*KRRRTT*

  “Done!”

  “Thanks, Kaito-san!”

  “Don’t mention it!”

  Quroe has finished questioning everything he can think of about the gigantic pitch black dome to Celia. Kaito has found a long plastic rope and tied Celia’s hands and legs to constrain and take her hostage.

  “Of all things that I could think of, I would’ve never guessed that there is a killing game currently happening inside someone’s pocket dimension!”

  “Now, I’m really worried about my girlfriend.”

  “The feeling’s mutual! Something could’ve happened to the brat and that woman, too. Tch! What a headache!” said Quroe as he put his palm on the side of his head.

  They both stay silent as they try to think of any possible solution regarding this whole thing. Quroe turns to Celia, who’s lying on the ground, all tied up, next to them.

  “Are you certain that this gigantic pitch black dome is some kinda ‘gate’ to enter the Game Master’s infinite maze?”

  “Y-Yes. . . *sniff sniff*”

  Celia is sobbing a little from crying during the questioning as Quroe kept his hand tight on her neck the whole time, saying that every single lie she told, he would know immediately and would cut off her neck without hesitation.

  “Then wanna explain how I and Quroe-san couldn’t enter the pocket dimension?”

  “*Sobs sobs* That I do not know. *sobs sobs* and I am not lying *sobs sobs*.”

  “. . .”

  *SIGH*

  “Why is someone from the underworld crying like this? Pathetic. You’re going to fool everyone by your performance except us two. We both have clashed against people from the Underworld on a regular basis.” says Quroe.

  “Yeah! You think of us as some amateurs or something?” adds Kaito.

  “I *sobs sobs* apologize. I have no idea who you two were *sobs sobs*.”

  “Don’t cry like that, Celia! That’s pathetic.”

  *!!!*

  All of a sudden, they all heard a boy’s voice speaking close to them. Though only Celia is shocked, as both Kaito and Quroe have seen him walking leisurely towards them for a while, yet they chose to ignore him.

  “CELIOOOOOO!!!”

  Through Celia’s eyes, he was completely invisible and had just now revealed himself to her. He’s standing directly behind her.

  Celio has black, short, and spiky hair that waves from the front to the back. His hair has highlights of dark blue all over. He has no hair bangs as he combed all of it to the back, but one of his hair strands sticks out and bends down sharply on the left side of his forehead. He has a sharp, black, and dark blue pair of eyes. He is 161cm tall and weighs around 64kg. He wears a long-sleeved black and dark blue tuxedo, with a white shirt underneath, a black bowtie, a pair of dark navy blue gloves, a pair of long black pants, a pair of white socks, and a pair of black leather shoes. His face and his voice looked and sounded very young, yet he is a 20-year-old man. His body build is very slender and thin.

  “You two, HOW DARE YOU TIE UP MY TWIN SISTER LIKE THIS?!” said Celio in anger.

  “Quroe-san, you noticed him too, right?”

  “Of course! I played dumb because I was afraid he’s gonna cry too, the moment he found out his Faith power is basically useless against us.”

  “WHAT DID YOU SAY?”

  “Like I said, your invisibility Faith power means nothing to us, Judges! I also completely see that your giant chameleon is standing next to you, being all invisible.”

  *!!!*

  As Kaito said, there is a giant chameleon standing next to Celio. The chameleon’s length from head to end of its body is 12m, and its tail is 7m long. Its weight is about 40kg in total. It has bright, dark blue scales with dark orange spots all over its body, though those colors are invisible as it is currently using its ability to turn invisible.

  “W-Who are these two? How do they know my Faith power?”

  “HUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! THIS IS WHY I WAS CRYING CELIOOOOOOO!!! THEY’RE WAY TOO CRUEL EVEN COMPARED TO US WHO LIVES IN THE UNDERWORLD!!! JUST NOW, HE THREATENED ME AND QUESTIONED ME ABOUT THE GAME MASTER’S FAITH POWER!! I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TELL HIM!!! HUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! I’M SORRY CELIOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

  “GRRRRR!!! HOW DARE YOU TREAT MY TWIN SISTER LIKE THAT??!”

  Kaito raised his open palm at Celio.

  “Relax! We didn’t harm your sister at all! You guys are terrorists, and we’re being very generous with how we treated you! 24,000 innocent people are caught up inside that giant pitch black dome and were forced to kill each other. If I don’t have self-control, I would already cut your twin sister in two!” explains Kaito.

  “He’s right! You two are terrorists! You don’t have the luxury of demanding someone to treat you properly when you don’t even care about the lives of innocent people!!” adds Quroe.

  “GRRRRRRRR!! SHUTT UUUUUUUUUUPPPP!!!”

  Celio shouts loudly as he raises his right open palm to the front, signalling his giant invisible chameleon summoned being to attack. The invisible chameleon opens its mouth, revealing a rolled-in tongue, and that tongue suddenly stretches out towards Kaito and Quroe at 100km/h.

  *GRAB*

  Kaito already foresaw the chameleon’s attack. He had already summoned his summoned being swiftly at the same instance when Celio ordered the attack. Kaito’s summoned being stood in front of him and caught the chameleon's tongue. The knight lifts its other hand, holding the sword.

  *ZRASH*

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  And it swings its sword down, cutting off the chameleon’s tongue.

  “KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!”

  *THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP*

  The giant chameleon accidentally revealed itself and turned off its invisibility, though this hardly matters for the Judges. It’s crying a cry of pain for obvious reasons. It quickly retracted its long tongue back to the inside of its mouth, and it covered its mouth with its two front legs. It’s also thumping the ground in panic, trying to endure the pain.

  “Heh! Not bad! Using all of those distractions to retrieve your twin sister!”

  Celia and Celio have disappeared from the ground. They are both standing on top of the rooftop of a three-stories building to Kaito’s and Quroe’s left. Celia has been freed from the bindings of the plastic rope. Her giant black and red Centipede has circled itself again around her body. Celio unsummons his giant chameleon and resummons it next to him, fully healed from its injury.

  “You two are going to pay for underestimating us!” said Celia.

  “And for treating my sister like that!!”

  “. . .”

  Celia and Celio hold each other’s hands, standing side by side.

  *inhales exhales*

  They both try to harmonize their breathing as well as their goals.

  Kaito unsummons his summoned being.

  “Quroe-san. . .”

  “Yeah. They’re going to waste their time using that technique. I heard it’s a myth, but I guess it’s real. This is going to be my first time witnessing it with my own eyes!”

  “You know about the consequences and the time limit, Quroe-san?”

  “I do! The rumour about that part wasn’t hard to remember.”

  “UNIFICATION!!”

  Both Celia and Celio shouted the activation word to use Unification. Their bodies are shining in bright green light for a few seconds. After the green light fades away, a glowing green halo appears floating above both of their heads.

  They released their handhold and smiled at Kaito and Quroe.

  “Let’s do this, Celio!”

  “You don’t have to tell me!”

  Celia summons her black and red giant centipede, as well as Celio’s giant chameleon, but this time, it has dark red scales with black spots all over its body. Meanwhile, Celio summons his giant chameleon as well as Celia’s giant centipede, but his giant centipede has a black and blue body.

  “Celia, which one do you wanna fight?”

  “The shiny gray-haired one! That red-haired guy is pretty scary, Celio. I’m sorry.”

  “It’s alright, Celia! I’ll teach him a lesson.”

  “Thank you, Celio!”

  “Also, don’t bother using my chameleon’s invisibility. I have no idea how, but they could perfectly see me even when I turned invisible.”

  “Roger!”

  *BWOOOSSHHH*

  Celio jumps forward towards Quroe, and his two summoned beings followed him.

  “*Sigh* Looks like we’re gonna have to spend time with them.”

  “It’s alright, Quroe-san. It’s not like we have any other options. Let’s entertain them and interrogate them later. If we show how powerless they are compared to us. They will have no choice but to fulfil our demands.”

  “Great points, actually. Well then, you have fun with the woman. I’ll handle that boy.”

  *!*

  Kaito was startled by Quroe’s wording, and Quroe noticed his weird facial expression.

  “Uuh? What’s wrong?”

  Kaito walks towards Quroe’s side to whisper in his ear.

  “Q-Quroe-san! That wording just now would’ve caused a catastrophic incident if my girlfriend were to hear that. Please mind your words and practice from now on, for whenever the next time we meet next.” said Kaito in a very fearful tone.

  “I-I’m not sure what you’re talking about, but sure. I apologize.”

  “WHAT ARE YOU TWO TALKING ABOUT JUST WHEN I’M ABOUT TO KILL YOU?”

  Celio is already 1 meter away from Quroe. He’s diagonally above, in front of him. Celio prepares his right hand to punch, but then his fist transforms into the head of his giant chameleon. He points its head at Quroe’s head and opens its jaw.

  Kaito immediately jumps away from Quroe. A giant tongue stretches out at the same speed as previously at Quroe’s head at only 1 meter distance.

  *ZRASH ZRASH ZRASH*

  *!*

  Quroe stands completely still, and Celio’s giant chameleon’s tongue never reached him, and was cut into pieces instead.

  “(W-WHAT? What is that? What did he do?? He didn’t move any part of his body specifically, yet his Faith power activated. W-What is his Faith power even?)”

  Celio’s giant chameleon appears from behind him and it also stretches out its tongue at Quroe.

  *ZRASH ZRASH ZRASH*

  The same thing happened as its tongue never reached Quroe and was cut into tiny pieces.

  *THUMP*

  “KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!”

  The giant chameleon immediately falls to the ground and grovels in pain yet again, holding its mouth with its forelegs, rolling on the ground to the left and right..

  *THUD*

  Celio lands directly in front of Quroe, and he immediately swings his left hand, and it transforms into the head of his giant centipede, complete with its big and strong mandibles, towards his face.

  *Sigh*

  Quroe lets out a sigh, and he disappears right before Celio’s eyes.

  “WHAT?”

  “Behind you, kid!”

  *!!*

  Quroe stands right behind Celio. He has teleported, but Celio has no idea about him being a Hybrid.

  “HRAAAAHHH!!!”

  Celio immediately swings his transformed left hand and spins himself to face towards Quroe behind.

  *BWUSH*

  *!*

  Celio missed again as he saw Quroe clearly disappearing from in front of him, right in his face.

  “Tch!”

  Quroe appeared right behind Celio once again. Their backs are even touching against each other.

  “I’m sorry! I’m just trying to buy time until your Unification runs out, kid.”

  “TcH! You keep calling me a kid, I AM 20 YEARS OLD YOU RETARD!!”

  Celio suddenly turned around in anger once again. He jumps a bit into the air and swings his right kick this time, and it transforms into the giant chameleon’s tail, towards Quroe’s head.

  *WUSH*

  Quroe engulfs himself with his Aura blade and ducks down at the speed of sound, as his physical capabilities wouldn’t allow him to properly duck down in time. Celio spins himself once more in the air and swings his right fist, which turned into his giant centipede’s head again, down at Quroe’s head.

  *BWUUSHH*

  *!*

  Quroe moves out of his spot at the speed of sound. He’s now standing 2 meters away from Celio, right in front of the gigantic pitch black dome. Celio lands on the ground and immediately stands up. He aims his giant centipede head on his right arm at Quroe, with its mandible open. His actual giant centipede also landed on the ground next to him, opening its jaw and aimed it at Quroe as well.

  *CSSSSHHHHHH*

  Both the giant centipede and Celio’s giant centipede head arm sprays out white, smoky liquid at Quroe in a large radius.

  *CSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHH*

  Quroe moves out of his spot completely, and the white liquid hits the ground and the gigantic pitch black dome instead.

  *ssssssshhhhhh*

  The ground was melting a little bit, but the gigantic pitch black dome didn’t react at all. The white liquid is actually an acidic venom that belongs specifically to Celia’s giant centipede, which was borrowed by Celio through the Unification technique.

  *ZRASH ZRASH ZRASH ZRASH*

  *!!!*

  Quroe appeared right behind Celio once again. He deactivates his aura and uses his invisible slashes to completely shred the giant centipede and the giant chameleon into pieces, yet he leaves Celio completely unharmed despite being in range of his invisible slashes’ range.

  *SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT*

  The pieces of flesh, shell, centipede’s legs, and whatnot of the giant centipede and the giant chameleon drop to the ground below. The tidy and clean ground became so messy and full of the blood of an insect, and reptiles' organs.

  “GGGRRRRRRR!!! DIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!”

  Celio turned around once again in anger. He swings his right hand, which has transformed into the giant centipede head.

  *!*

  Celio misses once again because Quroe vanished right before his eyes once again. He once again appeared behind him and put his hand on Celio’s left shoulder.

  “That is enough. Your 30 seconds are almost up. I’ve been counting since you entered Unification. It’s been 25 seconds since then. You’ve tried, but you didn’t even touch me.”

  *!!!*

  Quroe’s words force Celio to accept the harsh truth that he is no match against him.

  “You have five, no, four seconds left on Unification. You still think you can beat me?”

  “. . .”

  Celio’s facial expression slowly changes from anger to shock. His fighting spirit has been completely crushed by the reality of the situation.

  “. . .”

  *Thud*

  Celio drops to his knees with only two seconds left on his Unification.

  “I surrender.”

  “. . .Good choice. Now, brace yourselves for the consequences of Unification. After that, I have some questions for you.”

  The 30-second timer has ended, and Celio lost access to Celia’s Faith power. The pieces of blood and organs on the ground disappear as Celio unsummons his summoned being.

  “I’m gonna close my ears, so feel free to shout as loudly as you can.”

  *!*

  “HHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!”

  *THUD*

  Celio starts holding his left chest with both of his hands and falls to the floor.

  And so, for the next entire minute, Celio has to experience an excruciatingly painful heart attack, losing his Faith power completely in the process for the time.

  “AAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH!!!”

  His body became a little red, and veins are appearing visible across his whole body from how much he screams.