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Chapter 1702 The Way of the Second Son, a Grand Serialized Novel!

Deep in the dense forests of the Elf Realm, beside a stream that no detection instrument can find, lies the place where the [True Crimson Lotus Demon] resides.

The Crimson Demon, bruised and battered after being beaten by Hayato with the added power of the [Holy Sword of Light - Denel], was bound by the threads of the [Shadowdoves] and hung in mid-air, unable to move. Still somewhat defiant, it roared at Hayato, "Roar! Roar! You [elf swear word], kill me if you want! Roar! Roar! Stop wasting time!"

Watching the Crimson Demon struggle, Hayato, while enjoying the massages from Ariana and Ariana—also known as Little Pink and Little Green—and swirling the drinks provided by the Harpies, sneered, "Hehe, Crimson Demon, keep making a scene, because I'll be even more pleased when you beg for mercy later."

"【True Crimson Lotus Demon】, this place was specially chosen by me. No one in this world will come to you to help you break free, so I have a very, very long time to stay here and strip away and destroy your dignity!"

Seeing [True Crimson Demon] struggle because of his words, Hayato's lips curled into a smile. "Hahaha, even if you commit suicide right now, it won't work. Saving you is absolutely easy for me. Alright, [True Crimson Demon], now you can start begging for mercy~"

However, it is obvious that [True Crimson Demon] is not the kind of creature that will behave itself after being beaten up by Hayato. After all, Hayato had already taught [True Crimson Demon] a lesson when it was already showing signs of rebellion when it was still on Earth, but didn't it still try to rebel against Hayato after arriving in the Spirit World?

Sure enough, even though he had just been beaten up by Hayato again, the Crimson Demon had a rebellious streak. After all, he had already been beaten up and tied up here, so what else could he do?

"Roar! Roar! (I'll spare you your *elf swear*! I'll *elf swear* you shit!)"

Hayato, instead of getting angry, took a sip of his drink and said, "Haha, what a tough guy! Well then, let's begin the show I prepared for you~"

"Snap~" As Hayato snapped his fingers, a powerful melody began to play, sounding like a very old song. It was a song from the 1980s, sung by a group called "Village-People," and at that moment, four "figures" appeared behind Hayato.

"【True Crimson Demon】, do you like this song?" Clapping along to the music, Hayato looked at 【True Crimson Demon】, whose forehead was gradually dripping with cold sweat, and said, "Although it was later dubbed the 'King of Understanding's Battle Song, it was quite representative in the 80s, hehehe~"

【True Crimson Lotus Demon】naturally wouldn't know about the song "YMCA" from the human world, but even though it doesn't quite understand the origin of the song, a strange feeling suddenly arises within it.

Goosebumps immediately spread all over the [True Crimson Lotus Demon]'s body, and cold sweat poured down its face. Just what kind of experts were the four people it saw?

"Hey, Young-Man!"

As the lyrics finally began to play, the four spirits behind Hayato finally appeared. Whoosh! They were actually four low-star effect monsters!

(Classic Thunder, Slide, Red Storm)
With their low attack and defense, their lewd suppression, and their ability to beg for people's hatred, they are known to be the worst of the worst!
"Howawawawa!"

Looking at the four monsters before him, the Crimson Lotus Demon was far more terrifying and dreadful than a billion Albus's Fallen Blades!
"Hehe, in modern Yu-Gi-Oh!, high attack power and effect destruction are nothing special anymore. But I know you, [Crimson Demon], like battle destruction, so I found these four most monstrous brothers from the animal kingdom to deal with you." Hayato said, holding up the four monster cards. "I gave them the nickname 'Thunder Slide Red Storm,' also known as 'Beast Four.' I believe they can bring you endless joy!"

"Don't underestimate them. Although their attack power is far inferior to yours, they are as powerful in the animal world as Yu-Gi-Oh and Li-Shi-D in the heavy pit world."

"Everyone has their own unique strengths."

"Each of them has their own unique skill."

"The effect and the suppression were truly amazing."

"The secret panel that appears when you put the lid down will give you an even bigger surprise, hahaha!"

With Hayato's laughter, the four monsters arrived in front of [Crimson Demon], surrounding it and getting closer, almost touching [Crimson Demon] at point-blank range!
"Roar! (You...you *elf swear* guy!)!" [True Crimson Lotus Demon] struggled even more fiercely, but under the control of [Shadowy Midrash], the threads only tightened, and he couldn't move his body at all, not even his head, limbs, tail, or wings. "Roar! Roar! Roar! (You...you can't...no...no...you can't do this! You can't!)!"

"Roar! Roar, roar. Roar (Woo! I. I will kill you all, I will kill you all)!" Unable to threaten Hayato, [True Crimson Demon] turned to roar at the "weak" spirits in front of her.

Then, with Hayato backing them up, is there any need for the "Rayquabema Red Storm" to be afraid of him?

The intimidation tactic of [True Crimson Demon] not only failed to work, but instead caused [The Gluttonous Beast That Devours Millions], which was walking at the front, to pounce on [True Crimson Demon] without hesitation. Hayato immediately provided the voiceover: "Oh! Darling, look, your whole body is covered in effects that can trigger my effects~"

"Roar (Waaah)! Roar (Take your mouth away)!" Staring in horror at the mouth of the [Million-Eating Glutton] pressed against its face, feeling as if it could see itself being attacked and then rejected from the inside, the roar of [True Crimson Lotus Demon] began to tremble.

"Swoosh, swoosh. Oh, the panel is strong and powerful, so strong!" [Crimson Lotus Beast - Ta Isha] stroked the tail of [True Crimson Lotus Demon] with a strange smile.

Meanwhile, [Thunder King] clung to [True Crimson Lotus Demon]'s back, constantly stimulating its sensitive wings with the weak electric current it emitted: "Oh~ good taste~"

[Surfing Prosecutor] even went so far as to stroke [True Crimson Demon]'s muscular thighs: "Such taut muscles, how tempting. Hehehe~"

Listening to Hayato's voice acting, [Arias, the Butler of the Silver Castle] complained helplessly, "Even for you, Lord, these lines are just too weird." Despite her words, she still filled Hayato's drink.

"It's alright, I like perverts!" [Silver Princess of the Labyrinth Castle] said nonchalantly, and was about to imitate "Beast Four's" actions to touch Hayato's abs, but Hayato easily pressed his head down with one hand so he couldn't get close.

"What a shame, especially since she's our city lord." The pink and green girls, who were massaging Hayato, exchanged a glance and complained helplessly in unison.

Hayato was surrounded by beautiful women, but [True Crimson Demon] was simply "enjoying" pure torture, especially under the stimulation of "Beast Four," its muscles were tense, and it even had goosebumps. "Roar (Get out of my way, you bastards! Get out! I'll kill you all!)!"

"Hehehe, even if you're going to kill us, wait until we've had some fun together before you do it, honey~ hee hee!"

"Oh! I want to see how powerful your attacks are!"

"Hahaha, don't stop! [The Gluttonous Beast That Devours Millions], fight for him!" Hayato excitedly commanded when he saw [Crimson Lotus Demon]'s resistance. "I want to see if the target of [The Gluttonous Beast That Devours Millions] will like it, except for the inside side! Hahahaha!"

"Hehehe, I want a hot dog!"

After the [Gluttonous Beast That Devours Millions] opened its mouth, the [True Crimson Lotus Demon] almost felt himself losing consciousness. Just staring at that gigantic maw, which seemed to lead to an endless abyss, filled him with terror—and there were three more such beings waiting for him!

"Hahaha, we fought! We fought! [True Crimson Demon], how do you feel now? How do you feel!?"

The nearly unconscious [True Crimson Demon] used its last strength to raise its head: "Roar (Ribbit! True Crimson Nova, save me!)!"

However, the Earthbound God - Crimson Nova in Hayato's deck, who had already been beaten up by Earthbound God - Veracocha Raska and understood who the real "strongest Earthbound God" was, had clear eyes and paid no attention to Crimson Demon's call to him.

Just as Hayato once said to Bakura, "You are not a professional duelist, and you see me as a frog in a well seeing the blazing sun in the sky; but if you were a duelist, you would know that ordinary people are to me as an ant in the vast starry sky." The stronger the Pokémon, the more they can see where Hayato's true terror lies.

Not to mention that Ra's Winged Rathalos is like a sycophant to Hayato; if any Pokémon dares to say even half a bad word about him behind his back when he's not looking, she'll immediately unleash a devastating attack, delivering six blows in a second. Even the "Three Phantom Demons," the Earthbound God-Veracocha Raska, and Hayato's many Pokémon are all willing to risk their lives to fight any Pokémon that disagrees with Hayato.

Constantly chanting "loyalty" and "I can never repay Hayato's kindness," and proclaiming "Hayato is the sun" every day, even [Earthbound God - Crimson Nova] suspects that Hayato has drugged or hypnotized his spirits. The sheer number of spirits who submit to him and remain so loyal is simply outrageous—especially when He knows that the "Three Phantom Demons" were once spirits who attempted to rebel against Hayato. This kind of demonic leadership is practically inhuman.

In addition, the "gravity" wrapped around Hayato is also extremely terrifying. Although the "Sealing War" between the Earthbound Gods and the Red Dragon was nearly five thousand years ago, five thousand years before that, the Earthbound God - True Crimson Nova already existed and fought against the Red Dragon. It was after that that a portion of its power transformed into the Crimson Demon Dragon and came under the Red Dragon's command.

Before the war between the Earthbound Gods and the Crimson Dragons, the Atlantis civilization, which had reached its peak, failed to overcome the challenge posed by the planet called "Orichalcos" and was completely destroyed. The Earthbound God - Crimson Nova, who was still alive at the time, was very clear about the power of Dartz, Leviathan the "Orichalcos God", and the "Nameless Dragons".

These two powerful beings, [Earthbound God - Crimson Nova], clearly sensed their auras from Hayato. The "Nameless Dragons" were alright, as they only stored a portion of their power in Hayato's [Super Fusion] card. However, the aura of the Atlantean emperor, Dartz, was incredibly clear on Hayato, as if it had been watching him all along!
In addition, there are gazes from beyond the stars, as close as the sun, as far as the Draco constellation, and even the aura of the "light wave" from a while ago [Earthbound God - Crimson Nova] was also felt on Hayato - but it wasn't possession or anything like that, but rather a kind of "this guy is too dangerous, let's explore the area ahead later" kind of mark.

Not to mention that [Earthbound God - Crimson Nova] also sensed the special power hidden within Hayato, that incomparably free radiance that transcended the constraints of gravity, which made [Earthbound God - Crimson Nova] realize that Hayato was definitely not someone it could afford to offend, and that becoming his subordinate might even bring some benefits in the future.

On the contrary, it was the Crimson Demon, a being stronger than the average spirit but not quite reaching the threshold of a true powerhouse, who arrogantly attempted to rebel against Hayato. Little did it know that if it weren't for Hayato's special impression of it due to the anime he had seen before, and his fondness for the "Tamashi" meme, it would have been utterly annihilated by Hayato long ago.

—Although Hayato enjoys collecting cards and card spirits, and the recent case of [Black Feather - Shadow of Karma] was saved because Hayato was able to collect it as a card spirit, because Hayato has so many spirits, he doesn't need one or two more. If Hayato really loses interest in [True Crimson Demon], he will definitely not hold back against it.

Of course, the main reason was that Hayato had something to do and was interested in "training" [True Crimson Demon] to pass the time. However, this could be considered Hayato's last bit of interest in it. If it didn't behave itself, Hayato wouldn't mind using the card without the spirit's host to reawaken the card spirit.

What else could Hayato be doing in this forest? This story begins when Hayato, who claims to be "averse to fighting but fond of resolving conflicts," subdued Kuroba and stopped the invasion war between Kuroba and the Harpy.

"You mean, not only your Harpy's Harpie Prophet and Blackfeather's Blackfeather Aurora, but also the elves of other bird-beast tribes with the ability to 'divine' and 'foresee the future' have all received the same prophecy?" Hayato listened to Blackfeather's description. "What does 'the absolute king of birds and beasts will be born in the center of the forest' mean?"

"Even if you ask us, we cannot give an answer to the prophecy." [Black Feather - Great Banner of the Great Banner] shrugged. "Anyway, it's just the literal meaning: whoever occupies the center of the forest will become the absolute king of the bird and beast elves."

"We knew about this prophecy, but in the end, is it because of this prophecy that you drove out all the tribes that previously lived in the central region!" the Harpy Queen said indignantly. "And for that reason, you continue to hunt down all the tribes still living in the forest region who have a chance of returning to the central forest? Cruel creatures!"

"When you oppressed weak beings like us [Black Feather] who had no power, did you ever consider the cruelty of toying with your prey?"

After learning that Hayato was only trying to mediate and had no intention of helping the Harpies, [Kuroba - Great Banner of the Battle] regained her confidence and glared back without hesitation, "No one knows the true meaning of the prophecy, the exact location of the 'Center of the Forest,' or what the 'Absolute King' means."

"However, just like the legend of another 'Overlord,' no one wants the prophecy to come true if they could, which is why we [Black Feather] are going to drive all of you, the oppressors of the past, out of the forest and leave you no possibility of becoming the 'Absolute King'!"

"I have a different opinion." Seeing that the atmosphere between [Black Feather] and [Harpy] was about to become tense again, Hayato interrupted, "I don't know how the Möbius strip of hatred escapes, but I wonder if there is another possibility regarding that prophecy?"

"The key is not 'the center of the forest' or 'the absolute king,' but 'gestation.' It's not that any existing elven tribe will gain absolute power to rule the bird-beast race, but rather that a completely new batch of bird-beast elves will be born?"

Just as Hayato was distracted, a communication array set up by Alai suddenly lit up, and the excited voices of the three harpy sisters came from it: "Found it!"

"We've found it! There really is a place in the middle of the forest where new elves are being conceived!"

　1302 has a live broadcast next week. Although it's DDD's cover, they didn't invite Yoshimasa Hosoya but instead invited Akira. Perhaps it's because she got married?
　　I guess at most they'll just record a message and shout out a summoning phrase.

　　As for Sister Qiu's cards, the last time they were strengthened was in the 11th season. I wonder if there will be a level 12 Rose Dragon this time, or a field-based strengthening (let's not talk about field-based strengthening with the strength of Rose Dragon).

　　However, what's more difficult is that after a lot of discussion, someone pointed out that the official cosplayer (second from the left) was very big and white, but nobody paid any attention to it (that's how it is for card players).
　　
　
(End of this chapter)