The Mecha-Kai Species During Dimensional Travel

But luckily, those scruffy-looking drunkards in the tavern were all good-natured people.

Whether it was because she was traveling at such a young age or because of her appearance, these people answered Xiu Er's inquiries without any hesitation.

"I see you're having a tough time traveling alone, little miss. How about resting here for a bit?"

Looking at the innkeeper's beaming face, Xiu Er could scan and calculate the man's intentions.

The result was:

This innkeeper was genuinely a good person.

However, "rest" was an option Xiu Er rarely chose.

"[Inquiry] Where is the nearest city?"

Without responding to the innkeeper, Xiu Er coldly asked her own question.

The innkeeper was puzzled by her strange way of speaking and her cold demeanor, but he didn't dwell on it.

It was normal for travelers to have peculiar personalities, and besides, this young girl daring to travel alone must have her own exceptional qualities.

So, the innkeeper told Xiu Er everything he knew.

Leaving the village, she strolled along the path through the woods.

The innkeeper had said that following this road would lead to the city.

Xiu Er recorded the obtained information into her database.

For the Mecha-Kai species, the concept of "forgetting" did not exist.

She didn't choose to directly open a portal because she didn't have the coordinates.

In the Date A Live world, since it was modern technology, she could locate a target instantly. But in this world of magic, devoid of any "technological" products, the Mecha-Kai species' traits had no room to operate.

Deep into the woods, far from the village's range.

The number of surrounding Monsters began to increase.

Xiu Er's detectors ran constantly; no living being could evade her surveillance.

"-[Codex Opening]-[Pseudo-Canon]-..."

Golden energy converged there, and a seed-shaped object appeared in Xiu Er's hand.

This "seed" was Mio's third angel, [Nameless Angel].

Possessing the ability to ignore all laws and erase the essence of anything from its root—the strongest power.

Unfortunately, this "root" was limited to the root of the Date A Live world.

The erasure effect of the Nameless Angel only worked on things within the Date A Live world.

Every world had its own root.

This angel could not interfere with the roots of other worlds, meaning it was completely useless in other worlds.

Let alone how much of the effect Xiu Er could replicate with [Pseudo-Canon: Nameless Angel].

In any world other than Date A Live, this Nameless Angel was nothing but a decoration.

At the time, she had Mio show her third angel as a bonus. Originally, Mio had planned never to reveal the Nameless Angel to Xiu Er, but she changed her mind in the end.

After all, what could she do even if she refused?

Because if Xiu Er truly wanted to destroy everything, she could do it even without the Nameless Angel.

That was Mio's thought, and Xiu Er was unaware of it.

In the end, she got her wish.

But after analyzing and copying this angel, she realized that this so-called "strongest angel" was, for her, the most useless angel.

No longer paying attention to the Spirit Series Armament.

She came to this world with the same purpose.

[Magic]

One of the reasons Xiu Er came to this world.

Now was not the time to rush into seeking magic. What she cared about most on this trip was the current point in time.

And heading to the city was the fastest way to find out...

Chapter 2: Buy One Get One Free

So Monsters are this easy to encounter?

Xiu Er looked down at the long-horned creature beneath her feet, its limbs already severed.

A massive armored figure, a full three meters tall, was pinned firmly to the ground by the petite Xiu Er.

The halo atop her head blazed with dazzling light, her pair of inorganic golden eyes staring coldly down at the pitch-black, pupil-less eyes below.

"You... aren't human?"

A demon. No capacity for empathy whatsoever. Its ability to speak was merely a tool to lure prey into traps, a means to devour them.

The creature currently crushed under Xiu Er's foot was exactly that kind of being.

The demon simply gazed calmly at Xiu Er standing atop it, as if it couldn't feel the pain of its dismembered limbs.

It stared at Xiu Er, unable to understand how things had come to this. Could this human be a powerful warrior?

It had only been out hunting as usual, spotted a small, blue-violet human girl with no magical aura, and decided she'd make a decent appetizer.

And it had acted on that impulse.

But in its memory, it should have used the [Rapid Speed] spell on the girl, just like it always did with humans—a matter of an instant. Yet...

"[Inquiry] Are you a mage?"

What kind of question was that?

"Of course."

Though it had no idea what kind of being stood before it, the male demon answered honestly.

After all, no demon ever bothered to conceal its magical presence. Everything was as plain as day.

It looked up at the mechanical pupils staring down at it.

And between the halo atop its head, an unknown object shifted, as if something was unfolding.

With its limbs gone and no chance of escape, the demon briefly considered its situation.

It didn't know what that thing was, but an instinctive dread told him it was something terribly dangerous.

Out of habit, it thought to beg for mercy, the way it always tricked humans. Maybe the girl would let it go.

"Please..."

But before it could finish, Xiu Er cut in.

"[Announcement] Show me. Everything you have."

As those words reached the male demon's ears, its eyes went dim.

Success.

Xiu Er looked down at the demon now under her control. The conjecture she'd just formed was confirmed.

The control of [Pseudo-Canon: War Song Diva] could be used on the creatures of this world. And because the judgment conditions differed, the vast majority of beings here couldn't resist it.

And now, through this, she had taken control of the demon, using it to extract information—and all of its magic.

Ignoring the demon's corpse, which was crumbling into dust at her feet.

Xiu Er sorted through the information about this world in her database. A single weak demon couldn't possess much intelligence.

And on top of that, it barely knew any magic. It had devoted itself entirely to that so-called [Rapid Speed] spell, and even its effect couldn't match the speed she achieved with [Speed Violation].

Still, at least she had a general picture now.

At this point in time, the [Demon King] was still alive, and there was no information about a [Hero].

And this place—she was in the north.

Hmm. The intel was incomplete, but it at least let Xiu Er narrow down the scope.

Having already used [Fake Demoness] to disguise herself again, Xiu Er prepared to continue with her original plan.

After all, the information from just one individual was nowhere near enough to confirm its accuracy.

But some people weren't about to let Xiu Er leave so easily...

Whoosh—

Blades of wind came flying from a distance.

Their density completely sealed off every possible direction of escape.

Clang-clang-clang—!!

The wind blades struck the shield in front of Xiu Er, then reversed course and flew back the way they came.

One tree after another was felled, forcing the figure hiding behind them into the open.

"Hooh. A spell that reflects magic, huh."

Another male, horned, holding a long, slender wooden staff and wearing a mask, appeared before her.

The disguise shattered again as the armed form unfolded, Xiu Er's cold mechanical eyes silently fixed on her opponent.

Is this some kind of demon respawn zone? Two of them in one go?

Xiu Er looked at the newly arrived demon, silently complaining in her mind.

In truth, her scanner had already detected the second demon's presence long ago, but her primary target wasn't demons right now—it was just that this one had chosen a dead end on its own.

Still, judging by the outfit, this one was a stronger mage than the previous waste, and surely knew more spells too.

The demon on the other side, who had been about to hurl a few taunts, suddenly felt a strange sensation, and the words died in his throat.

Why... does my instinct tell me not to fight?

This human girl clearly seemed to have no magic power at all.

At the moment, Xiu Er's clothes still covered most of her mechanical parts, and the device on her head was mistaken by the demon for an ornament.

By the way, do humans have halos on their heads?

No one could answer that doubt for him.

"[Inquiry] You... are you a mage?"

A peculiar speech quirk, but the demon paid it no mind, replying with a leisurely air and a confident smile on his face.

"Obviously, isn't it?"

Why ask such a question?

Ever since his instinct had sounded the alarm, this demon had been carefully observing Xiu Er across from him.

In his eyes, the longer he watched, the more strange sensations he picked up from this human.

This feeling... it wasn't like any human he'd encountered before...

Just then, he saw it—the ornament on top of her head, now fully unfurled.