Gamer System in Campione - Chapter 28

"Alice, what do you know about Voban? Since he will be coming here today, it is reasonable to assume that I will have to fight him if he rebels while fighting the Heretic God"

"... I am sorry to say that not much is known about Marquis Voban's Authorities. He has not allowed anyone to observe and document his power, because he loves to fight alone, so the only information we have about his power is minuscule compared to the time he has been alive. Also, Witenagemot started the Greenwich Assembly after the 19th century, and the Campiones' powers that are known are only those of recent Campiones, such as the Black Prince and John Pluto Smith. Those who fought against him are almost all dead, and those who are alive are only Madame Luo Hao and Alexander Galscoigne. And well ... They're not the type to share their information much."

"Well, that's all right, Alice. I'll improvise if I have to. Now ... Your personality ... Well ... If a Heretic God shows up before I could stop him, I'll probably have to give up trying to persuade him to back off and do as much damage control as I can. I'll probably have to fight both of them."

"Yes. I don't know what he was like in his youth, but he will definitely stop at nothing to fight worthy opponents. He's interested in getting new Authorities just these days, so he'll fight you if you try to stop whatever causes the Heretic God to descend ... Ah! Ozymandias, the Marquis Voban has just appeared! It's dangerous to have my [Sky Vision] activated even more, so please run to the meeting!"

Ozymandias was only five blocks from the airport and, he can see the group of people in cloaks and robes bowing to an old man dressed in a suit and waterproof coat. The man Ozymandias identified as Anton was directing Voban to a car, and Voban followed him.

The Sun King was moving forward as he stealthily entered an alley, taking care not to let anyone notice him before jumping and leaping off the walls and onto the roof of a building, going to the edge of the building and crouching so that only his head would be visible to those below. However, since he was five blocks away, other people would have a hard time locating him unless they had a way to strengthen their vision.

"There doesn't seem to be any guards around Voban?"

"It's probably because it's Voban that they don't need any guards. If Voban is attacked, he can destroy any opposition. If Voban attacks them, they can do nothing except await destruction or hide and suck their thumb in the hope that Voban won't find them."

"But I find that strange. Shouldn't they have some people as lookouts? After all, we are here. If we're here to spy on them, shouldn't they be more nervous?"

"... Maybe... Ozymandias... How is the posture of Anton and the group?"

"Posture?"

Ozymandias looked at the group walking beside Campione, and although he could feel the nervous tension in their movements, it derived from being near Voban. However, there was another expression on their relaxed shoulders compared to the moment they saw them leaving the airport.

"They are relaxed compared to the time they saw us leaving the airport. Why?"

"It may be my speculation, but the situation may be that once they have met Marquis Voban, most of their mission has been accomplished at that time. Since they think that the Campione allied with Witenagemot will come the day after tomorrow, they must be thinking something like, 'No one can interrupt our plan anymore'."

Anton got into a car and Voban got into another car. Although they are leaving at the same time, Voban is going north while Anton is going south.

"What should I do?"

" ... Follow Voban, Ozymandias. I will activate [Sky Vision] once again on Anton. As long as His Majesty, Voban, is not with Anton, Anton will not notice my spell taking effect on him. And when he reaches a destination, I'll just switch to [Clairvoyance] and inform him of the situation if it's something serious."

"Got it." Ozymandias replied as he stealthily started running along the roofs of the buildings to follow Marquis Voban's constantly accelerating car.

After constantly following the car with Sasha Voban for over 30 blocks, the Sun King began to notice that the car was circling. His vision granted him the sight of Voban just sitting in his chair, not caring about anything. He was planning to report this to Alice, but the car parked on the shoulder before Voban got off the car.

Then Voban looked back at Ozymandias, who was crouching eight blocks away.

He began to speak, and although the road was crowded with people enjoying the festivities, Ozymandias could hear him clearly over the crowd, even though he did not raise his voice over the crowd.

"You are the rat that has been following me all this time"

Ozymandias' eyes widened in surprise at this.

"The moment I left the airport, I felt as if I was being watched by means of magic. Although that quickly dissipated, my gut told me that I was being watched in a different way while driving around. After hundreds of years of being a Campione, I have learned not to ignore my instinct, even for a little nudge."

Ozymandias' eyes narrowed as he informed Alice.

"My, my ... That's worrisome. Remember, Ozymandias. Engaging you with your Campione powers is not why you are here. Please do not reveal your enormous magical power, or he will identify you as a Campione in an instant. Please run away if you can. What is he doing now?"

"He is summoning about a dozen wolves, and they are rapidly approaching my position" Ozymandias replied as he began to run in the opposite direction.

There were cries of horror as the crowd recognized that there were wolves around them, and general panic ensued as they tried to run away from the wolves, who were doing nothing to chase the civilians, but looked at Ozymandias with hungry eyes.

"It's no use, rat! Those wolves will smell your scent and track you down! It would be better for you to give up now! If you confess why you are following me, I will spare you!" Ozymandias heard Voban's voice growling from afar, frowning as the wolves jumped easily on top of the roof of a building. Upon closer inspection, these wolves were gray in color like rats and were as big as horses.

"Ozymandias, these are divine beasts, and because Marquis Voban summoned them, he will be able to tell what happens to them, but he will not be able to see how they die. If you must fight them, retreat and then kill them out of sight. That way he at least will not know that there is another Campione. Although he may find out that you are more than you appear to be when he realizes that his wolves are dead. While it's a shame we can't follow the Campione, I did find out where Mr. Anton went. It looks like this place will also be important, so check it out as well."

"Understood"