When the duel ended, Tenjo Hikari put away his cards and Duel Disk and walked towards Gloria. Gloria initially took a half-step back, feeling a bit nervous for some reason, but then she realized something and reached out to take Kaiki the Unity Star from the Duel Disk, handing it to Tenjo Hikari.
"You're really amazing, Tenjo Hikari," she said with a smile.
"Thanks to you for helping us deal with the Empress," Tenjo Hikari took the card, not trying to claim all the credit.
Although the Empress escaped Gloria's Trap, fusing into a new form, this way they didn't have to endure Piercing damage and, in a way, also resolved the Empress's effect, making it a cooperative effort.
On the other side, the Empress looked up and walked through the dense forest, feeling the radiance.
It had been a long time since she felt such a strong desire to win!
She shook her head, "Thank you, old sir."
"Ho ho ho, it's alright, I also needed to stretch a bit," the Mathematician enjoyed eating melon today.
Turning back to look at Tenjo Hikari, the Empress laughed heartily, feeling very satisfied.
That human warrior performed exceptionally well, she was truly delighted today.
The subsequent process was quite simple.
She stamped 10 stars and LV 4 grades on Gloria and Mitsuzawa Daichi's badges, as Tenjo Hikari already had a LV 4 stamp, she only stamped a LV 10 stamp for him.
And afterward, she snorted coldly at Mitsuzawa Daichi.
The fiercest tiger at their camp was about to be taken away by that rascal Mitsuzawa Daichi, of course, she was not pleased.
However—
Ha.
An ambassador?
Today's duel reinvigorated her spirits, making her very happy.
Interacting with humans might not be so meaningless after all.
Of course, she would also uphold the agreement and ensure that all students participating in the test received a 'LV 4' stamp.
"Wow!!"
"Hahaha—finally we don't need to draw bows and shoot arrows to solve endgames anymore!"
"Mitsuzawa, we adore you!"
"Great job, Hikari, Mitsuzawa! And the Tyler Sisters too."
For ordinary students, the Tyler Sisters were included incidentally, but Gloria didn't mind.
For her, the stamp didn't matter as much as the opportunity to have a duel.
"That was great, sister!" Grace put her hands on her sister's shoulders at the end, resting her head on her sister and giggling as she snuggled against her sister's face.
"Grace!"
The Empress looked at the Tyler Sisters, who seemed to be Amazoness Deck users.
Though being called 'old lady' annoyed her quite a bit, she really liked Gloria's character.
Furthermore, Gloria didn't fear her at all during the duel, even though her own Deck was an 'upgraded' version, yet she dared to clash her Duel Disk and sword against her, this 'courage' aligned perfectly with the Amazoness Race's philosophy.
Among the Amazoness Race, there are two fundamental 'qualities,' which are the two key assessments they use on human candidates.
Namely.
[Courage] and [Wisdom].
Also representing the two types of Amazoness Decks.
In many instances, courage signifies power, but it's not entirely about strength. Daring to wield a weapon against a higher-ranked warrior, this 'courage,' she highly admired it.
"Human sisters."
Upon hearing the Empress's words, the two sisters turned to look at her.
"This time, is it Gloria? This time, through courage and wisdom in team dueling, you won victory. But it merely was just passing a test. So... I'm giving you this." She took out a green card and handed it to the sisters.
The Amazoness Secret Art.
"Quick-Play Fusion, huh? Well, that's good." Gloria took the card and glanced towards Tenjo Hikari.
She really wants to use this card to duel Tenjo Hikari again!
Of course—
Her 'desire' isn't that simple either!
She definitely wants 'Amazoness Female Emperor' more!
When the time comes, she must duel Tenjo Hikari again!
"As for you, human warrior." The Amazoness Empress scrutinized Tenjo Hikari and then looked at Midrash beside him.
"A warrior in pursuit of fusion, is it..." The Amazoness Empress glanced around, a warrior chief immediately caught on and led a giant beast over.
This was a peculiar beast that simultaneously mixed the appearances of a lion and tiger, appearing far more ferocious than ordinary beasts, its aura quite impressive.
"Ah! It's the Amazoness Pet Liger, so adorable!" Grace immediately recognized her Ace Monster, exclaiming happily.
The silver-haired sister was evidently someone with unique tastes.
The fierce tiger gently nodded at the Empress, then touched Tenjo Hikari's hand, closed its eyes, and after a while, a card floated in front of Tenjo Hikari.
Tenjo Hikari examined the card carefully and couldn't help but chuckle.
Quite nice!
Amazoness cards in this world aren't particularly rare, so obtaining Fusion Material for Amazoness Pet Liger is pretty easy either through purchase or other means.
More importantly.
This Amazoness Pet Liger is the original version.
The OCG and animation versions of the Pet Liger have basically the same base effect, but the OCG version's protection effect is "As long as this card is on the field, opponents cannot attack Amazoness Monsters other than this card."
Whereas the original version's Amazoness Pet Liger effect is "As long as this card exists in the Monster Zone, you can negate attacks targeting monsters other than this card."
Not only does it extend the protection range to all monsters, but it also allows one to deceive the opponent, negating attacks and gaining a free attack in return.
This provides more opportunities to play—such as, Tenjo Hikari can completely summon Little Winda, now Midrash with 2200 ATK won't be destroyed by effects or even battle.
You must attack the minion with taunt!
"Thank you very much, Mistress Empress," Tenjo Hikari thanked, trying to pat the Pet Liger's head, the giant beast first whimpered twice, then seemed a bit embarrassed and ran off.
"Looks like Gwendolyn is a bit shy." The Empress watched the Pet Liger run away, murmuring.
Gwendolyn?
Tenjo Hikari suddenly raised an eyebrow.
Surely not...
He glanced at Tania besides Mitsuzawa, who was chatting happily.
Speaking of which, Tania's true form is also a tiger...
"Hahaha, no need for that, Gwendolyn is a purely Beast-Type Spirit and differs from Tania, hahaha—" The Empress laughed for a while, "Well, feel free to explore, I have quite a bit to discuss with your companion."
Having given the card to Tenjo Hikari, the Empress turned all her attention to Mitsuzawa Daichi.
Although Mitsuzawa Daichi did indeed use wisdom to pass her test, that doesn't mean she would easily let Mitsuzawa Daichi just take her girl with him.
Careers are careers, human-spirit relations are relations, these can all be discussed via dueling, after all, that's what has been stated. But emotions, that's an entirely different matter!
Those can't be muddled together!
Tenjo Hikari watched the Empress leave with great determination, estimating that he might need to bid farewell to Mitsuzawa soon.
Clearly, this couldn't be resolved in just a day or two.