How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

"So, besides the [Vortex of Connection to the Source] which is the main material, the dragon material we just obtained is the [Dragon Scale of the Beast of 666]. Hmm, one piece should be enough."

Of the remaining items pointing to the light attribute, Yuuto currently only knows of one fifth element, ether, which might point to the light attribute, but he doesn't seem to have anything with the ether element on hand right now...

He remembered that the Servant's body seemed to be made of ether.

You Du looked troubled.

Are you suggesting he cut off an arm or a leg and throw it in?

Hmmm... Forget it, he's playing cards with La Er tomorrow, it wouldn't be convenient for him to be missing an arm or a leg...

You Du's gaze fell on the bookshelf in the room.

There must be something else that can be used as a substitute, right?

Let's take a look!

To save time, he first threw a black [666 Beast Dragon Scale] into the vortex in the pot, then added materials of the four elements of earth, fire, water, and wind to the pot to help harmonize it, and set it aside to refine it.

You Du began searching for the books he needed on the bookshelf.

Because this room was used to store miscellaneous items before the Holy Grail War began, it's natural that the books placed here are the most basic ones, the ones that Misaya Reirōkan had already finished studying.

After spending some time finding a copy of "Introduction to Alchemy - A Comprehensive Explanation of the Five Elements," You Du flipped through the pages, quickly reading the sections related to ether, and soon found what he was looking for.

It mentions something called 'etheric block', which is an object formed when ether, which should have become one of the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind, loses its direction of formation and materializes. It looks like it fits his requirements.

But what's with losing the direction of shaping?

What constitutes a loss of form?

It only says that this thing exists, but it doesn't say how to make it!

After frowning and thinking for a while, Yuuto summoned the Black Magic Girl, then turned to the corresponding page of the book in his hand and handed it to the bewildered person.

"Can you make this?"

Black Magician Girl: "Huh?"

doing what?

……

As the saying goes, professional matters should be handled by professionals.

When you're sick, you should see a doctor instead of just taking some medicine on your own. When you're hungry, you should find a chef instead of cooking for yourself, only to end up with a mess in the kitchen, an empty wallet, and no good food.

At this moment, looking at the irregular ether block in his hand created by the black magic girl, Yuuto once again confirmed the value of those words.

"Alright, all the materials are ready now!"

With a casual remark like "There are snacks in the living room," Yu Du satisfied Miss Tool left the room and took out the third pot, bringing out the ingredients he had decided on beforehand.

"Using the [Vortex of Connection to the Source] as the main material, supplemented by a [Dragon Scale of the Beast of 666], plus a few pieces of Ether Blocks..."

As ingredients are added, the deep blue and crimson swirles in the pot gradually merge into one until they turn golden yellow.

You Du waited for a while, but saw that there was still no movement in the pot, just like a calm lake.

Hmm? There isn't even a single extra element, so he doesn't need to use magic to guide the precipitation?

Is it because the card 【No.100 Source Dragon】 is special, or did he just draw the wrong card?

You can't expect him to find the differences in this golden yellow area using the RGB color code table, can you?

...Never mind, let's put it aside for now.

Placing this pot alongside the other one, Yuuto began preparing the materials to forge the [Super Magical Dragon Knight - Red-Eyes Dragon Knight].

Although it's uncertain whether it's because Reirakukan Misaya is still just a child that her hair and blood are only grade C, they're still usable.

However, just in case, Yuto also added some magic catalysts commonly used when using black magic.

Watching the watery magic in the pot begin to take on different properties under the influence of various ingredients, intermingling, merging, repelling, and devouring each other, becoming chaotic, You Du let out a long breath and skillfully condensed the magic into his hand.

This is just right.

So the problem with the card itself was indeed the issue with the previous batch?

After extracting the excess dark attribute from the vortex, and watching the card gradually reveal its pale yellow border, showing the black dragon on the card face, Yuuto crossed out the name "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" in his mind with satisfaction.

One-quarter of the target achieved!

……

The process of crossing over began at 5 a.m. and continued until noon when Misaya of the Reirō-kan naturally woke up and experienced the feeling of excessive magic consumption again before it ended.

There were basically no mistakes during this period. After all, with the materials used being highly targeted, it was quite difficult to draw other cards.

The only thing that's a little off is... the second pot, the one used to forge the Source Dragon, hasn't shown any activity yet.

That's strange. Judging from the obvious changes, it doesn't seem to be a case of insufficient or missing materials. Why hasn't the refining process been completed yet?

After returning from lunch, Youdu was still puzzled and had no choice but to put it aside.

And so it was left there until evening.

There was no dazzling golden light, nor any extraordinary commotion. In the blink of an eye, the pot that was originally filled with golden liquid magic became empty, leaving only a black-bordered Xyz Monster card at the bottom...

No, it's not just one.

Just as Yuuto was about to say that one of his fusion cards had been swallowed, he reached into the pot to retrieve the cards inside, but then noticed something was wrong and began to take the cards out one by one.

Below the expected [No. 100 Source Dragon], there was also a [No. 46 Divine Shadow Dragon Gum Dragon] and...

"【No. 62 Galaxy Eye Photon Dragon Emperor】?"

Yes, they are all light-attribute dragons, which makes sense.

Chapter 234 Damn! Coffin!

The bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the night is deep and quiet.

In just one day, Tokyo, which had been in turmoil and chaos all day, was quelled by the Church of Jesus using some unknown means.

Yuto, accompanied by Reiko Misaya, stood before the gate of the temple complex, quietly looking at the time on the watch he had brought, against the backdrop of the sparse stars in the night sky.

The sphinxes guarding the temple complex looked at each other, and for a moment none of them dared to make a move.

Behind them was the Pharaoh, and in front of them was also the Pharaoh; they couldn't stop him, nor could they not stop him.

A Sphinx-like trolley problem was thus presented to them.

Fortunately, the wandering creatures are only standing outside the temple complex and have not come in, which means they don't have to make a choice immediately.

Yuuto and Reiko Misaya stood outside, waiting until the hour and minute hands of the clock overlapped at the top and moved one position to the right before lowering their arms.

It's past midnight, it's already the second day!

The two stepped into the temple complex. The moment they took that small step, the Sphinxes tensed up and instinctively stepped back, making way for Yuuto and Misaya Reirōkan to reach the main temple.

"come yet?"

Inside the main temple.

Osmandis, who was sitting on the throne with his arms propped up and his eyes closed in meditation, opened his eyes. His golden eyes shone with a blazing light like the sun for a moment in the temple, which was only illuminated by moonlight.

At this moment, he has fully recovered his physical strength, magical power, and mental strength, and is just waiting for Yuto to come and complete the final battle in this Holy Grail War.

Besides them, the last Archer had already retreated from the outer temple complex before dawn, so their battle was not worried about being disturbed by anyone!

The Sphinxes' actions were exactly what he had expected. After all, this was a battle between pharaohs, and if they wanted to interfere, Osmandis would throw them out of the temple first.

Yudou led Reiko Misaya straight into the main temple without any incident.

"I have been waiting here for a long time! Ferry!"

Osmandis, unusually, did not refer to Yudo as the 'future pharaoh.' He rose from his throne and stood with Yudo at opposite ends of the empty space within the main temple.

"Now that you've stepped onto the battlefield, even if you become a future pharaoh, I will consider you an opponent! So come on! Use your Noble Phantasm! I, Osmandis, the King of Kings, grant your permission!"

He opened his arms as if embracing, but did not discard the scepter in his hand.

Having witnessed Yuwatari's duel, he knew that using that Noble Phantasm would generate a Duel Disk for him, so he planned to use his favorite scepter to turn it into his Duel Disk.

Yudo fell silent as Osmandis interrupted him before he could even open his mouth.

Although... even if you don't allow it, it doesn't stop me from using it...

He had discovered this the last time he visited Ramses II's temple. He didn't know if it was because of the Millennium Puzzle, but the Noble Phantasm sealing effect in Ramses II's Great Radiant Complex Temple had no effect on him at all, and he could still use the Noble Phantasms as usual.

Could it be that Ramses II discovered this, knew he couldn't stop him, and so he simply started doing it?

It shouldn't be...

"Since you've already made your preparations, I don't need to say anything more."

Yuto shook his head and gestured for Reirakukan Misaya to stand aside. He then raised the Duel Disk on his arm and unfolded it. The surrounding magic was instantly swept away, and all the magic from outside the domain was repelled and blocked outside the domain.

Under Osmandis's satisfied gaze, the scepter in his hand melted into a golden liquid, as if kneaded and manipulated by an invisible hand, and finally shaped into the form of a dueling disk, which attached itself to his arm.

The duel disk is predominantly gold with blue stripes, and the card placement area unfolds like bird wings, with each piece stacked together.

"Come on, let's put an end to this Holy Grail War with this duel between us!"

With prior experience, Osmandis received relevant information very quickly.

After learning about the duel and his own deck, he smiled and spoke along with Yuuto after he finished speaking.

"DUEL!" ×2

【Osmandis LP: 4000】

【Yoto LP: 4000】

"I get the first turn!" Osmandis, who had gained the first turn, immediately sent two cards to the graveyard.

"The effect of [Horus's Glory - Imset] in my hand is activated! I send this card and another card from my hand to the Graveyard, add 1 Continuous Spell Card [Coffin of the King] from my Deck to my hand, and then draw 1 card!"

"I add [King's Coffin] to my hand and activate it immediately!"

As the card was inserted, a coffin resembling an Egyptian pharaoh appeared before Osmandis.

Damn it! Coffin!

Hearing that familiar card name, seeing that familiar coffin standing on Ottomandis's field.

Yuuto felt as if he had returned to the days when, no matter what deck he was playing against, he had to worry that his opponent, who only had one card left, might suddenly pull out a "King's Coffin".

As for why the opponent only has one card left... well, don't ask.

Unfortunately, Yu-Gi-Oh! is a cruel game. In order to play Yu-Gi-Oh!, you have to deprive your opponent of the right to play it.

Osmandis actually didn't like coffins, which were used to store corpses, or rather, he wasn't interested in anything associated with death.

Even if the coffin contained the mummy of a pharaoh, the same would be true.

If it were a pharaoh from a previous generation instead of him here, they would probably have been quite fond of these things, but for him, it would only have the opposite effect.

Osmandis did not place much importance on his mausoleum during his lifetime.

At that time, he always thought about merging heaven and earth, and believed that only a person who could become a god and rule heaven and earth forever could be called a pharaoh, which is why he felt disgusted by royal tombs as 'places after death'.

It was only because this coffin was merely an image of a card that he allowed it to remain beside him for the time being; otherwise, he would have summoned the Dark Night Sun Ship long ago and blasted it to smithereens.

Thinking this, he shifted his gaze from the [King's Coffin], which seemed to have become more transparent, and placed one card in his hand on the Duel Disk, not in a hurry to let the four members of the Grimoire jump out of the graveyard.

"A Level 5 [Sacred Dragon - Ashe Dragon] in your hand can be summoned directly without Tributing! However, the original ATK of this card summoned in this way becomes 1000!"

A purple-bodied bipedal pterosaur, clad in golden armor, flew from outside the temple, leaving a trail of particles the same color as its body in its wake, following the moonlight.

【Sacred Dragon - Aishi Dragon】

【5 stars】

【Dragon/Light】

[Attack power: 1900→1000]

Chapter 235 In the Name of the Pharaoh