When Leo explained the rules of the game, everyone in the party hall wanted to participate, including Jonathan.
The first one chosen as a beater was Wanda because she was pregnant. Before going to the sidelines, she insisted on being a beater to experience the game.
The game was set in a small arena with a strong transparent wall on the edges, allowing the audience to enjoy the show from the stands.
Leo asked the cleaner witches to perform a spell so that the noises from the stands would not disturb the contestants, but the audience could still hear the sounds from inside the arena.
Nine members were chosen as runners in the first game, with another one as a beater.
The participants included Dracula, Jonathan, Frank, Wayne, Murray, Blobby, Darcy, Mavis, and Leo.
The audience sat in the stands, and some registered their names for the coming rounds to participate.
A group of housekeeping zombies sold snacks like mosquito patties, gale worm cookies, leech popcorn, etc.
The goal, dressed like a bright associate, held a small hourglass that would run out in 10 minutes.
The referee announced that the game had officially begun.
The wolf kids watched the game with excitement, while Winnie looked a little depressed because she couldn't participate.
Other adults, including her parents, raised their hands to join.
Inside the arena, after the referee announced the start of the game, Wanda began to swing randomly, but unfortunately, she didn't land any hits.
She narrowly missed Frank and Wayne.
Wayne couldn't help but giggle at his wife's amusing actions, which she caught with her sharp ears.
Sensing Wayne's amusement, Wanda made a sharp turn and took a wide swing.
Wayne quickly moved to the other side to avoid getting hit.
While moving in a hurry, Wayne accidentally pressed his foot button, producing quacking sounds.
Murrey, hearing the quacks, ran to the other side of the wall, mimicking duck sounds with his footwear.
Wayne utilized a couch placed as an obstacle and support for the runners to climb on top of it.
Just in time, Wanda's swing missed, and Wayne landed on the ground, using his hands to support himself.
He smirked at Murrey, provoking him with a challenging expression.
'Look here, you muddy. I am now safe. Were you able to see how I escaped from the swing?'
Wayne looked smugly at Murrey, who ran off in response.
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By accident, Wanda pushed the couch to the wall, trapping Wayne in his current position, with only his legs visible.
Murrey's face broke into a big grin, and he signaled Frank with his eyes.
Frank, catching on to Murrey's plan, took a small coin from his pocket and tossed it toward Wayne's legs.
Ding... ding...
When the coin landed before the couch, Wanda wasted no time and swung the stick vertically.
Smash...
"Ahh... whistle..."
Wanda didn't hit the right spot correctly between Wayne's legs.
Wayne, unable to scream as he had a whistle in his mouth, produced a long whistle sound.
Feeling that she had finally connected, Wanda didn't give Wayne any breaks and swung continuously at the spot where she had hit, vigorously.
Whistle... whistle... whistle...
Everyone looked at Wayne, who struggled to free himself while his wife continued beating him.
After a few minutes of relentless beating, Wayne fainted due to the heavy injury.
Gulp...
Observing their friend's condition, the other participants inside the arena gulped at the scene.
'May the Lord bless you and your fallen sword.'
Both Frank and Murrey prayed for their friend and his fallen sword.
Frank accidentally made a quacking sound.
Hearing this, others widened their eyes and turned their heads simultaneously to look at him.
Wanda, hearing the sound, walked toward Frank step by step.
Leo, noticing that Mavis was standing beside Frank, immediately grabbed her by her hip.
Yikup...
Caught by surprise, Mavis looked at Leo with wide eyes.
Leo promptly pulled Mavis, holding her tightly by her hips, and landed her beside him carefully.
"____"
"____"
When Leo noticed Mavis's expression, he stared at her without blinking for what felt like an eternity.
She, too, was looking into his eyes, mesmerized.
'Fufu~ It seems our daughter found her mate.'
Martha looked at the scene, giggling and covering her smile with her hand.
In the arena, Dracula looked at the scene before him with wide eyes.
It was the first time he saw his daughter so close to someone, smiling very happily.
'My little mouse... is smiling happily for someone other than me.'
These were Dracula's thoughts as a tear threatened to escape his eyes.
'At least it's Leo, not some human freak that I feared would happen. I must console myself. At least my second daughter is still...'
Dracula tried to come up with various reasons to console himself.
When he turned towards his second daughter, Darcy, his smile froze, and his eyes widened in shock.
Because he saw Darcy kissing Jonathan in between games, while hugging him tightly.
Quack... quack... quack...
With hurried steps, Jonathan moved away while boiling in anger.
"What do you think you're doing to my daughter?"
Dracula asked Jonathan, emitting his killing intent, a red light flashing on his face.
"Dad, I was the one who kissed. I think I'm in love with him."
Seeing her father angry at Jonathan, Darcy came forward and defended him.
"____"
"You can't?"
Dracula immediately refused without hearing Darcy's explanation.
"Why can't I? Dad, I'm not a baby anymore. I want to live with him. Even though we met just today, it felt like he was my soul mate."
Darcy stated her reason, angrily retorting.
Bang...
"____"
"____"
Both Darcy and Dracula forgot they were in the middle of the game when the hard hit landed on the back of Dracula.
After that, the ghoul signaled that the time had ended.
Seeing that the game was fun, the next batch entered the arena while others exited.
Swoosh...
Immediately, Dracula grabbed Jonathan and ran out of the place at full speed.
Dracula took Jonny out of the castle to the cemetery and scolded him.
"Maybe you're jealous that people are finally having fun."
Jonny retorted, hearing Dracula's complaint with a dissatisfied look.
"What is fun? Everyone is running, jumping, swimming, and doing other things that are the opposite of fun."
Dracula comically opposed Jonny, mimicking actions with an angry face.
"Do you even know what fun is?"
Jonny snapped back at Dracula angrily, even though he had a limit.
"____"
"I invented fun."
Dracula exclaimed, raising his hand in the air. While the arguments were going on, Dracula, seeing that it was taking more time, became impatient.
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