Duels should be played with a smile.

"It's worth noting... but it doesn't seem like we need to pay too much attention. Putting aside the issue of whether there's a signal in this kind of no-man's-land, look where you've come from. I think the news a few days ago reported some issues with communication signals... Speaking of which, the existence of things that block signals in this kind of place seems very much in line with the settings of some literary works!"

"You're here tomb raiding... although it's entirely possible you'll actually do that later..."

Unable to send the message, Leyou became slightly more vigilant. He believed that Youxing and the others' strength was not a problem, but he also believed that if he came directly, he might encounter all sorts of strange things.

The reason is simple: this place is called the Nazca Desert.

In the original 5DS game, the mysterious Earthbound God is a "god" card born from the Nazca Lines—or rather, the Nazca Lines.

It's not unreasonable to round up a card with the name "XX God" to "God Card".

Anyway, the official O-version of the God Cards can't beat other unofficial Gods.

Leyou came here alone, wanting to see if there were any enemy deployments... or other clues.

After all, in this world, anyone who can be called a "god" has some kind of superpower, and they might just pop up and cause trouble at any time.

Driving the D-wheel, Leyou circled around the several giant murals again and again. Apart from deepening his impression of these murals, he didn't find anything else noteworthy.

This relocation plan seems to have ended prematurely, even though it had just begun.

"The hummingbird and the giant are gone... one is Kali's, the other is Guiliu's, and the remaining earthbound gods like spiders and monkeys seem to still be in the murals here."

Besides the Earthbound God, Leyou also discovered a pleasant surprise here.

Besides the several Earthbound Gods with cards, there is also a mural depicting Earthbound Gods, but that mural has become incomplete. However, if you look closely, you can roughly see that it looks like a dragon or a demon.

If nothing unexpected happens, that's the source of the power of the Crimson Nova Dragon in Jack's possession.

"Oh no, what a wasted trip... Did you find anything?"

Leyou blinked, confirming that she didn't seem to be seeing things.

The snow woman, who used to be able to hang on my shoulder, has somehow grown much larger now—logically, this means her injuries are healing, but the problem is, there's nothing else here except the murals.

She's not a landbound deity... wait, if we consider Leyou as a field magic, then the Snow Woman really could be a landbound deity.

In terms of their reliance on field magic, they are indeed exactly the same as the Earthbound Gods.

"What's going on?"

He rubbed the Snow Woman's face, which was no longer tiny but hadn't fully recovered yet, and the soft touch made Leyou's heart flutter.

Then I got punched in the face with little fists.

"Is it really that serious..." Leyou rubbed his nose, which didn't actually hurt, and looked at the Snow Woman with a puzzled expression.

However, the Snow Woman, who would normally be attacking Leyou by now, is unusually ignoring him and instead closes her eyes, floating in mid-air.

It was like a dance called "Flying Apsaras" being performed.

After a while, Leyou, who had been enjoying the sight, looked away the moment the Snow Maiden opened her eyes, looked up at the sky, whistled, and acted as if nothing had happened.

"Stop pretending, who are you trying to fool with your little tricks... Come on, come with me."

Before Leyou could react, the Snow Maiden floated directly to his side, grabbed his arm, and pulled him aside.

"Wait a minute! I haven't gotten off the bus yet!"

Not knowing why the Snow Woman insisted on walking, Leyou took out a small USB flash drive and plugged it into the interface on the Duel Disk. The D-Wheel turned into a data stream and returned to the Duel Disk. After some format conversion, it became the original data and was stored in the USB flash drive.

Fire protection technology is truly impressive.

Most of the Nazca Lines are carved into the ground or on tall, wide buildings. The direction that Snow Maiden is leading Leyou towards is the tallest and largest building.

A pyramid that should not exist in this desert.

To be fair, with all this haphazard pyramid construction, shouldn't Atum come over and demand royalties from the designers?

However, Leyou really doesn't know where Atum and the others have gone.

Following the Snow Woman, Leyou soon arrived near the pyramids, but he had already confirmed that there were no entrances or anything like that.

"This way."

Without a word, the Snow Woman pulled Le You forward. Just as they were about to crash into the wall, to Le You's surprise, the Snow Woman seemed to pass through a phantom wall and walked straight in—and he was dragged in while he was still in a daze.

It was as if we had entered some kind of secret realm. The surroundings suddenly darkened, with only a few lights on both sides and overhead providing basic illumination. These lights were also magically lit.

Suddenly, a whimsical idea popped into Leyou's mind—the Snow Maiden is practically a ghost, and the Pyramid is practically a tomb, so if he's here now, does that mean he's practically a ghost in Ghost Blows Out the Light?

"You've got something... By the way, how did you figure that out?"

Leyou knew that the Snow Woman and the other two had some special abilities, but this ability to discover hidden portals was something he had never seen before.

If I had this ability while playing games, I would miss out on so much! It would make grinding for platinum trophies much easier!

The snow woman didn't answer directly, but instead gestured with her chin towards the front: "Go see for yourself... take two steps forward and look up."

Looking up with some skepticism, Leyou saw intricate magical runes hanging on a sign above his head.

Despite having never studied these magical runes, Leyou was able to understand their meaning without any instruction.

"The Magic Academy... Lameson?"

Chapter Twenty-Five: Dog K, your crimes are heinous!

"Activate? ~Berserk? ~Magic circle?~"

"Normal Summon Aleister~"

"Effect Search Summoning Magic~"

"Link to summon someone else's wife~"

"Merkaba~"

The melodious singing came from inside the academy. Leyou accurately picked up on the slightly modified lyrics and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

This guy singing... he's got the style of Cao Cao from the past!

Upon hearing the singing, Leyou felt a mixture of curiosity and doubt.

This song... it's not so much that it's a household name, but rather something etched into my DNA. And clearly, this song shouldn't exist in this world in the first place. So the only possibility is that the singer has some connection to me.

Considering the name Lamaison and the Snow Woman's previous appearance, Leyou already had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

Originally, Leyou only thought that since DogK had attacked Carly's Earthbound God, he might make some arrangements on the Earthbound God's side, so he came to see if he could switch bases... But now it seems that before he even started switching bases, someone on his side had already built their base in someone else's old home.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Leyou felt that his "main quest," which had been stalled for a long time, could finally be completed.

"Is that a grimoire?" Leyou turned around and waved to the Snow Woman.

It was obvious that she had sensed something before.

After finishing her business, the Snow Woman returned to her previous lazy state, slowly floating over without answering, and simply hanging onto Leyou.

Hmm... given the size of the Snow Woman, saying she's ramming someone with a ball is a bit of an exaggeration.

However, it still made Leyou's heart flutter... This is something that most people can't refuse.

"I don't know if it's... I just sensed something inside, so I brought you along... Haha—I don't know why, I'm a little tired. I'll touch you first, you go play by yourself..."

The Snow Woman spoke in a lazy tone, and then suddenly disappeared, leaving Leyou with a bit of a headache.

This is a bit too much of a slacking-off! At least go to work first before slacking off! This is practically the kind of laziness you see when working from home, waking up in the morning, clocking in, and then going back to sleep.

Leyou had intended to bring the slacker back to work overtime, but when he thought of the Snow Woman's recent injury, he smiled helplessly and abandoned the idea.

Go to sleep...it's good to get some rest.

The singing behind the academy gate continued. Leyou composed himself, randomly selected four or five decks from his deck collection, took them out one by one, and put them into the card box hanging on his belt. The belt was also specially made, but there was nothing particularly special about it. It was just that it had a few more hanging hooks than a normal belt, and the card boxes were hanging on the hooks.

When traveling the world, it's good to carry more money and weapons. As a card player, it's reasonable to prepare several card decks before triggering events, right?

Before the save point, max out your buffs and equip yourself properly; that's basic stuff in RPG games!

Aside from the Souls series, either there's no way to exchange for them, or exchanging for them wouldn't make much difference.

After confirming that she was fully prepared, Leyou, using the magical lights around her, moved closer to the door and, with minimal effort, gently and carefully pushed open the tightly closed gate of the Magic Academy.

Unexpectedly, despite being very careful, the heavy metal door was quickly pushed open by Leyou—as if it had automatically opened because it sensed someone was there.

Good grief...Is my front door always open?

After the door was pushed open, there was a passage about ten meters long, with the same magical lights as outside the door placed on both sides of the passage.

Leyou covered his eyes with one hand and waited until his eyes gradually adjusted to the sudden light from ahead before lowering his hand and slowly moving forward.

The Magic Academy... is somewhat overrated.

Walking through the passage and looking around at the rather plain, even overly simple, lobby, Leyou, not seeing the person she expected, could only continue walking slowly while observing her surroundings.

Despite its name, the Magic Academy is not like the magic academies that Leyou has seen in various games. Instead, it has a spacious campus with all kinds of buildings.

Beyond that long passage, there was only a simple, unadorned building that resembled a temple or church.

Judging from its interior decoration and contents, it would be more appropriate to call this place a library than a magic academy.

Standing in the center of the lobby, Leyou looked up at the surrounding second, third, and even fourth floors and higher. Even with just a fleeting glance, she could see countless books neatly arranged on the bookshelves.

This place is a treasure trove; the books on those shelves are the most precious wealth.

Suddenly finding himself in such an unscientific yet magical place in the world of card games, Leyou even had a bold idea pop into his head—to learn magic here through those books, and once he mastered it, why would he need to play cards at all!

While others pull out their Duel Disk and activate Fireball Spell Cards, I simply pull out a Chicken Leg Staff and unleash five Fireballs the size of washbasins and a Pyroblast on my opponent, defeating them before the duel even begins!

After all... the result of a dark duel is that one side is killed. Wouldn't it be easier to kill the enemy before the dark duel even begins? Since the goal can be achieved anyway, and the intrigue and deception in between can be avoided, wouldn't that be wonderful?

Just as Leyou was lost in thought, a somewhat weathered voice came from above.

"Hey buddy over there, pretty handsome~ wanna duel a few rounds?"

Before Leyou could recover from the reverie, she saw a white and green shadow fall from the sky.

"Oh~ Nice to meet you. Judging from your expression, you should know who I am, right?"

The voice that had been somewhat weathered just moments before had now been replaced by a more youthful tone. Just from this detail, and from the singing he had sung earlier, Leyou felt that the person in front of him was not a respectable individual.

But... why this guy? Where's my magic book?

What about my divine judgment?

"I've heard so much about you... Scumbag, no, Mr. Aleister, I'm quite interested in you in person, but a duel with you is something for another time..."

"We're not familiar with each other."