Start with Dragon Maid and start dueling!

This is an unchanging rule that everyone needs to follow.

But today, an extra challenge was added for the contestants.

At the gate of the Demon King's castle, a vicious dragon came to rob the heroes.

14 No passage, crowded castle gate!

"I'm Thief Keith, the first duelist to enter the castle!"

The blond man in sunglasses wearing a freedom turban gave himself a thumbs-up and laughed with great pride.

"Hmph, Pegasus, just wait for me to break your high and mighty attitude and make you crawl on your knees to wash away the humiliation I have suffered!"

Holding the 10-star badge in his hand and imagining the exhilarating scene of defeating Pegasus, Keith stepped onto the stairs and walked towards the castle gate.

But he didn't realize that he was not the first person to enter the castle.

To be precise, he was not the first person to arrive at the gate.

In front of the two retro castle doors, a black-haired girl dressed coolly was sitting casually on a chair with a backrest.

She hugged her knees with her hands, curled up in a chair, and looked up at the clear sky, as if waiting for something.

The girl completely occupied the path leading into the castle, leaving no room for anyone else to pass through.

If it was just an ordinary girl, it would be okay, there would always be a possibility of negotiation.

But the girl in front of Keith made him feel as if he had fallen into the icy sea, and his whole body was corroded by the bone-chilling cold!

The girl turned her head to look at him, and in the shadow under her sun hat lurked eyes as terrifying as a giant python.

Keith, who has been hanging around in underground dueling arenas for many years and has come into contact with all kinds of people and desires, can deeply understand the terror that is coming at him... and the greed behind it!

If he moves his finger, he will be pierced by the poisonous fangs in the next moment and swallowed up completely!

"I, Keith... am being targeted?"

Cold sweat instantly soaked his whole body, and he stood motionless, like a frog being stared at by a snake.

As soon as the sun rose, Ling arrived at the gate of the castle early, ready to intercept the contestants who had collected all the stars.

But she still underestimated the difficulty of obtaining stars. After waiting for two hours, she still didn't see anyone climbing up the stairs.

Ling "kindly" borrowed a chair from a passing man in black and prepared to wait for a long time.

Just when she began to wonder if there was a back door somewhere else in the castle that could allow the contestants to enter secretly, someone finally came.

"If you want to enter the castle, you must duel with me. Stars are the stakes."

Ling held the four-star badge between her fingers, raised the corners of her mouth, and waved it in front of her eyes with a smile.

“Are…are you kidding me?!”

Perhaps it was the girl's voice that broke the petrified atmosphere, and Keith shouted in panic, "I worked so hard to collect all ten badges, why do I have to duel?"

"Why? A duelist should not be afraid of a duel, otherwise he will not be able to reach the end of victory." He dropped one foot from the chair, and the shadow under the straw hat tilted slightly, revealing the groove for placing the badge on the rear door to the other party.

"Well……!"

"Do you want to escape? Or..." the tyrant in front of the door said slowly, "You don't want to enter Pegasus's castle?"

"Damn... bastard!" Keith took a step back, which almost made him miss a step and fall down the stairs.

Hastily stabilizing his balance, he looked at the girl on the chair with difficulty despite the huge pressure.

Keith didn't want to duel with everyone after collecting all the stars.

His target is Pegasus. If he loses here, it will be difficult for him to find an opportunity for revenge.

"Stop…stop joking?!"

“Who would duel with a weird brat like you! If you don’t get out of the way, I…I…ah!”

He wanted to make a threat, but he found that his legs were like filled with lead and he could hardly take a single step forward!

Although Keith was unwilling, his body was still honest and turned around and walked back.

"Damn it! Where did this opportunistic little devil come from? He actually embarrassed me like this."

Keith's anger could not be expressed in the face of fear, so he had no choice but to retreat.

"Could this be what Pegasus is planning?"

Just as Keith lowered his head, thinking about a solution, he was not paying attention and bumped into the person walking up the stairs from the bottom!

"Oh...! Bastard! You have no eyes!"

"Hmph." The person who bumped into Keith just glanced at him and snorted coldly.

"Who are you……!"

Before Keith could calm down, he realized that the man had ignored him and walked up the steps.

"Isn't that Seto Kaiba from the Kaiba Group? He's also participating in the Pegasus competition."

Looking at Kaiba's back, Keith laughed instead, "Well, let Kaiba try out the brat's strength."

"If he wins, I'll be the second person to enter the castle, hehe."

Just as Keith was about to catch up to watch the show, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps coming from the bottom of the stairs.

"Hurry up, Kyoko! I can't wait to go in and take a look!"

"Jounouchi, don't let the girls run so fast!"

"Oh, just think of it as losing weight, okay?"

"Losing weight? Say that again? Stop right there!"

Several noisy voices came from behind Keith, making him feel extremely familiar.

"Masaka?! Aren't they imprisoned in a cave?"

Keith looked back and saw that those people were none other than Yugi Muto and others whom he had "sealed" with great effort and even at the cost of his cheap younger brother!

Ling leaned back in the chair with her head tilted back, continuing to stare blankly at the sky.

"It's rare that someone came, but they were scared away. Do I really have to wait a whole day to collect all the badges?"

"...Take your time. As long as there is no second entrance, I will gather the keys to enter the castle sooner or later."

The head maid suddenly said, "Miss, someone is coming."

"So fast?" Ling adjusted the sun hat that was about to slide off her head and straightened it.

Less than a minute after the turbaned man left, another person came, which she welcomed very much.

But the fact that Schindler specifically told her about this made Ling a little curious, because normally the head maid would not remind her unless it was necessary.

"Please prepare yourself. I feel the power of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

"Hmm?" Ling subconsciously reached for her shoulder bag.

"It's the other three cards," the head maid warned, her tone unusually heavy, "whoever comes, take control of them!"

"The other three? Aren't they in Kaiba Corporation..."

As she was thinking about it, a man in a dark blue windbreaker rose from the stairs.

That person was obviously the one Ling had seen at Kaiba Company before, who was about to tear off the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon"!

The seahorse carrying the suitcase came to the castle gate and saw the girl sitting alone in front of the gate at a glance.

"You...!" The box in his hand fell to the ground instantly, and Kaiba's eyes widened in shock.

"who are you?!"

Kaiba had a familiar feeling about the girl in front of him, but in his sudden nervous state, he couldn't remember it for a moment.

"Duelists who have come to the flag, you are only one step away from passing through this door. I believe you have already collected the price to pass through."

"But before that, please challenge me to a duel, and use the stars as stakes."

Although Ling was a little concerned about the three blue-eyes white dragons mentioned by the head maid, she couldn't think about these situations now. Duel was her first choice!

"Duel?" Kaiba did not have ten keys to open the door.

He came to the castle to duel with Yugi, to take his star and settle accounts with his past defeats.

But now, there are actually other people who are planning to block the door and wait for something to happen.

The challenge to duel has been delivered to Kaiba, and he will not back down.

"Hmph, well, I want you to know that there can only be one person in front of the gate!"

"That's me, Kaiba Seto!"

Just as Kaiba was preparing to fight, the sound of a group of people panting suddenly appeared at the bottom of the stairs.

"Yugi... huff... I seemed to have seen... that damn bastard just now, huff... did you notice?"

"No...no! We are almost at the top, come on, everyone!"

Several figures ran up from the stairs one after another.

They all held their knees, gasping for breath.

"Huhaha... finally climbed up... by the way, why did we have to run so fast?"

"game!"

When Yugi Muto appeared, Kaiba immediately turned his attention to Yugi.

"Sea...Seahorse?"

Yugi Muto saw Kaiba's cold eyes, staring at him.

"Yugi, duel with me. Only if you win can you enter the castle!" Kaiba.

Ling watched from the side and felt depressed.

How come there are people who can intercept even though we are blocking the door?

"That person is...?"

Xingzi suddenly realized that the person sitting in front of the gate was the girl who looked at Yougi and Jonouchi falling into the water and left the boat indifferently that night!

At this moment, she was looking at them with a gloomy face and unfriendly.

15 Battle in the Castle! Duel stage in front of the castle!

"You won't be allowed to pass unless you fight?"

Jonouchi's eyebrows twitched angrily, and he yelled at the girl in front of the door, "How can this be justified? Get out of the way, we are in a hurry!"

"That's right, only those who defeat me can enter the castle." Ling responded coldly.

"It's not necessary to duel. Those who think they are not strong enough can wait on the side until I am defeated..."

"Or, satisfy me."

Ling's face, which was covered by a shadow from the hat, showed a cunning look and a sinister smile, "When that happens, I will leave by myself."

He looks like a complete villain. No, he is a villain!

“How unreasonable!”

The inexplicable pressure made the people in front of the door dare not act rashly, but there were also some iron-headed people.

"What about the organizers? Don't they do anything about it? She's interfering with the game, which is clearly a foul!"

"Hey - hey -!" Jonouchi stomped his feet, made his hands like trumpets, and shouted around.

He tried to make those elusive men in black appear and drive away the bad guys blocking the door.

Ling felt a little surprised. It was the first time she saw a stranger so fearless in front of her.

Even Kaiba, who seemed very powerful just now, was somewhat affected by her and revealed many flaws in an instant.

However, the noisy yellow-haired bad guy in front of him did not show any fear.