Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 319 Mission: 05-4 Final Moment

"The time is coming."

Although they finally had some free time to go shopping, the deserted streets didn't really have a festive atmosphere. Nero and Pest even had to help themselves to afternoon tea, so they couldn't really enjoy themselves.

But thankfully, this was about to end. Seven days had passed, and one-fifth of the contestants had fallen ill. If they could just push that number to over a third, the game would officially be over.

"But they will certainly resist with all their might," Weser replied to Nero's whisper. "Last time, that young man couldn't hold you back on his own. I'm sure he'll bring his companions with him to fight you this time."

Recalling Izayoi's condescending face, Nero shook his head slightly: "Impossible. He will definitely come alone."

After all, he is a rather proud fellow, and he will definitely fight his revenge battle alone.

"It doesn't matter if they split their forces on Nero's side," Pest sneered. "Whether it's Nero or I, as long as we free up our hands, we can easily end the game. They can't take care of both sides at the same time."

In Pest's opinion, after agreeing to this clause during the negotiation, the contestants no longer had any chance of winning.

Weser nodded in agreement. He also thought so. "Indeed, they are indeed 'too concerned to care'."

In order to protect the weaker contestants, the contestants voluntarily gave up a lot of things.

But at the same time, we also gained some things.

In the stage area, the festival's operational headquarters, the contestants led by [Salamanda] are nervously selecting the final roster of members to compete.

Under the rule that "losing one-third of the team members constitutes defeat," the selection of participating teams became particularly crucial. While the second victory condition stipulated in the rules didn't require exceptional strength, unleashing thousands of participants en masse would easily lead to them being defeated one by one during the battle. Therefore, they hesitated to resort to overwhelming numbers to quickly locate the stained glass, instead deciding to select only two teams for the task.

Here, the leader of [Salamanda], Sandra, the ruler of the northern district, read out the course of action loudly in front of all the contestants.

"First: The battle against the Demon King Community [Grimm Fantasy Grimoire Hamel] is led by [Salamanda] and 'Ren Russell's [Nameless]'. Other communities are prohibited from interfering.

"Second: Select suitable individuals from among the members who did not challenge the three demons to form a team. Led by the commander, they will search for the 130 pieces of stained glass placed in the game area.

"Third, you must not act on your own after discovering the glass. You must immediately seek instructions from the commander and follow the instructions to proceed to the next step."

To be selected for the game-breaking operation, only three requirements were met: quick action, good eyesight, and obedience to command. The number of participants had to be limited to a minimum so that even a complete annihilation wouldn't result in an immediate defeat. Furthermore, the guards of [Salamanda] would be responsible for protecting this base. If any of the teams were truly disqualified from continuing the game, they would select a replacement team for a final stand.

"Then regarding the selection of the commander..."

The commanders of these two teams needed to be able to accurately discern from the stained glass patterns whether the glass represented a "true inheritance" or a "false inheritance," so naturally, the "Nameless" member who had solved the puzzle would be best suited to take on this role. However, aside from the ill Yao, the only other Nameless member left who could handle this task was Ren Russell.

Just as Sandra was having a headache about this, a voice came from the back of the hall.

"Ah~ Then can I recommend myself?"

The crowd parted, and there appeared the one who had disappeared for several days, Kuono Asuka. Seeing her appearance, Izayoi smiled without surprise. "You've really made me wait, young lady."

"I thought I'd brought back the key to solving the puzzle, but I didn't expect you to act so quickly." Fei Niao lifted her hair, pouted in mock dissatisfaction, and said, "What a bummer."

Izayoi shrugged and showed an expression that looked like he deserved a beating: "I'm really sorry for being so smart."

"In other words, Miss Asuka also has the ability to accurately distinguish between 'true inheritance' and 'false inheritance'?" Sandra asked hurriedly.

"Ah, that's right. The members of [Grimm's Fantasy Grimoire: Hamel] are actually demons from the fairy tale 'The Pied Piper'. They're the only ones who can truly stand in line with the 'Hamel Town Inscription', right?"

As the bird spoke, it used its fingers wrapped in white silk to tease the elf on its shoulder, chuckling at its "clucking" sound. "The Rat Catcher has told me everything."

"Ratcatchers... I see. So, they're another community that originated from the Pied Piper, in contrast to Hamel!"

The moment he heard the name, Izayoi understood everything and was convinced that the information Asuka had received was accurate. He turned to look at Sandora standing on the platform and said, "No problem, I agree to let the young lady serve as the other commander."

Sandra quickly cleared her throat and said, "Ah, okay. Then--"

The candidates for the competition were finalized.

The two special operations teams are commanded by Asuka Kuon and Ren Russell respectively. After the game starts, they are responsible for finding, destroying and protecting "Hamel's Stained Glass" and cracking the second game victory condition.

Izayoi, who was not afraid of the sound of the flute, was responsible for holding Nero back so that she could not control the other contestants.

Sandra fights Pest with the gift provided by Black Rabbit, which gives her the ability to resist the plague curse.

The last of the Weser and Stroum Legions were dealt with by the fire dragons led by Leticia and Mandela.

Both Nero and Pest are capable of rapidly eliminating large numbers of competitors, so the forces tasked with confronting them must be small and elite, and the battlefield must be kept away from others, especially the all-important headquarters. Failure to do so would mean the competitors have no chance of victory.

"Can it be done?"

Facing this question, Izayoi, as always, put on a confident, arrogant, savage smile on his face.

"Of course, don't look down on me," he said. "This time... it's my battle of revenge."

Then, the hour hand slowly moved towards the top of the clock.

The moment the bells from the bell tower rang through the 4000000 outer gates, the earth began to shake.

(End of this chapter)