Editing No Game No Life:Volume 5 Bagian 4 (section)

===Part 6===

Within the capital of the Elkian Federation, Elkia - in the middle of the night.

Steph appeared to be burning the midnight oil in one of the offices in the castle of Imanity’s final territory.

“...I knew it, this time Oceande’s going to be merged with us as well.”

- With her workload increasing, Steph’s eyebags were increasing in density as well.

Other than that, even Avant Heim had shown interest in joining the Federation, albeit only in name.

The mountain of documents in front of her increased by the day, and Steph quickly averted her eyes from it in fear as she imagined it getting even larger - but then she thought:

“...At this rate those nobles will finally shut up.”

- Faced with this undeniable truth, Steph looked at the documents again and sighed.

Every single day, those nobles that came to challenge them in games for their own benefit - had now completely disappeared.

Now the documents from Sora’s conquest of Oceande’s humongous territory and resources were already this much - enough to deprive Steph from all sleep - and Elkia’s federation with the Eastern Federation...the 「Federation Concept」 that had initially been thought impossible due to the vast differences of power between nations was now a reality due to their efforts, and the situation had thus changed as well.

The territory of the Seirenes - meant that they could now utilize the resources in the oceans...

Because they had acquired the 「Underwater Resources」 that neither Elkia nor the Eastern Federation could utilize, the disadvantage both nations previously had now disappeared.

What a stupid game, and that conclusion - Steph mumbled to herself:

“...From the very beginning, that was their aim - so this shouldn’t be possible...right?”

It was by pure chance that Plum had visited Sora and the others, allowing them to acquire Oceande.

But in the final game, Miko - which meant the Eastern Federation did not participate, so Oceande’s resources had become the sole property of Elkia. It was the deciding factor between the strength of the two nations, so the situation had reversed from the two countries from being extremely far apart in terms of strength to almost equals, so Steph was still somewhat in disbelief.

- More importantly, they had acquired two nations at once.

Besides that, even Avant Heim was preparing to join.

After the Werebeasts - the Seirenes, the Dhampirs and even the Flügel.

Sora had kept to his word, acquiring three birds with one stone.

Like this they didn’t have to take their Race Pieces nor cause any damage - no, even giving them benefits, they had annexed four races without a single drop of blood shed. This made Steph recall something.

When Sora and the rest had conquered the Eastern Federation - Miko - she had a rather ridiculous thought, and although she wanted to chase it away, she began feeling that the thought began having some truth in it.

“...The tenth of the 「Ten Pledges」, Everyone should get along while playing games...”

Steph’s mouth curled up in a small smile - was that finally possible?

Previously all they did was fight amongst each other, and the 「Sixteen Races」 had disfigured the planet in their wars, so leading the「Sixteen Races」 against the One True God without killing anyone, without anyone dying - was that really possible -

“...? Speaking of which.”

Steph recalled the day that Sora and the others had bet the 「Race Piece of the Imanity」 at the Eastern Federation embassy.

The 「Sixteen Races」 each had a 「Race Piece」, and if one were to acquire them all that person would then have the right to challenge the One True God.

Suddenly, Steph shifted her gaze towards the distant horizon.

The gigantic chess piece that was still visible even in the darkest night, appearing as if it would block the moonlight, piercing the clouds.

- If that was the piece the One True God owned...

Did the respective Race Pieces have their own role to play as well?

Although she had yet to see the other 「Race Pieces」, but the 「Imanity Race Piece」 that Sora brandished was -

“...The King...”

The King in Western chess was -「The weakest piece」.

It was the most important, but the abilities of a King were even lower than a 「Pawn」, that was common knowledge -

“Oh well, I’m probably thinking too much...sigh, back to work, back to work.”