"Excuse me, is Miss Summer the leader of Willowisp?”
"Eh? Did it look like it? That makes me happy."
Sakuya was the first to attack. Aixia, who hadn't expected her opponent to ask this question, was stunned. However, she quickly put on a cute smile.
" Ah ah, but unfortunately, Miss Aixia, I…"
"Yes, I understand. Miss, let's go first."
"Yes."
"Hey ~~! Come back!!! This was too much! This is too much!"
Before she could finish her sentence, Sakuya and Yao quickly retreated from the maze of trees without any change in expression. Aixia was so angry that her whole body was trembling. Her face was red as she shouted at Pumpkin Jack,"
"Don't show any mercy! Get Jack! Hunting humans in the maze of tree roots!”
“YAHOYAHOHOhoho~”
After jumping onto Jack's back, which was hovering in the air, Aixia quickly caught up to Yoshi and Sakuya who were crawling around like wild cats.
"Burn her to death! Jack!"
“YAFUUUU~”
Following Aixia's command, Jack's hollowed-out pumpkin head and the lantern in his hand spewed out red flames at the same time. However, Sakuya had no intention of making a move. With this level of fire, Yao could easily dodge it by relying on the ability to control whirlwinds that she had obtained from the griffins.
"Just as Leticia said,'Willowisp' means will-o'-the-wisp.”
Willowisp and Jack Pumpkin.
The phenomenon of a green-white flame suddenly appearing in an uninhabited place was commonly known as ghost fire. It was a rural legend after the wandering souls of the dead were turned into skeletons, commonly known as ghosts.
However, these two inheritances left behind a common story.
One of them was the fact that the Nameless Demon bestowed the bonfire to the soul of a sinner who had been given two lives.
In the inheritance, Jack was a sinner in both lives, so he could only wander between life and death after death. The flames that the demon that felt sorry for him had given him were the hellfire that had been released from Jack's lantern.
"'The Great Demon who shuttles between the realms of life and death'. That lord should be the leader of' Willowisp'. However, the girl named Summer wasn't the great demon. If Jack was a gift created by her, then what she used wouldn't be the real hellfire.”
With a relaxed smile, Sakuya continued,"
" If it's just a wildfire that spontaneously burns in the swamp, Miss Yao should be able to deal with it easily.”
"Yes, that smell is easy to recognize.”
This was the battle method that Yao and Sakuya had decided upon from the start. Unlike Sakuya, who was too reliant on him, Yao hoped to fight with his own strength, and Sakuya was pleased with Yao's thoughts and performance.
It didn't take long for the strong legs of a leopard to pull away from each other and slowly leave. Moreover, Yao's senses could use the airflow from the outside to grasp the correct route. The maze had lost its meaning.
Aixia looked at Yao's retreating figure and exhaled as if she had given up.
"…This is infuriating! Although I'm unwilling, I'll leave the rest to you. Get serious, Mr. Jack!"
“——”
Sakuya instantly stopped in her tracks.
"I understand."
A deep and steady male voice came out of the hollow pumpkin's head. At that moment, Jack's figure disappeared.
Dong--!
Jack's white hand, which had suddenly appeared in front of Yao like a mist, was blocked by Sakuya's fist. However, just the wind caused by this caused Jack's cloak and Sakuya's deacon uniform to flutter.
" That pumpkin?!"
"Miss Yao, please go first."
"Alright, you should leave now, Aixia."
At the same time, Sakuya and Pumpkin, who were retreating, didn't take their eyes off each other.
"…I know."
Unlike Aixia, who wanted to say more, Yao nodded and turned to leave. Seeing this scene, Aixia could only follow him.
His trust in Sakuya prompted Yao to listen to his arrangements immediately. Not only was she able to change her tactics according to her actions, but she was also able to rely on her companions 'strength. Sakuya was so happy that she wanted to hug her and throw her up.
"There's such a powerful benefactor among Nameless. It seems like it's not just Sasha who's arrogant, but me too.”
"I think so too, Mr. Jack. It is my honor to meet you here.”
After the pumpkin used its ability similar to teleportation and had the same strength as him, Sakuya was able to confirm his identity even before it used its most basic demonic flame.
" The world's oldest pumpkin monster created by a great demon who traveled through the realm of life and death, Mr. Jackolantern. It's been a pleasure fighting with you.”
"Hahaha, that's right! I'm the greatest masterpiece of the great demon Vela Za Ignifatus, the saying of Pumpkin Jack! But now, even if you give me candy, I'll still be a trickster!”
Although Jack was laughing, the flaming eye hidden inside the pumpkin emitted a different light from before. He had a clear will, soul, and sense of oppression. Although his tone and actions sounded like he was joking, there were no flaws at all.
(If I want to get in touch with that supreme demon in the Life and Death Realm, it seems that the first step is to gain the trust of this Pumpkin Jack…or rather, to acknowledge him.)）
"Please, great demon with the Immortality Mark. I, Huang Xiao Ye, challenge you here.”
"Very good! Come, the spirit of nature born from the planet, let the undead monster branded by Saint Peter, the Jackolantern, be your opponent!”
From the opened lantern, the Devil's Gray Flame swept through the hole in the tree.
This had nothing to do with temperature. It was the Flame of Death that would turn everything into ashes the moment it touched it. Even a Spirit Tree that had taken root in the core of the planet would not be able to survive the Devil Flame.
In the middle of the tree hole that had turned into ashes, Sakuya's red eyes revealed a smile.
"…After knowing that this place isn't forbidden from being destroyed, I'm much more relaxed!”
The crimson Devil Flower that swept across the area turned around and surrounded the pale blue flames. The brown root clashed with the ghost fire without fear. It was reborn the moment it was burned to ashes.
Indeed, Sakuya's Sakuragi was unable to resist the flames of death.
However, this did not mean that it would be completely eroded by it without any resistance!
"This is really surprising! Not only was your lord rooted in Mother Earth's spirit tree, but he was also directly absorbing her life force!”
While the battle between the tree and the fire was still ongoing, Sakuya's physical body and Pumpkin Jack's physical body were also clashing. The huge white fist could easily send Sakuya's head flying. But now that Sakuragi's physical body had merged with her original body, the hardness of Sakuya's body was already comparable to the quality of the earth's crust.
"Although I don't remember much about the past, that's probably it!”
They exchanged punches in a straightforward manner, and the pleasure of being able to go all out with each attack made Sakuya display a high mood that she usually didn't have.
The surrounding grounds no longer existed, and the meaning of the maze's existence had disappeared. If he waited until the forest was completely burned, he wondered if the conditions to escape the maze would no longer exist.
Therefore, victory and defeat had to be determined before that!
"…Hmm, then it seems that I have to go all out.”
After being pulled away from Sakuya, Jack's pumpkin head took Sakuya's heavy blow, but it was not damaged at all. The hardness of his body was also worthy of praise.
At this moment, four baskets identical to the candlesticks in his hand appeared beside him.
"Summoned from the realm of life and death, the flames of hell, engulf!!”
The purity was higher than before, and the flames that were completely pure blue did not even have the attribute of "burning". The laws of physics no longer existed at this moment. Even the air disappeared the moment they came into contact.
"Come, place your bets!"
However, Sakuya charged into the Death Flame from the front.
"My body is the incarnation of Mother Earth! Let's see if the flames of death can burn the life force of the earth!!!”
" I'm sworn to be 'undying,' and I can't be destroyed. I'll wander forever. Will I be shattered by your fist? Try it!!!”
The pumpkin and the demonic tree, which had inexplicably ignited and formed a complete confrontation with each other, could only accommodate their opponents in their eyes at this moment.
"The victor is decided!"
Therefore, when the black rabbit suddenly appeared and made this judgment, the two of them were still in a daze.
" Because Kasuga was the first to break through the maze, the winner is 'No Nome'!”
Full of foolishness and vigor, the black rabbit jumped left and right to make a judgment, ending this unfinished game.
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