Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

After Isis finished speaking, she added, "The last sentence was filled in by the Egyptian Antiquities Authority, but we have no way of knowing what the specific gap is that has exceeded the limit of restoration."

Chapter 516 Quickly use your invincible dark games to think of a solution!

"'King of Light', 'King of Darkness' and other titles like 'King of Destruction' and 'King of the Sun' sound like titles you'd only find in second-rate RPG games."

Jonouchi and Honda were dismissive of the prophecy translated by Isis, finding it overly dramatic and childish. Yugi, too, was somewhat skeptical of the prophecy.

As for Kyoko, she felt disgusted from the very beginning because the mummy's shriveled insides were exposed by the broken bandages on its body. She didn't pay much attention to the prophecy Isis mentioned. She was only focused on hiding behind Yugi and keeping her head down so that she wouldn't accidentally see the mummy's face when she looked up at the coffin and have nightmares at night.

As for Mr. Muto Soroku, he was one of the few among them who listened attentively to Isis's translation. After all, he had participated in an archaeological team led by his old friend Professor Arthur in Egypt and knew very well that the ancient Egyptian writing on a coffin of this caliber could not possibly be a joke.

"Destruction..." Muttering to himself, Old Master Muto Soroku shifted his gaze from the inscribed text to the black humanoid jackal head relief on the main entrance of the coffin.

This relief represents Anubis, the Egyptian god of the underworld. Legend has it that he was the son of Set, the god of the desert, or the illegitimate son of Osiris. He was in charge of mummification, guiding the dead, and judging the deceased. However, as times changed, the title of "Lord of the Underworld" was transferred to Osiris, and Anubis became a pure god of death.

Anubis, as one of the Egyptian gods, naturally had many believers. At the same time, because of his close association with death, he appeared extensively in the murals of the pharaohs' tombs, and could even be considered the most well-known god in Egypt.

However, Anubis should only appear on murals or vessels, which would be considered as believers praying to the gods for protection after death. But here, a relief of Anubis appears on a coffin.

Could the owner of this coffin have called himself "Anubis"? One might even boldly speculate, based on the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs on the coffin, that this mummy might have called himself "Destroyer" during his lifetime.

Beside the pensive old man, Sugoroku Muto, Hayato listened to Isis finish the first half of her sentence and thought to himself: As expected, it is this "Pyramid of Light".

Although Hayato has forgotten a considerable portion of the plot due to the passage of time, as a card player, he possesses an extremely high level of ability to recall the story using cards.

For example, Hayato clearly remembers the first facial expression in Yu-Gi-Oh!—Kaiba being blown up by a ☆ because of [Exodia], he remembers the famous scene of "Cute to death Kado" because of [Berserker Soul], and he has some impression of Paradox because of the [Sin] deck.

Hayato's memory of the "Pyramid of Light" incident comes from the infamous Blue-Eyes Dragon. Because of the Blue-Eyes Dragon's incredibly stubborn "refusal" ability in the anime, Hayato has a deep impression of the "Pyramid of Light."

Ultimately, it's just that Kaiba's card addiction flared up again, but he couldn't beat Yugi, so he beat up Pegasus to steal cards, managed to show off his new cards, and then, like a certain infuriated hospitalized king, he was defeated. In contrast, Yugi, with his new cards, defeated the suddenly appearing enemy and saved the world.

The so-called "King of Light" refers to Kaiba, and the "King of Darkness" refers to Yugi, or more precisely, Yami Yugi. As for the "King of Destruction," he is a guy who calls himself the Egyptian god of death, "Anubis," and is the mummy in front of everyone.

However, after Isis read out the second half of the sentence, Hayato was still a little confused. He had never heard of any "Sun King," but he did know of a Sun God, who was right in his pocket. Besides whimpering every day, the Sun God would even engage in American-style bullying with the "Sinkhole Dragon."

"Hey, look who's here? Obelisk. Oh, sorry, this is my territory, and fixed-value trash isn't welcome."

"That is, you."

"We'll all be dueling in the next round, but there's this lame guy who'll be freed up. Do you know who it is?"

"It's you again, Obelisk."

That's roughly the situation.

Furthermore, Hayato didn't quite understand what "The Sun King will cover up destruction with [ ], but destruction will also take away [ ]" meant. However, the changes that followed made Hayato forget about deciphering the incomplete, prophetic text.

Among the people present, the ones who were least concerned about pharaohs and mummies were not actually Honda and Jonouchi, who seemed indifferent. To be honest, they were somewhat resistant to the terrifying appearance of mummies. Hayato and Muto Sugoroku, on the other hand, were not afraid, but they were somewhat wary of mummies.

Malik fanned himself with his collar, because he also grew up in the tomb-guarding clan and had been in contact with mummies since childhood. In addition, he had a rebellious mindset and no respect for pharaohs. He had even said, under the influence of Dark Malik, that he wanted to become a modern pharaoh.

After Isis finished speaking, he looked at the mummy's empty eye sockets with a contemptuous expression through the lowered glass, which had only three teeth: "You talk so grandly, but in the end, aren't you just an outdated thing from thousands of years ago?"

“What ‘born from light’? It’s like a joke. I’d bet a hundred yen that this thing could move.” As he spoke, Malik casually tossed around a hundred-yen coin he’d gotten as change from a vending machine when he bought a drink.

But the instant Malik uttered those words, to the astonishment of the people around the coffin, a dazzling red light shone from the mummy's empty eye sockets, as if some kind of bright spotlight had been installed!

Noticing the puzzled looks and strange stares from those around him, Malik panicked and said to the suddenly trembling mummy, "I... I was just kidding, please don't take it seriously, lie down!"

"Brother-in-law, quickly use your invincible dark games to think of a solution!"

"Are you asking me to duel a mummy, you idiot!" Hayato sensed an extremely dense dark power within the gradually turning red-to-white light. He moved the magenta camera on his chest aside to retrieve the hidden [Millennium Wisdom Wheel], and didn't forget to grumble at Malik, "I told you rehearsing your death scene beforehand would have been useful! You wouldn't have gotten into trouble if you hadn't courted death!"

Suddenly, four golden lights shone around the coffin.

The four Millennium Items—the Millennium Puzzle, the Millennium Jewelry, the Millennium Scepter, and the Millennium Wheel of Wisdom—were surging with dark power. However, to the surprise of Isis, Hayato, and Yami Yugi, who had instantly switched accounts to play the game, the power of the Millennium Items was unable to suppress the strange light emanating from the mummy!

The golden light and the white light clashed for only a moment before being abruptly shattered. The white light robbed everyone present of their vision, and a very familiar feeling of dizziness surged into Hayato's mind.

"thump!"

Almost simultaneously, everyone lost consciousness and collapsed limply to the ground. Fortunately, the museum floor was covered with a red carpet, preventing anyone from being injured by the sudden fall.

The next moment, the mummy, whose internal organs had been removed during its creation and which had withered away with the passage of time to the point of being skin and bones with not a trace of muscle left, actually moved on its own. It slowly sat up in the coffin, looked at the tempered glass layer that "protected" it, and casually threw a punch.

"Splash!"

The tempered glass that hadn't connected with the Ryuki opening was shattered by a punch from the mummy, who had no muscles but still possessed extremely high power. However, because it was tempered glass, the broken fragments didn't fly everywhere and hurt the people around who had fallen.

At the same time, the broken tempered glass triggered the built-in anti-theft system, and an automatic alarm sounded throughout the exhibition hall. Although it was designed to prevent unscrupulous thieves from stealing cultural relics, the designer probably never imagined that the first thing to trigger the anti-theft system would be the "protected" cultural relic itself.

Stepping out of the glass display case, the mummy glanced down at the people lying on the ground. As its gaze swept over the Millennium Wisdom Ring on Hayato's chest and the Millennium Puzzle on the chest of the other player, the mummy's stiff face, despite lacking any muscles for movement, conveyed an expression of fear and contempt.

Although no one around noticed its appearance, the mummy glanced down at its naked body with a displeased expression. It casually took a piece of cloth that had been used to wrap the coffin and was damaged during transportation, wrapped it around itself to make a cloak, and then pulled up the hood and walked deeper into the exhibition hall.

Although there were no eyeballs, a red light flickered in the mummy's right eye socket as if it were breathing, allowing it—or was it? or was it?—to clearly discern any obstacles in front of it, even without sight. Stepping over the box containing the stone slab that Hayato had placed on the ground, the mummy walked to the glass cabinet at the end and looked at the crystal pyramid placed inside.

"..." The mummy "looked" at the pyramid called "light," and moved its bones to open its already open mouth, as if it subconsciously wanted to say something, but forgot that it no longer had vocal cords to make a sound.

This made the mummy look at its hands, which were no longer human, with renewed displeasure. It then angrily threw a punch, easily breaking the tempered glass between itself and the Pyramid of Light, just as it had done with the glass that had previously held the coffin.

Looking at the crystal pyramid that was now completely close to him, the mummy's red eyes locked onto the red eyeball in the "Eye of Ugato" on the crystal pyramid. Without restraint, he reached out, grabbed the crystal pyramid, and took it and the rusty iron chain connected to it, and eagerly put it around his neck.

At the very moment the mummy placed the crystal pyramid around its neck, the red eyeball of the "Eye of Ugato" on the crystal pyramid also lit up, its frequency synchronized with the red light in the mummy's eye socket, like breathing. Each time the "breathing light" lit up, a dark power surged from the crystal pyramid and entered the mummy's body.

The damaged body tissues were repaired as if time had reversed, muscle tissue and fat layers were generated out of thin air, and the withered skin and missing organs were restored to their former state. In just a few moments, the mummy had transformed into a robust, muscular, blond middle-aged man.

With one hand caressing his body, which had regained its vitality, and the other tightly gripping the pyramid of light that had given him a second life, the blond man was so happy that he wanted to burst into song, and was even a little too excited.

However, the alarm bells were so annoying, and then a man's voice came from behind the blond middle-aged man.

"You blond, perverted, streaking guy over there, you'd better put that thing back."

"Who goes there!?" The blond man turned his head sharply and saw that Hayato, whom he had just knocked unconscious, was now standing calmly by a glass cabinet not far from him, with one hand behind his back and the other hand on the glass, looking at him with an impatient expression.

“I think I already said that putting that thing back is as respectful as a flight attendant serving wine and caviar to a distinguished passenger.” Hayato glanced disdainfully at the blond man’s body, which was only covered by leather. “I don’t want Isis to think she’s neglected her duty if someone like you, who can shamelessly expose his body in public, takes away an artifact.”

"Gah—" The blond middle-aged man looked at Hayato with a displeased expression, but when he opened his mouth to speak, he seemed to be still getting used to his new vocal cords and could only make simple sounds, "Ah—!"

However, although he seemed to be trying to speak, it didn't mean that the blond middle-aged man had any intention of talking to Hayato. Suddenly, he rushed towards Hayato, raising his right fist as if to attack.

Despite the attack from the blond middle-aged man, Hayato remained motionless, as if he hadn't seen the attack coming at him. He said to himself, "Are you asking me why I didn't fall? Of course, it's because I learned my lesson from a white-haired guy before and have long since learned how to protect my mind."

"Although I'm not sure if that's exactly what you're asking about, I've practiced for a long time, and I need to find a place to show off. Also—"

"Clang!"

A spear suddenly flew out from in front of Hayato, who hadn't moved an inch, colliding with the blond middle-aged man's fist, the sound like the clash of metal. Gaia, riding a warhorse, appeared beside Hayato as if performing a Stand attack, knocking the blond middle-aged man away and slamming him into a glass cabinet at the far end.

Hayato's left hand, hidden behind his back, revealed an open duel disk. He removed the card of [Dark Knight Gaia] from it, looked at the blond middle-aged man who had smashed the glass again but was unharmed, and said coldly, "Who gave you permission to show your fangs to me, you filthy creature, more disgusting than a frog's piss?"

The light of the Millennium Wisdom Wheel shone once more, resonating with the Millennium Scepter to unleash the barrier of the Dark Game. Hayato used the Dark Game to conjure a Duel Disk out of thin air and threw it at the blond middle-aged man who was getting up from the ground, casually brushing aside his bangs.

"In this situation, we really have to play cards."

"Duel!"

Chapter 517 Are You Light Too?

Even though Hayato has gradually adapted to the world, he sometimes can't help but marvel at the wonder of this card-playing world.

For example, the blond man who just moments before seemed to have no intention of communicating and only wanted to settle things with his fists—or perhaps we could call him "Anubis" for now—became quiet after Hayato started playing his dark game.

Not only did he instantly know how to use the Duel Disk after just one glance at it, an item he shouldn't have ever touched before, and then slip it onto his wrist, but cards even appeared out of thin air in the Duel Disk's deck area.

A duel, isn't that amazing?

“Resolve…the ritual of dueling…” In the world of the Dark Game, Anubis seemed to still be adapting to his vocal cords, and he had improved a lot since then, reaching the point where he could utter simple words.

"Hehe, that's more like it. It wouldn't be fun if you were easily defeated by me." Hayato reached out and drew a card from the Duel Disk. "Then, tremble before my invincible deck."

"I get to go first, draw a card!"

After Hayato draws a card, he activates the card on the field immediately: "I activate the Spell Card [Angel's Charity]. I draw three cards from my deck, then discard two cards from my hand. Since one of the cards I discarded is [Disruption Magic], I add [Disruption Black], [Disruption Green], and [Disruption Yellow] from my deck to my hand."

While using [Angel's Charity] to exchange cards in his hand, Hayato activated the effect of [Disruption Spell], causing a huge curtain to appear on his field, from which three [Disruption] monsters leaped out—

"[Disruption - Black], invincible!"

"[Disruption·Green], unstoppable!"

"[Disruption - Yellow], full power!"

However, despite their imposing presence, [Disruption Yellow] and the others are still just weak monsters, and they were merely added to Hayato's hand.

Holding the three [Disruption] monsters he had just retrieved, Hayato revealed another card: "Next, I activate the Spell Card [Fusion], using the three [Disruption] monsters I just retrieved from my hand as Fusion Material."

"The gathered fodder will be transformed into the king among fodder, that is, the king-level fodder!"

"Fusion Summon, [Disruptor King]!"

Under the power of [Fusion], the three heads of the three brothers, [Disruption Yellow], came together and began to rotate. Yellow, green, and black intertwined and finally turned white. The enormous [Disruption King], carrying a peeled egg, appeared on Hayato's field.

[Disruptor King] [DEF3000]

Although 【Disruptor King】is a fusion of three 【Disruptor】 monsters, its basic attributes are simply the sum of the three brothers. Its defense is increased to 3000 points because it is a fusion of three monsters with a defense of 1000 points. It looks like it has a big butt that can withstand the attack of 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】. However, its attack power is 0 because none of the three monsters have any combat power.

"As long as [Disruptor King] is face-up on the field, you cannot select up to three of your opponent's monster zones." Hayato watched as [Disruptor King] casually tossed out three stamps and stamped them on Anubis's front field, summoning [Disruptor Yellow] and the other two to occupy the field.

Sorry to bother you~

I'm so sorry~

"But we won't apologize~"

The three mischievous brothers, each lounging on a beach chair in a sunbathing pose, lazily said that their ability to provoke others was overwhelmingly powerful.

"I haven't made a Normal Summon this turn, so I Summon [V-Jet Tiger] in Attack Position and activate the Continuous Spell Card [Frontline Base] to Special Summon one Union Monster of 4 stars or lower from my hand once per turn. I Special Summon [W-Catapult Wing]."

"There are two level 4 monsters. I must immediately deploy [V-Jet Tiger] and [W-Catapult Wing] Obare!"

"Excluding my [V-Jet Tiger] and [W-Catapult Wing] on the field, Special Summon [VW-Strike Tiger] from my Fusion Deck!"

Following [Disruptor King], Hayato summoned another Fusion Monster at the cost of reducing his hand size to two. However, the so-called Fusion was just [V-Jet Tiger] and [W-Ejector Wing] stacked on top of each other like a human pyramid, which was literally "Oba Rei".

【VW-Strike Tiger】【ATK2000】

"Mada, my combo isn't over yet." Hayato revealed a card in his hand. "I'll activate this Spell Card again, [Disruptor Magic Modification]! I reveal 1 Machine-Type LIGHT Fusion Monster from my Fusion Deck, banish any number of [Disruptor] Monsters from my hand, field, or Graveyard, and then Special Summon the Fusion Materials listed on that banished Fusion Monster from my Deck, hand, or Graveyard!"

Upon hearing this, [Disruption Yellow], sitting opposite Anubis, suddenly sat up: "This effect!"

“Although they’re just weaklings, they still have a lot of value.” Hayato reached into his pocket and took out the cards [Disruption Yellow], [Disruption Black], and [Disruption Green], then placed the three cards he had retrieved from his deck onto the Duel Disk. “I banish these three weaklings from my Graveyard to Special Summon all three Fusion Materials needed for [XYZ-Dragon Cannon]!”

"Come forth, [X-Chief Cannon], [Y-Dragon Head], [Z-Metal Tracks]!"