Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

The difference between the two Dartz personalities lies solely in their reflections on the death of Queen Ivory ten thousand years ago. One Dartz believes that even someone as gentle as Queen Ivory could not resist the invasion of darkness, and that even with the emergence of new humans, a catastrophic future is impossible to avoid; while the other Dartz believes in the elusive possibility, creating a new world and new humans in order to prevent the tragedy from repeating itself.

However, even though neither of Darts intended to harm Hayato, Hayato had to eliminate them.

The future of humanity is destruction, a point that has been articulated by the bosses of each generation of Yu-Gi-Oh!, proving that they did not just find a reason to destroy the world, but truly saw the future of destruction. Especially decades later, with the advent of "Synchro Summoning," the awakening of the Red Dragon and the reactivation of the Yushin Particles drove the perpetual motion machine, accelerating the process of destruction once again.

But even if humanity's future is doomed, it doesn't mean humanity has to be destroyed prematurely—a point Hayato cannot accept Dartz's idea. Although Hayato considers himself, as Dartz says, a fairly pure person with a high-purity deck and only made "one" mistake, the idea that Hayato could become the progenitor of the new humans is just wishful thinking.

I would rather spend a few more decades playing cards with my friends Yugi, Jonouchi, and Kaiba in this doomed human civilization until I die. That's the peaceful life I long for.

Therefore, Hayato did not stop Dartz's personality from hitching a ride to the outside world, merging with the other Dartz, and then awakening "Orichalcos." It was faster to let Dartz merge into one and then take him down in one go than to fight them one by one.

Main Quest: I Want to Become a Yangko Star

[Quest Progress: Defeat the holder of the 'Legendary Dragon' 2/3]

Defeat the Three Musketeers of Doma 3/3

Defeated Dartz 0/1

Side Quest: Ninety-Nine Cuts to Forge the Future

[Mission Progress: Defeat Dartz using a deck containing specific cards 0/1]

Well, it's definitely not because I wanted to rush to kill Dartz in one go to claim the mission rewards.

As for "Orichalcos," well, Dartz wasn't the only one who tampered with it.

Thinking this, Hayato inserted the deck he had prepared into the Duel Disk to unfold it, and walked towards the empty space left by Dartz, calling out without turning his head: "Yugi, Jonouchi, Seth, get ready for the final battle."

"Huh? So soon?" Jonouchi scratched the back of his head, but followed Hayato's footsteps. "You haven't even explained to us why you joined Doma yet, Hayato."

"Hey, well, I'll tell you all about it after this incident is over."

"Hmph, and don't think I'll owe you a favor for sacrificing yourself like that last time, Hayato Kobayashi." Kaiba followed, "Be prepared to be annihilated by my now-powerful Blue-Eyes. I haven't given up on taking the 'Duel King' crown from your head."

"Tsundere is outdated, Seth, but bring it on, I'm not so easy to defeat."

Seeing Hayato chatting with Kaiba and Jonouchi, Yugi, who had also come forward, smiled and said, "Welcome back, Hayato-kun."

"Yeah, I'm back, game. Now, let's all go and take down Dartz."

The four of them did not hesitate at all to enter the void that had caused Dartz to disappear and to confront Dartz and the resurrected "Orichalcos," because they all knew that this was the final battle, the ultimate showdown that would determine whether human civilization could continue.

The future of humanity and the world rests on the shoulders of these few individuals.

"Hayato!" Just then, Hayato, who was walking forward, heard someone calling his name from behind. Turning around, he saw Isis looking at him.

Seeing Hayato about to embark on another battle, Isis took a deep breath, said nothing more, and simply smiled: "This time, don't break your promise again, Hayato."

“Yes, this time it’s really a promise.” Hayato returned the smile and gave a thumbs up.

Meanwhile, Kyoko followed and walked up to Yugi. Upon seeing this, Yugi said, "Wait a moment, Kyoko, I'm going to switch places with my other self."

He was very perceptive and perceptive, and he understood his childhood friend Kyoko's feelings perfectly. Kyoko loved another version of herself.

However, Kyoko was taken aback when she heard about the game, then smiled and shook her head, saying, "No need, the current game is fine."

As she spoke, Kyoko gave Yugi a hug: "Yugi, please come back. Please say the same thing to the other Yugi."

“Kyoko…” Yugi, who was being hugged by Kyoko, paused for a moment, then smiled and said, “Yes, we will definitely come back.”

Kaiba glanced at Isis and Hayato, then at Kyoko and Yugi, and scoffed, "Boring, women only slow down my gacha pulls..."

"Huh? Kaiba, what did you just say?" Jonouchi turned his head and looked at Kaiba with a puzzled expression. He hadn't heard what Kaiba had said, because Kaiba's voice became clearer and clearer halfway through his sentence, as if he didn't have much confidence.

"I'm going to become the world's number one duelist. Women are just a hindrance." Kaiba turned around and walked straight into the hollow. "Hurry up, Hayato, Yugi. Don't keep me waiting."

"Hey, Seahorse, you're trying to sneak away? Don't even think about being the first one!"

Jonouchi moved too quickly, almost squeezing into the hole left by Dartz one after the other with Kaiba. This made Mai rub her forehead helplessly: "That idiot, he's so slow! The atmosphere was so nice, why did he have to compete with Kaiba and Seto?"

"Haha, that Jonouchi guy is such an idiot, Mai." Honda laughed heartily, patted Mai on the shoulder, and gave Yugi, who was hugging Kyoko, a thumbs up: "Come back safely, Hayato, Yugi."

After a brief farewell, Yugi and Hayato stood side by side before the void, glancing back at the others before stepping into the rotating void. A flash of light later, they found themselves on a deserted street, where Jonouchi and Kaiba, who had set off earlier, were standing not far away, gazing at the distant sky.

"Where is this place?" Looking at the buildings on both sides of the road, they can no longer be described as ancient. They are so dilapidated that they look like they were snatched from an archaeological site and built here. They look at least 10,000 or even 9,000 years old.

In the distance stands a castle-like building, its massive gate, several meters high, adorned with an unheard-of giant snake totem.

As Yugi walked towards the location of Kaiba and Jonouchi, looking at the buildings on both sides, he was stunned when he got closer. Looking out from the end of the street where Jonouchi and Kaiba were standing, there was a vast ocean beneath their feet, and in the ocean, they could see the Temple of Dorma with a helicopter parked on it?

They had somehow found themselves on a floating island at least a hundred meters above the sea!

"Could this be...?" Looking at the surrounding buildings, Yugi couldn't help but recall the scenery of Atlantis that Daz had shown them in the Paradis Tower. Although the landscape had been completely transformed over the millennia, one could still vaguely discern the former prosperity of this place.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be Atlantis, the prehistoric civilization ruled by Dartz ten thousand years ago. I never imagined it actually existed on the seabed of the Atlantic Ocean." Jonouchi looked utterly shocked. "And Dartz actually turned it into a floating island, it's truly—"

"I never imagined that prehistoric civilizations actually possessed anti-gravity technology. That's amazing."

"So can't you just stop believing in science?!" Jonouchi said to Kaiba with dissatisfaction.

Just as the group was marveling at the scenery of Atlantis, Dartz's voice came from behind them: "Too slow, too slow! You've kept me waiting for so long, duelists!"

"Dartz?!" Yugi turned around abruptly, looking around at the empty streets. "You're not here at all! Where have you been hiding?!"

"Hide? That's a ridiculous idea, Yugi Muto." The voice came from a different location, and Yugi and the others instinctively looked up at the sky, their eyes wide.

From the clouds emerged a gigantic head, overlooking the group of four. This head alone was almost the size of the entire floating city of Atlantis! The clouds were dispersed by the twisting of the beast's body, revealing its full form. The group was astonished to discover that the beast before them was actually a giant serpent, its body stretching from one end of the sea to another, as if it were coiling around the entire world.

Just like the mythical world-spinning serpent Jormungandr or the world-bearing behemoth Leviathan!

Above the giant serpent's head, the naked Darz is shown with his upper body exposed, while his lower body is actually fused with the giant serpent: "Immortal body, ageless and immortal, and Orichalcos Powder!"

"This is humanity's ultimate trial!"

“So this is ‘Orichalcos’? What a giant mudskipper.” Hayato looked up and exclaimed. “But Dartz really doesn’t know what ‘Merge Death’ is.”

As we all know, just like the monsters in Super Sentai, no matter how powerful they are when they are in their normal state, they can even make the heroes suffer several defeats. But once they grow to giant size, they will be annihilated by the invincible combined robot.

In the world of Duel Monsters, no matter what you fuse with—whether it's a Zombie Bird, a True Dragon, or something else—once you combine with a gigantic Duel Monster, it never ends well.

Oh, Hayato also fused with the [Resurrected Bird], huh? Never mind then.

Chapter 658 Move, Orichalcos, why aren't you moving!

"So, you've actually merged yourself with that monster, Dartz?" Looking up at Dartz, whose lower body had merged into the giant snake, Kaiba snorted coldly, "Hmph, what a disgusting posture."

“But what you can’t deny is that I now possess immense power due to my fusion with the ‘Orichalcos’, enough to destroy the world and reshape civilization.” Dartz looked down at the crowd and snapped his fingers with ease. “After my defeat, Atlantis was sunk into the sea. The disappearance of a continent triggered a great flood around the world, which was recorded in countless versions of mythology.”

"Now, let me recreate the flood of that year!"

As Dartz made his declaration, Jonouchi and Kaiba turned around and looked down at their feet. They found that the once turbulent sea had strangely calmed down. Then a whirlpool appeared in the middle of the sea and gradually expanded and rose, turning into a waterspout that connected with the floating Atlantis castle.

From a distance, it looks as if a column of water is supporting this sunken city!

After the water column rose, Atlantis, which was already about 100 meters above the ground, began to rise again. As the castle rose, the water column became thicker and thicker, and even began to spread out in concentric circles of giant waves nearly 100 meters high!

“In some myths, it takes the gods seven days to create the world, right?” Dartz held up one finger. “One hour. Destroying this world will only take me one hour!”

"Within an hour, these waves, which I command, will reach coastlines around the world, crushing everything that human civilization has left behind over the past ten thousand years, submerging everything and returning it to its origin, until humanity becomes extinct!"

"All things will be submerged beneath the ocean, and nameless pharaohs, Seth, and the city itself, you too will be defeated by me. With your sorrowful and desperate eyes, watch the world perish from this only safe place!"

As she spoke, the giant snake beneath Darz opened its mouth, its massive maw filled with sharp teeth resembling the entrance to a bottomless abyss. With just a simple breath, a gust of wind swept towards the four of them, almost causing them to lose their footing and be blown away!

"Tch, come out, Blue-Ace!" Just then, Kaiba drew a card from his deck and pressed it onto the Duel Disk despite the wind pressure. A white dragon appeared, blocking the gale. "This virtual projection system is really powerful, but don't think that will stop me from crushing you, Dartz!"

Jonouchi was too lazy to even comment on Kaiba anymore. Taking advantage of the giant Blue-Eyes White Dragon blocking the gale, he quickly drew a card: "I, Jonouchi, will defeat you! Red-Eyes! Let's go!"

Following closely behind the "Victorious" white dragon, the "Possibility" black dragon also appeared. The two giant dragons unleashed their attacks simultaneously, black flames and torrents of light sweeping towards the giant serpent. However, facing the attacks of the [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] and the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], the giant serpent beneath Dartz merely flicked its head dismissively, directly shattering both attacks.

However, Jonouchi and Kaiba had bought some time. During this time, Yugi had prepared three more Legendary Dragon cards and the Legendary Heart card. The three Legendary Knights reappeared in front of Yugi, Jonouchi, and Kaiba, their swords clashing and slashing down. Immediately afterward, a thick bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, crashing into the giant serpent.

Compared to the previous attacks by the "Legendary Knights," the old adversaries of "Orichalcos," this was undoubtedly much more effective. Dartz urgently manipulated the giant snake to evade, clearly fearing the power of the lightning. However, the lightning unexpectedly changed direction and struck the giant snake.

The enormous body stiffened under the attack of lightning, and Yugi, Kaiba, and Jonouchi exchanged a glance and began their attacks simultaneously.

"The fusion of the three Blue-Eyes, and the unparalleled ultimate light, Blue-Eyes Light Dragon!"

"Armor combination, [Crimson King]! And then, [Crimson Eyes Black Dragon Sword]!"

"Come out, [Super Magister - Black Mage Apprentice]! [Magnet Warrior - Electromagnetic Martial God]! And [Ejector Turtle]!"

The three of them summoned monsters in a very lively manner. Taking advantage of the fact that they weren't in a duel and were drawing cards indiscriminately and ignoring the summoning conditions, they frantically summoned monsters on their respective duel disks. To increase the momentum, Yugi even threw out Kuriboh to make up the numbers.

In an instant, the monsters summoned by the three launched a frenzied attack on the "target" in the air—the "Orichalcos" that was temporarily unable to move and could not fight back, as well as Dartz who had merged with it. Various light pollutions that could release long-range beams were used, while those that could not release beams, such as Jonouchi who personally wore the "Crimson King" armor, wielded the "Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword" and continuously slashed out sword energy.

Even more outrageous is Yugi's [Kuriboh], which, after absorbing the buffs from the two magic cards [Boost] and [Machine Thunder] from Yugi's hand, actually rode [Ejector Turtle] and launched itself at "Orichalcos God"!

Although the attack of a single monster may seem insignificant compared to the massive "Orichalcos," the combined force of the attack engulfed the giant serpent's entire head, and a burst of intense light swallowed it up!

"Yada thief! The attack has reached its limit!" Upon seeing this, Jonouchi excitedly clenched his fist and shouted.

The game seemed pleased: "In this way, everyone—"

"Useless, useless, useless, useless!"

Before the game could finish, Dartz and the unscathed "Orichalcos" poked their heads out, laughing mockingly, "Weak, weak, weak! Your attacks are useless against me! Hahahaha!"

"Roar!"

As Darzelle laughed wildly, "Orichalcos" roared suddenly, and visible cracks appeared in the air. Its roar actually shattered the air itself!

The impact swept away the monsters in front of them in an instant. Yugi commanded the [Magnet Warrior - Electromagnetic War God] to disintegrate and stand in front of them as a shield to block the first wave of impact. However, even the weakened impact easily knocked away the three of them and the monsters. Even the [Blue-Eyes Light Dragon] was swept to the ground.

"Are you kidding me? Dartz is still unharmed after such an attack!?" Jonouchi, protected by the Crimson King, suffered the least damage. He was the first to get up from the ground, only to find that the Crimson Eyes Black Dragon Sword in his hand had been shattered and disappeared, and even the Crimson King's armor was full of cracks.

"Our monster, defeated in a single blow?" Yugi struggled to his feet with the help of [Dark Magician Girl]. In the attack just now, [Dark Magician Girl] sacrificed herself to protect Yugi.

Kaiba managed to stand up, with the Blue-Eyes Light Dragon protecting him with most of its body beside him. Even though the Blue-Eyes Light Dragon was so powerful that even gods could be wiped out, Kaiba still believed it was the power of a virtual projection system, so the card spirits couldn't unleash their full power.

This was just one roar from "Orichalcos," yet it so easily destroyed their formation? It's hard to imagine the power it would unleash when it truly attacks.

Jonouchi couldn't have imagined such a scene, but Dartz told Jonouchi the answer: the giant serpent opened its mouth for the third time. This time, "Orichalcos" was serious. With a deep breath, terrifying energy gathered in its mouth into a huge purple sphere, which was pointed at everyone.

Even if the sphere isn't as big as the entire floating island of Atlantis, it's at least the size of the castle in front of them. If they were to take an attack of that magnitude, things would be terrible!

"Cry, scream, and die!" Darz laughed wildly, raising his hand to unleash an attack from "Orichalcos."

But just then, a loud shout rang out from within the city: "Darz!"

"You bastard, do you even know who I am?"

Confident that he could take down the three gamers with a single wave of his hand, Dartz smiled contemptuously and, without rushing to deliver the final blow, said, "Nobody? What else could it be?"

"Then you'd better listen carefully. My name is Katsuya Jonouchi. I'm the eighth-place finisher in the All-Japan Duel Monster Selection Tournament in Domino City, the fourth-place finisher in the Duel Kingdom Tournament, and the fourth-place finisher in Duel City. I'm a duelist chosen by Hermes, one of the 'Legendary Dragons.' And, and more."