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Chapter 23: Pied Piper of Hamelin?
Kuoh Academy
Night
"Izayoi-kun!" Rias shouted as a tear escaped her eye. She sees Izayoi and Asuka were standing on a roof while they faced the three Devils that were standing on top of a giant wall that was 2000 meters off of the ground. She tried to reach her hand for Izayoi, but she pulled it back, knowing that the screen in front of her was just for watching.
"Sona-sama, what is this?" Akeno asked as Sona adjusted her glasses.
"As you may see, it is broadcasting from another place and judging by the screen… I would say that they put it there not too long ago. It may as well be before they encounter Izayoi and Asuka." Sona said knowing Asuka by the record files that she read for new students.
"Do you know where they broadcast it?" Xenovia asked as Sona looked at Izayoi in the screen.
"It may take a while. But I fear we don't have any time to stop Izayoi from fighting those three you told about." Sona explained to everyone.
"But we can't let Izayoi-kun fight them alone. Even if he was with that girl, I don't want to see him get hurt, Sona-chan." Serafall said sadly as Sona cast a sad glance at her sister.
"I'll… see what I can do to help locate where the broadcast is from. Meanwhile…" Sona said as she focuses onto the screen in front of her. "You'll just have to watch until I can tell you all the details." She stated before she disappeared in a white magic circle, intend to find out where the broadcast was from.
"So, we can't do anything to help, Izayoi-kun?" Irina asked with a sad frown.
"I guess we can't." Xenovia said with gritted teeth as she gripped her Excalibur in frustration.
"Izayoi-sama, I hope you'll be alright." Shirayuki-Hime thought hopefully.
"Izayoi-kun, beat them." Serafall thought with a nod of determination.
"Izayoi-kun… Please be safe." Rias mutters under her breath, holding her hands together while she hope that her Izayoi would be safe. Meanwhile, Akeno didn't say anything instead she kept looking at the screen with the image of Izayoi in it, to which she frowned in concern for him.
Other World
City
"A Demon Lord… A Demon Lord is coming!" A man shouted as everyone screams.
"A Demon Lord has come, huh? That's all I have to know, right?" Izayoi asked while hiding a smile underneath.
"Yes. That's right." Asuka answered.
"Asuka…" Rattenfanger said looking up at Asuka, who looked down at her.
"It's fine. You hide here." Asuka said pushing Rattenfanger down between the valley of her breasts. Asuka then looked at Izayoi, who looked in front of him to which she followed his gaze and her eyes spotted three small lights falling down along the giant wall.
"So they're coming." Izayoi stated as he looked at Asuka. "Take care of the panic in the town for me, Ojou-sama." He said as Asuka look at him.
"For you? Wait, Izayoi-kun are you going to…?" Asuka asked with a slight surprise look on her face.
"I'm just going to say a quick hello to that Demon Lord of ours and pay him back for the last fight." Izayoi said with a smile as he burst through the air, jumping of the ground as Weser and Ratten were falling down beside each other.
Weser looked down and he open his mouth, spotting someone charging towards him.
"Ah!" But he was too late to dodge as Izayoi instantly struck Weser first at the boundary wall, causing smoke to rise up and Ratten to blew away from the force of the attack.
"Weser!" Ratten yelled looking at the dust of smoke.
"I wanted to meet you, Demon Lord. And hopefully repay what you've done the last time we fought." Izayoi said with a smirk grabbing Weser's collar as his feet were implanted at the edges of the crater, that held Weser.
"Damn you…" Weser said with gritted teeth as Izayoi pulled him up by the collar.
"Ooooooooraaaaaaaaaa! Yahahahahahahaha!" Izayoi laughed maniacally as he started using his brute force to drag the man up the wall horizontally as if the wall was like water.
Although the black-uniformed man was dragged up the wall, with his face in constant friction, he could still roar while remaining uninjured.
"Don't get so cocky, kid!"
Waving his staff-like flute, it produced a strange wind noise.
A disturbance was created on the wall, forcing Izayoi to stop. Taking this chance, the uniformed man escaped from Izayoi's grasp.
"Woah." Izayoi said in surprise looking down at the disturbance, which consist of mud trapping both of his feat inside it.
"You've done it now. I didn't expect you to attack first." Weser explained floating in the air in front of Izayoi.
Izayoi crouched down and looked at the mud, "My school report cards always said I was very unpredictable. Kehehe." He said before he punched the mud, causing it to be destroy instantly, releasing both of his feet. But he still stood vertically but balanced on the boundary wall with his feet embedded in the wall.
"Weser." Ratten called out flying next to him.
"Go deal with the girl. I'll take this kid down all by myself." Weser said as Ratten wore a small frown.
"Don't get too cocky with your decision now, Weser." Ratten said as she flew away from both Izayoi and Weser.
"I don't get it." Weser said as Izayoi focuses his attention at him. "Why did you let her go? You should have been able to take her out easily." He explained as Izayoi shrug his shoulder.
"I'll take my time chasing her down after I defeat you, avatar of the Weser River." Izayoi said as Weser's expression become distorted. The Weser river Izayoi mentioned was the huge river that flowed nearby Hamelin city.
"Ratten… Rats and Weser River in Hamelin… There's only one answer to this. You guys are the demons born from the legend of the Piper of Hamelin. After 130 children were sacrificed, the method by which they were murdered itself turned into a spirit. They are many different possibilities contained within the legend of the Piper, such as the children being 'spirited away' or kidnapped. They include natural disasters, as well. One could surmise that the power you used to warp this wall is formed from that spirit power of yours, which is based on landslides and landslips. So," Izayoi said with a smile crossing his arms over his chest. "that means 'shattering the false legend and making the true legend known' is really figuring out the true case of the incident in Hamelin to win." Izayoi concluded as Weser scratched the back of his head with his left hand.
"I thought you were just some damn kid, but you're pretty smart, it seems." Weser commented as he landed on the boundary wall in front of Izayoi. "I'll make one amendment to your statements, though. I'm not a Demon Lord. I'm just a low-level demon." He stated.
"I see. But why did you and Loli-sama over there," Izayoi said pointing his thumb behind him, to where the red haired girl is, who was wrecking havoc with Strom. "Decided to play with us here?" He asked.
"We have our own reasons. But at the last minute, the task of killing you did came to surprise us. But we accepted it, thinking you were some weak devil to take care of. But I was surprise you could get hit without getting a scratch on you." He explained as he look at Izayoi. "After this town is finished, we're coming to get you." Weser said as Izayoi smiled in satisfaction.
"Then we better get the opening act out of the way!" Izayoi stated as he dash towards Weser, while Strom wrecked havoc in the town with the red haired girl on top of it.
"Everyone, this way! Hurry!" Asuka shouted as every townsfolk listened to her and they run towards where she directed.
"My, I guess you're busy." A voice said as Asuka looked up at Ratten, who flew down and landed in front of her.
"You again." Asuka said as Ratten raised her flute and play a melody, which every fire-lizard men who were the guards of the town listened and their eyes glowed red after hearing the melody.
"What's going on?" Asuka asked as she summon her red wine card and called upon her sword to appear in her hands.
"Mommy!" A little girl yelled looking up in terror from the fire-lizard men standing terrifyingly in front of her with their swords raised to attack.
Asuka glanced at the scene and Ratten looked at where she glance. She smiled as she looked back at Asuka, "Attack her." Ratten ordered with ease as the group fire-lizard men swung down their swords at the little girl, who closed her eyes.
"All of you, stand still!" Asuka commanded with her Gift, as everyone stood still. The fired-lizard men stopped their swords from sliing the little girl.
"Little girl!" Asuka shouted as the little girl open her eyes and she stared in surprise at the frozen fire-lizard men. The little girl then looked at where Asuka shouted. "Run! Run away as fast as you can!" Asuka shouted as the little girl looked back at the group of fire-lizard men and she immediately turns around and runs away from them. Then, a woman came into the scene and she hugged the little girl in her arms, presumably her daughter.
The woman then bows at Asuka before she carried off her daughter to safety.
After she left, Ratten and the group of fire-lizard men were able to move freely again.
"Yah!" Asuka said as she raised her sword and aimed it Ratten, who turns at her while raising her flute.
"This girl!" Ratten said with gritted teeth as she countered Asuka's sword, which caused two sounds of metal smacking against each other resounded. Ratten had shook off of Asuka's restraint again like she previously did in the other world. Meanwhile, Asuka had been pushed away from the force of Ratten's flute and she fell to the ground in front of her.
"I am really surprised. You were still able to restrain me, if only for an instant. You really have unique power after all." Ratten said looking down at Asuka.
Asuka open her eyes and she started to reach for her sword, but Ratten held her foot down on her outstretched hand, preventing her from reaching her sword as Asuka yelled in pain.
"This is pathetic. If I could move even half as well as Izayoi-kun, I could…" Asuka thought with gritted teeth while she looked up at Ratten, who was looking down at her with a smile.
"Anyway, you looked like you could use a little rest before you'd be my slave." Ratten said as she kicked Asuka on the stomach, which caused her to cough in pain and then she fell out of conscious.
"Now, that's the end of the prologue." Ratten said as she flew up towards the roof a building next to her. She then raised her flute like a batton and started to play a melody, a seductive melody which could be heard throughout the town.
"What?" Mandra asked looking at his guardsmen, who were instantly fighting each other and neglecting their duties to protect the townsfolk of the city.
"So the Piper of Hamelin shows itself. Annoying sound." Izayoi exclaimed as he landed on top of the boundary wall while Weser land in front of him.
"Wait, you aren't affecting by it?" Weser asked in surprise.
"Why would I be?" Izayoi questioned as he glance at the town and he instantly noted that the guardsmen which he presumably guessed were fighting each other with swords to kill. While he was glancing, Weser in turn, looked behind him.
"You shouldn't let your guard down so easily." A voice said as a burst of black wind started to cover Izayoi from behind.
"What?" Izayoi asked as he instantly bounced off the spot where he previously stood and he landed a few feet behind Weser.
"I never thought Loli-sama would join this easily." Izayoi commented with a smile seeing the red haired girl levitate beside Weser.
"Since the havoc of the town has already started. Now, we could focus on finishing you." The red haired girl stated as she raised both of her arms, shooting a blast of black wind that cover the top of the boundary wall.
"Sadly, don't underestimate me!" Izayoi replied as he punched the black wind, which caused it to disappear instantly, enlightening the red headed girl to be surprise by the aftermath of her failed attack.
"Did you really think I would just summit to my death?" Izayoi stated with a smirk as he bounced off the boundary wall and fell straight towards the town.
"Weser, chase him. He's planning to stop Ratten." The girl commanded as Weser nodded and he flew straight towards Izayoi.
"It doesn't matter. You can't reach her in time, Izayoi. Because the most radical opera you can imagine is about to begin." The girl said with a smile.
"Where are you doing, kid?" Weser asked with a smirk as Izayoi glanced behind him, seeing Weser was behind him. Izayoi turns around as Weser swung down his big flute at him. The force of the flute and gravity made Izayoi instantly fell straight towards the field grass in the town. A big crashing noise could be heard as smoke clouded the area. Weser looked down at the smoke, after he flew back from nearly being dragged in the ground at the time.
"You really got a nice pipe to break." Izayoi commented as he stood up from the crater and he looked up at Weser, who stood across from him. Izayoi looked at the melody from above, which he could still hear from where he stood.
"I know what you're thinking. But I don't intend to just let you pass by easily." Weser said as he swung his staff-like flute vertically, causing mud to appear around Izayoi.
"How do you know what I'm thinking?" Izayoi asked with a smirk as he instantly dashes straight toward Weser, destroying the mud in his dash.
Weser raised his flute to attack, but his eyes widen in surprise as Izayoi jumped off the ground and let his feet landed on his pipe, causing Weser to look at his flute that was embedded in the ground.
"I'm unpredictable, aren't I?" Izayoi asked with an amused smile as he bounced off of Weser's flute to head towards Ratten, leaving Weser to look at where he left.
"Damn kid…" Weser said as he tried to lift his flute that was in the ground but he couldn't. Weser looked at where Izayoi left before he sighed. "Unpredictable." Weser commented.
Izayoi landed inside a coliseum as he looked around at the place. Then, his eyes landed on a figure standing on top of the edge of the giant stand that he presumably guessed would have been for the important guests to sit.
"You should tone the melody down." Izayoi said as Ratten let down her flute and looked at him.
"If I refuse to?" She asked as Izayoi smirked.
"I would have to break your flute. Simple as that." Izayoi stated as Ratten pointed her flute at Izayoi.
"Get him!" She stated as a group of fire-lizard men rushed inside the coliseum and charges towards Izayoi, who glanced behind him to see the group approaching towards him.
Izayoi looked back at Ratten, but he saw that she disappeared from the stand. "Are we playing cat and mouse chase now?" Izayoi asked himself as he dodged his head to the side, avoiding a sword from thrusting into his head.
Izayoi grabbed the wrist of the sword's owner before he flipped him back in front of him, causing a crater to appear beneath the lizard.
"I don't have time to waste with you, reptilians." Izayoi commented before he jumped out of the coliseum, leaving the group of fire-lizard to see him as he leave.
When Izayoi landed on top of the highest building in the town, he looked around for Ratten.
"Looking for someone?" A voice asked as Izayoi turns around to find the red haired girl flying in front of him with an amused smile on her face.
"What if I am?" Izayoi replied as the girl raised her right hand, shooting a blast of black wind towards him.
Izayoi punched the black wind, destroying it instantly even if it was something that couldn't be touch.
But then, Izayoi glanced at his left and he quickly raised both of his hands to defend against Weser's flute, which caused a burst of wind to burst out from their contact.
"Ugh!" Izayoi said as he was sent to the ground in one of the streets in the city. "Didn't see that one coming…" Izayoi mutters as he stood up from the crater and he looked up. When the moment he look up, he instantly raised both of his hands again and defend against Weser's flute.
"That's gotta hurt right, kid?" Weser asked with a smirk as Izayoi wore a smirk of his own.
"You hit like a girl." Izayoi taunted as Weser pushed his flute down more forcefully, but Izayoi's knees didn't gave away. Instead, his smirk grew wider.
"Yeah! Just like that! Come one, give me your best shot!" Izayoi mocked as he pushed the flute away and he step back. But before he could stay in his new spot, he immediately flipped back a couple of feet to his right, avoiding a shot of black wind from grazing him. The street he was in was close to the grassy field of the town.
But again, he instantly jumped back, avoiding another blast of black wind. In the middle of jumping back, Weser appeared in front of him and swung his flute vertically at Izayoi, who raised his hands in a cross. When the flute collided with his arms, Izayoi was sent straight towards the grassy field. With the attempt to land, he put his feet on the ground, dragging his feet along the river until he stopped by digging his feet into the ground. Two straight lines could be splitting the river and land from Izayoi's feet that were slightly smoking, but it quickly disappear when he fully stopped behind the river, facing the city.
"So, your mission is just starting, huh? That mission is to kill me, right?" Izayoi asked letting down his arms as he saw both Weser and the red haired girl standing in front of him.
"Yes." The red haired girl answered.
"Ratten… Weser…" Izayoi said as the girl looked at him. "And the huge ceramic giant that appeared along with you is Strom. In that case, I would guessed that you're name is Pest. The Black Death. The greatest pandemic in human history that started during the cold period in the 14th century. Am I right so far?" Izayoi asked with a cross of his arms.
"You're correct. But you're too late. I have already started to incubate my pathogen in a portion of the participants. Simply put, I have your lives in my hands." Pest explained as Izayoi stood still in his spot. "But there is an alternative to this cause." She started as Izayoi narrow his eyes. "If you and everyone in command of the town join under the command of Grim Grimoire Hamelin, I will spare the other communities in this city. That includes the townsfolk." Pest reasoned as Izayoi thought about it for a second.
"The red dress girl that I captured is pretty nice as well, Master!" Ratten said appearing before Pest as Izayoi perked up at the first word that came out of Ratten's mouth.
"Ojou-sama?" Izayoi thought.
"In that case, if you include that girl, we can come to a deal on this game. Quite a cheap price in exchange for the lives of all the participants." Pest stated.
"And you'll kill everyone if we don't agree?" Izayoi asked as Pest smiled at him. "If that's the case, how about we make a game of ourselves?" He asked as Pest look on in interest.
"What is the game?" She asked.
"Simple. If you beat me then you'll win." Izayoi stated.
"What is the prize?" Pest asked.
"If you win, you'll have all of the participants joining under your community, Grim Grimoire Hamelin." Izayoi said as Pest smiled, liking the prize he offered.
"But if I win, you'll leave and let the red dress girl go." He added.
"What? You can't do that! The girl is mine!" Ratten said with a frown as Izayoi smirk.
"I think it's pretty fair in exchange of taking all of the participants under you." Izayoi said as Pest looked at him with a smile.
"We'll accept." She said as Ratten look at her master.
"Master…" Ratten pouted.
"You can get another servant, Ratten, after we win this game. Also, you can choose from a lot of participants other than that girl." Pest stated as Ratten sighed and nod.
"I guess that can be arrange." Ratten said as she glare at Izayoi, who let out a smirk.
Then two Geass Rolls appear above Izayoi and Pest's heads. The sheets floated down until Izayoi and Pest grabbed it and started to read the contents of the game.
GIFT GAME NAME: "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"
List of Participant(s):
*Participants, hosts, communities currently in the Outer Gate of 3999999 and 4000000.
Competitors side, Host of the game：
*Leader of [Kuoh Academy]: Sakamaki Izayoi
Prohibitions on Participant side:
*Suicides or the killing of comrades.
*Not to leave the game area during interlude (Stage area)
*Freedom of movement during suspension period, is limited to a 500 meter radius with the festival headquarters as the center.
Winning conditions for the host master:
*Kill the host of the game.
Winning conditions for participants:
1. Kill the host master.
2. Shatter the false legend, making the true legend known.
Oath:Respecting the described content, the community that host this Gift game based on their glory and flag.
Izayoi smiled at the contents of the sheet before he looked at Pest, who let the sheet down at her left side.
"Do you agree to this condition?" Pest asked.
"Yes. I agree." Izayoi answered as both the game sheets magically disappear, accepting that both sides had agreed on the Gift Game.
"But are you really sure you want that girl only? I thought you had more things that you want other than that girl." Pest questioned as Izayoi smiled.
"What can I say? She's quite a close friend of mine. Why would I trade her for some other items that are worthless than her? It would be such a waste, right?" Izayoi asked as Pest smiled sweetly.
"Well then, let's begin the Gift Game." Pest declared as she shoot a blast of black wind from her polka dotted sleeves towards Izayoi.
"I can tell that your community, Grim Grimoire Hamelin is a new community. That's why your only objective is to collect new members to join. And that's why you want us to be a part of it, correct?" Izayoi asked as he punched the dark wind, destroying it. When the wind disappear, Izayoi look at the three demons, but they disappeared from their spots.
Izayoi turns around to looked around for them, but his eyes widen as he turns back around he instantly raised his hands in defense. In an instant, he was sent into the air by Weser's flute. Following after that attack, he was suddenly blasted off from the huge whirlwinds behind him. Before he could crash land into the grassy field, he looked up at Weser's grinning face and he was immediately struck his flute at his stomach, which caused him to fell straight towards the ground beneath him, causing a big burst of smoke to erupt from the collision.
"Shit…" Izayoi thought as he stood up from the big crater, unscathed but dirt started to color his red zipped up vest slightly.
"This will complete our goal easily with your death." Pest's voice resounded in the smoke as Izayoi glance behind and his eyes widen.
Another big explosion erupt from inside the smoke itself, releasing a lot of smoke to cover the grassy field.
After a while, Izayoi was seen stepping back out from the smoke as he dodged a shot of dark wind from Pest.
When he landed on a spot near the river of the grassy field, his eyes widen and he look up. A big explosion erupts from the river, releasing tidal waves from Strom's landing.
Pest and Weser stood in front of the river as Strom walked away from its spot. Ratten flew down near the river as she looked at the river to search for Izayoi.
Suddenly, a burst of wind shot through the pottery-like giant soldier.
"BRUUUUUUUM!"
A single Strom suddenly fell down onto the river, causing a large amount of water to splash down at Ratten, Pest and Weser. Strom then turned to dust as Weser swept his face down, drying his face off of water.
"How do you like that? It's cold, huh?" Izayoi asked with a playful grin as his clothes were drenched from being inside the water.
"You!" Ratten said with a glare as a group of Stroms fell down onto the river, drenching her, Pest and Weser in water again.
"BRUUUUUUUM!"
The group of Strom exhaled air out of its vents, creating huge whirlwinds in every direction.
"Hah! That's all you got?! They're just a bunch of dolls!" Izayoi exclaimed with a smirk as he punched the whirlwinds, destroying it the second they were close to him.
After he destroyed the whirlwinds, he instantly jumped off the ground and punched one of the giant-like pottery soldiers, creating a huge hole in the center of its body. He follow through with the attack as he jumped to the next Strom. But this time, he flip through the air and kicked his feet at the center of the pottery like soldier, making it fell to the ground with a huge hole in its center.
Izayoi jumped off the fallen Strom and he targeted two Stroms that were standing in a one line. He raised his fist and he punched at the first Strom's center, causing a huge hole to appear simultaneously on both Stroms, defeating it.
With the two defeated, Izayoi pushed his feet against the first Strom's chest and flipped back on the ground with ease while the two Stroms slowly fell back on the river, turning to dust while drenching Ratten, Pest and Weser once again in water.
Other world
Kuoh Academy
"Ara, ara. I think this battle is turning differently than I expected." Akeno said as she covered her mouth from laughing.
"Yeah! It is funny!" Serafall said between laughs.
"I did not think that Izayoi-kun would make a battle such as this funny." Xenovia said with a smile, seeing the drenched Ratten, Pest and Weser.
"Oh, Izayoi-kun…" Rias thought with a smile as she covered her mouth from laughing. She admit that she was worried when Izayoi was hit a couple of times by Weser but when she saw that the three demons were drenched in water from top to bottom, she couldn't help but laugh. "You always know how to cheer a girl up." Rias thought as she then looked at Akeno and the other girls that love Izayoi. "I mean, girls up." She added with a smile. After that, she look at the screen which shows Izayoi grinning in satisfaction.
"Serve them right!" Shirayuki-Hime stated with a smile as Irina smiled in agreement.
"Yeah! Haha!" Irina added as she laughs. "Even if my childhood best friend is in danger, he still manages to put a smile onto our faces!" Irina said faithfully as Xenovia smiled at her.
"It looks like I miss a lot." Sona said as she appeared from her white magic circle and stood next to Rias.
"Did you find out about where the broadcast is broadcasting from?" Rias asked as Sona looked to the screen before she look at Rias.
"The only thing I can tell you about it is… It is from another world that differs from our own." Sona answered as Rias's eyes widen in surprise.
"So, we can't help Izayoi-kun at all?" Rias asked with worry as Sona slowly nodded.
"Even if we knew that Izayoi is in another world, we wouldn't be able to directly know the world he is in. And we wouldn't know how to teleport to the world from here. As I heard from yesterday, you said that the two of the three were carrying a card each?" She asked as Rias nodded.
"And they took both Izayoi and Asuka using those cards, correct?" Sona asked as Rias nodded again.
"Then, it would appear that we have to get the cards from them to teleport to the world they are in. If we did not have the cards, we wouldn't be watching the broadcast from here. Rather, we would have been battling with those three ourselves and at the same time, help Izayoi." Sona explained as Rias looked at the screen, which still display Izayoi grinning in satisfaction at the humiliated demons.
"But since we do not have the cards, I'm afraid Izayoi will have to battle this fight alone." Sona concluded as Rias wore a frown on her face, knowing that she was useless in the situation she was in after receiving the news that she can't help Izayoi at all from over her side.
"Izayoi-kun." Rias thought with worry, looking at him through the screen.
Another world
City
"Kid!" The drenched Weser yelled out as he charges towards Izayoi, who look at him with a smirk.
"Will you tone it down a little? Weren't you humiliated enough?" Izayoi asked as Weser swung down his big flute at Izayoi, who step aside to avoid being hit by the flute.
Weser swung his flute to the side, intend to hit Izayoi as hard as he can from the action he caused on him, Pest and Ratten.
Izayoi held up his left hand and he caught the flute in his hand with ease, stopping it completely from hitting him. "Haha! Isn't this fight starting to be fun?" Izayoi said with a smile as he look up and he swiftly let go of the flute and flipped back a couple of feet behind, dodging a blast of black wind from Pest.
"You will be punished from the action you've caused." Pest said trying to get control her anger with narrow eyes.
"Ha! I think I've gotten Loli-sama a bit angry, don't you think so?" Izayoi stated with a smirk as Pest blasted a wave of black wind at Izayoi for his remark.
Izayoi dodged the attack by jumping back from the spot he was on. Then, he looked up and jump off the ground, avoiding another blast of black wind.
When Izayoi landed after jumping around to dodge the series of black wind, he was instantly being on the defensive as Weser swung his flute vertically at his left side, to which he raised his left hand to defend against it. When the metal flute hits his hand, a burst of wind flow out of the attack as Izayoi looked at Weser's surprise look.
"You think I would fall down easily?" Izayoi asked with a smirk as he punched Weser on his cheek with his right fist, causing him to flew back and hit a tree in the process. Weser looked up from his position as he spit out some blood from his mouth.
"You really know how to fight, Kid. I'll praise you on that." Weser commented as Izayoi stood in place. "But when are you going to fight seriously, huh?" He asked as he jump off from the tree and stood next to Pest.
"Didn't I fight seriously before this?" Izayoi asked raising an eyebrow while letting out a smirk appear on the corner of his lips.
"You really think this is a game?" Weser asked as Izayoi shrug his shoulder.
"It is, right?" Izayoi answered. "But answer me this. Did you fight seriously?" Izayoi asked to Weser. "I noticed you haven't fighting me seriously enough." He explained as he thought about the contents of the Black Geass Roll. "Ratten means rat in German. Strom is storm. Weser is the Weser River. Pest is the Black Plague. Although different events are happening on parallel timelines, there's a point where they all converge to a single result. And the result is, was the one hundred and thirty individuals who perished as mentioned in the inscription at Hamelin. And the main players involved are Weser, Ratten, Strom and Pest." Izayoi thought as he looked at each one of the three demons.
"The one among them that isn't connected to the death of the one hundred and thirty individuals must be the 'false legend'. From what I can tell the fake one is Pest. The Black Plague is a long term illness that kills you over time. The Piper of Hamelin had one hundred and thirty individuals die within the limited time of June 26, 1284. People would say that we have to only defeat Pest if this is the case. But then it will overlaps with another of the victory conditions: taking out the game master." Izayoi explained in thought as Weser looked down at Pest, who nodded at him without looking at him.
"Then, I guess I have to take this..." Weser said as Izayoi still thought about the contents of the Black Geass Roll.
"You must shatter the false legend, and make the true legend known. That means it's something you can 'shatter' and 'make known'. The only thing that I could think of is the stained glass…" Izayoi thought as he recalled the stained glasses all around the city when he and Asuka travel to the city streets to play different kinds of games. "But there's over a hundred stained glass panels there. Shattering them and going around showing everyone would be a pain." He thought annoyingly as he think for a while about the Black Plague, the fake one that wasn't in the inscription of the Pipe Piper of Hamelin.
His eyes widen as he recalled his early sentence about the Black Plague. "The cold period… The reason why the Black Plague was so widespread was because the sun entered an ice age period, and the earth entered a cold period…" Izayoi said mentally as he looked at Pest.
"Even if they are the Piper of Hamelin from Grimms' Fairy Tales, they aren't the real Piper of Hamelin." Izayoi concluded in mind as he glanced behind him, wanting to tell everyone on what to do to win the Gift Game.
"A little serious." Weser finishes his sentence as whole body was engulfed in blue, meaning that he had been given divinity.
"Then that means, I have to balance this game fairly." Izayoi remarked with a smile as he turns around and jumped off to tell everyone on what to do.
"Chase him." Pest ordered as both Ratten and Weser followed him.
"Where are you, Ojou-sama?" Izayoi asked in thought as he hops to one of the buildings before hopping to another.
In a cave…
"Asuka! Asuka!" Rattenfanger said as she repeatedly punches her hands back and forth at Asuka's cheek to wake her up.
Suddenly, Asuka sit up from her laying position, "That woman!" She said in retaliation as Rattenfanger rolled back to the ground.
"Asuka, are you okay?" Rattenfanger asked waving her hands above her.
"Sorry." Asuka said looking down at her as she looked around at the place she was in. "Where am I?" Asuka asked as she look up and her eyes widen. "This was in the display hall." She said as she stand up from the ground and saw Dean up close in front of her.
Rattenfanger climbed up on her shoulder, "Asuka..." She said as Asuka smiled at her.
"This is…" A voice said as Asuka looked at the small ball of light in front of her.
"…something we give to you." The voice follows up as Asuka look at another ball of light beside her.
"We would like you to accept it." The voice stated as Asuka look at the ball of light at her right.
"And the false fairy tale… Rattenfanger… Put an end to it…" The voice said each one of the ball of light glowed while the voice was talking, indicating that each one of the light belonged to different voices.
"Flocking fairies…" Asuka said looking at the ball of lights.
"We… were sacrificed at Hamelin. One hundred and thirty spirits of the dead. We lost our lives due to a natural disaster. Allow us to tell you everything. We shall tell you the truth of what happened in Hamelin on June 26, 1284." The voices said. "We shall offer you… the greatest work we have ever created. Forged from the stone that we received from Seikairyuuou, our last gift. You brought our one hundred and thirty-one member back." The voice stated as Asuka looked down at Rattenfanger.
"Will you, the woman who can become the creator of miracles," The voice said as all of the ball of lights combined to become a big ball of light. "accept our Gift Game?" The voice added as the ball of light explode to reveal a Geass Roll that floated down in front of Asuka, who grabbed it with her left hand and read the contents.
GIFT GAME NAME: "Chosen one to bear the burden"
List of Participant(s):
*Kudou Asuka
Clearing Condition(s):
*Make the mobile doll [Deen] crafted from [Rare Sacred Iron] to acknowledge and follow your commands.
Defeat Condition(s):
*When participant is unable to fulfill condition for solving as stated above.
Oath:Respecting the above described content, based on my glory and flag, [ ][1]will participant in the Gift Game.
"Rattenfänger" Seal
"You want me to bring this Dean under my submission with my Gift?" Asuka asked as she looked up at the balls of light gathered around her. "Allow me to confirm one last thing. If I have this gift that you all have created, can I beat them?" Asuka asked.
"If you use it… If you master it… It shall surely bring you victory." The voice of many children said as Asuka closed her eyes and smiled.
"Very well." Asuka said opening her eyes. "Kudou Asuka of Kuoh Academy accepts your challenge!" Asuka said with a cross of her arms as Dean's eyes opens, revealing blue eyes.
"Use your Authority to ignite the steel soul!" The children voices said.
At this moment, life poured into the center of the giant.
The rumbling of the giant shook the earth, it's strange monocular shining out radiant light.
Then, the red giant created the first cry that could shock the world:
"—DEEEEEEeeeEEEEEEN!"
Writhing its hollow body, the red iron giant [Deen] roared.
"Izayoi-kun, hang on. I'll be there." Asuka thought in determination as she stood in the face of her test.
To Be Continued...
So, how's the end? Is it awesome? Great? Fantastic?! Well, if you agree with on those three options, then (Review) on it. Anyway, what do you think about the fighting scene? It has taken me quite a few hours to create those moves, because admit it. I haven't done A Problem Devil for two months now! Well, that's in the past.
Aside from that, how was the comedy of the battle when Izayoi drench Ratten, Pest and Weser? I thought about it after I decided to bring the four of them to the field. To me, it was funny that I thought about it in the first place. :) So, leave a (Review) down below in the Review box on what you think about the chapter and everything that you liked or loved.
Anyway, Asuka woke up and she found the spirit of the one hundred and thirty children that died in the Pied Paper of Hamelin story, along with Dean, the children's creation.
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