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Chapter 679 In the blink of an eye (4K, please vote with monthly tickets~)

The duel between Tierra and Sofia has ended.

An exaggerated start, an outrageous duel, and a peaceful ending—this duel took almost everyone by surprise.

In fact, even when the duel was truly over, Hikaru Amagi didn't know what would happen.

Because hatred can make people radical. Even Amagi Hikaru, when truly enraged, will not show mercy—the soldiers who died in the Fusion Army are the most convincing evidence of this.

But in the end, the duel still came to a relatively amicable conclusion.

Although a duel is unlikely to resolve the deep-seated grudges and hatred between Tiera and Sofia, it is likely that even if they were to face off again in the future, it would not be as earth-shattering as this.

Perhaps, in the next duel, they will be more peaceful and will not affect the life of the DT Elf Dimension.

Of course—there is another possibility, that is, they might have made an even bigger scene than they did today, because when they get carried away with the duel, they might not be able to control their instincts.

However, after today's duel, they might say something like the warriors in the 0 Orb, "It's too narrow here, let's go to a more spacious place to fight!" and go to fight far away from the elves' dwellings.

This possibility is probably higher. After all, Sophia is clearly holding back now, showing some concern for the onlookers getting hurt. Although Tiera didn't intervene at first, Sophia didn't use all her energy, so she must be unhappy—she wasn't happy with the fight.

Winning is definitely a happy thing.

Besides these things, some things that Amagi Hikaru had wanted to do before have finally come to fruition.

First, there's the matter of Captain Baijing and Xiaoliu. Although they had long decided to join Tiancheng Guang's team to uphold justice in various dimensions and save some elves like Xiaoliu who were controlled or treated maliciously, they were still proper "on-duty knights." Xiaoliu, in particular, was an important medical knight of the knight order. They felt a little uneasy if they didn't report it to the order.

After finishing this task, the two of them met up with their old friends, which put their minds at ease and made them feel much more relaxed.

In addition, Hikaru Amagi also gained some information that he had wanted to know before.

That is the location of several important "locations" in DT Dimension.

This can be put aside for now, since Sofia has already given away a "Natural Wood Dragon Beast" for free.

However, Amagi Hikaru had not yet found the "spirit beast" that the alien insects had told them about. Now, he could finally use the coordinates he obtained directly from the elves to bypass the tedious navigation and go directly to the spirit beast clan's territory.

Although the Spirit Beast deck is extremely mentally taxing to play, Amagi Hikaru still quite likes it because it's a contact fusion deck that can fuse without needing to fuse.

Moreover, the "big brother" of this deck is also very cool.

When the Holy Beast Riding the Earthfire Lion has a Monster Effect, Spell Card, or Trap Card activated, it can be activated by banishing 1 Holy Beast Card from your hand. Negate that activation and destroy it.

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However, in Amagi Hikaru's opinion, while this card is strong, it is still slightly inferior to the "Natural Wood Dragon Beast" card he received today.

Nature Wood Dragonmon, like Holy Spirit Beast Rider Fire Lion, is a Level 10 Fusion Monster.

Compared to the Holy Beast Knight, its effect range is not as wide. The effect of Natural Wood Dragon Beast is that when a Spell/Trap Card is activated, you can banish 1 card from your Graveyard and send the top card of your Deck to the Graveyard to activate this effect. If this card is face-up, negate that activation and destroy it.

Compared to Earthfire Lion, Wood Dragon can't control monster effects, but its advantage is that it doesn't need to consume cards from its hand. As long as there are cards in the graveyard and deck, it can suppress the opponent's Spell/Trap Cards indefinitely, reducing the risk of hand depletion.

Furthermore, although they are both level 10 and are both fusion monsters, the requirements for fusion materials are different.

The fusion materials for Earthfire Lion are three monsters: "Holy Spirit Beast Rider", "Spirit Beast Master", and "Spirit Beast", while the fusion materials for Nature Wood Dragon are "Nature Beast" and "Nature Wood Scale Dragon".

At first glance, Earthfire Lion requires three Fusion Materials, but since Fusion Materials don't have a specific card name, it seems like Earthfire Lion would be easier to play.

but--

That's true for normal, ordinary duelists; for Hikaru Amagi, it's completely different.

Because Earthfire Lion can only be Special Summoned if its Fusion Material is banished from the field, which means it must undergo "Contact Fusion".

The Nature Wood Dragon Beast is described as follows: "This card cannot be Fusion Summoned without the aforementioned cards."

This is the difference in the summoning conditions.

The Earthfire Lion requires contact fusion, while the Nature Wood Dragon can be fused through various methods, such as graveyard fusion or other alternative fusion methods.

In addition, there is something that only Hikaru Amagi can do—sudden mutation!
Use a level 10 monster to suddenly mutate into Nature Wood Dragon, bypassing Nature Wood Dragon's complicated summoning process and allowing it to appear directly on the field!

This is one of the reasons why Amagi Hikaru is so optimistic about this card. Compared to the tedious process of collecting materials, he obviously has more and better ways to summon Natural Wood Dragon Beast. As long as it is successfully summoned, it can have a huge impact on the situation and is very meaningful.

After summarizing all of this, Hikaru Amagi's life seemed to return to normal once again.

The WRGP tournament proceeded as scheduled. After finishing Hikaru Amagi's duel, the members of Team 5DS breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that their partner, Hikaru Amagi, had won. Then they resumed their usual lively and noisy activities.

Jack boasted about how cool he was during the duel, while Crow, as always, poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

After hearing about Jack's story and thinking about the duel between Tyella and Sophia, Yusei also had some ideas in his mind.

This world of harmony has always been a world where gods and all living beings coexist. Therefore, if we are to truly achieve "harmony," it is impossible to abandon either side.

He wants to win the great war against the one true god as a human being, but not to drive away all the other gods!

The duel between Jack and that Crimson Nova was just right; it should have been.

However, there were still some details he didn't quite understand.

That is, the "status" between gods and humans.

Deities are naturally superior to other life forms, but this clearly does not align with the concept of "resonance."

Because resonance and harmony are about everyone working together to reach a perfect ending.

Therefore, there should never be any distinction between high and low, noble and base.

This brings us back to that classic question.

Why is this world so terrible?

This world has excellent methods for summoning duels, powerful, benevolent, and rational gods, and astonishing technology that surpasses the comprehension of other dimensions. However, the humans in this world are living the worst lives.

The city's former Upper Town and Lower Town are the biggest problems in the world.

There has never been equality between nobles and commoners, let alone in the "wilderness countries" outside the "city".

It's still Harald's question.

So how can he prove his sincerity, how can he convince the other "one true god candidates" to recognize him and work together with him?
With these thoughts in mind, the WRGP qualifiers are gradually coming to an end.

Some teams advanced, while others were eliminated. Although the eliminated teams weren't too happy, the WRGP officials had given them a free D-round, which was extremely beneficial to their country. Therefore, they weren't too dissatisfied; they could only lament in their hearts that they were simply not skilled enough and that there were too many experts in the world.

The teams that advanced accepted this calmly, even appearing quite indifferent, as if they had known all along that these 32 teams were destined to advance.

Even Yusei knew very well that the teams that would eventually enter the knockout stage of this competition were destined to be those related to the "Battle of the One God".

But even so, there still seems to be some problems?
He had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

However, he didn't know exactly what was "not quite right".

But it is clear that he has no one else to turn to or help him on the path of “solving the world’s problems.”

Even Crowe couldn't understand what he was struggling with and wondering about.

As for Amagi Hikaru.

He could help Yusei with some reference, since he knew some "original information" as a reference, even if it had nothing to do with this world. He could still use it as a reference and thus make some connections.

But the problem is, Amagi Hikaru doesn't even know what the "problem" is, so how could he possibly "answer" the question?
This is currently the biggest challenge for Yusei.

However, Hikaru Amagi believed that Yusei would eventually find his own answer.

This wasn't just a comforting trust, but it eased Yusei's tense expression considerably.

Besides these, Amagi Hikaru also had many other things to do during this period.

As the qualifiers draw to a close, Kaito Amagi from Xyz Dimension, whom he had met once before, intends to invite him to go to "Star Wars Dimension" again, in order to qualify for a head-on confrontation with the "Despair Team".

This is the key point.

Although they were one of the 32 teams that "advanced," it was not because they were associated with Synchro Dimension, nor was it due to any behind-the-scenes manipulation.

But...

Kaito is strong enough!

Even now, despite the WRGP officials openly assigning extremely strong opponents to the Xyz Team, they are still unable to prevent the Xyz Team from advancing. This is because the two right-hand men had already fought three or four battles without a single defeat. By the time the WRGP officials realized that the Xyz Team was going to advance and assigned them strong opponents, Kaito Amagi had already made his appearance.

Even the chosen ones are no match for him, a "human," and some of the chosen ones even began to doubt their own beliefs after witnessing his duels!

This is Kaito Amagi!
An extremely outrageous [human being].

However, no matter how outrageous it is, Kaito Amagi is not a chosen one, so the Xyz Team is subjected to all sorts of suppression and underhanded tactics.

What's frightening is that Kaito Amagi is also a very calm and wise person. He is always calm when it doesn't involve his younger brother, so he had long felt this pressure.

He realized that if he wanted to understand the "Desperate Team" more deeply, he needed to find a sufficiently valid reason.

Therefore, he remembered the matter of "Aeus" again.

Therefore, he plans to go to that dimension after the qualifiers, and he needs a collaborator for this.

Shiromitsu would definitely be happy to do so that day.

He still can't forget the "Great Leader" of that dimension, and if he could, he really wanted to know what kind of cards the other party could offer him.

Besides this, Hikaru Amagi also had other things to prepare.

More recently, there's the challenge of the "Gladiator Beast Emperor." One-Eyed Fighter has already trained enough, although there are still some shortcomings. However, the rest period after the preliminaries is long enough that Amagi Hikaru will have time to help One-Eyed Fighter go to the arena for another special training session.

Moreover, given how many days have passed, Amagi Hikaru should also check on the situation in the Imprinted Dimension.

There's also the Golden Country. Master Daitokuji has already said that we can go there now. Shiromitsu was naturally very curious and looking forward to it, wondering if he should find an opportunity to go and see it.

In short, there's a lot to do.

But, aside from all of that, there is one thing that is particularly important to Hikaru Amagi.

……

One thing he couldn't avoid.

With the duel between Tiera and Sophia over, everything returned to normal within the Great Cosmic Workshop.

Perhaps because everyone watched Tierra's duel with Sofia and knew Tierra's weight class, they became more confident and powerful when working.

Some forces that cooperate with the greater universe, such as the Allied Hank, the Vampire Empire, and the Branded Resistance, have gained more confidence in cooperation after seeing Tiera's performance, and their worries about the crisis in their own worlds have also lessened considerably.

During this time, when elves who came to the Great Cosmic Workshop encountered difficult problems and dared to ask Tiera, Tiera would raise her hand to tell them the answer, or simply help them solve the problem.

This excited many elves.

After all, having such a powerful boss above you who can directly solve your problems is something that anyone in the workplace would find exciting.

but--

Another group, an even earlier group, who arrived in this dimension, or rather, those elves who were entirely subordinate to the "Great Cosmic Workshop" faction, looked troubled.

It wasn't because Tiera helped the elves and made them feel rejected or anything like that.

But...

Atmosphere.

Something's off!
Princess Tiera is not an easy god to talk to.

Princess Tiera wouldn't have had so much free time in the workshop in the past!
She is not the kind of benevolent and kind-hearted deity!

Despite possessing vast knowledge, she rarely teaches or directly applies it; she has absolutely no interest in elves.

She is only interested in her lord, and most of the time she will only accompany him on adventures!

This is so wrong!

The companions of the Heavenly City Light gradually became aware of the strange changes in Tiera, changes that gave them an eerie sense of suffocation, as if something big was about to happen.

Soon, this suffocating atmosphere reached the cooperating spirits, causing the once bustling Cosmic Workshop, now a meeting point of seven or eight different spirit dimensions, to fall into a profound silence.

Because they all realized that something they had long foreseen, something that had been in their minds for a long time and was about to happen, but which they had always thought was "too early"...

It seems like it happened in the blink of an eye!
　Today is August 24, 2025. The book was published on August 26 last year. Soon, the book will be one year old. From the confusion at the time of publication to the confidence in the book now, it is inseparable from everyone's support. I am very grateful to the readers who have read this far. I also want to write a perfect story and a conclusion to the foreshadowing at this anniversary, which can be regarded as a bridge between the past and the future.
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