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## Chapter 721: I've Occupied the High Ground
"Hoh? Is this it, one of the [Millennium Items], the Millennium Puzzle?"
"Yes, Great Pharaoh. In an earlier dynasty, there was a Nameless Pharaoh who sealed evil entities in the Name of the King. The [Millennium Items] are products of that dynasty." Kneeling below the Throne, a Priest held a tray. "Aside from the Millennium Rod buried with the Nameless Pharaoh, the Previous Pharaoh Seti I collected almost all of the others."
"Among them, the Millennium Ring and Millennium Necklace were passed down by the Ishtar Family, to which Priestess Isis belonged, while the Millennium весы and Millennium Key were passed down by the Sin Clan, to which I, Shaya Shin, a descendant of Priest Shada, belong."
"Aside from the Millennium Eye, whose whereabouts are unknown from earlier years, this one Millennium Ring remains. However, Pharaoh Seti I did not allow this [Millennium Item] to be buried with him, saying that this Millennium Ring, which possesses evil power, was not worthy of entering his Tomb. Therefore, he ordered his subordinates to hand it over to you for handling today, the day of your ascension, Pharaoh."
The figure on the Throne looked at the golden wheel presented by his subordinate, a smile playing on his lips. "What qualification does Old Man Seto with his strange hobby have to talk about others? Besides him, no one else would think of filling their Tomb with Dragons."
As he spoke, the Pharaoh on the Throne reached out to directly pick up the Millennium Ring. Seeing this, the Priest holding the tray with the Millennium Ring on it quickly warned, "Please do not touch this [Millennium Item] directly, Pharaoh!"
"There is indeed evil power present on this [Millennium Item]. Almost everyone who has touched it has, without exception, been corrupted and cursed by its dark power and met a tragic end!"
However, the Priest's warning did not affect the Pharaoh's actions in the slightest. He still went his own way, reaching out and directly picking up the Millennium Ring from the tray, holding it up before his eyes and examining it with interest.
And just as the Priest had said, the moment the Pharaoh picked up the Millennium Ring, the Dark Will hidden within the Millennium Ring attempted to come to the Outside World by using the Pharaoh's body. A voice sounded in the Pharaoh's ear.
"Heh heh, nice body, quite sturdy. Looks like you've been doing some fitness lately?"
"Perfect, truly perfect. Although your brain is a bit stupid, knowing the Millennium Ring is dangerous yet still touching it directly with your hand, I'm not too picky. This body of yours, which is perfect to this extent, shall be taken by me—"
The evil voice paused, then suddenly became somewhat panicked. "Wait, wait a minute, what's going on?! Why is the dark power I infiltrated into your body having no effect on you?! Who exactly are you!"
"Heh, would you ask why the sun is the sun, Lightless One?" Holding the Millennium Ring, the golden Pharaoh said contemptuously. "You don't even know My name, the sole name in heaven and earth that needs to be engraved deep in the soul, yet you dare to presumptuously touch My sacred form with your weak and pathetic power."
"Should I admire your courage for daring to act after seeing the world of difference, or should I be astonished that you fundamentally didn't even see the gap between you and Me? It truly troubles Me somewhat."
As he spoke, the Will within the Millennium Ring found that the power it had accumulated by murdering those who touched the Millennium Ring after narrowly escaping death back then began to flow out uncontrollably. If this continued, the remaining power might not even be able to sustain its own existence. It immediately begged for mercy:
"Wait, stop quickly, please spare me!"
"I can give you many things, anything you want. Greater territory, a powerful army, unrivaled power, even eternal life, I can give you!"
It wasn't that it was cowardly, it was just that it completely hadn't expected this current Pharaoh to have such powerful ability, even its power was being taken by the opponent. It truly didn't know what kind of background the opponent had; the purity of his soul was as radiant as the sun.
The Pharaoh raised an eyebrow upon hearing the Dark Will's words. "Hoh hoh, are you tempting Me, tempting Me, who even the almighty god despaired after witnessing My great deed? Heh heh, indeed, even the almighty Me has things I cannot do. My body is still too easily decayed compared to My greatness."
"If I spare you, I can obtain the eternal life you offer..." As he spoke, the Dark Will could feel the flow rate of its power seemingly slowing down a bit.
The Dark Will sneered inwardly. After all, the Pharaoh before it was just a human. They would be easily dominated by their desires. No matter how radiant their soul, this inner darkness, even after thousands of years, probably no human could control it—
"...Do you think I would say that?"
"What!?" Its power flowed out of the Millennium Ring even faster, even faster than before, disappearing. The Dark Will couldn't believe that the Pharaoh, who had just seemed somewhat hesitant, had actually rejected the great temptation of "eternal life," which should be the eternal pursuit of all humans!
"A Pharaoh is someone protected by the gods, the agent of the gods on the Earth. To display their royal authority, eternal life is so full of temptation." The Pharaoh smiled confidently. "But I am the Pharaoh among Pharaohs, the King of Kings. Protected by the gods? It is the gods who receive My protection, My radiance surpasses the sun!"
"Grant Me eternal life? Hahaha, a mere Lightless One in the shadow outside the radiance, living on the Earth, it is already a grace that you can offer Me power, what qualification do you have to 'grant' it?"
As the power flowed away, the fragmented soul that had escaped from a certain Pharaoh's Seal before and hidden inside the Millennium Ring struggled unwillingly, but its consciousness gradually blurred, about to fall into a slumber from which it would be difficult to recover even after another thousand years. "You guy, it should be fundamentally impossible for a human to suppress me..."
"Impossible? Hahaha, there is nothing impossible for a Pharaoh on the Earth. All things are within My palm!"
Bakura, who had been sitting in his seat, suddenly stood up, gasping for air, with a terrified expression. But he found that he was currently standing before a wide sand table.
The terrain on the sand table was extremely detailed, encompassing mountains, rivers, villages, and city-states. It was clearly the terrain of Ancient Egypt from three thousand years ago. Following the Nile River, he found a large City where many detailed game pieces were placed. The appearance of one of these game pieces was almost exactly the same as Bakura's!
"Tsk, damn it, it actually made me recall bad memories. If it weren't for that guy, I would have been revived three thousand years ago. In the end, I was dragged into the grave by that guy for nearly a hundred years, and only brought out by a Grave Robber. That guy really lived a bit too long."
Sitting back in the chair, looking at the sand table before him, Bakura's face was gloomy. "Is it because I dragged Hayato Kobayashi into the Dark Game with me? I, who should have remained conscious, actually got too immersed in the identity of the game piece and almost couldn't extricate myself. I almost failed unexpectedly."
"Hayato Kobayashi, I never expected him to draw such an ace card. But thanks to that, it successfully awakened me as the Chessmaster. Thinking about it carefully, even that guy, if he's in the state of being eight or nine years old, he's not worth worrying about. The advantage is mine."
Muttering to himself, Bakura glanced at the three small ornaments placed beside him, feeling a bit hesitant. "Fortunately, the time to regain consciousness wasn't too late. If it had been any later, I might have been forced to use these three one-time cheat items."
"Thanks to 'me' not being a reckless person without a brain, although I directly charged into the Royal Palace, I still left a contingency plan," Bakura's mouth curved up as his fingers lightly tapped the edge of the sand table, looking outside the Royal Palace where the game pieces were placed. "It's almost time for them to take effect."
————Memory World is a Tabletop RPG—————
The attack of **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"** successfully broke through **"迪亚邦德"**. Bakura was blasted away along with it, crashing into the wall and making a crater. His body was embedded in the wall, his life or death unknown.
"Did I finish it off?" Hayato was just thinking that Bakura should be finished after this attack, when he heard Priest Seto behind him jinxed it.
As expected, almost at the same time as Seto finished speaking, Bakura, whose body was embedded in the wall, let out a "Bugah" sound, spat out a large mouthful of blood, and then actually supported himself with his hands against the wall and stood up again.
"Cough, cough, that really hurt, Hayato Kobayashi. I was just a little bit away from losing my life." With a gloomy expression, Bakura wiped the blood from his chin and looked towards Hayato behind **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"**. "How many times now? You always manage to bring me some unexpected 'surprises'. But time is almost up today, I think I should take my leave first."
"How dare you! Is the Royal Palace a place you can just come and go as you please?" Because Hayato had successfully heavily injured this assassin who had just given the Priests such a hard time, the coast was clear, and Seto felt like he was back in business. He actually raised his Duel Arena again, intending to summon another Stone Tablet Monster to battle.
Looking at the opponent, he was fundamentally like a flickering candle. That strongest monster was also finished off. Whoever goes now can get the kill, alright? Watch me, Seto, be one step ahead at the crucial moment. How can I lose when he's half-crippled?
But just as Seto raised his Duel Arena, only to see Bakura suddenly waved a hand in his direction. **"迪亚邦德"**, which had clearly just been annihilated by **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"**'s attack, actually appeared beside him in an instant! And its body began to melt like wax, twisting and transforming into the appearance of a pure white version of **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"**!
"Boom!"
Hayato's **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"** and Bakura's **"迪亚邦德"**, which had transformed into **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"**, attacked simultaneously. The powerful energy collided inside the Palace, stirring up a storm. Seto's action was interrupted before he could even finish summoning a monster. He looked on in astonishment at Bakura's **"迪亚邦德"**.
"If the inner monster is destroyed, even if it doesn't die, it should be heavily injured and unconscious. Why did this guy's monster regenerate after being destroyed, and even gain the power of other monsters!?"
"Is this the power of your **"龙仪巧"**, Hayato? The power of pure light coming from the Starry Sky is actually so powerful, it truly exceeded my expectations." Although Bakura was beaten to the point of spitting blood and could only stand by supporting himself against the wall, the expression on his face was very arrogant. "You guys don't think I'm trying to escape because I'm scared, do you?"
"As if! It's because my goal has already been achieved. Humiliate you guys who wield the power of darkness but claim to be on the side of justice, and obtain great power, this is my true goal!"
**"迪亚邦德"** is the embodiment of resentment that cannot be sealed and will not die. The stronger the power that destroyed it before, the more power it brings me in return! Now I have obtained power that can almost rival the power of a god!"
With one hand on his hip, Bakura laughed proudly. But he didn't notice that because he was blasted away earlier, Simon and the other Priests had brought the mummy of the Previous Pharaoh Aknamkanon, which he had originally trampled underfoot, back to Dark Yugi's side.
Almost at the same time as Bakura said "power of a god," Dark Yugi looked at the mummy that came to his side, but in a trance, he heard a voice saying something to him.
"...Justice is with God..."
"What is this voice?" Dark Yugi had no impression of this voice that inexplicably sounded, but his intuition told him, "he" should know the owner of the voice.
Following his intuition, he lowered his head. Looking at the mummy before him, an inexplicable idea surfaced in Dark Yugi's mind. He subconsciously felt that this voice came from "his" deceased Father, the Previous Pharaoh before him who had already been made into a mummy!
Listening to that voice and Bakura, do gods also exist in this era? There's no harm in trying anyway. Yugi, who couldn't summon a Stone Tablet Monster, thought for a moment, raised his left hand wearing the Duel Arena, and shouted loudly, "Three Egyptian Gods, respond to me! I will here, summon you forth!"
"The most suitable god right now is—" Recalling the record of Slifer the Sky Dragon, and thinking that the self-damaging effect of The Winged Dragon of Ra wasn't very suitable for this current situation, Dark Yugi decisively shouted loudly, "Descend! Obelisk the Tormentor!"
"What!? The new Pharaoh actually knows the names of the legendary Three Egyptian Gods?!" Hearing Dark Yugi call out a god's name, Simon had a shocked expression, and Seto, who had just suffered a setback nearby, clearly heard Simon's words. "A god? Obelisk?"
A gale swept across the Earth. The blue giant god stood tall beside the Starry Sky Dragon summoned by Hayato, confronting Bakura's **"迪亚邦德"**!
"A monster that can steal the power of other monsters, so strong, too strong, Bakura! But to deal with a Heretic like you, we don't need to talk about any code of honor. Now it's a righteous two-on-one!" Hayato glanced at Obelisk the Tormentor, then said proudly to Bakura, "Now we've occupied the high ground!"
"Let's go!" X2
"Obelisk the Tormentor!" "Drytron Meteonis Draconids!"
"Divine Fist Smash Attack!" "Draconid Barrage!"
Although 1+1 doesn't necessarily equal 2, their combined effort is certainly greater than one alone. Bakura had finally managed to steal the power of Hayato's Drytron Meteonis Draconids at the cost of heavy injury, but he never expected that Dark Yugi, in turn, would actually summon Obelisk the Tormentor, a monster of comparable power, to join the battle!
**"迪亚邦德"**'s attack was canceled out by Drytron Meteonis Draconids's breath. Afterwards, Obelisk the Tormentor threw out his giant fist, about to hit Baku—
"The same move won't work on me!" Bakura had a ferocious expression. He adjusted his position and actively moved towards Obelisk the Tormentor's attack, but before being hit, he summoned a weak Small Fry Monster that looked very weak to block in front of himself.
"Boom!" The attack destroyed the shield monster Bakura temporarily summoned, but the remaining impact force was utilized by Bakura. He flew backwards towards the window, escaping from the Palace!
"You guys fell for it, Yugi, Hayato! This is my escape route! In terms of strategy, you guys still can't compare to me, Bakura!" Following the direction Bakura escaped, Hayato and Dark Yugi were about to pursue, but saw that in the City-State outside the Palace, black smoke was rising from multiple places!
Although for most of the anime, the Millennium World arc seemed like a Role-Playing Game, finding teammates, collecting items, fighting bosses, it was indeed a proper Tabletop RPG Game. Of course, it can also be understood as a Real-Time Strategy Game. It is said that it's because Takahashi himself was very fond of this type, so even though Duel Monsters was already very popular earlier, he still didn't change his idea of using this game type to finish the story. However, during the Millennium World arc, due to Takahashi himself's health reasons, many regrets and flaws were still left behind.
End of Chapter
"Hoh? Is this it, one of the [Millennium Items], the Millennium Puzzle?"
"Yes, Great Pharaoh. In an earlier dynasty, there was a Nameless Pharaoh who sealed evil entities in the Name of the King. The [Millennium Items] are products of that dynasty." Kneeling below the Throne, a Priest held a tray. "Aside from the Millennium Rod buried with the Nameless Pharaoh, the Previous Pharaoh Seti I collected almost all of the others."
"Among them, the Millennium Ring and Millennium Necklace were passed down by the Ishtar Family, to which Priestess Isis belonged, while the Millennium весы and Millennium Key were passed down by the Sin Clan, to which I, Shaya Shin, a descendant of Priest Shada, belong."
"Aside from the Millennium Eye, whose whereabouts are unknown from earlier years, this one Millennium Ring remains. However, Pharaoh Seti I did not allow this [Millennium Item] to be buried with him, saying that this Millennium Ring, which possesses evil power, was not worthy of entering his Tomb. Therefore, he ordered his subordinates to hand it over to you for handling today, the day of your ascension, Pharaoh."
The figure on the Throne looked at the golden wheel presented by his subordinate, a smile playing on his lips. "What qualification does Old Man Seto with his strange hobby have to talk about others? Besides him, no one else would think of filling their Tomb with Dragons."
As he spoke, the Pharaoh on the Throne reached out to directly pick up the Millennium Ring. Seeing this, the Priest holding the tray with the Millennium Ring on it quickly warned, "Please do not touch this [Millennium Item] directly, Pharaoh!"
"There is indeed evil power present on this [Millennium Item]. Almost everyone who has touched it has, without exception, been corrupted and cursed by its dark power and met a tragic end!"
However, the Priest's warning did not affect the Pharaoh's actions in the slightest. He still went his own way, reaching out and directly picking up the Millennium Ring from the tray, holding it up before his eyes and examining it with interest.
And just as the Priest had said, the moment the Pharaoh picked up the Millennium Ring, the Dark Will hidden within the Millennium Ring attempted to come to the Outside World by using the Pharaoh's body. A voice sounded in the Pharaoh's ear.
"Heh heh, nice body, quite sturdy. Looks like you've been doing some fitness lately?"
"Perfect, truly perfect. Although your brain is a bit stupid, knowing the Millennium Ring is dangerous yet still touching it directly with your hand, I'm not too picky. This body of yours, which is perfect to this extent, shall be taken by me—"
The evil voice paused, then suddenly became somewhat panicked. "Wait, wait a minute, what's going on?! Why is the dark power I infiltrated into your body having no effect on you?! Who exactly are you!"
"Heh, would you ask why the sun is the sun, Lightless One?" Holding the Millennium Ring, the golden Pharaoh said contemptuously. "You don't even know My name, the sole name in heaven and earth that needs to be engraved deep in the soul, yet you dare to presumptuously touch My sacred form with your weak and pathetic power."
"Should I admire your courage for daring to act after seeing the world of difference, or should I be astonished that you fundamentally didn't even see the gap between you and Me? It truly troubles Me somewhat."
As he spoke, the Will within the Millennium Ring found that the power it had accumulated by murdering those who touched the Millennium Ring after narrowly escaping death back then began to flow out uncontrollably. If this continued, the remaining power might not even be able to sustain its own existence. It immediately begged for mercy:
"Wait, stop quickly, please spare me!"
"I can give you many things, anything you want. Greater territory, a powerful army, unrivaled power, even eternal life, I can give you!"
It wasn't that it was cowardly, it was just that it completely hadn't expected this current Pharaoh to have such powerful ability, even its power was being taken by the opponent. It truly didn't know what kind of background the opponent had; the purity of his soul was as radiant as the sun.
The Pharaoh raised an eyebrow upon hearing the Dark Will's words. "Hoh hoh, are you tempting Me, tempting Me, who even the almighty god despaired after witnessing My great deed? Heh heh, indeed, even the almighty Me has things I cannot do. My body is still too easily decayed compared to My greatness."
"If I spare you, I can obtain the eternal life you offer..." As he spoke, the Dark Will could feel the flow rate of its power seemingly slowing down a bit.
The Dark Will sneered inwardly. After all, the Pharaoh before it was just a human. They would be easily dominated by their desires. No matter how radiant their soul, this inner darkness, even after thousands of years, probably no human could control it—
"...Do you think I would say that?"
"What!?" Its power flowed out of the Millennium Ring even faster, even faster than before, disappearing. The Dark Will couldn't believe that the Pharaoh, who had just seemed somewhat hesitant, had actually rejected the great temptation of "eternal life," which should be the eternal pursuit of all humans!
"A Pharaoh is someone protected by the gods, the agent of the gods on the Earth. To display their royal authority, eternal life is so full of temptation." The Pharaoh smiled confidently. "But I am the Pharaoh among Pharaohs, the King of Kings. Protected by the gods? It is the gods who receive My protection, My radiance surpasses the sun!"
"Grant Me eternal life? Hahaha, a mere Lightless One in the shadow outside the radiance, living on the Earth, it is already a grace that you can offer Me power, what qualification do you have to 'grant' it?"
As the power flowed away, the fragmented soul that had escaped from a certain Pharaoh's Seal before and hidden inside the Millennium Ring struggled unwillingly, but its consciousness gradually blurred, about to fall into a slumber from which it would be difficult to recover even after another thousand years. "You guy, it should be fundamentally impossible for a human to suppress me..."
"Impossible? Hahaha, there is nothing impossible for a Pharaoh on the Earth. All things are within My palm!"
Bakura, who had been sitting in his seat, suddenly stood up, gasping for air, with a terrified expression. But he found that he was currently standing before a wide sand table.
The terrain on the sand table was extremely detailed, encompassing mountains, rivers, villages, and city-states. It was clearly the terrain of Ancient Egypt from three thousand years ago. Following the Nile River, he found a large City where many detailed game pieces were placed. The appearance of one of these game pieces was almost exactly the same as Bakura's!
"Tsk, damn it, it actually made me recall bad memories. If it weren't for that guy, I would have been revived three thousand years ago. In the end, I was dragged into the grave by that guy for nearly a hundred years, and only brought out by a Grave Robber. That guy really lived a bit too long."
Sitting back in the chair, looking at the sand table before him, Bakura's face was gloomy. "Is it because I dragged Hayato Kobayashi into the Dark Game with me? I, who should have remained conscious, actually got too immersed in the identity of the game piece and almost couldn't extricate myself. I almost failed unexpectedly."
"Hayato Kobayashi, I never expected him to draw such an ace card. But thanks to that, it successfully awakened me as the Chessmaster. Thinking about it carefully, even that guy, if he's in the state of being eight or nine years old, he's not worth worrying about. The advantage is mine."
Muttering to himself, Bakura glanced at the three small ornaments placed beside him, feeling a bit hesitant. "Fortunately, the time to regain consciousness wasn't too late. If it had been any later, I might have been forced to use these three one-time cheat items."
"Thanks to 'me' not being a reckless person without a brain, although I directly charged into the Royal Palace, I still left a contingency plan," Bakura's mouth curved up as his fingers lightly tapped the edge of the sand table, looking outside the Royal Palace where the game pieces were placed. "It's almost time for them to take effect."
————Memory World is a Tabletop RPG—————
The attack of **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"** successfully broke through **"迪亚邦德"**. Bakura was blasted away along with it, crashing into the wall and making a crater. His body was embedded in the wall, his life or death unknown.
"Did I finish it off?" Hayato was just thinking that Bakura should be finished after this attack, when he heard Priest Seto behind him jinxed it.
As expected, almost at the same time as Seto finished speaking, Bakura, whose body was embedded in the wall, let out a "Bugah" sound, spat out a large mouthful of blood, and then actually supported himself with his hands against the wall and stood up again.
"Cough, cough, that really hurt, Hayato Kobayashi. I was just a little bit away from losing my life." With a gloomy expression, Bakura wiped the blood from his chin and looked towards Hayato behind **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"**. "How many times now? You always manage to bring me some unexpected 'surprises'. But time is almost up today, I think I should take my leave first."
"How dare you! Is the Royal Palace a place you can just come and go as you please?" Because Hayato had successfully heavily injured this assassin who had just given the Priests such a hard time, the coast was clear, and Seto felt like he was back in business. He actually raised his Duel Arena again, intending to summon another Stone Tablet Monster to battle.
Looking at the opponent, he was fundamentally like a flickering candle. That strongest monster was also finished off. Whoever goes now can get the kill, alright? Watch me, Seto, be one step ahead at the crucial moment. How can I lose when he's half-crippled?
But just as Seto raised his Duel Arena, only to see Bakura suddenly waved a hand in his direction. **"迪亚邦德"**, which had clearly just been annihilated by **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"**'s attack, actually appeared beside him in an instant! And its body began to melt like wax, twisting and transforming into the appearance of a pure white version of **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"**!
"Boom!"
Hayato's **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"** and Bakura's **"迪亚邦德"**, which had transformed into **"龙仪巧-天龙流星=QUA"**, attacked simultaneously. The powerful energy collided inside the Palace, stirring up a storm. Seto's action was interrupted before he could even finish summoning a monster. He looked on in astonishment at Bakura's **"迪亚邦德"**.
"If the inner monster is destroyed, even if it doesn't die, it should be heavily injured and unconscious. Why did this guy's monster regenerate after being destroyed, and even gain the power of other monsters!?"
"Is this the power of your **"龙仪巧"**, Hayato? The power of pure light coming from the Starry Sky is actually so powerful, it truly exceeded my expectations." Although Bakura was beaten to the point of spitting blood and could only stand by supporting himself against the wall, the expression on his face was very arrogant. "You guys don't think I'm trying to escape because I'm scared, do you?"
"As if! It's because my goal has already been achieved. Humiliate you guys who wield the power of darkness but claim to be on the side of justice, and obtain great power, this is my true goal!"
**"迪亚邦德"** is the embodiment of resentment that cannot be sealed and will not die. The stronger the power that destroyed it before, the more power it brings me in return! Now I have obtained power that can almost rival the power of a god!"
With one hand on his hip, Bakura laughed proudly. But he didn't notice that because he was blasted away earlier, Simon and the other Priests had brought the mummy of the Previous Pharaoh Aknamkanon, which he had originally trampled underfoot, back to Dark Yugi's side.
Almost at the same time as Bakura said "power of a god," Dark Yugi looked at the mummy that came to his side, but in a trance, he heard a voice saying something to him.
"...Justice is with God..."
"What is this voice?" Dark Yugi had no impression of this voice that inexplicably sounded, but his intuition told him, "he" should know the owner of the voice.
Following his intuition, he lowered his head. Looking at the mummy before him, an inexplicable idea surfaced in Dark Yugi's mind. He subconsciously felt that this voice came from "his" deceased Father, the Previous Pharaoh before him who had already been made into a mummy!
Listening to that voice and Bakura, do gods also exist in this era? There's no harm in trying anyway. Yugi, who couldn't summon a Stone Tablet Monster, thought for a moment, raised his left hand wearing the Duel Arena, and shouted loudly, "Three Egyptian Gods, respond to me! I will here, summon you forth!"
"The most suitable god right now is—" Recalling the record of Slifer the Sky Dragon, and thinking that the self-damaging effect of The Winged Dragon of Ra wasn't very suitable for this current situation, Dark Yugi decisively shouted loudly, "Descend! Obelisk the Tormentor!"
"What!? The new Pharaoh actually knows the names of the legendary Three Egyptian Gods?!" Hearing Dark Yugi call out a god's name, Simon had a shocked expression, and Seto, who had just suffered a setback nearby, clearly heard Simon's words. "A god? Obelisk?"
A gale swept across the Earth. The blue giant god stood tall beside the Starry Sky Dragon summoned by Hayato, confronting Bakura's **"迪亚邦德"**!
"A monster that can steal the power of other monsters, so strong, too strong, Bakura! But to deal with a Heretic like you, we don't need to talk about any code of honor. Now it's a righteous two-on-one!" Hayato glanced at Obelisk the Tormentor, then said proudly to Bakura, "Now we've occupied the high ground!"
"Let's go!" X2
"Obelisk the Tormentor!" "Drytron Meteonis Draconids!"
"Divine Fist Smash Attack!" "Draconid Barrage!"
Although 1+1 doesn't necessarily equal 2, their combined effort is certainly greater than one alone. Bakura had finally managed to steal the power of Hayato's Drytron Meteonis Draconids at the cost of heavy injury, but he never expected that Dark Yugi, in turn, would actually summon Obelisk the Tormentor, a monster of comparable power, to join the battle!
**"迪亚邦德"**'s attack was canceled out by Drytron Meteonis Draconids's breath. Afterwards, Obelisk the Tormentor threw out his giant fist, about to hit Baku—
"The same move won't work on me!" Bakura had a ferocious expression. He adjusted his position and actively moved towards Obelisk the Tormentor's attack, but before being hit, he summoned a weak Small Fry Monster that looked very weak to block in front of himself.
"Boom!" The attack destroyed the shield monster Bakura temporarily summoned, but the remaining impact force was utilized by Bakura. He flew backwards towards the window, escaping from the Palace!
"You guys fell for it, Yugi, Hayato! This is my escape route! In terms of strategy, you guys still can't compare to me, Bakura!" Following the direction Bakura escaped, Hayato and Dark Yugi were about to pursue, but saw that in the City-State outside the Palace, black smoke was rising from multiple places!
Although for most of the anime, the Millennium World arc seemed like a Role-Playing Game, finding teammates, collecting items, fighting bosses, it was indeed a proper Tabletop RPG Game. Of course, it can also be understood as a Real-Time Strategy Game. It is said that it's because Takahashi himself was very fond of this type, so even though Duel Monsters was already very popular earlier, he still didn't change his idea of using this game type to finish the story. However, during the Millennium World arc, due to Takahashi himself's health reasons, many regrets and flaws were still left behind.
End of Chapter
