Chapter 578

In this regard, Tenjou Hikari truly had no attainments, nor did he understand the relevant knowledge at all.

But Tierra was different.

As the "Source of Destruction," she understood more or less about this aspect.

Of course, although Tierra was the "Source of Destruction," she wasn't a god who created the world in the true sense, but rather a "god who creates life and death," a god who governs the reincarnation of all things in the world.

However, although the jurisdiction was different, it didn't mean that the divine power Tierra exercised didn't involve this aspect.

A very simple fact is that the "DT" world isn't actually just a simple "planet."

Although the story of the DT planet began with the attack of the famous invaders from space, the Worms, it doesn't mean that this small "DT planet" was truly that ordinary.

Not to mention the various forces that were beating each other's brains out, just the original inhabitants alone included many experts who could go toe-to-toe with "space-level forces," and on this planet, there was actually a hidden "different space."

That is...

The "Fabled World."

The Fabled were ancient gods sealed away by the life on DT in ancient times. They were genuine "Gods." Although they couldn't be compared to the Source of Destruction in terms of volume, mass, or specifications, their status was still far beyond that of ordinary life.

In the Fabled World, there even existed three layers of worlds. Calling it a seal, in reality, these Fabled, Fabled beasts, and imps lived normally inside, with no big difference from the real world.

There was civilization, teaching, training institutions, and research institutions; it was a special space different from a planet.

And this was clearly the handiwork of a true "God."

Whether it was the world Tierra created or the similar means Sophia used to seal Tierra, the vast majority of things on the DT planet had something to do with the two of them.

Even if this so-called "Fabled World" wasn't created by Tierra, she had relevant knowledge and partial ability.

Tierra thought so, and she did so. She spent two hours carefully investigating the Vampire Empire with her current power and then made her own judgment.

Without any accidents, in at most twenty years, the Vampire Empire would directly collapse.

"What? Twenty years!? No, that's impossible—" At this, even Fraulein was so frightened that she directly focused her spirit. She didn't look like a lazy young lady, but like a female general ready to go to the battlefield at any time. "No, impossible... When I investigated before, it was just slowly shrinking. Twenty years? Impossible, it won't be that fast at all. It should at least be two thousand... two hundred years!

With the Vampire brethren maintaining this dimension together, it can even delay this situation. It's absolutely fine!"

No matter what, she didn't believe this conclusion. At the same time, those spirits who were also listening to the results shouted out together, not believing this number at all, and many even doubted Tierra's ability.

"I am stating the result." Tierra looked at the spirits who dared to question the 【result】 she calculated. With a glance, it was as if endless blue flames were burning fiercely behind her. All the spirits, whether it was Vampire Fraulein or ordinary Vampires, whether it was the newborn spirits that "existed but hadn't been born," or ancient spirits like the Duke of Necromancy, even Camula, who was a Vampire in the true sense, were all struck dumb.

In this brief moment, they felt as if their hearts were being picked up and weighed, as if they were data being measured on a scale, and at any time, they could be "judged"—a death sentence!

Tierra snorted coldly. She had no interest in telling them about her anger or showing off her divine power; she didn't care about such boring things.

She was just very impatient.

If she wanted to state the conclusion, they should listen honestly.

A few spirits in the Great Universe Workshop who were being helped were unfazed.

Lady Tierra was like this. She almost never took an interest in anything on a daily basis. If you needed her help, you could try to ask her for help, and she would decide whether to help you based on her mood.

But—there was one thing that absolutely could not be done.

That is, questioning Tierra, questioning her judgment or calculations.

She held up a finger in front of all the spirits, especially those Vampire spirits, and said: "Perhaps in your eyes, this broken dimension of yours is still very sturdy. As long as you rely on your continuous protection, it can even exist for hundreds or thousands of years.

But this is a foolish judgment, no, or rather—self-deception."

"If this dimension were really that safe, would your leader have left here to seek answers and even be completely missing until now?"

The Vampires fell into silence.

"Indeed, at the current rate of destruction, this dimension won't collapse that quickly. However, this rate of collapse is gradually increasing." Tierra crossed her arms and said coldly, "Based on my understanding and cognition of spirits over the past year, most spirits of duel cards have immense respect for and compliance with the results and agreements of duels.

You, this Vampire spirit, although not that kind of top-tier spirit, are after all the head of a clan. You previously lost to Tenjou Hikari, yet you only paid with your card, while your body insisted on remaining here. That's because you also vaguely realized it, right?

Every day, every month, every year, the rate of collapse of your world will accelerate a little.

If you leave this dimension, it will only take a year or two for the rate of collapse to become completely unstoppable. In another two or three years, even if you guard here desperately every day, there will be no way to save it."

Fraulein lowered her head silently.

"Wh... what? Young Lady?" "Is that so..." "Really? Young Lady!! I said it, Young Lady would absolutely not play any tricks on the results of the Duel Ritual!"

Although their Vampires were known for being "despicable" and "insidious," they were, after all, Duel Monster spirits; how could they do such things?

"This old man only focuses on how the subjects I protect are doing every day... It is true that I haven't paid attention to the situation of the dimension. Now that you mention it, there is a reason for my niece to be like this..." The Duke of Necromancy also gradually began to believe Tierra's judgment.

If it weren't for this, how could Vampire Fraulein have done those things?

"But... but I didn't expect it to be so fast? 20 years... that's too fast!" Vampire Fraulein only vaguely felt that something was wrong; she didn't know the overall state of this dimension at all. Now that Tierra said so, it really made her feel dizzy.

For a spirit who might sleep for a year at a time, 20 years... was too fast!

So fast that it felt like it would pass in the blink of an eye!

"Rest assured. Twenty years... is not short." Tierra replied casually, "If I'm not mistaken, this dimension of yours should be the edge area of destruction that was covered when the dimension collapsed initially, that is, the area affected by the splash.

Although it suffered serious damage, it's not that easy to collapse.

Relying on the dimension's own repair mechanism is clearly not going to work; a 【major surgery】 must be performed."

The major surgery is Tierra re-transforming the "mechanism" of this dimension as a whole, just like the Fluffal Sanctuary, assisting this world in entering a brand-new ecosystem.

But it's different from the Fluffal dimension.

Not only are the Vampires all old-school spirits, but the Vampire Empire is also much larger. More importantly, the Fluffals were a new dimension that was barely born some time before the collapse. Those spirits followed the dimensional rules and reincarnation logic of the new era, so the dimension they were in was inherently easier to be affected and modified under the change of power.

And here, it has to be transformed by hand from the root.

For Tierra, who only has half of her power, wanting to do this is a bit difficult.

If she doesn't have other things to assist, I'm afraid it will take a long time to patch it up so that this dimension doesn't continue to collapse, but wanting to "fix it" is not a matter of a year or two.

She can do this kind of thing.

But she—doesn't want to.

A bunch of Vampires, although they are also lives between life and death, are neither alive nor dead nor mechanical. It's hard for her to have any interest.

There is one more thing; she vaguely feels that in the academy where Tenjou Hikari is, something big is about to happen soon.

Now she can help Tenjou Hikari when she has nothing to do, but to spend all her time doing this kind of thing is impossible.

Even if this kind of thing is an interesting new topic she has never done before, she doesn't have the mood to do it.

She had no interest in explaining to the Vampires, so she directly told Tenjou Hikari the conclusion and the situation.

"I see." Tenjou Hikari touched his chin and first soothed the emotions of the Vampires.

Twenty years, it's not short; it's longer than his current age. Twenty years, it's short; for these Vampires, it's indeed very brief.

But, in fact, there is a win-win method.

It's very simple. For Tierra, the most troublesome point is actually not thinking of a plan or modifying it, but not having the time or the means to execute it; everything requires her manual operation.

But what if she had the means and the time?

In that case, everything could be omitted.

The simplest thing is to let Tierra have an extra "auxiliary machine."

Not the kind of auxiliary machine specialized in destruction like Lilith.

But...

An auxiliary machine of the 【Other Side】!

Tenjou Hikari soothed the Vampires and notified the Alchemist of Melting.

For the next period of time, their research topic in the Great Universe Workshop was very simple.

He silently took out a card.

Pendulum Commander - Qliphort!

Because this card was a temporary card and was affected by the power of the dragon behind Declan Akaba, Tenjou Hikari was completely unable to use it and could only watch it crack day by day.

But—

What's the big deal about that?

Indeed, this card in Tenjou Hikari's hand was cursed, and Tenjou Hikari absolutely couldn't use it. But for Tenjou Hikari, this wasn't important.

Tenjou Hikari needed its status and its "Pendulum." After a period of research, Tenjou Hikari had already made brand-new preparations.

It was just that before, Tenjou Hikari had other things to deal with, and "N'tss" hadn't been manufactured yet, so Tenjou Hikari pondered to slow down first.

But now...

Tierra's eyes flashed with golden light on the side.

Oh!?

Is this about to start the backup plan?

Prioritize the revival of "Qli"?

That's right—

Tenjou Hikari is going to manufacture...

Qliphort Stealth!

Unlike "Infernoid," Infernoid is a process from simple to difficult, from bottom to top; while "Qli" needs to go from top to bottom. Therefore, the first "Qli" Tenjou Hikari needs to build has to be and can only be one, and that is...

Stealth!

This is the most difficult of all Qli, and also the hurdle that must be faced right from the start. Its manufacturing complexity is even more difficult than the previous "Infernoid Lilith."

Moreover, unlike the "Infernoid" which had sufficient experience and manufactured many, Stealth is different from Lilith; there is no previous reference, so Tenjou Hikari must design it from scratch.

But...

Even so, it is more labor-saving and time-saving than Tierra doing it manually, and it is also more reassuring.

After discussing with the Alchemist of Melting for a whole night, Tenjou Hikari prepared to sleep directly in the Great Universe Workshop, but just at this moment, Tenjou Hikari received countless alarms.

He opened the book and noticed that his friends from the "Earthbound" were calling him frantically.

He was a bit surprised, hurriedly put away the book, closed his eyes, left the Great Universe Workshop, and appeared in the Fusion Department for the first time.

What happened—

He hurriedly wanted to ask the Earthbound Winged Dog.

What's the situation?

Could it be that someone actually dared to rush into the Fusion Department while the three of them were guarding it?

"Tenjou Hikari—" Tierra also followed Tenjou Hikari to this world. Just by landing in the air of this world, she suddenly widened her eyes, looked at the window in shock, and called Tenjou Hikari to look.

Tenjou Hikari didn't doubt it, ran directly to the window, and looked at the sky. He saw that in the sky, rolling black clouds began to surge crazily, and the black clouds carried strange thunderbolts, surging in the sky.

On the shore of the island, Aster took off his diving goggles. He had just finished all his work and finally came to the academy to fulfill his promise to Tenjou Hikari. As a result, as soon as he went ashore, he saw these terrifying black clouds.

"What happened?"

Not only him, but everyone who possessed a little bit of "power," and even some ordinary people, seemed to feel something. Professor Cronus, who had already changed into his pajamas, hugged his doll and came to the window, looking at the horizon in confusion.

Dark clouds shrouded the entire Duel Academy island. A moment later, terrifying black light and black thunder bombarded down from the sky, landing on all the edges and shores of the Duel Academy.

Aster watched helplessly as his beloved jet ski was cut in half by the black light. He screamed and rushed over, only to find that he was directly blocked by the terrifying black transparent light wall and was completely unable to leave.

This!?

Ah?

His mind was full of question marks.

I just arrived, what happened?

Professor Viper was also looking at the sky at this time. He looked at the terrifying scene in the sky and couldn't help but widen his eyes, full of joy. Behind him, a yellow phantom laughed: "Hehehehahahaha, hahaha... It has begun."

Tenjou Hikari withdrew his gaze and slowly took a breath.

This...

Familiar power.

Not only him, but even Tierra had already seen this power, and it was shrouding the entire academy island!

Darkness!

That thing actually acted in advance so quickly!

(End of chapter)