Marjoram was directly hit by the attack, kneeling on the ground for a moment, then her wings began to dissipate, and her body slowly floated up.
After all, it wasn't a Darkness Duel, so although there was some pain, it wasn't that severe.
Her Duel Disk began to transform, reverting back to the Magic Staff it was before.
"What a surprising warrior. Facing you in a duel made me believe that participating in the tournament proposed by that mid-aged human wasn't a waste of time." After the duel ended, Marjoram had a very gentle smile on her face, and mentioned someone.
Mid-aged human.
That should refer to Principal Samejima.
The principal is really spending heavily, personally inviting participants to the GX Tournament from various Spirit areas.
With the duel's end, the surrounding scene slowly returned to the forest, and the previous duel images gradually faded. Only Thunder Dragon Colossus slowly shrank down, becoming a small dragon, circling around Tenjo Hikari twice, spitting an electric ring, then completely disappeared.
"So, please come in—" Marjoram didn't say much, directly inviting Tenjo Hikari and his group to their garden. People around still wanted to speak, but the branches and bird beasts in the forest gathered, gradually driving them away, no matter how they struggled or tried to apologize to Marjoram and Rosemary, there was no way to change the situation.
Throughout the process, the Aromage mages didn't even glance at them.
As they left, Serena glanced at those people, her mouth curving upward, as if she was going to stand to the heavens, only turning quickly to follow Tenjo Hikari after being called.
Following a few Spirits into the garden, Tenjo Hikari saw other Aromage members, though only a few, not the full series of Aromage Monsters. Additionally, there were some other Plant-Type young Spirits in the garden.
Like Glory Knight Zone, this Sacred Healing Zone was also remnants of a Spirit Influence in this world after the Spirit World split.
But, it's not "Mori," but "Sacred Forest."
"Continuous Spell Cards are also part of Spirit Dimension, eh?" Mitsuzawa Daichi naturally recognized the card, and immediately asked.
"Of course. Every card was once a story and a miracle, we Spirits were born from that!" Rosemary placed several pieces of cake in front of Tenjo Hikari's group with a smile as she answered.
Tenjo Hikari understood this.
Not to mention, the Predaplant Dimension surely comes from the Continuous Trap Card "Predaplanet," and—what he inherited from Great Cosmic Workshop is also a Continuous Trap Card.
The mark isn't something that can be easily stamped, if it were, then it could be imitated.
The "Forest" area's mark requires a special perfume mark that carries unique identifiers, which can be verified in the final championship test.
"Actually, you just need the mark's recognition, it doesn't matter if the duel is lost." Marjoram used a small Magic Staff for mixing scents to carve a delicate mark on Tenjo Hikari's GX Badge, then gently touched it, causing golden light points to appear on the mark, nodded, placed it down, and pushed it in front of Tenjo Hikari.
"Furthermore, according to the duelist's grade, the intensity varies... You should have heard this from your teacher, right?"
Tenjo Hikari and the others nodded.
It's not about "respecting or disrespecting duels," outside the tournament, this is also part of Duel Academy students' exams, so having the same standards for first, second, and third-year students isn't appropriate.
However, the limits are roughly like first-year students can't use Complete Forms, second-year students can judge for themselves, third-year students go all out like that.
"In any case, congratulations on defeating me, this card... I'm giving it to you, this child seems eager to go with you." Marjoram said as she raised a pot of plant from the side and gently placed it in front of Tenjo Hikari.
Tenjo Hikari's pupils slightly shrank.
White petals slowly rise from the stalk, although it's just a "seed," its curious eyes were already blinking at Tenjo Hikari.
"Oh dear..." Rosemary tilted her head, smiling and said, "It seems to really like you."
It turned out to be the growing bulb.
Tenjo Hikari, surprised, held up the potted plant and greeted it, it blinked, seemingly satisfied.
Then, a burst of golden light emerged from it, transforming into a card, appearing in Tenjo Hikari's hand, and continued greeting Tenjo Hikari.
"It's a rather reclusive child." Marjoram lightly held her cheek with her right hand, "Very shy, usually doesn't dare go to other places, only hides elsewhere, but today saw your duel, it seemed quite excited."
"I see, I understand, I will take good care of it."
"Mhm, if it's you, then I'm at ease." Marjoram slowly said.
Actually, in the GX Tournament, Spirit and human duels aren't entirely "ceremonial," so they don't involve sacrificing oneself, even if lost, it doesn't have to give away any card.
However, today's Tenjo Hikari showed it a "different possibility" even it didn't knew of, which made it somewhat expectant.
In its hometown, it had never seen a Fusion version of Aromage mages.
This new possibility, even for its evolved self, was a bit desirable.
But, after all, it's the leader of this area, also needing to prepare for young Spirits growing up here to venture into other Dimensions' trials, it surely cannot leave.
It glanced at its sister.
Rosemary was chattering excitedly to the three humans about her various adventures at the Critical Point, cheering in excitement, making Mitsuzawa very embarrassed.
Forget it.
Fool.
"Ah. Speaking of which." Marjoram suddenly remembered something, "Uh, that organization called Kaiba Company mentioned, the champion can negotiate prize choices with Kaiba Company.
I'm curious about what you want."
It reached out, holding its hand flat in front: "As one of the Twelve-Star Duelists, I can report to Kaiba Company in advance, so if you get the chance to become the champion, you can obtain your desired prize early.
So is there anything you want?"
It smiled at Tenjo Hikari.
It had high hopes for Tenjo Hikari.
The conviction of this warrior was quite strong.
"Uh... this, I..." Mitsuzawa Daichi scratched the back of his head, a figure flashed in his mind and then turned into a tiger, then disappeared, "This... um..."
"Champion huh..." Serena crossed her arms, brow furrowed.
Regardless of whether she could win the championship, she should think about what she wants first.
"Ah—saw in an S Dimension broadcast there was a girl who looked like me, want to meet her." Suddenly thought of.
But that's just a hard wish.
She's a bit puzzled now, unsure what is good to do.
Perhaps searching for another "self" to find answers was a simple method for her.
"What about you, Master?" She curiously looked at Tenjo Hikari.
The others also focused their sights on Tenjo Hikari, especially Marjoram, who expectantly stared at Tenjo Hikari.
"Me?" Tenjo Hikari gently stirred his tea with a teaspoon, casually saying:
"I want a Blue-Eyes White Dragon Card."
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