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– Pow woo wooo
Once Akum began running, he couldn’t be stopped.
He briefly paused at crossroads, but otherwise relentlessly pursued the trail of the Divine beast.
“Is Akum heading in the correct direction?”
Sehe expressed concern, to which Ryan reassured,
“There’s no need to worry. Akum has already demonstrated his proficiency multiple times.”
As Ryan stated, Akum had previously exhibited his abilities on several occasions.
Ultimately, our only option to locate the Divine beast quickly was to trust in Akum’s capability.
After a prolonged trek, we reached a bustling marketplace.
To avoid drawing attention, we surveyed the area from a distance.
The bustling crowd appeared to be caused by more than just the store’s popularity.
“Look there!”
Taeho whispered excitedly, trying to contain his enthusiasm.
“The Divine beast! It’s among the people!”
“Yes, it appears to be,”
“It seems to be enjoying a food tour at this waffle restaurant.”
As soon as the Divine beast’s presence was confirmed, the group’s perception of Akum shifted.
He too held his head high and relished in their admiration.
I petted the proud baby Yakum, affectionately stroking his back.
“Well done, Akum baby.”
Pow woow woooo!
“Okay okay. I’ll buy you a lot of ice cream later, as I promised earlier.”
– Pow wooooo
Akum let out a contented cry upon receiving my confirmation.
We had successfully located the Divine beast, but now the question was what to do next.
Ideally, I would use my ‘mind control’ ability to capture it, but I doubted that the rule-enforcing authorities would permit it.
I decided to use my ability as a last resort to subdue the Divine beast.
And, as I searched for alternative options, Jin approached me.
“Bro, are you pondering on how to capture the Divine beast?”
“Yes, if we move in too quickly it may flee again causing more problems.”
“What about this approach?”
Jin explained his idea succinctly, “Given the Divine beast’s behavior so far, I don’t believe it’s suspicious of strangers, particularly when it’s eating. We could take advantage of this. “
“Can you elaborate on that?”
“We just approach it as if we’re casual passersby, lure it with food, and then capture it in a natural way.”
“But will that work? It saw me with the two Angels earlier, so it might be wary of me.”
“Yes, you were there at the time, but the others weren’t
”
I realized he was right.
When I lost sight of the Divine beast near the hot dog shop, only I and the two Angels were present.
The three Guardians Guild members and Ryan were not there.
Therefore, the Divine beast had not seen the four people who were not present, and therefore had no reason to be suspicious of them.
They could blend in as regular passersby and get closer.
I agreed with Jin’s plan.
The two Angels who heard this also nodded in agreement, expressing that it seemed like a feasible idea.
“Leave it to us, Uncle Si.”
“Let’s do it.”
“Bro, if it goes well, the treat is on you.”
The three guardian guild members headed to the waffle shop pretending to be ordinary passers-by.
The rest hid in a place that the Divine beast couldn’t notice and watched the situation.
“By the way, that Divine beast, despite its small size, eats incredibly well.”
Ryan burst into admiration as he watched the Divine beast devour waffles.
I nodded in agreement.
“That’s right. Urki, does the Divine beast usually eat this much?”
Urki hesitated before responding. “I don’t think it ate this much in heaven
 It’s my first time seeing it eat so much.”
I was taken aback by Urki’s revelation.
It seemed that he knew very little about the Divine beast’s habits and behavior.
As I pondered this, the three Guardian guild members carefully approached the Divine beast after buying waffles.
Kkyuuuuu
The Divine beast, despite having already consumed a substantial amount of food, immediately perked up upon sensing the aroma of freshly-made waffles.
One of the three, Sehe, crouched down and offered a warm waffle to the Divine beast, asking
“Would you like to try some?”
Kkyuuuuu!
The Divine beast, drawn by the smell of fresh waffles, quickly moved towards the offered treat.
As it approached, Jin and Taeho positioned themselves to surround the beast.
However, just as their plan seemed to be successful, the Divine beast suddenly halted, looking around anxiously.
Sehe, sensing something was off, nervously stepped forward and held out the waffles again, but the beast stepped back and began to move away.
Taeho, realizing the beast had become wary, reached out to try and capture it.
Kkyuyuuuuu!
The Divine beast skillfully evaded Taeho’s grasp with its agile movements.
Despite the efforts of Jin and Sehe to capture it, the beast quickly fled the scene.
The two Angels attempted to chase it down with their wings, but just as they were about to catch up, fire flared up in front of the Divine beast.
FLASH
Kkyuyuuuu
Cheese appeared from the fire, staring at the Divine beast with fierce eyes.
The Divine beast, trembling with fear, opened a dimensional door and escaped.
The group was left looking dejectedly at the spot where the beast had vanished.
The group, consisting of Angels with their wings outstretched and a cat wrapped in flames, caused a stir among the onlookers.
To avoid attention, we quickly moved to a quieter location.
“Ha
”
Feeling defeated and frustrated, I let out a sigh.
We had come so close to catching the Divine beast, but now the task of chasing it again seemed daunting.
I couldn’t shake the feeling that capturing it would be impossible without using the ‘mind control’ skill.
At that moment, a languid voice interrupted my thoughts.
“Tsk, that’s pathetic nyaa,” said Cheese with a disdainful look.
“If you just follow him around without thinking like that, you’ll never catch that little guy nyaa.”
I asked Cheese,
“Can you catch it?”
Cheese replied confidently, “If I were hunting, I would have caught it in an instant earlier nyaa. I only held back earlier because I thought those winged guys would bother me nyaaa.”
I stared in disbelief as Cheese explained in a clearer voice,
“As I said before, chasing after it will never lead to catching it nyaa.”
“So, what should we do then?” I asked.
“Instead of chasing after it, try to predict its future movements nyaa,” Cheese responded.
“It may seem like the beast can travel through dimensions without any limitations, but there must be certain conditions that it needs to meet nyaa.”
FLASH
With a sudden burst of flames, Cheese quickly moved to my side, leaving those around me startled by his sudden action.
He explained further,
“For example, in my case, I can only move to a place that is visible or marked in advance nyaa.”
“Are you saying that there will be similar restrictions for the Divine beast too?”
“It’s not easy to jump over space in an instant, didn’t the big demon on the farm say something similar nyaa.”
Big demon on the farm

Is it Andras?
Andras, who frequently used dimensional leap magic, has also explained the difficulty several times.
He has emphasized several times that he can never succeed without proper preparation.
I turned to the Angels and queried,
“Is there any limitation when the Divine beast utilizes the dimensional portal to escape?”
Ashmir and Urki remained silent, but their reactions seemed to confirm the idea that there were indeed restrictions.
“Taeho, you said you know all the locations that the Divine beast visited earlier, correct?”
“Yes, I remember them all because they’re all great restaurants.”
“Can you collect all the pictures from social media?”
With Taeho’s help, I marked the locations the Divine beast had visited so far.
Additionally, Jin and Sehe used the pictures they found on social media to identify and mark the locations.
As we did this, we noticed one surprising fact.
The positions indicated had a similar distance from one another.
Ryan and Jin double-checked and confirmed that it was true.
“We’ve discovered that all the places the Divine beast has visited are at a specific distance from each other. This can’t be a coincidence.”
“Furthermore, the route the Divine beast has taken is connected to the locations on our map.”
I used social media posts to create a more detailed map of the beast’s movements.
The path it took was now outlined on the map like a spider web.
While we were excited to have a better understanding of the beast’s movements, the question remained of how to capture it.
The spider web-like path made it difficult to predict the beast’s next move.
Just as I was pondering this, Cheese’s voice echoed in my mind,
“Did you forget what I said earlier nyaa?”
“It’s difficult to predict its movements solely based on this information. There are too many routes for the Divine beast to escape.”
“If there are too many routes to escape, you can narrow them down and block them yourself nyaa.”
“Ah
!”
“Since you’ve tried to catch it repeatedly and failed, the beast will be more cautious nyaa. That’s what you should aim for nyaa.”
I felt a sense of clarity.
There was no need to blindly pursue it. All we had to do was guide the Divine beast based on the information displayed on this map.
“A predator doesn’t rush after its prey nyaa.”
Cheese’s eyes glowed fiercely.
“It should slowly drive the prey in the direction it wanted to and look for one chance nyaa!”