Chapter 1
Beginner/Amateur
Part 1
—In a past that was far too long ago.
The Old Deus competed with the ultimate prize of being the supre, sole G.o.d on the line and
started a war, along with their servants and created beings.
This war lasted for a long, long ti. So long it felt numbing.
There was no land that was not stained with blood, and cries of agony had never ceased to echo
through the skies. The civilised races hated each other, slaughtered each other, and continued to
repeat their countless killings.
The Elves had small villages as their bases, and they cast magic to hunt their enemies.
The Dragonias used their bodies for killing purposes, and the werebeasts devoured their prey like
animals.
The barren land that was already swallowed by the sunset was also engulfed by the deeper
darkness due to the wars waged between the old Deus.
The ‘Demon Lords’ and their allied monsters that were created by the Phantasma went rampant
and dominated the land.
In this kind of world, it did not matter how many n.o.bles, beauties or warriors there were.
Humans were just an insignificant existence.
They had to bet their lives on building their countries and forming clans just to survive.
The legendary hero who could be hailed by the bards did not appear—and just like that, it was a
blood-stained era. This was a story that was far longer and older than the skies, seas and land—
called the ‘Disconnect Board’.
However, the war they thought would continue for eternity suddenly ended. The skies, seas,
land—and even the stars that filled the skies.
They lost the will to continue this unending, weary war where they died needlessly and without
enjoying life.
And just like that—at this point, the Old Deus with the most amount of power left sat on the only
throne for a sole G.o.d.
And so, this Deus who had been watching from the sidelines all this while... Abstaining from the
war from the beginning till the end.
The Deus sat on the throne, looking at the devastation on the land around him. He declared to all
the people roaming on the land.
"—To everyone, who used up all extres of strength, violence, desperation, and death. Show
proof that you, who built towers of corpses, are civilised beings as you so claim." ’What is the
difference between you and the ‘unintelligent beasts’?
All the races unanimously said that there was no need to prove their own intelligence. But, in
front of this barren and abandoned world, this discourse was too empty.
Ultimately, there was no answer that was accepted by G.o.d. G.o.d said.
—From this piece of Heaven, I command that there will be no plundering or bloodshed. Those
words beca an [Oath], becoming the absolute unchanging law of the world.
From that day onwards, [War] disappeared from the world.
But the population that considered themselves rational sent complaints to G.o.d in unison.
Even if [War] has disappeared, [Conflict] still exists—
G.o.d said, in that case-
Those of the [Sixteen Races] that claim to be the most intelligent creatures.
Those who use all extres of your reason, intelligence, ability and financial resources. Build
towers of wisdom, and through that thou shalt prove thine own intelligence.
G.o.d took out sixteen chess pieces— and laughed maliciously.
Thus, the [Ten Oaths] were born, and [War] disappeared from the world. All disputes were
resolved by [Gas].
That was the law of the sole G.o.d, and that G.o.d’s na was—TET.
Part 2
Andalusia continent, the Kingdom of Elchea, the Capital— Elchea.
An area limited to the southern part of the equator, stretching to the northeast of the continent,
was a small country that was located in the westernmost part, but it was more accurate to say that
it was a small city.
It was a country that had previously occupied half of the continent in mythical tis, but now it
has lost its forr glory.
What was left was the last of the once great empire— A small and vulnerable country.
—More precisely.
This was also the last kingdom for the human species.
—At the outskirts of the city not far away.
A tavern and inn that could only exist in RPG gas was the first floor of a building.
There were two people who were surrounded by many viewers, two girls that were currently
playing a ga on a table.
One of the girls looked to be around 15 or 16 years old, having red hair while giving out a sense
of elegance with her manners and dress.
As for the other person—
Although she looked very alike in age with the redhead, her temperant and clothing gave out a
sense of maturity in other peoples’ points of view.
Wearing a black veil draped over her head, resembling a mourning shawl— was a black-haired
girl. As for the ongoing ga that they were having........it seed to be poker.
The expressions on both their faces were in deep contrast, with the redhead having a stern look
due to anxiety.
On the other hand, the deadpan poker face on the black-haired girl face made everyone peek at
the color of calmness. Anyway — the red-haired girl was losing thoroughly.
"......Hey, can you hurry it up?"
"An, annoying. I am still thinking."
—It was a pub, and the already drunken audience roared with vulgar laughter in the broad
daylight.
This added a shade of distress onto the red-haired girl’s face. But in any case——it was a scene
bustling with people.
............—
During a ga that was held outside the pub.
Sitting at a table in the open air, a young girl who was wearing a hood peered through the
window from the side and said. "........How.....lively.........what happened?"
"Ah? Don’t you foreigners know at all?—-But then again, there aren’t any other human countries
left."
Sitting next to the girl who was peeping into the window, were two people that were playing a
ga on the table.
The players were a teenage male who was also hooded just like the young girl, as well as a
bearded middle-aged man with a bulging beer belly.
The teenager replied.
"Ah—because we are from the countryside, we are not clear with situations regarding the
tropolis." Coincidentally, both of them were also playing the sa ga as the ones
inside.......[Poker].
—Only, the bargaining chips they used were bottle caps.
Because of the teenager’s comnt, the middle-aged man said doubtfully.
"The so-called humans that don’t live in this country...........aren’t they hermits?" "Haha, that is
true. Okay, so what is all the commotion inside?"
The bearded man was shot back with the sa question after cleverly avoiding it.
".......Right now, there is currently a gambling tournant to [Elect the next king] for Elchea."
With eyes watching the situation in the pub, the hooded girl continued asking. ".......Elect........the
next king?"
"Yes. These were the previous king’s last words before dying."
[The next king shall not be inherited by blood relations, but the coronation of "Humanity’s
strongest gambler".] Continuing to add on the bottle caps, the bearded man said.
"In the fight to gamble for the country, the human species were defeated. Now there is only
Elchea, which is also the capital of this country—so there was no ti to look decent now."
"Huuu, [Gambling for the country], eh.......that seems to be sothing very, very interesting."
The hooded teen replied.
He was very alike to the hooded girl, feeling very concerned and peeping into the pub to look at
the situation. "—Well, why? Are those kids like the candidates to be the next king?"
"Un? The so-called word [Candidate] seems wrong, because as long as you are a human, anyone
is eligible to partic.i.p.ate."
Just— adding these words, the man moved his line of sight towards the tavern.
—Obviously playing poker, yet she does not seem to know the aning of the word "poker
face".
Giving a glance to the red-haired girl whose whining voice could be heard and her intent while
staring at the opponent’s hand could be felt, the man said.
"That red-haired girl over there is called "Stephanie Dora"— the previous king’s blood kin. If
they followed his will, about a non-royal nor blood-related person becoming the king, then she
will lose everything, so her goal is to beco the next king."
The blood kin of that guy who made humanity lose, never expected to have such desperate
children...... Added the man before sighing, bluntly comnting on the noise inside.
".........Huuu....."
"Un.......[Gambling for the country]—even the so-called borders are decided with gas, right?"
The hooded girl and teen expressed their feelings.
The girl felt admiration. The teen felt interest.
"Whatever the case, the system of the gambling tournant is heating up considerably."
".........Round robin?"
"As long as you are a human, anyone can be the next king, so long as you register your na.
Regardless of the thods, it will be decided with a ga. The loser will be deprived of
qualification while the last man standing will be the king."
—So, the rules are simple. The easier it is to understand, the better it is. But, the hooded teen
doubtfully said.
"........It really is that casual, eh. Wouldn’t there be any problems?"
"As long as you respect the [Ten Oaths], with both sides judging each other, there would be no
restrictions, nor any restriction on the compet.i.tion mode— Including who, what to use and at
what ti. After all, it is a national gambling thing for the country."
"......No, I don’t an that."
The hooded teen muttered in an eloquent tone while looking into the pub again. The girl
whispered to the teen.
".......Of course, total defeat." "Ahh, we think of the sa things."
Saying it to each other, the teen took out a square-shaped item from his pocket. Facing towards
the tavern, he operated it for a while before it sounded with a ’Kacha’.
—After that, the middle-aged man secretly laughed.
"So, little brother? It isn’t the ti for you to think of the outco of other people, right?"
Apologizing, the man suddenly spread out his cards.
"Full house. Sorry, eh."
The man who was convinced that he had won —thought of the people that would be his later and
leaked out a nasty smile.
—But, looking at the hooded teen.
He still showed that disinterested face he had since the start. But now a reaction ca and he
gave out a response.
"Eh? Ah—sorry. Oh, yes."
Saying this, the teen casually revealed his poker and the middle-aged man stared in disbelief.
"A ro, royal straight flush—!?"
Towards the man who stayed emotionless and yet received the best hand in the ga, the man
got up and roared. "You, you guys cheated , right!?"
"Hey, hey, hey, how rude.......do you have any evidence?"
Facing against the teen who exposed a thin smile and was preparing to get up from his seat, the
man continued speaking rcilessly.
"The probability of getting a royal straight flush is only 1/650000, there’s no way you could you
get it so easily!" "Then today must be the day where I hit that 1 out of 650000 chances right,
Uncle? You really do have bad luck, eh." Leisurely leaving behind this sentence, the teen spread
his hands wide.
"Then, could you get
what you "bet"?" "—You deserve to die."
Clucking his tongue, the man took out his wallet and purse.
"Article six of the [Ten Oaths], ’As per the oath, the wager will be unconditionally adhered to’—
Okay, I will accept it."
".....Thank you......Uncle."
The hooded teen stood up casually after finis.h.i. ng and left.
After nodding with a bow, the girl started chasing after the figure of that teen.
At that ti, a figure that seed to be a friend approached the bearded man who was watching
the two people stroll into the pub.
"Hey, although we were all watching from start to end, why did you have to bet on "Everything
you had"?" "Ah.......Oh my G.o.d, what am I going to do about the living expenses."
"No, compared to that, what did they bet on, making you put up all your living expenses?"
Sighing, the bearded man responded listlessly.
"They said [Free to do whatever you want with us two]." "What—"
"Although I felt it was a little too fitting ......But I thought it would work seeing that they are
from the countryside.........So how?"
"You can’t do anything about it.......Oh yeah, which one would you choose?" "—Ha?"
"But......bis.e.xual or lolicon, both are out of your league, eh....." "Wuh- hey, hey, wait a mont!"
"What, ah~ don’t worry, I will keep it a secret from Kai-san. As a consideration, you have to
treat ??" "No, not that! Moreover, my cash has already been taken away! Compared to this—"
"The condition bet did not only include the girl’s chast.i.ty, it was also equivalent to [Betting two
peoples’ lives], but the case of getting a royal straight flush while looking so absent-minded?
What exactly is backing up those two guys......"
—.........
"........Nii.....cunning."
"Ah? Why did that co out from you too."
".......Deliberately using......that kind.......of cheat that sticks out by a mile."
—Yep, it was exactly what the man had said.
The royal straight flush could not have simply appeared that easily.
Coming up with this kind of hand was tantamount to declaring openly that you were cheating.
But—
"Article eight of the [Ten Oaths], once cheating has been discovered in a ga, it will be deed
as a defeat—" The teen muttered out the rule of this world he had just rembered.
"—Which ans, as long as you are not found out then you can do it. Isn’t receiving
acknowledgent nice." The teen’s argunt revealed that he had only conducted a simple
experint, before stretching his waist. "Well, at least we earned so military spendings."
"........Nii............understands.....how the money works here?"
"It’s impossible to know, right? But, leave this to - this is within your brother’s field of
expertise." The teen said it with a tone that the bearded man and his friend had never heard,
Before walking into the building that had the inn and tavern.
Part 3
Despite the bustling commotion due to the heated ga on the central table, two people walked
to the counter. Reaching the counter, the hooded teen took out his wallet from his purse and
emptied the coins out, before asking slowly.
"I’d like a room for two. One bed is enough. How many nights will this amount of money get
us?" The figure which had a boss-like aura glanced over quickly.
After a mont of hesitation. ".........One day with three als."
However, the hooded teen laughed towards this remark— and with his eyes covered by the hood,
continued talking. "Ah haah~I said. Ah, after trekking for five nights straight, the fatigue is
enough to kill . We are totally exhausted already—so could you quickly tell , [How many
nights can we stay]?"
"—What?"
"Although we do look like country people who don’t know the monetary value, it’s fine with
if you want to raise the price. But, I recomnd that when you lie, please take note of your line
of sight and tone of voice, ’kay ~??"
The teen laughed while saying these words- it appeared that his eyes had a keen radiance that
saw right through him. With the boss sweating nervously, he sucked in his lips and replied.
".......Che. Two days, then."
"You see, lying again.....let’s just compromise this- ten days with als provided, then."
"Wha! What kind of compromise is that!!? You, fine... three days with als, how
ddleso!" "Ah, so it’s like that, eh. Then a discount, five days with food attached."
"Wuh—"
"You are trying to deceive custors into pumping out their oil before lining your own pockets
with the money, then splurging it all, right?"
"Whu, wait, that sort of thing—"
"And you are the owner of this tavern but not the owner of the inn, right? Should I report you?"
He had kept a smile on his face since the start of the conversation.
But facing against this teen who spared no pains to negotiate with him, the boss could only make
an awkward and stiff expression before replying,
"Little brother, you obviously have a worldly expression, but you’re unexpectedly ruthless,
eh..........I get it, four days with als provided, how’s that?"
"Okay~, thank you for the hospitality??"
Still wearing that smile, the teen took the room keys from the man’s hand.
"Your room’s at the innermost corner on the third floor. What’s........your na?"
The hooded youth replied to the sowhat impatient boss who was holding onto the register.
"Un~..........Kuuhaku[8] would do."
Sora purred and spun the keys on his fingers.
He suddenly patted the head of his little sister, who was ecstatically watching the climax of the
ga on the central table.
"Look, I finished negotiations, we get to stay for four days. You may quickly wors.h.i. p your oniisama—
what are you doing?"
s.h.i. ro was staring at that Stephen............sothing, the person introduced by the bearded man
early on. A distressed expression was exposed on that girl’s face.
Her askew expression made people think that that without a doubt, she did not have a hope of
victory. "........That person— will lose."
"Probably. So what?"
Revealing her emotions without hiding them, even if there was a chance, she still would not win.
Maybe it was as the bearded man had said, the lineage of the royal family are stupid.
Just when this idea was erging in Sora’s mind—he realized. "—Ah!"
Then, after figuring out the intentions of his sister’s words, he could not help but sigh. "Whoa, so
it is that kind of aning......How scary......"
"..........Un."
s.h.i. ro was sizing up the black-haired girl while nodding at the sighing Sora.
"Really..........This world’s cheating thods are truly incredible. I don’t even want to et
against these kinds of opponents......"
".........Nii, shaful....."
Probably provoking him, Sora suddenly got serious and countered back.
"Heh, don’t be silly. No matter how clever a cheat is, it depends on how you apply it." "......Nii,
could you.....beat it?"
"—But this really is worthy of a fantasy world, eh....... There really isn’t any sense of reality here,
yet we both have a comfortable and relaxed feeling........Is it because we’ve played too many
gas?"
Sora did not answer his little sister’s question, but instead headed for the third story of the
building while rambling about non-related topics.
"...........Really, I asked........a stupid question." s.h.i. ro suddenly apologized.
—Indeed, for 『 』 , failure was almost impossible.
Then..........after making contact by the shoulders.
For so reason—Sora turned towards Steph..........whatever, the red-haired girl. He thought
about it in his mind for a mont— before whispering softly. ".......Oh, co on...can’t you see
you’re being cheated?"
"—Eh?"
The girl with the striking red hair and contrasting round blue eyes suddenly glanced over.
Even as he felt the girl who was mysteriously told off stare at his moving figure.........Sora did
not utter another word and went straight towards the door of the room.
Part 4
Along with the turn of the key in the lock, ca a lack of sense of security when the tal hinge
let out a squeaking sound before the door opened.
Inside the room— it was wood that was quite similar to the kind in Skyrim , making the house
look kind of cheap. The room was small, and creaking could be heard with every footstep on the
floor. The table and chairs that were arranged at the corners looked very perfunctory.
As for the other things, there was only a bed and window. The interior was quite simple.
Walking into the room and locking the door, the both of them removed their hoods.
Wearing a T-s.h.i. rt, jeans, and sneakers with matted black hair—Sora.
A ss of long white hair that covered her red eyes, a skinny girl who wore a sailor uniform—
s.h.i. ro.
Sora removed the borrowed robes that when worn, would not look conspicuous in a world like
this, before revealing a relieved look and threw himself on the only bed.
Taking the phone out of his pocket— he checked off the task that was planned beforehand. "—
[Goal]: Ensure accommodation—[Achieved]— it’s safe to say *that* now, right?" "......Un[9], I
think......we can."
After the confirmation, a thousand emotional words were released from the heart.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,so tired, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh............." These
words......
It was decided early on to never say these until the goal was reached.
Afterwards, bursting out as he could no longer contain himself, were the complaints about the
story that ca out of Sora’s mouth.
"There is no such thing as [definitely impossible]- I can’t believe that at our first reunion with the
outside world, we had to walk that far."
Similarly, taking off the robe revealed a folded white sailor uniform. Opening the window, she
confird the scenery.
From the window, you could barely see it— the cliff onto which they fell. "........For humans, as
long as there’s a will, then anything can be done."
"Yeah, if there is no motivation then nothing will be done— These realistic words accurately
express our current situation, eh."
Although it was such a negative interpretation— s.h.i. ro still nodded in agreent.
"Honestly, I thought that my legs had beco weak from being a hikikomori for so long, so I
never expected that we would be able to walk that far."
".........Because.....we control the mice.....with both our feet?"
"Oh— I see! The so-called ’mastering one skill so much until it carries into everything else’ thing
was true then!" ".........That’s not..........what I originally ant......I ant........"
This comical dialogue seed to have reached its limit. s.h.i. ro’s eyes were half closed.
The little sister, who was staggering as if she was going to faint, fell on the bed that Sora was on.
Although it didn’t show on her face, the pained breath from her fatigue could be felt.
—This was of course, a natural reaction.
No matter how much of a genius she was, she was still an eleven year old girl.
Dueling in a chess match after 5 all-nighters was enough to shock anyone with that kind of
stamina. Even Sora also felt pain and s.h.i. fted around (although it was only halfway). For a person
to also walk all the way here without complaints was truly worthy of praise.
Because Sora had decided before not to utter out a single complaint.
"You worked hard. How great— indeed, you are your brother’s prided little sister." As if
combing his little sister’s hair, Sora stroked her head and said that.
"........Un. Find a place to sleep.......made sure.........that was completed."
"Ahhh, and of course, I was afraid of what was going to happen to us when we were attacked by
those thieves."
—With these words, Sora’s mind drifted back to a few hours ago.
That is— when both of them were lost and wandering around shortly after being dumped in this
world.
Part 5
"—Then, what do we do." "........(Shakes head)"
Waking up and regaining a conscious state for the second ti.
While cursing in his heart that life was being too unreasonable, the fatigued Sora shouted to the
pedestrians pa.s.sing by.
After s.h.i. ro was temporarily relieved, she let out a sigh.
Both of them felt weary, but they still recovered their composure despite being exhausted.
Moving away from the edge of the cliff, they then slumped onto the unpaved roadside.
".........Nii, why co.....here?"
"You see, in an RPG ga this would be called a [Street] right? I rember it was to let
soone go through so sort of....."
Although they didn’t know to what extent their practical knowledge about gas could help
them, but this sort of things should be placed aside first.
"—Well, first things first, let’s inventory what things we currently have on hand." Just like any
survival play-off ga, Sora said it like this.
Understanding the point, both of them started taking everything out of their pockets. What were
taken out—
Were Sora and s.h.i. ro’s respective smart phones, two of them. Handheld ga consoles, two of
them.
Two multipurpose batteries. Two solar power chargers, with multiple charging outlets.
And the last thing was a tablet PC in s.h.i. ro’s hand.
.....No matter how you looked at it, it was hard to imagine lost victims with such expensive
equipnt. And— they were all used to play gas.
Because no matter where they were, be it on the toilet or in the bathroom—or even during a
power outage, they could always play gas, so these were items that could not leave their
persons.
——Actually, n.o.body knew whether or not these items could be useful in an actual difficult
crisis, they were mysterious and yet substantial pieces of equipnt.
"..........Sure enough, electrical waves and the like cannot be received in the fantasy world." Sora
said, while looking at the display screen on his phone that told him he was out of range.
—But, the backlight of the phone could be used as a flashlight at night, and it could also take
photos. The map function—was of course ineffective, but it could still be used as a compa.s.s.
Sora gave a heartfelt thanks to the recent high level performance developnts for smartphones.
"...........Okay, s.h.i. ro, turn off the phone and tablet PC. Take advantage of the sun being up and
charge the photo voltaic power generator. I downloaded an e-book about gas onto that tablet
and in the worst case scenario, we will just use the survival guide."
"........Roger—"
s.h.i. ro obediently listened to her brother’s words and turned off the equipnt while using the
solar charger to charge it up.
—When encountering unexpected circ.u.mstances, listening to her brother’s instructions was the
best. s.h.i. ro knew this due to her own experience.
.........After that, using the power of science (Sora’s phone), a direction to head off was
determined.
However, using the phone which only had a compa.s.s, their current status was like being thrown
into the sea without any nautical charts, so there weren’t any changes in the situation.
They were obviously holding the product of the most advanced scientific technology, yet they
still got lost in the road of life and fell onto the wayside.
"—Oh?"
Sora spotted a few people approaching from a side-street(or a Street), pacing towards them.
"OHHH! How fantastic, my experience in RPGs really worked!"
".........Nii......they look......weird."
Finis.h.i. ng this sentence, the group suddenly picked up the pace and enclosed them in a circle.
Dressed in green and easy to walk in boots—
"..........Wowhoa, aren’t they thieves!"
Sora could not help but complain to the heavens.
Getting lost on the road and their first encounter was actually with [fantasy world thieves!]
Facing against this ferocious bunch, in full accordance with a typical bad guy group— Sora
s.h.i. elded s.h.i. ro with his body while really thinking of cursing the heavens.
—But what ca out of the thieves’ mouths was.
"Hehe....if ya wanna get past— ya gotta play a ga with us."
.............
This one sentence made the two siblings look at each other helplessly— but.
"—This, eh...that brat did say that this was [A world where everything is decided by gas]."
"...........Is that......how thieves here........are?"
The two people who quickly accepted that fact compared the thieves from here with the ones
from their own world. They couldn’t resist but smile after the comparison. This could even be
described as a cute scene compared to an encounter with a real thief, thus forcing both of them to
break out in laughter.
"What are you guys laughing about! If you don’t have a ga with us, don’t even think about
getting past here." Facing against two people who were laughing for no reason were the thieves.
The siblings then communicated with each other using a quiet voice that the thieves couldn’t
eavesdrop on. "One person deceives the others, then use cheats to cut off their escape route—
what do you feel?" "............Is......good."
Finis.h.i. ng the conversation, Sora clapped his hands with a ’Pa!’
"OK, fine, let’s have a showdown. But unfortunately for us, we are currently penniless." "Heh, no
matter, then—"
But regardless of what the thieves said, Sora continued.
"If we lose then we are at your disposal, regardless of where we are sold to or what is done to
us." "—Ah?"
The cheeky thief who was about to say out a proposal, was abruptly interrupted, before getting
surprised himself, "In contrast, if we win—"
With a chilling smile on his face— the brother said.
"You will take us to the nearest street ??, and give us the robes those two are wearing. Because we
are still wearing conspicuous clothing due to the transfer of worlds, this is a must. And also
about the ga rules of this world, truthfully tell them all to ☆"
Sora exerted his highly adaptable ga brain.
He was already convinced that he would win and had even added so additional requests.
Part 6
Thinking about back then, Sora whispered. "[Ten Oaths]——eh. s.h.i. ro, do you rember?"
".......Un. Very..........interesting rules." s.h.i. ro, looking dazed and about to fall asleep, replied.
They had learned about the rules of this world from the thieves (they were no longer
recognizable now) that had lost the ga.
Taking out his phone on which he had written the rules, Sora reread them out loud again.
【 Ten Oaths】 ——
It appears that these were the absolute rules that [G.o.d] had laid down.
Although the little sister seed to have easily morized it, the brother had still recorded them
in his phone, which were as follows:
【 1】 All bloodshed, war, and pillage is forbidden throughout the world.
【 2】 All disputes are to be resolved through the outco of gas.
【 3】 In gas, wagers will be made on what both parties decide to be of equal value.
【 4】 Unless contrary to "Three
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