The perfect ending.
Yugen put away his Duel Disc and looked at the Queen, who had been thoroughly tormented and broken by the hulking monsters of the Dark Realm, nodding in satisfaction.
This is exactly the right feeling.
"You really are one with a terrible personality, aren't you?"
The eye commented beside him.
"I suddenly realized, don't you put extra effort into coming up with all sorts of disgusting tricks every time you're up against a lady?"
It's kind of like that perverse mindset of "such a cute face will definitely cry for a long time after being punched."
Yugen rolled his eyes at it, "How about, next time I encounter such an enemy, I show mercy and just hand you over instead?"
The eye jumped with fright and quickly laughed awkwardly, "Haha, I was just kidding. I am forever grateful to the esteemed master for shielding me from so much trouble, even if I get shattered to pieces, I can't repay the master's kindness..."
As it spoke, the big eye kept rubbing against Yugen. And if it had a tongue, it might have been licking him by now.
But actually, it wasn't just this eye; even the main forces of the Dark Realm who fought this battle were secretly amazed in their hearts —
— Turns out we can play like this?
Yes, Yugen's Dark Realm army is basically all directly snatched from the original Interdimensional Spirits of the Overlord, so almost the whole card deck corresponds to spirits. If this deck were brought to the Otherworld, it would be a time-tested army of the Dark Realm.
He didn't bring the actual spirits over from the Otherworld; the Dark Realm spirits mostly exist in a projection-like state. Nonetheless, this army actually belongs to Yugen now.
The previous ruler, the Overlord, although nominally in command of the entire Dark Realm army, preferred to use his own Evil Heart Heroes and never united his Dark Realm subordinates.
Thus, even though these Dark Realm members nominally belong to the same tribe and the same card deck, they've always fought independently for years, never united under one duelist's leadership.
In the animation, these Dark Realm spirits didn't rarely duel; Judai alone took down several. But even though they were Dark Realm spirits, they didn't use the Dark Realm card deck during duels in the animation, nor did they frequently perform their "I summon myself" trademark moves, preferring to duel with other decks unrelated to their own tribe.
After all, with Dark Realm, if you can't form a full tribe and only have one or two cards, many, like the Master Yugen just used, belong to ineffective traitor effects, with negative practical combat value.
Not until the Overlord's downfall and being unified by Yugen from various dimensions into a whole did these Dark Realm spirits suddenly realize —
— Holy crap, turns out we're actually this strong?
Like Yugen just demonstrated, clearing the field and depleting the hand in one turn, many spirits present are commanders, often on the field for duels themselves. Each tries to empathize from the Queen's perspective facing them and feels a chill down their spine.
Especially when the hand is depleted and finally hit with a Seal of Engraving. In their world of Dark Realm where card duels decide life and death, facing such a situation and opponent, it's hard to imagine what despair, fear, and immense mental torment the dying person must confront in their last turn with no cards to play, staring blankly...
This master, so strong, so perverse.
So... so likable.
Yes, of course, after all, they're called "Dark" Realm and belong to the Demon Race, each looking fierce, not belonging to the righteous side of the spirits' camps.
The more dark and sinister, yet powerful the master, the more they can sincerely submit, feeling that this time they definitely followed the right person.
"Unexpectedly, there are spirits in that cult chasing you."
Yugen crouched beside the Queen. At this moment, the spirit was like a broken doll, legs bent, kneeling on the ground, her eyes staring blankly at the sky like a delicate porcelain doll.
The eye helplessly said, "I don't know either..."
"Yes, I know you don't know," Yugen nodded, "After all, you can't even figure out who you are."
Initially not expecting any information from this spirit, Yugen approached merely to take away her card deck — the enhanced Charming Queen card deck he found quite intriguing.
But just at this moment, Yugen's brows furrowed slightly.
He saw something seemed to be emerging.
Right within the Charming Queen.
The next moment, her delicate porcelain doll-like face suddenly changed, and dark energy appeared on her fair face. Her mouth seemed to open uncontrollably, with terrifying breaths spewing from her mouth, nose, and eyes simultaneously.
Yugen had seen scenes like this before. Similar to Tragodia, when it separated its fragments and possessed a host, it looked exactly like this when separating from the host.
The black mist-like substance erupted into the air, swirling and twisting shapelessly. Soon the dark breath gathered, seemingly transforming from gas to solid, forming a gigantic face.
The facial features were unclear, but it had a pair of eyes that seemed to encompass the world's malice and resentment, looking coldly at Yugen.
"So... this is it."
The shadow produced a deep, sonorous voice.
"This is the current... king of the world?"
Yugen stared into those eyes for a while.
"Let me guess, you're the so-called 'Evil God'?"
"Indeed." The shadow admitted freely.
"You let your followers call you 'Evil' God, that's unusual," Yugen chuckled. "Such an undisguised villain is rare indeed."
"There's nothing worth concealing; the essence of this world is naturally aligned with me."
The Evil God said.
Yugen: "How so?"
"It's destined from the beginning of creation; the future of this world shall eventually turn to darkness. This is fate, regardless of the process or reasons, the result is inevitable.
All things are born in darkness and will return to darkness, just as every birth inevitably leads to death."
"That's an interesting notion," Yugen nodded, smiling, "but I have some doubts about it.
Why don't you come down in person, and we discuss your argument through a duel, see if it holds water?"
The Evil God made a strange noise, like laughter.
"Not so fast, king. It's not today, not now."
He said.
"But it's very close. Soon, I will come to find you. Because you are... the chosen one. Until then, keep an eye on... that spirit, wait for us to personally... collect it..."
As he spoke, his voice grew smaller.
Until the black mist reverted to gas, dissipating out of sight.
The eye blinked twice, looked at the vanishing black mist, and then at Yugen.
"Chosen one? You? What does that mean?"
Yugen frowned slightly, staying silent.