Luna whispers something to Kasumi, and she nods.
*BLAAARR BLAAARR BLAAARR BLAAARR BLAAARR *
The five giant cannon shot their massive energy beams at the same time. As they travel fast towards Kasumi and Luna, all five energy beams merge into one gigantic energy beam, 25m in diameter. There are sparks all around its round shape because of how intense the energy level it contains. The gigantic energy beam is around 20 meters in diameter, and it travels at half the speed of light.
‘Hana’ flies forward towards the gigantic energy beam. She holds both of her hands forward, and they are engulfed by her red lightning.
*BLAAAAAAARRR*
*ZRAAAAAAARRR*
‘Hana’ stops the gigantic energy beam with both of her hands.
*ZRRRRKKKKSSS*
She engulfs the energy beam entirely with her red lightning.
“WHAT?!” The Game Master was shocked.
“KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!”
‘Hana’ screams as per Luna’s will to mimic her real counterpart’s behaviour and demeanor.
*BWOOSSHH*
*!!!*
‘Hana’ suddenly pushes the gigantic energy beam back towards the Game Master.
“TCH!”
The Game Master points his cane at the upcoming gigantic energy beam in front.
*BWOOSSHH*
But suddenly, Kasumi appears behind him. She’s moving at a speed even faster than the gigantic energy beam, thanks to her glowing Vein armor.
“Kasumi style!”
“ANNOYING!!”
*ZRRRKKKKSSS*
“LIGHTNING EDGE!!”
Kasumi swings her lightning-imbued katana in a full circle horizontally at the Game Master’s torso.
*SNAP*
The Game Master snaps his finger and vanishes from his spot. He originally wanted to dismiss the gigantic energy beam in front of him, but he decided to let it hit Kasumi with it when she appeared behind.
*ZRRRRTTTTTT*
But the gigantic energy beam stops itself when it is 2cm away from hitting Kasumi. Kasumi herself was never worried about moving out of the way. Luna has already told her that her ‘illusion’ is as strong as the fear the person has towards the illusion that she produced from their heart. The red lightning on the gigantic energy beam rages wildly and causes it to disintegrate into nothing.
*!*
The Game Master appears right behind Luna. He clenches his right fist and distorts space around it. He swings his punch at the back of her head.
*WUSH*
Luna jumps forward while ducking her head down, dodging the Game Master’s punch. She rolls forward and recovers. She immediately starts running away.
“HEEEEEEEE!!! You move surprisingly well for a little brat!!”
*BWOOSSHH*
‘Hana’ is flying in the opposite direction from where Luna is heading. She’s flying fast towards the Game Master, holding a red lightning lance in her right hand.
“TCH!! NOW YOU COME!”
The Game Master braces himself and gathers courage to face his fears.
“I’VE DESTROYED YOU ONCE! AND I’LL DO IT AGAIN!!”
He points his cane, and the same swirling energy gathers at the bottom tip of his cane.
“KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!”
‘Hana’ suddenly throws her red lightning lance at the Game Master when she is still 5 meters away. The Game Master shoots his energy beam prematurely before it gathers enough energy to destroy ‘Hana’.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM*
*ZRAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR*
The clash between his energy beam and ‘Hana’s’ red lightning lance causes an explosion in the room with a diameter of 5 meters.
*SNAP*
*BWOOOSSHHH*
The Game Master teleports out of his spot, and ‘Hana’ flaps her wings to fly backwards to narrowly avoid the explosion, given the speed and momentum she was at flying forward.
The Game Master appears 10 meters above the explosion. He creates a two-meter-diameter foothold underneath, floating in the air, and stands atop.
Luna has run to Kasumi, and ‘Hana’ also flies back and lands next to them.
“I apologize for not coming to help you, Luna-chan. . .”
“It’s alright, Kasumi-chan! I’ve always been alone in a lot of dire situations and survived all of them anyway! I’m used to it!”
“I see. . .”
“Anyway, his teleportation is so annoying to deal with. Doesn’t matter how fast you moved, Kasumi-chan! He can simply snap his fingers and vanish quickly.”
“Yeah! Cornering him also doesn’t work. His finger snap is fast.”
“Kasumi-chan! Let’s bombard him with our lightning attacks!”
“Good idea!”
Kasumi, Luna, and ‘Hana’ look up towards the Game Master above.
*ZRRRKKKSS*
Kasumi points her katana at the Game Master.
*ZRRRTTTT*
‘Hana’ raises her right hand, and red lightning sparks on it.
“Elegant bolt!!”
*ZRAAARRR*
Kasumi shoots her purple lightning bolt at the Game Master.
“What a simple attack! You’re practically saying you don’t wanna hit me with this.”
The Game Master confidently puts his hand forward and distorts space around it.
*ZRAAAARRRR*
*!!*
But then a red lightning bolt came striking down about three meters above his head.
“NOT A PROBLEM!!”
The Game Master lifts his cane above and distorts space around its tip as well.
*ZRAAARR ZRAAARR*
The two lightning hits his space distortion, and they were held in place.
*!!!*
But then both ‘Hana’ and Kasumi appear from the Game Master’s left and right.
“Kasumi style! LIGHTNING PUNCTURE!!”
Kasumi thrusts her lightning-imbued katana forward at his right side.
“KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!”
‘Hana’ creates her red lightning lance in her hand and thrusts it forward at his left side.
*CTANG*
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*ZRAAAAAAAARRRR*
*!!!*
But then two separate spatial distortions appeared on both of his sides, completely protecting him from their attacks.
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! DID YOU TWO SIMPLETONS REALLY THINK THAT I NEED MY HANDS TO USE MY FAITH POWER? HOW BASIC DO YOU THINK MY GODLIKE FAITH POWER IS, HUH?”
*!!*
Above both Kasumi and ‘Hana’, the same futuristic giant cannon appears, and it’s already gathering energy into its barrels.
*BLAAARR BLAAAARR*
But before they gather enough energy, they already shot their energy beams at both of them.
“TCH!!”
Kasumi retracts her katana and jumps away from her spot.
*BWUSH*
And the energy beam went down below towards the floor.
*BOOOMMM*
It hits the floor and creates a 2-meter-diameter explosion.
“KRAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!”
‘Hana’ releases her hold over her red lightning lance and catches the energy beam above her with both of her hands.
*ZRRRRKKKSS*
Once again, she engulfs the energy beam with her red lightning.
“KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!”
‘Hana’ shoves the energy beam in her hands towards the Game Master instead.
“WAIT, WHAT ARE YOU---!!!”
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM*
The energy beam instantly explodes when it hits his spatial distortion, and it creates a giant spherical explosion with a diameter of three meters in the air. ‘Hana’s’ body was vaporized by the explosion.
After a few seconds, the explosion fades away, and nothing is left behind afterwards, including the Game Master and the foothold he created.
“He’s gone.”
“He probably just teleported away at the last second.”
Luna puts her hand forward and opens her palm. She creates another ‘Hana’ in front of her.
*!!!*
Kasumi’s danger sense activated, and she quickly turned around, swinging her katana. The Game Master silently warps behind Kasumi and thrusts his cane. There is a swirling spatial distortion on its bottom tip.
*ZTRANG*
Kasumi cuts the Game Master’s cane in two.
*SNAPS*
The Game Master quickly snaps his finger and disappears. He appears in front of Luna, about 5 meters away. Kasumi turns around to face him.
*!*
Luna was surprised by how he looked. Kasumi was also surprised, but she had already taken a glimpse of how he looked just now.
*pant pant pant*
The Game Master’s right sleeves are entirely burnt off, revealing his skin, which is also burnt a bit. His mask is broken on the right eye, revealing his light green eyes. His top hat was completely burnt off and disintegrated. All of his wounds are from Kasumi and Luna’s lightning attack, caught up in the explosion rather than his own energy beam, as per the rules of Faith power.
“You two. . . This has gone long enough. . . Let’s kill each other already. . . IN THIS GRANDIOUSE FINAL STAGE!!!”
The Game Master screams and raises his right hand above.
*SNAPS*
He snaps his finger, and then everything turns pitch black.
*!!*
“KASUMI-CHAN!!”
Luna shouts out Kasumi’s name as she runs towards her while trying to grab her at the same time.
“LUNA-CHAN!!”
Kasumi does the same thing. They both try to reach and grab each other’s hands to not get separated inside this pitch black darkness.
*GRABS*
“You’re still here, Luna-chan?!”
“I am! But what about Hana-san?!”
“I doubt the Game Master has the guts to actually harm her. He doesn’t wanna risk waking up the actual demon/angel inside her.”
“Good point!”
*!!!*
The pitch black darkness fades away, and they both close their eyes because of the sudden brightness hitting their eyes.
“. . .”
They both slowly opened their eyes and were surprised by what they saw.
They are inside a giant throne room, spanning 40 meters in width and 70 meters in length, in a rectangular shape, and the height of the walls towards the ceiling is also 70 meters tall. The entire floor was black and white as if it were a giant chessboard. There is a small staircase that divides the room into two parts. One big flat empty space, 60x55m in size, and the throne itself, 15x10m in size, higher in elevation on the floor. There is a very long red carpet at the center of the room, from the staircase all the way to a giant wooden door at the center of the open, empty room. On each side near the walls of the flat, empty space, there were multiple iron knight statues standing with their backs against the wall. 10 in total across the length of the room.
On the throne itself, there were two golden chairs with red cushions next to each other, signifying the positions of a king and a queen. The backrests of both of the golden chairs were very tall, standing at 20 meters. On the left, the Game Master sits, and on the right, Claire sits unconsciously.
On the ceilings, there were many decorations with designs that matched the castles from Europe in the Middle Ages. The most eye-opening one was the gigantic chandelier at the center of the ceiling, with diamonds all over its design, reflecting lights everywhere, making the room bright.
Behind the throne were three gigantic windows that filled the wall. Sunlight sharply pierces through the three windows, and the human eyes cannot see past the window because of the brightness.
Above the throne, there is a jail cell floating in the air, hanging from a chain connected to the ceiling above. Hana was sleeping inside the jail cell securely.
“(Hana-san is up there. . .)” thinks Luna.
“We’re in a castle!” said Kasumi.
“I would be jumping for joy if it were not for the situation we’re in right now!!” said Luna.
“WELCOME!! TO THE THRONE OF GOD!!”
“God? Are you joking??” said Kasumi.
“Nope! I AM INDEED GOD INSIDE THIS WORLD AFTER ALL!! NOBODY CAN STOP ME!!”
“*Sigh* People nowadays use the word ‘God’ so loosely. I don’t think you comprehend the actual weight behind the title.”
“SILENCE WRETCH!! GOD IS TALKING!!!” said the Game Master in anger while pointing his cane at Kasumi.
Kasumi lifts her katana above her head, and purple lightning sparks on its blade.
“ELECTRIC PILLARS!!”
*ZRAAAARRR ZRAAAARR ZRAAARRRR*
Kasumi swings her katana down and sends out a consecutive lightning strike from above, which moves towards the Game Master on his throne.
The Game Master simply moves his palm forward and creates a giant spatial distortion in front of him.
*ZRAAARRR*
The line of thunderbolts was stopped by the spatial distortion.
“I’M GIVING IT MY EVERYTHING!! PERISH FROM MY SIGHT!!”
The Game Master lifts his right index finger above his head.
*FWOOOOOMM*
And he creates a sun with a diameter of 10 meters above. The sun swallowed the tall backrest of his golden chairs, but they were unaffected due to his own will. The Game Master swings his index finger down and launches his mini sun forward at Kasumi and Luna. It travels at 100km/h.
Kasumi enters her battle stance and activates purple lightning on her katana.
“Wait, Kasumi-chan! Let my Hana handle it!!”
“Understood!”
Kasumi turns around, discards her katana, and grabs Luna with her right hand. She runs as fast as she possibly can away from the mini sun, carrying Luna. ‘Hana’ flies fast, approaching the mini sun. She creates two red lightning lances in both of her hands and thrusts both of her lances directly towards the mini sun.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM*
The mini sun instantly explodes, creating a mini solar storm inside the throne room.
*FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM*
Flame spreads everywhere and fills the room. The Game Master has already erected a gigantic spatial distortion to protect himself, Claire, and Hana above.
*FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*
The flame burns everything inside the throne room, except the throne section itself. ‘Hana’s’ entire body was burnt and disintegrated very quickly because of how close she was to the mini sun. After 30 whole seconds, the fire swiftly fades away as per the Game Master’s will. He also discards the giant spatial distortion in front to see the fate of Kasumi and Luna.
“. . .”
“Heeeeee?! Very clever!”
The Game Master knows that Kasumi erected an electric barrier all around herself and Luna.
*BWUNG*
*!*
A spinning purple katana was thrown directly from above towards the Game Master’s head. He simply creates a spatial distortion in front.
*CTANG*
He deflects the katana away.
*GRABS*
*!*
But Kasumi suddenly appears above and grabs her katana. Her appearance shows a clear sign of burnt damage. Her entire right hand was burned a little bit, as well as her shoulder and right cheek.
“KASUMI STYLE!! ELECTROCUTED WATERFALL!!”
Kasumi falls down towards the Game Master really fast, swinging down her lightning-imbued katana.
“PEASANTS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE THRONE OF GOD CARELESSLY!!”
The Game Master points his cane upwards and shoots the same energy beam diagonally at Kasumi.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM*
The energy beam instantly explodes when it clashes with Kasumi’s katana.
*ZRAAARRRRR*
*!!!!*
“UAAAAARRGGGHHH!!!”
But all of a sudden, the Game Master was pierced in his left shoulder with a red lightning lance from behind his golden chair. ‘Hana’ suddenly appeared behind the golden chair and thrust her red lightning lance through it.
*THUD THUD THUD*
Luna runs up the staircase and jumps towards the Game Master.
“IT’S OVER!!”
*!!!*
Luna jumps towards the Game Master on his throne and stares directly into his eyes with her transformed eyes.
“. . . .”
Luna has successfully stunned the Game Master once again.
*DAHHK DAHK*
Meanwhile, Kasumi was sent flying from the explosion and hit the floor with her back, 10 meters away from the throne.
*thud*
Luna jumps off the Game Master and stands in front of him.
*pant pant pant*
“Finally. . .”
*!!!*
But Luna sees that Claire has woken up and is already in front of her, swinging her white elk leg towards her belly.
*BAAAAMMMMM*
“KRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!”
‘Hana’ quickly moves to Luna and accepts her kick with her back, covering Luna. They both were sent flying away. ‘Hana’ recovers and lands five meters away from the throne.
“Grrr!! THAT WOMAN IS AWAKE NOW, KASUMI-SAN!!”
*THUD*
Kasumi has jumped forward and lands next to Luna.
“Tch! This stupid killing game and fight keeps going and going forever. . .” whines Kasumi.
Claire takes off the Game Master’s mask and throws it away.
*Smooch*
She kisses the Game Master on his lips.
*!*
The Game Master wakes up again, and Claire lifts her lips away.
“I apologize, Nacht-kun! I kissed you without permission.”
“That doesn’t matter! I’m happy you kiss me back for kissing you.”
The Game Master stands up from his throne and walks towards the staircase, stopping in front of it. Claire follows him and stands next to him.
“This has gone on long enough! Coldhart-san! Annoying brat! IT’S TIME WE WRAP THIS UP ALREADY!!”
Claire enters her battle stance.
“THAT’S OUR LINE!!” shout Kasumi and Luna in harmony.
Kasumi and ‘Hana’ also enter their battle stances.
*SNAPS*
The Game Master snaps his finger, and 20 of his futuristic giant cannons appear surrounding Kasumi, Luna, and ‘Hana’. Forming a ‘cage’ trapping them in the center.
*WUUUNNNGGG*
All of the giant cannons quickly gather swirling energy into their barrels and will be ready to shoot in harmony within 20 seconds.
“K-KASUMI-CHAN!!”
“LUNA-CHAN!! MAKE HANA ERECT THREE LAYERS OF HER RED LIGHTNING BARRIER OUTSIDE OF MY THREE LAYERS PURPLE LIGHTNING BARRIER!!”
“ALRIGHT!!”
“KRAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!”
“STRUGGLE TILL YOUR FINAL BREATH, COLDHART-SAN AND YOU ANNOYING BRAT!! LET’S SEE HOW YOU TWO SURVIVE THIS!!”
“Nacht-kun! I’ll be ready as soon as I see them trying to escape between the small gaps between the cannons!!”
“I am beyond thrilled hearing your quick wits, but I already took care of that! I prepared an invisible barrier between those gaps to prevent them from escaping! Though it seems like they never planned to anyway.”
“As expected of Nacht-kun!”
“You flatter me too much, my love!”
Kasumi and Luna crouch down together, and Kasumi erects the first layer of her purple electric barrier.
“THREE! TWO! ONE!! FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!”
The 20 seconds are up, and all of the giant cannons fire their cannons all at once at Kasumi, Luna, and ‘Hana’ at the center. But Kasumi just finished erecting her third layer of barrier.
They are both panicking in full, and they start sweating a lot.
. . . . . .
*WISP*
*!!!!!!*
. . . . . . . .
Kasumi and Luna closed their eyes, fearing that they might not survive this ordeal, and hugged each other as well. But they do not hear anything, even after a few seconds have passed since the cannons are firing their energy beams.
“. . .”
“W-What. . .”
Both Claire and the Game Master were in disbelief when they witnessed that all of his energy beams simply vanished and disintegrated on their own outside of his control.
“That is enough!”
*!!!!!*
All four of them heard a voice that was unrecognizable by any of them. All four of them turn their heads towards the gigantic chandelier above, following the voice.
*!!!*
Someone has infiltrated this infinite maze from the outside. There was a man who was never a part of this whole killing game.
It was a man, and that man was the Third Strongest Believer in the world, the King of Space.
