drawn map that O'Brien had previously sent to the group. He first checked their current location after leaving the shelter, and then looked at another location that had been marked in advance.

"This location, between the 'Overlord Army' camp near the town and their fortress?"

Because he was busy changing equipment and preparing to risk his life to buy time, [Wandering Hero - Fried] did not participate in the discussion with Jaden and the others, so he was naturally unaware of the direction they planned to go. This was also to be on the safe side, since the information he provided earlier mentioned that there were spellcasters like [Dark World Strategist - Grin] in the "Overlord Army". No one could guarantee that the "Overlord Army" would not have mind-reading or torture techniques.

Having already resigned himself to certain death, [Wandering Hero - Fried] naturally had no need to know the escape route, thus reducing even the slightest possibility of information leakage.

However, he was unaware of the plan the others had discussed, but he could read maps. After all, the map was drawn by O'Brien based on the information he provided, and he immediately recognized the destination of the others that Jaden had found for their evacuation.

"So that's how it is, the so-called 'blind spot' tactic? As long as we surround the 'Overlord Army' that's closing in on the shelter from the outside, the direction where their previous camp was located will become the direction with the least search effort." The once-undefeated general, [Wandering Hero - Fried], also understood the group's strategy for setting up an extraction point. "After that, as long as we leave through the gap between the garrison troops in the camp and the patrol troops at another 'Overlord Army' fortress, we can escape danger."

"It's just escaping danger." Judai shook his head, glancing at the "Overlord Army" camp not far from the evacuation point. "Besides, that place..."

“That’s enough.” Noticing that Jaden was looking at another location on the map as if he had something on his mind, [Wandering Hero - Freed] said, “I was prepared to sacrifice myself, but your companion saved my life. I’ll take over the villagers’ affairs after we reunite. You also want to go to that place because of what Raz said, right?”

"You found out." Judai looked up at [Wandering Hero - Freed] and nodded. "I don't know if the person Mr. [Raz] mentioned is John. O'Brien and the others also advised me that the current information is insufficient, and even if they were captured, the 'Overlord Army' doesn't seem to intend to kill the prisoners immediately but rather to gather them in one place. The person who resembles John won't be in any danger in the short term."

“But I can’t wait any longer, I can’t wait any longer.” Jaden said, reaching out to grab his collar. “I’ve always been moving forward on instinct. If I knew John was likely here and I went around him, I would become unable to run forward anymore—and I would never be able to get to John.”

"It sounds like John is a very important friend of yours."

"It's not just about being friends. More importantly, the responsibility for John's current predicament lies entirely with me."

【Wandering Hero - Freed】Looking at Jaden, he sighed and said, "Taking all the responsibility on your own shoulders will crush you. The heroes of fantasy can be omnipotent, but in reality, human strength has its limits."

"—Found it." After saying this, [Wandering Hero - Freed] suddenly looked in a direction, signaling Judai to wait there for a moment. He jumped down from the rocky ground, crouched low, and approached in that direction. About ten seconds later, he appeared, leading two strangely shaped ducks.

(Sonic Duck)

"This is... [Sonic Duck]?" Jaden blinked, barely recognizing the green duck, taller than a person and with an iron bucket on its head, as the classic Duel Monster—[Sonic Duck]. "Why are there these monsters here? And why did you bring them here at this time, Mr. Fried?"

"Although it is a remote town, there used to be a business of raising Sonic Ducks, which supported many people in the town. However, when the Overlord Army first attacked the town, a considerable number of the Sonic Ducks were taken away by the Overlord Army along with the captured members of the Iron Knights."

Having already mounted the Sonic Duck, the Wandering Warrior Fried patted the neck of his vehicle and said, "These two are the only 'survivors' left in town. However, due to space limitations in the shelter, we had to release them. But it seems that because they have lived in the town since they were young, they have been lingering around the town and haven't left. Luckily, they haven't been caught by the 'Overlord Army'."

"As for what they do, it's just like what you see now. They're highly efficient vehicles for getting around. Although the riding experience might not be great, they're definitely fast, which will allow us to meet up with the others more quickly. You also need to find that guy named John as soon as possible, right?"

(Sonic ducks that walk at supersonic speeds, birdmen that fly at Mach 5—the bird-beast race is full of talented people!)

"I see, thank goodness you were here, Mr. Fried," Judai said gratefully, suddenly realizing. "Then let's not delay any longer and set off now!"

Although it was Jaden's first time riding the Sonic Duck, he had ridden an ostrich abroad before, and the two seemed quite similar in size. However, when the Sonic Duck started moving and galloped off at an uncontrollable speed, even Jaden had to hold on tightly to the red scarf that served as reins to avoid being thrown off. Meanwhile, the Wandering Hero - Freed sat quite steadily, looking very experienced, urging the "duck" to follow closely behind Jaden and occasionally reminding him which direction to turn.

Considering that the Sonic Duck would easily kick up dust and reveal its presence when it moved, Jaden and Freed were worried along the way. However, perhaps due to their good luck, or perhaps because the shelter had attracted enough attention, Jaden and Freed were not discovered by the Overlord Army until they were about to reach the evacuation point. They caught up with Manjoume and the others who had evacuated earlier without any major incident.

However, for the last stretch of the journey, [Wandering Hero - Freed] suggested to Jaden that they leave [Sonic Duck] first and let it escape in another direction, while the two of them would walk to catch up with Manjoume. Previously, because [Warrior - Raz] found the shelter but instead revealed its location to the "Overlord Army", [Wandering Hero - Freed] was worried that the fact that they hadn't encountered any danger along the way was because the other party was using the same trick again and had learned from their mistake.

After watching Sonic Duck leave, Jaden and Freed the Wanderer continued their journey, but just as they were about to approach the designated evacuation point where the others were, a loud noise suddenly came from that direction!
"boom!"

Amidst the roar and explosions, two figures, one golden and one silver, fled from that direction, heading directly towards where Judai was. Their conversation reached Judai and the others.

(The two brilliant duo from the dark world: Why would we duel with you when we can kill you head-on?)

"Hey, Gold, this isn't what I expected!" complained the gaunt silver demon—[Sylva, the God of War of the Dark World]. "How come this brat from another world is so adapted to the rules here? He summoned monsters to attack us right from the start!"

"There are too many unplanned things. [Zul] hasn't been killed yet, and his stuff hasn't been released." The strong golden demon—[Gold, the God of War of the Dark Realm]—ran quickly with his axe in hand. "If it weren't for the orders from the big shots above, I wouldn't be doing this kind of messy mission that I hate the most!"

"Let's not talk about that now, we need to hurry—"

"[Guardian of Solemnity - Guardian of Law]!" "[Dark Armed Dragon]!" "[Mesozoic Fossil Knight - Skeleton Knight]!"

Behind the two demons, Jin, Manjoume, and Asuka summoned their respective monsters, boarded them, and chased after the two.

"We absolutely cannot let these two leave, or our information about this place will be exposed!" Asuka said, her face filled with murderous intent. "Then, Judai won't be able to find this place!"

"Also remember not to kill the opponent directly, otherwise, like with the previous [Scout of the Dark Realm - Scar], this place will be exposed!" Jim reminded him.

"I don't need you to remind me of that!" Manjoume said casually. "But this kind of setup is really disgusting. We can't kill them, and we can't let them go—so, the only way is to knock them to the ground and render them incapacitated!"

"Fools, do you think you can catch us?" Despite being chased, [Sylva, the God of War of the Dark World] still arrogantly mocked Manjoume and the others behind him. "We are different from those lower-level [Dark World] beings you encountered before. We are high-level beings of level 5!"

"Don't spout those five-year-old brat talk like you're not a three or four-year-old!" While grumbling at his companion, [Dark Realm Martial God - Gold] remained resolute, lowering his voice to tell his partner, "This direction leads to the camps of [Zul] and [Dark Sword]. They definitely won't dare follow us. Even if they do get close, we can take the opportunity to release something from that camp to affect those brats!"

"—Although I don't know what you're talking about, you've missed your chance!"

A voice interrupted the conversation between the Gold and Silver Demons. They were startled by the sudden appearance of the figure in front of them, but after realizing that the person blocking their way was also a brat, they became somewhat dismissive.

"Although I don't know where they took the shortcut to surround us," [Sylva, the God of War of the Dark World] sneered arrogantly, "they're just brats—they haven't even summoned an elf yet, they're too green!"

"Don't be careless, Sylva!" [Gold, the God of War of the Dark World] was quite cautious. "It's best to be careful. There's no need to fight him. Just go around him from both sides!"

"Don't even think about it!" Jaden heard their words clearly, and suddenly pulled a card from his Duel Disk. His amber eyes swirled, and the card in his hand also exuded a menacing aura.

(In the original work, after defeating the Kamen Rider, Jaden began to have heterochromia, and his evil doctrines were implanted into other people's bodies.)
Even though no monster was summoned, the mere act of Jaden drawing a card caused the two demons, Gold and Silver, to pause and exchange a glance.

"You think the same thing, don't you, Sylva?"

"That's right, the aura emanating from this brat is far too dangerous."

"So, before he summons his spirit—" "—Let's take him down first!"

Jaden casually slapped the cards onto the Duel Disk, reflecting on the events of the past few days—Professor Cobra's death, Amon's control, John's uncertain fate, and Edward and Caesar staying behind to cover the retreat. For a brief moment, one of his eyes was completely covered by the emerging amber color.

On the card on the Duel Disk, [E·hero Neos] appeared instantly without any process, as if he had always been there. However, the energy orb on his body did not shine as brightly as before, but was instead somewhat dark. There were even a few black lightning bolts on his body that quickly dissipated when he appeared.

"Neos!" Judai himself didn't realize that his voice was somewhat cold as he coldly commanded his "Hero," "—Take care of them."

The golden axe swung by [Gold, the God of War of the Dark World] and the silver blade thrust by [Sylva, the God of War of the Dark World] were both blocked by an invisible force when they touched [E. Hero Neos], and the attacks failed to achieve any effect. Meanwhile, [E. Hero Neos], under Jaden's command, raised his hands and grabbed the heads of the golden and silver demons respectively, and then—

A powerful hand splits the skull!

The attack was executed with perfect precision. [E·hero Neos] vanished from Jaden's sight, while the Gold and Silver Demons, having lost the hands that held their heads, collapsed helplessly to the ground, their horns and armor broken and deformed. They fell into a complete coma, their bottom line being that they were "not dead."

Taking a deep breath, Judai tried to calm the inexplicable anger that had just surged in his heart, and gave Asuka and the others a smile that was no different from any other day: "Sorry, everyone, I'm late."

According to the tier list calculations, FGO has issued a total of 3433 Saint Quartz this year, which is roughly equivalent to four Pyramid Spells even with FGO's gacha system.
I never thought FGO would be considered a game with high welfare benefits (lol).