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Chapter 1734 The Three Gods of the Astral Realm

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

[Completion Condition: Be recognized by all beings in the world as superior to them]

Current progress: 114514 (Completed) / ALL

Hayato casually opened the system and looked at the system interface, which hadn't appeared in a long time and was now showing its presence for the first time. He read the description of the newly completed achievement in the achievement section.

"What do you mean by 'being recognized by all beings in the world as superior to them'? I just played a game of cards in the forest in front of those elves, and that scared all the elves in this elf world?"

Hayato thought about it and realized that perhaps he had proven his strength by defeating Nephthys and Flame King. At the same time, Black Feather and Harpy were also intimidated by his previous actions. From this perspective, it seemed quite normal for the bird and beast spirits in the forest to fear him and acknowledge his superiority over them.

After all, while there are certainly cunning individuals among the elves, they are generally much more honest and simple than humans. If someone is stronger than you, then they are stronger than you. There are very few people who know that the opponent is stronger but still stubbornly refuse to admit defeat—you agree, right, Mr. Kaiba Corporation president who likes to wear a long white trench coat and whose XP is [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] and wishes to remain anonymous?
After checking the system, Hayato discovered that the main reason he couldn't complete this mission in the human world where he originally lived, but only succeeded in the spirit world, was that there was a Seto Kaiba in the human world who was always stubbornly insisting that he would "surpass him soon" and refused to admit that he was stronger than him. Apart from that, even troublemakers like Saiou and Kagemaru had at least admitted that he was stronger than them.

However, as long as even one person disagrees, this achievement cannot be completed. Therefore, it was only after Hayato came to the Spirit World, demonstrated his strength, and intimidated the relatively small number of Spirits in this world that this achievement was considered complete.

However, exploring the conditions for achieving the achievement is not very meaningful, since I have already completed it. What is more important is the reward that the achievement can obtain.

[Achievement Reward: 1000 DP points, and a specific deck based on the deck attributes used to achieve the achievement]

Hayato wouldn't mind having a fixed 1000 points; having them is good enough. The key point is the deck he used to achieve the achievement. If it were in the human world where he originally lived, the deck Hayato used when he became the Duel King was a mix of cards like "Armed Dragon" and "Gaia," but ultimately it was a "God" attribute deck that used two "Phantom Gods" to deliver the decisive blow.

However, the deck Hayato used to complete the achievement in this world was the [Wind-Traveling Bird] deck, whose main attributes are water and wind, with wind having a higher proportion.

So, he'll get another wind attribute deck this time? After looking at the reward he was going to receive, Hayato decided to accept it on the spot—after all, he was currently sitting on the summoned beast Merkaba, summoned by the summoner Aleister, heading to the secret place mentioned by Nephthys's Linker.

Even considering the speed of [Summoned Beast - Merkaba], the journey is not short, giving you plenty of time to carefully check the newly acquired cards.

Hayato even checked the system achievements only after confirming the [Wind-Walking Bird] cards. Before that, after discovering that there was only one of each type of [Wind-Walking Bird] monster card in his deck, he even went to the system shop to exchange the [Robin], [Bald Eagle], and [Emperor Penguin] cards for three cards each.

When Hayato opened the achievement reward deck, he found that the deck cover was not the green that he thought symbolized by the wind attribute, but rather the blue that represented the water attribute. This meant that the newly obtained deck could not be the [Dragon Riders] or [Gentle Breeze] decks. Hayato had initially thought that if the achievement was completed in the world of Winged Beast Elves, the reward deck would probably also be a Winged Beast deck.

Then he couldn't help but wonder, could it be the invincible [Ice Barrier]? Or perhaps [Ice Water], which is closely related to [Sword of the Phantom]? Playing a [Shadow] deck that can accelerate Synchro Summoning, also known as [Strange Fish], wouldn't be bad either. He couldn't possibly give himself a [Arctic Bear] deck, could he? That deck with its own archetype's spell card that can draw seven cards, even more powerful than [Heavenly Treasure Card], couldn't even make up for the lost cards, "Bear Loss Cleverness".
Hayato mentally reviewed the Synchro decks he remembered that primarily featured the Water attribute. As for why he didn't think about Fusion decks, it's because there are only so many Water attribute Fusion monsters. Excluding the Ordinary Fusion, about half of the remaining monsters are [E. Hero] monsters such as [E. Hero Sailor] and [M. Hero Acid], so he also excluded those.

Of the remaining cards, [Magical Toy] is a card associated with Napoleon, [Swamp Dragon King] is only a card from the series and doesn't really make up a deck, and Hayato already has cards like [Shadowdome Lilith] or [Ice Dragon Trident], as well as [Star Palace Lion Treasure Dragon Demon] from the [Star Dragon] series. It's almost certain that if the deck focuses on the Water attribute, Hayato won't be able to get cards for a Fusion deck.

Wait a minute... Could it be... the [Shadow Robe] that's primarily for Ritual Summoning?! That really piques Hayato's interest. After all, Hayato has never played with or acquired any cards featuring [Creator God - Sophia]. Even if Hayato had that card, it requires mastering four powers: Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz. But if it's the [Shadow Robe], Hayato remembers there's a [Creator God - Sophia] [Shadow Robe] among them!

Under Hayato's expectant gaze, the achievement reward deck was revealed, but Hayato subconsciously exclaimed, "Huh? Isn't this a Link deck?"

"Oh wait, this thing is actually a Synchro deck..."
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Standing in front of Hayato, [Nephthys's Linker] wore a fawning expression and said to Hayato in a tone similar to "General, we're almost at Huanggutun," "Lord Hayato, the secret passage to other worlds is just ahead."

Although the world of the bird and beast elves is far smaller than the human world, it is not limited to only deserts and forests. Hayato, led by the [Nephthys Linker], has arrived at a mountain range near the forest and finally stands in front of a mountain wall that is almost vertical to the ground.

Looking around, Hayato turned his head and said, "But I don't see anything here."

"You wouldn't be planning to lure Black Feather and the Harpy away by leaving the forest, bring me here, and then have eight hundred axemen lie in ambush, waiting for the signal to smash the cup before swarming in and hacking me to pieces, would you?"

Upon hearing Hayato's words, the already pale face of [Nephthys's Linker] turned deathly white. She hurriedly clarified, "Absolutely not! The world is my witness, I am absolutely loyal to you, Lord Hayato! There can only be one sun in the sky, and in my heart, there is only one sun: Lord Hayato!"

Seeing that Nephthys's Linker had already raised her hands and was about to burst into tears and shout "Loyalty," Hayato knew, of course, that she didn't mean it that way; she was just making a casual joke.

Once the [Nephthys's Linker] calmed down and realized Hayato was just joking, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and explained the situation to him. This mountain wall was actually the place the [Nephthys's Linker] had mentioned that led to other worlds. The reason Hayato saw nothing there was because this place wasn't always open; it only opened periodically. During the opening period, one could enter and reach another world, but otherwise, it was just an ordinary mountain wall.

Moreover, even if one enters it, it's not as simple as just arriving at another world. Aside from the initial incident where an elf accidentally entered the mountain wall and arrived at another world, bringing back some special items, the other world later also noticed the existence of a spatial passage here.

It seems that the location from this side to the other side is fixed, so the other world simply placed soldiers at the exit of the passage to prevent the elves from this side from going there. In other words, if Hayato wants to go to the other world from here, he is likely to be attacked by the other side as soon as he arrives there.

Hayato wasn't too concerned about that. Instead, he asked about the opening interval of the [Nephthys Connector] spatial passage. He learned that it opens for seven minutes every seven hours. To reach another world, it takes about seven seconds to walk through the spatial tunnel to the other side of the exit. However, if you don't leave the spatial tunnel within seven minutes, you won't be trapped in a dimensional rift or anything like that. You'll just be sent back to the entrance.

Hayato thought of the Valley of the Royal Slumber on Duel Academy Island, a place that Jaden and his friends had both entered. Normally, even if they repeatedly passed through that stone archway, they couldn't enter the territory of the Tomb Guardians. Only when the special phenomenon of three suns in the sky appeared in the Valley of the Royal Slumber world would that passage open.

Unlike the Nephthys, the passage on their side takes much longer to open, and the time intervals are also much longer. At least before Judai and the others went in, Tenjouin Fubuki had also been there before she disappeared, and the interval was about a year. However, the passage was open for less than a day.

(One of Fubuki's emotional debts)

Perhaps this is why the passages between different worlds are different? As for other spirit worlds, such as "Avalon" which Hayato visited in London, the opening time and the people invited to enter are entirely determined by the spirits inside. Kaiba's artificial spirit world is even more bizarre, with the way to enter being someone soaking in a hot spring pool.

Hayato pondered for a moment, then asked again, "How did you know that the passage here had been opened? Were there any obvious signs, like three suns in the sky or something?"

“Three suns? That kind of sight seems to have appeared before, but even if it’s related to the passage to other worlds, it shouldn’t be a sign here.” [Nephthys’s Linker] paused, then pointed to the sky and said, “The special sign when the spatial passage here opens is that green light appears in the sky, which is a sign that the passage is about to open.”

As she spoke, [Nephthys's Linker] subconsciously looked up at the sky and discovered that green light was indeed beginning to appear there.

"This is it!" she exclaimed excitedly to Hayato. "When the yellow light gradually appears within the green light, the passage will be fully open and you can enter. However, when the light turns red, it means the passage will only exist for seven more seconds before it closes."

Seeing yellow light gradually appearing within the green aurora in the sky, [Nephthys's Linker] said, "Now! The passage is fully open, but the world over there is very dangerous. You must be careful, Lord Hayato!"

Hayato glanced at the aurora in the sky, something vaguely appearing in his eyes. In the very center of the aurora in his vision, something special appeared, making the corners of his mouth involuntarily curl up: "I didn't expect to see an old friend appear."

"Speaking of which, did these spatial tunnels appear after [Kuroba] and the others rose to power? After they mastered the power of Synchro?"

Hayato's seemingly random question startled Nephthys's Linker, who replied, "It should be earlier than the Black Feathers who mastered that power called 'Synchronization,' but around the same time."

"I see. If I'm not mistaken, the one on the other side might really be an 'old friend.'" Hayato walked towards the mountain wall that was illuminated by the aurora borealis and turned a deep green, while checking his deck. "It's a pity that I haven't collected all the ace monsters of Team 5Ds yet. I only have [True Crimson Demon] that can barely count. Otherwise, I might have been able to recreate the original."

As Hayato walked toward the mountain wall, ripples like water flowed and spread across the rocks. In just a moment, Hayato's figure disappeared from this world as he touched the mountain wall and stepped into it.

Meanwhile, the soldiers who had been stationed at the exit of the space tunnel, though they had noticed that the tunnel was about to open again, did not guard the exit as usual. When Hayato emerged from the tunnel into the other world, all he saw was the vibrant, rainbow-like environment around him, and the undisciplined, disorganized soldiers before him.

"Is this the 'Astral Plane'?"

But there's a reason why these soldiers, who aren't even card spirits, are behaving this way. Looking up at the sky, Hayato easily saw through the layers of dark clouds pressing down on the firmament and saw the towering presence that stood like three pillars in front of the space tunnel exit.

"Duel Monsters can be created in multiple forms based on the same prototype. I knew this when Star Dragon and the others manifested the form of Beast Warrior in my hands, but I really didn't expect to be facing a being based on Norse mythology again just a year later."

Hayato's left eye lit up with runes, meeting the gaze of one of the three giant pillars. "You could even say that this is actually your true form, the [Shadow of the King's War - Lopt] whom I banished to space."

"No—[Loki, the Supreme God Emperor]."

The Brand has a new card again, another Three-Body Fusion, but it still retains its legendary Level 8 rank, not bad.