God Is Hungry for Games. The Ultimate Brain Battle of a Boy Who Challenges the Gods.

The Playground of the Gods

Ruin Illusion

Those buildings demolished by that God Titan, could be felt by Fei on his back,

Clearly

but…

…… Wasn’t the obstacle in front of the God Titan meant to be obstacle in the race…

…… Though he is not jumping over it, rather kicking them to pieces…

Well yes, it does serve as an obstacle.

But

Since the Titan is huge to begin with,

if it does not destroy those building that comes in his way, he won’t be able to catch Reche and Fei.

“Well, running in between the gulley of buildings is helping me buy more times at least……” (Fei)

“So to remember, that terminal spirit, Meep, did tell that there are several ways by which the human side could lose, right?” (Fei)

Hmm… Let’s sort it out.

In this ‘God Pretend’;

There are three deciding (win-lose) conditions and two hidden rules that exists.

Those are:

[Victory condition]

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[Defeat condition 1]

All of you must be caught.

[Defeat condition 2] 

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(You may be defeated even if you manage to escape)

[Hidden Rule 1]

Those who are disabled by the God Titan’s attack will have their part of the body dyed in his color, becoming his Pawns.

[Hidden Rule 2]

The Apostle-Pawns can return back to the human side if a free Apostle contacts the undyed part of that Titan’s subordinates.

So, are there any possibilities that there are other rules in this game?

……

Obviously, there are..

But the fact that no one is able to grasp those conditions even after so much time playing the game,

Then it would be better to probably think more about it than just ignoring.

…… The troublesome rule among them is definitely the second defeat condition.

…… Even if one manages to run away, they can get defeated. This rule cannot be ignored.

Fei starts concentrating on his thoughts. And in some moments after…

“Guh. Fei! Bend down!” (Reche)

Reche jumped, makes a sharp turn by her legs just like a comma (‘,’) and kicks off the huge ball of steel rubble which flew towards Fei.

Targeting his grey matter (aka brain).

“… I’m saved, Thank you Reche. WON’T YOU EVEN GIVE ME A BIT OF (SPARE) TIME TO THINK!?” (Fei) [TL note: the lines in uppercase is dedicated to the God Titan]

A ‘snipe’ attack made from a distance, at least a few hundred kilometers away.

It was no coincidence. The steel rubble which came towards them was specifically thrown, aimed at Reche and Fei from a far away distance; none other than the God Titan himself.

“…It sure does not cut corners…” (Fei) [TL note: ……やるなぁ or …… Yaru na]

A streak of cold sweat drops down the back of Fei.

Fei said so while being conscious about the loud reverberating sounds of his heartbeat

Ringing loudly in his ears.

A sense of Bewilderment.

“There is still some time left till it catches up to us. It is completely hunting us out.” (Fei)

“Nevertheless, it is also psychologically tiring me out by its long distance ‘snipe’ attacks too.” (Fei)

“…… As I thought, challenging a God will always be tough.” (Fei)

The Giant God Titan is not just a Huge bodied brat rampaging…

But a God,

A talented individual at least.

The Titan had both the combined properties of wisdom and strength at its disposal. It is a being, very much suitable to be associated among the very construction of ‘God’ as understood by humans.

“Fei, now which way?” (Reche)

“A right turn from here…… Ah, let’s rather go to another road in the gulley(s). There are indeed many similar roads.” (Fei)

The Sacred City of Ruin has a “grid” structure with evenly spaced streets running horizontally and vertically. [TL : like a chess board?]

In addition, even the layout of the buildings is at regular intervals.

The scenery is beautiful, but the similarity of the atmosphere makes it easy for anyone to lose track of where one is.

“Even though I just came back after just half a year, I still lose my way. Ummmm…… This One! (perhaps)” (Fei)

Thus, we run to the back of the building.

If one moves in between the buildings, the Titan will not be able to recognize that easily.

…… Think! What can be our victory conditions?

…… This is a game is made by such an intelligent God, and the rule too must be quite sophisticated.

Then there must be a hint somewhere.

The possibility of us coming across it already very high.

“I’m sure there’s been some hints in the situation so far. If we can’t find it, then we are missing it.” (Fei)

There is only some time left to think about it.

Since,

Soon The Titan would knock down every building and catch both Reche and Fei.

The footstep reverberates…

Fei’s ear suddenly catches a presence of someone running on the asphalt road.

“What is with these numbers?! No matter how you think about it, isn’t it way too many!?” (Fei)

Fei stops in his tracks as his mind turned turmoil.

He stops in front of a skyscraper, having the shape of Twin-Tower, for a few seconds. And then appeared… several Apostles from around the corner sprinting towards him.

“……Tell me it’s a lie…” (Fei) [XDDDD]

Those who came were now just Pawns.

Pawns of the God Titan.

Having the upper body colored in the same color of that God Titan,

Moreover…

There were 15 of them in total.

An overwhelming number difference.

Let alone Fei… Even Reche had a bitter smile plastered on her face.

…… Just that, the appearance of Asta sempai was missing, as she went on hiding earlier.

…… In short, everyone except her.

Human 3 vs. God 16 (including Titan).

While we were being chased by God Titan, The already converted to Pawns, vice-captain and his two aids were busy catching all other apostles into his wing in the meantime.

“Um.. Reche, can you break through their defenses from front with brute force?” (Fei)

“Can I burn down all those Humans down?” (Reche)

“Jaa, Dismissed, it is a no” (Fei)

It is true that injuries in this world does not get reflected in the real world.

Thus, even if Reche exterminate all those fifteen apostles present in front of her, they will probably safely return back to their original world.

But…

There was a reason why Fei prohibited her from doing so.

Due to the possibility of defeat condition 2 being, [When the apostle who became God’s place is forcibly dropped by another apostle] cannot be ruled out.

…… “PK”, Player Killer, where an apostle intentionally drops another apostle from the game.

…… That’s also against the purpose of this game, isn’t it?

It’s very likely that a defeat condition trap has been planted as a punishment for those who break it.

Behind them is the God Titan. And in front of them are the fifteen apostles, who are now just pawns under the control of the Titan God.

“I am sorry……” (Captain of the Apostles Group)

Biting his back teeth, the captain of the team blurted out in anguish.

We’ve been wiped out.

“……Well, yeah.. I can see that.” (Fei)

“But don’t try to give up. Even if it just the two of you. Just Escape!” (Captain of the Apostle Group)

“Then please leave us be ~. don’t catch us ~.” (Fei)

“My feet, they are moving on their own. They won’t listen to me!” (Captain of the Apostle tGroup)

The Apostle-pawns charge forwards.

Breaking through the defenses of fifteen people will be going to be difficult.

‘…… This way!’ (Fei)

As soon as he gave the signal to Reche by his eyes, Fei started running to the first-floor hall of the department store.

“OKKK, as I thought, the reproduction is exactly same as the original.” (Fei)

From the moment I saw the light there in this building, I kind of had the precognition that so might be it, but to see that even the inner workings are also moving as it does in the real world.

The automatic door, the alarm clock, even the security cameras. All were working as it did in the real world.

“The present location of the elevator is underground level huh. So, stairs it is.” (Fei)

“Fei, the humans are already in the hall you know…” (Reche)

“SO, It WiLl BE The EmeRGenCY StAIRs!” (Fei) (in a flustered manner) [TL: XDDDD]

And so…

They open up the emergency door located in the back alley and run up the spiral emergency stairs fast.

Reche and Fei went to the third floor,

The other pawn-apostles, following their footsteps also goes up the building through the same emergency stairs from the very first floor….

But..

“Whoa ~, don’t you think they’re chasing way too?” (Fei) (monotonously)

And then Reche tramples the landing part the stairs as hard as possible,

And,

As the destructive sound echoes.

The overwhelming destructive energy contained in the Dragon God’s feet shattered the pillars supporting the stairs.

As the staircase starts to collapse, the apostles who got caught in that fell down the stairs one after another.

“We can earn several tens of seconds of time at most. Even an apostle, let alone a human, who is now a pawn of a God, they can’t get up from this situation quite easily. Right?” (Reche)

“Yep, very much so. Let’s hurry up.” (Fei)

Thus, they went towards from the fire escape route to the floor of the building.

The third floor, clothes section of the department store.

Reche and Fei were now running around the corner of the children designated clothing section.

“Is this the reason for one of the hidden rule of the game, ‘Becoming a servant of the God’. Even if the huge body of the Titan is unable to go inside the building, if it is a fellow human, (s)he can chase us even inside the buildings too. Moreover…” (Fei)