dognovel Chapter 211 - 211: DSMW [211]
Chapter 211 - 211: DSMW [211]
At noon, one would have thought the royal capital's dense fog might scatter beneath the midday sun, yet it showed no signs of fading.The darkness of the fog, into which even sunlight could not penetrate, continued to engulf the duelists still fighting within.
"Stay behind me, Alice."
While searching for Ren, Alice and Ilon also encountered an ambush from Shadow Duelists hidden within the fog.
Alice Carlos, who lacked Spirit Eyes, had to be protected.
As her childhood friend, Ilon believed this firmly. He placed himself before Alice, facing the malice emerging from the darkness alone.
In a Shadow Game, an ordinary duelist usually only had two to three turns. Dragging on too long would overdraw their mental strength, leading to unconsciousness and immediate defeat.
"Rooooar—!"
[White Night Dragon] Level 8│WATER│Dragon│3000 ATK / 2500 DEF ×2
They looked like icy versions of Blue-Eyes White Dragon—nearly identical in form, with the same Attack and Defense stats.
Two roaring ice dragons flapped their wings, condensing the surrounding fog into frost.
The one who summoned and controlled these two White Night Dragons was a Shadow Duelist cloaked in black.
"Freeze and destroy everything, White Night Dragons!—Breath of the Frozen Night!"o suggest a date, Ilon was instantly defeated.
"Th-then… let's search for Ren a bit longer."
Though guilty that looking for his sister had become an 'excuse for a date,' that hint of forbidden sweetness was irresistible before Alice's beauty.
What's wrong with being a simp?
Maybe, in the end, simping brings everything!
…
Meanwhile, inside the palace—
"Young girl, this duel… I have lost."
The Empire's Marshal, keeping his word, lifted the Shadow Game barrier binding Lord Kaiser.
"I… I have a question." Still tied on the ground, Luca turned to Locke Slint with a complicated expression. "If you just admit defeat like this, what about your dear granddaughter?"
The wager included both Kaiser and Luca. If Locke surrendered, Miles surely wouldn't just let Luca go.
"You really tricked me, old man. I won't forgive you!"
"Don't be so hasty, Luca."
Laying down his golden staff, Locke slowly sat cross-legged on the palace floor despite his loss.
"Taking the royal family's Spirit Eyes was part of my deal with Reigun Seth. But if it proves too costly, it's better to abandon it altogether."
The calculating Marshal judged: with the Millennium Puzzle's wielder blocking him, forcing a robbery of the Spirit Eyes would drain what little energy he had left—an unprofitable trade.
That was why he had proposed a duel outside the Shadow Game, with rules that stopped short of death—to test the strength of the Puzzle's holder.
And his result proved him right. If he had gone all-out against Aisha Carlos in a Shadow Game, they both likely would have perished.
"What is this old man planning?" Miles grew uneasy. Locke had admitted defeat so decisively, only to sit unmoving in enemy territory.
"This fog will linger long. The true battle is only beginning."
"True battle?"
"War would be a better word."
Plotting even within enemy lines, Locke Slint tapped the ground with a bony finger, as if calculating.
"It's about time."
Diiing—!
A deep chime echoed through the fog-filled capital, striking unease deep into every heart.
"Inferno Tempest—The Varian Empire's military might is the greatest in the world!"
From the fog-covered skies above, where the bell tolled, a massive flaming warhead descended like a nuclear bomb, hurled into the capital below.
The Inferno Tempest's blast targeted today's gathering place of Livorden's noble families and duelists—the manor.
The nuclear requiem resounded, dyeing the royal capital, peaceful for a century, in the crimson of war and disaster.
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