The Demon Tribe blinked again. "Then can we begin now?"
"What? Oh, sure. But this part might hurt a little, so bear with it."
The Demon Tribe immediately burst into giggles. "I've heard that line plenty of times. But don't worry, even if I look like this, my body is pretty tough. I can take it."
"That's good." Yugen nodded and looked behind her. "Do it."
"Eh?"
The female Demon Tribe froze, then instinctively turned around. Before she could react, Silent Magician, who had somehow appeared behind her, brought down her staff on her head with a blank expression.
Bang.
The Demon Tribe's vision went black, and she collapsed on the spot, unconscious. Silent Magician put her staff away and silently stepped back to Yugen's side.
Maybe it was just his imagination, but even though Silent Magician said nothing and showed no expression, the way she looked at the unconscious Demon Tribe on the floor seemed to say one thing. She had disliked her for a long time.
Ignoring the unconscious Demon Tribe on the ground, Yugen asked, "You're sure it's right above us?"
"That's right," Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning said. "At this distance, I can already be completely certain."
"Good."
He passed through the window and stepped onto the stone platform outside, something like a balcony. Silent Magician followed him, and the two of them jumped straight up from the outer ledge to the window platform of the floor above.
Yugen did not rush in. He crouched outside first and watched in secret.
A voice came from inside. "~Lord Divine Envoy, you're amazing~"
Then a rough male voice answered, "Do not address me that way. I hid my identity for this inspection and told only you. You are not to leak any information."
"All right, I'll do as you say." The female voice laughed. "But speaking of that, you have already been here for several days. Is it really fine if you do not go inspect things?"
"Heh, there's no rush. The people in the Bunker are definitely wracking their brains right now, trying to guess who the envoy is, and they must be nervous out of their minds. Let them stay like that for a few more days."
The rough male voice laughed, and Yugen fell silent. So this really was the legendary envoy.
He was not doing his job at all and was hiding in a place like this to enjoy himself, maybe even spending public funds while he did it. Yugen could not help thinking that Orichalcos still had a long road ahead in anti-corruption work.
Still, when luck came, it really came easily. It looked like today he would finally complete the 100 percent collection achievement for the Bunker.
Boom!
The sudden attack exploded right where he was hiding. The window and wall blew apart at the same time, and thick smoke rolled outward.
The rough male voice said coldly, "Someone actually dares spy on my movements. Are you tired of living?"
But as the smoke slowly cleared, a milky white spell Barrier could be seen surrounding the shattered opening in the wall. Yugen stood inside that Barrier completely unharmed, smiling as he said, "Pretty alert for an accident, Lord Divine Envoy."
Only now did he get a clear look at the so-called Divine Envoy. He was a vicious-looking red beast with boar-like tusks and a powerfully built body, a large livestock-type from Duel Monsters, four stars with 1800 ATK.
The female voice in the room also belonged to a beast type, something like a leopard-shaped monster. She had an elegant figure, deep night-blue fur dotted with silver starlight, and shining catlike eyes.
If someone had been single for too long, maybe even looking at a leopard would start to feel a little different. There were probably refined gentlemen out there who could appreciate that, but Yugen definitely could not.
No matter how he looked at it, she was just an upright female leopard.
"The power of Spirit... you..." the envoy said coldly. "A Duelist who defies the Divine Cult?"
As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and snorted, raising one arm. A red flesh-colored Duel Disk quickly appeared in his hand, along with the Deck that emerged from it.
"I do not know which tribe or faction you come from, Duelist. But to dare stand before me, Chosen Envoy, who has received the blessing of god, is nothing but courting death."
Yugen only smiled and said nothing as he unfolded his own Duel Disk. "Duel!" x2
Yugen, LP 4000. Envoy, LP 4000.
"I'll take the first turn directly, Draw!"
The envoy drew his card, glanced at the four cards in his hand, and gave a cruel grin. "Hmph, I drew the key card blessed by god right away."
He raised one card high in his thick, clawed hand. "Field Spell, The Seal of Orichalcos, activate!"
A pillar of green light shot into the sky, and the mark of a six-pointed star appeared beneath both of them. The Barrier of the Dark God spread across the field, and green light pierced into the clouds.
That sight immediately drew the attention of the nearby Fiend. Even the Fiend passing outside the building looked over with awe and fear, and some hurriedly dropped to their knees.
After all, this was Spirit City, already occupied by Orichalcos, and seeing that Barrier was like seeing a god descend. The envoy sneered.
"Heh heh, looks like your luck is bad, kid."
"Yeah, with this, it's too late even if you regret it and want to run now." Yugen smiled as well. "Looks like you're trapped in here with me."
The envoy: "???"
The envoy frowned. What was wrong with this guy? Why was he not panicking at all when he saw The Seal of Orichalcos?
Normally, even if someone only felt the surge of energy released when Barrier activated, their soul should have trembled. The envoy stared at Yugen in confusion, but quickly forced himself to calm down.
No matter what, now that Barrier was active, his power had been strengthened to the limit. It did not matter where this man came from. He only needed to offer him to The God of Orichalcos as food through this Duel.
"I activate a Spell Card! Graceful Charity," the envoy said. "I draw three cards from my Deck, then discard two cards from my hand."
He drew from the Deck, and the two discarded cards were sent to the Graveyard, as if the blood-red Duel Disk had swallowed them whole. "Then I set one Monster, set one more card, and end my turn."
Yugen said, "Then, my turn. Draw." He drew a Monster into his hand.
"I normal Summon Asura Priest." Asura Priest, ATK 1700.
Asura Priest was a Level 4 Spirit Monster whose effect let it attack every Monster on the opponent's field. Even in the early days of real-world competitive play, it had already been recognized as a strong low-level attacker.
"Asura Priest attacks your face-down monster." Asura Priest moved all six arms at once, launching its flying blades.
The set monster was instantly riddled with holes. "The set monster you attacked is Nimble Momonga," the envoy said.
"When this card is Destroyed by battle, I gain 1000 Life Points, then I can Special Summon any number of Nimble Momonga from my Deck in face-down Defense Position. I Special Summon the other two Nimble Momonga."
The envoy's Life Points rose from 4000 to 5000. Two new set monsters appeared on his field.