Chapter 406

Burns's death was quite miserable.

Tenjou Hikari generally didn't have an interest in such excessive punishment, but it seemed that in a Shadow Game, "Thousand-Eyes Restrict" indeed had a very terrifying presence.

As the first boss-level monster in the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! series, it seemed it also had some special aspects.

After Burns died, those Fusion Army soldiers didn't beg for mercy like the Fusion Army soldiers Tenjou Hikari had encountered before, nor did they have the usual Fusion Army attitude of "losing a card game doesn't matter, I'll just keep grabbing." They just shouted that in the future, their Fusion Army would definitely send stronger soldiers, would definitely find Tenjou Hikari's weaknesses, and would definitely make Tenjou Hikari pay a bloody price, and so on.

Tenjou Hikari had no interest. He kind of wanted to drag these people away and send them to the Kaiba Corporation, but Tiera had already acted, tearing them into pieces instantly.

Tenjou Hikari frowned but didn't say anything.

For such die-hard Fusion loyalists, Tenjou Hikari wouldn't say anything even if they died.

Tiera also used puppet strings to grab Burns's remains, dug a spherical soul out of his body, took a "No." card in her hand, and fiddled with it for a while.

Just like before, Tenjou Hikari had no interest in keeping the Crazy Box or Vampire Dragon in his hands.

On one hand, he still had to resist the corruption of the "No." cards; on the other hand, Tenjou Hikari wouldn't use them anyway, so it was better to leave them with Tiera.

Compared to Tenjou Hikari, keeping them in Tiera's hands might actually be of some use.

After handling these matters, Tiera didn't waste any time. She pulled some high-level Frightfur spirits in front of her and asked them directly what was going on.

She could tell that the little bear was just a child and didn't know the specific situation at all.

As the "savior" and "god" who had rescued them from crisis, even if Tiera hadn't shown world-destroying power, just this point alone made the Frightfur spirits willing to talk to her, not to mention this identity.

And it was precisely because of this that Tenjou Hikari thoroughly learned the specific situation of the Frightfurs.

The Frightfur race was a special race, divided into two groups living as "Fairies" and "Fiends"—that is, Fluffal and Edge Imp spirits. The two groups grew together through learning, cooperation, and training, and then evolved into "Frightfurs," which were their "combined forms."

This was a fairly long process that required long-term accumulation and effort to succeed.

Especially because of the division of the Spirit World, the crisis that spirits like them, who had just been born not long ago, had to face became even more dangerous compared to other factions. The high-level Frightfur spirits were worried about the future, so in an accident, they signed a cooperation contract with the Fusion Army.

They would enhance the power of the Edge Imps and then assist them in cultivating stronger and more excellent spirits. In return, they would help the Fusion Army fight.

Normally, this was a very common contract, similar to the cooperation between Tenjou Hikari and the Magician Scientists. But as the cooperation continued, they naturally came into contact with some situations of the Fusion Army, knowing that they were not "good people," knowing that they used all kinds of science, spirits, and cards to enslave, destroy, or control spirits, and knowing that they would kill their own kind for profit.

However—

After the Frightfurs learned this, they didn't abandon the cooperation; they just treated it as a normal thing and watched everything silently.

But they didn't expect that in the end, they would also become the "discarded" side.

"So that's it. Commonplace, nothing more." After hearing this, Tiera had no interest.

Betrayal, war, slavery, indifference, and then being caught in the flames of war—this kind of thing was too common in her eyes and had no meaning at all.

"How many participants are left?"

Frightfur Tiger lowered its head: "Only I am left."

Tiera glanced casually at the surrounding environment, observed the entire dimension through her own eyes, and after careful calculation, learned that there were only about fifty spirits left in this dimension.

"Then, you must be prepared to face the pursuit of the families of those you attacked, be prepared for revenge, and then—express your sincere sincerity and never do this kind of thing again."

Frightfur Tiger knelt in front of Tiera, not daring to lift its head, hesitating.

"If you have something to say, just say it."

"Lord God, Edge Imps must do evil, and Fluffals need to harmonize; only in this way can the two become one. Our race doesn't have many spirits left. If we encounter attacks from other races or the unknown power that destroyed the Spirit Dimension, we won't be able to protect ourselves at all..."

"Foolish. To protect the race and then become more violent and more twisted will only lead to a smaller population for your race, and then you will be more urgently in need of external power. At that time, it will just be a vicious cycle, not what you call protection."

"Also—" Tiera raised her hand slightly. Beside her, the Fluffal bear spun in the air without wind, flying upward in a panic.

"It sincerely acknowledges me as its god, so I am willing to love you all for its sake. So—

Obey my 【Divine Oracle】. I will not explain, and do not argue, understand?"

Tiera looked at Frightfur Tiger, her eyes burning with strange blue flames. With just a light stare, Frightfur Tiger collapsed directly, shaking like a sieve, covering its head in terror, and shouting non-stop: "Understood, understood!"

And in its heart, it was terrified.

Although it had escaped the control of the Fusion Army humans, this unknown, terrifying existence wearing a spirit's skin didn't seem like someone easy to talk to either!

"As for the idea that fiends must harm people and fairies must save them, and then cooperate with each other—although I quite like this concept—it obviously has no real meaning."

Tiera was still very confident when she said this.

In the year or so since she awakened, she had seen many spirits evolve, and there was one thing she was very sure of.

That was that the evolution of spirits definitely had nothing to do with the spirits' behavior, only with two things.

First, energy. Second, belief.

In other words, whether it was the fiends of the Dark World or the fairies and paladins of the Lightsworn, the things they did might be different, but the things they had to do to evolve were always the same.

Do what you firmly believe in, and then improve your strength.

"As for the evolution, don't worry, I already know what to do."

"Re, really!?"

Frightfur Tiger exclaimed, and some ordinary lower-level spirits also cheered along, especially the little bear, which had already started dancing in celebration.

Is this Lord God so powerful!? Even spirit evolution can be controlled!?

"Hey—Tenjou Hikari, come over here—"

"The spirits here need you to explain Fusion!"

Great Divine Art: Summon Tenjou Hikari.

Tenjou Hikari couldn't help but laugh a few times.

(End of chapter)