Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 307 Mission: 03-3 Name Reasoning

Gifted game name: "Hamel's Pied Piper"

List of participants: The community of all participants and organizers currently in the 3999999, 4000000 outer gate, and boundary wall stage areas.

The game leader of the contestants (designated by the organizer): The runner of the sun, the star spirit - White Yasha.

The organizer's victory condition: conquer or kill all contestants.

Victory conditions for the contestant: 1. Defeat the host's game leader. 2. Break the false legacy and establish the true one.

Oath: Respect the above content and hold the Gift Game based on honor, flag and organizer authority.

【Grimm's Magic Book of Fantasy: Hamel】

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Staring at the game file in his hand, Izayoi reaffirmed his thoughts.

"So it's the Pied Piper after all..."

In the small garden connecting countless parallel time and space, possibility and fact are the same thing. As long as it can be justified, the center of the small garden will accept it as a fact. Therefore, when a legend can correspond to multiple different facts, these different facts can appear as "truth" at the same time.

"Considering this, Nero, like the other three, should be a demon summoned from the Pied Piper's research..."

The golems that stir up storms and the demons that shake the earth seem to represent natural disasters of different causes. Nero, a being capable of controlling human minds, should represent man-made disasters, corresponding to the Pied Piper, who controls rats. However, her name isn't "Rat Catcher," and she has nothing to do with the legendary rat-controlling Pied Piper. To Izayoi, there must be a hidden reason.

"A fake that was only absorbed into the community later? No, that's impossible."

Because the magic flute used by Nero is exactly the same as that used by her companions, even if it is integrated with other legends, that legend should have some conceptual connection with the "Pied Piper".

"Then, considering the connection between the name Nero and the 'Beast of Six Hundred and Sixty-Six'... oh, and 'Dystopia'. Could it be?!"

Izayoi threw down the game files in his hand, leaned forward and gathered his strength, then attacked Nero again, who was waving the flute in his hand like a conductor.

This time, his sneak attack was faster and more powerful than before, covering a distance of several thousand meters in less than half a second. Izayoi left the sound far behind him and appeared before Nero in a flash.

There was no time to dodge. Nero had barely registered Izayoi's presence when the opponent's fist had already landed on her. A burst of azure magic power erupted, and Nero briefly transformed into her demon form, taking the blow to her abdomen head-on. Izayoi accelerated her to several thousand meters per second, and together they slammed into the solid wall of the realm.

Then the next second, Izayoi was also blown away, smashing several houses.

“…How barbaric.”

Nero, transformed back into a human, dug himself out of the realm wall. He frowned and rubbed the place where he was hit, feeling his stomach churning. "As expected, even if I'm a demon, it still hurts."

Izayoi turned around and attacked again from below, but this time, Nero was prepared and instantly drew his sword and slashed, disappearing into the crack behind him. Izayoi's punch then struck directly against the boundary wall, which absorbed the kinetic energy, shaking the entire 3999999 Outer Gate.

"I didn't expect you still had some strength left from our last fight." Nero appeared above where Izayoi landed, leaning on the boundary wall. "But you can't defeat me with just strength."

After a while, the smoke dissipated. Izayoi did not continue to charge, but stepped into the crack on the wall of the realm and "stood" on the wall, facing Nero: "Hey, hey, I didn't miss what you said about me being barbaric. Isn't it a bit late to be polite now?" "But this is the truth, right?"

"I do not deny."

Izayoi said, staring at Nero with wide eyes: "But I didn't expect you to be the Demon King. Does this count as picking up a big fish?"

"You may have misunderstood something. I'm not the Demon King yet, okay?"

Nero sighed inwardly as he responded to Izayoi. His plan for a quick victory was now ruined. If Izayoi left it alone, she wouldn't be able to handle a surprise attack. If she were dragged here, unable to control the others with her magic flute, then victory would only come if Peste's plague took hold... which would not only take a long time, but also cause unnecessary suffering to the others.

She had really taken on a tough job—she sighed inwardly. But on the other hand, if simply agreeing to do this favor gave her the opportunity to become a fully formed demon, it didn't seem like a bad deal.

"So you're not the strongest yet?"

"Who knows."

"Humph~"

Izayoi grinned, revealing a slightly ferocious smile. "This is truly surprising. You, representing an evil and heretical faith, are not the strongest. Then the true power of the Demon King must intrigue me even more."

Hearing his words, Nero frowned in confusion: "Huh?"

"Stop playing dumb, okay?" Izayoi sneered. "I've seen through your games. The so-called 'shattering the false heritage and establishing the true heritage' essentially means we should find out the truth about the fairy tale 'The Pied Piper,' right?"

"That's an easy guess."

"Indeed. So what?"

Facing Nero's nonchalant attitude, Izayoi raised his finger, revealing a deeper truth:

"One thousand two hundred and eighty-four, the feast of John and Paul, the twenty-sixth day of June.

"One hundred and thirty children born in Hamel were lured out by a piper dressed in colorful clothes and eventually disappeared at the execution ground near the hills."

He slowly read out the inscription on the stone tablet in Hamel Town and said, "This inscription is the prototype of the fairy tale 'The Pied Piper'.

"You and your companions are demons born from the 'Hamel Town Incident,' or rather, the 'disappearance' of 130 children—or rather, the 'death' of them.

"The man in black represents geological disasters. His name is probably related to the 'Weser River' that flows through Hamel. The doll you call Sturm represents natural disasters like storms, and you..."

Izayoi looked at Nero, who was lost in thought, and completely revealed the last part of his brilliant reasoning:

"The name Nero alludes to the biblical 'Beast of Six Hundred and Sixty-Six,' meaning 'evil ruler' and 'dictator.' However, the 'Hamel Incident' clearly has nothing to do with royal power, so there's no doubt that you represent the heretical beliefs that have bewitched the citizens of Hamel—"

"The disappearance of one hundred and thirty children is due to a demonic sacrificial ritual!"

(End of this chapter)