125 How should be a normal Human

Ater explaining the rules to the people that didn't understand, they started to speak about serious things.

Sora: Since the squares are 400, there's no way that someone alone could "Ascend"(Reach the end) if not by trying to kill each other.

Steph: ...Don't joke with me, there's no way I will accept something like that!

Sora: Right? No one wants to die, I don't want to die, either. That's why… We're going to go like this. Everyone leaves the tasks empty and one person will gather 9 dices from each person. With this, it'll be the birth of the 73 Dice Holder!

The biggest value with just one play will be 438, if you're not careful, it's still possible to reach the goal with a single move! No one will reach zero and no one will die… And who is the best person to throw dices than Qiangwei?

Xiao Qiangwei: I don't mind, but we still need to be a bit careful about the situation we are in.

Jibril: His Highness is right, it would be impossible if the Traitor isn't identified.

Xiao Qiangwei: ...No, not that. Honestly it doesn't matter who is the Traitor, I just meant about how complex the game would be. Besides, I already know who it could be.

Jibril immediately kowtowed and said.

Jibril: Please forgive me for misunderstanding you, His Highness.

Xiao Qiangwei: *Sigh* Get up. 'It will be hard stopping her consider me as her messiah…'

Sora: He's right, anyone can be the traitor since it doesn't matter eith-Say what?

Xiao Qiangwei: I already know who is the Traitor. Don't underestimate my Immortal Senses, especially since I reached the apex of the True Immortal realm.

Steph: Who it is? No, wait, how did you even find out about it?

Xiao Qiangwei: Well… There is this certain thing… But for plot reasons, I will not reveal it!

Sora: Hey! Stop breaking the 4th wall!

Ino: ...What are you guys talking about?

Izuna: ...Grandpa, ignore them, we will stay here the entire day trying to understand them. Des.

Then, everyone filled out their tasks and walked beyond the doors that isolated everyone from each other.

[Sora and Shiro's side]

7 hours passed since the start of the game. Those two already turned back to the period before they came at Disboard, closed somewhere, with a tablet PC in their hands, dead inside…

Sora: Even though I expected the Eastern Federation would also have "Zombie Games".... What a shitty game. Just what kind of decision leads to making a "Macho Werebeast Zombie with Wings" considered fine in the head?

...Suspicion kills everyone. I wonder why'd you think only you wouldn't be betrayed… If you betray them, you'll be betrayed. It's just inevitable… Hey Shiro, I wonder where did I go wrong…

Obviously he was talking about the game he was playing with Shiro, not the game that the Old Deus made. But the answer he received, came back as a roar.

Steph: If you're seriously asking that, then shall I. Answer. You?! Even though you betrayed me and made it impossible for me to return that betrayal! you threw everything at me even after forcefully dragging me, so. Why. Are. You. Holing. Yourself. Up, huh?!

See! I acquired the "Cart" you wanted, didn't I!?

Shiro: ...….Uh…...m?

Sora: ...What was that about again?

Steph: You said you wouldn't move unless I brought a cart, didn't you!?

Then she pulled a car inside the warehouse through an already destroyed wall and roared again.

Steph: Now, it's fine if I pull it like a cart, right, literally like a horse pulling a cart, right?!

She grabbed the surprised two and dragged them out of the room…

2 hours later...In the second square… Steph left the cart she was pulling and sprawled on the ground. It was being used as a bed by Shiro, who was using the tablet PC with hollow eyes.

Steph: So? Isn't it about time for me to get a satisfying explanation?

Sora: Huh? What about it?

Steph: You all were acting all cool and then I find yourselves closed in the corner of the world!

Sora: It's because we can't win… We will lose for a completely different reason than for the game itself… But really, this isn't even funny; that really is the most probable ending…

...Starvation.

Steph: ...E-Eehhh? Ahm… What do you mean?

Sora: Ha, haha… I vaguely doubted it, but, you really haven't noticed?...

Shiro: ....Ignorance is a bliss…. those are profound words…. right….

Then, as if he was a bus guide, Sora extended his left hand.

Sora: Ah, attention all passengers! Could you please look to your left?

Steph tilted her neck at left and saw only a land and the countless islands of the Eastern Federation on the ocean, not below or above, but at the left.

Sora: Continuing, could you please look at your right? Now, I wonder what do you see?

She turned her head right and saw the absurdly large game board where they should play at, where each square was as big as a country.

Steph: It's an absurdly huge game board…

Sora: Yes, it's an absurdly huge game board! Now, what's our current position after we've walked for five hours?!

Steph: …...The second square, right.

Sora: That's right! basing on the above… Now! Let's fully answer the question that you asked when you broke through the house a while ago! In other words, "Why did we confine ourselves there?"!!

It's too uselessly huge and slowwwwww! If we crossed a single square after walking for five hours… Just how many days, how many months will it take until we set foot on the dice's outcome, the 62th square! It's the Old Deus' game, so, it's obvious it'll be ridiculous…

Haaahn!! She must be a really shitty game to mistake a map uselessly big and cool as something interesting. Did she think replacing money with power would complete a spectacularly shitty game?!

Moreover, even with all these fields, there isn't even a "Straight road railway", and as if that wasn't enough, the road is long… This is the worst landmine pretending to be an open world…

Shiro: …..The number of footsteps, until here… were 20'834 steps….

Sora: ...It's 4'000 km until the goal… Walking with your own feet. Without any fast travel.

Steph seemed still clueless, and Sora sighed before letting out a difficult smile.

Sora: ...It's the same as going from Elkia's western border to the Temple of the Miko, do you get it this way?

Steph: Oof…

The light disappeared from her eyes… Even Elkia's sea sailing ship would take half a month for that distance. Naturally during that time, it'll be on off-roads, outdoors, in direct sunlight; furthermore, as experimented, the more dices you remove, the younger you become, and soon you will need to make it with child's feet.

Sora: ...This game. If you have only one dice left, you cannot proceed any further. Basically, unless someone ascends or everyone has only one dice left without reaching zero… It won't end.

For starters, there's no way we can walk such a distance, right?! I'm not QIangwei! I'm a normal human, you see!? For a person, a living being who gets hungry and tired, it's a distance that would normally and inevitably kill him!!!