Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

It is an undeniable fact that the other party wants to kill Yami Yugi. Even if Aknadi is left here to be disposed of by the evil will within that Netherworld Tablet, no one will think that Yami Yugi has gone too far.

However, before Aknadi died, Yami Yugi felt that the other party could still be of some use. At least he had just proven that he had many extremely important things in his mind, such as the dark alchemy that created the Netherworld Tablet and the Millennium Artifact. Perhaps there would be a time when he could be used again. So it was not too late to consider execution after temporarily sparing his life.

Previously, it took nearly a minute for Yami Yugi to fall from the ground to the underground. Although about half of that time was spent riding the [City Guardian Wyvern] to slow down the descent, the distance from bottom to top was not short at all. Halfway there, the [Dark Magician] personally lifted Yami Yugi's body slightly to speed up his pace.

Mana, who had also thought of the same idea but was beaten to it by her master, was somewhat frustrated and asked the Dark Magician Girl to grab her body for help. Hayato, on the other hand, handed the unconscious Seth over to the Dark Magician Girl's magic halfway up the stairs and then carefully climbed up the steps himself.

Although the steps were long, they were still far less daunting than the terrifying steps in front of Pegasus's castle on the Duel Kingdom island. Before long, the group was about to successfully reach the surface.

But at the same time, a violent tremor and a roar came from beneath their feet, followed by the sound of shattering glass. Even without turning around, everyone knew that it was definitely the demon from the Netherworld Slab breaking through Hassan's barrier.

The steps beneath their feet flickered with light due to Hassan's disappearance. Hayato looked back and saw the unhindered monster rapidly climbing towards them, stepping on the pillars of the underground temple. As it approached, the darkness from the ground spread to the surface, swallowing the steps behind it entirely.

"They're catching up!" Mana, who was walking at the front, stepped onto the ground and turned around abruptly to make way for the others. At the same time, she and the [Dark Magician Girl], who also had their hands free, raised their wands and aimed them at the monster below, chanting, "My Lord, the most holy and radiant, and then, due to the emergency, all the follow-up is omitted, Mana Mana-chan's Gaia Destruction Cannon!"

"boom!"

Mana and the Dark Magician Girl unleashed their magic cannons with no time to react. However, when they struck the monster chasing after them, although an explosion was heard, even the flames were swallowed up by the darkness surrounding the monster, failing to slow its advance in the slightest.

"You're kidding me?!" Mana was also taken aback, but she gritted her teeth and cast the spell again, "There's nothing that a magic cannon can't solve. If there is, just fire another one!"

"Extreme Spark!"

"Double Spark!"

"Ultimate Spark!"

"A spark that's easy to achieve but ultimately unsatisfactory!"

Mana and Dark Magician Girl fired one magic cannon after another, but it seemed to have no effect on the monster in front of them. Just as the monster was about to reach the surface and attack them, Hayato and Yami Yugi, who had not yet reached the surface, suddenly lost their footing and almost fell down.

"Watch out!" After throwing Seto and Aknadi to the ground, [Dark Magician] immediately intervened and grabbed Hayato and Yami Yugi. However, because of this, the monster had already approached to within ten meters of the three of them, its pitch-black mouth wide open as if it were about to pounce and swallow them whole into the darkness!

Just then, a voice rang out:

"Kaiba—Kick!"

A white figure rushed over from a distance, executing a stylish flying kick, and slammed it hard into the monster's mouth!

Chapter 796 It's not a seahorse, it's Kaiba-Man!

"Kaiba——— Kick!"

As Hayato and Yami Yugi's familiar voices rang out, a white figure kicked the monster that was about to bite them, causing the monster's ascent to halt abruptly.

Despite Mana's repeated magical attacks failing to affect it, the monster on the Netherworld Slab was sent plummeting a distance after receiving the flying kick, managing to cling to a stone pillar to avoid falling completely.

[Dark Magician] immediately carried Hayato and Yami Yugi up to the ground, where they were caught by Mana and [Dark Magician Girl]. The white figure who had kicked the monster in the Netherworld Slab also performed a somersault and gracefully arrived beside Hayato and the others under the influence of the interaction forces.

The black inner layer, more like a straitjacket than a bodysuit, was covered by an extra-long white trench coat that reached her ankles, and then there was that familiar voice when the other person called her name...

"Well done, Kaiba! Thanks a lot for earlier." Yami Yugi said, looking at the man in the trench coat wearing a helmet that looked like a miniature Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

However, upon hearing Yami Yugi's words, "Kaiba," who wore a mask that covered the upper half of his face, revealing only the area below his nose, snorted coldly and denied it, saying, "I am a partner of justice, Kaiba-Man! I don't know anyone named Seto Kaiba."

"No, you gave yourself away from the very beginning. The game never mentioned your name, Seth," Hayato retorted, glancing at the helmet on "Kaiba's" head. "You're not Superman. You think we won't recognize you just because you're wearing a helmet?"

"It's not a seahorse, it's Kaiba-Man!" However, "Seahorse" emphasized his identity again.

"I've already said it, just because you don't have parents doesn't mean you can add 'Man' to your name."

Just as Hayato was about to complain about the seahorse in front of him who insisted on calling himself "Seahorse Man," a roar came from beneath their feet. Looking down from the collapsed ground, the monster that had been kicked by "Seahorse Man" earlier seemed to have no intention of giving up and roared as it climbed back up to the ground.

"Is this guy someone we know? Whoever he is, this is not the time to chat. Master, come and help! Let's attack that guy with magic!" Unlike the others, Mana's eyesight seemed to be a bit poor. It seemed that she really didn't recognize the "Seahorse Man" because of the helmet shaped like a Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Standing at the edge of the cave, she threw another spell at the monster.

Just like before, the monster was completely unaffected by Mana's attacks. Magic bullets and magic cannons were fired one after another, but they couldn't even make a ripple on its body.

"Master, why are you just watching?!"

After taking a quick look, the Dark Mage figured something out. Hearing Mana's words, he shook his head: "No, our attacks are useless against it, Mana. That monster seems to have the power to absorb our magical energy."

"Using dark magic to fight dark monsters is futile. Here we go! The aura of light within me!" Seeing the monster crawling up from the ground, the seahorse man walked in front of Mana and raised his hands.

"My hands burn like bright red fire, they cry out to me to grasp victory! This is a power that contains love, hope, and sorrow!"

Despite delivering extremely embarrassing lines, the Seahorse Man's tone was incredibly passionate, as if he were extremely excited and thrilled.

Facing the monsters below, he raised his hands and shoved them forward, shouting, "Explosive Stream...Smite!"

"The names are too confusing!"

Amid Hayato's sarcastic remarks, a ball of white light suddenly gathered in Kaiba's hand, much like the Kamehameha from the movie "Dragon O," and then transformed into a beam of light as he pushed it out, slamming into the monster and burying it deep into the ground.

The attack form of the dazzling beam of light was not exactly similar to, but rather identical to, the "Burst Stream of Destruction" move of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon that Hayato and Yami Yugi remembered.

The pillar of light illuminated the darkness below, allowing the group to see that although they were unable to get up due to the attacks from the seahorse man, the monster on the Netherworld Stone Tablet showed no signs of injury. Even such a powerful attack could not kill it.

However, even so, it's enough.

The Dark Mage seized the opportunity, waving his emerald staff in the air to draw intricate patterns. A magic circle quickly formed at the cave entrance and plummeted downwards, taking with it the surrounding yellow sand and rocks.

The gathered sand and stones quickly formed a pyramid-shaped four-sided pyramid around the underground space. As the blackish-purple magic on the surface suddenly lit up, a temporary seal was completed.

After catching the returning staff, the Dark Magician fell from the sky and landed on the ground, his figure slightly ethereal. Ever since he appeared to save Yami Yugi, the Dark Magician had been using his own magic power to avoid burdening Yami Yugi. After releasing this magical sealing barrier, the magic power he had accumulated over such a long time was almost completely exhausted.

"Are you alright, Mahad?"

Faced with Yami Yugi's concern, [Dark Magician] shook his head: "Please rest assured, Pharaoh, I am now a Slate Spirit and I am just experiencing some overexertion due to using too much magic. I am not injured."

Hearing Dark Magician's words, Yami Yugi felt somewhat relieved, fearing that Mahad, who had finally returned, would leave again.

After a pause, the Dark Mage glanced at the pyramid seal on the ground and said, "Although the magic's effectiveness is somewhat diminished when dealing with such monsters, combining it with matter can still seal them for a period of time. However, before that seal is broken, we must come up with a way to defeat them."

Upon hearing this, Yami Yugi turned to look at the Kaiba-man standing behind him. Although the other party refused to admit that he was Kaiba, he would just treat him as "Kaiba-man" for now. Since "Kaiba-man" with light attribute magic could control the monster guarding the stone slab for a period of time, perhaps by making the light attribute power stronger, he could defeat that monster.

But when Yami Yugi turned around, he found that the "Kaiba Man" who was just there had disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"That's strange. Wasn't that guy called Seahorse Man still here? We haven't even had a chance to thank him for his help yet," Mana said, tilting her head in surprise.

Just then, someone called out to them from afar: "Pharaoh/Yugi, Hayato!"

Looking towards the sound, they saw Mariko and Kaiba rushing towards them from the entrance of the thieves' village, waving as they ran. The scene was strikingly similar to the Earth's defense team seeing the pilot of a crashed plane, who had been missing for some time, reappear after Ultraman defeated a monster.

Following behind Malik and the seahorse, the troops that had been waiting outside the village also arrived, seemingly because of the commotion underground and their concern for the Pharaoh's safety.

For a moment, Yami Yugi believed that "Kaiba Man" might not actually be Kaiba, and he expressed his thoughts to Hayato.

"Hmm? Why do you think that?" Hayato asked, puzzled.

Yami Yugi shrugged: "You know, Kaiba would never say something like 'magic,' right? I've even doubted more than once whether he can really understand anything outside of 'science'."

Chapter 797 Eating hot pot and singing songs

Hayato and Yami Yugi didn't dwell on the relationship between "Kaiba Man" and Seto Kaiba for long.

After handing the unconscious Seth over to the medical team, the group evacuated from the dangerous Thief Village, discussing countermeasures along the way.

“That stone slab must be destroyed, it has to be destroyed,” Hayato said resolutely. “Imagine you and your wife are out of town, eating hotpot and singing songs, when suddenly you’re killed by that monster released from the stone slab…”

“While I understand what you mean, Hayato, isn’t the example a bit strange?” Yami Yugi complained, then said seriously, “The birth of the Millennium Item was indeed filled with darkness, but it is also a precious legacy left to future generations by my father. We should indeed try to take the Millennium Item back from that stone slab.”

"If that monster is not eliminated, it will always be a hidden danger to the kingdom. Whether it is to retrieve the Millennium Artifact or for the stability of the kingdom, it is necessary to find a way to defeat that monster."

As he spoke, Yami Yugi glanced down at the several gladiator boards on the ground.

Previously, Bakura, based on the dark alchemy in Aknadi's mind, used the power of the Netherworld Tablets and the three Millennium Items to destroy and render unusable the Gladiator's Discs of everyone in the underground space at that time. Even though they have now left that place, the Gladiator's Discs are still in a state of being scrapped.

The previous pharaohs, including his father, had a need to create the "Millennium Items" because the kingdom was in the midst of war. It was thanks to the "Millennium Items" and the accompanying technologies such as the Gladiator's Disk and the Stone Tablets that sealed the elves that they were able to gain the military power to defeat other countries.

Although the surrounding countries have been pacified, due to the many troubles caused by Bakula during this period, Pharaoh An Yuqi has learned from reports by his subordinates that some reactionary forces in the country who are unwilling to accept the fall of their country seem to think that the new Pharaoh is not capable enough and have once again developed the ambition to restore their country, stirring up waves in various places.

Therefore, it is necessary to reclaim the Millennium Artifact, and to prevent it from being used by those rebels, the stone tablet must also be destroyed. Even though this is a world of memories, I must do my best to fulfill my duties as Pharaoh.

Not to mention, from the very beginning, Bakura, the thief, and Aknadi, who played the role of the Dark High Priest, to now, Bakura has directly begun to control the evil will within the Netherworld Tablets without any pretense. As a player in this so-called "ultimate dark game," Bakura seems to have been intentionally collecting the Millennium Items from the very beginning, and he has now collected six of them.

Although we don't know what will happen after Bakura collects all seven Millennium Items, we should try our best to stop the enemy from doing what they want. In order to win this dark game, the last Millennium Item—Priestess Isis's Millennium Jewelry—must be properly kept and not lost.

“Even if you say that, Prince, we still don’t have any way to defeat that monster,” Mana said dejectedly. “I’ve already put in 1000% effort to attack it with magic, but there was no response at all. I’m so sad and disappointed. I need the prince to comfort me.”

Mana's scheme was so clever that even the Dark Magician, who had to return to the stone slab to rest due to exhaustion from using magic, could understand it.

Pretending not to understand Mana's meaning, which made her pout angrily, Yami Yugi looked at Hayato and said, "Mana is right. That stone tablet is indeed our target, but ultimately, the monster summoned by Bakura is also an obstacle we cannot avoid. We must find a way to deal with it before it breaks the seal left by Mahad."

"Regarding this..." Hayato thought for a moment and said, "You've been 'awakened' for so long now, Game, you should have noticed the problem with the name by now, right?"

Although he didn't know why Hayato brought up his name, Yami Yugi nodded and said, "Yes, I couldn't find any record of my name anywhere. Not only that, neither Priest Simon, Mana, nor even Mahad could say my name."

Previously, Yami Yugi had hoped that Mahad, who was no longer alive, might be able to tell him his name. However, just like his many attempts in the palace, even though Mahad was no longer human but a stone spirit [Dark Magician], he still could not say his name.

Despite having amnesia, after waking up from her coma, she recalled all her childhood memories with Mahad and Mana, as well as her memories with her father. She also remembered many memories from the most obscure corners of her mind. However, she couldn't recall her own name, which should theoretically be the least likely thing to be forgotten.

What magic does one's own name possess?

Yami Yugi looked at Hayato, wanting to hear if Hayato knew anything. Hayato nodded in response to Yami Yugi's words: "Actually, as far as I know, the key to maintaining the existence of memories in this world of memories lies in your name, Yugi. That name connects everything in the world of memories, including that stone tablet from the underworld."

"As long as you can retrieve your name in the game, if my judgment is correct, you will gain invincible power enough to end everything. Destroying that Netherworld Tablet and even winning the Dark Game with Bakura will be a piece of cake."

"And in my guess, there is a place where your name is still recorded, and that is in the tomb built for you under the supervision of Priest Simon."

That's right, Hayato's idea is very simple. Since Bakura's tricks are so difficult to deal with, then let's just not do them. I'll just let Yugi find his real name. Can you really beat the invincible Hikaru?

Upon hearing Hayato's words, although Yami Yugi didn't know where Hayato got his information, he still trusted Hayato and nodded, smiling as he said, "That's quite a coincidence. Actually, when we came out of the royal city, we heard from Aibo that you were looking for my tomb, so Aibo and the others asked me for the location of the tomb from Priest Simon and split up with us."

"Judging by the time, they should be there by now. If finding my name is all we need, then let's go to the tomb to meet Aibo and the others."

At the same time,

"Is this the tomb from another game? Even with a map, it's really hard to find." Standing on the sand dune, looking at a hidden building in the distance, Jonouchi sighed, "Even so, it's really spectacular just looking at it from here."

Chapter 798 Did Grandpa Shuangliu ever lie to you?

"What are you doing climbing so high, Jonouchi? Hurry up and come down, we still need to find the name of another game." Honda urged Jonouchi from below the dune before he could strike a cool pose on the dune.

"It's a rare opportunity to come to such an amazing place, can't you let me take a few more looks and feel the changes of time?"

Muttering to himself, Jonouchi also took a small leap forward, slid down the slope of the sand dunes, and gracefully came to the side of the others. "Well, that makes sense, we have an important mission to find another game name."

Kyoko glanced at Jonouchi, who was grinning like a fool, shook her head helplessly, and turned to look at the person next to her: "Sorry, Nefertari-chan, boys sometimes do weird things like that."

Nefertari smiled and said, "No, Meliamon sometimes does things that others can't understand, and even says things like he's a god. I'm quite used to it."

As the current Pharaoh's assistant priest, although Priest Simon, who oversaw the construction of the Pharaoh's tomb, was arguably the most familiar with the tomb's structure, the royal city could not be without someone in charge. With Aknadi missing and Shada still recovering from serious injuries, and Set having to go on a campaign with the Pharaoh, Priest Simon had no reason to go to the Pharaoh's tomb again.