The Warrior of Love

By the way, Atlas seemed to be a god symbolizing the mountains, but he fell into evil and became a demon king. After being conquered in the Gift Game, he was bound here by a contract as punishment.

To be honest, this god is not a positive character in the myths circulating in the parallel world, nor in the real history of this small world... He can even be said to be a villain.

But seeing with one's own eyes that majestic figure holding up the sky with its own strength, one can't help but be moved.

Although nominally a "giant", Atlas's stature was not that exaggerated. He was just a two-meter-tall strong man. His clothes were almost all rotten, with only a piece of rag left around his waist, barely covering his vital parts.

"What's wrong? No one wants to challenge me?"

Atlas had long black hair that was as messy as weeds, and his beard was so thick that when he spoke he looked like a tumbling bush.

But those eyes were very bright, even though they were bound in such a place, they were still burning with strong fighting spirit.

"I haven't played games for a long time. If you can beat me, the reward will be very generous."

This man was standing on a stone bridge at the edge of a cliff, with a true "bottomless abyss" only half a step away from him. However, he was still in the mood to joke with everyone, and it seemed that he had completely adapted to his working environment.

Izayoi touched his chin and said, "Hey, uncle, you are in this state, what kind of game can you play?"

Asuka and Kasukabe Yōya were very curious, but Kurotoshi, who was sitting on the ground, was lost in thought, as if he was recalling something.

"Atlas's game... I seem to have heard that person mention it..."

At this moment, Atlas, with his hands supporting the sky, grinned - his mouth could not be seen at all because it was hidden in his beard.

"My game? It's very simple, just rock-paper-scissors! I've always had very good luck and never lost at rock-paper-scissors. Haha..."

"What a joke."

Asuka was the first to retort, "How can you play rock-paper-scissors in your state?"

"Yes, you need to use your hands to play rock-paper-scissors." Kasukabe Yō held up the calico cat and shook its front paws, "Like this."

"Humph, if anyone could play rock-paper-scissors with me, wouldn't that be annoying?" Atlas said disdainfully, "Since I was trapped here, countless people have come to me, but they are all small fry... They don't even have the qualifications to compete with me!"

"Oh?"

Shizayoi looked as if he was thinking about something, but before he could take any action, Jiang Liu had already stepped forward.

"In other words, if I want to play games with you, I have to prove my qualifications."

Jiang Liu said as he walked: "For example... like this?"

He calmly came within three steps of Atlas, then stretched out his left hand and slowly placed it on the huge sphere.

hum!

Almost visible energy fluctuations rose up from Jiang Liu's body, even distorting the surrounding light and shadows, but this fluctuation soon subsided and was restrained within Jiang Liu's body.

And his left hand also supported the sphere steadily.

"Hello!?"

Jiuyuan Fei Niao was surprised and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Don't be so loud, miss."

Izayoi crossed his arms and smiled, "Isn't he playing a game?"

"Look!"

Kasukabe Yō's tone also became unusually tense: "He let go."

"what?"

Asuka turned his head and saw a shocking scene.

Atlas moved tentatively, confirmed that everything was fine, and then slowly removed his right hand from the sphere, as carefully as if he was fiddling with a newborn baby. Then, like Jiang Liu, he held up the sky with one hand.

But the two of them together just held up the sky without any shaking.

"Hmm...it actually worked...that's impossible no matter how you think about it, right?"

Asuka took a deep breath: "Is his strength so great?"

Kasukabe Yō opened his little mouth, and the calico cat's eyes widened.

Shizaye didn't say anything, but his eyes became excited when he looked at Jiang Liu.

"I'm afraid it's not just his strength..." Black Rabbit finally came to his senses and was so shocked by this scene that his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

"Mr. Yuanshan Jiangliu may have a related gift... Generally speaking, it is impossible to hold up the sky with pure physical strength."

"But isn't that dangerous?"

Fei Niao accepted this shocking fact, but became worried about Jiang Liu.

"In mythology, Atlas would use tricks, right? What if Jiang Liu was trapped here by his scheme..."

"Don't worry, Asuka."

Jiang Liu shouted loudly without even turning his head: "I'm not a great hero like Hercules. If the situation is not right, I would rather let the sky fall than be someone else's scapegoat!"

“You actually called me by my name…” Fei Niao blushed and frowned slightly, looking somewhat dissatisfied.

"Are you talking to me?" Atlas laughed. "Don't think too much. Because of the inheritance, I can't leave here. Don't worry."

After saying that, he stared at Jiang Liu's left hand that was supporting the sky, his eyes deep.

To be honest, although he set the basic conditions for participating in the game, the threshold is too high, and even many gods cannot do it.

Since coming to this desolate place at the end of the world, no one has ever met the conditions to participate in his gift game.

But the young man in front of him did it without using any tricks, relying only on his own physical strength... maybe with the blessing of grace, anyway, he joined the game uprightly.

"It seems that playing games with you will be very enjoyable."

Atlas smiled slightly and said, "The theme of the game is rock-paper-scissors, one hundred rounds, with fifty wins as the passing line. The one who wins more than fifty wins wins the game, but even if the winner is decided, the hundred rounds must be completed.

If you win, the prize will be bigger depending on the number of games you win, if it exceeds fifty.

If you lose, based on the number of games I win, after fifty games, you will have to stay here for one day for every additional game.

This way I can have a good rest after a thousand years... But unlike in the myth, I won't run away. That guy!"

"Huh?" Black Rabbit shuddered.

"The Moon Rabbit Clan is really rare...Aren't you a noble of the Little Garden? You will be the witness of this game."

Atlas turned around and grinned, "Boy, now you can rest assured!"

Chapter 820: High-level players vs. European emperors

To be honest, the sky is quite gloomy... Well, this is basically nonsense.

This kind of thing is common knowledge that everyone knows, even if they have never heard of it. The so-called "holding up the sky" is an exaggerated description that only appears in myths. Any normal person knows that this is impossible.

However, the little garden is a world that contains thousands of myths, where even the most absurd stories can miraculously come true.

Therefore, here the sky is real, a two-meter-tall man can symbolize a thousand-meter-high mountain, and a fragile stone bridge can support the weight of both.

Similarly, a seemingly ordinary young man can also challenge God!

call--

Only after actually touching the ball of the world and bearing its general weight, did Jiang Liu truly experience the "mass of the sky".

This was no longer a heavy pressure in the physical sense, but the conceptual "heaviest thing". Even though Jiang Liu was an ultimate creature and had increased his strength and endurance to an extremely exaggerated level, he was still nearly crushed to the ground.

Finally, he had to use the power of authority, mobilize the protection of "Dragon", and increase his own strength again to barely hold up the sphere, and use the rest of his strength to deal with Atlas.

The giant opposite looked at him curiously, revealing a hint of doubt and confusion, but ultimately did not ask.

Jiang Liu was not surprised by his reaction. You have to know that his power "Path of Glory" contains the "Draco" which is named after the evil dragon Ladon, but in fact the source of power comes from Atlas in "God Slayer".

The same existence as this huge man who belongs to a different world.

"Well……"

Atlas felt a very familiar power from Jiang Liu, but when he felt it carefully, he found that it was a strange aura that he had never encountered before, and he couldn't help feeling very strange.

This sense of déjà vu is like having twin brothers who have been separated since childhood...

However, he soon gave up the search. After all, this was the box garden, a place where heroes from various parallel worlds gathered. It would not be surprising even if an individual with the same origin as himself appeared from some world.

The best examples are the Indian gods and the Christian gods. Because of the inheritance of mythology, the same god may have multiple incarnations. These incarnations are independent of each other and do not come from the same world.

Perhaps, the young man in front of me had a cause and effect relationship with me in some parallel world.

“Rule 1: Neither the organizer nor the challenger can stop the game without authorization, otherwise it will be regarded as giving up, which is equivalent to admitting defeat.

The second rule: You have to decide on the gesture when you punch. You cannot observe the opponent's gesture and then decide. You are not allowed to change your moves. No matter how fast or slow you punch, you can only fix the gesture once - no matter how subtle the movement is, it cannot escape Black Rabbit's eyes.

Rule three: The black rabbit announces the start and end, and the next round proceeds after the winner is determined.

Rule 4: No prophecy, divination, or oracle-like gifts are allowed, only pure luck and intuition."

Black Rabbit changed his previous weak attitude and said to the two of them seriously: "Do you understand everything? Any questions?"

"No."

"let's start……"

"Okay... Now, the first round--"

Black Rabbit took a deep breath and said, "Begin!"

call out!call out!

Almost at the same time, both of them stretched out their right hands, and the speed was so fast that it made people feel that the results came out before Black Rabbit had even finished speaking.

"Yuanshan Jiangliu: Scissors, Atlas: Paper - Yuanshan Jiangliu wins!"

"Wow... a good start, it seems I'm lucky." Jiang Liu smiled.

Atlas didn't care and laughed as well: "But luck alone is not enough. Rock-paper-scissors is not such a simple game. I'm going to get serious next."

Jiang Liu raised his eyebrows and didn't care. He certainly knew that rock-paper-scissors was not just a matter of luck. It could even be said that most games in the world were not purely probabilistic events. Even without using cheating techniques, there were still strategies that could influence the outcome.

——Jiang Liu is someone who has watched “No Game No Life”.

No matter what, Atlas is a natural born god. Both his experience and accumulated wisdom cannot be underestimated. Judging from the fact that he chose the game of "rock-paper-scissors", he probably also has some tricks such as psychological induction. Jiang Liu naturally would not underestimate him.

However, since Jiang Liu dared to participate, he was not without any confidence.

"The second round begins—"

"call out!"

"Hammer versus scissors, Jiang Liu wins."

"Haha, young man, you are lucky. I will still use Scissors in the next round."

"The third game——"

"call out!"

"Hammer versus scissors, Jiang Liu wins."

"Hey, I don't know what I'm going to do next, so don't get too complacent."

"The fourth game—"

……

"The 50th round—"

"call out!"

"Cloth versus hammer, Jiang Liu wins!"

Black Rabbit couldn't suppress his excitement, and even his voice trembled: "Fifty to zero... In this gift game, the one who wins more than fifty times first will be the final winner, which means Mr. Jiang Liu is at least a tie!"

"impossible!"

Atlas's beard stood up, like a hedgehog... no, it was like an angry porcupine.

"I lost fifty times in a row... How is that possible! You must have cheated! In these fifty games, let alone winning, I didn't even use the same gesture once! How is that possible! You must have cheated! Damn little devil, do you think I'm easy to fool?"

"Hey!"

Jiang Liu frowned. At such a close distance he could almost feel the heat from Atlas' roar, and he couldn't help but reveal an expression of disgust.

"You're not as skilled as others and you're saying they're cheating? You can't afford to lose."

"You bastard... I have used every trick I can think of, including inducement, intimidation, and blind spots... No one's luck and psychological defenses are this strong!"