Chapter Hunters to be Preyed Upon
"What do you want to do!?" The Reaper G.o.d exclaimed frantically with some fright.
His body was still tied with a strange solid black rope, but the problem wasn"t only that. He was tied up using a bondage technique and placed on the table as if he was going to be used as an experimental subject!
He had just been beaten up black and blue by a mad lad, his scythes were taken, and now... experiment subject? It was such an unlucky day for him.
"You are a deity, but you partic.i.p.ate in the G.o.d Game. We won"t treat you as an experimental gra.s.shopper, but I ask for your coordination. It won"t hurt." Elena shook her head.
"Ely, why don"t we learn to use the mind reading technique? Rhea will teach us. The backlash he will receive will only be minuscule since he is a deity, so the risk is minimal if we make a mistake." Elena asked in a playful tone, in contrast to her aloof expression.
"Yes, interrogating a deity would be a waste of time since they can be stubborn and not afraid of anything. Let"s do this. Rhea, are you willing to teach us about mind reading techniques?" Elysia agreed with the suggestion. She wasn"t too worried about the other party suffering from memory loss if the unexpected happened.
"With pleasure~" Rhea agreed to teach the technique.
Elena grabbed Elysia"s hand, and they touched the Reaper G.o.d"s head. A golden light appeared at their fingertips and made the noisy Reaper G.o.d suddenly fall into a daze.
Rhea guided Elysia and Elena step by step in using mind reading techniques.
"???" The girls look at each other as they wonder what Elysia and her master are doing. However, they remained silent and waited patiently.
"I see... So, it"s like that." Elysia retracted her hand and closed her eyes. She put two fingers to her forehead to sort things out.
That was a lot of information about the events in the last two months when the G.o.d Game was still in its budding stage.
"Hmm, so the partic.i.p.ants killed each other to become stronger? This death match is getting out of hand, huh..." Elena folded her arms and reconsidered her gaze at the G.o.d Game partic.i.p.ants.
She and Elysia forgot this was a cruel death match where those who were eliminated would be killed regardless of any reason. There was no mercy for those who gave up or admitted defeat. The only one who had a chance to survive was only the king chess piece, namely the deity.
"Heaven gave a bounty to the partic.i.p.ant for killing Erina last week. So, our guess is right. It was Alashor"s doing because he didn"t want us to return to Earth. Fortunately, Erina entered into training in seclusion, and Earth Mother protected her. Because of that, these bounty hunters couldn"t find Erina easily. But that"s enough." Elysia muttered in her mind with a sigh of relief.
"Ahem." Elysia cleared her throat and then shared some vital information with everyone.
"This is what they call a chess piece of power. G.o.d Game partic.i.p.ants will be automatically eliminated if we s.n.a.t.c.h this from their bodies. There are two ways to extract this from them: killing them or taking this chess piece from next to their spirit." Elysia showed five black chess pieces that gave the impression of a curse.
"..." Ai held her arms, trembling slightly. It was as if she had a sudden gust of unknown excitement when she saw Elysia"s cold expression. "Ahh~ That"s the Ely I know. Yes, we just need to kill those pests and be done with it. It had been quite a while since I saw Ely become the Angel of Destruction. I want to see her like that again, ahh~"
"I will practice how to extract a chess piece of power from a partic.i.p.ant." Elysia gestured for the others to take a closer look. She then made her hand into ethereal form and entered through the Reaper G.o.d"s chest. She was rummaging through it as if she was looking for something there.
The Reaper G.o.d was still in a daze because of the previous mind reading technique, but he came back to his senses as his spirit was being stirred.
"Hmmm, nggh!" The Reaper G.o.d tried to rebel and scream in anger, but he was bound tightly, and his mouth was gagged again by ropes.
After getting what she was looking for, Elysia retracted her hand with a king chess piece in hand. She showed it to everyone. "It"s a bit harder to take a king than other chess pieces, even if you can touch their spirits. So please leave it to us if you"re not sure you can beat a deity."
"Ohh~" The girls nodded in understanding.
"G.o.d Game partic.i.p.ants are so vile and selfish. They deserve severe punishment." Evelyn muttered with a hint of anger. She wanted to immediately arrest those criminals and punish them accordingly because the information about the bloodshed that Elysia just shared made her unable to have mercy on the partic.i.p.ants.
"Eh, Ely, the other chess pieces turned to ashes and flew to the king piece in your hand." Sylvia pointed to the chess pieces on the table.
"Eh?" Elysia didn"t know what had just happened. The five chess pieces had already been absorbed into the king.
"Yes, that happens if you manage to seize the king piece after defeating the deity partic.i.p.ant. All chess pieces under its leadership will also fall and return to the king. However, I will remind you again, please be careful with any deity and don"t kill them if possible, or you will receive repercussions and revenge." The Sky Spirit flew near Elysia and informed everyone.
The language everyone spoke was utterly foreign, but at least this information should be known to them. Unfortunately, not everyone understood any Earth language yet because they haven"t performed the shared processing with Elysia.
"If so, what should be done if the deity in question has committed a grave, unforgivable sin?" Lifa asked with a subtle smile. Despite the language barrier, she could understand what the nature spirit wanted to convey.
"For that, uhm... Heaven will punish them accordingly, but all access to heaven is currently being sealed. Earth Mother is not in a good state, so we can"t access the shadow dungeon to temporarily imprison them..." The Sky Spirit tried to think hard, but there was no appropriate solution. Therefore, these angels from other worlds might have a way out. "Hm, do you have a super strong prison to hold them until the world"s chaos is over and access to heaven is opened again?"
"Ah, we can borrow Tic"s Limbo Realm to imprison the evil deities temporary. Tic, you want to do that, right?" Lifa put her hands together. She asked Xero with her eyes closed and a faint smile.
"Tch, what is this bad feeling? What happens if I refuse?" Xero rubbed the back of his neck. He felt gooseb.u.mps for an unknown reason.
"Nothing, really. As you know, no one is going to force anyone to contribute. Everyone partic.i.p.ates out of the personal will." Lifa spread her arms as if it was no big deal.
"..." Xero glanced at Elysia, Rhea, Nell, and the G.o.ddess of Light. For some reason, he knew that he would be screwed out if he didn"t go with the flow and follow their current circ.u.mstance. "Fine, I will provide a prison place for those deities."
"I"m glad to hear that. Can you put him in jail now?" Lifa glanced at Elysia and Elena. She got a nod from them.
"All right." Xero got up from his seat and opened a shadow hole on the floor. Dozens of tentacle-like hands were sticking out of it.
"See you later *duck squawking* gra.s.shopper." Xero threw the Reaper G.o.d like trash, and the tentacles immediately ensnared the frightened mantis.
"Hngh! Nngh, mm!" The Reaper G.o.d could only scream even though his voice was m.u.f.fled by the rope. He panicked when these disgusting hands pulled him into a terrifying hole. No one knew what awaited him there, but he could do nothing now.
*Poof*
The hole to the Limbor Realm closed, and Xero folded his arms.
"It"s a bit like Ely"s Shadow Realm, but more expansive and terrifying." Ai picked up her little pet near her feet and sat back on the sofa.
"So, what are we going to do now? Three days is too long for that hunt. We shouldn"t be wasting time." Xero looked at everyone. He then set his gaze on Elysia and the G.o.ddess of Light.
"We will be making an antidote for the early stages of ending the pandemic. Three days might be too long, but they will come to us nevertheless. Ely has already taken her friend"s prey marker onto her. So, she would be seen as delicious prey with great rewards in the eyes of the G.o.d Game partic.i.p.ants. Do you know what I want to say?" Elena raised her palm and then clenched her fist.
"Hou~ You took your precious disciple as bait? But, it will be more interesting than just hunting. They will come as hunters, but none of them knows that they are just prey." Xero smirked like a villain while looking up at the sky. He had some thoughts in mind, but he didn"t let anyone know about his ideas.
"In that case, I have some business to do before going to heaven. I"ll be watching you from afar and prey on the hunters, hehe..." Xero turned into smog and went outside through the soundproof barrier.
"Just let him go. He can be an idiot sometimes, but he"s not stupid and always keeps his word. Elysia is the bait, and he"ll take advantage of the situation." Nell told Elena and Elysia.
"Hmm, I feel like he wants to try getting stronger by experimenting with those chess pieces of power. He"ll probably digest them for power." Rhea shook her head, but she didn"t really mind it.
Elysia and Elena looked at each other, and they decided to let Xero act alone for now.