"Xiao Ai, have you heard the rumor about the Three Egyptian Gods?"
Unsure if it was to supervise You Ling , Yilin's frequency of staying over at Aisha's dormitory was increasing.
In the dormitory after dinner, the two initially just silently flipped through their respective novels. After about a quarter of an hour of silence, Yilin suddenly brought this up without warning.
"Three Egyptian Gods, what are those?"
You Ling: "Aisha, you don't even know about the Three Egyptian Gods?"
"Completely no idea."
"Have you really played cards before?"
Even someone like You Ling, who hadn't officially entered the Yu-Gi-Oh! scene, had heard of the great name of the Three Egyptian Gods.
Those were practically three cards bound to the Yu-Gi-Oh! IP, their fame resounding throughout the world.
As a result, what You Ling didn't expect was that on this Elf Continent, where Duel Monsters were the main power system, his host Aisha Carlos actually didn't even know of the Three Egyptian Gods' existence.
You Ling even suspected what strange books Aisha was reading all day while cooped up in the library.
"It's normal that Xiao Ai doesn't know, after all, there are no official written records about the Three Egyptian Gods. Only some gossip circulating on the continent."
Clearing her throat with a couple of coughs, Yilin was already prepared to boast properly to Aisha.
"The so-called Three Egyptian Gods, they are existences standing at the pinnacle of all monsters, divine cards possessing the strongest power. To date, no one has truly seen their true appearance, and very few people know the specific names of the three gods. But I know! They are..."
"So it's Slifer the Sky Dragon , The Winged Dragon of Ra , and Obelisk the Tormentor ."
Interrupting Yilin's casting animation, Aisha answered the question first.
Shocking Yilin, her rosy, cute little mouth opened slightly, then slowly closed, wanting to speak but hesitating.
"Wh-why? Xiao Ai, you clearly didn't even know about the Three Egyptian Gods, yet you know the names of the three gods?"
"Heehee." Aisha playfully stuck out her tongue, "Mr. You Ling just told me."
"Sigh, is it that guy again..."
Yilin, who held a mysterious sour feeling towards You Ling, would express her dissatisfaction with puffed-up cheeks every time Aisha mentioned him.
"Hmph, so what if you know the names of the Three Egyptian Gods. The thing I'm about to say next, that guy You Ling definitely doesn't know!"
Unsure what they were competing about, Yilin always wanted to show Aisha how she was better than You Ling.
"So what is it, Lin-chan, that made you suddenly mention the Three Egyptian Gods?"
"Don't be scared when you hear it. According to reliable sources, someone saw the cards of the Three Egyptian Gods on the mountain behind the academy!"
"..."
Not as excited as Yilin imagined, Aisha just blinked her large, emerald-like eyes a few times.
"Fake, right?"
"Real, I have chat logs as evidence!"
"Can that stuff even be considered evidence?"
You Ling: "Wait, isn't the biggest problem, where would chat logs come from in a world of sword and magic?"
Actually, they exist. Although not Line, QQ, or the like, the Elf Continent has a communication tool called 「Guide Bugs」, which can record messages to be transmitted remotely using fluorescent agents secreted from their bodies.
"I didn't believe it at first either, thought it was just a rumor. It's indeed too fantastical for cards like the Three Egyptian Gods to appear in an ordinary place like the mountain behind the academy. But ah..."
Yilin, acting mysterious, like a crouching kitten, squinted her eyes and moved closer to Aisha, bringing her mouth to Aisha's ear.
"But ah, there's a definite eyewitness. First-year Ron ."
"Ron? Our class seems to have such a person."
A familiar name, Aisha had indeed heard it, but couldn't recall his specific appearance; such a 100% pure passerby character was really hard to leave a deep impression on anyone.
"So it was Ron who saw the Three Egyptian Gods?"
"No, Ron was the first person to go to the back mountain to seek the truth after hearing the rumor."
You Ling: "A passerby face, actually so brave. Then his fate must have been very miserable."
"Ron seems to have been sent home to recuperate due to mental derangement now."
"Told you." Exactly as You Ling predicted.
Aisha complained: "Sent home to recuperate due to mental derangement, how can that still be considered an eyewitness?"
"The point is this mental derangement!"
Yilin's red eyes instantly became serious.
"At that time, when Ron was found on the back mountain and carried out, he kept muttering 'It's God, a Mythical God , Kamida' ( Kǎmìdā - Japanese loanword for God), as if he had been brainwashed."
"This is too bizarre."
Like hearing a terrifying urban legend, Aisha felt a chill down her spine and shrank her head into her clothes.
"Anyway, let's set off!"
"S-set off? Where to, Lin-chan, don't scare me."
"Where else could we go? The mountain behind the academy, of course."
"No no no, I wouldn't go even if you beat me to death, besides it's already so late."
You Ling: "Actually, I'm quite interested too."
"(」＞＜)」Then I'll go!"
Swallowing her timid tears, to satisfy You Ling's interest, Aisha would rather aggrieve herself a little.
The mountain behind Fusion Academy——
The sky had completely darkened, but actually, the time wasn't as late as Aisha said.
Probably just an hour or two after dinner; one could still see young couples strolling along the road in the academy.
As for this place, the mountain behind the academy, although called 'the mountain behind the academy', its actual geographical location was just adjacent to Fusion Academy.
Because there was a wall separating them, it was considered an area outside the academy's jurisdiction.
To go to the back mountain, one had to climb over Fusion Academy's surrounding wall.
This kind of thing, which clearly violated school rules, would definitely result in a deduction of academic points if discovered.
"It's still not too late to turn back now, Lin-chan."
"We're already here, how could we turn back? Besides, it seems someone has already beaten us to it."
Glancing at the footprints left outside the academy wall, Yilin analyzed that someone, like herself, couldn't resist going to the back mountain to investigate after hearing the rumor about the Three Egyptian Gods.
"Hurry up, Aisha, for this kind of thing, it's always first come, first served."
With fairly good athletic nerves, she jumped onto the wall in two steps, then Yilin reached out and pulled the light-bodied Aisha directly up, then threw her down outside the wall.
"Ahhhhh, my first time... first time violating school rules, woo!"
Stepping outside the school, a strong sense of guilt enveloped Aisha's heart.
You Ling: "How should I put it... this back mountain seems to indeed have some problems."
However, when Aisha stepped onto the soil of the back mountain, You Ling immediately sensed something amiss.
He originally thought the credibility of this rumor about the Three Egyptian God cards was at most 20%, very likely just a rumor caused by someone's boring prank.
But at this moment, the Millennium Puzzle was more restless than ever before.
So much so that You Ling, in his soul state, felt a powerful, unidentified pressure.
"Could this really be... the pressure of a god?"