Chapter 56 You Are Being Disrespectful

After rescuing Nefertari, Hayato did not return to the palace with the two priests Shada and Karim who later arrived to carry Aknadi away. On the one hand, although the two priests were The pharaoh is very loyal, but he is very wary of Hayato, a guy who appears suddenly. He knows that if he returns to the palace to find Yugi, he will probably have to face this look all the time. Hayato has no interest in making it uncomfortable.

Also, although Nefertari looked heartless, Hayato thought that she had just escaped from danger, so it would be better to go home and rest.

"Go home or something..."

Along the way, Nefertari looked coy and refused to go ahead. Fortunately, when Hayato went out today, he deliberately memorized the route from the palace to his home, otherwise he might have got lost. , and when she arrived in front of Hayato, or "Meliamon"'s house, Nefertari suddenly had an idea.

"That's right, Meliamon, you haven't eaten much today, right? I can't go home now, I have to make you something to eat."

As she spoke, Nefertari swept away the hesitant expression on her face, opened the door of Hayato's house very skillfully and walked in.

Although Hayato wanted to tell Nefertari that when he was in the palace, he got lost near the kitchen and ate a lot of good food. Except for the bread that made people complain, it was all to Hayato's taste. , he was quite full. However, seeing the girl's lively and cheerful appearance, Hayato just let it go.

It was obviously Hayato's home, but Hayato was far less familiar with the environment at home than Nefertari. Even though he had sweated a lot at the end of the day, he still found the bathroom with a change of clothes under the guidance of the girl.

Although the general impression of Egypt in the world seems to be that it is mostly desert, and it is true that a considerable area of ​​Egypt is desert, but people are not stupid, and they are not stupid enough to rely on oases but not use them. I have to go into the desert.

Relying on the existence of the Nile River, the ancient Egyptian people actually had no shortage of water at all. What is even more exaggerated is that the Nile River flooded and subsided from time to time. Some historians even described the life of the ancient Egyptians this way: "When the flooded Nile River recedes, In the end, the farmland near the river does not need to be irrigated at all. You only need to spread the seeds and drive the pigs to trample the mud, and the harvest will be waiting next year.”

Although it may be a bit exaggerated, it is also a description based on real history. It is also because of this that the ancient Egyptians, who were not suffering from famine, had so much energy to build all kinds of magnificent buildings. After all, who would be interested in building something like a pyramid if their stomach is not full yet.

However, it is not true to say that the ancient Egyptians simply built pyramids, sphinxes and other buildings to exert their power when they were full. In fact, there were still many pharaohs who did more to promote their own power. Various buildings were built for great achievements and fame, and some pharaohs even built them crazily out of interest.

For example, Ramses II is one of the most famous pharaohs in ancient Egypt and one of the best in the world in terms of lifespan.

Speaking of which, I was invited by Yin Xisi to accompany Yugi to the Egyptian Cultural Relics Touring Exhibition Hall in Tongshiye City to see the Memory of the King Slate that was still in Tongshiye City at that time. By the way, I met Ramses who was also participating in the exhibition. The second generation of Mu Nayin is here.

However, although the era of that pharaoh is quite close to the time of the current memory world, there is still a gap of several decades. When the unknown pharaoh ascended the throne, that pharaoh was not yet born.

Immersing his body in a wooden bucket filled with water, Hayato was thinking wildly while looking at the gladiator plate he picked up from the palace.

The style of the gladiator disk is very close to the golden duel disk I saw from the Tomb Guard Clan. There is only a slight difference. It is basically certain that the later duel disks evolved from the one in front of me. , I don’t know where that guy Kaiba got his inspiration from, and whether he paid royalties to others.

It's not like Yami Yugi got special instructions from the priest Simon about the precautions when using the gladiatorial disk. Hayato just watched and learned a little bit about the operation from the previous battle between Mahad and Bakura. He was able to summon The appearance of [Long Yi Qiao] also depends entirely on luck and intuition.

Although it is supposed to be a ritual monster that requires special rituals to come, it seems that because Hayato explained to Bakura before, the change of time caused the starry sky to change its position, and the power of "Dragon" is even stronger than it was three thousand years later. Some, although not as good as a thousand years ago, this power also allows [Long Yiqiao] to be summoned directly without the restrictions of the ritual.

Hayato doesn't know much about the specific principles. It's probably that changes in the position of the stars make it easier to transmit power to the earth, and rituals are no longer needed to increase the power. There is no need to be so clear about dueling monsters.

However, although it is freed from the restrictions of the ritual, [Long Yiqiao]'s own power has not changed much. It still maintains the same level as it was three thousand years later. When converted into data, it is the same 4000 attack point as the Titan Soldier. Strength·Defense. Although it is quite powerful, it still has some shortcomings if the opponent is Bakula's [Diabond].

Although it was a long time ago and I can’t remember the plot of the Memory of the King chapter very well, Hayato still somewhat remembered that the monster [Diabond] was indeed as Bakura said, with the ability to grow infinitely. Every time You can become stronger by defeating new powerful monsters.

So don't look at it before. The two of them, Yami Yugi and Hayato, were able to defeat Bakura and [Diabond] steadily when they joined forces. Hayato was even able to defeat two [Ryuuki Takumi] with equal strength. Bakura's fight was all about running away for his life, but if [Diabond] gains even a little bit of growth, the situation will turn into a situation where Hayato and Yami Yugi have nothing to do against [Diabond].

The most that can be done is to use the remaining two of the three phantom gods, [Osiris] and [La] to defeat [Diabond] twice at most, but that will only increase its power. The catalyst to become stronger, after that they will be completely helpless against [Diabond].

Therefore, Hayato felt that even if it was just a trace, he must find a way to wake up more elves to help in the battle. For example, [Viracocha Lasca] might be able to work wonders.

However, Hayato was able to awaken the spirit of [Ryuuki Takumi] before because the Draco constellation was still shining in the starry sky three thousand years ago. The time spans three thousand years ago, and many card spirits have not actually been born at all, let alone was awakened, and the [Earthbound God] card Hayato also accidentally obtained in the virtual world created by the Kaiba Group.

Although the [Earthbound God] has existed for as long as five thousand years, three thousand years ago now, [Viracocha Lasca] should have been sleeping in Na, South America, together with the other [Earthbound Gods]. The plains of Skar were far away from Egypt, where Hayato was currently located, and there was no hope that he would wake up and respond to Hayato on his own.

Hayato even felt that maybe the world map in the memory world only had one Egypt. America had not been discovered three thousand years ago, so it was impossible for it to exist in the memory of a pharaoh.

"Oh, it's really troublesome. If only someone could help me awaken the card spirit." Hayato felt artificially, glancing at the starlight that was reflected into the room through the existence of the gladiatorial disk. Xuying asked, "What kind of handsome elf can have such powerful power?"

"Although you don't understand humans very well, contractor, are you making a request to us?"

The aggregation of starlight that has been gathered and formed——the [Ryuuki Qiao-Ryushu α], which is much smaller than the normal one and is as small as the palm of Hayato's hand, said in a voice, floating in front of Hayato with the support of dots of stardust. In the air, "Are you asking us to send power to other beings around you who have not yet awakened?"

"The contract between us and you is an existence that cannot be worn away by time. There is no need for such a thing. As long as we exist, it is enough. None of the other existences around you will be our opponent. "

[Ryuuki Qiao-Youshu α] Although he didn't speak, he directly transmitted his thoughts into Hayato's mind in the form of telepathy, and even let Hayato feel his proud tone.

"I understand the truth, but Xiaolong, you don't want to have to let you appear when you encounter any miscellaneous fish in the future, right?"

Ignoring the resistant look of [Ryuuki Qiao-Youshu α], Hayato grabbed it in his hand and started stroking it. His fingers slid over its wings, tail and other parts, feeling the unique texture of the metal material. With its cool feeling and rich engraved details on its body, Hayato, who was once a Jiao veteran, has long wanted to have a model of "Ryuuki Takumi" to play with.

"Ugh! Let go, let go of us, contractors!"

"The joints are getting wet!"

The [Ryuuki Qiao-Ryushu α], which had always maintained a large size before, never expected that Hayato would be interested in the smaller version of himself, and struggled with resistance, but in his current state, he could not resist Hayato's tricks. After being played with for a while, [Long Huiqiao-Youxu α] begged for mercy: "I, we know, according to the contract, we will help you, the contractor, to awaken other cards!"

Afraid that Hayato would continue to play with him, [Ryuuki Qiao-Right Pivot Alpha] quickly flew up the moment Hayato stopped, and cast a beam of starlight at Hayato, which was then submerged into the fighting plate next to the barrel, and was transformed into Hayato's card. The elves provided strength, but he turned around and disappeared without a trace.

"Huh? Just let him run away like this?" Looking at the remaining bits of stardust beside the barrel, Hayato said with regret, "I'm still thinking about doing 'yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo' after a long time. Forget it, there will still be a chance sooner or later, let’s see what [Long Huiqiao-Youshu α] has done first.”

Standing up from the barrel, Hayato's abdominal muscles surfaced. His toned yet well-proportioned figure. Even now, it is difficult for Hayato to believe that this boy named "Meliamon" is really only eight years old. Dry off After getting rid of the water on his body, Hayato took the gladiator plate placed nearby and put it on.

A familiar force came from the fighting disk, and a laser shot out from a yellow energy slot on the fighting disk, quickly printing a card in mid-air like laser engraving!

Stretching out his hand, Hayato took the card, turned it over, and saw a familiar presence.

Astonishingly, it’s [La’s Winged Dragon – Sphere]!

This is simply an unexpected surprise. Hayato did not include the three phantom gods who had been lent to the game before and were responsible for guarding the pharaoh in this era among the elves that may be awakened, but he did not expect that after [Ryuuki] With the power of Qiao, [La] returned to his side.

Although, not in the normal form of [La's Winged Dragon].

"嘤嘤嘤~" I don't know why, [Ra's Winged Divine Dragon] obviously looks very cold and majestic in front of other people, but every time he appears in front of Hayato, [Ra's Winged Divine Dragon] screams It's like he's showing off his cuteness, a pure yip-ying monster.

Hayato was quite happy to see [Ra's Winged Divine Dragon], but at the same time he was a little disappointed. [Ra'ed Winged Divine Dragon] is strong but it is one of the existing combat powers. After all, whether she is in There is no big difference between the game and Hayato. The card spirit awakens and feels lonely.

"Huh?" [La's Winged Dragon] called out with some confusion. Although Hayato didn't say it clearly, she also felt a little disappointed in Hayato's heart. After thinking about it for a while, she called out again, and the card lit up, "嘤嘤嘤嘤嘤嘤, 嘤嘤嘤 (Everyone looks at me, I’m going to announce something)!”

Following the call of [Ra's Winged Dragon], he looked at the card again, and golden light came into Hayato's eyes. Hayato remembered that he had seen such a light before, as if before the finals of Duel City.

The light dissipated, but the original card of [Ra's Winged Divine Dragon] in Hayato's hand was directly increased to three. In addition to [Ra's Winged Divine Dragon] and [Ra's Winged Divine Dragon - Sphere], there was one more card. A phoenix with blazing fire all over its body is printed on it, which is the third form of [Ra's Winged Divine Dragon] known to Hayato - [Ra's Winged Divine Dragon-Phoenix]!

Not only that, at the moment Hayato gathered all three [Ra's Winged Dragon] in various forms, a ray of light shot out from Hayato's hand and extended into the sky. The light pillar appeared in the night sky, violently dispersing the dark clouds in the sky. Part of it revealed a golden square pyramid!

"That's an inverted pyramid?" Hayato said to himself in surprise as he looked out the window.

At the same time, Yami Yugi, who was far away in the palace, also noticed the huge golden square pyramid in the sky. With many years of contact, he was more familiar with what it was than Hayato: "Why, [Millennium Building Blocks] do that?!"

After living in the [Millennium Building Blocks] for so many years, An Yuxi would not be able to mistake it, because the size has been enlarged so many times, allowing An Yuxi to see clearly from a long distance in the palace on the ground. Comparing the texture details with the [Millennium Building Block] hanging around his neck at the moment, he confirmed that it was definitely a [Millennium Building Block].

But, what is going on? How come there is a second [Millennium Building Block] hanging in the air?

Mana, who was next to Yami Yugi, looked at Yugi with a puzzled and confused expression, and asked with some confusion: "What's wrong, prince?"

"Mana, how many times have I told you that you are disrespectful to Pharaoh!"

"Oh, you are too rigid, Master!" After complaining about Mahad, Mana asked An Yuxi again, "Prince, the expression on your face is like a person who lives in the desert and can only rely on oasis to survive. Suddenly I’m just as confused and shocked as I saw the Nile River, what’s going on?”

When An Yuxi heard Mana's words, he couldn't help but look at her and Mahad and said: "You are confused or something, can't you see there, Mahad, Mana? It's in the sky over there, sticking out from the clouds. [Millennium Building Blocks].”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Mana looked in the direction that An Yuxi pointed, but in her eyes she could only see the starry sky covered by sparse clouds, and nothing else could be seen at all. , "But Prince, there is nothing there at all."

"It's the same thing below. I didn't see the sight of the [Millennium Bricks] appearing in the sky as you mentioned, Pharaoh." Mahad said that he, like Mana, couldn't see anything.

This makes the game feel a little strange. Could it be that I have seen the legendary "mirage"? That's not right. Although An Yuxi has heard that mirages can appear at night, it is obviously not possible to meet the conditions in ancient Egypt. Moreover, An Yuxi has repeatedly confirmed it several times and has not found any visible mirages in the sky. What are the flaws in [Millennium Building Blocks]?

He thought that he should have seen it right. In that case, maybe he should change his mind. It was not that he was the only one who saw it wrong, but that he who came from the outside world and did not belong to the memory world saw it right and saw Mahad, Mana and the others. The real sky that people in these memory worlds cannot see.

Specifically, maybe I can ask Hayato to verify it tomorrow. Anyway, I should have plenty of time in this memory world, and because today Tapiryo—oh, his name is Bakura now— -'s men attacked, and he had plenty of reasons to leave the palace.

After all, the people suffered heavy losses due to the attacks by the enemies of the dynasty. As a pharaoh, An Yugi left the palace to visit the people in various places without any problems. By the way, the pursuit of Bakura can also be launched at the same time.

Although Yami Yugi currently does not have a clear goal for what he is going to do in this memory world, nor does he know why he lost the "name" that the ancient Egyptians valued so much three thousand years ago and became He killed the unknown Pharaoh, but he at least knew one thing, that was to kill Bakura.

"Maybe I saw it wrong. It's nothing, Mahad, Mana." Suppressing the plan in his heart, An Yuxi said casually, and then asked Mana as if he remembered something, "By the way, Mana, Did you and Mahad know me before I ascended the throne as Pharaoh?”

"Huh? Why do you ask that? Prince, Master Master and I have always been your playmates. We have been by your side since we were young. Of course we know you."

Mana paused, then approached An Yuxi again and said, "We practiced martial arts and learned magic together, and the master at that time was not only very cruel to me, but also to you, the prince. If you do anything wrong, just He can beat people with a stick and shout that this is the real magician. Have you forgotten this, prince?"

"This..." Upon hearing Mana's description, An Yugi was stunned and forgot to answer, because he suddenly remembered a magician who also liked melee attacks, and there was also a lively magician next to him. Naughty disciple.

Looking at Mahad and Mana in front of him, the figures of [Dark Magician] and [Dark Magician Girl] appeared in front of him and overlapped with them.

No, no, no, it must be an illusion. Although it is not reality but the world of memory, Mana and Mahad in front of them are also living humans. How could they become card elves?

Immediately, An Yuxi rejected his conjecture, but when he came back to his senses, he found that Mana was very close to his face, with big bright eyes staring at him who had just come back to his senses. .

"It's so strange, Prince. You've only been gone for less than a day. Why do I feel like you've become a different person? How strange?"

There was nothing he could do about Mana who was getting closer and closer, and An Yuxi couldn't say that he actually had no memory of three thousand years ago. Fortunately, at this moment, Mahad said: "You are disrespectful, Ma Na! The prince is already a pharaoh, and he bears the responsibility not only for himself, but for all the subjects of the entire country. We cannot treat him with the same attitude as before!"

Unexpectedly, after hearing Mahad's scolding, Mana smiled slyly and said playfully: "Hey, Master, you just said 'prince', right?"

"Uh..." Mahad was at a loss for words. He didn't expect that he would accidentally call out the pharaoh's name subconsciously. It was really disrespectful! For a moment, he didn't know from what position he should take to continue preaching to Mana.

But Mahad did not continue to reprimand Mana. Looking at An Yuxi's expression of relief, Mana felt slightly disappointed because she knew that Mahad was actually right. The person who was once her childhood sweetheart As the prince ascended the throne and became pharaoh, he was already burdened with a heavy mission and could no longer be treated as before.

"Prince, are you bothered by what I call you?"

Mana, who misunderstood Yami Yugi's expression, took a deep breath and apologized, "Sorry, now, I should call you Pharaoh..."

Yes, the majestic and great Pharaoh who cannot be offended or rebellious, the Pharaoh who is God’s agent on earth, and the Pharaoh who can only bury his feelings deeply and cannot express them...

Thinking of this, Mana couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and An Yuxi noticed Mana's expression, was stunned, and then said to her with a smile: "No, it doesn't matter, Mana. From now on, you can continue to call me prince. alright."

"Huh? Really!" After hearing what An Yuxi said, Mana showed an expression of disbelief, and then hugged An Yuxi again with a look of joy, and even wrapped her legs around An Yuxi, "Oh oh oh ! Mana, my mood is so excited now that it has increased tenfold!"

"Get off the Pharaoh, Mana! You are being disrespectful!"

"No, I have been given the exclusive title of prince. Master, you are just jealous of me. I have always wanted to see your jealous expression on my face, hahahaha!"