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# Chapter 744: Killing the Chicken... Just Because to Warn the Monkey
"What is that?" Dark Yugi's eyesight was quite good because during Duel Monsters, he often watched what cards others used from a distance, but it was still too difficult to clearly see what was falling from such a high altitude so far away.
But even so, even relying solely on intuition, Dark Yugi could confirm that it was absolutely a very important existence he could not ignore.
Originally, for today's morning meeting, Dark Yugi had planned to communicate with the Priests about any questions regarding the city defense affairs Priest Seto and Priest Shada were responsible for yesterday. After all, he was very worried about Priest Seto's personality, which was extremely similar to Kaiba's, and whether he would act roughly towards the people for things like efficiency.
But now he changed his mind. If he thought about it carefully, it seemed like it was still more important to first confirm what the thing falling from the **Millennium Puzzle** in the sky was.
It was also precisely at this time that Priest Seto, who was a step late, happened to pass by beneath the window sill. Dark Yugi lowered his head and called out to him: "Priest Seto!"
"Pharaoh?" Raising his head to look at Dark Yugi, Priest Seto quickly wanted to apologize, "Due to personal reasons, this subordinate is late. I am truly sorry for making you wait so long."
In ancient Egypt three thousand years ago, Priest Seto's action this morning as a subject of the Pharaoh could be said to be disrespect towards the Pharaoh. If he had encountered a Pharaoh like a capricious tyrant, who used this as an excuse to kill Priest Seto, no matter who the others were, they could at most say a couple of words about the Pharaoh's bad temper, and could not criticize the Pharaoh's methods.
Especially in the past few days, on the day of the Pharaoh's ascension, thieves broke into the Royal Palace, as well as the loss of Mahad, one of the Priests, earlier. This series of events could be said to have caused this new Pharaoh to completely lose face. The method of penalizing a Priest who made a mistake could in a certain aspect recover some authority/dignity, and at least recover some people's reverence for the Pharaoh.
In that case, Priest Seto was simply that "just because" specifically for the Pharaoh to kill "just because" as a warning to the monkey.
This is ancient Egypt three thousand years ago, a Feudal Kingdom where the Divine Right of Kings and the Pharaoh's authority/dignity were even greater than the lives of most humans. It was precisely because he knew this, that Priest Aknadin was so worried about the late Priest Seto before.
However, although he himself lived in ancient Egypt three thousand years ago, but because most of his memories were left from his life in modern times, Dark Yugi fundamentally didn't care much about things like rulers and subjects, or the Pharaoh's authority/dignity. He was just slightly surprised that Priest Seto, who looked like he was serious, would actually be late, and fundamentally had no idea of punishing Priest Seto in his inner thoughts.
"It's alright, Priest Seto, get up. I have something I want to send you to do." Letting Priest Seto not kneel anymore and allowing him to stand up, Dark Yugi reached out his finger to point in the direction where the objects separated from the giant **Millennium Puzzle** he saw had fallen, and said to Priest Seto, "It's probably in that direction. I want you to take people to see if any special items have appeared."
Priest Seto, who had raised his head, heard Dark Yugi's words, and frowned.
"What is the specific size of the item, Pharaoh? If you cannot provide a specific description, even if I take more soldiers to search, I probably won't find anything."
Under the premise of having made a mistake before, although theoretically Priest Seto should have a better attitude towards the Pharaoh lest the Pharaoh change his mind and again decide to inflict punishment upon him, but he really didn't have such high emotional intelligence. He, who always kept public and private matters separate and wouldn't let emotion influence his work efficiency, asked Dark Yugi.
"As for the specific size, even if you ask me to describe it, I can't really put it into words." Dark Yugi also didn't care about Priest Seto's attitude. In fact, Priest Seto's attitude was 1000% stronger than that trench coat enthusiast who wouldn't speak properly even after being saved. "But if you want me to talk about the feeling, it's probably the size of a human."
And at this time, Priest Shimon, Priest Shada, and Priest Aknadin from inside the Great Hall also chased out, seeing the Pharaoh looking down at the late Priest Seto and instructing him about something. Seeing that the Pharaoh seemed like he wasn't pursuing Priest Seto's lateness, but instead had something he wanted him to do, Priest Aknadin also couldn't help but sigh in relief, feeling fortunate that the Pharaoh's temper seemed like it was still good.
But at the same time, in Priest Aknadin's inner thoughts, as if a voice was speaking: "If he is always controlled by others, Priest Seto's safety fundamentally cannot be guaranteed. What should be done if one day the Pharaoh, whom Priest Seto angered, is to be subjected to torture? You can't always hope that the Pharaoh's temper will be as good as it is at the present, people always change."
"Rather than that, it's better to find an opportunity to make the Pharaoh..."
The terrible idea just abruptly surfaced from Priest Aknadin's heart, and was immediately stopped by himself. Priest Aknadin also didn't know what was going on, why would such a dangerous idea suddenly appear in his heart?
Recalling the things that had just fallen from the edge of the sky, Dark Yugi, who found it truly difficult to describe them, thought for a moment, and simply knocked his fist against his spread-open palm, and said: "No, I thought about it, I'll go myself. That seems like something only I can find by seeing it with my own eyes. This is my intuition."
"Are you leaving the Royal Palace again, Pharaoh?" Hearing that Dark Yugi changed his mind, and planned to leave the Royal Palace to search himself, Priest Seto glanced at the direction Yugi had just pointed his finger towards. That seemed like a place not too far Outside the City. Dispatching a portion of the Troops to follow the Pharaoh out of the City would probably not be a problem, but if they went back and forth, it seemed like there wouldn't be much time today.
"Before you leave the Royal Palace, I would like to ask you to look at something."
Regarding Priest Aknadin falling asleep in his Stone Tablet Temple last night, it seemed like he stayed up very late until he could no longer persist before falling asleep. Priest Seto also knew this point, and could also feel that the reason Priest Aknadin worked so hard seemed like it was for his own request, and wanted to adjust his state today.
Therefore, Priest Seto did not want to let Priest Aknadin's effort be in vain. Regarding the awakening of the spirit within the heart, it should not be dragged until this time tomorrow. While the Pharaoh hasn't departed yet, finish the matter earlier, so that Priest Aknadin can go back to rest and catch up on sleep.
Dark Yugi thought for a moment, and also did not reject Priest Seto. After nodding, he turned around and returned to the Great Hall, waiting for Priest Seto to arrive in the Great Hall.
Although he could feel that something falling from the giant **Millennium Puzzle** seemed like it was very important to him, but calculating the time, that thing should be about to land. Departing a little earlier or a little later wouldn't make any difference, it would be better to first resolve the state affairs that he, as the Pharaoh, must handle before departing.
Moreover, the position where that thing fell seemed like it was in the Desert Outside the City. If he searched alone, only the sky knew when he would find it. Bringing the Troops could also increase the efficiency of the search, and the time spent handling state affairs could just be used to first order the Troops to leave the City.
Following Dark Yugi, the Priests returned inside the Great Hall, and not long after, Priest Seto also entered the Great Hall through the Passage.
First, he bowed to Dark Yugi, who was sitting back on the Throne. After getting up, Priest Seto's gaze immediately looked towards Priest Aknadin and Priest Shada on the side. After seeing the two nod their heads to indicate that their state was okay, Priest Seto spoke to Dark Yugi about the matters from yesterday.
Of course, even if he persisted that his idea before was correct, and if it weren't for Hayato, he would indeed have put it into action, Priest Seto also didn't speak his plan of "indiscriminately using the power of the **Millennium Key** on innocent people".
Although his emotional intelligence was low, it wasn't completely absent. He knew that saying such a thing would only make the Pharaoh angry.
And upon hearing Priest Seto say that Hayato, with the help of the **Millennium Key**'s power, had actually awakened a card spirit named **Psychic Ectoplasm** from within his inner thoughts, Dark Yugi's mouth twitched slightly, and he truly exclaimed: "It really isn't surprising at all. If it's Hayato, the awakened spirit indeed has to be **Psychic Ectoplasm**. I don't even want to complain that it's a spell card."
"Spell Card?" Priest Shimon, who was closest to Dark Yugi beside the Throne, naturally also heard his muttering. He felt confused because he hadn't heard this new term before.
"No, it's nothing." Because he couldn't tell Priest Shimon that it was actually a term from Duel Monsters, which evolved from Stone Tablet Monsters three thousand years ago, Dark Yugi casually brushed Priest Shimon off, and then looked at Priest Seto and said, "So that means, Priest Seto, you want to promote this experiment, right? To let our people also awaken spirits and increase their combat power like Hayato."
"The power of spirits, is an existence different from Stone Tablet Monsters. In the experiment yesterday with Hayato Kobayashi cooperating, we discovered that the appearance of spirits can be achieved even without cooperating with a Duel Arena. Therefore, it's not just us Priests, if the condition permits, even the Court Magician Group and the Troops can attempt to undergo the awakening of spirits."
Priest Seto nodded, and spoke his vision, "In that way, even if the soldiers encounter Bakura's mystical power-boosted Subordinate again, there won't be a one-sided battle situation like before. And after we Priests awaken spirits, we can also again possess the qualification to contend with that Bakura, and you, Pharaoh, won't have to put yourself in danger anymore."
"To prove the feasibility, I would like to ask you to witness our second experiment here."
Cooperating with Priest Seto's words, Priest Shada and Priest Aknadin also stepped forward, standing on Priest Seto's both sides.
Dark Yugi nodded, with an expression of great interest, and said: "Alright, I permit it, you may begin."
"Yes, Pharaoh."
Hearing Dark Yugi's words, Priest Seto glanced at the two beside him, and stepped back a certain distance to leave space for the two. And Priest Shada also turned around, facing Priest Aknadin, who was also looking towards his side.
Reaching out his hand to take off the hood on his head, Priest Aknadin subconsciously stroked the **Millennium Eye**, whose state was exceptionally good today. Controlling its power to activate, he reached out his finger and pointed at Priest Shada, saying: "Bear with it, Priest Shada, I'm coming in!"
"Mind Unlock!"
End of Chapter
"What is that?" Dark Yugi's eyesight was quite good because during Duel Monsters, he often watched what cards others used from a distance, but it was still too difficult to clearly see what was falling from such a high altitude so far away.
But even so, even relying solely on intuition, Dark Yugi could confirm that it was absolutely a very important existence he could not ignore.
Originally, for today's morning meeting, Dark Yugi had planned to communicate with the Priests about any questions regarding the city defense affairs Priest Seto and Priest Shada were responsible for yesterday. After all, he was very worried about Priest Seto's personality, which was extremely similar to Kaiba's, and whether he would act roughly towards the people for things like efficiency.
But now he changed his mind. If he thought about it carefully, it seemed like it was still more important to first confirm what the thing falling from the **Millennium Puzzle** in the sky was.
It was also precisely at this time that Priest Seto, who was a step late, happened to pass by beneath the window sill. Dark Yugi lowered his head and called out to him: "Priest Seto!"
"Pharaoh?" Raising his head to look at Dark Yugi, Priest Seto quickly wanted to apologize, "Due to personal reasons, this subordinate is late. I am truly sorry for making you wait so long."
In ancient Egypt three thousand years ago, Priest Seto's action this morning as a subject of the Pharaoh could be said to be disrespect towards the Pharaoh. If he had encountered a Pharaoh like a capricious tyrant, who used this as an excuse to kill Priest Seto, no matter who the others were, they could at most say a couple of words about the Pharaoh's bad temper, and could not criticize the Pharaoh's methods.
Especially in the past few days, on the day of the Pharaoh's ascension, thieves broke into the Royal Palace, as well as the loss of Mahad, one of the Priests, earlier. This series of events could be said to have caused this new Pharaoh to completely lose face. The method of penalizing a Priest who made a mistake could in a certain aspect recover some authority/dignity, and at least recover some people's reverence for the Pharaoh.
In that case, Priest Seto was simply that "just because" specifically for the Pharaoh to kill "just because" as a warning to the monkey.
This is ancient Egypt three thousand years ago, a Feudal Kingdom where the Divine Right of Kings and the Pharaoh's authority/dignity were even greater than the lives of most humans. It was precisely because he knew this, that Priest Aknadin was so worried about the late Priest Seto before.
However, although he himself lived in ancient Egypt three thousand years ago, but because most of his memories were left from his life in modern times, Dark Yugi fundamentally didn't care much about things like rulers and subjects, or the Pharaoh's authority/dignity. He was just slightly surprised that Priest Seto, who looked like he was serious, would actually be late, and fundamentally had no idea of punishing Priest Seto in his inner thoughts.
"It's alright, Priest Seto, get up. I have something I want to send you to do." Letting Priest Seto not kneel anymore and allowing him to stand up, Dark Yugi reached out his finger to point in the direction where the objects separated from the giant **Millennium Puzzle** he saw had fallen, and said to Priest Seto, "It's probably in that direction. I want you to take people to see if any special items have appeared."
Priest Seto, who had raised his head, heard Dark Yugi's words, and frowned.
"What is the specific size of the item, Pharaoh? If you cannot provide a specific description, even if I take more soldiers to search, I probably won't find anything."
Under the premise of having made a mistake before, although theoretically Priest Seto should have a better attitude towards the Pharaoh lest the Pharaoh change his mind and again decide to inflict punishment upon him, but he really didn't have such high emotional intelligence. He, who always kept public and private matters separate and wouldn't let emotion influence his work efficiency, asked Dark Yugi.
"As for the specific size, even if you ask me to describe it, I can't really put it into words." Dark Yugi also didn't care about Priest Seto's attitude. In fact, Priest Seto's attitude was 1000% stronger than that trench coat enthusiast who wouldn't speak properly even after being saved. "But if you want me to talk about the feeling, it's probably the size of a human."
And at this time, Priest Shimon, Priest Shada, and Priest Aknadin from inside the Great Hall also chased out, seeing the Pharaoh looking down at the late Priest Seto and instructing him about something. Seeing that the Pharaoh seemed like he wasn't pursuing Priest Seto's lateness, but instead had something he wanted him to do, Priest Aknadin also couldn't help but sigh in relief, feeling fortunate that the Pharaoh's temper seemed like it was still good.
But at the same time, in Priest Aknadin's inner thoughts, as if a voice was speaking: "If he is always controlled by others, Priest Seto's safety fundamentally cannot be guaranteed. What should be done if one day the Pharaoh, whom Priest Seto angered, is to be subjected to torture? You can't always hope that the Pharaoh's temper will be as good as it is at the present, people always change."
"Rather than that, it's better to find an opportunity to make the Pharaoh..."
The terrible idea just abruptly surfaced from Priest Aknadin's heart, and was immediately stopped by himself. Priest Aknadin also didn't know what was going on, why would such a dangerous idea suddenly appear in his heart?
Recalling the things that had just fallen from the edge of the sky, Dark Yugi, who found it truly difficult to describe them, thought for a moment, and simply knocked his fist against his spread-open palm, and said: "No, I thought about it, I'll go myself. That seems like something only I can find by seeing it with my own eyes. This is my intuition."
"Are you leaving the Royal Palace again, Pharaoh?" Hearing that Dark Yugi changed his mind, and planned to leave the Royal Palace to search himself, Priest Seto glanced at the direction Yugi had just pointed his finger towards. That seemed like a place not too far Outside the City. Dispatching a portion of the Troops to follow the Pharaoh out of the City would probably not be a problem, but if they went back and forth, it seemed like there wouldn't be much time today.
"Before you leave the Royal Palace, I would like to ask you to look at something."
Regarding Priest Aknadin falling asleep in his Stone Tablet Temple last night, it seemed like he stayed up very late until he could no longer persist before falling asleep. Priest Seto also knew this point, and could also feel that the reason Priest Aknadin worked so hard seemed like it was for his own request, and wanted to adjust his state today.
Therefore, Priest Seto did not want to let Priest Aknadin's effort be in vain. Regarding the awakening of the spirit within the heart, it should not be dragged until this time tomorrow. While the Pharaoh hasn't departed yet, finish the matter earlier, so that Priest Aknadin can go back to rest and catch up on sleep.
Dark Yugi thought for a moment, and also did not reject Priest Seto. After nodding, he turned around and returned to the Great Hall, waiting for Priest Seto to arrive in the Great Hall.
Although he could feel that something falling from the giant **Millennium Puzzle** seemed like it was very important to him, but calculating the time, that thing should be about to land. Departing a little earlier or a little later wouldn't make any difference, it would be better to first resolve the state affairs that he, as the Pharaoh, must handle before departing.
Moreover, the position where that thing fell seemed like it was in the Desert Outside the City. If he searched alone, only the sky knew when he would find it. Bringing the Troops could also increase the efficiency of the search, and the time spent handling state affairs could just be used to first order the Troops to leave the City.
Following Dark Yugi, the Priests returned inside the Great Hall, and not long after, Priest Seto also entered the Great Hall through the Passage.
First, he bowed to Dark Yugi, who was sitting back on the Throne. After getting up, Priest Seto's gaze immediately looked towards Priest Aknadin and Priest Shada on the side. After seeing the two nod their heads to indicate that their state was okay, Priest Seto spoke to Dark Yugi about the matters from yesterday.
Of course, even if he persisted that his idea before was correct, and if it weren't for Hayato, he would indeed have put it into action, Priest Seto also didn't speak his plan of "indiscriminately using the power of the **Millennium Key** on innocent people".
Although his emotional intelligence was low, it wasn't completely absent. He knew that saying such a thing would only make the Pharaoh angry.
And upon hearing Priest Seto say that Hayato, with the help of the **Millennium Key**'s power, had actually awakened a card spirit named **Psychic Ectoplasm** from within his inner thoughts, Dark Yugi's mouth twitched slightly, and he truly exclaimed: "It really isn't surprising at all. If it's Hayato, the awakened spirit indeed has to be **Psychic Ectoplasm**. I don't even want to complain that it's a spell card."
"Spell Card?" Priest Shimon, who was closest to Dark Yugi beside the Throne, naturally also heard his muttering. He felt confused because he hadn't heard this new term before.
"No, it's nothing." Because he couldn't tell Priest Shimon that it was actually a term from Duel Monsters, which evolved from Stone Tablet Monsters three thousand years ago, Dark Yugi casually brushed Priest Shimon off, and then looked at Priest Seto and said, "So that means, Priest Seto, you want to promote this experiment, right? To let our people also awaken spirits and increase their combat power like Hayato."
"The power of spirits, is an existence different from Stone Tablet Monsters. In the experiment yesterday with Hayato Kobayashi cooperating, we discovered that the appearance of spirits can be achieved even without cooperating with a Duel Arena. Therefore, it's not just us Priests, if the condition permits, even the Court Magician Group and the Troops can attempt to undergo the awakening of spirits."
Priest Seto nodded, and spoke his vision, "In that way, even if the soldiers encounter Bakura's mystical power-boosted Subordinate again, there won't be a one-sided battle situation like before. And after we Priests awaken spirits, we can also again possess the qualification to contend with that Bakura, and you, Pharaoh, won't have to put yourself in danger anymore."
"To prove the feasibility, I would like to ask you to witness our second experiment here."
Cooperating with Priest Seto's words, Priest Shada and Priest Aknadin also stepped forward, standing on Priest Seto's both sides.
Dark Yugi nodded, with an expression of great interest, and said: "Alright, I permit it, you may begin."
"Yes, Pharaoh."
Hearing Dark Yugi's words, Priest Seto glanced at the two beside him, and stepped back a certain distance to leave space for the two. And Priest Shada also turned around, facing Priest Aknadin, who was also looking towards his side.
Reaching out his hand to take off the hood on his head, Priest Aknadin subconsciously stroked the **Millennium Eye**, whose state was exceptionally good today. Controlling its power to activate, he reached out his finger and pointed at Priest Shada, saying: "Bear with it, Priest Shada, I'm coming in!"
"Mind Unlock!"
End of Chapter
