Chapter 20

"Eh! Came back to your senses! Still have consciousness?"

Carefully putting away the "blank" of Midrash, Tenjou Hikari walked towards Gem-Knight Garnet. The two Flame Swordsmen hurriedly guarded Tenjou Hikari's side, vigilantly staring at the knight nailed to the soil.

Garnet struggled hard, wanting to pull himself out of the soil. It's a pity that he was just beaten to a pulp, and now he had no strength at all. After trying two or three times, he simply stopped struggling and looked at Tenjou Hikari, saying solemnly: "Thank you for your life-saving grace, I am a knight of the Gem-Knight group, Garnet."

Seeing that the knight seemed to have some sanity, the two Flame Swordsmen were no longer so vigilant and let down their guard a little.

"How did you come here?" Tenjou Hikari asked curiously.

"...This, sorry, I don't remember...?" He was also not very sure. "I only remember, when I was leading the team responsible for cleaning up pollution—ah, I remember, I was controlled by shadow power and almost became their puppet. If it weren't for my companions forcibly expelling me from the world, I'm afraid I would have infected other colleagues..."

Expel?

Banish?

Tenjou Hikari couldn't figure out what he meant, told him what had just happened, which made Garnet lower his head lower and lower. Seeing that he was about to bury himself completely in the soil, he asked about Garnet's experience.

And this, Tenjou Hikari learned a new piece of information, or rather, "remembered" something he had never cared about before.

As everyone knows, a Yu-Gi-Oh card, besides text, also has a very important component, which is the "card art."

Otherwise, just holding a pile of paper full of words wouldn't be very interesting.

And there are connections between card arts, such as the process of Gaia evolving from a knight to Black Luster Soldier, the story of the Beast King being beaten by various beasts, the story of the angel who kept playing with various holy artifacts and was finally punished by the gods, and besides these classic little stories, there are some large "series."

That is the "dt" world where Gem-Knights are located, and the "Dracoslayer" world where Wan Rong Alchemist is located, large continuous stories. These stories often have a large number of related characters, factions, events, full of death, separation, friendship, terrible disasters related to the survival of a world, and so on.

And the "dt" world where Gem-Knights are located is even more disastrous, with world-destroying disasters emerging one after another. From the "first episode" to the finale, there is almost no disaster smaller than the clan-destroying level. At the very least, it must be able to wash the surface.

However, the story in Garnet's mouth is different from what Tenjou Hikari knows.

According to Garnet, he is just one of many "Garnet Knights." Although he is a captain, he is definitely not the Star-Creating Garnet Captain that Tenjou Hikari knows. His daily work is to deal with various pollution and train new knights to "fight"—that is, duel.

And this is the biggest difference between "card art stories" and "dueling spirits"!

In the "dt" world, there is no concept of cards or dueling. Everyone fights with real swords and guns. If you don't fight well, it's a dead end. But dueling monster spirits are different. They actually still practice "playing cards."

The relationship between the two is probably "prototype legend" and "fairy born from legend."

To put it simply, the former "Garnet" is Lu Bu in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," then the Garnet in front of Tenjou Hikari is Lu Bu, the heroic spirit in FGO. You can't say there is no relationship, but it's actually not related at all. But in other words, the spirit's evolution path is no longer unique. His "Garnet" can also become the "Savior" form of the dt world, or even maintain this state.

Similarly, the Wan Rong Alchemist over there is also in this situation.

This kind of thing is also shown in the original work. For example, in the spirit world of the original work, [Dark World] does all kinds of evil, but the [Dark World] in the card art story is actually two factions, good and bad.

"Lord Tenjou, thank you very much for waking me up." After Garnet finished speaking, he seemed to have finally regained some strength, tried hard to pull himself out of the soil, and then knelt on one knee. "I am willing to offer my strength to you and become your knight... It's just that my colleagues are being attacked by shadows and darkness, I cannot live alone!"

Tenjou Hikari didn't care much. It didn't matter if he had the card or not, but the Wan Rong Alchemist on the side found an opportunity and began to show his value: "Do you know how to go back?"

"This?"

"I, an alchemist, don't know, do you, a muscle brain with a head full of stones, know?"

"Ah?"

"According to what you said, your knight group has encountered this situation before. You will transmit polluted creatures to other dimensions to isolate them, and then slowly find a way to treat them; then I ask you, do you remember which dimension you were transmitted to? Do you know which dimension you are in now?

You were transmitted to an unknown broken dimension due to unknown reasons in pollution, and then discovered by a human, and finally after many twists and turns, you arrived at the broken dimension I am in. How do you find the way back? Bump into the dimensional wall on the spot?"

Garnet was sweating profusely, but didn't know what to say.

"In my opinion, you might as well follow this human. The world where this human is located has developed dimensional exploration technology. Maybe one day he will find your home, right?"

"Uh, what you said makes sense..." Garnet Knight nodded blankly and bowed to Tenjou Hikari again. "Lord Tenjou, please let me contribute to you."

"Good! Of course good!" Tenjou Hikari responded happily. It felt good to have someone speak for him.

Immediately after, right in front of Tenjou Hikari, Garnet's body emitted a shining white light. His body began to shrink slowly, finally turning into a dazzling gem, and then into a card.

Gem-Knight Garnet.

Garnet's physical condition is not good, and he can only restore his body in card state for now.

Rare, Tenjou Hikari caught the card and put it away. Rare to get another main deck monster that can be used.

Tenjou Hikari looked at Wan Rong Alchemist again. Wan Rong Alchemist bowed slightly. He didn't look like he had any sense of power, but more like elegance: "Don't worry, Master, as an alchemist, I am also very happy to follow a more excellent fusion master. Besides, we have all agreed."

Fusion Master...

As a spirit, Wan Rong Alchemist always keeps his word. Since Tenjou Hikari saved him, he would follow Tenjou, so he would naturally not violate his oath. And after watching Tenjou Hikari's duel, realizing that Tenjou Hikari was a "Fusion Master" beyond his imagination, he was naturally more satisfied. It was also because of this that when Garnet wanted to leave, he directly spoke to keep him for Tenjou Hikari. He didn't duel Tenjou Hikari to decide the winner according to convention before following him.

"Not really, I'm still far behind." Tenjou Hikari was humble.

Compared to the simple and unadorned Garnet, this Wan Rong Alchemist is a completely different monster—

Heavy Metalfoes Amalgam, he is a... level 1 fusion monster with 0 attack and defense!

Just the fact that both attack and defense are 0, I guess many card players feel guilty when they see it, and he is actually a level 1 fusion monster, which is enough to highlight his terror.

Even in Tenjou Hikari's view, counting the Supermagic Swordsman - Black Paladin that cannot be used for now and the Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem that can only be used in a few times, all his fusion monsters are not as strong as Wan Rong Alchemist!

Because, it is almost a "Thousand-Eyes Restrict" that can activate effects during the opponent's turn! It can turn the opponent's monster into his equipment during the opponent's turn!

Truly a master among the bull-headed people!

Although it is more difficult to summon than Thousand-Eyes Restrict in his deck because it must be fusion summoned, there is always a way.

And this time, his final harvest is, a Garnet, a Wan Rong, a blank Midrash—

Truly a full harvest! Far exceeding Tenjou Hikari's initial expectations!

Thinking that Midrash and Garnet were sent by Akaba Leo, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Heh, Professor Akaba is still an honest man."

Seeking recommendations, seeking monthly tickets~

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(End of chapter)