“…… So we get to have a match against him at this point of time. Let’s get ready for this.”

Forgetting how to blink; Fei focused his eyes, staring towards that.

Down…down…down… we, being led by that God of Infinite, Ouroboros; continue falling down the sea of clouds where that swims.

“I will challenge you, (and your) God’s Game!”

── Playground of the Gods “The wide Sky-space of Zero” VS “The Infinite Growth Potential” Uroboros’

Game, start.

-Chapter 31-

Challenging the God of Infinite.

Playground of the Gods

The Infinite God Ouroboros. 

Ten kilometers long…  

If you consider the fact that before this God appeared, the maximum length God the human apostles had ever face was about six hundred meters, one is forced to imagine how out of the ordinary this becomes. 

In terms of sheer size only, there are two different digits expressing its hugeness.

Add to the fact, that the level of this God game is rated to be: unconquerable.  

In the past, teams had been over a hundred people who got “chosen” by this God and were completely annihilated. None of them could even find a clue on how to conquer, Less conquer the game itself. 

“Ahhhhhh It’s all over!?”  

Pearl’s scream echoed throughout the infinitely wide blue sky.

“I’ve run out of all ideas.…Oh, also thank you for inviting someone such as me to this God game. Fei san, Reche san . And sorry.”

“Aren’t you too early in giving up?”

“But I mean! Just look at who is under us!”

Twenty-two people falling down the sea of clouds.

The very beneath was the huge earth ── no.

The back of Ouroboros, which spread about vastly across the sea of clouds like a huge playground.

“I’m so glad, at least there’s a proper place for landing.”

“Aren’t you mistaking it for a crash site!? We, the moment we are able to land on the back of that Ouroboros, we will be annihilated completely without even a trace remaining I tell you!”

“The Distance before landing was about seven hundred meters.”

It is indeed taller than a hundred-story skyscraper, but, well to say about what can or would happen the person who would try to come down by jumping off the roof is needless, nonetheless.

“…… I’ll probably be able to do something about it (handle it). Well, I will lose consciousness thought.”

Fei’s blessing/curse was: The one who is an object of the supreme affection of Gods”

[Tl note: Am I the only one feeling Re:zero vibes?]

This power, which is classified under the superhuman category, makes Fei “Regenerate” continuously as witnessed in the battle game against the Titan God. From abrasions to fatal wounds, its recovery potential is endless.

…… I would become a flattened mess though.

…… But, in a matter of a few seconds, I will be conscious once again. Although it will be really insightful and disgusting.

Reche… I guess she wouldn’t even have a scratch on her without a doubt.

In other words, the only problem is this person.

“Can’t you do something about yourself, Pearl? With that space transition of yours?”

“Ah, my space transition spell works with a maximum distance of about thirty meters …… Also, it is not a height that I can manage even if I were to reduce my falling distance by thirty meters!”

Understood. If this were a building, thirty meters tall, it can transfer a definite space from the roof to the ground and vice versa.

But in a free fall of several hundred meters, even if the distance shrinks by about thirty meters, I mean that the result of the crash won’t even differ in the slightest.

“More than that, what about FEI san!?”

“I’ll probably be fine. I think.”

“Oh!? That means, even I will be saved, is it!”

“────────”

“WHY ARE YOU TURNING AWAY YOUR EYES!?”

“Caught you.”

At that very moment, Reche grabbed the collar of this troubled Pearl.

“Really, Human bodies are so brittle, you know.”

“…… Reche san!”

“Didn’t I tell you that I can do something as simple as fly in the air, didn’t I?”

While falling, she dexterously carried Pearl on her small back, and proceeded to extend her small hands here as well.

“Here, Fei too.”

“Can something be done about this?” 

[TL note: about the free fall I guess.]

“In short, it will be alright if you all were to fall slowly right?”

The falling speed started decreasing.

Fei’s felt that he was being supported by invisible hands from under his feet. 

“Telekinesis?”

“Un. Isn’t it a common blessing/curse among those given by the Gods too~”

Slowly, as if the hot air balloon would lower its altitude. Fei and his teammates continue on to land on the back of this Giant God. On its scales, which were at least as hard as steel.

“…… I don’t feel like I am still alive.”

Pearl sat down flat on the ground as if her legs gave out.

Near her was Fei standing tall, while Reche looked pleasantly at the sea of clouds below them.

“Hey, Fei, don’t you think too that this empty space continues infinitely.”

“I’m rather surprised that there exists a God as huge as this.”

“Ouroboros, the God of Infinite.”

Measuring from the head to its tail, it will amount to ten kilometers. This is the actual measurement given by an apostle who challenged it in the past. While again, the width of the back alone amounts to somewhere around three hundred meters. 

It’s a size where you can conduct a footrace competition easily.  　

…… It’s so big that it appears no different than standing on the ground-stadium.  　

…… It doesn’t even feel like I’m riding on the back of a God to begin with.  　

Perhaps it’s because of God Ouroboros not moving or drifting on the sky, it appears no different than standing on the ground, earth itself. 

 “…… Um, Fei-san?”  　

A frightened (cat), Pearl stood up.

Like Leche, looking down on the sea of clouds from the back of Ouroboros.

“Weren’t we successfully able to land on top of God’s back? Does this mean that we were able to successfully capture all our objectives in this game……”

“I was also wondering about the same thing here.”  

A successful landing from the altitude of seven hundred meters is difficult, but not impossible.

If it is a superhuman type spell such as of telekinetic power, or even a magician type spell as Reche showed us, they will be able to make it as well, by bringing down the rate of falling with the magic spell of the wind or so.

“I think it’s still too early. If you compare this situation to that of the card game, for example, poker—“

“Is it like when you distribute cards to the participating people?”

“It is the moment one enters the hall of the match itself.”

“Doesn’t that mean that the game hasn’t even begun in the first place!?”