Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1610 An Unstoppable Chain Reaction

Rafiru had to admit that he had been genuinely nervous for a moment.

The oppressive feeling emanating from the young man opposite him, the moment the other man reached out, almost reminded him of Dartz. Yes, it was just like when Rafael was weak and penniless and met Lord Dartz, the latter gave him a domineering aura that seemed to blot out the sky.

However, he immediately dismissed the absurd thought from his mind.

This is impossible.

Although he didn't know where the person in front of him came from or what abilities he had, how could anyone possibly compare to Lord Dartz?
Besides, he is no longer the weak person he once was. Rafael believes that he has learned to be his own master, to control the darkness within him, and will no longer be easily seen through or manipulated.

He is now one of the noble Three Musketeers of Dorma, Lord Dartz's trump card. The darkness in his heart has now become his weapon, and he will not be blinded by the methods he knows best.

Rafiru then looked up: "Who do you take me for? You think I'd pull such a trick on you?"

He didn't finish his sentence. The next moment, Rafiru's pupils contracted, and he froze in shock.

Because Rafiru saw the cemetery?

A vast expanse of graves stretched as far as the eye could see. A thick fog obscured everything in the space, greatly limiting visibility and making the cemetery appear endless.

A blond boy ran out from the other side of the mist and came to the cemetery. He knelt in front of several tombstones and sobbed softly.

That was Rafael in his youth, unable to accept the fact that his family members had died, and unable to find the motivation or meaning to live.

Rafiru looked at the familiar yet terrifying cemetery and instantly realized what was happening.

He was struck.

“Look, this is the deepest darkness in your heart. So many years have passed, and it has never changed.” You Xuan’s voice seemed to rise from mid-air, echoing in all directions. “You have never been able to escape the past, Rafiru.”

You said Dartz guided you and taught you to face your fears? I don't think so. You still haven't gotten over that day.

I won't believe your sweet talk.

Rafiru looked around, unable to see Youxuan in the mist or discern the source of the voice, which made him somewhat uneasy.

He raised his voice: "You want to use my past against me? You think you've found my weakness? Let me tell you, you arrogant outsider, you're too presumptuous! You know absolutely nothing about me, and never have."

Before he could finish speaking, his face showed fear again.

Because he saw that the ground in front of the row of neat tombstones had cracked.

Endless darkness was released from the crack, and a gigantic hand slammed into the ground. A guardian, covered in mud and wearing a white mask, with disheveled blond hair, resembling the Grim Reaper, crawled out of the crack.

Guardian Desdeath.

"What, you can't look her in the eye?" You Xuan sounded sarcastic. "Guardian Aetos, she has been loyal to you since you were a child, protecting you until you accepted Orichalcos and tainted her with the darkness in your heart, turning her into this inhuman and ghostly creature."

Rafiru: "Shut up!"

You Xuan seemed not to hear him and continued, "But even so, she still stayed by your side, never abandoning you. But I think it's about time you were honest with me, Rafael."

After a pause, You Xuan said coldly, "How long has it been since you heard the voice of an elf?"

Rafiru: "."

He has an affinity for elves, a talent he possessed since childhood. Monsters are like family to him, his most important protectors.

It should be like this.

“You chose Doma, you chose Darz, instead of these elves who were willing to protect you. You even made them bear your darkness.”

Rafiru: "Shut up! Shut up!"

“If you can still hear the voices of the elves, you should know that they have always been worried about you, always hoping that you would stay away from the darkness, away from the brainwashing of religious madmen, and even,” You Xuan emphasized, “tell you the truth.”

Rafiru: "What are you talking about?" "You should know what I'm talking about."

You Xuan still did not appear, but a crisp snap of fingers came from the mist.

The scene changes. The cemetery disappears, and the boundless mist vanishes, replaced by an endless sea.

Like a wall of water stretching for tens of kilometers, like steep cliffs, the rolling black clouds seemed to devour the sun and moon. Time seemed to stretch out, and the endless tsunami was like a deep-sea monster opening its blood-red maw, devouring the helpless passenger ship.

Rafiru cried out in even greater terror, "No, no!"

This was his deepest, more fundamental fear, the day that would haunt him for the rest of his life.

On that very day, the merciless sea swallowed the passenger ship, and with it, his entire family. He was the sole survivor.

At this moment, he felt as if he had returned to that day, to the moment of his greatest fear. Only in this illusion, he seemed to have gained a godlike perspective, seeing further and more comprehensively.

So he saw Dartz at this very moment.

When the storm struck and the tsunami mercilessly brought the calamity that would change his life, Darz was in the flickering palace, chanting spells to summon wind and rain, his eyes filled with indifference and amusement.

Dartz summoned this storm. Dartz rewrote his destiny, manually creating the darkness within Rafael's heart, causing the once-bright knight to fall into the clutches of darkness.

"No, shut up. I said shut up!!!"

Rafiru roared. In an instant, the illusion around him was torn apart, the Orichalcos barrier regained control of the area, and the six-pointed star mark appeared on his forehead.

"You're lying," Rafiru gritted his teeth.

He understood perfectly well what he had just witnessed. Dartz had manipulated his life, orchestrating the shipwreck and setting his destiny in the direction of the Orichalcos.

Is DAZI capable of doing this?

Of course. Rafael had been by Dartz's side long enough for him to know the terrifying power this man possessed. Commanding the wind and rain might sound fantastical to ordinary people, but for Dartz, it was merely a matter of lifting a finger.

But Rafiru didn't believe it, and refused to believe it.

“You’re trying to distract me!” Rafiru shouted. “I won’t let you succeed, I won’t!”

"You should be able to tell whether it's a lie or not, and your guardian should be even more so. In fact, if you were still willing to listen to her voice instead of torturing her into this state, you should have known the truth long ago." You Xuan shrugged.

Rafael paused for a moment, glancing at his guardian, Desdeath, who stood on the field like a grim reaper.

"No"

He shook his head, clenching his fists firmly.

"You're talking nonsense. I have no way out now, just like this chain reaction on my field right now."

Yes, he can't stop now, even if he wanted to, he couldn't.

Once Desdeath is destroyed, the duelist must discard one card from their hand to revive it from the graveyard. This is a forced activation effect, regardless of the duelist's will.

If a monster is resurrected from the Graveyard by the Survival Card, the Duelist must draw three cards. This card, with its anime effect, is also forcibly activated; it's unstoppable.

So this chain will continue until the deck is drained, and Rafael has no other choice.

Unless the deck is completely depleted of cards, just like a duelist's life force being exhausted, the chain will have to stop, and the duelist will come to an end.

Just like Rafael at this moment. He was trapped in a dark vortex from which he could not extricate himself, and had no other choice but death to bring his tormenting cycle to an end.

“Alright, since that’s the case,” You Xuan said, “then let me help you stop it.”

(End of this chapter)