Chapter 577

Lost.

He had wanted to maintain the demeanor of a dignified Demon Noble and "instruct" his junior as a victor, but having lost to Tenjou Hikari, the old face of the Duke of Necromancy couldn't quite hold up.

Yet, upon reflection, as a spirit, a loss was a loss regardless of the circumstances; especially since he had been the one to target the other party so aggressively, he felt even more obligated to admit defeat.

Therefore, the Duke of Necromancy did not hesitate in the slightest and gifted his own main body card to Tenjou Hikari.

This made Tenjou Hikari quite happy.

After all, the fusion conditions for the Duke of Necromancy were very lenient; it only required two "Undead" or "Fiend" monsters to perform a fusion.

Moreover, its own effects were also excellent.

Not to mention the ability to add an extra Normal Summon while on the field, its "resistance" to being destroyed by battle made it even more suitable for a first-turn play than the Underworld Dragon. With its existence, Tenjou Hikari could reconsider carrying the Vampire Fraulein component.

After all, if nothing else, as Tenjou Hikari's veteran defensive measure, although Fraulein's range of application wasn't as broad as "Temperance," it could also retain an extra fusion material, and since their actual application ranges didn't completely overlap, it was worth reconsidering.

Of course.

The Duke of Necromancy had one more crucial effect.

That is, while in the Graveyard, the Duke of Necromancy could banish itself to target one Level 4 or higher Fiend or Undead monster in the Graveyard and add that card to the hand.

This effect was even more comprehensive.

On one hand, after being dealt with by the opponent, it could be used to recover Fraulein or other monsters used as materials for further defense or fusion.

On the other hand...

Under specific circumstances, this card could be used to recover "Tierra, Source of Destruction."

Tenjou Hikari had once experimented with a similar deck; before coming to this world, he had considered using the Infernoid engine to dump Tierra and then using the Duke of Necromancy to recover her for a show-stopping field.

Regardless of the strength, it was truly cool.

In short, whether "now" or in the "future," the fusion monster Duke of Necromancy held great significance for Tenjou Hikari's deck composition and was something very much worth looking forward to.

On the other side, the Spirit Princess was a bit of a pity; although she was also a spirit, You Li's Spirit Princess had not yet constructed her own card through spirit power.

This made even Tierra quite curious.

In fact, this was also the first time Tenjou Hikari had encountered a situation where "an existence was present but a card had not yet been born."

However, within the Threshold, there were many such strange spirit villages; after all, not every spirit had the "qualification" to perform the Duel Ritual, and some spirits could only watch the Duel Ritual as spectators and then go about their daily lives.

But regardless, since the "You Li's Spirit Princess" already existed, according to Tenjou Hikari's current understanding of the Spirit World, it wouldn't be long before a card appeared, so he wasn't too worried.

Following the end of the duel, with the assistance of Tenjou Hikari and the Vampire Empire, a temporary dimensional channel was constructed, and the Duke and the spirits he protected began to slowly transfer to the dimension of the Great Universe Workshop.

Looking at the brand-new world and the "planets" they could choose from at will, these spirits appeared quite excited, chattering away in discussion. During this transfer, Vampire Fraulein also took the opportunity to observe the situation of the Great Universe Workshop.

Soon, she was certain that the space of the Great Universe Workshop was vast and, moreover, that the Great Universe Workshop connected to more than one dimension.

There was a robot alliance from a certain dimension, as well as a dimension filled with Fiends, which was also inhabited by Camula's former "superior," the Sacred Beasts.

This shocked Vampire Fraulein quite a bit, but amidst the shock, she also made her own judgment.

She chatted with Tenjou Hikari, saying she wanted to completely connect the Vampire Empire dimension with Tenjou Hikari's "Great Universe Workshop" dimension so that they could communicate with spirits through portable dimensional channels, just like the Allied Army Hangar and the Fluffal Sanctuary.

There were several benefits to this: firstly, Tenjou Hikari wouldn't need to spend extra energy in the future, and the Vampire spirits would communicate and even appear just like the spirits in the Hangar, which could save Tenjou Hikari time.

Secondly, in this situation, with the Vampire Empire linked to the Great Universe dimension, Vampire Fraulein could also assist Tenjou Hikari in duels through spirit support.

Before that, Vampire Fraulein's card often appeared when Tenjou Hikari's duels fell into crisis, but that only relied on Tenjou Hikari's dispatch and the power of the duel; through this method, Fraulein could appear whenever Tenjou Hikari needed her.

Although Fraulein herself wasn't a very high-level spirit, she was now the "leader" of the entire Vampire Empire and possessed special power enhancements; if Tenjou Hikari truly needed her, she would definitely be able to appear.

This point was quite gratifying; after all, if possible, Tenjou Hikari certainly hoped his duels could be safer.

The final third point.

It was also the last reason Fraulein stated.

As the temporary leader of the Vampire Empire, she had to admit that their Vampire Empire dimension was slowly heading toward collapse. Although this collapse wasn't obvious, they would suffer sooner or later, so most Vampire spirits were hiding within the Empire, forcibly maintaining the Empire's existence through various methods.

But the connection with the Great Universe Workshop allowed the Vampire Empire to briefly achieve "balance," which meant that there was some kind of power in the Great Universe maintaining the existence of "dimensions."

This was also a very important matter for the Vampires and was the goal Fraulein most hoped to achieve through cooperation.

In return, if collaboration could be achieved, then the Vampire spirits would be equivalent to "liberating" themselves.

You have to know, although the Vampires weren't very high-level spirits, their "seniority" was old enough; each of them was a spirit that had lived for who knows how many years, so their "connections" were quite extensive. It was just that before, they had to maintain the existence of their own dimension and were too embarrassed to lower their noble faces to ask spirits from other dimensions for help.

If they could cooperate, then they could liberate themselves and go to their former friends to trick... find some support for Tenjou Hikari.

If nothing else, including the Duke of Necromancy, these spirits had some face in the "Undead World." With their support, even if they couldn't pull in any particularly powerful spirits, they could definitely pull in a batch of spirit cards for Tenjou Hikari to increase the quantity of Tenjou Hikari's system.

A super win-win.

However, it treated the symptoms but not the root cause.

After Tenjou Hikari heard their words, he also knew that it must be the "Philosopher's Stone" taking effect.

However, this would always only be "treating the symptoms."

But conversely, Tenjou Hikari realized one more thing.

Spirit dimensions were constantly collapsing. Although most were not very obvious, there were ones like the Vampire Empire that were particularly obvious.

Regardless of what kind of existence that mastermind was, it had caused the collapse of the spirit dimensions; this was an undeniable fact. Therefore, before exploring this mastermind, Tenjou Hikari also had to find a way...

Find a way to "save the dimensions."

If he could find a method, if nothing else, there would definitely be a large number of spirits willing to actively seek cooperation with Tenjou Hikari like the Vampires.

But...

He didn't understand it at all?

Tenjou Hikari couldn't even tell where the problem was.

This wasn't something he could tinker with within his professional scope.

"Hehehe... Tenjou Hikari, it seems you need the help of a 【God】."

Inside the Workshop, after helping the Duke and the others finish moving, Tenjou Hikari stood silent, touching his chin and pondering the connections within.

Seeming to see through Tenjou Hikari's doubts, Tierra laughed softly, spread her hands, and declared.

Oh?

Oh!

It really is—

(End of chapter)