Yu-Gi-Oh!: This is the real duel!

“That should be it,” Yugi Muto said. “There have been explosions coming from this direction since the beginning. It must be that my other self encountered something, which triggered this situation.”

Jonouchi said with some concern, "What do we do now? There's nothing we can do."

Yugi Muto thought for a moment and said, "Since it's a game, it certainly won't control the player for too long. I guess someone used some special items. Once the effect ends, we can move around normally."

"It seems the enemy is moving faster than we thought," said Peacock Dance. "We must hurry and find the Pharaoh's tomb."

After flipping through the books for so long, Jonouchi was completely exasperated: "How are we supposed to find it? If you ask me, we should just go to the Valley of the King's Long Sleep. I don't think it's any easier to find books here than to find tombs in the valley."

“It’s not that simple,” Yugi Muto sighed. “We’re not just here to find the pyramid’s location, but also to find out how the mechanisms inside are arranged. If we rush in without figuring that out, something unexpected will definitely happen.”

As the three were talking, the frozen time and space were lifted.

Everyone regained their mobility, and the books and papers that had been hanging in mid-air fell down.

A somewhat weary Yugi Muto rubbed his eyes. He had already flipped through far too many documents, but still hadn't found what he was looking for. The royal library's files were vast and numerous; he really didn't know when he would finish searching...

"Ugh……"

Yugi Muto couldn't help but sigh, but as he stretched his neck to move around, he suddenly noticed that the ceiling of the entire royal library seemed somewhat different.

That was a mural symbolizing the moon, and beside the bright moon were unnamed deities.

Yugi Muto quickly called out, "Look up there!!"

Jonouchi and Mai looked up together at the murals in the sky.

"What's wrong? There aren't any hidden books," Jonouchi said, puzzled.

But Kongquewu seemed to have noticed something amiss: "Wait, why is it the moon?"

“Yes, that’s what I was thinking too,” Yugi Muto said. “In Egyptian civilization, the sun is the supreme being, so the murals at the highest point should logically depict the sun god.”

"So... you think there's a hidden mechanism here?!" Kongquewu asked.

Yugi Muto nodded: "That must be it! We've been searching for a long time, but there are absolutely no records about dynasties, tombs, or anything like that."

"I don't believe that such an important record would not be preserved in such a large royal city."

"So, they must have hidden themselves."

Jonouchi immediately perked up: "In that case, let's quickly solve the puzzle!! I'm so sleepy from flipping through books all this time!!"

Yugi Muto took a deep breath, took out the spellbook that came with his mage class, and flipped through it according to the table of contents and index. He finally found a spell that could temporarily increase his perception attribute.

A clear blue-white light shone with each chant, forming an eye-shaped pattern on Yugi Muto's forehead.

[Yugi Muto: Perception +3, lasts for 30 minutes]

After his attributes were boosted, Yugi Muto felt that his field of vision had become exceptionally wide. This was not a field of vision in the real sense, but rather a kind of vision-like ability to see through things.

At this moment, his perception attribute was 9, reaching the same level as the spirit master Youche.

Yugi Muto looked around, taking in every detail, even the bookworms trying to squeeze into the books in the corner.

However, this level is clearly not enough.

He found nothing related to the organization, nor did he notice anything out of the ordinary in the library.

"So? Did you find anything, game?" Jonouchi asked expectantly.

Yugi Muto shook his head: "My senses aren't sharp enough; I can't detect it at all."

"What if we let Youche come over?" Kong Quewu said thoughtfully. "Youche's perception is the highest here. If you cast the spell you just used on him again, he should be able to detect you."

“But Yu Che has been transferred to guard the former king’s pyramid, which is quite far from here,” Jonouchi sighed.

“That’s right, Yugi has his own mission, we’d better rely on ourselves!” Yugi Muto gently laid the spellbook on his lap, trying to find some spells that he could use and that would help the current situation.

Jonouchi and Mai the Peacock were somewhat helpless.

The situation seems to have reached a stalemate.

Peacock Dance picked up the ancient book beside her again and said, "Alas! What a pity, my profession is a chivalrous thief, and I don't have any skills to use yet."

Upon hearing this, Jonouchi seemed to have thought of something: "Huh? Can I give it a try? Besides a skill that brings good luck, I can also get guidance by flipping a coin or rolling dice."

Yugi Muto's eyes lit up: "Yes, Jonouchi, let's give it a try!"

Jonouchi nodded and reached into his pocket, only to realize that Mahad's men had already searched him and taken all his valuables: "Damn it!! My coins aren't on me!"

"Sigh, I'm starting to regret it more and more!"

"Ever since I was punished for being out of character (OOC), nothing good has ever happened to me!!"

Peacock smiled, took off her backpack, and found that in addition to the necessary thief tools, there were also a lot of gleaming silver coins inside.

"Wow!!" Jonouchi, a notorious money-grubber, exclaimed. "So many?! Did you get them while gambling in the royal city?!"

Mai took a coin out of her pocket and tossed it to Jonouchi: "Enough with the nonsense, just use your skill!!"

Jonouchi caught the coin from the air, walked to an open space, rubbed the little darling vigorously with both hands, and then suddenly blew on it, using his gambler's skill—Fate.

"bite------------------"

The silver coin bounced into the air, spinning continuously, until a dazzling light caught it, leaving it suspended in mid-air.

The three of them stood below, looking up, trying to find something in it.

After spinning for several weeks, the silver coin fell to the ground, and the mysterious light disappeared.

"What the hell! Jonouchi, are you even reliable?!" Mai couldn't help but complain.

Jonouchi was equally baffled: "I have no idea what's going on either!!"

Yugi Muto didn't believe it was a meaningless skill; he was certain that the guidance had already appeared, they just hadn't noticed it yet. Just as Jonouchi was about to pick up the silver coin, he suddenly grabbed Jonouchi's arm and said, "Wait!!"

Jōnei asked blankly, "What's wrong? The game?"

Yugi Muto slowly squatted down and carefully examined the coin. Suddenly, he realized something: "Look, this coin is still glowing, it's just not very obvious."

Jonouchi and Mai also squatted down, and upon closer inspection, it was indeed the case.

The silver coin was now emitting a different light than before. It was now surrounded by a red light like the sun, and the radiance was becoming clearer and clearer. Finally, it even reflected its light onto the ceiling. Under the red light, the original moon mural had transformed into something like the sun, and the other deities depicted in the mural also seemed to have changed.

Soon, the coin's light completely disappeared, and the murals above the library returned to their original state.

Yugi Muto suddenly realized: "It's light! If we cover the mural above with light, we can turn it into the image of the sun god. In that case, we can find what's hidden."

"Then what are we waiting for!" Jonouchi quickly picked up the precious coin. "Yugi, use magic now!!"

Yugi Muto shook his head and chuckled, "I can only use spells below level three, so I can't summon such a strong light. But look, there are many mirrors fixed to tables in this library, and they seem to be tilted according to some kind of pattern. We can find the light source by their orientation, and once we find the light source, we can find the mechanism to activate the secret room!"

The three of them got right to work. After a lot of analysis and searching, they found a stone statue on one of the walls, with a deep red gem on the statue's staff.

"It seems this is the gem!" Yugi Muto exclaimed in delight.

"So what should we do now?" Jonouchi was at a loss. "Is it time to solve the mystery again?"

At this moment, Kong Quewu stepped forward with a smile and said, "Leave this kind of puzzle to me, the chivalrous thief. As someone who travels everywhere exploring and searching for treasure, figuring out this level of mechanism is a piece of cake for me~"

As soon as she finished speaking, Kong Quewu used her thief skills. The entire structure of the statue appeared in her eyes like an X-ray, and she quickly found the key to activate the mechanism.

"Click click click click————————————"

Peacock Dance gently turned the statue's other hand, and a perfectly concealed keyhole appeared on the arm.

The three of them certainly didn't have the key, but Kong Que Wu's backpack contained all sorts of thieving tools, and in less than a few minutes, she easily cracked the lock.

"despair------------------"

A crisp sound rang out from inside the statue, and the gem in its hand suddenly emitted a strong crimson beam of light, shining in a certain direction in the library. The first ray of light landed on a mirror, and was then reflected onto the next mirror. When all the mirrors in the library were illuminated, the entire space glowed with a red light like the rising sun!

The three looked up expectantly, only to see the once tranquil moon mural turning crimson as if it had been infused with blood. Finally, the entire mural presented the state of dawn, with the fiery red sun pattern and the image of the sun god replacing the original moon and night.

Then, a rumbling sound rang out, and the ground directly opposite the sun pattern slowly opened up, revealing a hidden downward tunnel with rows of spiraling steps leading down, and oil lamps hanging on the walls.

"Found it!!!"

The three cheered with delight.

To save time, instead of finding a fire source to light the tunnel lights, Yugi Muto cast a light spell, and the three of them continued down...

The royal palace was in complete disarray.

Although the group successfully repelled the bandit king Bakula, the entire royal city suffered severe damage.

Seeing Bakula ride his warhorse into the night, the priests' expressions turned somewhat grave.

"Damn it, he actually got away..."

"That guy won't give up, he'll definitely come back!"

"We must come up with some solutions."

Bakura completely disappeared from sight, and King Yoshi let out a heavy sigh.

At this moment, Priest Mahad knelt at the foot of the steps, saying remorsefully, "I'm sorry, Pharaoh, I have let you down. Protecting the safety of the royal city should have been my responsibility, but I have failed in my duty..."

Wang Yang naturally wouldn't blame him, but having grown accustomed to being a modern person, he genuinely didn't know how the Pharaoh should comfort his subordinates. Before he could speak, the priest Set on the other side also knelt down and pleaded:

“Pharaoh, after this battle, we can confirm that the monsters in the temple are no match for Diaband.”

"In order to deal with the crisis that will follow, I suggest that we intensify the search for elves and monsters."

"Besides Lord Yuzuru, some of the Millennium Items can also be used to explore and sense."

"Pharaoh, please allow me to lead my troops to find an even more powerful fighting force!!"

After thinking for a moment, Wang Yang finally nodded and agreed to Seth's plan.

After a fierce battle, everyone was exhausted. King Yu, Honda, and Kyoko returned to the palace to rest and think about the next steps. Yuzuru continued to guard the vicinity of the pyramids to prevent Bakura from attacking again. As for the priests, they each performed their duties.

Isis, who possesses the Millennium Jewelry, is in charge of prophecy; Mahad, who holds the Millennium Wisdom Wheel, redeploys defenses and repairs the damaged facilities in the royal city; and Set, who wields the Millennium Scepter, is planning where to find new elves...

Among the six priests, a middle-aged man with white hair wearing the Thousand-Year Eye stood out from the crowd. Instead of thinking about the safety of the royal city, he was plotting his own plans.

He returned to his palace, where he began to plot. After a long while, feeling uneasy, he stood up from his seat and walked toward the royal library. When he saw that the entrance to the secret room of the library had been opened, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately revealed a cruel and sinister expression.

Chapter 298 Mana

"despair……"

"despair……"

"despair……"