Part 3[แก้ไข]
When the signal for the start of the game rang, several earthquakes occurred at once.
The palace surrounded by the boundary wall was engulfed in light, while strong rays covered the participant area.
Looking up, the sky of the boundary wall disappeared without a trace.
Instead, what replaced it was an unfamiliar street.
"What......What is this place?"
Surprised shouts came from the participants.
Ahead of them, the large domed minaret had a dramatic change, before turning into a wooden building.
The chandeliers that created dusk colored light disappeared, while pink colored buildings were reconstructed in the surrounding area.
The base of the boundary wall had completely changed into a different town.
Jin who was in charge of searching for the stained glass paled and shouted:
"Unless, this is the power of the Hamelin grimoire......That means this is Hamelin city."
"What!"
Mandra exclaimed when he heard what Jin had shouted. Chaos was spreading at this time because of the change, and the high morale soldiers that became baffled stopped in their tracks.
"What.....What is this?"
"And what was that song just now."
"Is it a trap set by the Demon Lord?"
As the shaking gradually spread, Mandra clicked his tongue and forcefully shouted:
"Do not panic! Everyone will split up and retrieve the stained glass."
"But......But Mandra-sama! We do not have geographical advantages now, so we don't even know where the stained glass are......."
"Be calm! We have someone in charge!"
Mandra tightly grabbed onto Jin 's shoulders.
Jin astonishingly looked up at Mandra, who then secretly said to him:
"The range of your intelligence is enough, quickly explain to everyone about the situation."
"But.....But....I am not that clear about it....."
"So I said as long as it is in your range of intelligence! Everyone will believe what you say! So quickly act or else the 24 hours will be over in a flash."
These words made Jin swallow back the words he was going to use to refute. His eyes wandered around to look for Izayoi, who should have a clear geographical visual of the town of Hamelin.
However, he still could not find it. Since the game has a time limit, every second is needed to fight against the Demon Lord.
Making up his mind, Jin came to the front of the search teams.
"First.....Firstly...........Please find the church! If the setting for this game is Hamelin, the stained glass should be hidden at relevant places! As for the identification of 『False Legend』 and 『True Legend』, please find the stained glass and follow my instructions."
Under Jin's orders, the search team started mobilizing.
Immediately, a song that shook the whole place started resonating throughout the city.
Part 4[แก้ไข]
Having left the group to move around individually, Izayoi was jumping on top of roofs of Hamlin city to look for his prey. Realising that the floor underneath his foot started shaking due to the song, Izayoi smiled in euphoria.
"Oh....? I thought it was a precision kind of Demon, to think that he could change the crust, really makes people expectant. Didn't think that he had that much strength. And the architecture of this city....ha, so that's how it is, if the Gothic city contained Renaissance architecture, then the pre-arranged strategy would have been seen through."
Climbing to the top of the tallest building, Izayoi looked around.
The sunset dyed Hamelin in orange, while the terrain contradicts what knowledge Izayoi had. Probably referencing Izayoi with another different timeline.
However, the city that was based on the legend was particularly sophisticated.
"Although the structures are quite a mess...but that should be the church, and Burgundy Rawson Street right? So attention should be focused on that place? Okay, it's time for me to go——"
"——Before that, let's have a duel, Brat!"
After that explosive sound, the building Izayoi was stepping on started to burst open.
Even the foundations that held the building together were smashed, the wooden building completely disappeared, leaving no traces.
After he heard the voice, Izayoi reflexively jumped towards the sky to try and dodge, but the pursuing Weser leaped from behind and grabbed onto Izayoi's face.
"You......!"
"This is payback! It's my turn to start things!"
Swinging the huge flute, Weser slammed it hard on Izayoi's abdomen.
This strength of the strike was totally on a different level than last time, with shockwaves spreading on Izayoi's body, he was flung to the river, where he bounced on the surface a few times before landing hardly on the shore.
'Puu!' Izayoi spat out blood and wiped his blood, before standing up and staring at Weser.
"......So you had something up your sleeve, that was quite effective."
"Of course. Don't think you can take me as lightly as before, brat, this is the first time I've gotten divinity since I was summoned. If it ended too easily, it will be too disappointing."
What? Izayoi stared at Weser in surprise.
Laughing with a 'KaKa', Weser forcefully swung his flute sideways.
Followed by that was the ground shaking.
"Yup, that's right, this is strength earned by demons who have [Divinity].....! KaKa! This is very exaggerative eh, brat! The one hundred and thirty deaths could bring power, but it can't even be compared to this! The me of now can even be compared to the planetary crust!"
Once again Weser swung his flute. It was said that the shift in the planetary crust could bring about airflow, cleaving away Weser's flood, the river then flowed upwards, drowning the buildings by the riverside.
This unmatched strength, and the snake deity Izayoi had fought in the past could be said to be very different. Comparing the [Divinity] received by a snake and [Divinity] received by a Demon, there was an overwhelming gap between both sides.
Noticing the abrupt increase in strength, Izayoi exposed an arrogant smile.
"......Ha! What is this! I wanted to enjoy it a little bit more, and in the end you changed to match my preferences! Makes me really happy, right? The real [Pied Piper of Hamelin]."
The real [Pied Piper of Hamelin].
Being pointed out, Weser smiled in response.
"So the one who solved the puzzle was indeed you, brat."
"Yup. But I won't lie that I was tricked until the last moment. I know for a fact that everyone else aside from you are counterfeits, modeled after the Black Death, becoming the [Hamelin's legend after the year 1500]."
Bringing himself up to his feet, Izayoi announced the answer to the puzzle.
—Year 1284, John and Paul diary 26th of June. 130 children born in Hamelin were seduced by a piper, dressed in all kinds of colors , the children were all lost at the place of execution near the hills.—
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The inscription about the legend, [Did not have a joker that could manipulate rats]. After the peak period of the Black Death in the 14th century, the legend about the pied piper of Hamelin started to surface about rats and a Joker who could manipulate them.