Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Seth took two more steps back, his body swaying slightly. He raised his trembling hand to his forehead, gritting his teeth and muttering, his steps unsteady due to his extremely agitated state of mind, "Back then, you two—!"

Having finally realized when the Blue-Eyed Girl and Kisara had exchanged and switched places, Seth gasped for breath, his voice trembling slightly, "Then, what's that over there—!"

Turning around in alarm, Seth looked toward the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon of the Seahorse," whose power he had just bound and extracted with his dark power.

Despite Seth's desperate attempts to shake his head and deny the inevitable outcome there, his hand fell limply the moment he turned his head, utterly choked by the answer he saw. He staggered a couple of steps, trying to close the distance to see the different situation, but Seth's swaying body stopped.

Surrounded by the lingering darkness, Kisara, with her white hair and wearing clothes familiar to Set, lay there.

His pupils trembled, his brain shook, Seth's hands were at a loss, and a low growl escaped his throat.

Unable to accept what he was seeing, his body arched and then straightened, finally roaring towards the sky: "Ughhhhhh! Ughhhhh! Ughhhhhh! Ahh ...

"Why, why did this happen! Why did you do this, Kisara!"

"For you, I have even slowed down my pursuit of power, Kisara!"

"Kisara!"

Seth, seemingly driven mad, shouted and yelled in Kisara's direction as if acting irrationally, but received no response whatsoever. Seeing this, the Blue-Eyes Girl couldn't help but speak up, "Seth, having received the power of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, you should be able to sense it. Kisara... she's no longer there..."

Upon hearing the words of the "Blue-Eyed Girl," Seth turned around abruptly to look at her, and Kaiba quickly stepped forward to shield her behind him.

The Blue-Eyed Girl glanced at the seahorse protecting her. Although she wasn't afraid, she still hid behind the seahorse, took a deep breath, and continued, "As a spirit, I was unable to appear by Seto's side due to insufficient power until just now, when Kisara's power made up for it."

"I am now both the Blue-Eyed Girl and the inheritor of Kisara's will. Standing here, I must convey her thoughts to you."

“You have strayed too far on the path of pursuing power, Seth.”

Upon hearing this, Seth's excited expression subsided somewhat, and he murmured, "Lost...?"

"Hmph, the fact that one can sacrifice many things in pursuit of power is something even I cannot deny or approve of," Kaiba said, looking at Seth, who resembled him. "However, some things cannot be given up. You have been influenced by that darkness too much and lost yourself!"

Hearing the seahorse's words, Seth lowered his head: "Losing myself..."

Just when Kaiba thought he was about to accept reality, Seth burst into laughter again.

"Hehehehe, hehehahahaha!" Suddenly raising his head, Seth's gaze met that of the seahorse. The determination in those identical, mirror-like blue eyes remained unwavering. "My longing has never changed! It is power, the pursuit of more power!"

"Now that Kisara is gone, I can go all out and continue my pursuit of power!"

With a pointed hand at the seahorse and the blue-eyed girl behind it, Seth's expression turned ferocious: "If Kisara disappears, I will create another world with Kisara, and I will use the power I have gained to take that Kisara away from you!"

"Seto Kaiba, my reincarnation, I will destroy you and take Kisara back!"

Visible black magic gushed forth from Set like a fountain, forcing Kaiba to revise his earlier assessment. The look in Set's eyes wasn't resolve; he'd gone mad!

“Stubborn fool, if I can defeat you once, I can do it again.” Seahorse stepped forward without turning back. “Here we go, [Blue Eyes]!”

The girl with blue eyes knew that Kaiba was calling her, and she hummed in response and followed beside Kaiba.

He glanced at the girl beside him without making it obvious, and casually asked, "Are you scared?"

The girl shook her head: "I have nothing to fear when I'm with Seto."

During their conversation, white light fell on the seahorse, and the [Seahorse Man] outfit, which corresponded to the black magic on Seth, was about to reappear.

Just as the fight was about to resume, suddenly, a voice called "Curry~" came from somewhere, causing Kaiba and Seth to look around, but they saw nothing.

Looking around but unable to find the source of the sound, Seth suddenly noticed that countless complex lines had appeared beneath him, extending and connecting around him on the ground. By the time he noticed them, the lines on the ground had already formed a huge magic circle, which suddenly took effect and pressed him hard against the ground!

"Well!"

"What... what kind of touwa is this! How could I, Set, be defeated like this!"

Prostrate himself on the ground, Seth tried to break free from the magic circle binding him, but without summoning the stone monster or receiving the protection of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's power, Seth was just an ordinary person with decent physical abilities, completely unable to lift even a finger. And the person who released this spell made his timely appearance.

"The secret technique passed down from the previous pharaoh, I thought I'd never have a chance to use it after the late king told me about it, but I never expected it to come in handy today." With one hand on his waist, Priest Simon appeared in the square, supported by Shada. "It's just unexpected that it's being used against you, Seth, who was originally also a priest."

“Simon, and Xia Da!?” Seth was stunned. “Weren’t you ambushed, subdued, and imprisoned by me? To prevent your escape, I even chose the kind of cages usually used to imprison prisoners with powerful demonic possession. How did you escape?”

The woman who appeared next to Simon and Xia Da the next moment gave Seth the answer.

"Isis?!"

Seeing Isis appear beside Simon and Shada, Seth turned his head with difficulty and discovered that Isis had vanished from the front of the army at the edge of the square. Had she taken advantage of being tied down in his battle with Seto Kaiba to rescue Simon and Shada?

"Your days of running amok are over, Set." Isis said loudly as she looked at Set, who was subdued by Simon's spell and guarded by a seahorse. "You are arrested. When the Pharaoh returns, prepare to face your trial."

Upon hearing this, Seth, who had been suppressed, sighed, "You have won. My strength is still not enough. I have been outmaneuvered to this extent. I have nothing to say."

"But you only beat me." Seth looked at Kaiba and the Blue-Eyed Girl behind him with an ugly expression. "It seems that guy has had enough time."

Without warning, in an instant, the light in the square dimmed, as if something had blocked the sunlight. But soon everyone realized something was wrong; it wasn't just the sunlight in the square that was being blocked, but also the sunlight in the palace, the royal city, and even extending into the desert and across the whole of Egypt.

Just now, as a stone slab beneath the Thieves' Village completely cracked open, a huge black energy pillar shot straight into the sky, and darkness enveloped the world!

Chapter 820 Unstoppable, Unyielding, I am the Great Cataclysm

The hourglass countdown came to an end, and with the fall of the last grain of sand, the Netherworld Slab that had sunk beneath the Thieves' Village finally shattered completely.

A beam of light rose from the ground and shot into the sky, bathed in a crimson, malevolent light. The destroyer of this world of memories crawled out of the underworld.

Meanwhile, the body of Bakura, the player who had been sitting in front of the chessboard, gradually turned to ashes amidst his loud laughter.

"Hahahaha, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes! My true form has finally been resurrected! The ultimate dark game has now decided the victors: the nameless pharaoh and Hayato!"

"If this world of memories is completely destroyed, not only my body in this game, but also my body in reality will be completely resurrected..."

The dust from Bakura's body transferred into the world of memories, merging with the colossal being that crawled out of the underworld. The gigantic evil god with a hideous face opened its eyes, its mouth full of fangs opened, breathing in the long-lost air of the real world, "I am the night, I am revenge, I am the great evil god of darkness—Zok Nerofa!"

The Great Evil God Zorc roared to the heavens, raising his arm as he reunited with a part of himself that had split off three thousand years ago. In his outstretched palm lay the remains of a shattered Netherworld tablet, and the seven Millennium Items previously used to break the seal.

However, with Zorc's resurrection, all these Millennium Artifacts turned gray and dim, clearly because they had lost their original power due to the absence of Zorc's power to supply them.

"Hmph, the items created by stealing my power are the keys to my release. I'm almost tempted to collect them as souvenirs." Zorc said, casually tossing the Millennium Artifact and the stone away like trash. "But never mind, I don't think Kennedy would ever collect a sniper rifle if he had the chance."

With his free hands braced on the ground, the ground in front of him was torn open to reveal a larger space. Zok Nellofa lifted his legs and pulled his lower body out of the ground as well, standing tall on the earth.

Its body was completely black and had no luster whatsoever, as if it were a black hole that swallowed all light that touched it. Fine dragon scales covered its entire body, from its thick limbs to the pair of huge bat wings that stretched out from its back, which blotted out the sky. However, compared to the demon head with a pair of reverse bull horns, the most conspicuous feature was the thick dragon head that grew between Zok Nelofa's legs below its abdomen.

It wasn't something that had to be described vaguely because it had a color; it was a genuine, jet-black dragon's head, which could not only turn its head freely up, down, left, and right, but the dragon's head could even blink and breathe.

Although both the dragon head and Zorc itself give off an extremely ferocious and terrifying feeling, the location where the dragon head grows after the two are combined is too sensitive, which makes people wonder what the designer was thinking when creating such a thing and why the dragon head was placed here.

However, such a sensitive design was merely somewhat amusing when Zorc Nelofa's size was still average. But as the Great Evil God Zorc came to the ground, He began to absorb the abundant magical energy from all over the world, and His size increased dramatically. Five meters, ten meters, fifty meters, one hundred meters... In almost just a few breaths, the Great Evil God Zorc's body had grown to an extremely exaggerated size.

Just as the great evil god Zorc was about to touch the low-hanging clouds in the sky, His transformation finally stopped. But by then, His height had reached thousands of meters. What was once a somewhat comical "dragon head between His legs" had now become a terrifying and ferocious beast to the people on the ground.

“I remember, it should be this direction.” The Great Evil God Zorc turned his head to look in the direction of the royal city, took a step, and began His journey of destruction amidst the tremors of the ground.

Despite being thousands of miles away in the royal city, Zorc's enormous size allowed the guards on the city walls to spot him advancing towards the capital. They immediately sent an alarm into the city, making the news known to everyone in the square.

“A gigantic black monster is approaching this city. Could it be the evil will that has been resurrected from beneath the Netherworld Slab?” Isis said, frowning. Beside her, Simon and Xia Da looked puzzled. Because they had been left in the city and missed Aknadi's explanation, their information was at least two or three versions behind the others.

However, after being rescued from prison by Isis, the two had some updated information. At least they knew about Aknadi's situation and Set's betrayal, but Isis hadn't had time to tell them about Zorc yet.

Kaiba glanced at Seth, who was being tied up by Shada after being subdued by Simon and remained silent, and said, "Are you satisfied now? Although I don't believe in reincarnation, based on my own personality, what did Bakura give you in exchange for helping him 'resurrect' that guy named Zorc?"

Seth didn't even look at the seahorse, and said, "Power, of course it's power, I've already said that."

"For power, you betrayed the Pharaoh and handed over the Millennium Jewelry to that Bakura?"

Isis was somewhat confused, while Seth glanced at her with disdain: "Fool, you have no idea how pathetic it is to be powerless. Only power can create the future."

“To gain power, I’m willing to give up almost everything, but unfortunately…” Seth’s voice trailed off as he looked at Kaiba, “You bastard, you stole Kisara from me! It’s all because of you, otherwise Kisara wouldn’t be like this now!”

"Hmph, have you lost your mind? You're the one who killed Kisara. Do you have the right to say such things after killing Kisara?" Kaiba glared back defiantly.

Seeing Set and Kaiba's conversation revolving entirely around the name of an unfamiliar woman named "Kisara," Xia Da felt a headache coming on. She looked at Isis and said, "So many things have happened in such a short time, it's really a headache. Even though that enemy named 'Zok' is approaching the royal city, they're still arguing endlessly. Speaking of which, Priest Isis, where did the Pharaoh go?"

“After Aknadi was captured, he revealed to us that when he communicated with the Great Evil God Zorc and created the Millennium Artifact, he had prepared a special countermeasure. The Pharaoh used that method under his guidance.” Isis’s face was full of worry. “Although we don’t know how long it will take for the Pharaoh to return, we must protect this city in his place until then.”

Upon hearing this, Simon and Xia Da exchanged a glance and nodded to Isis.

In order to resist the great evil god Zorc who was heading towards the royal city, Isis, Shada, and Simon, as the few remaining priests, immediately integrated the troops of Set within the royal city and the army that Isis had brought back, and began to prepare for the defense.

Because of the ancient Egyptian system, with the Pharaoh absent, the power of the entire royal city was concentrated in the hands of the priests. This made it so easy for Set to seize power and usurp the throne after eliminating Simon and Shada. It also allows the three priests to easily mobilize the city's defense forces and the reserves in the national treasury.

In a very short time, catapults were mobilized to the area outside the city gate facing the bandit village. One huge rock after another was constructed by the court mages and placed on the catapult arms. At the same time, a large number of crossbows and chevaux-de-frise were also transported out of the city.

However, Kaiba had serious doubts about how useful these conventional tools used in human warfare would be against the great evil god Zorc, because as Zorc drew closer, his terrifying size remained in the sight of most people, and could anyone really stand against such a huge being?

"Curry, Curry~"

The distinctive sound of the Kuriboh series monster reached Kaiba's ears. He turned his head in confusion and found that the sound was coming from Shada's direction. There was also a Kuriboh beside him, but it was not the Rainbow Kuriboh that he knew Hayato had or the Kuriboh from the game. Instead, it was Shada's own awakened Pokémon, Anka Kuriboh.

A listless Anka, nestled in Xia Da's arms, trembled and stammered, "Curry..."

After being rescued from prison by Isis, Xia Da went to carry out a mission for the Integration Force while Simon and Isis led men to transport city defense equipment. Because of Seth's previous brutal methods, many innocent victims were imprisoned in the dungeon, and Xia Da's healing ability with [Anka Kuriboh] came in handy.

However, although Anka Kuriboh had previously put in a lot of effort to heal others and enable them to fight, it was healing ordinary people, which required far less effort than healing the Stone Tablet Pokémon used in battle. It wasn't enough to cause Anka Kuriboh to become like it is now.

Rather than saying that "the treatment takes effort," it's more accurate to say that [Anka Kuriboh] sensed the approach of dark forces and was "afraid" of it.

"【Anka Kuriboh】..." Holding the little elf in her arms, Shada comforted her, gazing at the dark sky in the distance, her voice tinged with confusion, "Priest Aknadi and Set betrayed us, Priest Mahad and Priest Kalim sacrificed themselves, and only Priest Isis and I remain among the Pharaoh's priests..."

"Can we defeat that great evil god Zorc?"

Among the six priests who took office at the time of Dark Game, Xia Da was arguably the least noticeable one. His personality determined that he was a person who liked stability and peace and would not compete. His lack of desire also meant that he was not firm enough in his heart and was easily influenced by others.

He could have desperately used the power of [Anka Kuriboh] to support and protect Yami Yugi during Bakura's second attack, but that didn't mean he wasn't afraid of death. Now that the Great Evil God Zorc is approaching, Shada is under immense pressure and has no confidence in whether her side can defeat Zorc.

If there were no one to rely on or to guide him, Xia Da's personality would easily lead him to give up in confusion. Fortunately, he still has a teacher.

"Don't say such discouraging things, Xia Da." A hand patted Xia Da's shoulder. Simon, standing on the high platform beside her, was barely the same height as Xia Da by using the difference in height. Knowing the personality of his chosen disciple very well, he also saw the confusion in Xia Da's heart and said, "You've always been like this. Although you are very good at learning from others, you are also easily influenced by others."

"Sometimes, there are things that people have to do even if they are alone, and even if they know the outcome, they still have to take a gamble and go all in."

“Lord Simon…” Hearing Simon’s words of encouragement as he taught her to become a priest, Xia Da turned to look at him and nodded. “I understand. Regardless of whether we can defeat that great evil god Zorc, as priests of the Pharaoh, protecting the royal city for the Pharaoh is our duty here.”

Simon nodded and smiled with satisfaction: "That's right. You know, we priests are also the leaders of our soldiers. We must show enough courage in front of them and set an example."

Upon hearing this, Xia Da glanced at the soldiers lined up behind the defensive equipment, who were also watching them and observing their reactions. Lord Simon was right; as the commanders of the army, we priests must set a good example.

Looking at Xia Da, who had regained her courage, Haiba tilted his head in surprise. He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but although he did hear the [Anka Kuriboh] in Xia Da's arms making "Curry" sounds, he thought he heard two "Curry" calls.

Compared to the cry of "Anka Kuriboh," another sound sounded strangely familiar to Kaiba, as if he had heard it countless times before, yet he couldn't find the source of that sound.

Besides Xia Da, where else can you find Pokémon from the Kuriboh series?

"What's wrong, Seto? Are you thinking about something?" The Blue-Eyed Girl looked at Kaiba and asked with some confusion. Kaiba shook his head and said, "No, nothing."

On the walls of the royal city, the seahorse and the Blue-Eyed Girl stood hand in hand, surrounded by the city's defense troops operating large crossbows;

At the foot of the city wall, large catapults were ready, and their commander was Xia Da.