The golden accessory identical to the Millennium Puzzle hanging on Aisha's chest.
On the mysterious black-robed person's chest was a golden ring with an eye in the center.
"Millennium Ring ? I remember, that's not something good."
Based on You Ling's vague memory of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, the Millennium Ring, also one of the seven Millennium Items, seemed to be an item belonging to a certain villain.
Just like the scene before his eyes.
Wearing a black robe on the back mountain at night, and even causing a student of Fusion Academy to fall unconscious through a duel, was already quite villainous.
"Tonight's prey is exceptionally plentiful. Didn't expect the rich young masters and ladies from the academy to be so easily fooled."
After discovering Aisha, the black-robed man's face, hidden by a hood, only revealed the lower half and an insidious smile sketched at the corner of his mouth.
"Fooled?" You Ling, controlling Aisha's body, frowned slightly.
With You Ling's intellect, if not fully understanding the current situation, he could still guess about seventy to eighty percent of it.
"The rumor about the Three Egyptian God cards was fake?"
"Hahahahaha!"
The black-robed man suddenly burst into laughter.
"Little girl, you look quite naive on the outside, didn't expect you to be surprisingly smart."
Aisha: "What do you mean I look naive on the outside? I'm not convinced!"
Perhaps because her soul was hiding in the Millennium Puzzle, Aisha was no longer so afraid of the current environment, even able to muster the courage to fight for her appearance.
"Gahahahaha."
The black-robed man's smile became even more arrogant and twisted.
"You rich young masters and ladies, wealthy and idle, just a little fake news about rare cards, and you come running to this back mountain one after another to offer yourselves up. Even thinking with your butt, you'd know, how could the cards of the Three Egyptian Gods possibly appear in this godforsaken place?"
"'Offer yourselves up' (lit. send heads, slang for feeding kills), that's a clever use of words," You Ling thought silently.
Luring the students of Fusion Academy to a remote place like the mountain behind the academy, what exactly was the purpose?
If it was for sexual assault, definitely not; the two current victims were both grown men, unless the other party had special fetishes.
Robbery was a high possibility; after all, the other party just said that the academy was full of rich young masters and ladies.
"But, why insist on playing cards?"
This was the part that puzzled You Ling the most.
Especially the first victim, Ron, who even went mentally deranged.
Unsure if he experienced the same situation as Shuiyue Wu just now.
"Hehe, without dueling, how could one obtain the priceless cards in the hands of you noble young masters and ladies."
Approaching the unconscious Shuiyue Wu, the black-robed man actually took out the deck stored in his Elven Eye.
Aisha: "Impossible! After the Elven Eye is touched by an outsider, it should disappear into another dimension along with the Duelist's deck."
This was also the most fundamental reason why cards couldn't be traded on the Elf Continent.
Unless, like in a duel, card control was temporarily exchanged using effects like [Hand Exchange].
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the Elven Eye would not allow others to touch the deck.
From the beginning of summoning and crafting, the cards were already bound to the Duelist; even if thrown around like Kyma did, or used as weapons, they would automatically return to their original owner after a period.
And as for 'tradable cards' appearing, as mentioned before, there were only two situations.
The cardholder passed away.
Or, the rumored forbidden Shadow Games.
Aisha: "(╯°Д°)╯ Could it be, Shuiyue Wu is dead?"
——Next time preview: "The Death of Shuiyue Wu"
You Ling complained: "No no no, it shouldn't be that extreme, dying from playing cards is too exaggerated."
Although the scream that pierced through the entire deep mountain when Shui Wuyue was defeated just now was indeed very miserable.
"So it really is a Shadow Game."
Combining this with the Millennium Ring on the black-robed man's chest, You Ling arrived at the answer.
"You can even guess Shadow Games, little girl, you look silly, but you're wise beyond your appearance ."
The black-robed man didn't stingy with his 'praise', while his hands weren't idle either, directly taking the rarest and only B-rank Spell Card from Shuiyue Wu's deck, [Monster Reborn].
After that, Shuiyue Wu's entire deck disappeared, preventing the black-robed man from further plundering.
"If you lose in a Shadow Game, you must hand over one card from your deck as a price. This is the so-called ante for stepping into the darkness."
The value of one tradable card [Monster Reborn], if placed on the black market, could probably be exchanged for a luxurious mansion in a small ordinary town.
This was also why there were so many 'rare card hunters' willing to risk their lives dueling in Shadow Games, licking blood from the blade's edge.
Money, is always the thing that can best drive the greed deep within the human heart.
"Not bad, this Millennium Item given by the Cult Leader , although it's a replica, its effect is really good. A genuine Shadow Game, with the mental strength of students, they can't hold out for many turns at all, it's hard to even lose."
After taking [Monster Reborn] from Shuiyue Wu's deck, the black-robed man simply took off his cloak hood, revealing a head of messy black long hair.
"As for the next prey, didn't expect a female student to deliver herself to my door tonight. Looking closely, she's quite cute."
His features, as if squeezed together into a lewd appearance, coupled with an even more lewd expression, made even You Ling, a native grown man, feel physiologically nauseated.
Aisha: "(°Д°) This person, is he planning to do something indescribable to Mr. You Ling?!"
Calm down, idiot, this is your own body!
"Prepare for battle, Aisha."
Even if curious about the sensitivity of a girl's body, You Ling didn't want to experience the 'forbidden fruit' under these circumstances.
"Quite aware, huh, little girl. But any resistance is futile. Where darkness reaches, there is no escape, this is a Shadow Game!"
In just a few seconds, You Ling felt himself enveloped by a thick black fog; all he could see was endless blackness.
"Sa, let's begin, the delightful Shadow Game! Duel——!"
Not giving You Ling any chance to refuse, after the replica Millennium Ring flashed, the duel in the darkness was forcibly initiated.
Dark Duelist LP: 4000
VS
Aisha LP: 4000
The rules were also different from the academy's weekly practical combat tests, instead being the continent's standard 4000 Life Points, minimum 40-card deck formal duel.
The black-robed man's Elven Eye lit up first, indicating he goes first.
"I summon in Attack Position——[Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands]!"
[Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands ★★★★ LIGHT][Fairy-Type/Effect ATK: 1400 DEF: 1000]
Materializing in the darkness, its body composed of countless arms, an Angel-Type monster whose bizarre and ugly appearance caused one's SAN value to plummet, fundamentally couldn't even be called an 'angel'.