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Chapter 1733 One man defeats the entire world!
In the Elf Forest, I encountered the Duel King, who summoned monsters of immense power in succession, despite my best efforts, I could not defeat him.
After the base score reached zero, the defeated [Priestess of Nephthys] fell and was about to disappear under the dueling rules of this world. In a way, the cruelty of the Elf world is hard to feel. Although duels do not cause real damage like the Dark Games in the human world, they can still ruthlessly take lives after a winner is decided.

Unlike before, when Hayato was interested in Blackwing and deliberately saved Blackwing - Shadow of Karma to fight for him, Hayato has no interest in the Nephthys deck and has no intention of being a saint to save Nephthys Priest, who previously wanted to take the power of Windbird from him.

However, just as the [Priestess of Nephthys] was about to disappear, Hayato noticed that blue flames suddenly began to ignite on her body and quickly faded away. The phantom of the [Azure Phoenix Goddess of Nephthys], which had only appeared when she was released as a sacrifice, rose from the fallen [Priestess of Nephthys], flew into the air, and dissipated.

Meanwhile, the flames on the [Priestess of Nephthys] gradually turned bright yellow, and her clothes were changed back to the gold they had when she was the [Guide of Nephthys], only the overall size had shrunk considerably—not only her clothes and hat, but also her body, which had actually changed from a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl to a little girl of about eleven or twelve years old?
He sat up from the ground, adjusting his hat. The Priestess of Nephthys—no, in his current state, perhaps he should be called the Connector of Nephthys—had a dejected expression and muttered to himself, "Failed, failed, failed, failed, failed, failed."

"They didn't die? Is this the power of the Nephthys..." Black Feather - Shadow of Karma looked at Nephthys's Linker with the same astonishment. "Although I had heard before that the Nephthys have a unique ability to reincarnate in order to achieve a special kind of 'immortality,' this is the first time I've witnessed it in person."

“It’s not just you Blackfeathers, it’s the same for us Harpies.” The Harpy Queen looked at Nephthys’s Linker and said, “Her age has completely regressed to that of a child. I wonder if she can ‘resurrect’ again, and what she will be like then?”

Because [Wind-Walking Bird] had completely transformed into a card in Hayato's hand and concealed its power, after Hayato's monsters disappeared from the field after the duel ended, the powerful aura that had previously filled the forest clearing had dissipated. [Black Feather] and [Harpy], as the first elf tribe to join Hayato, naturally entered the clearing without restraint and came to Hayato and [Nephthys's Linker]'s side.

"Whoa!" Although she was tough and sharp when she appeared as the Guide of Nephthys and even more arrogant and cold when she transformed into the Priestess of Nephthys, the current Connector of Nephthys only gives people the feeling of being cowardly and easy to bully.

Especially since she hadn't yet recovered from the psychological trauma of her defeat in the duel, and the once-powerful Harpy and the now almost all-powerful Black Feathers in the Great Forest had all flocked to her side, Nephthys's Linker looked terrified and, in a panic, chose to flee to Hayato's side to try and find cover.

"No, are you serious?" Hayato raised an eyebrow, looking at the trembling [Nephthys's Linker] beside him. "Isn't being this scared a bit too much? And why do you think I would protect you after just killing you?"

"N-No way?" Nephthys's intelligence seemed to have evolved with age, and she blinked, revealing a surprised expression.

Hayato felt like he was bullying a fool because of her blank expression. He casually said, "Let's not even talk about how Nephthys was just a nobody to begin with, and only with the addition of Flame King did she become somewhat worthless. In the current environment, she wouldn't even be worthy of carrying Blackfeather's shoes. You've clearly weakened a lot since I killed you once, haven't you? Where do you get the confidence that Blackfeather and Harpy will come after you?"

"If we have to say something, we should be more wary of the other spirits around us." Hayato pointed to the edge of the clearing. [Nephthys's Linker] looked over and saw many spirits staring at him with ill intent. They couldn't defeat [Blackwing], and might not even be able to defeat [Harpy], let alone Hayato, who had just displayed such power.

The "Absolute King of Birds and Beasts" has already begun to demonstrate its power. They don't have the guts to go against Hayato's [Wind-Traveling Bird], but they do have the guts, and a great deal of guts, to take advantage of the pretext of "purging the court of corrupt officials" to take over or eliminate [Nephthys] and [Flame King], who were once powerful but are now clearly in a weakened state.

"Goo goo ga?" After listening to Hayato's words, Nephthys's Linker realized that she was more concerned about the other elven tribes than the Black Feathers. She was stunned for a moment, then used her extraordinary wisdom to instantly come to a conclusion.

She looked at Hayato's feet, then hugged them without hesitation, and cried out with deep emotion, "Why, why did you say such heartless things, Hayato-sama!"

"Huh?" She swung her leg and realized that although [Nephthys's Linker] was small, she was holding onto his leg very tightly. Even when Hayato lifted his leg, she didn't let go at all, as if she was determined to cling to Hayato's leg for support. "I'll say it again, why do you think I would protect you?"

"I can definitely come up with a reason! [Nephthys's Linker]'s eyes were brimming with tears, "No matter what, I'm willing to do anything!"

"Eunegae! Without your protection, sir, Vatasi!"

Seeing this, [Black Feather - Great Banner of the Warrior] and [Harp Queen] couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, they're really this shameless to surrender?"

Considering that Hayato's forces weren't limited to his own elven tribe, with Black Feather and the Harpies waiting nearby, Nephthys's Linker, eager to demonstrate her worth, decisively declared, "I know a place, a secret land known only to Nephthys and Flame King, a place that leads to the worlds of other elves!"

To be honest, [Nephthys's Linker]'s words really piqued Hayato's interest.

Although the premise of traveling to different worlds might initially give the impression that the other world is as vast and boundless as the original world, just as the human world and the universe are separated into planets, the world of the card sprites can actually be described as "broken".

In the past, Hayato was sent by Anubis to the world of the "Nameless Dragons" using the "Gate of Illusion," which was the world of elves. The world he is currently in, dominated by the Bird-Beast race, is also the world of card elves. Theoretically, the "Valley of the Royal Sleep" of the "Gravekeeper" race, which leads from the back mountain of Duel Academy Island, is also a small elf world. Even the space that Kaiba created under the hot spring in the academy can be considered an elf world.

These worlds differ in terms of how they are entered, their size, whether they have a complete ecological cycle and the ability to generate their own spirits, and they are not even connected to each other. However, it is undeniable that they are all worlds of card spirits.

Hayato clearly remembered that in the original timeline, when Yubel used the Duel Energy collected by Professor Cobra to revive, he also initiated a spatial jump that transported the entire Duel Academy from the island to the Pokémon world. It seemed that what they arrived at was the world of the Bird-Beast Pokémon, where they encountered the Harpies in the desert of the Harpy Hunting Grounds. In fact, this was somewhat related to the special nature of Duel Academy Island itself. When it was decided to establish Duel Academy here, Kaiba himself came here to conduct an on-site investigation and confirmed that the spatial coordinates here were somewhat special. Not only were they quite close to the world of Card Pokémon, making spatial transfers easy, but they would also passively attach smaller Pokémon worlds like fragments to it.

This is also the origin of the "Valley of the King's Long Sleep" in the back mountain, and the underlying principle of how the seahorse manages to create a small Pokémon world.

However, with the help of John Anderson, who had initially awakened the power of the Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon, the entire Duel Academy was returned to its original position. From this perspective, although the power of Yubel was strong, the power of the Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon was worthy of the "god" in its name.

However, when Jaden and the others tried to return to the world of the Card Spirits through the archway in the back mountain that originally led to the Valley of the Royal Slumber, a place that was the fixed passage to the Gravekeepers, they discovered that the originally broken world of spirits had been integrated and forcibly pieced together into a complete world.

Jaden and his companions were not originally inhabitants of the Elf world. They believed that the Royal Valley of Long Sleep, belonging to the Tomb Guardians, might have been connected to other Elf worlds. However, they encountered a native of the Elf world with whom they could communicate—Tanya, who had once been an enemy of Jaden and his companions as one of the "Seven Stars." Tanya revealed the truth that the current Elf world was forcibly unified without the consent of the natives of their respective worlds.

Even more outrageous is that the guy who is usually inconspicuous, has little presence in crucial moments, and whose name is even hard to pronounce correctly (thankfully Hayato has a good memory and remembers his full name) actually managed to calculate the principle behind the world's combination using the "Grand Unified Theory" he learned from Dr. Bein Stein. He even calculated that there are a total of twelve worlds that have been "merged," a fact that even Tanya, a "local," is unaware of.

It can only be said that it fits Hayato's stereotype of the subject of "mathematics". Other subjects are a big pit, and some big shots rely on accumulation to stand at the top. But mathematics is a bottomless pit, where a bunch of cheaters fly in the sky and fight each other in Gundam.

Now, Yubel has thrown her into this world of birds and beasts that has not yet been "integrated." Considering the timeline, no matter how fast Jaden and the others are progressing, they've only managed to fight Professor Cobra. They haven't even been sent to this world to experience the incredibly realistic card battles that are so different from the virtual world "Duel-Links." Not to mention that Yubel has pieced together countless worlds to create a stage large enough for her and her beloved Jaden to perform together.

In this situation, the [Nephthys's Linkers] claimed that the [Nephthys] possessed a passage to other worlds? Hayato was genuinely curious about where that passage led.

However, it's unlikely to lead to the world of the "Nameless Dragons." After all, if she were to connect with that world, Yubel wouldn't need to bother with any dimensional fusion. No matter how much she collects duel energy and receives the legacy of the "Light Wave," she wouldn't be able to overcome tens of thousands of years of accumulation to go head-to-head with the "Nameless Dragons," who are practically gods in the Elf world. She could probably only manage to fight against the likes of the "Three Egyptian Gods" and the "Three Egyptian Demons."

Thinking of this, Hayato looked at the shameless [Nephthys's Linker] who was still clinging to his leg: "Fine, then you can lead the way for me."

"What I mean is," [Nephthys's Linker]'s eyes lit up, and she looked up at Hayato with hopeful eyes, "Hayato-sama, you're willing to protect me, right?"

"I can't guarantee I won't change my mind~"

"Yay!" Hayato's words were also a tacit admission that he had let [Nephthys's Linker] go, which made the little girl jump up excitedly from the ground and run around in circles in the open space.

The forest elves, with their excellent hearing, had clearly heard Hayato's words. However, due to the intimidation of Black Feather and Harpy, they dared not approach the clearing and were completely helpless against Nephthys's Linker, who was so audacious as to make faces at them.

"What a shameless fellow," an elf said sourly, seemingly envious of the [Nephthys's Linker] who had successfully joined Hayato's ranks. The elf next to him also sensed his jealousy and said helplessly, "What can you do? Being able to become Lord Hayato's dog is the greatest honor in itself."

Some of the more clueless card sprites still didn't understand: "So, in the end, that guy who looked like a warrior actually stole the power of our bird-beast race's so-called 'Absolute King'?"

The elf standing nearby retorted, "Still don't you understand? The prophecy already made the truth quite clear."

"'The absolute king of birds and beasts will be born in the center of the forest.' The so-called 'center of the forest' is actually determined entirely by the actual ruler of this forest. Although the newborns called 'Wind-Traveling Birds' are indeed powerful, they are actually just a force."

"The one who truly became the 'Absolute King' was none other than the existence of that person named Hayato Kobayashi."

[Ding! You have a new achievement reward to claim]

[Achievement: Defeated the entire world single-handedly!]

　New FGO emoticons have been created. Sigh, the four beauties of Type-Moon (I'm sure of it).
　　Mizuki-san is still in the same pool as Miyu, so she's really out of luck now.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)