This is the moment you've been waiting for!
Black Rabbit will now open the finals for the main Gift Game
of the Celebration for the Rise of the Fire Dragon,
Duel of the Creators!
Black Rabbit, Thousand Eyes' exclusive judge,
will chair and ref this game!
Oh yeah, Shiroyasha...
What gives you the right to make
Black Rabbit's skirt so you just barely can't see anything up it?
That subtlety stuff is way outdated.
For someone as impressive as you not to understand true art...
What?
True art requires your imagination for the unknown.
It demands you seek out the mysterious.
Yes, the best art is that which exists
in your own universe within yourself.
The universe within myself, you say?
The contents of a maiden's skirt is no different.
When you can see, all you're left with are vulgar panties,
but if you can't see a thing, it is art!
It's art if I can't see anything?!
Let us verify these truths,
and witness the moment a miracle occurs here.
Shiroyasha...
Indeed.
U-Uh...
Don't look at them. You'll just catch their stupidity.
Come on.
We're about to watch Kasukabe-san's game and they're all...
Rattenfänger...
The Piper of Hamelin...
Could this girl be the Demon Lord's...
Asuka...
Thank you.
It'll be fine.
That just couldn't be.
Episode 8
It Seems That a Great Disaster Will Come With the Playing of a Flute?
That's everything I know about Will-O-Wisp.
I hope some of that helps.
But are you sure you don't need support from anyone?
The rules say you can have one partner.
Don't worry about me.
But...
I'll be fine.
Break a leg, miss!
Now, let's have our players enter the arena.
The player of our first game is
Kasukabe You of the no-names!
Kasukabe-san!
You can do it!
And from Will-O-Wisp, Ayesha Ignis Fatuus.
Did you see that?
The no-name girl got knocked on her butt!
Now let's have a good, hard, fun laugh at her expense, Jack!
Is that a...
That's right.
That's our community's, Will-O-Wisp's, best gift,
a famous monster, the Jack-O'-Lantern!
Hi there.
It's Jack, Izayoi-kun!
It's a real jack-o'-lantern!
I never thought I'd be able to see one like this.
I can tell, so calm down, rich girl.
This is so cool!
You should be crying tears of joy 'cause you get to face
Ayesha on her big day, you no-name!
I shall now prepare the stage
for the Gift Game in the name of the Host Master!
What? What?
Where are we?
The air has changed.
So cool!
Wow!
That's really big!
So the game's taking place inside that ridiculously huge tree?
Now, what type of game will they show us?
Gift Game name: Underwood Maze!
So we have to either escape first from this large tree...
...or destroy our opponent's gift to win.
I now announce the start of this Gift Game!
Come on, I'll give you a head start.
It'd be pretty pathetic of me to take a no-name seriously.
Are you the leader of Will-O-Wisp?
Huh? Do I look like the leader?
That's awfully flattering.
Sadly, Ayesha-sama's not the leader,
but eventually, everyone will follow what I say—
Hey, you're just going to leave?!
Okay, if that's what you're going to do, I'm not holding back.
Go forth, Jack!
We're hunting that no-name in this maze of tree roots!
Yahoo-hoo!
Wait up!
Her back's wide open!
Burn her up, Jack!
Yahoo!
How dare she?!
Jack!
Yahoo!
This is...
Just as Jin said...
I see. Natural gas.
That's right.
According to the Will-O-Wisp legend,
blue-white flames would appear in underpopulated areas,
called the will-o'-the-wisp.
However, it was actually caused by natural gas being
released from the earth and naturally catching fire.
The miss's nose would pick that up in an instant.
The leader of Will-O-Wisp is a demon
that appears on the border between life and death.
If that's the case, I wouldn't be able to handle them.
But this girl isn't the leader.
I can win this game.
Does she know where the exit is?!
I see!
She figured out how the air is flowing toward the exit!
Come on!
Fine, I'll leave the rest to you.
Do this for real, Jack-san!
Understood!
Huh?
Sorry for this, girl.
Now go on ahead, Ayesha.
Right!
Wait!
Wait, you're...
Yes...
I am the great gift created by the great demon,
Will-o'-the-Ignis-Fatuus, that manifested on the border
between life and death.
I am the jack-o'-lantern.
The fire from the will-o'-the-wisp
is none other than the fire from a demon.
In order to help the humans understand this,
we go out of our way to tell them that we're
a natural scientific phenomenon.
To let them know that corpses lie beneath.
Then what about what I just saw?
Ayesha is a spirit of the earth who controls natural gas.
She was originally a wandering ghost my leader adopted.
By giving guidance to wandering souls like Ayesha,
our community grows in fame and power.
Now come forth, young maiden who holds the phylogenetic tree!
I am the immortal creature, Jack-O'-Lantern, and I shall face you!
He's a demon...
Kasukabe-san...
No matter how strong she is,
Kasukabe can't take out an immortal opponent.
I surrender.
The winner: Ayesha Ignis Fatuus!
May I ask you something?
Why did you not think to have someone help you in this game?
I...
Your eyes seem a bit lonely.
When you live in a community, you often have to rely on others.
I'm sorry for meddling so much when I'm just a pumpkin.
Hey, you.
I'm not considering this a win.
Ayesha-sama's going to
defeat you without trying next time she sees you.
You hear me? Don't forget that.
Miss!
That was close, master.
It was.
If only I could have given you more accurate advice...
Good work, You-san.
I'm sorry, everyone.
Huh?
That girl...
Even though she wasn't able to win the game,
it seems she gained something from it.
That was a very nice game to watch.
You have great friends.
Yes, Kasukabe-san truly is amazing.
Right, Izayoi-kun?
Hey, what's that?
What?
Those are...
Black Geass Rolls?!
It can't be...
The players are all the communities in this area.
The host appointed will be the Game Master Shiroyasha.
For the host master to win,
all players must be pushed to submission or massacred.
For the players to win,
they must shatter the false legend, and make the true legend known.
A Demon Lord! A Demon Lord is here!
We will start our game.
Yes, my master.
A Demon Lord...
A Demon Lord is coming!
How dare they just...
What?!
Shiroyasha-sama!
Sandora!
Izayoi-san!
A Demon Lord has come...
That's all I have to know, right?
Yes.
Asuka?
It's fine.
You hide here.
Look at that!
So they're coming.
Take care of Shiroyasha and the panic in the town for me.
For you?
Wait, Izayoi-san... You can't be...
I'm just going to say a quick hello to that Demon Lord of ours.
Weser!
I wanted to meet you, Demon Lord!
Damn you...
Don't get so cocky, kid!
You've done it now.
I didn't expect you to attack first.
My school report cards always said
I was very unpredictable.
Weser, hurry up and take care of this.
Shut up.
Go down there first, Ratten.
If we take too long, we're going to get yelled at by the master.
Fine.
I don't understand.
Why did you let her go?
You should have been able to take her out easily.
I'll take my time chasing her down after I defeat you,
avatar of the Weser River.
Ratten... Rats and the Weser River in Hamelin...
There's only one answer to this.
You guys are the demons born from the
legend of the Piper of Hamelin.
After 130 children were sacrificed,
the method by which they were murdered itself turned into a spirit.
There are many different possibilities
contained within the legend of the Piper,
such as the children being "spirited away" or kidnapped.
They include natural disasters, as well.
One could surmise that the power you used to warp this wall
is formed from that spirit power of yours,
which is based on landslides and landslips.
So that means "shattering the false legend
and making the true legend known"
is really figuring out the true cause of the incident in Hamelin to win.
I thought you were just some damn kid,
but you're pretty smart, it seems.
I'll make one amendment to your statements, though.
I'm not the Demon Lord.
I'm just a low-level demon.
I see.
Then we'd better get the opening act out of the way!
Are you really a true vampire?
That's enough, Strom.
We don't need her.
Strom...
Storm, then.
Then that giant is one of the natural disaster demons.
Let's go find who we're really looking for.
Kill her.
Oh?
Did I get her?
No, you didn't.
What?
What is this wind?
That hurt a lot.
But I'll forgive you.
I retract what I just said.
You seem like you'll become a good pawn.
I've been waiting for you,
the Fire Dragon of Salamandra, Sandora.
Are you the Demon Lord of Hamelin?
Oh, that's incorrect.
My gift name is the Demon Lord of the Black Death,
the Black Percher.
A protector of the peace
cannot let such a dangerous being go idly.
I see. That's quite wonderful, Floor Master.
Everyone, please stay calm and do not panic.
Is that...
Everyone, do not panic!
We are the proud Salamandra!
Here, you'll be fine.
What's going on, you guys?
It's pretty hard to hold back enough not to kill them.
Are you hurt, little lady?
Thank you, Pumpkin.
Thank you.
Shiroyasha, what's going on?
I don't know.
But it seems, according to the rules in the Geass Rolls,
I can't participate.
The Geass Rolls...
Listen up, you guys.
I want you to tell Black Rabbit
everything I'm about to tell you, word for word.
First, there may be a possibility that the rules of this game
were intentionally created to be lacking in explanation.
Worst case, this game may not be winnable.
What was that?
Secondly, it's very likely
that this Demon Lord is part of a new community.
Understood.
Thirdly, the method used to seal me here was most likely—
Okay, that's enough.
My, my.
It seems like the strongest floor master can't do a thing.
What did you do to Salamandra?!
Of course I'm not going to tell you.
Besides, you guys are in the way.
Oh, you're good.
Let's go.
Kasukabe-san, wh-what's going on?
M-My head...
M-Miss...
Playing tricks on a flute...
The power to control humans and rats...
It seems your superhuman hearing
has worked against you.
Well, whatever. You will become my pawn.
Jin-kun, I'm sorry.
Huh?
Take Kasukabe-san and go to Black Rabbit.
Understood.
Do you think I'm going to let him go?
All of you, stay still!
This girl!
Asuka!
I was surprised.
You were able to restrain me, if only for an instant.
You have a unique power, don't you?
This is pathetic.
If I could move even half as well as Kasukabe-san can...
I would have been fine with the girl from before,
but you seem more fun.
Don't you think?
Damn you...
I've heard just how much of a demon you can be.
But that power of yours will help us.
Now, that's the end of the prologue.
So the Piper of Hamelin shows itself.
Our game has only just begun.
That's right...
The most radical opera you can imagine is about to begin.
So we have a white loli, a golden-haired loli,
and now the Demon Lord is a plague loli.
You don't even sound like you're worried.
But your legs are far more attractive, Black Rabbit.
Next Time
It Seems That the Smell of Death That Brings About Disaster Is Growing Throughout the Town?
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