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# Chapter 814: Anubis is Discontinued!
"I am a cautious person. Although I have great confidence in Seto, I have also considered what kind of remedial measures and backup plans should be left behind in case the plan to assist Seto in becoming Pharaoh fails," Aknadin said to himself, not noticing the strange expressions on Yugi and the others' faces. "For this purpose, I, who am proficient in alchemy and the Creator of the Millennium Items, prepared the eighth Millennium Item."
Just like how the Four Heavenly Kings have five members, and the Pharaoh's Six High Priests have seven, no one was surprised when Aknadin mentioned there was an eighth Millennium Item among the seven great Millennium Items.
"Compared to the other seven Millennium Items, which are directly powered by Great Evil God Zorc Necrophades and possess numerous strange abilities, the ability of this eighth Millennium Item is relatively unremarkable. However, it possesses power that absolutely surpasses the other Millennium Items and can forcefully negate their respective powers."
Malik frowned upon hearing this. "That ability sounds somewhat like the Millennium Ring. Is it developed from the principle of the Millennium Ring?"
Aknadin nodded and continued, "The Millennium Eye and Millennium Key will be unable to reach the user's inner thoughts. The Millennium Necklace and Millennium Ring will also be unable to observe the user's existence. The Millennium Scale and Millennium Rod likewise cannot measure or dominate the user. Furthermore, I specifically made it in a shape opposite to the Millennium Puzzle."
"However, unlike the Millennium Items obtained in exchange for the souls of an entire Thief Village, I did not choose resentful souls as the material when creating this Millennium Item. Therefore, it did not form a materialized gold material but a crystal clear transparent substance. I call it the 'Pyramid of Light'."
Mana pouted. "Even if you give it a name that sounds righteous, isn't it still a dark item made from human lives? You're fundamentally just deceiving yourself."
"What do you know? The 'Pyramid of Light' is not a Millennium Item. It is something I created to ensure that in case Seto is defeated, someone can inherit my will and assist him after his reincarnation," Aknadin said contemptuously, glancing sideways at Mana.
As the person present, or perhaps in this entire era, with the deepest understanding of alchemy, he truly had the qualification to be arrogant.
"Only sufficient purity can reach the expected strength and fully unleash the power that suppresses the other Millennium Items, while also ensuring that the wearer is not affected by its use. For this purpose, it can be said that I used all of my treasured possessions. In addition to rare special materials, I specifically sealed my disciple's soul inside the 'Pyramid of Light' as well."
Mana, who indeed didn't know much about alchemy, puffed out her cheeks but truly couldn't refute him on this point. She simply changed her approach. "You said you want your disciple to inherit your will and assist the reincarnated Seto. You killed him, and you still expect him to willingly work for you?"
"Heh, of course he wouldn't be willing, but I won't ask for his consent," Aknadin gave a cold laugh. "The seals within the 'Pyramid of Light' are numerous. They force him to help the reincarnated Seto defeat the Pharaoh's reincarnation, and until then, he can only provide help to Seto and cannot interfere with Seto in the slightest."
Turning his head to look at Yugi and the others on the other side, Aknadin continued speaking, "Although I don't know how far in the future you are from, when the reincarnated Seto obtains the 'Pyramid of Light', the world will inevitably usher in his rule."
Malik gave a cold laugh. "That's a good plan, but how are you so certain that Seto's reincarnation will be able to obtain the 'Pyramid of Light' you mentioned?"
Aknadin sighed upon hearing this and said calmly, "Do you believe in attraction? Do you believe that attraction exists between people?"
"People will meet each other under the effect of attraction. Even after reincarnation, Seto and the Pharaoh will likely still meet and become each other's opponents. And the 'Pyramid of Light' that I created will inevitably, under the effect of attraction, come to their side as they struggle. In other words, this is destiny."
After listening to Aknadin talk to himself until now, Joey Wheeler finally couldn't help but say, "You make it sound so good, but you fundamentally have no idea how much trouble that 'Pyramid of Light' you created caused us."
Yugi also sighed, looking at Aknadin and said, "Aknadin, I want to confirm something first. Was your disciple, or rather, Anubis, when he was alive, a muscular strong man with golden hair?"
"His hair was also a bit like it was permed, and he had a rather large nose?"
Aknadin was stunned. "Could it be that you've already met Anubis in the future?"
"Heh heh, in that case, you should have also experienced the power of the 'Pyramid of Light', right? Surely Seto's reincarnation must have already, with Anubis's assistance, defeated the Pharaoh's reincarnation and become the Pharaoh who rules the world, heh heh ha ha ha ha."
"Perhaps you could say it was with Anubis's assistance," Joey Wheeler recalled the situation back then. Kaiba indeed used the Pyramid of Light card to trick Yugi, temporarily gaining the upper hand in the duel. "But the problem is, after Kaiba gained the advantage, Anubis immediately jumped out and almost killed Kaiba."
They briefly explained the situation back then, which stunned Aknadin.
And Malik didn't miss such a good opportunity. He seized the opportunity to taunt, "'King of Light', 'King of Darkness'. It's true that the 'King of Light' gained the advantage, but he was sneak attacked by the soul inside the 'Pyramid of Light' and almost died. You didn't help at all, did you, Aknadin?"
"Tsk, shut up!" Aknadin frowned and said somewhat angrily, "That bastard Anubis, he actually dared to disobey me, his creator! I've decided, when I go to retrieve the 'Pyramid of Light' this trip, I'll erase his soul along the way! Let's see how he can betray me in the future!"
"Anubis, discontinued!"
"If there's no one to assist him, then so be it. Seto's reincarnation can also conquer the world by his own power!"
Téa heard Aknadin's words and felt they were somewhat familiar. She recalled the things that happened midway through Battle City back then, on Gozaburo Kaiba's Seafront Fortress before the airship arrived at Duelist Island. "Kaiba and Seto, their destinies are a bit too similar, aren't they? How come they both have a father who wants them to conquer the world?"
"Speaking of which, Gozaburo also said Kaiba would conquer the world. But no matter how you look at it, Kaiba only thinks about dueling, right?" Joey Wheeler ranted.
They smiled, but they never considered that if Duel Monsters gradually became popular worldwide, little by little occupying important positions in various industries, and even playing a crucial role in certain core areas, then KaibaCorp, as one of the important enterprises for the existence and continuation of Duel Monsters cards, and Kaiba controlling it, could also be considered conquering the world from another perspective?
---- Heaven's Creation Accelerating ----
Meanwhile, on the other side, Isis, Kaiba, and Hayato, who was still in a coma, were traveling together, advancing in the direction of the Royal City under the escort of the army.
However, the journey was long, coupled with the long journey they had already undertaken before, the speed of the troops' advance was not very fast. A day passed, and they still hadn't arrived at the Royal City. Seeing that the day was almost over and they still hadn't arrived at the Royal City, Isis, the highest commander of the team, ordered them to set up camp where they were, rest for a night and continue the journey.
However, not long after setting up camp, Isis learned from the soldiers assigned to patrol that they had discovered a suspected deserter coming from the direction of the Royal City.
"Deserter?" Kaiba, who was in front of the soldier but couldn't be seen by him, frowned slightly in confusion, looked at Isis and said, "Is your kingdom currently at war with other countries? How come I didn't see any related activity before?"
"It's normal that you didn't find any activity. We aren't at war with other countries. As early as over ten years ago, at the time of the Previous Pharaoh, the surrounding countries had already been pacified," Isis was also a bit strange. "But if there's no war, how could someone suddenly become a deserter?"
"We'll probably know once we go see that 'deserter'," Kaiba crossed his arms over his chest and snorted. "But it's probably nothing major. It couldn't possibly be that something major happened in the Royal City, right?"
Led by the soldier, Kaiba and Isis met the deserter who was temporarily held by the patrol team.
Seeing Isis's arrival, the soldier couldn't help but show a very nervous expression. Isis didn't feel anything unusual, after all, no matter the era, perhaps the treatment of the army might differ, but the plan for dealing with deserters generally only has one result: execution. If it wasn't strict enough, wouldn't everyone become a deserter?
Although Isis was still very popular among the people because of her personality, after all, she was also a Priest, a member of the ruling class, and had the authority to execute deserters. It was only natural for this deserter to be afraid of death.
However, what surprised Kaiba was that the "deserter" was actually different from ordinary people and could see his existence.
And Kaiba also noticed that although this soldier seemed to be afraid of Isis executing him, when he saw Isis walking ahead, he merely appeared slightly more nervous than before. His current fearful appearance seems like it only appeared after seeing him?
Without waiting for Isis to ask, the "deserter" already spoke up on his own initiative. Held by the patrol team, he couldn't kowtow and beg for mercy, could only hang his head low, and pleaded in a sorrowful voice, "P-please spare me, Priestess Isis, Lord Seto, I beg you, I don't want to die, I don't want to be killed alive by monsters."
Isis frowned, finding the soldier's account a bit strange. The fact that a deserter would beg for mercy wasn't surprising, but what he said about "being killed alive by monsters" seemed strange. Compared to that, the fact that he could see Kaiba Seto and mistook him for Priest Seto, who had already committed betrayal, was relatively much less significant.
Although relying on the Duel Arena and the stone tablets for sealing monsters, using monsters to battle is indeed a characteristic of the Priests, but as far as Isis knew, none of the Six High Priests should have ever used monsters to punish criminals. Even death row inmates were mostly just judged according to normal law and then sentenced.
"No, calm down first, soldier," Isis decided that no matter how she would deal with this "deserter" in the end, for now, she still needed to comfort him first and get him to calm down, so he would tell her what she wanted to know. "Nobody said they would execute you right now. You won't die for now."
The soldier whose whole body was trembling from fear, begging for mercy with his head lowered, his body stiffened. He slowly raised his head, the fearful expression on his face didn't fade, and he looked at Isis, who was comforting him, and said, "R-really, Priest Isis, I won't die for now?"
"Yes, so calm down first."
Although the deserter was indeed speaking to Isis, Kaiba saw that his gaze was always staring straight at him. Even though Isis promised again that she wouldn't kill him right now, this "deserter" was still looking towards his side.
Frowning, equally filled with curiosity about what exactly happened, Kaiba said with dissatisfaction, "Hmph, since I said I wouldn't kill you now, of course I won't go back on my word. But if you don't cooperate, that might change."
"Y-yes, Lord Seto!" The deserter quickly nodded his head, took several deep breaths to quickly calm himself down. The patrol team controlling him also released their grip and let him go at Isis's signal.
"Looking at your clothes, you should have originally been a soldier in the City Defense Force stationed in the Royal City, right?" Isis spoke, glanced at the stripes on the "deserter's" clothes marking him. "Why did you become a deserter? And what happened in the Royal City?"
Isis was naturally good at observing and analyzing and could pretty much tell that the soldier before her was more afraid of Kaiba behind her than of herself, or rather, it was because he mistook Kaiba for Seto and was filled with fear. But hadn't they not returned to the Royal City yet to inform others of the news of Seto's betrayal?
Hearing Isis's question, the deserter took a deep breath, answered, "I'm not a deserter, Priestess Isis, I am, I am..."
He said "I am" two or three times, the "deserter" himself couldn't say what he was, and said somewhat despairingly, "I am a deserter who escaped because I disobeyed command."
He glanced at Kaiba again. This soldier, gambling on a chance, stood up, reached out and pointed at Seto, and said to Isis, "Priest Isis, Priest Seto has launched a rebellion in the Royal City, intending to usurp the Pharaoh's position!"
"He not only imprisoned Priest Shimon and Priest Shada, but also sent us soldiers who were supposed to protect the people to capture commoners to be used for experiments cultivating monsters! Please kill him immediately!"
"I am a cautious person. Although I have great confidence in Seto, I have also considered what kind of remedial measures and backup plans should be left behind in case the plan to assist Seto in becoming Pharaoh fails," Aknadin said to himself, not noticing the strange expressions on Yugi and the others' faces. "For this purpose, I, who am proficient in alchemy and the Creator of the Millennium Items, prepared the eighth Millennium Item."
Just like how the Four Heavenly Kings have five members, and the Pharaoh's Six High Priests have seven, no one was surprised when Aknadin mentioned there was an eighth Millennium Item among the seven great Millennium Items.
"Compared to the other seven Millennium Items, which are directly powered by Great Evil God Zorc Necrophades and possess numerous strange abilities, the ability of this eighth Millennium Item is relatively unremarkable. However, it possesses power that absolutely surpasses the other Millennium Items and can forcefully negate their respective powers."
Malik frowned upon hearing this. "That ability sounds somewhat like the Millennium Ring. Is it developed from the principle of the Millennium Ring?"
Aknadin nodded and continued, "The Millennium Eye and Millennium Key will be unable to reach the user's inner thoughts. The Millennium Necklace and Millennium Ring will also be unable to observe the user's existence. The Millennium Scale and Millennium Rod likewise cannot measure or dominate the user. Furthermore, I specifically made it in a shape opposite to the Millennium Puzzle."
"However, unlike the Millennium Items obtained in exchange for the souls of an entire Thief Village, I did not choose resentful souls as the material when creating this Millennium Item. Therefore, it did not form a materialized gold material but a crystal clear transparent substance. I call it the 'Pyramid of Light'."
Mana pouted. "Even if you give it a name that sounds righteous, isn't it still a dark item made from human lives? You're fundamentally just deceiving yourself."
"What do you know? The 'Pyramid of Light' is not a Millennium Item. It is something I created to ensure that in case Seto is defeated, someone can inherit my will and assist him after his reincarnation," Aknadin said contemptuously, glancing sideways at Mana.
As the person present, or perhaps in this entire era, with the deepest understanding of alchemy, he truly had the qualification to be arrogant.
"Only sufficient purity can reach the expected strength and fully unleash the power that suppresses the other Millennium Items, while also ensuring that the wearer is not affected by its use. For this purpose, it can be said that I used all of my treasured possessions. In addition to rare special materials, I specifically sealed my disciple's soul inside the 'Pyramid of Light' as well."
Mana, who indeed didn't know much about alchemy, puffed out her cheeks but truly couldn't refute him on this point. She simply changed her approach. "You said you want your disciple to inherit your will and assist the reincarnated Seto. You killed him, and you still expect him to willingly work for you?"
"Heh, of course he wouldn't be willing, but I won't ask for his consent," Aknadin gave a cold laugh. "The seals within the 'Pyramid of Light' are numerous. They force him to help the reincarnated Seto defeat the Pharaoh's reincarnation, and until then, he can only provide help to Seto and cannot interfere with Seto in the slightest."
Turning his head to look at Yugi and the others on the other side, Aknadin continued speaking, "Although I don't know how far in the future you are from, when the reincarnated Seto obtains the 'Pyramid of Light', the world will inevitably usher in his rule."
Malik gave a cold laugh. "That's a good plan, but how are you so certain that Seto's reincarnation will be able to obtain the 'Pyramid of Light' you mentioned?"
Aknadin sighed upon hearing this and said calmly, "Do you believe in attraction? Do you believe that attraction exists between people?"
"People will meet each other under the effect of attraction. Even after reincarnation, Seto and the Pharaoh will likely still meet and become each other's opponents. And the 'Pyramid of Light' that I created will inevitably, under the effect of attraction, come to their side as they struggle. In other words, this is destiny."
After listening to Aknadin talk to himself until now, Joey Wheeler finally couldn't help but say, "You make it sound so good, but you fundamentally have no idea how much trouble that 'Pyramid of Light' you created caused us."
Yugi also sighed, looking at Aknadin and said, "Aknadin, I want to confirm something first. Was your disciple, or rather, Anubis, when he was alive, a muscular strong man with golden hair?"
"His hair was also a bit like it was permed, and he had a rather large nose?"
Aknadin was stunned. "Could it be that you've already met Anubis in the future?"
"Heh heh, in that case, you should have also experienced the power of the 'Pyramid of Light', right? Surely Seto's reincarnation must have already, with Anubis's assistance, defeated the Pharaoh's reincarnation and become the Pharaoh who rules the world, heh heh ha ha ha ha."
"Perhaps you could say it was with Anubis's assistance," Joey Wheeler recalled the situation back then. Kaiba indeed used the Pyramid of Light card to trick Yugi, temporarily gaining the upper hand in the duel. "But the problem is, after Kaiba gained the advantage, Anubis immediately jumped out and almost killed Kaiba."
They briefly explained the situation back then, which stunned Aknadin.
And Malik didn't miss such a good opportunity. He seized the opportunity to taunt, "'King of Light', 'King of Darkness'. It's true that the 'King of Light' gained the advantage, but he was sneak attacked by the soul inside the 'Pyramid of Light' and almost died. You didn't help at all, did you, Aknadin?"
"Tsk, shut up!" Aknadin frowned and said somewhat angrily, "That bastard Anubis, he actually dared to disobey me, his creator! I've decided, when I go to retrieve the 'Pyramid of Light' this trip, I'll erase his soul along the way! Let's see how he can betray me in the future!"
"Anubis, discontinued!"
"If there's no one to assist him, then so be it. Seto's reincarnation can also conquer the world by his own power!"
Téa heard Aknadin's words and felt they were somewhat familiar. She recalled the things that happened midway through Battle City back then, on Gozaburo Kaiba's Seafront Fortress before the airship arrived at Duelist Island. "Kaiba and Seto, their destinies are a bit too similar, aren't they? How come they both have a father who wants them to conquer the world?"
"Speaking of which, Gozaburo also said Kaiba would conquer the world. But no matter how you look at it, Kaiba only thinks about dueling, right?" Joey Wheeler ranted.
They smiled, but they never considered that if Duel Monsters gradually became popular worldwide, little by little occupying important positions in various industries, and even playing a crucial role in certain core areas, then KaibaCorp, as one of the important enterprises for the existence and continuation of Duel Monsters cards, and Kaiba controlling it, could also be considered conquering the world from another perspective?
---- Heaven's Creation Accelerating ----
Meanwhile, on the other side, Isis, Kaiba, and Hayato, who was still in a coma, were traveling together, advancing in the direction of the Royal City under the escort of the army.
However, the journey was long, coupled with the long journey they had already undertaken before, the speed of the troops' advance was not very fast. A day passed, and they still hadn't arrived at the Royal City. Seeing that the day was almost over and they still hadn't arrived at the Royal City, Isis, the highest commander of the team, ordered them to set up camp where they were, rest for a night and continue the journey.
However, not long after setting up camp, Isis learned from the soldiers assigned to patrol that they had discovered a suspected deserter coming from the direction of the Royal City.
"Deserter?" Kaiba, who was in front of the soldier but couldn't be seen by him, frowned slightly in confusion, looked at Isis and said, "Is your kingdom currently at war with other countries? How come I didn't see any related activity before?"
"It's normal that you didn't find any activity. We aren't at war with other countries. As early as over ten years ago, at the time of the Previous Pharaoh, the surrounding countries had already been pacified," Isis was also a bit strange. "But if there's no war, how could someone suddenly become a deserter?"
"We'll probably know once we go see that 'deserter'," Kaiba crossed his arms over his chest and snorted. "But it's probably nothing major. It couldn't possibly be that something major happened in the Royal City, right?"
Led by the soldier, Kaiba and Isis met the deserter who was temporarily held by the patrol team.
Seeing Isis's arrival, the soldier couldn't help but show a very nervous expression. Isis didn't feel anything unusual, after all, no matter the era, perhaps the treatment of the army might differ, but the plan for dealing with deserters generally only has one result: execution. If it wasn't strict enough, wouldn't everyone become a deserter?
Although Isis was still very popular among the people because of her personality, after all, she was also a Priest, a member of the ruling class, and had the authority to execute deserters. It was only natural for this deserter to be afraid of death.
However, what surprised Kaiba was that the "deserter" was actually different from ordinary people and could see his existence.
And Kaiba also noticed that although this soldier seemed to be afraid of Isis executing him, when he saw Isis walking ahead, he merely appeared slightly more nervous than before. His current fearful appearance seems like it only appeared after seeing him?
Without waiting for Isis to ask, the "deserter" already spoke up on his own initiative. Held by the patrol team, he couldn't kowtow and beg for mercy, could only hang his head low, and pleaded in a sorrowful voice, "P-please spare me, Priestess Isis, Lord Seto, I beg you, I don't want to die, I don't want to be killed alive by monsters."
Isis frowned, finding the soldier's account a bit strange. The fact that a deserter would beg for mercy wasn't surprising, but what he said about "being killed alive by monsters" seemed strange. Compared to that, the fact that he could see Kaiba Seto and mistook him for Priest Seto, who had already committed betrayal, was relatively much less significant.
Although relying on the Duel Arena and the stone tablets for sealing monsters, using monsters to battle is indeed a characteristic of the Priests, but as far as Isis knew, none of the Six High Priests should have ever used monsters to punish criminals. Even death row inmates were mostly just judged according to normal law and then sentenced.
"No, calm down first, soldier," Isis decided that no matter how she would deal with this "deserter" in the end, for now, she still needed to comfort him first and get him to calm down, so he would tell her what she wanted to know. "Nobody said they would execute you right now. You won't die for now."
The soldier whose whole body was trembling from fear, begging for mercy with his head lowered, his body stiffened. He slowly raised his head, the fearful expression on his face didn't fade, and he looked at Isis, who was comforting him, and said, "R-really, Priest Isis, I won't die for now?"
"Yes, so calm down first."
Although the deserter was indeed speaking to Isis, Kaiba saw that his gaze was always staring straight at him. Even though Isis promised again that she wouldn't kill him right now, this "deserter" was still looking towards his side.
Frowning, equally filled with curiosity about what exactly happened, Kaiba said with dissatisfaction, "Hmph, since I said I wouldn't kill you now, of course I won't go back on my word. But if you don't cooperate, that might change."
"Y-yes, Lord Seto!" The deserter quickly nodded his head, took several deep breaths to quickly calm himself down. The patrol team controlling him also released their grip and let him go at Isis's signal.
"Looking at your clothes, you should have originally been a soldier in the City Defense Force stationed in the Royal City, right?" Isis spoke, glanced at the stripes on the "deserter's" clothes marking him. "Why did you become a deserter? And what happened in the Royal City?"
Isis was naturally good at observing and analyzing and could pretty much tell that the soldier before her was more afraid of Kaiba behind her than of herself, or rather, it was because he mistook Kaiba for Seto and was filled with fear. But hadn't they not returned to the Royal City yet to inform others of the news of Seto's betrayal?
Hearing Isis's question, the deserter took a deep breath, answered, "I'm not a deserter, Priestess Isis, I am, I am..."
He said "I am" two or three times, the "deserter" himself couldn't say what he was, and said somewhat despairingly, "I am a deserter who escaped because I disobeyed command."
He glanced at Kaiba again. This soldier, gambling on a chance, stood up, reached out and pointed at Seto, and said to Isis, "Priest Isis, Priest Seto has launched a rebellion in the Royal City, intending to usurp the Pharaoh's position!"
"He not only imprisoned Priest Shimon and Priest Shada, but also sent us soldiers who were supposed to protect the people to capture commoners to be used for experiments cultivating monsters! Please kill him immediately!"
