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Part 2

[ <<Gift Game Name: Jack the Monster>> 

 

Participating Requirements:: A person who have killed or hurt a child before;: A person who used children to perform evil deeds.: 

 Participant: Demon Lord of Confusion ( Permitted to kill anyone who obstructs the Game): Game Leader: Jack the Ripper: 

 Winning Conditions:: 

•    Defeat the Host- [Pumpkin the Crown];

•    Unravel the mystery behind ‘Jack’ by understanding the historical events.

 

Defeat Conditions:: 

•    Participant(Player) is killed by the Game Leader and is hence defeated;

•    Whenever a part of the Game Leader's true identity is exposed, the Participant(Game Leader) will lose his strength to the point of defeat.

 

Oath: The legality of this Trial is assured as long as it is implemented on a participant who has fulfilled the Participating Requirements. 

 

“[St. Peter] Stamp"] [13] 

 [[ < --Gift Game: “GREEK MYTHS of GRIFFIN”-- > 

 

Participating requirements 

-The target have to be an invader (The definition of an invader will follow the conditions that were created in the contract) 

 

Winning conditions 

Fulfil either: 

Defeat the [Protector of the Treasure] from the Host side. Discover the location of the treasure and display your courage. Defeat conditions 

Fulfil either: 

Destroy the treasure (In the case that the host destroys the treasure on purpose, it will be counted as a win for the participating side). In the case that all those on the Participating Side are defeated and unable to battle. Punishment conditions 

Either: 

Participants are not allowed to battle the Hosting Side beyond the “Perimeter of the Treasure grounds”. In the case that the Participanting Side breaks the rules, the Host Side is allowed to seal any but only 1 of the Gifts possessed by the Participant. In the case that the Participant breaks the rule thrice, it is possible to enforce an unlimited restriction upon the Participant. The punishment conditions will only release itself when the winning conditions are met. Rewards for winning 

Either: 

The Participant is allowed to request for any sort of reward from the Host (as long as it is within the boundaries of their spiritual power to give). The Host is allowed to execute the Participant as an invader. Oath: I swear by the righteousness of this trial to be held only in the conditions where the target has met the participating conditions. 

The Temporary Representative of the Greek God Faction, [Kerykeion] Stamp]]] 

 

[[ << --Gift Game: GROUND COVER on the MOON SEE-- >> 

I have twenty-eight brothers who are very shy. 

They will only appear when night befalls us. 

My brothers who are similar in appearance hate each other and often bare their fangs and claws to initiate their fights while cursing each other. 

Their venomous stare of hostility is powerful enough to resonate with the surface of the sea and it will only disappear when dawn breaks. 

The disappearance of two led to the swallowing up of sand. 

The disappearance of four led to the swallowing up of rocks. 

The disappearance of six led to the crunching of boulders. 

The disappearance of eight led to the burying of earth. 

The disappearance of ten led to the withering of forests. 

The disappearance of twelve will lead to the overturning of mountains and rivers. 

When fourteen of us have disappeared, the only ones who exist between the Heavens and the earth will be us. 

Lamenting the world as one, I open the heavenly rock cave to recruit new brothers. [14] 

The recruitment of two created mountains and rivers. 

The recruitment of four revitalised forests into a lush dense greenery. 

The recruitment of six gave earth. 

The recruitment of eight brought about boulders. 

The recruitment of ten accumulated rocks. 

The recruitment of twelve led to the flow of sand. 

When we have recruited fourteen people, we brothers come together to cast a new curse on each other. 

A new dawn will not come even as Heaven and earth are truly separated. 

Pass through the formless us and smash the cycle of reincarnation. 

“Great Sage of Maelstroms(The one who devastates seas)”Stamp]] 

 

At the same moment that the Game Hosting was announced, an immense pressure weighted down the body of the three headed dragon. 

{“…..Guh…..!?”} 

That impact was heavy enough to wobble its knees. 

A Gift that could make the tough body of the three headed dragon bow slightly at its knees with its immense pressure was surely not a normal one. And the three headed dragon quickly connected the immense pressure to be a result of the Game rules. 

(Weight manipulation…… I see. The contents of the third Game is the cause, huh?) 

Having a vast amount of experience as a God Killer, the three headed Dragon remembered a piece of information that was similar to this Game. Taking the weight manipulation and name of the game into consideration, it probably is a copy of the [Host Master] bestowed to the [Moon Rabbit]s. 

And if the guess was spot on, the actual name of the Game would be <Holy Shrine of the Moon Sea (GROUND COVER on the MOON SEA)>. 

The three headed dragon speculated that it is probably a game that the [Great Sage of Maelstroms] came up with by connecting the moon cycles to the ebb and flow of the seas. 

But time for a deeper analysis was a luxury that the Hosts would not grant to their participant. 

Kouryuu tossed aside his broken pole as he shouted, “Do not give him time to unravel the game contents! We must keep up the attacks!!!” 

Then stripping off his haori, Kouryuu proceeded to channel energy to his body of steel which was the result of rigorous training. [15] 

Possessing a spiritual power cultivated from a thousand years in the mountains and the seas, his punch packed the power to blow out a star in the skies. In addition to his initial powers was the Authority of [Host Master] that expanded upon his spiritual powers to give him increased strength. 

Filled with a fighting spirit that was ready to burst like an underwater volcano, Kouryuu lept straight into the spot of the three headed dragon with just a step. Though Kouryuu had the bad habit of collecting weapons, his actual strength lies within his transcendent bare handed martial arts. And upon rushing into his opponent’s chest, Kouryuu pivoted on one leg to execute a roundhouse kick to the chest. 

Although that was not a speed that the three headed dragon was unable to respond to, the burden of the immense pressure created an opening for Kouryuu to send its giant body flying into the sky. 

{“Guh……!!”} the breath escaped from the three headed dragon as the unexpected impact was landed on him. The execution of the sequence of actions from the leap to the kick was extremely controlled to have no excessive movements. And it focused the energy enough to destroy a star into a single point that landed beautifully on the opponent. It was truly something that could not be achieved through normal training. Even Izayoi with his crazy strength would not be able to do this. And it was evident from the slight vibration from Kouryuu’s landing on the street. 

(But that isn’t just an impact from martial arts. That weight in the impact was far exceeding the earlier impacts. This inflation of the spiritual power…… could it be…… a temporary activated Celestial transcendence……?!) [16] 

Cultivating his spirit for a thousand years on a submarine volcano under the sea, Kouryuu obtained a spiritual power comparable to that of the Sea god and Mother goddess. And though he might have inherited bloodline of the Yellow Dragon in his veins and is bestowed with natural talents from birth, his worth was never acknowledged due to his bastard status. Hence, this is the resultant Gift that he obtained for the sake of proving his worth to himself. And that was the Authority of [Host Master] that would grant him an equivalent power comparable to that of the strongest kind of Celestial being and their associated body attributes while he hosted the Game. 

That, was the impact that combined the results of his painstakingly long martial arts training and a Celestial being’s body strength. 

{“However, you are foolish!”} 

A difference in positioning was created by the upward strike on the opponent. 

The three headed dragon was now above and Kouryuu was below it. Even with the immense pressure that restricted its movements, the three headed dragon only needed to make a free fall to slice up Kouryuu to shreds. 

The wicked blades of the three headed dragon were pulsing with an unlimited energy. 

I won’t let you succeed. Seeming to think that, Faceless and Leticia followed up from Kouryuu’s kick. 

“I will bear his attack. Leticia, go for his legs!” 

“Okay!” 

Zipping from the back of that head of blond hair were the shadow blades which shot outwards. 

The shadows that fashioned itself into a dragon’s maw continued its transformation to form hundreds of shadow spears that launched themselves towards the right leg of the three headed dragon. But perhaps due to the attack being of the same classification of Gifts, the shadows of the three headed dragon fended off the attack with ease. 

In the meantime, Faceless held her two spears to face the three headed dragon’s attack. And the three headed dragon swung down its left claw towards his adversaries with the domineering spirit that harboured his intention to rip Kouryuu and Faceless with his vicious swipe. 

But for Faceless who's a veteran of sorts, her performance wasn’t less spectacular in any way. 

“Ha----!!!” 

Timing her attacks precisely to match her breathing was her speciality. Although Faceless did not have the strength to match half of that of Izayoi, her refined battle techniques and rapid analysis of the situation more than made up for that shortfall. 

That vicious claw which held the power to rend the earth and split seas would only smash through her spears in a direct confrontation and inflict full damage to the intended targets. 

Hence, there was a need to avoid that angle of the swing and predict the trajectory of the swipe before placing the two steel spears above that trajectory. Then matching her breaths to time the best opportune moment to perfectly utilise her spear butts on the downward claw swipe to draw it into a circular movement upwards and miss its target. 

(Ouwa? This lady is also quite something……!!!) 

Kouryuu, who saw the executed skill up close, gave an exclamation towards that gentle spear technique. And Leticia too had the same reaction for it would be impossible for her to accomplish a similar feat. A martial art that did not allow for a margin (decimal) of error was definitely a skill that was crossing over into the realm of godliness. 

If Kouryuu’s martial art is at the peak of the brute force, Faceless’s martial art would be at the peak of the gentleness. 

Having its sure kill strike pushed away by the opponents, the three headed dragon quickly re-evaluated his opponents from the feats that the duo have accomplished. It would seem that they were no mere bugs to be easily swatted away. 

And spreading its jet black wings, the three headed dragon planned to pull back from them to take to the skies. 

But was engaged by Roc Demon King and Jack who were waiting in the skies. 

“Pumpkin! Are you able to expose his weakness?!” 

“Yahoho, I won’t know until I try--- I will give it a full powered attempt then!!!” 

A large amount of hell fire erupted from Jack’s pumpkin head and swirled around him, seeming to take on a life of its own. And it was not long after that the tornado of flames fell away to reveal the form of a human. 

Wearing a wine red leader jacket and scarf, the murderous killer appeared with blood stained daggers in his hands. With the hell flames continuing to envelop his body, he turned his red murderous stare to his target. 


“And next----it’s time for [Jack the Ripper]”!!!”, he shouted. 

The flames were then transformed into springs to buoy himself in midair and to execute high speed manoeuvres in empty space. With regards to his current speed, it was much faster than that of Izayoi or Kouryuu and it was several times faster than the duel with Demon King of Confusion. 

And this strengthening was the result of begging his Saint to rearrange the Game settings. 

Jack’s Authority of [Host Master] wasn’t an all-powerful item but it was capable of focusing and strengthening the spiritual power of the individual. Only when everything that can be found in a magical god and demon Game to be hosted by a Demon Lord is included in the settings, can one obtain a body with the ability close to the four-digits. 

Of course, there was a price that came along with this power. The difficulty of the Game that Jack currently hosts is lowered to the extreme. And a middle classed Game Controller would have no problem in seeing through the riddle that surrounds Jack’s identity with just a glance. 

This is because, there is an unfortunate condition of hosting that made it a necessity to provide a large amount of hints for the Participants to break the Game. The London City streets, the reporting of one’s name when undergoing the transformation are all part of the Stage that would decrease the difficulty of clearing the Game. It is a common knowledge in Gift Games that “The wicked leaves others in ignorance”, but the condition of which Jack’s game is set with is one that can be cleared without any prior knowledge if the participant looks into the entire city structure. 

With a higher risk, comes the larger increase in one’s spiritual power. 

For the sake of protecting his Community from falling under the hands of the Demon Lord, he had reset his spiritual status to make a last stand with these conditions in the game. 

(Hou…..That sure is impressive. There aren’t many people who can move this deftly in a mid-air battle.) 

Roc Demon King offered her praise as she followed the battle with squinted eyes. 

Jack’s aerial battle was truly impressive and it was a high praise coming from the Garuda(Karyou's) race. It was a feat even though the three headed dragon was unable to fly at the speed that it ran on the ground and besides the fact that an immense pressure was now burdening its body. 

The astonishing strength compounded to the speediness supplied by the flame springs enabled Jack to execute a flurry of attacks and it would be a difficult task for anyone to catch up or even to bring him down at this point. 

And the three headed dragon that wanted to dodge that sequence of chained attacks--- 

{“Don’t you try getting too smart for yourself!!”} 

Extending its wings to their full wing span, it gave a sharp spin to create a tornado with the wind that was caught in its wake. 

Moreover, the tornadoes that sprung up were three separate tornadoes and each held the power to devastate a whole city. 

The tornadoes swallowed the pointed towers and sucked the rivers dry while carving up the streets. Such a scale of devastating power was already beyond the methods used to deal with a single person. 

It was surely the strike of a Demon Lord to wipe out all who dared to bare their fangs against its tyranny. 

But in terms of firepower, she was not inferior in any way. 

“Golden Wing Flames….!” 

Unfurling her wings of golden flames, Roc Demon King charged towards the tornadoes created by the three headed dragon. 

With flames that cloaked her entire body, she too transformed into a huge golden winged bird that flew through the three tornadoes in a flash. And the tornadoes dissipated to mere breezes as she swept through them in her flight. Following that, Roc Demon King continued her flight to circle in the skies while cloaked with her Golden Wing Flames. Maintaining the emission of intense heat waves, she awaited the chance to strike the three headed dragon. 

At that moment, there was a flash that came from a Serpens Scorpio sword below. 

It was Faceless who leaned against a spire of a pointed tower while using her whip sword to snag at the leg of the three headed dragon. Meanwhile, Jack who picked up on the idea noted it to be a good opportunity to transform the flame springs into tools that would restrain the three headed dragon. 

“Now, do it!” 

The duo shouted at the same time. They could not restrain their target for long and Roc Demon King responded in kind. 

The radiance of the golden flames burned with a greater intensity as it became the vessel for the Sun’s chariot. And this was a Gift that had proven to be effective against the three headed dragon. 

[Great Sage Who Leaves Heaven in Disarray (The one who causes chaos in Heaven)] , Roc Demon King released her spiritual power and took aim at the three headed dragon. 

“Release of spiritual locks…… [Vāhana Garua]---!!!” [17] 

The atmosphere around her exploded and burned as she soared through the skies in the form of a fiery roc. 

And the three headed dragon who was restrained at the moment was to receive a direct impact of this flight. As the strike landed, it was then catapulted backward by the impact and the heat. The heat waves that were released were equivalent to a miniature sun and the vessel of the sun gave off a mirage of seven colours that continuously melted away at the surrounding structures. At the epicentre of this brilliance was Roc Demon King who clenched her teeth in concentration. 

(The chance to victory…… is here!) 

Giving a barrage of strikes in a breath. It was a commendable act by far to be able to launch a sudden attack and strike down this Demon Lord when it is a seriously difficult task to begin with. 

And the only one who could defeat the three headed dragon here was herself. Roc Demon King maintained her Golden feathered form while launching her strikes. Simultaneously using her wings to enclose over the three headed dragon before transforming those golden flaming feathers into an intense light. 

The compacted light rays instantly vaporised the surroundings and a pillar of fire rose from the spot together with the sound of a loud explosion. Just the explosion alone was able to deal a large scale devastation that felled all of the sharp roof towers and reduced the streets of London to rubble in a blink of an eye. 

The stage was filled with a sea of flames. 

The river was being boiled by the waves of heat. 

The pillar of fire, which dispersed the clouds from the sky, did not seem to have the intention of dying off. 

The group of the Host side except for Jack were hiding out in a film of water created by Kouryuu to escape the blast. 

“…….that's really amazing.” 

Having witnessed the entirely different level of firepower, Leticia was feeling the pricks of cold sweat as she gave an amazed exclamation. 

“After all, Karyou-chan is the one with the biggest firepower among the seven of us. Even from before, she had always been the main force to annihilate most if not all of our enemies.” 

“Although I get that she’s a demigod, but I guess this is mainly due to her bloodline of the strongest species, huh. If that is so, that big Demon Lord should not be left unscathed after that attack too.” 

“So, what are we doing next?” 

Kouryuu interrupted Leticia’s babbling. There seemed to be an anxious look to his eyes. And before she could ask for the reason to that, Jack had appeared with Roc Demon King carried in his arms from above them. 

And they could see a deep gash on the shoulder of Roc Demon King that extended all the way to the back of her torso. 

Holding his breath, Kouryuu asked his injured sworn sister. 

“Is he defeated?” 

“…… No. I wanted to give him a few more injuries to worry about, but I don’t think the attacks worked on him.” 

A simple answer that placed a worrisome look on the face of others. 

The firepower of Roc Demon King was the largest among their team in terms of destructiveness. And that was compounded with her Gift that was with a good affinity for the destruction of gods and dragons. Even then, she had not been able to defeat it. 

“It is a durability that exceeds the realm of logic…… Although it isn’t like I had not thought about that possibility, but it isn’t exactly it as well.” 

“Yeah. There’s a high possibility it is near the realm of being defensively enhanced by an Authority of [Host Master].” 

The three headed dragon---Azi Dahaka is the [Final Trial of Humanity (Last Embryo)]. 

As a manifested personification of a Humanity’s finial trial, he would have held a power that is on par to the Authority of [Host Master] in his body. And it was safe to assume that their situation was due to some sort of trick that resided within his spiritual status. 

“Now that we understand the shortcoming of our battle prowess, let’s head back to the city first. There is also a need to tend to Karyou-chan’s injury.” 

“I agree. Let’s take the chance to rally our troops while the protection of our Game rules are in effect---” 

{“---Did you think I will allow that?”} 

The voice that interrupted their conversation caused the group to stiffen in surprise. 

And just as soon as the words came, the strike followed shortly after. The group who hid in the shadows of the structures had turned to look at the direction of the fire pillar. But the shadows of the three headed dragon were a step faster than that. 

It was a strike that did not come from their blind spot. 

It was a direct attack that punctured and carved up the structures along the street in its way as it homed in on them in a straight line. 

“Guh, everyone, jump!” 

And following the shout from Roc Demon King, the group jumped upwards. 

But Leticia slightly lagged in her timing. 

“Watch out!” 

Kicking the air to get to Leticia, he pulled her up to safety. However, the three headed dragon did not miss that window of opportunity as it wrapped its flashing shadow blades around the length of Jack’s body to restrict his movements. 

“This is bad… I can’t get free…..!” 

{“The Pumpkin head is the first to go, huh.”} 

Jack was captured by the shadows and pulled through the structures to its owner. And though Jack had been struggling all that time, he was shocked when the three headed dragon came into view. 

The three headed dragon was not injured in the slightest after getting hit directly by Roc Demon King’s Golden Wing Flames. 

(How can that be……?! To be unscathed after that blaze……!!!) 

It might have been more logical for the opponent to be scratched up a little. But the pure white body of the three headed dragon was perfectly whole. Even if one were to take into account of the possibility of regenerative abilities, it would have been a regenerative ability that exceeded imagination. 

Pulling Jack in with its shadows, the three headed dragon laughed and revealed its incisors while swinging its claw down in a swipe. 

{“It’s useless thinking about that sort of stuff, [Executor]. A mere ragtag bunch like you guys will never be able to touch my Flag!!!”} 

The wicked looking claw was unmercifully swung down across Jack to tear through his body and spill his innards. Falling Jack to the ground immediately. 

And as it moved to make a second stroke, Kouryuu and Faceless quickly moved in to block the finishing blow from hitting Jack a second time. 

“Leave it to us to buy some time here!” 

“Take Jack and fall back! He won’t be dying from that extent of injuries with his immortality!” 

The two who were best at close quarter combat took on the responsibility of holding back the three headed dragon. 

Whereas Leticia, who wore a pained expression, carried Jack away with her flight abilities that came from the control of her dragon’s shadow. 

“Jack, I’m sorry! If only my requirements for activating my authority of [Host Master] were met, we wouldn’t be pushed back this far……!” 

“No…… please. Don’t. Say that. Your [Host Master] 's entrusted to you by Shiroyasha-sama, one ‘f our trump cards. Can’t lose. It here…..” 

•    Cough* Jack coughed out a mouthful of blood and it was then that the others noticed the strangeness with Jack.

……the wounds, that were on Jack the immortal, did not seem to be regenerating itself. 

“Yahoho…. Ara, this is going, to be much rougher than before. It seems, that the riddle surrounding my, game is being gradually unravelled.” 

“No, No way! That’s too fast!” 

“No, Vampire, hold up for a moment. It might be a Gift of Azi Dahaka too.” 

And that suggestion elicited a sharp intake of air from the others as they pondered that frightening notion. 

Azi Dahaka, a Demon Lord recorded in legends to have mastered a thousand spells. However, the magic in the past were more often than not the work of science or medicine. And the legends of his mastery over a thousand spells might only suggest at the vast knowledge at the disposal of this Demon Lord. 

“And he’s a God Killer who would have gone up against many thousands of Authority of [Host Master]s. Even so, it was a hard time sealing him in the past. It might even be taken as proof for our current conjecture that he’s in the possession of a Gift that provides him an unconditional assess to knowledge regarding Games.” 

“What…..!” 

If that conjecture were to be true, giving the three headed dragon time to rest would be to their disadvantage. But there was no time for them to worry about these things. 

“Damn, anyways let’s just retreat for now! Oi Croix! You can hear me right?! Send us back right now if you can hear me!!” Leticia shouted at the skies while facing the airborne castle and the Hosts started to disappear in turn. 

And just seconds after that, the Host team vanished without a trace like smoke in the winds. 

Turning to stare at the airborne castle, the three headed dragon gave a fierce grin. 

{“……that’s a type of teleportation? Well, well, try all your little tricks while you can.”} 

With a wave of its right claw, a row of buildings were reduced to rubble. However, it wasn’t in a hurry at all. 

Although it is true that they were protected by the Game rules, the protection would only last to the point of which the riddles are solved. 

Sweeping the Flag on its back as it turned, it made a solemn vow, 

{“I will hunt down every last one of them. But meanwhile, they can tremble and continue to await my arrival.”}



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