Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 114

Chapter 114 - 114: The Truth

[Shell, LP 0]

With his life points reduced to zero, the duel ceremony came to an end. The Seal of Orichalcos began to spiral and contract, slowly closing in on Shell.

But at the same time, a powerful force erupted from his deck.

The flames of the Phoenix transformed into a towering pillar of fire, briefly morphing into a phantom image of a phoenix in midair. The fire swept across the entire field, enveloping all three duelists in its dazzling brilliance.

After a blinding flash that made it impossible to keep their eyes open, an image appeared.

It looked like an ancient battlefield from ages past, a world plunged into endless wailing. The sky was torn apart like a shattered painting, revealing a terrifying rift.

Within that rift, it seemed as if a dreadful evil god was lurking. Its deep and cold gaze looked as though it would devour all living things.

An army of monsters surged onto the battlefield like a tide, their silhouettes monstrous and grotesque under the dying sunlight. Some had horns and wore armor, some flew through the air, and some were blood-red demons whose roars shook the heavens and earth.

A brutal war erupted on the ground, flames devouring everything. A burning phoenix fell from the sky, its feathers flashing brilliantly in the fire, its mournful cry echoing over the battlefield for a long time.

"Is this... an image of the past?" Jaden muttered.

Though it was just a guess, they all seemed to understand what it meant.

The forces of the evil god had invaded the spirit world, igniting a fierce war in a dimension unknown to humans. The fallen phoenix was probably the Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys.

This scene was perhaps the Phoenix God's way of saying: "It wasn't that I didn't want to help you back then, I was just weak and got knocked out early."

The fallen phoenix dissipated, its released flames absorbed into some stone tablet.

It seemed that after that battle, the Phoenix God's spirit entered a sealed state. The only reason it could now send these images was by using the last bit of Phoenix power that the group had just absorbed from the tribe's statue ruins.

The scene shifted again, from the spirit world to reality.

It was an ancient village surrounded by mountains.

The warm sunlight was suddenly blocked by thick clouds, and monsters surged in from all directions. The silhouettes of various monsters flickered in the dark forests, and the village was trampled into ruins.

Behind all those monsters, beneath the clouded sky, a huge black shadow watched everything with a sinister grin. On its forehead was the six-pointed star mark of Orichalcos.

"How... could it be like this?" Shell muttered in disbelief.

Suddenly, he understood.

No, he should have figured out long ago that there were many suspicious points about the invasion of his village. But until now, his mind had always been under Orichalcos's influence, intentionally led to ignore these things, unable to think in that direction.

Now, having lost the duel and with his soul about to dissipate, Orichalcos's connection finally broke. Only then could the Phoenix God seize a gap to deliver the truth to him.

From the very beginning, the evil monsters that invaded his home were summoned by the God of Orichalcos.

They orchestrated the whole invasion, then appeared as saviors at the moment of despair, giving Shell a chance to gain power. That way, he would willingly sell his soul and work for New Doma.

Kira, however, was not surprised at all. He had more or less already guessed as much.

Because this was also an old trick that Old Doma loved to use.

The three swordman of Old Doma were recruited by similar methods. Dartz, using his power to glimpse destiny, discovered the potential in Alister, Rafael, and Valon, and decided the three were destined to become the three swordman of Doma.

So, Dartz personally created childhood tragedies for them, planted seeds of darkness in their hearts, and step by step guided them to join Doma in pursuit of power, becoming his strongest swordman.

An old trick—nothing new.

After another burst of intense light, the vision disappeared, and the phantom body of the Phoenix God gradually faded. Its last bit of power seemed to have been completely burned away.

Meanwhile, the Seal of Orichalcos had shrunk to the point where it was almost touching Shell.

"Was I wrong...?" Shell gently closed his eyes and sighed deeply.

"Shell!" Jaden tried to reach out to him.

Shell looked at Jaden one last time and smiled slightly.