King's Landing

"Where, where? Where is this...?"

The scene instantly changed from the stage to a dark space entwined with countless tree roots. Because similar scenes had been experienced during the trial of Bai Yasha, Yao was not as surprised as Aixia.

He moved his sensitive nose slightly, and after determining the direction of the wind, Yao turned his attention to the black rabbit who was the referee.

Black rabbit holding glowing parchment in hand.

At this moment, the black rabbit seemed to feel the dazzling gaze, nodded, raised the glowing "contract document" in his hand, and read out the contents of the document aloud.

Boon game name: "Underwood's Labyrinth"

·Win conditions

1. Participants break away from the maze formed by the roots of big trees and come to the wild.

2. Contestants destroy the gifts of opponents

3. The opponent cannot meet the conditions of victory (including surrender)

·Failure conditions

1. The opponent reaches one of the conditions for victory

2. Participants cannot meet the above conditions of victory

——Based on the name of "Judicial Authority", the above is the inviolability rule of the two parties under the banner.

"...In other words, are you the first to escape from the maze formed by this big tree?"

Aixia looked at Pumpkin Jack, and Yao said to herself while holding the carving on her chest.

"Does destroying the gifts of contestants count as victory?"

"Then, here is an announcement that the gift contest has officially started!

The black rabbit's oath is over, and this is the whistle for the beginning of the game.

After a short period of blank space between the two girls who were holding each other, the first action was Aixia, who showed a slight smile.

"Hey, let you do it first. Be serious about an unnamed opponent, it's a low price!"

Facing Aixia's provocative declaration, Yao did not express any anger.

"Are you... the leader of "Willo'wisp"?"

"Eh? Does it look like it? That's really happy... But it's a pity, Lord Aixia, although I am not a leader, everyone always listens to me..."

Perhaps I am glad that I was mistaken for the leader, Aixia's face was full of contented smiles, but Yao turned around without saying a word.

"Huh...Wait...Let's run away...!!?"

The recovered Aixia was trembling with anger and shouted angrily.

"Hey...! Treat people as fools! Ok! Since you are here, I'm not welcome! Go on, Jack! Hunt humans in the root maze!"

"Yeah, roar, roar, roar..."

Aixia was so angry that both ponytails were erected, her jade fingers stretched out, and she rode the pumpkin and launched a fierce pursuit towards Yao.

"Go on! Jack! Burn her to death!"

"Yahuhuhuhuhuhu..."

Following Aixia's instructions, a blue flame emerged from Jack's pumpkin head and the lantern in his right hand toward Yao.

However, Yao avoided the flame attack without even looking at it.

"Get out of the way?...Too arrogant! Jack!!"

"Oh roar...!!!!!!!!!"

A flame that was more intense than just opened was sprayed towards Yao, but it still failed to disturb Yao.

"Ah... Damn! It flashes like that!! Jack...!!!"

"Yehuhuhuhuhuhu...!!!"

A large amount of blue flames spouted from Jack Lantern's mouth, but for an instant, Yao quickly turned around and used the gift of Griffin to blow away the terrifying flames.

"……how come……!?"

Aixia was so surprised that she couldn't speak. This attack made Yao truly grasp the truth of this blue flame.

"The flame...the same as I knew beforehand.

The flames weren't really made by Jack, but the girl released combustible gas with her hands.That's right, the truth inherited from "Willo'wisp" is-"combustible gas gushing from the earth such as marsh gas".

Because of this, even wildfires appear on the waterside of lakes and the like.Originally natural gas is tasteless and odorless, but Yao, who has a much sharper sense of smell than ordinary humans, still perceives something wrong.The reason why she can use the gift of Griffin to destroy the flame is because she blows away the gas that is emitted before the flame is launched.

——As for the inheritance of Willo'wisp and Jack Lantern.The phenomenon of a blue flame suddenly appeared in an unmanned place, also known as a ghost fire.But the essence is that the flame produced by natural gas during spontaneous combustion is only a superficial inheritance, but in addition, there is a deeper inheritance, that is, the wandering dead soul is transformed into a skeleton wandering in the world, which is commonly known as the ghost.

In the inheritance, Jack before his death was a guilty man in both lives, so after death he can only wander between life and death.The flame sent to him by the devil who thought he was very poor was the hell flames emitted from Jack's lantern.And the demon who can do this is the "devil that appears in the realm of life and death", that is, the leader of "Willo'wisp".

"However... that girl is not the leader, so she can win!

Yao who figured this out, a touch of self-confidence appeared on his face, and he used the grace of wind to move forward quickly under his feet, and the flame attack did not work at all.

"Damn it, it's not good, Jack...! If this continues, she will escape successfully!"

Realizing that her attack had no effect, Aixia gritted her teeth and jumped off the pumpkin head.

"...I'm so angry! I'll leave it to you next. Make it real, Mr. Jack!"

"I know."

After responding, the momentum on the pumpkin head suddenly turned aside. For a moment, Yao felt a flower in front of her eyes. Jack, who was standing in the distance, was no longer visible, but suddenly appeared in front of her like a fog.

"Sorry, miss."

Before he could react, Jack's big white hand flew Yao beat out.

"Well, you go, Aixia. I will stop this girl."

"Understood! But I'm so sorry, Mr. Jack. I really want to win by my own strength..."

"You have to reflect on your arrogance and carelessness, and learn a little bit how this lady controls the game situation."

"Goo...I see."

After Aixia's unwilling response, she ran out.

"……Wait……"

Yao who was beaten up finally got up, but at this time, the big pumpkin had appeared in front of her again.

"Stop it! Your game will be over here, miss."

After Jack finished speaking, a red flame was ejected from his mouth, facing the overwhelming heat and density that was different from the previous one, he took a breath and looked at Jack.

"This... are you..."

"That's right. The great demon that appeared in the realm of life and death! A masterpiece made by Vera Za Ignifates! That's me, the world's oldest pumpkin ghost... Jack holding the lantern! Roar...!!!!!!!!!"

The strong sense of heterogeneous oppression made Yao couldn't help retreating. With her keen perception, she already knew that the pumpkin head now had a fundamental change from just now.

"... The flame of "Willo'wisp" is undoubtedly the fire of the devil. It is for humans to understand, so we will deliberately send out the message that this is a "chemical phenomenon" in the outside world. Only for people to discover There are corpses buried there, just to save those sad souls who were abandoned with regret."

While explaining with a voice full of majesty, while releasing a terrifying demon fire towards Yao.

"...That was just..."

"Because Aixia is an outstanding earth spirit that can control natural gas. It was originally an imitation self-binding spirit. Later, when he was wandering, he was taken in by the leader. With the merits of taking in an imitation soul like Aixia, we continue to expand ourselves. Existence and community."

Just like praising the flag of one's own community, the pumpkin head opened his arms and declared loudly against the blazing flames behind him.

"Come on! The girl with the creation system tree! Let me, the undead monster-"Jack with the Lantern", be your opponent!"

As if the hell fire that could evaporate the earth was released from the lantern in the hand of the pumpkin head, the terrifying flame surrounded Yao's body, and the form reached the most critical moment.