"I think we'd better make some preparations first, who knows if that person is in a good mood right now. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Well, that makes sense!"

After saying that, Bai Chen and Stanley disappeared from the balcony.

"Oh, yes, there's something more to be done."

……

Grand Festival Operations Headquarters, in front of the balcony entrance.

At this time, Asuka and the others were at a loss for what to do in front of the road leading to the balcony.

For the same black wind that was blowing them out of the balcony was blocking their progress.

The inability to move forward made Asuka very unwilling, and she could only shout at the White Yaksha at the other end of the door:

"White Yaksha! What's going on inside? ”

"I don't know! But my movements are restricted! Is there anything written on the other party's 'contract document'? ”

Jen hurriedly took out the black "contract document" he had picked up.

The text above is broken down into straight lines and curves, changing into new content.

Asuka pressed his windswept hair, and quickly picked up the parchment and read out the contents:

※ Matters related to the game participation ※

- As of now, the conditions for the Participant's Game Leader to participate in the battle have not been met.

If you want the Game Leader to join the fray, please meet the conditions of participation.

"It says that the conditions for the game leader on the contestant's side have not yet been met......?"

"What about the conditions for entering the war? What else is written? ”

"I didn't ...... Nothing else was written! ”

White Yasha smacked his tongue fiercely. As far as she knew, there was only one way to seal the Star Spirit in this form. She shouted again:

"Listen up! Tell Black Rabbit exactly what I have said from now on! You must not be mistaken! Keep in mind that your mistakes will lead to the death of your participants! ”

Judging by the usual White Yaksha, it would be hard to imagine that she would have uttered such a nervous and urgent tone. It also shows how serious the emergency is now.

Asuka and the others took a deep breath and waited for Hakuyasha's instructions.

"First, the game may have 'deliberately made the instructions imperfect during the steps of making the rules'! This is a technique that some demon kings use! The worst-case scenario is that there is no way to crack this game! ”

"Huh......!"

"Second, tell Black Rabbit that this demon king is likely to belong to the emerging community!"

"I ...... I know! ”

Now there is no empty elaboration. Asuka also understands that every second counts.

"Third, I'm afraid the way to seal me is—"

"Okay~That's it~"

Hayasha was startled and turned around.

There was a woman dressed in white, the woman named Ratting, who was standing behind the White Yaksha with three salamanders.

The three salamanders were clearly members of Salamandra, presumably manipulated by the woman's magic flute. The salamanders kept spitting hot sparks from their mouths, and there was madness in their eyes.

"Oops, it's really sealed~ It's a shame that the strongest class dominator has fallen to such a point!"

"Damn...... What have you done to the members of Salamandra! ”

"This kind of thing is a secret, of course. Even if the seal is successful, I am not so carried away that I will reveal the information to you...... By the way, who the hell were you talking to? ”

Ratting looked to the door.

She raised her flute like a baton, and the salamanders struck together.

"Ahh

"Oops? Mankind? I thought it was the leader of Salamandra...... Forget it, so much so. ”

Ratting made a look of lack of interest and waved her flute again.

The salamander, with its crazy eyes, jumped towards Asuka and the others.

"Asuka!"

Yao unleashed an upper kick and swept at a massive body about two meters in length. However, the difference in weight between them was too great, and although the salamander was hit for a moment, it jumped again as soon as it hit the ground.

"Asuka! Benevolence! Catch me! ”

"Ah...... Good! ”

Salamanders are only physical **, and they are not guilty of sin. However, after Yao realized that he could not deal with so many enemies in one breath and show mercy, he grabbed the hands of the other two and blew a whirlwind.

Seeing the power of the vulture's gift, Ratting spoke in a little surprise:

"Oh, this power...... Is it a griffin or something? It's really a very special human being, and if you look closely, you can see that you are also very good and cute...... Good! I've got a crush on you! Let you be my pawn! ”

Ignoring the elated Latin, Yao grabbed Asuka and Ren and stepped back into the hallway.

Ratting didn't chase after her, just showed a bewitching smile and raised her flute.

The palace resounded high and low - the wonderful sound of the magic flute.

This timbre is different from yesterday's dissonance, stimulating the central organs with a sweet and seductive tone.

After Yao heard this, he paused for a moment, but did not react, and just wanted to continue rushing, but suddenly there was a whisper in his ears, and then he frowned, his eyes were slightly distracted, and then he began to tremble.

"Ah...... No way...... This one......! ”

"Yikes!"

"Wow!"

The whirlwind suddenly disappeared, and Yao, who looked like he was weak, dropped the two people he was holding in his hands.

Yao, whose lower body was trembling like a soft foot, squeezed out all his strength and shouted:

"That guy is coming...... Asuka, Ren! Run away......! ”

"Don't say such stupid things! Brother Jen! ”

"Yes...... Yes! ”

Jen had a stiff expression.

Asuka took a deep breath before muttering as if he had made up his mind:

"I want to apologize first...... I'm sorry. ”

Hey? Jen tilted his head.

A sad expression of apologetic guilt flashed across Asuka's face for a moment.

"As the leader of the community, you can take Kasukabe-san to find the Black Rabbit now."

She dominates the hearts of her comrades.

Unlike the last serendipitous incident, this time it was intentional.

“…… I know. ”

The consciousness in Ren's eyes gradually dissipated. He followed Asuka's orders and helped Yao out of the scene.

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely insist that he should stay together. Although the boy had no strength, Asuka understood that he was very honest and honest in nature.

However, Asuka distorted this integrity based on his own willful decisions.

She also understands that Jen will be deeply remorseful for her actions in order to stay behind.

（…… I'm really sorry, Brother Jen. ）

Asuka stared sadly at the backs of the two fleeing men—and then, with a filled rage, turned to face the enemy behind them.

“…… Oops? Are you alone? What about the companions? ”

"Leave it to me to run away first. They say that a third-rate demon of your caliber is enough to leave it to me alone. ”

“…… Oh? ”

La Ting narrowed her eyes, revealing a look that was speculating on the bird's expression, and then suddenly smiled cheerfully.

Half of that is lying. Your eyes are not those that are relied upon, but those that take the initiative...... Well, it seems to be very much to my liking. Ah~ really~ I didn't expect there to be so many good talents! I don't know which one to choose! ”

Ratting giggled without hesitation. Asuka looked at Ratting's white outfit and made sure she wasn't carrying a weapon other than a flute.

（…… The legacy of the Pied Clown is a clown who can manipulate humans and rats. According to this statement, the coercion of other races should not be strong. On the same terms, my Dominance should be able to win......! ）

In order to relieve the tension, Asuka first takes a deep breath and removes his breath. Since you want to do it, of course, you have to start first. Fortunately, Ratting despised herself quite a lot, and Asuka took the gift card in her hand and shouted:

"Everybody - stand still and don't move!"

Hey? Lating said in her heart.

After that, however, except for the salamanders, even Lating was restrained. Asuka was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, took out the silver cross sword from his gift card, jumped forward and rushed towards Latin.

With a straight eye, she aimed the end of the silver sword with the power of destroying evil at the opponent's heart and stabbed it hard.

"Woo......! You're so naïve, little girl! ”

Two overlapping metallic sounds rang out. Latin broke free, unconcerned about the overwhelming backwardness, and waved her sword to the side. Even if it had been perfectly aimed at the heart before, it was futile, and Asuka's attack was easily bounced away.

The flying bird hit the wall and coughed violently.

(Available...... Damn it......! If only my athletic ability was at least half that of my Kasuga classmates......! ）

This situation made Asuka feel the low level of his own strength.

The distant bird is the "ruler", but not the "user".

Her body was nothing more than an ordinary fifteen-year-old girl.

This is an inevitable defeat without recognizing what you are good at.

"It's amazing...... It was unexpected, but it was able to restrain me for a few seconds. You have quite a wonderful power. I just tried to subdue the demon when we met, and I was quite bold~"

Touch! Ratting smiled and kicked Asuka hard in the stomach.

“………… Woo......! ”

Asuka used her pride to suppress the vomiting sensation that came up.

Even though she swallowed blood, she swallowed it anyway.

If you reveal all the contents of your internal organs in front of others, it is a more unbearable humiliation than defeat.

The bird holding her abdomen still showed her eyes that did not admit defeat, and pulled Lating's white clothes.

"You...... I didn't pay attention to my surroundings...... Salamandra salamanders fled. ”

"That's right, that little minion. As long as we get your hands on you, we can get as much as the two of us want, right? ”

Touch! The bird, whose stomach was hit violently again, fainted.

Ratting picked Asuka up by the waist, grabbed her chin and turned to herself.

“…… What a beautiful girl. Although the girl just now is not bad, but all in all, you are more attractive. ”

Ratin just hugged the bird and hummed a song back to the White Yaksha. Seeing Asuka hanging his head and losing consciousness, Hakuyasha's white hair stood on end, and he glared at Ratin with eyes that could almost kill.

"You ......!"

"Hmph, it's useless for you to stare at me. This seal was set up by the master using the 'host authority' obtained due to special merits, and even the strongest class ruler can't break the power of the box garden, right? ”

"Woo......!"

"When I was still a member of the 'Fantasy Demon Dao Book Group', I often heard about your monster-like strength. You are the strongest Sun Star Spirit to enter the Buddha Gate in order to suppress your power after winning the Gift Game for the Sovereignty of the Sun...... She is so strong that she can even win over the 'Halloween Queen', the sun and gold demon king entrusted with the management of the world realm. This power will be used for us [GrimmGrimoireHameln] in the future! ”

Ratting let out a wild laugh as if she had decided that her camp would win.

(Damn, what about Bai Chen?!) ）

White Yasha glared at Ratting unwillingly.

As if dancing, Latin turned around, stood on the balcony, and spread her hands.

"Alright! I'm waiting for the game of GrimmGrimoireHameln to be the main thing from now on! Let's start a fanatical opera of all kind! ”

She was on the balcony and began to play the melody of the magic flute.

The beautiful timbre of high and low not only spread to the stage venue, but even slowly engulfed the foot of the boundary wall.

The manipulating flute erodes and gradually dominates the consciousness of the participants. The participants whose consciousness was seized became a mob and began to attack their comrades or carry out sabotage everywhere.

Since the main forces of the participants' side were fighting, no one could stop Ratting at all.

One by one, the community that thought was dominated and forced to submit withdrew from the game.

When everyone thought that the victory and defeat would be divided like this, a huge thunderclap sounded.

"That's it!"

Latin, whose tone of the Magic Flute had been cancelled out, suddenly looked up at the sky.

"The thunder just now...... Could it be! ”

Ratin jumped from the balcony to the roof of the palace. The source of the deafening thunderclap several times was the black rabbit holding aloft the gift of the god Shakti, the "Imitation of the Godhead Vajra".

The black rabbit held up the three-pronged vajra that emitted brilliance and announced in a loud voice:

"The request to invoke the 'trial authority' has been accepted! Next, the Bounty game 'ThePIEDPIPERofHAMELIN' must be temporarily suspended for deliberation and resolution! Contestants and organizers are requested to stop fighting and prepare for negotiations as soon as possible! Repeat—"

……

"Hmm...... These things should work, right? ”

Stanley asked, uncertain, looking at the pile of things in front of him.

"Hmm...... Enough should be enough, right? ”

Bai Chen said uncertainly.

The things piled up in front of the two of them were almost comparable to those artifacts that existed in the epic.

"But I feel like I'm missing something, huh?"

“…… It's a big deal I'm going to grab some more from those communities. ”

"That's not going to work! How can we do these things! ”

"But I've done it before, and most of them are looted."

“…… Forget it, I don't do it. ”