Ilo, Is Your Plan Really Going Smoothly?

"Why would you think that?"

the youth asked softly.

"You knew we had noticed someone had entered the Eternal Divine Kingdom. Since the illusory Divine Kingdom had been exposed, its anchor point in reality might also have been exposed,"

Kewen said calmly, watching He Ao. "You displayed great power within the Divine Kingdom. To deal with a formidable enemy like you, we would inevitably deploy the tightest possible blockade. But large-scale personnel movements would instead expose the Divine Kingdom's anchor point in reality.

"To prevent your goal from being to Stir Up The Grass To Scare The Snake, we would prioritize sending the city's strongest forces here.

"You guessed that,

"so you came here to 'lure out' the strongest forces.

"At first, I suspected that the one who entered the Divine Kingdom was 'Ilo,' but I never expected it to really be you. You only brought this Little Girl with you. Are you absolutely confident you can 'deal with' me?"

At that, he raised his brows slightly. "Or was your original target not me at all, but the 'Pope'?"

"You've thought quite a lot,"

the youth did not answer his question, merely smiling noncommittally. "But what if I never guessed that the boundary between the Eternal Divine Kingdom and the real world was here?"

Kewen's expression suddenly froze. Clearly, he had never considered that question.

Then he coughed lightly and continued,

"You're so clever. How could you possibly fail to guess it?"

Then the expression vanished from his face, replaced by a faint smile. "Besides, if you didn't come here, you wouldn't have been able to see me, much less hold me back, right?"

He did not continue that topic, instead changing the subject and asking,

"But I'm rather curious. Although we all believed you could find this place, how