This is not the date I wanted.

"Only idiots would stop running!"

Hearing the curse coming from behind, Shidou complained and ran away a little faster.

So, what should we do next?

While running on the street, Shidou was thinking.

Although he had gotten rid of "Nibelcol" temporarily, the danger was not over. The opponent was a pseudo-spirit created by Westcott using "Divine Eclipse", and he could continue to create more as long as his spiritual power was not exhausted. Even if the "Nibelcol" behind him could not catch up with Shidao, it was not difficult to imagine that he would encounter an ambush on his way forward.

You must deal with "Nibelcol" while trying to move in the direction of Mengyue.

Fortunately, magicians like Alan and Artemisia are not here. Although "Nibelcol" is very annoying, its individual strength is not very strong. As long as Shidao is careful not to be surrounded by the enemy using the advantage in numbers, he still has the confidence to persevere.

At this moment, the figure of "Nibelcol" appeared in front of Shidao again, and shot a magic bullet at him without saying a word.

Shidou quickly rolled over and hid behind a stone pillar in the shopping mall.

"Humph, idiot. Do you think you'll be safe if you hide behind a pillar?"

Seeing Shidou's actions, "Nibelcol" couldn't help but sneer.

"Beelzebub.Yelet (Divine Eclipse Chapter Order.Page)!"

Following the call of "Nibelcol", paper airplanes made of spiritual power appeared all around, and under her control, they flew behind the stone pillar.

——Boom, boom, boom!

After a fierce explosion, the stone pillars made of concrete and steel bars collapsed, and a large amount of rubble turned into a huge stone column.

"Haha~ This should explode to death."

"I'm so tired~ It took me so much effort."

"I can't help it. This is also for my father."

"Wait? This corpse... isn't it a little strange?"

Looking at the body of Gokawa Shidao under the rubble, "Nibelcol" discovered with confusion that the other party did not have white flames for healing from his wounds as the intelligence said, nor did he bleed like a human. Rather than being a living being, he was more like an inorganic puppet.

——pong!

Suddenly, after a strange explosion sound, the Shidao in front of him turned into a plastic statue of a white-haired old grandfather in a fast food store.

The "Nibelcols" widened their eyes and roared in unison.

"Were you fooled!!!?"

——Shidao, don't hide behind a cover just because you're afraid. The strength of ordinary buildings can't withstand the attacks of elves and magicians. At the same time, sticking your back to the wall will only block your sight. That false sense of security will cost you your life. However, think about it the other way around——

"The other party can't see you either."

Recalling Mengyue's teachings, Shidao couldn't help but smile bitterly and sighed.

"I'm sorry, but I don't want to suffer the same pain twice."

With that, Shidou turned around and rushed into the alley.

……

"Hmph... You're stronger than I thought, Itsuka Shidou."

At the same time, in the office of DEM Japan Branch, Westcott was sitting in the president's chair with his legs crossed, flipping through the "Divine Eclipse" with interest.

Due to the interference of the Whisper, the efficiency of the "Divine Eclipse" search for intelligence has been greatly reduced, and the content of the data is not as comprehensive as before, so that although Westcott can confirm the location of Gokawa Shidao, he cannot immediately know what he did. That's why "Nibelcol" was deceived by Shidao's trick.

"Well, I can only reflect on this later."

Scratching his hair helplessly, Westcott adjusted his mood and continued to explore the location of Gokawa Shido.

During the investigation of the "Divine Eclipse Arc", although the general direction of Shidao's movement did not change, he did not choose the wide and fast main roads, but moved in the complex alleys formed between the buildings.

Westcott couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If Shidou had moved to a more spacious place or flown in the air, he could have used Bandersnatch to snipe directly.

"But, in a sense, this is also a form of self-destruction."

Westcott gave the order while checking the map route of Tiangong City.

"D9 and E1 go to 'Nibelcol', you guys flank Gokawa Shido from the entrance and exit of this alley."

[No problem, father.]

however--

[Eh? Father, Itsuka Shido is not here. ]

"Huh? This is..."

Westcott saw that in a straight alley with blocked entrances and exits, Gokawa Shido, who was originally running towards the exit, suddenly turned around, ignored the obstruction of the wall, accelerated across several buildings, and got rid of "Nibelcol" again.

……

"Huh... Another batch got rid of."

Shidao breathed a sigh of relief, and the zippered doors on the wall that had been opened were stitched back to their original state under the power of the "Fake Witch".

When training in the virtual world, Shidao once naively thought that he would use his familiarity with Tengu City and the intricate alleys to get rid of Juna.

However, in reality, when he confidently escaped to the exit, he was beaten beyond recognition by Junai, who had been waiting there for a long time.

If you think about it carefully, the maps of the virtual world are basically restored by Fraxinus using data. As an artificial intelligence, how could Junai not be aware of the terrain structure of this map?

As the saying goes, every failure makes you wiser. He would no longer be foolish enough to think that he could get rid of "Nibelcol" in this way. Instead, he deliberately gave people the impression that "Gokawa Shido would honestly escape along the road", and then used the power of the "fake witch" to cross the building.

(I didn’t expect the training would come in handy.)

Once, he was saved by the experience during training. Thinking of this, Shidao couldn't help but sigh that if it weren't for Mengyue's seemingly exaggerated training, he would have been dead by now.

(Meng Yue will probably be here in a while... huh... calm down... now is not the time to be at ease.)

Shidao slapped his face hard and warned himself. He let down his guard because he felt that he was about to pass the time limit, which was why he was killed by Junai in the last few seconds before the time limit.

And unlike the virtual world, when he dies in this world, he is really dead.

"Aoi~Aoi! Where have you been? If you hear me, answer me!"

At this moment, a shout suddenly caught Shidao's attention. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, running on the street breathlessly, shouting anxiously.

Ordinary citizens?!

Shidou's eyes widened in surprise.

(Don't yell so loudly, idiot!)

Seeing the other party making such a striking move, Shidou couldn't help but shout anxiously in his heart.

Sure enough, the "Nibelcol" wandering nearby were quickly attracted by the sound and gathered around the middle-aged man.

"Hmm... who is this guy?"

"Anyway, it's definitely not Gokawa Shidao."

"There is no reaction of spiritual power and magic power. He is just an ordinary person."

"Well, his face has been seen anyway. Let's kill him."

The Nibelcols made their decisions quite casually.

"You guys...what's going on?"

Looking at the girls floating in the air, the middle-aged man stood there blankly, his mouth wide open, looking a little at a loss.

After all, in his understanding, this world is just an ordinary world without magicians and elves, except for the addition of a natural disaster called "spacequake".

Just like that, "Nibelcol" stretched out his index finger, aimed at the uncle's head, and shot a spiritual bullet.

“——!!!!”

[Expand - Raphael (Hurricane Knight) - Methratton (Angel of Extinction). ]

Without caring about being discovered by the enemy, Shidou moved in front of the man at the fastest speed possible, almost instantly, and blocked the attack of "Nibelcol".

"Are you OK?"

“Ah…ah…hmm…”

The man didn't understand the situation yet and could only nod blankly.

When they saw Shido Gokawa running out by himself, the "Nibelcols" showed surprised expressions.

"Ah! I finally found you, Gokawa Shidou!"

"You're running around like a rat. You're embarrassing us in front of our father!"

"I will never let you escape again this time."

Soon, hundreds of "Nibelcols" gathered here from all over the city, surrounding Shidao tightly. Countless spiritual lights filled Shidao's vision, locking him tightly.

"Ratziel (Sage of the Dawn)!!"

[Received - Limiter lifted - Spiritual barrier fully deployed. ]

Shidou quickly deployed a hemispherical spiritual power shield, and the next moment, attacks from magic and spiritual power bombarded the outer shell of the shield like a hail of bullets.

(This is not going to go well.)

Shidou thought in his heart.

Although in terms of the total amount of spiritual energy, it is impossible for Shidao to be exhausted by "Nibelcol", but he cannot move easily. If time goes on for a long time and a magus like Alan arrives, the situation will be really desperate.

(and--)

Shidao glanced at the uncle behind him. At this moment, he was so frightened by this scene that went beyond common sense that his legs went limp and he knelt on the ground with a pale face.

(Sage of the Dawn, where is the nearest shelter around here?)

[——70 meters directly below the host.]

Judging from the physical distance alone, it's unexpectedly close, Shidou thought with a smile.

"Expand——Michael (The Lord of Seal)."

As Shidao called out, a key-shaped scepter angel appeared in his hand.

--【open】.

The scepter inserted downward into the void, and soon, a door with a diameter of half a meter appeared in front of Shidao. Below the door, a large number of citizens taking refuge in the shelter could be seen.

(Great, it worked.)

Shidou secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, Shidao had thought about using "Seal Master" to escape, but when he was experimenting in the computer world, he found that it would take about two to three seconds from the use of the ability to the appearance of the [Gate]. Although it was very short in reality, it became a fatal gap in combat and escape.

Furthermore, the accuracy of the movement of the gate is also problematic. If it is moved to a position within the field of vision, it is fine. However, if you want to move it to a place outside the field of vision, even with the assistance of the "Sage of the Dawn", the gate opened by Shidao will occasionally make mistakes such as "moving to a different place than imagined", and the farther the distance, the greater the deviation.

After realizing this, Shidao naturally did not dare to use this unskilled angel at such a critical moment.

"Go in quickly. It's too dangerous here!"

Shidou pointed at the door and urged the old man to go in quickly.

However, this middle-aged uncle did not enter the door. Instead, he crawled to Shidou's side and asked anxiously.

"Aoi! Have you seen my daughter? She's still in elementary school, and she's wearing a calico kitten. We got separated when we were taking shelter!"

"sunflower……"

Hearing the middle-aged man's description, Shidao immediately thought of the little girl with a cat whom he met before DEM launched the attack.

"Could it be... Aoi! Where are you? Don't abandon your father!"

"Wait! Calm down, uncle! This is too dangerous! You will die."

Seeing the old man suddenly moving towards the edge of the shield, Shidou quickly grabbed him.

"Let me go! I want to find my daughter. If anything happens to Aoi, I won't live anymore!"

“Calm down!!!”

[Partial expansion - Gabriel (Pojun Songstress). ]

“…?! Wahhhhh!!”

Under the influence of Shidou's words of infusing spiritual power, the self-destructive uncle calmed down instantly as if he was poured with a bottle of cold water. Seeing the murderous "Nibelcol" outside the barrier, he immediately retreated with a pale face.

"Uncle, it's okay. I will help you find your daughter. So, just go and take shelter first."

Patting the uncle's shoulder, Shidou said solemnly.