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After hearing Riku’s words----she bent her face and reflected.
Since she finally had the trouble of trying to soften the mood, she made a verbal
slip----she thought.
But unexpectedly ShuVi raised the hand,
“...If ShuVi, knows, the structure...self construction--------she can create, a[hole].”
“WH----AT!?”
“Oh♪ You did it Riku! Congratulations on graduating from a virgi----“
“...So that's it, Coron... let ShuVi see, Coron’s genitali----“
-------------------------The world is unfair.
Riku though, after his cheek got punched by a fist that made even his brain
shake.
“----Wait, why am I being hit!”
“It’s because this is a talk that ends wel if you just remain a virgin for the rest of your life!!----Well then.”
While saying that, Coron picked up the stone that she always kept at her waist
and said.
“Then, after we carve we three’s names here, you’l be an official married
couple.”
Without Riku even explaining anything, Coron grasped his intention and
continued precisely.
“...Since you guys officially doesn’t exist anymore, you can’t remain in a
document right? This gem, is something I received from my grandfather. If we
make the side with the three’s carved names a decoration then---- right?”
----I got it, that way no one wil be able to see it huh.
Riku admired inside his heart, as expected of Coron. I knew it, if it’s Coron----
then I can entrust everyone to her.
That’s because, in the stone---- there was already Coron’s full name engraved
into it.
Riku, and ShuVi too, neither of them have surnames. In other words Coron’s
real intention was----
“...With this, the two of you are a married couple. And my, official younger
brother and little sister.”
With a happy, yet at the same time somehow sad face, she announced that.
Giving a bitter smile---- Riku and ShuVi, picked up the knife with their hands.
They put Coron’s surname, bellow their own names. Somehow they felt like the
writing was a little bad but----
After the engraving was done, to Coron whom the stone seemed more dazzling
than to anyone else, she put it away dearly.
And then---- with a face looking like a older sister’s, even more so than a real
older sister.
“...Hey, Riku, ShuVi.”
I want to stop them, but I can’t do it. She understood it, and with an smile---- that even now seemed to be forced.
“I don’t know what you two---- that everyone is trying to do---- You two aren’t in
this world, but.”
Saying that, Coron---- hugged those two, her younger siblings, and said.
“I know---- I have a dear younger brother and cute little sister. That’s
why...please.”
“----I, don’t want to lose my family anymore. Don’t be reckless, please...”
----Her face can’t be seen. But towards Coron’s trembling whisper, the two
younger siblings nodded.
“Aah. No one wil die nor wil I let die. At least only this [game]---- I’l definitely win.”
“...Count on, us...onee,chan...”
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------------............
----After the [ghosts] gathered around the round table, the head of the ghosts,
spread the[Board] with his hands.
“We don’t exist.”
“Without kil ing anyone, without letting anyone die. While using any methods,
information, plans, and deceives alone we will induce the situation of the war----
we have rules, so if there’s a victory condition then this is clearly a [game]----“
“Everything wil be decided by this map---- by this board alone. Then... let’s
decide on the [pieces].”
After receiving the gazes of the ghosts, the head of the ghosts---- took out a
white piece.
“This is us.”
----A White, King.
“The weakest piece. The piece that can’t become anything. But it’s the most
important piece. It’s the piece that if it’s taken it wil be the end.”
He set that on the map---- correction, on the outside of the [board]---- on the
border of the table, and continued.
“We are the King. But at the same time---- we are also [ghosts].”
Something that doesn’t exist. Something that mustn’t exist. Therefore it’s
something that mustn’t be allowed to be sensed.
“We don’t exist anywhere, but we can exist anywhere. We are the ones that
control everything from outside this board.”
And then, he continued while taking out many pieces---- all white pieces,
“We wil obtain victory in this game, without taking a single piece. Therefore all
races are---- [white].”
Saying that---- he took out a [White Pawn]----
“This is---- the Warbeasts.”
He placed the White Pawn---- on the [board]----in the region of the warbeasts’
habitat.
.........---------
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----Three warbeasts kil ed their presence, and wandered inside the forest
searching for food.
In this world, at this age, securing food isn’t an easy task even if they are
warbeasts. For starters there are too few decent animals living. Much less when
it’s limited the other races they can “hunt” without attracting risks.
After sharpening the five senses, and following the smell---- they finally found
one prey.
----It’s a human. It’s an animal that’s not much delicious but, it wil fil the
stomach.
They cooperated with a voice that only a warbeast can hear. Even if the
opponent is a human they won’t be careless.
Encircle him and attack all at once---- they raised their fangs----
“--------!!?”
----Or so they were about to do, but they all jumped backwards at the same time
as if bouncing.
“As expected of the warbeasts. I don’t mind if you’re going to eat me but---- I can
guarantee the bad taste ok?”
“...What, are you?”
Towards the something that looked like human who talked to them in the
language of the warbeasts, the three warbeasts became cautious and asked.
It’s terribly smelly---- the “something” who had taken in a “massive amount of
poison”, and was talking in the language of the warbeasts, answered.
“The Forest of the Gulf in the west that the warbeasts are using as a base... the
Dwarfs are trying to turn that place into a experimental detonation site for a
bomb you know.”
“----What, are you saying.”
The three warbeasts all at once, observed their opponent by picking from the
beats of the heart until the sound of the blood flow with their five senses.
----Body temperature abnormal, number of heartbeats abnormal, but that is due
to the poison. The pupils are----
“If you doubt me then, try going to the place in this map. You are an individual
with Blood Devastation right? If it’s just the Dwarfs' facilities then, you somehow
should be able of infiltrating it and finding out that those guys are doing. I’l tell you just a hint.”
----Reaction of lie---- none. At the same time that those three reached that
conclusion,
&nbs
p; That human, said.
“----It’s a weapon of large-scale destruction called Zuibaku[Corpse Bomb]----
able of kil ing even an Old-Deus.”
“””------!!?”””
Picking up once again, heartbeat reaction, pupils, even the sound of the blood
flow in the capil ary vessels----lies----there’s none!!?
“Search for it. As in, to where it wil be carried away, and destroy things like
materials and equipment. Also even by mistake don’t try to destroy the weapon
ok? There’s also the possibility of it blowing away everything at that instant. The
west of the Russia Continent, all of it.”
And then, that mysterious “something”, said all it wanted, and leisurely started
walking away.
---------………
“----ShuVi, is there any reaction?”
“...None...it’s, alright...”
To Riku’s question, ShuVi used an elemental compass----or so she feigned to,
and searched for living reactions.
There’s no one, when that confirmation was taken in, the [ghosts] infiltrated the
Dwarfs' facilities all at once.
“Rather... to be “dialoguing” with the guys that are doing something like this,
please spare me from a second time, General.”
----A [ghost] from the past who had the name Alei would look around, and take a
breath and say that.
The steel building that was once a dwarf facility, had traces of giant claws
carved on the wal s, and its origin wasn’t found.
There were also other traces of giant claws engraved with so much depth that it
had length of the height---- but
“If it’s necessary then it wil be done again no matter how many times. The only
one able of talking flawlessly in the language of the warbeasts is you alone. The
blood serum also worked right.”
“Yeah, perfectly. It was over with only two days of convulsion.”
The [ghosts] smiled bitterly and replied to Riku, who answered that indifferently.
----As if there was such a thing. They did a “few applications” to the force map
Ivan left behind, infiltrated the crashed battleship of the dwarfs who blew away
the colony, and only did a little “exchange” to the little amount of information
communicated.
Al that’s left is just to convey the fact to the warbeasts---- that the warbeast’s
habitat is a land scheduled to have a experimental detonation.
“But I wonder just how many with [Blood Devastation] sneaked in. After
destroying this much are you sure there won’t be any deaths, General?”
“Yeah there won’t be. There are no traces of blood---- as expected of the
warbeasts, their intuition is incredible.”
If it’s the warbeasts’ five senses then, even number of people inside the facility
from afar, they can find it out with their literally inhuman senses.
----And then it would be fine if they just sent an adequate number of individuals
with Blood Devastation to sneak in.
The Dwarfs aren’t idiots. They can’t use magic and they wouldn’t put a bomb
able to blow away everything aside.
What would happen if many Warbeasts with Blood Devastation appeared there?
Would there be any other choice but to run?
And the Warbeasts aren’t idiots either. What should be prioritized over the
fleeing Dwarfs is----
“----It seems that the rumored Zuibaku was carried away huh, General. By the
Warbeasts, or by the Dwarfs.”
“It was the Warbeasts. Was there any other guys here capable of leaving
“footprints” on the ground and wal s made of steel?”
----Surely they forcibly carried it.
But the [Warbeasts’ intuition] should understand the most the dangers of that
bomb.
Therefore what they can do is---- discard the bomb, and then---- escape.
“That’s why I’m saying. This is, a [game].”
If the conditions are met, an specific race is almost powerless against another
specific race. That’s exactly why the war is stil ongoing.
“But the dwarfs won’t abandon this place. The time limit is fifteen minutes.
Gather information and disappear. [Ghosts] are----“
“Something that doesn’t exist anywhere---- Aschente[Swear upon the
Agreement]----“
While the ghosts dispersed all at once, and where gathering information, ShuVi
asked.
“...Is, this...how “you will form”...the pieces...?”
“I didn’t do up to that much. Not yet----it’s just that,”
The reason he set the Warbeasts as a pawn---- that is.
It’s because if they go too deep in the enemy army, they can even form a queen.
But---- Riku smiled bitterly.
“Even if it’s a pawn, it can stil take out a bishop... it’s just that.”
■■■■■■
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Once again, the [Ghosts] gathered around the round table, and the head of the
ghosts spread the [board] with his hands.
And then---- he took out a [White Rook]----
“This is----the Elves.”
After saying that he put--- the White Rook on the[board].
At the coordinates---- that had the capital of the Elves.
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■■■■■■
Capital of the Elves----on a mansion at its outskirts.
The elf who just returned home----the one who was called Nina Clive,
(TL Note: it’s クライヴ - lit. “Kuraiv”, so I left it as Clive.)
“-----!! ...Who is it?”
Instantly noticed the presence of the trespasser, became wary and used
searching magic and verification magic.
In the depths of the il uminated darkness, a cloaked figure was sitting in a table
as if trying to blend with the darkness.
With the entire body covered in tattered clothes and beast hide, the shadow
covered with fur and deep eyes said.
“...Greetings, I allowed myself to intrude.”
Using a fluent Elf language, towards the shadow who started talking, the elf
instantly made a attack magic----
But she didn’t fire. Because the second ability deployed at the same time---- the
analysis magic, told her.
-----[Unidentifiable – True Identity Unclear ]...she must be quite surprised by
now, the shadow laughed.
Since he tried to deceive his appearance---- but she didn’t expect that even with
magic she wouldn’t be able to find out not even his outline.
Therefore, she didn’t have any other choice but to ask.
“...Who are you, is it alright if I ask that?”
Against something you don’t know its true identity, you mustn’t carelessly lay
your hands on it---- the shadow laughed.
“Let’s call me just a [ghost]. Let’s just say that, I’m not your enemy but I’m not
you ally either.”
Obviously, the Elf searched for the veracity of the words---- but the [ghost]
knows the result.
----[Ghost] is a “lie”, while everything besides that is “true”---- the magic wil
answer like that.
The [ghost] laughed because it was a fact that he wasn’t her enemy neither her
ally.
“----Since you entered someone’s house without permission, I think you must
have an appropriate business right?”
But the elf who didn’t understand that
meaning asked. Of course I have.
Do you think that a mere human---- would sneak into an elf’s mansion without
reason?
“----I thought of doing a simple game you see.”
“...Huh?”
“The chip that wil be betted by each side will be [information]...if you win against me I’l offer information, and if you lose I’l take it.
While Nina was stil cautions, the [ghost] laughed inside his heart thinking that it was fine like that.