The griffon, carrying Yao, returned to the starting point with incomparable speed.

However, just as victory was assured, Yao let go of the reins.

"What!?"

"Kasugabe!"

Yao's petite body was whipped by inertia, and it was thrown into the air as if it had been blown away.

Black Rabbit and Asukina, who wanted to rush out to save people, were stopped by Sixteen Nights and Yakumo respectively.

"Rest assured, she's fine."

In mid-air, Yao's body suddenly reversed, and then gradually reduced the speed of his fall, and finally flew before he touched the shore of the lake.

Yao, who floated in the air as if he was being carried by the wind, slowly landed in front of the surprised crowd.

It seems that the body has become a girl, so Sixteen Night looks more casual when facing Yao and Asuka, she pats Yao on the shoulder with a big grin and says, "Sure enough, you guessed correctly, your gift is to be able to get the characteristics of other creatures, right?" ”

Yao's eyes widened slightly, then shook his head with a smile.

“…… No, it's proof of being friends. ”

Hakuyasha and Yakumo walked up to Yao.

Giving him a round of applause without hesitation, Hayasha asked, "Oh, that's amazing, you won this game." But your gift ...... Is it innate? ”

"No, it's all because I got the wood carvings from my father that I was able to communicate with the animals."

"Wood carving?"

Yao nodded, and took off the round wood carving on his chest that was used as a pendant.

Hakuyasha took it, and Yakumo looked over with her.

"System tree?"

The black rabbit, who came over at some point, suddenly spoke.

Hakuyasha was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened, "If it's a system tree...... This graphic ...... And so it is concentrated...... And then...... It's amazing!! It's so powerful, girl, if it was really created by man, then your father is a genius who can be called a god! ”

"Show me."

Yakumo stretched out his hand.

Hayasha thought for a moment and handed over the wood carving.

Keep your head down. Yakumo carefully observed the pattern on it.

“…… Is it to deliberately make the wood carving into a circle to express the cycle of life and the meaning of reincarnation? ”

"Regeneration and destruction, which is the expression of the evolution of the living system in the continuous cycle of gradual progress towards the center of the circle, that is, the meaning of the center of the world. As for the blank space in the middle...... Or maybe the work itself is not finished......"

Before Yakumo could finish reading it, Hakusha snatched the wood carving again.

"That's amazing, girl. Is it okay to transfer it to me? ”

"No way!"

Yao refused, and then retrieved the wood carving.

White Yaksha suddenly made an awkward fuss like a child who had been taken away from his beloved toy.

"Okay, now that the game is over, it's time for the boon......"

"Then Lord White Yasha, please appraise the gifts for them!"

"Huh? Is that what Black Rabbit means? ”

Hakuyasha suddenly turned his head in embarrassment and muttered in a low voice:

"Trouble...... That's not my forte......"

The embarrassed kimono Lori scratched her head, and then suddenly laughed as if she had come up with a good idea.

"It's a bit extravagant, but if you use it here, it's a celebration of the revival of your community in advance!"

Clapping his hands, three shining cards appeared in the hands of Sixteen Nights, Asuka and Yao.

"Wait, wait, Lord Hayasha!"

The black rabbit hurriedly spoke.

"And what about Yakumo-sama and Ms. Asuka?"

"Huh?"

White Yasha looked at him strangely.

"Do you want it too?"

"There's no need for that." Yakumo shook his head.

The cards in the hands of the three of them in the sixteenth night quickly revealed their bestowed names.

The sky blue card reads "Reverse Sixteen Nights (Sexual Transformation).The name of the gift is "Orthodox unknown"

The burgundy card says Birds of the Past. Bestowed the name "Weiguang"

The dark green card reads Kasugabe Yao. Gift name "Catalogue of Life" "No Specific Form"

"Hey, hey, hey! What's going on with that 'sex turn'!? ”

"Huh? Isn't that obvious? ”

Yakumo grinned and pointed to Sixteen Night's towering chest.

"Damn! Even the cards dare to laugh at me! Sixteen Nights glared fiercely at the card he said.

White Yasha said, "The official name of the Gift Card is 'Laplace's Piece of Paper'. That is, the corner of omniscience. The gift printed on it is the name of the "favor" that is connected to your soul. Even if you don't go through the appraisal, you can roughly understand the origin of the gift when you see this. Of course, in addition to the gifts, some other important information will also be revealed. ”

Speaking of this, White Yasha immediately looked at Sixteen Nights gloatingly.

"How can you fix ......?"

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After leaving ThousandEyes and walking through Fountain Square for another fifteen minutes, the group finally arrived at the gate of the [NoName] residential area.

There are still traces of the flags that were once hoisted on the gates.

"Our community is inside, but it's still a long way to get to headquarters. Excuse me. And there are still traces of fighting around here......"

"Traces of the battle? Can you show me? Yakumo asked.

"Huh? Good! ”

The Black Rabbit opened the door with some hesitation.

A dry wind blew out of the door with yellow sand.

The destination is in ruins.

Judging by all sorts of residual traces. You can vaguely tell that this was once a city.

Yakumo walked over to a dilapidated wooden house and stretched out his hand to place it on the decaying pillar.

With a "click", the wooden house collapsed suddenly.

"Black Rabbit, you said that the battle with the Demon King was only a few years ago, right?"

"Yes."

"But it looks like it's been hundreds of years......

Squatting down, Yakumo gently covered his palm on the yellow sand ground.

[Can feel it...... That kind of power...... Wrong...... There are several forces left here......]

The spirit of the sea is connected, built of wood. There is a crisp chirping sound.

"Black Rabbit."

"In!"

"At the beginning...... The Demon King of the Destruction of the Community...... More than one, right? ”

“！！！”

The black rabbit's ears suddenly pricked up.

"Who are they?"

"I'm sorry—"

The Black Rabbit lowered his head.

"- According to the pre-war contract, before we can fight back...... These are absolutely impossible to disclose......"

“…… I understand. ”

Standing up, Yakumo raised his head and looked at the sky.

At dusk, most of the sky is covered with brilliant sunset.

The streets that once had beautiful and neat white stone floors were buried in dust.

Wooden complexes. Collapsed like decay.

The steel bars and wires in the key parts are twisted and skewed, and are full of mottled rust.

The street trees on both sides of the road are withered and placed there like tombstones.

"No matter what force you attack, you can't do such damage...... It's like it's been hundreds of years......"

Behind Sixteen Nights appeared a cold sweat that made him uncomfortable.

Asukina took Esther's hand and noticed that there were even tea sets on the tables in the dilapidated rooms.

"It's like everybody has disappeared out of thin air."

The black rabbit, who lowered his head and didn't look at the ruins, walked forward along the decadent road, and said in a deep voice:

“…… The match with the Demon King is such an unknown battle. They didn't take away this land, just to show off the power of the demon king, and it can be regarded as a kind of killing chickens and monkeys. Whenever there is a human with great strength, they will provoke a game with a game heart, so that the human will never dare to disobey and submit. After that war, the few remaining partners lost their fighting spirit...... Leave the guild and leave the box garden. ”

Quietly listening to the black rabbit's narration, Ya Yunmo had another thought in his heart.

[Really...... Is it just to show off your strength?

His intuition told him that the Demon King ...... Or the motives of the demon kings back then attacking [NoName] were not so simple.

Seeing that everyone was in a somewhat depressed mood, Yakumo sighed, and then put on a bright smile on his face:

"Okay, okay, don't do this, today is the first day of our arrival, let's be happy, let's go freshen up first!"

Seeing that the black rabbit turned his head and wanted to stop talking, Yakumo Mo, who knew what she was going to say, waved his hand.

"Rest assured, the problem of water ...... I'll fix it! (To be continued.) )