Goldy Pond

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Goldy Pond (ゴールディ・ポンド), or just simply called A08-63, was a secret reserve for hunting humans, owned by Bayon. It was originally William Minerva's base for human escapees, but it was discovered by the demons who came to be known as "Poachers" when he was betrayed by Peter Ratri.

The hunting ground was located underground so that nobody could escape and nobody would notice it. Bayon bought children from the Premium Farms, but also sometimes poached for humans in the outside world. According to William Minerva, there was something hidden in Goldy Pond. There is a signpost located in Goldy Pond that stated three rules: (1) Music, (2) Monsters, and (3) Survive. When the music played, monsters would come in and the children would need to survive until the music stopped. Except for three children, including Emma, all children who lived in Goldy Pond were shipped out from the Grand Valley orphanage where Leuvis has significant influence, managing the plantation as a purveyor.

It is later revealed that Goldy Pond consisted of three layers. The first layer was a regular lake in the middle of the demon forest, hiding the "real" Goldy Pond underneath. The second layer was underground, consisting of a village, farm fields, a forest, and a large mansion. This whole layer was inhabited by children and by the demons who preyed on the children for fun. The third and final layer could only be accessed by a door that was made by William Minerva, hidden in the big windmill inside the village. This door could only be opened with the Promised Pen and served as the entrance to the third layer: a big monitor room and a Golden Lake with a little island and house on top of it.

History
Goldy Pond was constructed by James Ratri to provide amusement, shelter, and a path to the human world to escapees from the Premium Farms. With the help of Peter Ratri, the demons turned this secret park into a hunting ground. In 2031, Leuvis, Bayon, Nous, Nouma, Luce and a few other demons discovered and overran the village, which they soon turned into a hunting ground, as orphans who had either been bought or had stumbled in by accident were thrown into the park for Leuvis and his team to "amuse themselves with."

First Layer & Exterior
Goldy Pond lies in the middle of a Wild Demon infested forest. In the middle of the forest was a huge lake, suggesting that 'that' was Goldy Pond. However, it was in fact underground—because of it being a secret hunting ground—so that nobody could notice or find it. There were two ways to get inside Goldy Pond. The first entrance was to be caught and be taken inside by a demon or use the same entrance that the demons used. The second entrance was to use an old, different path that Yugo took years ago to escape from Goldy Pond. The lake was surrounded by big trees and big, sharp, and rigid rock-like sculptures.

Second Layer & Interior
The second layer lies completely underground and serves as a hunting park for the poachers to hunt the children. It is also the main setting of the Goldy Pond Battle Arc. The second layer contains an old fashioned brightly colored village that seems to be taken out of a fairy tale. There are many different buildings, including windmills and houses along with farm fields, a big forest, and a big mansion on top of a hill which is present outside of the village. The buildings are adorned with colorful streamers, banner flags, balloons, and stuffed clowns as if to invoke an ironic sense of fun and happiness in an otherwise dreadful and dangerous place. The mansion possibly serves as the living place for the poachers. It also appears to have medical care for the children who get injured after a hunt.

The big windmill in the middle of the reserve serves as the base for the secret Goldy Pond Resistance movement. The windmill also serves as the living place of the members of the resistance movement as well as Lucas who lived there for almost thirteen years together with an unnamed boy. This boy died eight years ago from sickness. There was an opening hidden in the wall of the windmill leading to a secret passage to the forest that led to Minerva's Door. This door can only be opened by the Promised Pen and leads to the Third Layer.

Third Layer & Interior
The third layer lies underneath the first layer and can only be entered by using one of the Promised Pens to open William Minerva's Door. On the other side of the door is a highly-advanced monitor room that can control the entire hunting ground, if necessary.

At the other side of the monitor room is a door that leads to a big Golden Lake. In the middle of the lake is a floating island with a cabin on top. Inside the cabin, there is an old telephone that contained a pre-recorded message from William Minerva and an old elevator that once led to the Human World, but has since been deactivated.

Former Demon Inhabitants

 * Numerous unnamed servants

Escapees

 * 28 unnamed Goldy Pond members

Deceased Humans

 * Walter (Deceased)
 * Flore (Deceased)
 * Abel (Deceased)
 * Hilda (Deceased)
 * Pedro (Deceased)
 * Jatte (Deceased)
 * Damian (Deceased)
 * Bess (Deceased)
 * Stacie (Deceased)
 * Sophie (Deceased)
 * Oliver's brother (Deceased)
 * Sonya's brother (Deceased)
 * Sonya's friend (Deceased)
 * Sandy's friend (Deceased)
 * Numerous unnamed children (Deceased)

Others

 * Numerous unnamed people

The Game
There are 5 demons (excluding the attendants) whom hunt 50 human orphans. The demons hunt every three days. The Poachers buy children from the Premium Farms, but sometimes poach for humans outside. When the music starts, the demons start to hunt for the children, resulting in a minimum of four deaths and countless injuries each hunt.

After the music stops, the children receive medical treatment from the Goldy Pond Resistance and get three days of rest before the hunt starts again.

The Poachers eat human meat after each hunt, with the meat nicely chopped into pieces shaped like steak.

Trivia

 * The first hunt which was seen in the manga resulted in four deaths, including Monica and Jake.