Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 172 Mission: 01-9 Qualification
San Na roared again, and the thundercloud covering Nero's head suddenly rolled up like a whirlpool, with lightning surging inside, falling straight towards Nero who was close at hand.

Nero, sensing the impending lightning strike, folded his wings and covered his entire body in flowing metal. He was immediately engulfed by the blinding flash of lightning. The flash was fleeting, and a dark figure fell from the sky.

Most of the current was absorbed by Gilgamesh, who was more conductive, and did not pass directly through Nero's body. But after untying Gilgamesh, Nero was still burned red by the high temperature, and quickly got into the snow to cool down.

Rolling waves of snow followed, carrying high-voltage static electricity, immense kinetic energy, and razor-sharp ice blades. Nero was buried in nearly ten meters of snow, tumbling downhill with the avalanche. Adrift in this current, with no support, even Nero seemed helpless, flattened and spun by the mighty force, his wounds mounting.

In the depths of this suffocating darkness and chaos, Nero thought calmly.

The legend of Fenrir is not complicated. Because it was predicted that it would kill Odin at Ragnarok, the gods were afraid of it and hoped to control it.

However, even the chains forged by the gods from divine iron could not hold Fenrir in the slightest. In order to bind him, the gods finally turned to the dwarves for help, and forged a non-existent magic chain using six items that did not exist in the world.

But this time Fenrir realized that the chain seemed wrong and refused to let the gods put it on him. In the end, it was the war god Tyr who put one arm into Fenrir's mouth as a hostage, and finally let him be bound by the chain.

If this legend hints at the location of the chain in the game, then there seems to be only one possibility -

Because even with the chains, the gods could not restrain Fenrir. What really bound Fenrir was Tyr's arm that reached into Fenrir's mouth.

So, "the way to bind the giant wolf is in the giant wolf's mouth" - this is the real answer.

This is the root cause of the game's rules prohibiting Nero from leaving the mountain. Because the rules state that "a designated item is present within the mountain," Sanna, with the chain hidden in her mouth, cannot leave the mountain. In this case, if Nero leaves the mountain, Sanna cannot leave to pursue him. However, if Sanna is not subdued, it doesn't mean Nero cannot be killed, and Nero is not dead. Without both conditions met, the game cannot end.

Finally figuring everything out, Nero finally stretched out his hand, pushed himself down, and used magic to create a wall out of thin air to leverage himself to turn over. Then, against the surging snow waves, he stepped on the magic wall again and jumped up suddenly.

Drilled out of the collapsed snow river.

She spread her wings again, steadied herself amidst the strong wind, lightning, and flying snow dust, and looked towards the figure in the depths of the blizzard.

Sana walked slowly in the center of the blizzard, heading towards Nero.

"Not running away anymore?" It bared its teeth and let out a cold laugh.

"I won't run away." Nero took a deep breath and completely put away the Yama Blade: "Because I have solved the mystery."

"Really? But even so, do you have enough strength and courage to complete the game?"

The giant wolf smiled and opened its bloody mouth towards Nero: "Let's wait and see."

A cold light flashed in its mouth.

The silver wolf suddenly pounced towards Nero and bit him.

Nero didn't dodge or evade, but just swung his slender fist towards San Na.

Figures intertwined. Beneath the silver wolf's dark silhouette in the blizzard, Nero's flowing golden hair was illuminated by lightning. She flew past San-Na as lightly as a piece of paper, a long black whip like a snake in her hand following closely behind her.

She slowly stopped, turned around, and with a flick of her wrist, she retracted the whip, wrapping it around her palm. It was one of Nero's magical tools, the serpentine sword "Echidna." At the tip of the serpentine sword, a silver-white chain entwined with the whip-like blade, was easily caught by Nero and unfolded. "With this, the game is over."

Nero tugged at the chain, making a crisp sound, and chuckled before facing the giant silver wolf again.

In the blizzard, the two figures tangled together again. After a moment, one of them collapsed.

The cold moonlight penetrated the dispersed clouds and fell on the snow-capped mountain, which had become peaceful again.

Early the next morning, the manager of the Thousand Eyes branch located at the outer gate of 5656565 got up yawning and vaguely heard a noisy sound coming from outside the door.

"What's the trouble?"

She thought so, but did not rush to open the door. Instead, she slowly dressed, washed up, and sorted out the items in the store. During this time, the noise outside the door became louder and louder, which made her frown.

This is truly bizarre. The Thousand Eyes Community Alliance is one of the strongest communities with its headquarters in the double digits. Even if this is a seven-digit branch, no one would dare to cause trouble.

With such doubts, the store manager finally opened the door, and then she saw a bizarre scene that shocked her to the point of being speechless.

"what?!"

A massive silver wolf, two stories tall when standing, lay crouched at the entrance of the shop, practically blocking the way. The shop manager recognized this wolf; it was a wolf god with mythical blood, a "stage fixture" placed in the snowy mountains outside the North District. Its mission was supposed to grant six- or seven-digit trials to lower-level communities; it wouldn't appear within the small garden.

What shocked the store manager even more was that there was an iron chain wrapped around the giant wolf's neck. The end of the chain extended to the wolf's back, and it seemed to be held in someone's hand.

"Hey, is this the Wolf God with divine power?"

"It's the one in the Ansrex Mountains, right? Why is it here?"

"Look at that chain. It looks like someone is sleeping on its back."

"No way? Could it be that 'that game' has been cracked?"

"Are you kidding me? No one has ever come back alive from that game!"

The noise the store manager had heard earlier was the result of a flurry of chatter from those who had been forced to stop because the wolf had blocked their path, or had heard the noise and rushed to see what was happening. Although their voices were relatively low, they still seemed to have awakened the girl sleeping on the wolf's back.

The giant wolf opened its eyes and turned its head to look at its back. A blonde, blue-eyed girl in a formal dress stood up, slid down the giant wolf's soft fur, and stood in front of the store manager.

The store manager remembered her. Even though a night had passed, there was no doubt that this was the girl he had rejected the previous evening.

She...actually conquered a five-digit Wolf God?! And made him her subordinate?!
In front of the stunned store manager, the blonde girl smiled sweetly.

"Excuse me, am I now eligible to sign up for the Thousand Eyes game?"

(End of this chapter)