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Chapter 801: Knowing the Script in Advance Comes with a Price
Now that six of the seven Millennium Items have fallen into Bakura's hands, the sole remaining Millennium Necklace absolutely cannot be left unused and wasted.
It should be known that although in Isis's hands the Millennium Necklace seemed to only have the ability to see images of a certain moment in the future, Hayato, who had a somewhat good relationship with Ishizu, knew its true power better than anyone.
Simply by wearing it, one could constantly predict everything happening within a few minutes. If one was a bit more serious, reading what others would do in the next few days was also easy. If one went all out, they could even foresee the future far beyond, though in that case, even the user wouldn't know when the things they saw would actually happen.
At least Hayato was genuinely shocked when Ishizu casually mentioned seeing someone riding a motorcycle flying into the sky and turning into a golden figure in the future.
Although Isis currently couldn't unleash the great power of the Millennium Necklace due to her insufficient aptitude, and even couldn't continue to use it because of her physical condition, having to temporarily hand it over to Malik for safekeeping, Hayato felt that with the boost from the "Stardust Crusaders" that copied "Limiter Removal", even Malik might be able to unleash the Millennium Necklace's power.
Yes, Hayato and the others currently had no way to defeat Bakura. Even if they obtained Dark Yugi's true name, it was somehow in an unusable state. After all, there were no usage instructions for this thing.
But it didn't matter. Wouldn't it be fine to use the Millennium Necklace to see the future where they had already figured out how to use Dark Yugi's true name? Although playing a game and getting stuck on a puzzle part and then watching someone else's strategy video felt like having low purity, Hayato felt his purity was already quite high. Watching a strategy guide wasn't shameful.
However, while Hayato's idea was good, Malik expressed rejection: "I don't want to. You don't know what happened when I used the Millennium Necklace on that Kaiba Seto just now. The risk of using a Millennium Item that isn't suitable for me is too great. If you want to use it, go ahead and use it yourself."
Saying this, Malik carelessly stuffed the Millennium Necklace into Hayato's hand.
He didn't tell Hayato that when he was helping Kaiba awaken the spirit he hadn't seen yet and didn't know if it had successfully awakened, the power of the Millennium Necklace that couldn't be controlled didn't just influence Kaiba; Malik himself was also affected.
When Malik, Kaiba, and the Millennium Necklace achieved a link, that mystical power delved deep into Kaiba's heart and memory to awaken the slumbering spirit. But Malik also consequently saw many images from Kaiba's memory.
For example, the Pyramid of Light that isolated the Three Egyptian Gods, or the Three Egyptian Gods confronting each other atop the towering Island Tower. Malik even saw an image of someone who looked exactly like himself controlling a monster made of lava in battle.
Although these images from Kaiba's memory weren't the main reason Malik lost consciousness, Malik was still greatly impacted by them. He even somewhat suspected if his smart head had been burned out by the power of the Millennium Necklace, otherwise, how could he see such strange images?
As for the Millennium Necklace, if ordinary people couldn't just touch it casually, he would have wanted to get rid of it long ago. He was very resistant to this thing now. However, the images he saw weren't without influence on him either. At least when he saw the "himself" in those images holding the Millennium Rod, he became even more confirmed that *that* thing was more suitable for him.
As for whether Hayato would be affected by using the Millennium Necklace, Malik wasn't worried at all. He also knew the classification of the Millennium Items. Even the strongest "Dark" Millennium Item that Priest Mahad had to seal and suppress with his own mystical power—the Millennium Ring—Hayato could freely control. There was fundamentally no need to worry about using the Millennium Necklace.
Malik's uncooperative attitude wasn't within Hayato's expectation, but he thought about it and felt it made no difference. It was the same whether Malik used it or he used it himself. He had also attempted to use the Millennium Necklace at Ishizu's place before. Although it wasn't as smoothly as using the Millennium Ring, it could still be considered skillfully used.
"If I have to do it, I'll do it." Holding the Millennium Necklace, Hayato didn't wear it around his neck like Ishizu and Isis, the two women, as a collar. Instead, he simply clipped it to the collar of his clothes using a button, considering it worn.
Millennium Items never had a requirement that they must be worn to be used. As long as there was simple contact, or even just being close enough, they could be used. The way Aknadin and a certain unscrupulous Card Printer three thousand years later lost an eyeball can only be described as a flaw in the Millennium Eye's design, as well as a sign that the user's brain wasn't very smart.
Just look at how smart Bakura is. He didn't dig out an eyeball to replace it with gold. Anyway, it can be used by keeping it close to the body, and using it by holding it in the mouth is also the same, it just feels a bit gross.
And before using "Stardust Crusaders", Hayato also informed Dark Yugi and the others of his plan.
"Use the Millennium Necklace to see what we do in the future? That's so like you, Hayato, to think of such a usage!" Joey Wheeler, hearing this, said with pleasant surprise, "I always thought the Millennium Necklace is simply the easiest to use of the seven Millennium Items!"
But Tristan on the side pouted: "Tch, didn't you tell me before, when you made Mai angry, that the Millennium Eye, which can see through a woman's heart, was the easiest to use?"
"Huh? But I remember when we didn't bring a fruit knife during the picnic, didn't Joey Wheeler say the Millennium Rod was the easiest to use?" Téa raised an eyebrow, looking at Joey Wheeler playfully.
Even Yugi added another jab: "Joey Wheeler also told me that the Millennium Puzzle, which is the heaviest and most valuable, was the easiest to use."
"Cough cough, that's not important, what's important is that now we need to help The Other Yugi find a method to use his name." Even Joey Wheeler's cheeks were slightly red as he quickly interrupted the others who were planning to continue teasing him. "But, I remember you said before that because of the Dark Game Bakura created, the Millennium Necklace's ability to predict the future was restricted, right?"
"That's right, but as long as we use this item, there will be no problem," Hayato said, taking out "Stardust Crusaders" again. "This GM Item recorded the power of 'Limiter Removal' that Bakura used on Aknadin when he was still the Great Dark Priest before. Using it to boost the power of the Millennium Necklace will absolutely break through the lock on the future by the dark power."
After introducing it, Hayato wore the "Stardust Crusaders", which had the shape of only the front half of a baseball cap, on his head. He grabbed the brim and flipped it to the side, saying with satisfaction: "Psychic Ectoplasm, the Millennium Necklace, and the power of the GM Item! It truly makes my inner thoughts feel pleasure. I'm so happy right now I want to sing a song, I'm extremely high!"
Wearing a baseball cap and the Millennium Necklace acting as gold ring decorations on his clothes, the JoJo-esque dressed Hayato still spoke in his usual Dio-esque manner, giving off an awkward feeling.
However, Dark Yugi, who had been thinking for a long time on the side, spoke at this moment: "If the Millennium Necklace, after using the power of 'Stardust Crusaders', can see the future, it can indeed solve the predicament we are currently facing. But Hayato, if after using 'Stardust Crusaders', the Millennium Necklace is still blinded from the vision towards the future by darkness..."
"Wasting time and energy is secondary. Yugi, you mean that the precious GM Item will also be wasted as a result, right?" Before winning, consider losing. Hayato had actually thought about Dark Yugi's words in advance, but he smiled proudly, "But Yugi, why did you produce the illusion that the situation would be harmful to us if we failed?"
"A True Duelist can even utilize a card's downside. Aknadin managed to seal the Duel Arena and the Millennium Items because of the power of 'Limiter Removal', but he has also been still unconscious ever since. The same thing will also happen to the Millennium Necklace."
Dark Yugi was also stunned upon hearing this: "You mean, you plan to utilize this negative effect to destroy the Millennium Necklace?"
What kind of unforeseen path is this?!
"Limited to this world, Bakura has his goal in collecting the Millennium Items. But for us, the existence of the Millennium Items is not necessary; they are just great power. And for me, letting others profit is even more uncomfortable than me suffering a loss."
Hayato spread his hands, "Being able to obtain the information we need by seeing the future through the Millennium Necklace, if successful, that would naturally be the best. But even if we fail, we can still destroy the Millennium Necklace, cutting off that guy Bakura's ambition to assemble the Millennium Items in advance."
"Regardless of the situation, it's advantageous to us. This is called win-win. We win twice!"
Hmm? Why does Hayato's idea sound so similar to the Russian anti-terrorism method of "preemptively killing the hostage before the kidnappers kill the hostage"? Presumably, this is the supernatural work of nature.
Although some felt like pointing out that Hayato's understanding of "win-win" seemed a bit problematic, as only he won and the others didn't win at all, the feasibility of his idea was quite high. Everyone felt there was no time to lose, and simply decided to let Hayato use the Millennium Necklace to predict the future right here.
Even if they returned to the Royal City, the defense capabilities that could be deployed there were actually not much different. After all, except for Priest Shimon and Priest Shada, one old and one injured, the combat power that could be deployed had basically all left the city together with Dark Yugi and arrived here. Plus, using the Millennium Necklace to predict the future wouldn't take much time, so there was no need to go to great lengths to find another place.
Pulling down the brim of his hat, Hayato also became serious. He properly held the Millennium Necklace in his hand, closed his eyes, and seriously resonated with it.
Beside Hayato, the others also gathered around, both out of curiosity about whether Hayato could succeed as planned, and also acting as his guard to avoid being disturbed.
Not just Dark Yugi and the few of them, Malik also did not leave after handing the Millennium Necklace to Hayato. Instead, he also brought out Isis, who was in poor physical condition. However, verbally, this guy still tsundere-ly said that he wanted Isis to see the gap between her and others, and see how useless she was.
As for Seto, who was originally bearing the responsibility of commanding the Army, needless to say, he was the one standing closest to Hayato besides Dark Yugi. He took a Duel Arena that hadn't been brought into the Thief Village underground before and summoned his Millennium Stone Spirit Duos as a guard. Seto stood behind Dark Yugi with his back to the others, and no one could see what kind of expression was on his face at this moment.
Kaiba looked at Seto's back, but frowned strangely. He didn't know why, he always felt that although he still disliked Seto somewhat, that kind of dislike had unconsciously changed a bit. Before, it was more of a repulsion akin to that between similar types, but ever since Seto returned from the Thief Village and woke up, Kaiba felt that he was more subconsciously feeling disgust towards the opponent.
Thanks to having tested his synergy with the Millennium Necklace at Ishizu's place once before, although like the Millennium Ring before, the Millennium Necklace from three thousand years ago felt different to Hayato than the one existing three thousand years later, relying on the resonance he had done once before, Hayato still quickly linked his heart with the Millennium Necklace's mystical power.
First, he attempted to predict the future, but the result did not exceed Hayato's expectation. What he saw of the future was completely a patch of darkness; he fundamentally couldn't see anything. It was even worse than before when Isis used it and could barely see a few fragments of images.
This should be unrelated to Hayato's and Isis's synergy with the Millennium Necklace. The main reason was still because of the rapid expansion of dark power now that Bakura had collected six Millennium Items.
If that's the case, then it was time to use "Stardust Crusaders".
The hat on Hayato's head quickly turned from black to white. Specks of starlight sprinkled down and fell onto the Millennium Necklace in Hayato's hand. The Eye of Udjat in the exact center of the golden ring radiated great light. Hayato, with his eyes closed, also felt the powerful mystical power coming from within the Millennium Necklace that was linked to him at this instant!
"I see it, the future is opening its arms to me, the universe is singing to me!" The darkness that previously wrapped around the future was instantly swept away under the boosted power the Millennium Necklace received. Hayato's gaze was cast from this moment towards the future, his entire body radiating light.
But before Hayato could see the image of the future where he wanted to use the Pharaoh's name, he saw instead another image—a hand drawing a short sword from its waist and suddenly stabbing it into its own body. And as his gaze moved upwards, the owner of that hand was actually Seto, whose eyeballs had no whites and were completely pitch-black?!
Suddenly opening his eyes, Hayato looked towards Seto standing behind Dark Yugi in shock: "The enemy was actually you, Seto?!"
However, although Hayato had reacted the moment he saw the image, it was still a bit too late. Seto pushed away the unprepared Dark Yugi in front of him with one motion, and the drawn sharp blade suddenly stabbed into Hayato's chest.
When he raised his head, he also revealed his pitch-black eyeballs and the proud smile on his face to Hayato's eyes: "Truly one step behind, Hayato Kobayashi. I had been waiting for this opportunity, waiting for this opportunity to kill two birds with one stone!"
The sharp blade that stabbed into Hayato's heart area was pulled out. Hayato's strength was drained away in an instant, and he fell down. At the same time, the Millennium Necklace stained with Hayato's blood appeared in Seto's hand!
"Seto?! What are you doing?!"
(End of Chapter)
**Chapter 802: A Great Man Living Between Heaven and Earth, How Can He Long Remain Beneath Others?**
"Seto? What are you doing!?"
Seeing Seto suddenly attack Hayato, Malik was the first to react, immediately wanting to rush forward and attack Seto.
He didn't know the reason Seto suddenly took action against Hayato. Having no great loyalty to the Pharaoh, he also didn't care if Seto would cause harm to Dark Yugi. But he knew this was the best opportunity to teach Seto, who had annoyed him, a lesson.
However, no matter how fast Malik moved, he couldn't be faster than **Duos**, which Seto had summoned earlier. The pitch-black swordsman holding a long sword swung his sword at the ground, leaving a gash.
If Malik hadn't been pulled back and stopped by Kaiba beside him, he might have lost his life at that moment.
"Seto, something's definitely wrong with you." Kaiba, who had felt something was slightly off with Seto since just now, looked coldly at Seto holding the **Millennium Necklace**. "Did something happen in that Thief Village?"
Because of their previous positioning, **Duos** was now blocking Seto and the injured Hayato from the others. Mana immediately used magic to bring Dark Yugi back. Dark Yugi, who hadn't anticipated this scene at all, saw Seto's pitch-black eyes when he turned around: "Seto, what exactly are you—"
"Is it the influence of the **Millennium Scale** and **Millennium Rod** from before?" Mana felt the aura on Seto's body. Although he didn't have a **Millennium Item** on him, it gave Mana a familiar feeling. She immediately connected it to the erosion Seto had suffered in the Thief Village when he couldn't let go of the two **Millennium Items** in time.
"That time?" Dark Yugi looked at the indifferent Seto, gritting his teeth in anger. "Is it you again, Bakura, playing tricks?!"
Besides Bakura taking the opportunity to control Seto then, and this attack on Hayato not being out of Seto's will but done by Bakura, Dark Yugi couldn't think of any other possibility. After all, Seto's performance before had always been loyal, and Bakura had a record of corrupting Aknadin.
However, the corner of Seto's mouth curled up. In Dark Yugi's surprised gaze, he spoke with contempt: "No, the reason I did that is because you are too weak, Pharaoh. You fundamentally lack the capacity to rule this Kingdom."
"You don't have the ability to protect this Kingdom. Since that's the case, I will. I don't think I'll do worse than you." As he spoke, Seto glanced at the **Millennium Necklace** in his hand. "Power, only power is the most important existence. I need power to bring peace to the Kingdom. So now, Hayato Kobayashi, who attempted to destroy the power of the **Millennium Necklace**, has been killed by me."
"A great man living between heaven and earth, how can he long remain beneath others?"
"And then, next is you, Pha—"
"Cough cough, I actually think I can still be saved."
Seto's words were halfway through but were interrupted. He turned his head with a surprised expression, looking at Hayato who was getting up from the ground behind him.
"You didn't die?" Seto looked at the wound he had just inflicted on Hayato. Although it was still bleeding just now, it looked like the wound had been forcibly pinched to stop the bleeding, and it also looked like it was shallower than Seto had expected.
Seto, who could see spirit existence, noticed the phantom overlapping with Hayato's body. "Did you escape death because **Psychic Ectoplasm** deflected the wound? Hmph, it would have been fine if you hadn't spoken up. Are you just eager for me to kill you again, Hayato Kobayashi?"
As Seto said, although Hayato didn't have time to react much just now, he managed to awaken **Psychic Ectoplasm**. He used its characteristic of not having a physical form to overlap with Hayato's body and timely gripped the sharp blade Seto had pierced into his body, avoiding being truly pierced through the heart.
However, even so, Hayato was still stabbed in the artery, causing blood to gush out. He had to continue letting **Psychic Ectoplasm** control the wound inside his body to stop the bleeding and suppress the injury from worsening. If he couldn't get healed in time, he would likely still be unable to save his life.
But looking at Seto, Hayato asked a question: "Before that, answer me a question, Seto. What kind of person do you think Kisara is?"
Upon hearing Kisara's name, for a moment, Hayato saw the black color in Seto's eyes fade slightly. He was stunned for an instant, but quickly the black color covered it back up, and Seto revealed a contemptuous expression: "Kisara, huh? You reminded me. That woman has powerful strength that can be used by me."
"Just a mere woman. As long as I can obtain stronger power, anyone is just a necessary sacrifice."
Hearing Seto's words, Hayato glanced at him and said, "So that's it. I think I understand."
Hayato had been a little strange for a long time. While it was known in the plot that Aknadin would become the Great Dark Priest, Hayato had always been unable to understand how Bakura managed to completely rewrite a person's thoughts so thoroughly.
Although somewhat jealous of his brother but held no resentment towards Dark Yugi, Aknadin was full of loyalty and passion for the country and was kind to people. He felt indebted for the absence of a father figure in Seto's childhood and believed that Seto, with such excellent ability, also had the qualification but could only stop at the status of a Priest because of himself. That's why Aknadin was utilized by Bakura and became the Great Dark Priest, who would stop at nothing to make Seto Pharaoh, completely abandoning his dignity and glory.
Seto, who was somewhat indifferent but still considered upright, and harbored special feelings for Kisara that he himself could hardly describe, became aware of his own powerlessness due to his previous experience. His desire for power to protect the country was amplified by Bakura, making him power-supreme like he is now, even saying things like Kisara could be sacrificed.
The common point they showed was that a certain kind of desire that originally existed within them was amplified to a degree that suppressed and distorted all other emotions. This is probably the essence of how Bakura could make them serve him through malice.
"Now, among everyone, only you, Hayato Kobayashi, can summon Stone Tablet Monsters on the Duel Arena. The others, even if they have awakened their spirit, are just powerless Small Fry. But, in your current state, what kind of spirit can you summon?" Seto looked at Hayato with contempt. "Are you going to defy me!"
"No, Seto, you are completely being controlled by Bakura right now."
Hayato sighed, but his tone changed. He pointed at Seto's hand, "Also, it's almost time. The power of the **Millennium Necklace** is about to reach its limit! I was waiting for **Limiter Removal's** power to reach its limit. What are you waiting for?"
Don't forget, Hayato had released "**Limiter Removal**" on the **Millennium Necklace**. That power allowed Hayato to successfully break through the darkness of the future, almost allowing him to glimpse the future, but unfortunately, he was interrupted by Seto. And after that power, the other power of "**Limiter Removal**" was also about to take effect.
But hearing Hayato's words, Seto gave a cold snort: "What am I waiting for? Of course, I'm waiting for this!"
Saying that, Seto pushed the glowing **Millennium Necklace** heavily in Hayato's direction. The powerful mystical power that was almost enough to burst and self-destruct the **Millennium Necklace** was suddenly released, slamming into Hayato's body!
"You guy!"
Seto took action against Hayato again, completely enraging everyone. At this moment, they could no longer care about the reason behind Seto's betrayal. They all took action in their own ways.
"Give me a hand, Mahad!" "Prince, I'll help too!"
**Dark Magician** and **Dark Magician Girl** appeared in front of Dark Yugi and Mana. Although the mystical power they had overdrawn before had not yet recovered, **Dark Magician**, with **Dark Magician Girl's** support, barely exerted his full power and charged towards **Duos**, who was blocking the way.
However, what was unexpected was that **Dark Magician**, whose power was equivalent to **Diabound**, attacked **Duos** but was no match for it, and was intercepted by Seto's Stone Tablet Monster.
An unusual dark aura emanated from **Duos's** body. Its body was completely unaffected by the magic released by **Dark Magician**. With a swing of its sword, even **Dark Magician**, who was good at melee, barely managed to block the opponent's attack with his staff.
Looking at **Duos's** crimson eyes and the imposing evil energy around its body, Dark Yugi bit his lip: "**Duos** has also been enhanced by Bakura's evil energy?"
Seeing the situation was bad, Malik, whose priority was self-preservation, had no plan to help. He took Isis and wanted to escape, but at this moment, he suddenly found that Kaiba had disappeared at some point.
And seeing **Duos** and **Dark Magician** engaged in battle, Seto said even more contemptuously: "I once regarded you as my opponent. Now it seems your power is nothing more than this, Mahad. No, now you are just a Stone Tablet Monster, **Dark Magician**."
"Power, this power is so fascinating. Let me see more!"
Saying that, Seto raised the Duel Arena in his hand. After **Duos**, he summoned another Stone Tablet Monster, **Minotaur**, planning to join the battle with **Dark Magician**. But as soon as this monster appeared, a white figure suddenly flashed past and smashed a punch into **Minotaur's** chin, blasting it away and sending it falling to the ground!
"Kaiba———Punch!"
Looking closely, it was **Kaibaman** who had appeared again!
"Heaven calls, earth calls, people call, calling me to defeat evil! I am an Ally of Justice———Kaiba-Man!"
However, **Minotaur**, who had been knocked down to the ground, got up in the blink of an eye. Similarly enhanced by dark power, its crimson eyes stared at **Kaibaman**. As if enraged, it charged out and engaged in a brawl with him, resulting in a stalemate.
Seto didn't recognize the suddenly appearing **Kaibaman**, but he frowned, annoyed: "Another troublemaker. What a trouble."
"The trouble is still to come!"
He thought two Stone Tablet Monsters were enough to deal with Dark Yugi and his group, but he didn't expect it wasn't enough. But just as Seto was planning to summon a third monster, an unexpected voice rang out behind him.
"Sound of crying!"
Accompanied by a slightly strange cry, a gale was suddenly stirred up in Hayato's location, which was surrounded by the smoke raised by the **Millennium Necklace's** attack just now. **The Winged Dragon of Ra**, still in a shrunken state, appeared in front of Hayato.
Seto took a look and subconsciously felt that Hayato had used **The Winged Dragon of Ra** to block the attack just now. He could even put up resistance in this state: "You really are struggling in your death throes, Hayato Kobayashi!"
"Heh, I can fight with you all day." Hayato's expression was as usual. "But you won't have that good luck."
"Seto, who looks the same as Kaiba!" "Take this!"
Accompanied by the roars of Joey Wheeler and Tristan , the two, nicknamed the "Campus Delinquent Fighting King," seized the opportunity and rushed behind Seto. They simultaneously swung their fists, about to give him a hard one!
"Friendship Face-Breaking Punch!"
However, although their aura was very strong, their habit of shouting and yelling while fighting allowed Seto, who had rich battle experience, to react in time and dodge their attack.
Pulling back, he glanced at **Duos**, who was entangled by the **Dark Magician** Master and Disciple, and **Minotaur**, who was fighting **Kaibaman** to a fifty-fifty. Plus, Hayato Kobayashi, who seemed safe and sound behind him, and the two aggressive guys in front of him, Seto gave a cold snort and summoned the last Stone Tablet Monster.
However, what appeared was not a monster with powerful combat power, but just a **King of Yamimakai**. And the moment it flew up, Seto grabbed its body and jumped onto it. Riding the dragon, he ascended into the air and said to Dark Yugi on the ground: "You got away with your life, Pharaoh."
"I'll let you off today, but I'll be taking the **Millennium Necklace** and this!"
Seeing the nameplate Seto took out, Dark Yugi's expression changed. He reached for his chest and found that the nameplate that had been hanging there was indeed gone.
It seems like when Seto pushed Dark Yugi away just now, he took the opportunity to take the nameplate engraved with his true name!
Watching Seto ascend and leave without hesitation, Dark Yugi's wrath had nowhere to vent. But all his combat power was blocked by the Stone Tablet Monsters Seto had left behind, so he could only watch helplessly as Seto went far away.
What's worse, the direction Seto left in was exactly the direction of the Thief Village they had just left. Could that guy be planning to—
Dark Yugi could only hope that his conjecture was wrong.
As Seto left a distance, the Stone Tablet Monsters he summoned also disappeared. Similarly, **Kaibaman**, who had appeared somehow and disappeared somehow, also disappeared. Not long after he disappeared, Kaiba ran out from somewhere again.
"That Seto guy, he actually stole the **Millennium Necklace**, and he also stole The Other Yugi's nameplate!" Joey Wheeler said with unwillingness, having failed to keep Seto. "Damn it, in that case, won't Yugi be unable to get back his memory!"
Honda was also furious: "What's worse, the **Millennium Necklace** is gone too. If Bakura gets the **Millennium Necklace** from him, Heaven knows what terrible matters will happen!"
"As bad as it gets, it shouldn't be to the point of dying." After Seto left, **The Winged Dragon of Ra's** figure became illusory and disappeared. Hayato finally couldn't help but say, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, "The one who was truly finished, was me..."
Saying that, Hayato lost even the strength to stand and suddenly fell onto the Sandy Ground. The injury on his chest also bled freely because it had lost control.
(Injury degree (laugh)
(Another character will be making their exit in the next chapter)
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 803: Countdown to the Opening of the Gate of the Underworld
Thief Village Underground.
Duos slashed at the seal left by **Dark Magician** sword by sword. Although **Dark Magician** had estimated the seal could last for at least a few days when he left it, external factors were not within **Dark Magician's** predictions at that time.
The pyramid-shaped seal only lasted for a few hours before being destroyed by Duos' continuous attacks, which were enhanced by dark energy, revealing the Millennium Stone Tablet within the seal.
As for the monster that had been relentlessly pursuing Hayato and his party earlier, Bakura recalled it after attempting a few unsuccessful attacks from within the barrier. He could tell that even if he didn't attack, the barrier would disappear in about a day, and even attacking with full power would only break it open two or three hours earlier.
The benefit from the effort wasn't great enough, so Bakura chose to just give up and do nothing.
However, since Seto had brought the **Millennium Necklace** to him, that was another matter entirely.
"The Millennium Stone Tablet," looking at the tablet before him, which was already embedded with six **Millennium Items**, Seto glanced at the **Millennium Necklace** in his hand, then raised his other hand and made a grasping motion. "As long as I embed the **Millennium Necklace**, I can obtain power..."
Hearing Seto's words, Bakura controlled the Millennium Stone Tablet to release dark power again. However, this time, what converged and took shape was not the monster from before, but Bakura's figure wearing a blue and white striped shirt.
"This is truly unexpected, that it would be you who brought the **Millennium Necklace** to me. This is slightly different from the past I know, Priest Seto." Sitting on the Millennium Stone Tablet with a feeling of relief, Bakura looked at Seto and said.
Although he didn't understand what Bakura meant by "past," Seto corrected him with a cold face: "Priest? No, I am not a priest, I am the Pharaoh."
"It's clear that you really want to be the Pharaoh, but you haven't dealt with the previous Pharaoh blocking your way yet, have you?" Bakura smiled and shrugged indifferently. "I'm almost getting used to the feeling of familiar history being messed up and chaotic. In this regard, that guy Hayato Kobayashi and the **Ojama** monsters really give me the same annoying impression."
"But whatever. I wonder if anyone has told you that by assembling the seven **Millennium Items**, you can obtain wishing power? Although you wouldn't think in that direction, I still need to explain that this isn't like the Seven O Balls where you can just wish for anything to happen. Rather, if you assemble the seven **Millennium Items** for me, I can give you the ability sufficient to realize your own wish."
"Pitiful Bakura hated the Royal Family, so I gave him the power to challenge the Pharaoh, enough to trample the Royal Family's dignity underfoot; your father Aknadin wanted you to become Pharaoh, so I gave him the power to help you clear away obstructions. Thinking about it this way, even though they didn't assemble the **Millennium Items**, I was willing to grant their wishes. Indeed, there's no one more loving than me."
"So, are you tempted? Come, tell me your wish, Se~to~"
Bakura's tone was full of temptation, like a demon corrupting hearts. But in Seto's view, even walking with a demon was fine; he came for this very reason.
"Power, give me more power."
Bakura, sitting on the tablet, spread his hands: "You're really easy to understand. The thirst for power even extended to three thousand years later. But it's also thanks to this that you could become my aid."
"Then, I'll satisfy you."
Not in a hurry to take the **Millennium Necklace** from Seto's hand, Bakura reached out and pointed at Seto. The magic power from the Millennium Stone Tablet, using him as a relay, violently injected into Seto's body!
"Hmph, hmph! Ugh, ahhhhh, ahhhhh!"
Miracles and magic aren't free. Great power is often accompanied by great risk. As the dark magic power flooded into Seto's body, because his body was eroded and transformed by this power, even Seto couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Meanwhile, Bakura crossed his legs and continued to sit on the tablet, enjoying Seto's pain, closing his eyes comfortably.
Before Seto, he had also injected dark magic power into Bakura and Aknadin to enhance them. But at that time, in order not to let Bakura lose control, Bakura held back and only gave him a small amount of magic power. But the result was that Bakura was ultimately defeated by Hayato and died in Necrovalley.
When switching to the second piece, Aknadin, Bakura learned from Bakura's lesson and felt that giving the piece a bit more power shouldn't be a big deal. He injected a large amount of magic power into Aknadin, even making him dye his hair. But the consequence was that Aknadin directly broke free from Bakura's control, making Bakura so angry that he ruthlessly squeezed out his usefulness when he was about to become useless.
After that, Bakura thought that humans were fundamentally unreliable and planned to never use pieces again. He simply decided to inject magic power into Hayato and Seto, who were holding the **Millennium Items** at the time, to mess with them. That amount of magic power at that time was a completely lethal dose. It's a pity that he couldn't successfully scheme against Hayato, and even Seto was timely interrupted by Hayato.
But he didn't expect that precisely because Hayato timely knocked two **Millennium Items** from Seto's hand, the amount of magic power injected into Seto's body at that time was just right, not too much, not too little. Even Bakura himself didn't expect that it would actually happen through such a fortuitous circumstance, converting Seto into his third piece, and putting him to the greatest use at the most suitable time, bringing him the last missing **Millennium Necklace**.
He was never someone who would discard a tool after use; on the contrary, he was quite caring towards the pieces he utilized, whether within the Memory World or outside the World. Of course, Aknadin, who made him angry, doesn't count.
Since Seto satisfied him, he didn't mind helping Seto out and giving him the power he wanted. Although he couldn't completely control him like Bakura, compared to Aknadin, Seto was much easier for Bakura to manipulate. Giving him power could also help Bakura stall better.
Controlling the magic power, he caught the **Millennium Necklace** that Seto was letting go of and about to drop onto the ground. Bakura reached out and took it, then frowned. Even though in his perception, the magic power strength of the **Millennium Necklace** should have been comparable to what he felt before, he always felt that some important part was missing. It was as if that part was damaged and then had been transferred elsewhere.
However, it doesn't matter. The power that the **Millennium Necklace** and the rest of the **Millennium Items** inherently possessed wasn't the key point. The key point was what Bakura could do after assembling them.
He embedded the **Millennium Necklace** into the last blank on the tablet. Bakura waved his hand again, taking the metal plaque from Seto's body through the air, looking at the text on it.
"Golden is blood, silver is bone, the sinful gold born from blood has returned to the gate, defile the king's name, open, Gate of the Underworld!"
"Then, I've finally waited for this moment, hahahaha!"
Amidst Bakura's loud laughter, dark energy continuously emitted from the Millennium Stone Tablet, which was fully embedded with **Millennium Items**. Under his control, it sank into the Underground, leaving behind only the opening leading to the Underground, from which dark power continuously surged outwards.
At the same time, an empty Hourglass also appeared in Bakura's hand. Dark energy poured into it, turning into black sand particles and flowing.
As everyone knows, the Four Heavenly Kings have five members, and a three-person team has four members. So, although Bakura theoretically should only have three GM Items, at this moment after assembling the **Millennium Items**, he obtained the fourth, and also the most important item, the Underworld Hourglass.
Three thousand years ago, the Nameless Pharaoh used his true name and soul to seal the evil will beneath the tablet. And what is necessary to dispel this seal is the seven **Millennium Items** as well as the Pharaoh's true name. However, after assembling all the keys, time is still needed to open the Gate of the Underworld.
The Underworld Hourglass has no ability whatsoever. It is merely used to display how much time is still needed until the Gate of the Underworld opens and Bakura's true form is released. When the last grain of sand falls, that is when Bakura will be completely revived. By then, Bakura will have obtained victory in this Ultimate Dark Game, and can also therefore revive along with it in the Real World outside!
"Before the hourglass runs out, now, Seto, go to the Royal City! Go and obtain the power you've been longing for! Act as the warm-up act before the climax of my revival arrives, hahahahaha!"
Directly crushing the nameplate in his hand that was already useless to him without reluctance, Bakura's figure dispersed and merged into Seto's body. Seto raised his head and looked towards the direction of the Royal City, Kisara's figure reflected in his pitch-black eyes.
---I want to become the world's number one, women are troublesome---
"What do you mean you can't save him?!" Joey Wheeler, hearing the physician's words, reached out with an angry face, wanting to grab the opponent's collar, but his hand passed through his body.
Only then did he remember that it seems there was such a concept: "People in the Memory World cannot see or touch them, the people from the Real World, unless it's a special situation." It's just that because there were simply too many special situations, he almost forgot about this concept.
And the physician who made Joey Wheeler angry, although he didn't know he was almost beaten up by a blond delinquent, quickly added because Dark Yugi was in front of him: "Hayato Kobayashi-sama's wounds, we have already healed with magic. Although it looks very scary, because the rescue was relatively timely, there's no major problem."
"Then what do you mean you can't save him?" Malik frowned and asked.
After Seto left, Hayato couldn't hold on and fell. Only then did the party discover that the toughness he showed before was actually just him pretending to be strong. The attack Seto launched with the **Millennium Necklace** before actually hit Hayato completely, but he pretended to block it with **The Winged Dragon of Ra** to scare Seto away.
As soon as he fell, the party quickly sent him to the Medical Unit here for treatment. But after everyone waited outside the temporary medical room that was set up for a long time, the person in charge of the Medical Unit came out and said that they were powerless regarding Hayato's situation and couldn't save Hayato.
Facing the party's confusion, the physician also quickly explained, stating the situation they diagnosed.
The external injury on Hayato's body was only the stab wound left by Seto. However, because **Psychic Ectoplasm** shifted the wound location, so it wasn't a big problem. The key point was that Seto before interrupted Hayato's resonance with the **Millennium Necklace** that had been enhanced by **Limiter Removal**, and also hit Hayato hard afterwards.
Perhaps Seto's original intention was just to think about venting out a portion of the power within the **Millennium Necklace** that was about to be detonated to save this **Millennium Item**. He indeed succeeded. It's just that during this attack, a certain special power within the **Millennium Necklace** was also injected into Hayato's body along with it.
Although the physicians accompanying the Medical Unit understood some magic, they couldn't compare at all to Court Magicians like Mana. But even Mana's teacher Mahad could only seal it with his own magic power in front of the power of the **Millennium Items**, finding it difficult to contend with it. That's why they were helpless regarding Hayato's situation.
After hearing the physician finish speaking, Dark Yugi said worriedly: "Then what will happen to Hayato now?"
"This, it's also difficult for us to explain to you, Pharaoh." The physician scratched his head and glanced behind him. "We can only ask you, Pharaoh, to come in. If you see it with your own eyes, perhaps you will know."
Under the physician's guidance, the party arrived inside the temporary medical room and saw Hayato lying on the bed, surrounded by physicians. However, after only not seeing Hayato for less than ten minutes, the party discovered that the appearance of Hayato before their eyes had undergone a tremendous change.
It wasn't that he was disfigured or mutated. Hayato, who was using the body of the eight-year-old Meriamun in the Memory World, his body had grown to the appearance of eighteen or nineteen years old in the blink of an eye, becoming the appearance of Hayato Kobayashi, their classmate whom Dark Yugi and the others were familiar with.
But the question was, Hayato's body was still growing rapidly. It was as if he was continuously fast-forwarding towards the Future.
"On Hayato's body, time is continuously accelerating in the direction towards the Future." Among the party present, the one most familiar with the **Millennium Necklace** was none other than Isis. She widened her eyes, looking at Hayato, who seemed to have grown a bit older again in less than a minute. "The power of the **Millennium Necklace** leading to the Future is continuously turning into Reality."
Honda scratched his head and exchanged one glance with Joey Wheeler. Neither of them heard anything wrong. "Is there any question with this? Actually, we've been feeling quite awkward during this time. Hayato always communicated with us in the appearance of a child. There's nothing bad about becoming an adult, right?"
"Idiot! The question is, how much time do you think a person has in total? Especially Hayato, or rather, Meriamun is an ancient person. His lifespan won't be very long, right?" Téa, however, quickly understood the problem on Hayato's body and said with a worried face. "The current Hayato has rapidly grown from childhood to youth, but after that comes middle age and old age. If by that Time we still haven't found a way to solve the problem on Hayato's body, won't he just age to death!?"
Malik heard his older sister's words and also clenched his teeth, but said dejectedly: "But even if we know, what can we do? We can't do anything. We can only watch helplessly as Hayato..."
"That absolutely won't do! How can Hayato die in a place like this?!" Yugi's fist clenched tightly, saying excitedly. "No! If Hayato dies in this Dark Game, he will never be able to return to Reality again!"
"Please, don't die, Hayato! If you fall here, what will Miss Ishizu do?!"
Hearing Yugi's words, Joey Wheeler also said to the unconscious Hayato: "Show your usual spirit from before, Hayato! You are the strongest Duel King who has defeated countless enemies! Kaiba, Yugi, and I still want to challenge you after you wake up!"
"If it's you, you can definitely create a miracle!"
Watching the party attempt to send encouragement into the unconscious Hayato's ears, Kaiba merely crossed his arms over his chest, watching with cold eyes: "Hmph, boring. What you're doing is fundamentally meaningless. Hayato Kobayashi is going to die."
Although Kaiba's tone was very cold, Nefertari beside him spoke up: "Seti, no, Mr. Kaiba, your fist is clenched too tightly."
Hearing Nefertari's words, Kaiba lowered his head and saw the wound on his hand that had already been bandaged had reopened because he subconsciously clenched his fist out of inner anger and frustration. Although he acted very indifferent, after experiencing so much, Hayato was no longer merely a target to defeat in Kaiba's heart, but had become a friend that Kaiba would absolutely not acknowledge.
But even though Nefertari pointed out that he was suppressing the emotion in his heart, Kaiba still spoke stubbornly, glancing at Nefertari beside him: "You are Hayato, no, you are Meriamun's friend, right? Your friend is dying, are you just going to watch?"
"Mm, Mr. Kaiba, it seems you didn't say a single thing correctly." Nefertari smiled slightly and walked over towards Hayato. "Hayato, Meriamun, how could I mistake them? They are fundamentally the same person. Furthermore, saying that I am Meriamun's friend or something sounds a bit too distant."
"Also, Meriamun will not die. Before illuminating all of Egypt, how could the sun set?"
As she walked towards Hayato, Nefertari's body became somewhat ethereal. The strange scene made Kaiba widen his eyes: "Hey, what are you doing?!"
The two people's voices also attracted the attention of others. Yugi and the others turned their heads to look, but saw that Nefertari's body also grew rapidly like Hayato's. In just an instant, she became the appearance of around twenty years old.
And seeing Nefertari's appearance, Tristan finally confirmed a guess he had always had: "Indeed, Nefertari, Meriamun, you are indeed---"
Looking at Hayato lying on the bed, Tristan said a name---
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 804 Ozymandias
Pharaohs are the representatives of the gods on the Surface World, commanding all people.
Except for a few rare exceptions, the Pharaohs who ruled their respective Dynasties had the belief of being buried on the Divine Throne with the Book of the Dead after death. Most of them claimed to be descendants of Horus and were buried on the Throne of the god Horus.
However, there was one person who was an exception among exceptions, a Pharaoh who called himself a god even during his lifetime, and even declared himself "Ra, the one born of a god" at the commemoration ceremony of his thirty-third year in office.
"Ozymandias, also called Ramesses II..." Looking at the slumbering Hayato, Tristan spoke the name he knew. "In the thousands of years of Ancient Egypt's history, he is considered one of the most famous Pharaohs."
Hearing Tristan 's words, Joey Wheeler beside him was also stunned. "Honda, what are you saying? Isn't Hayato our partner? A Pharaoh from a thousand years ago or something..."
"I didn't say Hayato was someone from a thousand years ago, but the name 'Meriamun' is indeed one of Ramesses II's names, meaning 'the one blessed by the god Amun'. And more importantly," Tristan said, looking at Nefertari's illusory body, "the name Nefertari is the name of Pharaoh Ramesses II's Royal Consort."
Looking at Nefertari, who had less grown up and more recovered to her adult appearance, Yugi also figured out the key after Tristan 's reminder. "Could it be, Nefertari, you really..."
"Yes, before Meriamun came to this World, it seems like he was worried I would be too lonely staying in the original place alone, so in a very characteristic style of his, he brought me to this World as well. Because of this, he, who could have been in his adult appearance, could only manifest in the stance of a child, just like me."
Although her body looked like it could disperse at any moment, Nefertari smiled with a calm expression, as if she fundamentally didn't care about her situation. "It's truly nostalgic to be able to return to my childhood appearance after so long, and be with Meriamun, who is also in his childhood appearance."
"However, it's also time to wake up from this beautiful dream. Because my existence took away some of Meriamun's power, preventing him from using his full power in this World. But as long as I return, Meriamun will be safe and sound." Walking to Hayato's side, Nefertari gently stroked his face and said with a smile, "But from now on, I won't be able to keep accompanying you, Meriamun."
Téa heard Nefertari's words, took a step forward, and looked at Nefertari worriedly, saying, "Nefertari-chan, no, Royal Consort Nefertari, are you perhaps going to sacrifice yourself?"
"No, Téa , I just don't want to burden Meriamun. Just as birds spread their wings and soar in the vast sky, just as fish swim freely in the boundless sea, just as flowers radiate beautifully in the fields, he is destined to become the sun that illuminates Egypt." Nefertari smiled and embraced Hayato. "I am just returning to the era where I should exist, it is not death. Moreover, death is just another great adventure."
A light cluster appeared in Nefertari's hand. The rainbow light, which Yugi and the others were extremely familiar with, lit up and shone on Hayato's body.
"I'm counting on you from now on."
"Kuriboh~"
Hayato felt like he had a dream and saw the entire life of a young boy from childhood to adulthood.
Birth, establishing the heir, marriage, conquest, ascension, revival of the Kingdom. Hayato watched the lifetime experienced by the young boy, whose appearance was identical to his own, displayed before him. He watched him experience birth, aging, sickness, and death, living a lifetime that seemed long and brilliant even when compared to modern people.
Hayato also noticed the familiar young girl who had accompanied the young boy since he was childhood but passed away from his side when the boy became middle-aged. Her appearance was exactly the same as Nefertari's. What made him even more astonished was that the other Royal Consort beside the young boy who became Pharaoh looked so similar to Ishizu.
"This, this is?"
"Hmph, so it's come to this step after all." Beside Hayato, Meriamun walked out and stood side by side with him, looking at the lifetime of the young boy manifesting before them. "Looking at Royal 'I''s lifetime from a different perspective, hmm, as expected of Royal 'I', it's still so exciting."
"So this was your life?" Hayato turned his head and looked at Meriamun. Hearing Hayato's words, Meriamun helplessly pursed his lips. "Asking when you already know? Didn't you guess it long ago?"
Hayato spread his hand. "I don't know much about the history of Ancient Egypt. At least, besides a few famous Pharaohs like Ptolemy I, Tutankhamun, Ramesses II, and so on, I don't recognize any other Pharaohs. So, which Pharaoh are you exactly?"
"Idiot..." Meriamun glanced at Hayato, sighed, and wore a cold, arrogant expression. "You've heard Royal 'I''s name before, yet you meet Royal 'I' and don't know what kind of radiance you are bathed in. Forget it, anything I say to you will only end up being a humiliation to Royal 'I' myself. Listen clearly to Royal 'I'."
"My name is Ozymandias! King of Kings! O mighty gods, behold my great deed---and despair and bow down!"
Along with Meriamun's, or rather, Ozymandias's loud cry, the illusion before Hayato shattered, revealing a patch of chaos. Ozymandias extended his hand and pointed at Hayato. Only to see a patch of chaos wrap around Hayato's wrist, transforming into a Duel Disk. Similarly, in Ozymandias's hand, a Duel Disk with a Deck already inserted manifested.
With Hayato wearing an expression that said "I knew it would be like this", Ozymandias spoke, "Although Royal 'I' lent you Royal 'I''s body before, you have disappointed Royal 'I' too much, Hayato Kobayashi. Therefore, let us restart the Duel from last time that could not determine victory or defeat!"
"If you can defeat Royal 'I', then Royal 'I' can tentatively forgive the sin of you actually letting Nefertari sacrifice herself for Royal 'I'. But if Royal 'I' wins, do not resent Royal 'I' taking back Royal 'I''s own body!"
Although Ozymandias had his arms crossed over his chest and wore a cold, arrogant expression, wanting to display an aura of looking down on Hayato, unfortunately, in this place that seems like a Mental World, both of them appeared in their complete state. Compared to Hayato, who is 195cm tall, Ozymandias is only 179cm tall, so his aura was somewhat lacking.
Hayato looked at Ozymandias and sighed. "Stop talking to yourself like that, you guy. What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine. I don't agree with anyone taking advantage of me."
"However, when it comes to Dueling, I won't lose. It's just a mere [Triamid] Deck, there's nothing left to fear!"
"Duel!" X2
[Ozymandias: 4000LP]
[Hayato: 4000LP]
Drawing his hand first to gain the first turn right, Ozymandias smiled mysteriously upon hearing Hayato's words. "When did you get the illusion that Royal 'I' was using a [Triamid] Deck?"
"Royal 'I''s Turn, Draw!"
"Then activate the Spell Card, Terraforming, and add the Field Spell Card, Triamid Cruiser, from Royal 'I''s Deck to Royal 'I''s Hand!"
# Chapter 805: Pure Triamid Deck
"[Triamid]?" Hayato glanced at Ozymandias, thinking to himself, "What's with this guy? Why does he change Decks all the time? He's too fickle." Oh, wait, so am I. Never mind.
As for [Triamid], Hayato had a rather deep impression of this Deck. After all, even if most Decks have their Archetype's Field Spell Card, in most cases they are played and not replaced. However, the [Triamid] Deck rapidly replaces its Field Spell Cards as if they were disposable items.
Using different Field Spell Cards depending on the situation, that's the kind of Deck [Triamid] is. And the Effect of the Card [Triamid Cruiser] can be considered the [Triamid]'s Play Starter, possessing the Ability to swap cards and perform Deck Searching.
"You want to Search a Field Spell Card from your Deck? Muda Muda Muda, I Activate the Effect of [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] in my Hand, discarding her to Negate the Effect of [Terraforming]!"
Not wanting Ozymandias to gain Card Advantage, Hayato Sent the [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] from his Hand to the Graveyard. The short yellow-haired old woman... I mean, young girl with cat ears and an orange bow delivered a flying kick, stomping out the orb of light of the yet-to-be-played [Terraforming] on Ozymandias's Field.
"Hehehe, do you dare defy me, Urara?" [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] said proudly after her Effect Activation was successful and wasn't hit by Cards like [Called by the Grave]. Then Hayato reached out and pressed her back into the Graveyard, as she had lost her usefulness.
He didn't know why, but ever since Ozymandias suddenly wanted to Duel Hayato, Hayato, who had been separated from his Card Spirits for a long time due to entering the Memory World, felt the Spirits again. Receiving their response, he was able to go all out this time, which included the [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] he had just used.
However, seeing Hayato use the [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] Card, Ozymandias wasn't surprised at all. There was a special connection between him and Hayato; Hayato had just seen his past memories, and he also knew about Hayato's experience in the Real World. He was also aware of the Effect of the [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] Card.
And precisely because he was aware of the Effect of [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring], he specifically used [Terraforming] to bait out the [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] in Hayato's Hand.
"Heh heh, in that case, I will directly Activate the Field Spell Card Triamid Cruiser from my Hand." In Hayato's surprised gaze, Ozymandias played the second Triamid Cruiser he had in his Hand. "Witness the Pharaoh's divine might, hehe, hehe hahahaha!"
As the Card was placed in the Field Zone on the Duel Disk, the ground beneath Hayato and Ozymandias was replaced by a Desert. At the same time, a huge shadow was cast over the two of them, rapidly growing larger.
Hayato looked up and found that a giant Pyramid was falling from the sky?
Who's just tossing their tomb around?!
The giant Pyramid seemed to be falling as if to crush both Hayato and Ozymandias into meat paste. However, just as it was only dozens of meters from the ground, its outer appearance suddenly cracked open with gaps, and its various components moved, deformed, and reassembled. Cannon barrels extended one by one, and at the same time, the interior energy circuits were exposed on the outside. The giant Pyramid transformed in the blink of an eye into a huge cruiser tank flying suspended in the air.
"Hmph, you're scared just by witnessing one of my countless great deeds? Past, present, future, all Temples exist for this body." Ozymandias's corner of mouth curved up, and he said contemptuously, "Bow down!"
"You've been dead for thousands of years, haven't you had enough dreams in the Underworld?" Hayato retorted without any politeness, looking at Triamid Cruiser. How could he not tell that Ozymandias was deliberately trying to trick him into using the Effect of [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] before? Having [Cruiser] in his Hand, he actually had no need to use [Terraforming] at all.
"I am not one of the dead, Idiot. Do not compare me, who will forever shine, with the Souls sunk into the sea of sand," Ozymandias frowned and said. "Could it be that even now, you still haven't figured out what the Item you used before did? Huh? There's a limit to how slow-witted you can be."
"That Item called '[Phantom Blood]', connected with me when my physical body reached its limit. It even offered the tempting condition of being able to bring back Nefertari, who left me early, by weakening the power I had brought back. Truly utterly sinful, to dare tempt me, tempt me, Ozymandias, whom even the Almighty God feared."
"If not for this point, do you think I would have responded to your Summon? Even though you and I are..."
He paused for a moment, then Ozymandias waved his hand dismissively, "Forget it, that's not important. I'd rather see if someone as foolish as you will feel fear when you witness this move."
"From my Hand, I Normal Summon this Monster, [Triamid Hunter]. Then, because of the Effect of Triamid Cruiser, whenever a Rock-Type Monster is Summoned, my Life Points Recover by 500 points."
"And when a [Triamid] Monster is Summoned on the Field, I Activate the second Effect of Triamid Cruiser: I Draw a card from my Deck, then discard one Card from my Hand."
On Ozymandias's Field appeared his first Monster. It wore a golden jackal helmet covering its face, held an "Ankh" Rune symbolizing life in one hand, but in the other hand held a scythe that looked like it was used to harvest life, filled with the aura of death.
[Triamid Hunter] [Level 3 / EARTH]
[Rock-Type / Effect]
[1400 / 1100]
In terms of [Triamid Hunter]'s Stats, it clearly looks like a Small Fry monster. It looks like it's just a Small Fry monster with an ATK of less than 1500 points. However, Hayato knew that the Monster itself wasn't the Key Point. The Key Point is that it has the Ability to Grant the Duelist a second Normal Summon of a Rock-Type Monster when a Field Spell Card is present.
[Ozymandias: 4000 → 4500 LP]
Triamid Cruiser cast down supporting energy recovery to Recover Ozymandias's Life Points. At the same time, he Drew a Card from his Deck, selected one, and discarded a Card from his Hand.
After changing his Hand, Ozymandias waved his hand: "When a Field Spell Card is present in Face-up Position on my Field, because of the Effect of [Triamid Hunter], I Summon this Monster from my Hand for the second time, [Triamid Master]!"
"Recover 500 Life Points!"
Another Monster jumped out from Ozymandias's Hand, once again Recovering Ozymandias's Life Points by 500 points.
[Ozymandias: 4500 → 5000 LP]
But just when Hayato thought that without Summoning Methods like Link available now, Ozymandias shouldn't be able to Summon Monsters again, he saw him play another Card:
"Then I Activate the Spell Card [Ties of the Brethren]! I target the Level 4 EARTH Attribute Rock-Type Monster [Triamid Master], Pay 2000 Life Points, and Special Summon Barrier Statue of the Drought and Koa'ki Meiru Wall from my Deck!"
"!?"
(End of Chapter)