A duelist never gives up!

"Um... Dr. Alvert, if this happens, doesn't it mean our plan has failed? Doesn't the God of Duel remain safe and sound?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could a god be killed by a bomb?" Albert sneered, "This plan was originally just for me to identify the traitor."

"The God of Duel..."

"Don't worry... I won't let anyone carry out such an important task as defeating the God of Duel." Albert said, standing up from the chair, and then took out a golden card from his pocket.

"Wait, Doctor, are you going to..."

"Prepare the boat." Alvett said calmly, looking at the calm sea. "I'm going to the Land of Origin and personally deal with the God of Duel!"

Chapter 32: It doesn’t matter.

"It really exploded?! Will Yuan Qi be in trouble?"

Xuefeng couldn't help but worry as he listened to the roar coming from afar.

"That's ship number five, and Yuan Qi is on ship number three. He'll be fine." Bai Ban, sitting in the driver's seat, replied without even glancing at the question. "You actually arranged two bombs? What a cunning fellow... Thank me. If it weren't for me, one of you might have been blown away by the bomb."

At this moment, Baiban was driving a small yacht with Xuefeng and his group on the sea. Although the yacht was not very large to prevent detection by the alliance, it was actually spacious enough considering that two of the four girls had loli figures.

"I really have to thank you...Aren't you a scientist? Shouldn't you stay in the laboratory all the time? Why do you always show up in public...Can you let someone else drive the yacht?" Julie asked the whiteboard curiously.

"Because the more important something is, the more I want to do it myself," Bai Ban replied without hesitation. "Don't look at me like that, I'm the type of person who only believes in myself."

"is it?"

"Of course. After all, I'm the best in this organization." Bai Ban said calmly, gazing at the sea before him. "I've never believed that all my wisdom and achievements came from my own hard work. Everyone is born the same. I must have been given resources that others couldn't obtain to become as outstanding as I am today. If that's the case, then I should shoulder the corresponding burden."

"This is my only way of giving back to the world that has been so good to me."

"What a grand concept." Julie said with a self-deprecating smile, "It's not like I'm just going with the flow."

"Choices are a very important part of life, aren't they?" Bai Ban said with a slight curl of his lips. "And I guarantee that this time, the wave you follow will be a giant wolf like no other before or since!"

"Even though you say that, I still don't feel anything at all..." Xuefeng touched the ends of her hair and said nervously, "I just feel like I've been dueling, dueling, dueling, and then I ended up here."

"That's how duelists work," Sera yawned. "No matter how complicated or contradictory a matter is, it can be resolved through dueling. It's incredibly convenient. If there were no dueling, the world would probably become even more complicated."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Bai Ban smiled at everyone. "If we keep dueling, maybe Yuan Qi will say, 'You can only be my woman if you can defeat me in a duel.' What are you going to do?"

"Hahaha, that's too extreme, right? Even a duelist wouldn't do that... Never mind, I have a feeling this kind of thing is bound to happen." Sera curled her lips, because this is how things often happen in this world: "You can only marry my son-in-law if you become a professional duelist!", "Sorry, I prefer duelists with strong dueling skills."

"But even if duels disappear, this situation might turn into 'Only rich men can marry my daughter', right?" Xuefeng tilted his head in confusion.

"It might seem the same, but there are actually differences," Baiban said. "For example, if you were the daughter and Yuan Qi was a poor boy, he could work hard to make money, like going into business, becoming an artist, or making a name for himself in a certain field... In short, he has many possibilities and ways to make money. There's no need to fight to the death in a duel. You know, duels can have things like 'dead draws.' Leaving your daughter's future to something like luck is a bit too strange, isn't it?"

At this point, Baiban paused again and said, "And after all, how could anyone possibly consider 'rich' the standard for a son-in-law? If it's one or two people, it's fine, but if the majority of people do that, wouldn't that be a world where money is everything? Just as distorted as the duel."

"Is that so? Then how can we be non-deformed?"

"A diverse, humane, and dynamic world is the only way to achieve a balanced world," Baiban said calmly. "Of course, these are just my personal opinions. Whether you agree or not, I will devote my life to realizing this ideal."

"This guy talks like he's very young..." Sera muttered.

"Huh? What are you talking about? Seeing the sea for the first time and wanting to swim in it?" Baiban said with a smile while looking at the rearview mirror.

"It's just a joke! Don't be angry!"

"..."

"What a laid-back group of people!" Nona floated in the air, watching everyone chatting and laughing. She couldn't help but say to Nero, who was sitting next to Xuefeng, "Why don't you join in their conversation?"

"Ok?"

Nero raised his head slightly, as if someone woke him up from his sleep, his big eyes with distinct black and white were full of confusion.

"I say...were you asleep just now?" Nona said with a curl of her lips.

"Well, I didn't sleep well last night." Nero rubbed his eyes and talked to Nona telepathically.

"A nightmare?" Nona asked casually.

"I had... a very strange dream." Nero's thighs twisted gently, and a beautiful blush appeared on his little face.

"I say...could it be a dream about that kind of thing?" Nona's face froze and she asked uncertainly.

"that aspect?"

"It's just...tsk, dreams of this and that!"

"I don't know what you're talking about... but ever since you used my body to kiss Hara Nana that day, I've been having strange dreams." Nero said this and suddenly asked Nona, "Did you know Hara Nana before?"

Nona was shocked and quickly denied it: "How is that possible! I only knew about Yuan Qi after I met you!"

"Then why did you kiss Hara Nana?" Nero asked doubtfully, "That's something you would do if you liked someone, right? Or did you fall in love with him not long after you met him?"

"Yes... yes? Isn't it okay to fall in love at first sight?" Nona said with a stuttering tone.

"I don't mind." Nero said with a blush.

Don't mind? Don't mind what? Wait?! Could it be that... Yuan Qi didn't even let a kid like you go?!

Nona looked at Nero in shock, feeling as if her soul was about to break apart.

He didn't even let such a young child go. Isn't that guy Yuan Qi really a beast?!

"But... you want to become a Buddha, right?" Nero suddenly said, "After you become a Buddha, you won't be able to see Hara Nana anymore. Is that okay?"

Nona was slightly startled, then shook her head and said:

"Even so, I want to become a Buddha"

I'll think about how to end it...

Activate this card only when this card is successfully Normal Summoned or Special Summoned. Send the top 3 cards of your deck to the Graveyard.

②: If this card is sent to the Graveyard by a card effect, you can activate this effect. Return the Fusion Material Monsters of this card, including those in the Graveyard, from your hand, field, or Graveyard in the order you prefer to the bottom of your owner's Deck, and Fusion Summon 1 of those Fusion Monsters from your Extra Deck.

Chapter 33: Come on, Merlo Mermaid!

"Clap."

Yuan Qi landed lightly on the soft soil, sniffing as he felt the fresh air wafting from the forest. "Should I say this is truly a place of origin? It's winter, yet it feels so vibrant... Teacher Nafeli, are these trees here naturally, or did someone plant them?"

In Yuan Qi's memory, there should only be a dilapidated palace at the starting point.

"Huh? Who cares about that kind of thing? Anyway, it was like this when I first participated." Nafeli yawned and walked slowly across from Yuan Qi, half-opening his eyes and said, "So, are you ready?"

"What preparation?"

"What preparations?" Nafeli grinned and immediately unfolded his duel disk. Then he opened his palm towards Yuan Qi and said, "Of course, preparations for a duel - Forced Duel!!!"

"brush!"

The white beam of light stuck to Yuan Qi's arm like spider silk. In an instant, a sea breeze blew, rustling the surrounding leaves, as if cheering for the upcoming duel.

Yuan Qi slowly raised his head, glanced at the light on his arm, looked at Nafeli in confusion and asked, "What is this?"

"Don't you know? The special rule during the festival, Forced Duel, can force the opponent to duel with you... But why didn't your duel disk appear?" Nafeli looked at Yuan Qi's arm and couldn't help but wonder. Logically, after he used Forced Duel, Yuan Qi's duel disk should have been forced out.

"Clap!"

With a slight sound, a silver duel disk appeared on Yuan Qi's arm.

"What? You were a little slow to react?" Nafeli shrugged helplessly as he looked at the duel disk that suddenly appeared in Yuan Qi's hand. "It seems the rules are a bit outdated. According to the old rules, it should have popped out instantly."

"Ahem, maybe." Yuan Qi coughed twice, then continued to ask, "For a festival, shouldn't everyone gather together before starting?"

"That was a version from many years ago. Now the festival starts the moment you set foot on this island." Nefeli explained to Yuan Qi as he took out his deck from his waist and inserted it into the duel disk.

Yuan Qi twitched his lips and couldn't help but cry out in his heart, "Ayi? Why didn't you tell me about the forced duel and the new rules in advance?"

"Oh, that doesn't matter! Isn't it enough to just defeat everyone? Come on! Hara Nana! Kill all the duelists who appear in front of you!!" Ai floated in the air and cheered for Hara Nana.

Kill all the duelists that appear before you?

Yuan Qi glanced at Nefeli standing in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and took out the card deck he had prepared from his waist and said, "I thought you must be my supporter."

"Huh? How is that possible?" Nefeli twisted his neck and asked, "Why should I support you?"

"Do you support the Duelist Alliance?"

"What the hell does that have to do with me?" Nafeli shouted, waving his arms. "Listen carefully, I don't care who's right or wrong between you and the Duelist Alliance. It has nothing to do with me. I'm here for only one reason! And that is—to become the Duel King!"

That's right, unlike others, Nefeli's purpose in participating in the festival is very simple, which is to defeat all the top duelists in the world and become the one standing at the pinnacle of duelists - the Duel King!

Therefore, even if the person standing in front of him is his own student, he will challenge him to a duel without hesitation!

not to mention……

"You defeated Perlivia not long ago, right?" Nefeli said excitedly, "If that's the case, then you're currently the strongest duelist in the world! And if I defeat you here, wouldn't I be the closest man on this island to the title of Duel King?!"

"That's impossible." Yuan Qi raised his arms and looked at Nefeli seriously. "To be honest, I don't really yearn for the title of Duel King, but for my dream and for the companions who have stood behind me and supported me along the way, I must become the Duel King. So, I'm sorry, teacher. I'm going to defeat you right here!"

"If you can do it, then give it a try!" Nafeli said confidently, "My deck and I won't lose to anyone!"

"Ayi and I won't lose to anyone." Yuan Qi's face darkened, and he shouted, "Come on!"

"duel!!"

"duel!!"

"drop!"

With a slight sound, the signal light on the original seven duel disk lit up.

"I choose to go first!"

Without any hesitation, Yuan Qi quickly drew five cards from the deck.

"Tsk, I'm pretty lucky." Nafeli smacked his lips and drew five cards from the deck.

Although Shaddoll has a strong breakthrough ability when playing second, for most decks, the advantage of playing first is definitely greater than playing second.

What's more, Yuan Qi's deck is... a powerful deck like Pearl Tears Lament!

"Nice hand!"

Ai looked at the cards Yuan Qi had drawn and couldn't help but chuckle, "Looks like we can win the first round quickly!"

Yuan Qi looked at his hand without comment. To be honest, all the duelists who could stand here were at the top of the duelists without exception. There should be no difference in the operation level between the two sides. So, excluding the factor of luck, the key to determining victory or defeat lies in the deck.

And the Shaddoll deck...

It's a deck with good upper and lower limits.

Maybe it's not as strong as Pearly Tears, but you should still pay attention to it.

And honestly, the stability of Pearl Tears is questionable, so...

"I enter the Main Phase, activate the effect of Demon King of the Swamp in my hand, discard this card, and add a "Fusion" magic card from the deck to my hand. Is there a chain reaction?" Yuan Qi asked Nefeli.

"Even if I had Hui Liuli, I wouldn't leave it here. Do you think I'm a fool?" Nafeli rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Really? Then how about this?"

Yuan Qi inserted a card into the Duel Board and said, "I activate the Spell Card - Planet Transformation, adding a Field Spell Card from the Deck to my hand!"

"I added One Life Bad - Pearl World to my hand from my deck!"

"It seems that you don't have Huilili in your hand. In that case, let's start it!" Seeing that Nafeli was unmoved, Ai patted Yuan Qi's shoulder and said.

"Really?" Yuan Qi glanced at Nafeli's hand. For some reason, he always felt that Nafeli was holding a dangerous card in his hand.

"Never mind. There's no point in thinking any more." Yuan Qi shook his head, then slapped a card in his hand on the duel board and said, "Then I Normal Summon the Pearl Tear Sorrow Tribe, Merlo Mermaid!"

Come, Merlot, sing me a victory melody!

Chapter 34: Double-edged sword!

The Merlot mermaid, wearing off-shoulder blue soft armor and a pure white miniskirt, appeared in front of Yuan Qi, holding a heavy silver hammer in her slender hands. Her pair of bright yellow eyes emitted a faint light, like fireflies at night.

"I activate the Merlo Mermaid's effect!"

Hara Nana held out his hand and shouted, "This card can only be activated if it is successfully Normal Summoned or Special Summoned. Send the top three cards of your deck to the Graveyard!"

"I'm sending three cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard!" Yuan Qi said, flipping over the top three cards one by one. "The three cards being sent to the graveyard are Shaddoll, Demon King of the Swamp, and Kaeldor the Statue of the Sacred God!"