Part 5
The divided search teams were all looking for the stained glass in Hamelin city.
A team that went to search inside a building exclaimed out loudly:
"Found it! The stained glass with the rat manipulator!"
"That is the [False legend]! Shatter it!" The sound of shattering glass could be heard after Jin replied. Confirming the rat patterns on the road, he surveyed the surrounding buildings.
"Yes......This is Burgundy Rawson Street! The place where the 130 children were abducted!"
Jin looked downwards on the floor. The whole road was painted with red rat patterns. While following the pattern, he was also using a map, locating the stained glass that would shine.
(The differences in distance between where the stained glass were displayed in the stage area and in Hamelin city are not quite far apart. In other words, we weren't swallowed by the city, but it was Hamelin that was summoned to Little Garden—?)
"Okay~ That will be all♪"
On instinct, everyone turned to look up at the building next to the road.
Standing on the roof, was the demon of spirited away that manipulated rats, Ratten.
"You were that time.....! What did you do to Asuka-sama!" Jin yelled, but Ratten just ignored his presence while laughing.
After she mimicked a salute, Ratten lifted up her magic flute.
"Welcome to Burgundy Rawson Street! This was once famous for the spirited away! The next step is to allow everyone to experience the wonderful internecine♪"
The next moment, a dozen fire salamanders appeared on the roof. They were all comrades of [Salamandra].
The search teams immediately went into combative action, but were stopped by the livid face of Jin.
"No......No can do! If the participants are fighting each other......"
"There is no time to worry that much! Since they are being controlled under that Demon Lord, only we can stop them! This is called being dependent on each other!"
"It's not that kind of reason! Has everyone not read the amended rules! If you attack your comrades, even you will be disqualified."
Members of [Salamandra] suddenly recalled that. If the already small number of participants attack and get disqualified, even the search team may be influenced by it too.
Looking at the picturesque scene, Ratten smiled happily.
"Yes, but it's alright if you don't kill right? One has to beware of killing your comrades, while being cautious of being killed, doesn't this solve everything?"
Curling her sexy lips, she overlooked Jin and company.
With everyone biting down on their teeth, not knowing what to do, Ratten without hesitation took out her magic flute and gave orders to the salamanders:
"Okay! Go and have fun with your comrades!"
Fireballs then started raining down from the roof caused by the Salamanders, causing the participants to tense up.
Just when they were going to decide that retaliating was the only choice— A huge shadow that was like a hurricane extinguished all the fireballs that were being fired.
"What.....!"
The smile on Ratten disappeared. The black shadows collected together to form a new shape.
Her gaze shifted to the sky, in the next moment, a dazzling brilliance stimulated her eyes.
It was a figure that had brilliant fluttering blonde hair. A vampire pureblood, spreading her wings open, Leticia looked down on Ratten.
"I found you, manipulator of rats."
Leticia stared at Ratten with killing intent that anyone could sense, her usual mildness was nowhere to be seen.
After Ratten who was standing at the center of the Salamanders saw Leticia's beauty, she couldn't help but exclaim happily:
"Wahahaha.......! A genuine! A real pureblood vampire! Wow......what a beautiful girl! The shinning blond-silvery hair! Arghhh mp! I am too excited now."
Leticia was stared at intensely by Ratten who was in a trance. Realising this flaw, Leticia removed the spear from the gift card and struck her.
As if dancing, the attack was dodged by Ratten's fluid movements, who once again looked at Leticia.
"Ara, I was merely praising you, isn't that reaction too over the top?"
Although she had the smile on her face, Ratten's domineering eyes were entirely different from before.
The two sides stared at each other in a deadlock.
At this time, Lighting、fiery red flames and Dark wind was forming up cyclones due to their collision at the end of the town.
Probably it was Kuro Usagi and Sandra who had started engaging the enemy.
The fighting over at Izayoi's side has intensified as well, with even the shaking reaching here.
"Hehe, it looks more like a festival now, so should I unravel my trump card as well?"
Bringing the magic flute near her mouth, she began to play.
High and low, the melody was depicted as a Benz Allegro rhythm, totally different than the previous melodies it has made. As if waking up something, the earth bulged and lots of pottery-like huge soldiers were made.
It amounted over 10.
The huge soldiers that appeared on the stage area sent out a giant roar:
"BRUUUUUUUUUUM!"
Just like a giant storm, the pottery-like huge soldiers took in the air and released it out. Everyone certainly did not expect that many enemies to appear in that short amount of time.
Screams were heard from the communities that were searching for the stained glass.
With a somewhat urgent tone of voice, Leticia questioned Ratten who jumped into the fray.
"...........That huge soldier, is a magic item unrelated to [The Pied Piper of Hamelin] right?"
"That's right~ It is a mud doll which is also a super hybrid created by a dependant of a deity. Anyways it is not that impressive. Comparing to someone who is full of brute force, I didn't receive divinity!~"
The last sentence was said with little self-esteem, probably exposing jealously towards Weser.
However, this sentence has an impact on Leticia.
"Did you say divinity.......?"
"Ara? Haven't you solved our puzzle yet? Our master is also a kind of god, so she could assign divinity.........If it's only one person."
Saying that, Ratten showed a discontent expression.
"Well, it doesn't matter. I am so lucky that I can find a girl as cute as you. And since master is also interested in that young boy over there, if you surrender, we can provide magnanimous conditions!"
"It seems to be quite attractive, but I will still reject it.......Jin, are you alright?"
"I am fine, there is no injury."
"Then good. Leave this to me, hurry up and find the stained glass. If those things start breaking everything, it will be difficult to search."
Nodding their heads, Jin and the search teams turned their backs and ran off. Ratten smirked while watching them escape, probably because they aren't as important as the vampire.
Leticia who stayed behind was quickly surrounded by the Salamanders.
Adding the three Stroms, she was completely in a embattled state.
But Leticia did not mind the atmosphere, she simply stared at Ratten with her beautiful eyes and questioned her with a high-pressured attitude:
"Manipulator of rats, was it you who captured Asuka?"
"So what if I did, Vampire-sama? Are you gonna let me taste the strength of a [Little Garden Knight]?"
The magic items that were under Ratten were prepared to take action, just waiting for Leticia to start the provocation.
Even so, Leticia remained undaunted.
"How unfortunate, but the gifts I have now are all third-rate stuff, the only combative stuff I have........is this [Shadow] gift."
"Shadow?"
Naturally Ratten's line of sight would fall on Leticia's shadow.
She saw that Leticia's shadow gradually changed into numerous blades.
The blades that constantly swirled around didn't look like a shadow, but more like—
"That shadow............is it [Jaw]? No wait! Vampires aren't supposed to have shadows in the first place....."
"Exactly. In the past I have acquired the position of [Dragon Knight] after reaching the system tree, and this [Shadow], came from the belief of the Dragon."
The calmness of Ratten suddenly disappeared, just when she was thinking whether she had heard it wrongly, Leticia had already taken the chance to let the shadow expand and change its appearance.
The gentle expression Leticia had instantly transformed into a cheeky yet grim look.
"This is retaliation from before! Rat manipulator! You will accept the punishment for hurting my comrades!"
Countless blades of shadow turned into a huge dragon jaw, sweeping the area in accordance to planar diffusion.[7]
The three Stroms that were bitten by the Dragon jaw immediately fell down.
In a nick of time, Ratten jumped upwards to avoid the attack, but when she saw the scene below her, she felt extremely consternated.
"Dragon Knight with a gift containing countless of blades........? Unless you are the vampire with divinity! Draculea Demon Lord!"
"Although this title is quite nostalgic, but I discarded that name long ago. The Draculea Demon Lord of the vampires have long been overthrown, centuries after the [Fantasy Magic Book Group] was destroyed."
Being scared until her face had turned pale, Ratten immediately ran off the roof, with Leticia chasing her.
"Don't think about running!"
She cleverly manipulated the shadows using her palms to try and catch Ratten.
Jumping down the roof to avoid the ensnarement, Ratten used the Salamanders as a shield.
"You lizards, protect my side and attack her!"
The Salamanders spat out hot breath towards the jumping Leticia. Leticia kept her shadow back and started dealing with the Salamanders. The destructive power of the shadow was too high, it was very difficult to try and subdue them without harming them. If Leticia was serious, she would have taken the lives of the Salamanders.
Taking advantage of the situation, Ratten hid behind the alley, sneakily running off.
(Why is someone like her in this place......? That Chibi should have been born in the [No Name] community! How does a mere nameless community gather so much talents!)
Ratten originally predicted that she would fight the pureblood vampire, using the Strom might have been enough. But she did not expect that Leticia had such a powerful gift.
However, there was still a chance of winning, as long as she used the magic flute to constantly control people to engage with her, it was possible to hang on until the time limit.
Ratten ran along Burgundy Rawson Street to try and escape to the church.
The church had displayed lots of stained glass, one of the most important bases in this game. Considering Jin's words and actions, Ratten judged that the participants likely headed off to the church.
(I have already arranged several Stroms to be near the Church! Even if I want to set up the defense, I should go there first......)
Ratten was in the Renaissance style of town, heading towards the church with the gothic spires.
"—I've been waiting for a long time, counterfeit of [The Pied Piper of Hamelin], no, the real [Rat Joker]."
It was someone wearing a long red dress, Kudou Asuka.
She was back-facing the church with the stained glass, waiting for Ratten.
"You........Where have you been hiding for so long....."
"The community [Rattenfänger] helped me to hide, of course, it was to defeat you."
Asuka had a confident expression, her hair and skirt flapped around, as if the previous defeat had no influence on her.
On her shoulders was the pointy-hatted faerie.
Seeing the enemy that proclaimed itself as real, Ratten's coquettish face twisted. Tightly gripping the flute like a baton, she shouted:
"You have finally shown yourself, counterfeit......! Ha! This is good! I will take you as a hostage to deal with the Vampire! Grab her, Strom!"
"BRUUUUUM!"
The surface bulged upwards, and three stroms appeared in front of the church, shattering the walls to attack Asuka.
Giving the Strom one glance, Asuka calmly raised up her gift card.
"Okay, let's settle this like the first time—Come out! Deen!"
The Church was filled with radiant wine red lights, the gift card floated and started spinning, with a roar that could shock the heaven and earth coming from the middle.
"—DEEEEEEeeeeeeEEEEEEN"
The Red Iron Giant with a hollow body, answered the call of it's master.
The tone of it's body was like a red sun, carefully designed to show an overwhelming sense of presence. Although Ratten was shocked after seeing Deen, she still commanded the Stroms to attack.
"It........It doesn't matter! Strom! Neutralize them completely!"
Like a storm, Strom started to inhale the surrounding buildings. The crazy turbulence messed up Asuka's hair, but she still stood still.
Asuka kept her calm and confident expression, waiting for the Stroms to attack.
"Do it, Deen, let them see the gap between our levels!"
Deen moved its strange monocular eyes, slowly nodding.
Absorbing lots of rubble, Strom compressed everything to shoot it out like a mortar.
At the same time, Ratten shouted:
"Mash them! Strom!"
"Smash them to pieces! Deen!"
"DEEEEEEeeeeeeEEEEEEEN!"
Under Asuka's orders, Deen's heavy action started accelerating. A high speed attack to the huge rock from the iron arms was enough to knock it down in one blow.
Asuka gave out another order:
"That stained glass is the [True legend]! The efforts would be futile if we broke it! Leave the Church, Deen!"
As if understanding that command, Deen growled and turned his body to crash through the wall. When Deen rammed into a Strom, he repeatedly punched until it was crushed, leaving no trace behind.
"DEEEEEEeeeeeeEEEEEEEEN!"
The huge iron arms kept knocking down the pottery-formed body again and again.
A figure that keeps attacking violently and roaring, you can even call it the Sacred Iron Magic Being.
Even though Ratten felt fear, she still gave orders to the Strom:
"The one behind! Just for a moment, suppresse it! Another one use a storm to contain it!"
The Strom standing behind Deen spewed out air from its air vent for a frontal assault. Another one has begun to create a turbulence from the storm.
However, this level of attack had no effect on the Red Iron Giant. It completely disregarded the turbulence, using its hand to strike down the Strom. Asuka who was originally standing behind Deen retreated back in order to avoid being drawn into the turbulence, giving instructions while grabbing onto the pillars of the Church.
"Show them the difference of your strengths, Deen!"
One order, and Deen immediately seized Strom's head, forcibly overpowering it to the ground.
The resistance from the pottery giant soldier had no effect, and with a sound of a strike, it let out a crisp sound before turning into fragments.
Now there is only one left. Just when Asuka was going to give the instructions to beat down the last Strom— she realised that Ratten had disappeared.
"......She's gone.....?"
Asuka lost her. Unexpectedly letting an enemy escape under her sight. Asuka clicked her tongue and began looking at the surroundings. However she still could not find her, which was expected.
Because Ratten had used the wind whipped up by Strom— and was flying in the sky.
(You are too far away from the iron doll, young lady......! This is my win!)
The distance between Deen and Asuka was as much as 18 meters, completely exceeding the distance needed to guard in time.
Ratten who believed that she was going to win aimed the tips of the flute at Asuka's head.
Although Asuka noticed Ratten's attack in a nick of time, but it was still too late. Facing against something she couldn't dodge, came the stab of the magic flute—
"—Pinch her, Deen."
One order, Ratten was firmly pinched by the [Extended] iron arm.
"Eh......!"
"Bur...........?"
'Pong!' Ratten who was caught by the elongated arm was being thrown towards the Storm at high speed. The impact of the collision shook the surrounding area.
After the crushing blow on the third Storm was delivered, Deen let out a wild roar. The movements it used was unexpected judging by its weight, its action could be described as light.
Probably it was Asuka who increased the power of it's strength.
"DEEEEEEeeeeeEEEEEEN!"
The Red Iron Giant let out a roar of triumph, and this was when Ratten realised.
This humanoid with a huge body of iron, how was it moved into the center of the cave in the first place.
And what methods it used to disappear from the huge cave in such a short period.
Getting the answers she sought, Ratten looked up at Deen with fear in her eyes.
"Re........Retractable metal.....! Only the Dragon [Pureblood] could forge these kind of things!"
—The god that created the mobile doll. The quality of the raw materials could increase or decrease, and it is said that the material was the same as the Rod that [Monkey King] of the seven Demon Kings loved. After that the ground faeries would forge the materials into the iron doll. Contrary to the hollow body, it had extraordinarily huge body weight.
Receiving the mortal wound from the fist attack, Ratten spat out blood and keeled over.
Asuka strode over to the the dying yet smiling Ratten.
"This should even out the kicks that you gave me. You can call this a lose-lose situation...........But I'm still not done, I still have another debt I haven't settled."
'Pa' Asuka pointed downwards.
Deen nodded towards Asuka's instruction and placed Ratten down.
After being released, Ratten pulled her knees together, trying to stand up with her shaking legs, before collapsing to the ground. Her white clothes have been stained with blood, and towards Asuka who did not deliver the finishing blow, cast a look of doubt.
"What.......What are you saying......?"
"Do you remember? A week ago, I lost to your rat manipulation. In other words, the last debt needs to be settled.......to put it bluntly, is to hear you play a tune."
Asuka sat down on Deen's huge palm, and pointed at Ratten with her slender fingers.
"Let's play a game, I will allow you to play a song. You will try to play a tune that could charm my Deen into obeying you."
In the line of sight of the challenge, you could identify the strong will of [Winning without a sense of accomplishment].
What Asuka meant was, she wanted to win under the same conditions, obtaining a perfect form of victory.
"........So that's how it is........"
Ratten breathed in deeply as if swallowing both air and blood, regulating to her original breathing.
"Okay.....I will accept your game, let me play a tune."
Putting the magic flute into the move, she revealed her usual mischievous smile and threw out a wink.
"Fantasia of [The Pied Piper of Hamelin], please listen quietly♪"
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