"Is it done?" Sara asked herself after destroying the core of [Gathered Feathers].
At that moment, she heard the demigod in charge of the game announcing her club's victory.
"I guess it's that, huh." Sara sighed in relief and turned around to leave.
But before she could leave, a voice stopped her.
"Y-You… Cough… H-How did you do that?"
Sara raised an eyebrow. She looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man lying on the ground with an injury on his belly and a pained expression.
He was Rain, a late-stage A-Rank of [Gathered Feathers] whose job was to guard the core.
Unfortunately, he was unable to stop Sara.
And he was not the only one. Right now, four B-Ranks and fourteen C-Ranks besides him were lying on the ground unconscious.
Some of them had heavy injuries, and others had been knocked unconscious with a hit in their napes.
"So, you woke up, huh." Sara looked at the late-stage A-Rank with an emotionless expression. "I guess that is normal considering your strength."
"My strength?" The late-stage A-Rank could not help but smile self-deprecatingly.
Remembering how his group was defeated, he smiled bitterly.
He was the only one that barely put on a struggle against Sara.
As for the others, they did not even saw her.
She just walked inside their headquarters without being detected and attacked the core.
Fortunately, he had put a barrier around the core beforehand, stopping Sara's fist attack and warning him of her presence. But even that was not enough to stop her.
When he realized he could not see the enemy, he released an AoE spell and warned the other members of the unseen enemy.
It was useless.
Without even showing her face once, Sara knocked all the members unconscious, before stabbing him in the belly and defeating him.
Then, with the barrier already dispelled, she destroyed the core easily.
Remembering that, the expression on the late-stage A-Rank's face turned even more bitter.
"We never had a chance, huh."
Sara furrowed her brows briefly before shaking her head.
"You were just unlucky. This game was not suited for you."
She then ignored him and left the place.
Just then, a voice came from the earpiece of her ear.
[Well done, sis! Good job! I think that our hero will give us a reward this time.]
Sara smiled wryly and shook her head.
A reward? Just the pet-armor she was wearing seemed so expensive that she did not dare to ask how much it cost.
That was more than enough as a reward.
Plus, she was her lord's shadow. Following her lord's orders was her job. She did not need a reward to do that.
[Mou, sister! You don't understand! This is the perfect opportunity to ask him for a kiss! A kiss!!! Well, you can ask for a hug or a date if you are too shy! But, If you don't take the initiative, we will never win against sister Liu Ying or the thieving cat!]
Sara was speechless. What in the hell was inside the head of her little sister?
"... Gina, I don't have any romantic interest in my lord. It's just a boss-subordinate relationship." Sara did not know whether to laugh or to cry.
[… Goddess, why is my sister so dense?]
"Gina?"
[Sigh. It looks like I have to do all the work. Otherwise, we will not have any hope of marrying our hero in this lifetime.]
A bad feeling hit Sara when she heard these words.
"Hey Gina, what are you talking about? Gina? Gina!?"
Unfortunately, her little sister did not reply.
She had cut off the communication with her.
Just at that moment, more voices came from the earpiece.
[Sara, you knew that we could hear your conversation, right?]
That was Liu Ying.
[... I'm not a thieving cat.]
That was Aya.
[… Mr. Bloed, I did not know you were such a womanizer.]
That was Princess Elwha.
Sara stiffened.
In the next instant, her expression turned completely red.
"I-I'm sorry. G-Gina was joking!"
Embarrassed, she took off the earpiece and cut off the transmission.
She then looked up and heaved a long sigh.
'… That was so embarrassing…'
Sighing again, Sara shook her head and returned to the Machine Revolutio tower.
…
George, the leader of the Martial Arts Club, was slightly surprised after hearing the demigod in charge of the game announce the Machine Revolutio as the winner.
"… It looks like the club leader is not the only strong person in that club, huh."
He then looked in the distance at the black-haired girl leaving the headquarters of [Gathered Feathers] with furrowed brows.
"… Is she specialized in stealth? I only became aware of her after she started to attack the enemy base."
For an instant, he could not help but wonder what would have happened if that girl decides to ambush him.
"… Dangerous."
With a sigh, the leader of the Martial Arts Club turned around and left.
…
Nearby, Mu Quan was staring at the demon girl following behind the leader of [Machine Revolutio].
She was the reason he was here. To observe her.
He needed to confirm if she was truly who he thought she was.
"… Unfortunately, I could not see her fight this time."
With a sigh, he shook his head.
He could only wait for the next opportunity.
…
In another place, Eres's sighed in relief after she heard the demigod announce [Machine Revolutio]'s victory.
'Great… Brother won…'
An expression of pride appeared on her face.
She was glad that her brother did not need her help to defeat a club much stronger than his.
At the same time, she decided to take care of the matters bothering her as quickly as possible.
'But how can I leave the club without mother noticing? Otherwise, she will learn about brother…'
Eres put on a troubled expression.
This time, her brother managed to attain victory without relying on her help.
However, after investigating the situation of [Machine Revolutio], she knew that her brother's club did not have many members and needed as much help as possible.
I need to think about something. Should I visit brother again?