He is a pure-blooded dragon in the miniature garden.

Chapter 332 Slap the Halloween Queen in the Face
Seeing the wavering expression on Kudo Asuka's face, the Halloween Queen smiled and said.

"Don't worry, I have no interest in taking back what's already been sent out."

As she said this, she squinted her eyes and added with a smile.

"After all, I can't use this thing. What else can I do besides training a suitable candidate and then sending them away?"

Kuon Asuka's lips twitched as she looked intently at the queen who had descended using her sister's body.

After confirming the other party's capriciousness—giving away such a treasure far exceeding the simulated star map without hesitation—she indeed acted capriciously to the extreme.

Kudo Asuka breathed a sigh of relief, then squinted her eyes and said.

"So, were Ayaka and I chosen by you from the very beginning as candidates for the Ama-Kurakumo-no-Tsurugi?"

"Even our origins are due to your influence?"

The Halloween Queen's smile faltered, and she slightly averted her gaze.

"That's true, that's not wrong."

She spoke with a mixture of indignation and guilt.

"I never imagined that the technique I casually developed would actually succeed."

Kudo Asuka had by then realized the truth, and her tone gradually became sharp.

"So when Cai Niao and I were fighting for the chance to be born, you were just watching from the sidelines? Watching this spectacle of sisters killing each other?"

Upon hearing this, the Halloween Queen gave Kudo Asuka a deep look, then sighed softly.

At this moment, Kudo Asuka stood up and looked at the Halloween Queen with a hint of questioning.

"Even when you saved my sister Rainbow Bird, you were planning to watch the sisters fight each other, which is why you trained her?"

Upon hearing this, the Halloween Queen smiled brightly.

However, to Kudo Asuka, the smile was so wicked, or rather, so disgusting that it made her want to vomit.

If it weren't for the accident, my fate would have been to be the plaything of this vile guy. What right does this vile guy have to be a queen revered by everyone?

“That’s right. If it weren’t for Su Nian, you and Cai Niao would have had a battle to decide who could survive in the Little Garden as Amaterasu.”

Kudo Asuka paused for a moment, then saw the Halloween Queen reveal a mischievous smile.

"Oh, and there's one more thing I haven't told you: the Rainbow Bird is still a dead creature."

"When I summoned her, she was already a stillborn child. If I don't take your spirit, she can only survive by reincarnating without a personality."

Upon hearing this, Kuon Asuka's eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at Kuon Ayaka's body.

"You...you really are an extremely wicked woman!!"

Kuon Asuka hissed and gasped.

"You were prepared to adopt Amaterasu as your daughter from the very beginning, weren't you? And the complete Amaterasu at that?"

"Yes."

The Halloween Queen winked at Asuka Kudo, then said something meaningful.

"After all, only in this way can the activity of Amaterasu's spirit be preserved to the greatest extent, preventing it from splitting in two and giving birth to two demigods."

Upon hearing this, Kudo Asuka felt a chill run down her spine.

Was this the Halloween Queen's scheme? Did she never intend for the twins to survive from the beginning? And was her only goal to maximize the chances of Amaterasu's birth?

Otherwise, with the Queen's methods, how could she not revive the Ancient Rainbow Bird?
"What? Are you scared already?"

The Halloween Queen cupped her cheeks and laughed at the trembling Asuka.

"Are you afraid that I'll control the colorful bird right now to kill you and steal your spirit?"

After taking a few deep breaths, Kudo Asuka managed to calm her guilty conscience before speaking with a cold face.

"It's not fear, it's anger, the kind of anger that makes me want to slap you across the face!!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Almatia, who was watching from the sidelines, forcefully pressed down on Kudo Asuka's shoulder, gesturing for her to sit down.

"Flying birds~~"

Almatia whispered words of comfort, knowing that the Halloween Queen was very infuriating right now, and even she wanted to slap her.

But is it really something to say? You know, the Halloween Queen doesn't have such a good temper.

There are quite a few people in the miniature garden who have been tormented and played with by her to the point of wishing for death, and Almatia does not want Kudo Asuka to become one of them.

However, Kudo Asuka's body, which was not much stronger than that of an ordinary girl, suddenly unleashed an extraordinary power, and even Almatia could not make Kudo Asuka sit down.

She stood there, like a plum blossom blooming in the cold.

Fragile, yet so beautiful.

"Aren't you afraid that I will kill you now?"

The Halloween Queen raised an eyebrow and said in a cold tone.

This was the first time anyone had dared to say to her face that the person who slapped her had done so. Even in the Little Garden, no one would dare to say such a thing.

They only dare to dream about it.

Upon hearing this, Kudo Asuka chuckled and looked up at the Halloween Queen with disdain.

"You wouldn't dare, and you wouldn't."

"Unless you are willing to completely give up the [Sun]."

"Ha~"

The Halloween Queen chuckled, revealing an extremely pleased smile, and raised her chin to look at Kudo Asuka.

If Canary were here, she would probably be so frightened that she would kneel on the ground. Only someone who knows the Halloween Queen very well could tell that the Halloween Queen is extremely angry at this moment.

To put it more vividly, it's like being "so angry you laughed," or forcibly suppressing your anger.

"That's true, but when did you get the idea that you can negotiate with me?"

"Did Su Nian give you that confidence?"

The Halloween Queen looked at Kudo Asuka and said with great disdain.

"Of course, I can't do anything to you right now, but..."

Snapped--!
Before the Halloween Queen could finish speaking, Kudo Asuka slapped her across the face.

The air fell completely still at that moment, and even Almatia looked completely dumbfounded.

No? You actually went up there? Little Bird, you're being way too brave!

As for the Halloween Queen, she looked completely stunned, staring at Kudo Asuka with a look of shock that seemed to say, "You actually dared to attack me."

Only Kudo Asuka withdrew her hand, looking at the Halloween Queen as if she were trash.

"I really don't know how you became queen by threatening other people with their blood relatives."

"What makes you qualified to bear the title of Queen?" "Is it merely because of your birth?"

"No wonder you can't even compare to White Yaksha. At least White Yaksha wouldn't use someone else's blood relatives to threaten them."

Critical hits, consecutive strikes, adding fuel to the fire... How dare they say the Halloween Queen is inferior to the White Night King? This is touching upon the most taboo of all taboos for the Halloween Queen.

The last person to say that is long gone, their grave is practically covered in weeds.

Almatia's face twitched as she began to ponder how to save Kuon Asuka from the enraged Halloween Queen, and she silently contacted her adopted son Zeus.

Having signed a contract with the Halloween Queen, Almatia, determined to nurture Asuka Kudo into a talent, is willing to pay any price to protect her.

"You don't think you can be fearless just because you have Su Nian's protection, do you?"

The Halloween Queen sighed and looked at the distant Asuka Michi.

"It is true that I am wary of Su Nian, but that is based on Athena, Argol, and Kurima."

"Who do you think you are? Do you think a mere Amaterasu candidate has the right to talk to me like that?"

The Halloween Queen's tone remained unchanged, still calm and deliberate, but her aura had undergone a dramatic shift, taking on a suffocatingly dangerous quality.

The immense pressure weighed on Asuka Kudo's shoulders, causing every cell in her body and every memory within her to erupt with the thought, "Kneel down, it's not too late to admit your mistake."

Only the will of the ancient bird teetered on the brink of collapse under this immense pressure, battered by the raging winds and torrential rain; her fragile spirit seemed as if it might shatter at any moment.

But she is a bird of long-standing flight, never yielding, and she will never submit to such a vile fellow who takes pleasure in toying with the fates of others.

Even if my bones and muscles are broken!

Click——! !

The necklace containing earth marrow that Su Nian gave her shattered at this moment, but it also withstood the most intense pressure for her.

The Halloween Queen squinted at the persistent Asuka Kudo, and seeing the unyielding look in Asuka Kudo's eyes, she cupped her face and chuckled softly.

"Kneel down and admit your mistake while you still have some use."

"Otherwise, I can assume you want to start a war with me!!"

The Halloween Queen withdrew her aura, and the last vestige of life remaining in the necklace before it shattered healed Kujo Asuka's body, which had been shattered under the Halloween Queen's oppression.

A cool and comfortable sensation swept over her entire body, suppressing the intense pain she had just experienced. As she regained full consciousness, Kudo Asuka raised an eyebrow slightly, but said nothing.

The difference in combat power between four-digit and three-digit numbers is stark.

She is the weaker one, and the queen is the stronger one. There is nothing wrong with this attitude. In the laws of the miniature garden, the weak will pay the price for provoking the strong.

If it were anyone else who had slapped someone with a double-digit number on their face, they would be lucky to have survived.

But now the Halloween Queen has given her a chance to survive.

and so……

Kuon Asuka was silent for a moment, bit her lip, tightened her grip on the Ama-no-Kurokumo sword, and finally drew the sword at the Halloween Queen, saying.

"Then let's start the war!!"

I'm sorry, Su Nian, it seems I can't repay your life-saving grace.

And then there's Almatia, a partner you've only known for a short time, yet you're about to be separated from her, and she'll even drag you into the abyss.

Just then, Almatia cast an encouraging look at Kudo Asuka, as if cheering her on.

The Halloween Queen squinted at Kuon Asuka, who had drawn the Ama-no-Murakumo sword at her, and looked at Kuon Asuka's expressionless face, which even seemed to be intent on suicide.

"I respect your choice, so come on."

As she spoke, a black letter sealed with wax and bearing the image of the Halloween Queen appeared before Kuon Asuka.

This is the Demon King Contract belonging to the Halloween Queen, and also her invitation to the Demon King Game.

This is the answer the Halloween Queen gave to Kudo Asuka.

Since Kudo Asuka slapped her and wanted to start a war with her, then let's resolve this through the miniature garden method.

According to the rules of the miniature garden, everything belonging to the person who loses in the Demon King's Game will become the Demon King's property; that is, Kudo Asuka will become the Halloween Queen's slave.

Then, in Kuon Asuka's perception, the aura of the Halloween Queen disappeared, and she withdrew her will.

At this moment, Kuon Ayatsuki looked at Kuon Asuka with a speechless expression.

"You shouldn't have slapped me; you hit my face."

"Oh?...I'm sorry."

Kuon Asuka was taken aback, sheathed the Ama-no-Kurokumo sword, and bowed to Kuon Ayatsuki.

She was just blinded by anger and mistook the temporary vessel for the divine descent, the Kuon Ayatsuki, for the Halloween Queen.

Although it was indeed Halloween Queen who was slapped in the face, it was actually her sister, Kuon Ayatsuki, who was injured.

"……It doesn't matter."

Kuon Ayatsuki looked at Kuon Asuka with a complicated expression and sighed helplessly.

She didn't know how to describe her current feelings, after all, the slap that Kudo Asuka gave the Halloween Queen was actually for her.

She was the only one who had no right to criticize Kudo Asuka.

"But to be honest, I don't recommend that you open this letter and participate in Her Majesty's game of grace."

Kuon Ayatori looked at Kuon Asuka very seriously.

"Even now, no one knows the specific details of Her Majesty's Demon King Game."

"You still have room for regret. Go find Su Nian. I believe your brother-in-law will handle all of this for you."

'Brother-in-law...'

Kudo Asuka's expression froze. She did think so... but the key point was that this meant she had to compete with Athena, and she couldn't win against her!

Moreover, she no longer wanted to trouble Su Nian.

Kudo Asuka smoothed a strand of hair from her forehead and said with a determined expression.

"I want to give it a try, and besides, I don't think I'll lose."

"How can such a vile person be worthy of being called a queen?"

Even so, Kudo Asuka knew that given the huge difference in strength, going there would probably only be suicide.

Even so, she will not admit defeat.

The strong wield their swords against the stronger; only the weak and the losers take pleasure in toying with the fates of others and threatening them with their lives.

"Go, Asuka!"

Almatia smiled encouragingly, believing that Kudo Asuka would win.

She has already contacted Athena, and Su Nian and the others will handle this matter soon.

(End of this chapter)