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Chapter 726: Next Time, The Death of Mahad!
"The repair spell is... let me see, please wait a moment~"
Standing before a pile of Ruins, Mana extended her hand, summoning a book into existence out of thin air. She began flipping through the pages, while behind her, Mahad covered his forehead with a helpless expression.
"That's why I always told you to memorize the spells, Mana. Why are you only looking them up now? In a battle, the enemy won't give you this kind of free time to read a book."
Mana let out an "ehehe" laugh. She finally found the section she was looking for and, while looking at the book, replied to Mahad with full vitality, "It's fine, Master! After all, a true Magician doesn't rely on magic. Whether it's pretending to chant a spell and then pulling out an axe for a sneak attack, adding an enhancement magic to yourself and then pulling out a holy sword, or even creating a ring with great magical power to use as brass knuckles, it's all fine!"
"I think it would be better to just hit people with a fishing rod," came Dark Yugi's complaining voice. Following the notes in the book, Mana had already finished chanting the spell formula. Under the power of magic, the Ruins before her actually began to repair themselves as if time were flowing backward.
In just a few breaths, the wreckage of a house that had been burned down by Bakura's Subordinate yesterday was completely repaired, turning into a brand new two-story house.
"Hehehe, although it took a little time, slow work makes fine product. As expected, my Mana's magic is still very strong." Waving her hand to put away the magic book, Mana wiped the sweat from her forehead and put her hands on her waist, saying proudly, "With this, one house is completely repaired."
"Oh oh oh, is this the power of magic? It actually repaired a house that would take ordinary workers several days to fix in the blink of an eye. It's too strong!" The House Owner's exclamation came from behind Mana.
Hearing this, Mana said proudly without turning her head, "Hehehe, I, Mana, am going to surpass Master and become Egypt's Sai Q Magician! This kind of small matter isn't worth being surprised about at all."
Although she said that, Mana's face at this moment showed undisguised pride. Her whole body felt so light she was almost floating.
But when Mana turned around, intending to put on a look of authority and dignity to receive the praise from the people, she found that the House Owner who had just spoken wasn't talking to her at all, but was looking at the several Houses next to them that were automatically repairing.
In front of those buildings, Mahad stood casually, directing the repair magic like a conductor, restoring one building after another with extremely high efficiency, earning heartfelt praise from the House Owner.
"As expected of Lord Mahad, easily doing what we couldn't. We truly worship you!"
"It makes our hearts excited and fills us with admiration!"
"So you weren't praising me?! Show some respect for someone's effort, you bastards!"
A night had passed. Today was the second day since Dark Yugi arrived in this Memory World, and also the second day since he ascended to become Pharaoh three thousand years ago. Many matters in the City-State were waiting to be addressed, and there was also the mess left by Bakura yesterday that needed to be resolved. So, early in the morning, Dark Yugi left the Royal Palace to check on the repair situation throughout the City.
After the City was attacked by The Bandit, the newly appointed Pharaoh personally came to the City Outskirts to care about the people's losses, which could both leave a good reputation and encourage the people, making them continue to believe in the Pharaoh more devoutly.
And to achieve maximizing benefit from this, there was no more suitable choice than to mobilize the "Court Magician Group" - that is, Mana and Mahad, Dark Yugi's childhood friends.
Using magic to repair burned Houses that would ordinarily take two or three days of hard work to hastily complete, not only was it awe-inspiring, but the people would also believe more firmly that a Pharaoh who could even bring Magician with such great power under his command as Priest would inevitably be a greater existence.
However, for Mana, who had expected to show off properly but had her thunder stolen by Mahad's more skilled use of magic, this performance could be considered quite a failure.
Yes, it wasn't the "work" of repairing buildings, but merely a "performance" of repairing buildings. Although they had good personalities and didn't mind doing these things, surely no one would actually think that as Magician who mastered great power, Mana and Mahad, this Master and Disciple pair, would keep using magic to help the people repair Houses, right? Right?
This was truly just a performance. Once they stirred up the people's worship for the Priest and the Pharaoh, they would finish their work. As for the repair work on other Houses in the City, the Pharaoh's rule had a large quantity of Laborer slaves that could be dispatched and commanded.
Dark Yugi, who had indeed lived three thousand years ago but whose memory was mostly from modern times, didn't like the slavery system under the influence of modern society. However, he also understood the principle of "not demanding fictional worlds or ancient people adhere to Reality's modern moral standard," and didn't have the absurd idea of trying to abolish the slavery system unilaterally. He accepted the practice of commanding slaves to do hard Labor to repair the City-State.
Besides, Dark Yugi was the biggest beneficiary of the slavery system. It was truly annoying to be able to command a group of people however he wanted.
Alright, that was just a joke. Dark Yugi wasn't really that happy. He didn't have too much control. Compared to slaves, he preferred dueling more. Dark Yugi knew that rather than him giving orders, it was more that the slaves yearned to work rather than be idle.
After all, while the former would be very tiring, it also meant that as long as you were still useful, you wouldn't be killed arbitrarily for the time being. But the latter would only make the slaves fear if they were about to be killed immediately.
Another point was that although slaves in Ancient Egypt, a slave country, were merely the property of their Master, it was precisely because of this that their Master were unwilling for their property to be damaged. While they would make slaves work, there would never be excessive exploitation. They were provided with food and lodging and free Doctor visits. Roughly speaking, the treatment of some Corporate Slave under Capitalist in modern society was not as good as that of slaves.
But let's leave those later matters aside for now. At least at the present, the powerful magic displayed by Mahad instantly won him the affection of the people and made him very popular. Look, several Child were gathering around him, looking at Mahad with eyes full of eagerness and worship, secretly setting the aspiration of becoming a powerful Priest like Mahad in their hearts.
The sunshine illuminated everything on the Surface World, but even the sun has blind spots it cannot reach. While Mahad, who wasn't very good at interacting with people, awkwardly dealt with the enthusiastic people, and Dark Yugi comforted Mana without noticing he was being taken advantage of, on the Sand Dune in the distance, a tuft of White-Haired One rose up Among the Rocks.
After Bakura escaped from the Royal City yesterday, although he put on a posture of fleeing a thousand miles away, he actually benefited from the knowledge he learned in modern times: "The most dangerous place is the safest place." Bakura didn't leave the Royal City too far at all. He successfully hid in the blind spot of the Soldier searching outside and continued to lie in wait near the Royal City, preparing to seize an opportunity to act.
"Tsk, having to hide in this broken place because I had to avoid Hayato Kobayashi and Yugi. The wind is so strong too." Shaking the cloak that hadn't been changed all night and was full of sand, Bakura felt his pocket, but only pulled out a clove of garlic. "Damn, is this all that's left? And it's garlic?"
"Yesterday I was only focused on making a grand entrance when throwing out the gold. If I had known those Priest weren't interested in gold, I would have brought fewer jewelry and necklaces and stuff. Maybe I could have brought some roast pork or something."
Although he disliked garlic very much, it was the sole food Bakura could find on him. He blew away the fine sand from the garlic with a breath, and without peeling it, Bakura took a bite and chewed, looking at the prosperous Royal City in the distance.
"Heh, dealing with the trouble I left yesterday? They're quite fast. But this kind of prosperity is built upon darkness. Overthrowing it and watching it fall into the Abyss... just thinking about it makes me excited."
"But before that, I have to collect all the Millennium Items. There are a total of seven of them. It seems a bit difficult to snatch them all into my hand at once." Gazing towards the City, Bakura quickly locked onto Mahad, who was surrounded by the people outside the Royal Palace, with his extraordinary vision. "First, let's start with the Millennium Ring."
"It's the Millennium Item I like the most, and it fits my power the best, but what's annoying is that bastard Hayato Kobayashi snatched it from me. The Millennium Ring also has no backbone, just listening to that guy so easily. It makes me angry."
"Taking back the Millennium Ring will not only let me vent my anger, but also cripple one of the Nameless Pharaoh's most capable Subordinate. It's truly killing two birds with one stone. As expected, I'm a genius, hahahahaha..."
Sitting on the Sand Dune, Bakura laughed so proudly that he fell backward onto the Sand Dune and rolled down the Hillside. At the same time, Mahad, who was far away in the City, also seemed to sense something. He suddenly turned his head to look at the location where Bakura had been, but could only see the yellow sand being blown up by the wind on the Sand Dune.
'Is it a delusion?'
Thinking this, Mahad lowered his head to look at the Millennium Ring on his chest, but saw the five golden cones hanging beside the golden disk floating up against gravity, pointing towards the location where he had just felt something.
The Millennium Items actually have a distinction between good and evil. Among them, the Millennium Rod, Millennium Necklace, and Millennium Key are classified as "Good" Millennium Items. The Millennium Scale is considered a neutral attribute. And the Millennium Eye, Millennium Rod, and Millennium Ring are "Evil" Millennium Items.
Compared to the "Good" and "Neutral" Millennium Items, the "Evil" Millennium Items have great power that is easier to unleash, but they also have an influence on the User's body and mind. The more that power is used, the more they will be infiltrated by the dark power within, becoming unable to extricate themselves.
Therefore, the User of the three "Evil" Millennium Items are Seto, Aknadin, and Mahad, the three Strongest Priest among all the Priest. On one hand, there is the factor that they were selected by the Millennium Items, but at the same time, it is also because only they can suppress themselves from sinking into the darkness.
Priest Aknadin had already taken office as a Priest using a Millennium Item during the Previous Pharaoh's time. He and Priest Shimon, who used the Millennium Key at the time, were both capable Subordinate of the Previous Pharaoh, practically the Former Pharaoh's right hand. Priest Aknadin was usually a kind-hearted Priest who advocated acting with benevolence and was very willing to help others, which is why he was bestowed the Millennium Eye;
Priest Seto, although he had always been somewhat at odds with Mahad, Mahad also understood that it was because Seto had a strong competitiveness. Although his background was not prominent, according to him, his father seems like a Soldier who sacrificed himself while following the Previous Pharaoh to quell the war in his early years. However, Seto, through his own effort and under the guidance of Priest Aknadin, who seemed to think highly of him, surpassed a large number of Noble to stand in his current position. That's why he received the Millennium Rod;
And then there was Mahad himself. Although it sounds a bit like boasting, it is an undeniable fact that Mahad is very strong. Even without the power of the Millennium Ring and the Millennium Stone Spirit, he could defeat more than ten powerful monsters alone with his exquisite magic, earning him the title of "Strongest Priest". It was also because of this that upon obtaining the Millennium Ring, he was targeted by Priest Seto, who was determined to become the strongest.
However, compared to other Millennium Items that could be used freely, the ability of the Millennium Ring was merely "guidance of direction," which was the least helpful for battle. At the same time, the Millennium Ring also had the strongest dark power among all the Millennium Items, forcing Mahad to divide his own power to suppress its magical power.
It was because of this that the Millennium Ring, which should have been a crucial defense line for forewarning the future, similar to the Millennium Necklace which could foresee the future, always had an inconsistent state, often failing to detect approaching danger in time. Recently, two major events occurred consecutively: the theft of the Previous Pharaoh's Tomb and The Bandit breaking into the Royal Palace, and both were tasks that Mahad, who possessed the Millennium Ring, was responsible for.
Although the Pharaoh did not blame Mahad for this, he himself felt deeply guilt over his dereliction of duty and had been thinking about how to compensate for this mistake.
And right now, after a long time, the Millennium Ring was showing commotion again. It was important to know that although it had been inconsistent before, it had never pointed in the wrong direction. This meant that Mahad's special feeling just now was not a delusion!
"Thief Bakura, I will never let the Pharaoh's subjects suffer because of you again!" Clenching his fist, Mahad glanced at the Millennium Ring, which was still pointing in one direction, and resolutely walked towards Dark Yugi, who was not far away.
While the Millennium Ring had recovered its normal work, he had to quickly take people and set off to pursue Bakura!
4k is the limit of human. Yesterday I wasn't human, but now I've been kicked by an awesome full-bottle Kid and turned back into a human, hmm.
(End of Chapter)
"The repair spell is... let me see, please wait a moment~"
Standing before a pile of Ruins, Mana extended her hand, summoning a book into existence out of thin air. She began flipping through the pages, while behind her, Mahad covered his forehead with a helpless expression.
"That's why I always told you to memorize the spells, Mana. Why are you only looking them up now? In a battle, the enemy won't give you this kind of free time to read a book."
Mana let out an "ehehe" laugh. She finally found the section she was looking for and, while looking at the book, replied to Mahad with full vitality, "It's fine, Master! After all, a true Magician doesn't rely on magic. Whether it's pretending to chant a spell and then pulling out an axe for a sneak attack, adding an enhancement magic to yourself and then pulling out a holy sword, or even creating a ring with great magical power to use as brass knuckles, it's all fine!"
"I think it would be better to just hit people with a fishing rod," came Dark Yugi's complaining voice. Following the notes in the book, Mana had already finished chanting the spell formula. Under the power of magic, the Ruins before her actually began to repair themselves as if time were flowing backward.
In just a few breaths, the wreckage of a house that had been burned down by Bakura's Subordinate yesterday was completely repaired, turning into a brand new two-story house.
"Hehehe, although it took a little time, slow work makes fine product. As expected, my Mana's magic is still very strong." Waving her hand to put away the magic book, Mana wiped the sweat from her forehead and put her hands on her waist, saying proudly, "With this, one house is completely repaired."
"Oh oh oh, is this the power of magic? It actually repaired a house that would take ordinary workers several days to fix in the blink of an eye. It's too strong!" The House Owner's exclamation came from behind Mana.
Hearing this, Mana said proudly without turning her head, "Hehehe, I, Mana, am going to surpass Master and become Egypt's Sai Q Magician! This kind of small matter isn't worth being surprised about at all."
Although she said that, Mana's face at this moment showed undisguised pride. Her whole body felt so light she was almost floating.
But when Mana turned around, intending to put on a look of authority and dignity to receive the praise from the people, she found that the House Owner who had just spoken wasn't talking to her at all, but was looking at the several Houses next to them that were automatically repairing.
In front of those buildings, Mahad stood casually, directing the repair magic like a conductor, restoring one building after another with extremely high efficiency, earning heartfelt praise from the House Owner.
"As expected of Lord Mahad, easily doing what we couldn't. We truly worship you!"
"It makes our hearts excited and fills us with admiration!"
"So you weren't praising me?! Show some respect for someone's effort, you bastards!"
A night had passed. Today was the second day since Dark Yugi arrived in this Memory World, and also the second day since he ascended to become Pharaoh three thousand years ago. Many matters in the City-State were waiting to be addressed, and there was also the mess left by Bakura yesterday that needed to be resolved. So, early in the morning, Dark Yugi left the Royal Palace to check on the repair situation throughout the City.
After the City was attacked by The Bandit, the newly appointed Pharaoh personally came to the City Outskirts to care about the people's losses, which could both leave a good reputation and encourage the people, making them continue to believe in the Pharaoh more devoutly.
And to achieve maximizing benefit from this, there was no more suitable choice than to mobilize the "Court Magician Group" - that is, Mana and Mahad, Dark Yugi's childhood friends.
Using magic to repair burned Houses that would ordinarily take two or three days of hard work to hastily complete, not only was it awe-inspiring, but the people would also believe more firmly that a Pharaoh who could even bring Magician with such great power under his command as Priest would inevitably be a greater existence.
However, for Mana, who had expected to show off properly but had her thunder stolen by Mahad's more skilled use of magic, this performance could be considered quite a failure.
Yes, it wasn't the "work" of repairing buildings, but merely a "performance" of repairing buildings. Although they had good personalities and didn't mind doing these things, surely no one would actually think that as Magician who mastered great power, Mana and Mahad, this Master and Disciple pair, would keep using magic to help the people repair Houses, right? Right?
This was truly just a performance. Once they stirred up the people's worship for the Priest and the Pharaoh, they would finish their work. As for the repair work on other Houses in the City, the Pharaoh's rule had a large quantity of Laborer slaves that could be dispatched and commanded.
Dark Yugi, who had indeed lived three thousand years ago but whose memory was mostly from modern times, didn't like the slavery system under the influence of modern society. However, he also understood the principle of "not demanding fictional worlds or ancient people adhere to Reality's modern moral standard," and didn't have the absurd idea of trying to abolish the slavery system unilaterally. He accepted the practice of commanding slaves to do hard Labor to repair the City-State.
Besides, Dark Yugi was the biggest beneficiary of the slavery system. It was truly annoying to be able to command a group of people however he wanted.
Alright, that was just a joke. Dark Yugi wasn't really that happy. He didn't have too much control. Compared to slaves, he preferred dueling more. Dark Yugi knew that rather than him giving orders, it was more that the slaves yearned to work rather than be idle.
After all, while the former would be very tiring, it also meant that as long as you were still useful, you wouldn't be killed arbitrarily for the time being. But the latter would only make the slaves fear if they were about to be killed immediately.
Another point was that although slaves in Ancient Egypt, a slave country, were merely the property of their Master, it was precisely because of this that their Master were unwilling for their property to be damaged. While they would make slaves work, there would never be excessive exploitation. They were provided with food and lodging and free Doctor visits. Roughly speaking, the treatment of some Corporate Slave under Capitalist in modern society was not as good as that of slaves.
But let's leave those later matters aside for now. At least at the present, the powerful magic displayed by Mahad instantly won him the affection of the people and made him very popular. Look, several Child were gathering around him, looking at Mahad with eyes full of eagerness and worship, secretly setting the aspiration of becoming a powerful Priest like Mahad in their hearts.
The sunshine illuminated everything on the Surface World, but even the sun has blind spots it cannot reach. While Mahad, who wasn't very good at interacting with people, awkwardly dealt with the enthusiastic people, and Dark Yugi comforted Mana without noticing he was being taken advantage of, on the Sand Dune in the distance, a tuft of White-Haired One rose up Among the Rocks.
After Bakura escaped from the Royal City yesterday, although he put on a posture of fleeing a thousand miles away, he actually benefited from the knowledge he learned in modern times: "The most dangerous place is the safest place." Bakura didn't leave the Royal City too far at all. He successfully hid in the blind spot of the Soldier searching outside and continued to lie in wait near the Royal City, preparing to seize an opportunity to act.
"Tsk, having to hide in this broken place because I had to avoid Hayato Kobayashi and Yugi. The wind is so strong too." Shaking the cloak that hadn't been changed all night and was full of sand, Bakura felt his pocket, but only pulled out a clove of garlic. "Damn, is this all that's left? And it's garlic?"
"Yesterday I was only focused on making a grand entrance when throwing out the gold. If I had known those Priest weren't interested in gold, I would have brought fewer jewelry and necklaces and stuff. Maybe I could have brought some roast pork or something."
Although he disliked garlic very much, it was the sole food Bakura could find on him. He blew away the fine sand from the garlic with a breath, and without peeling it, Bakura took a bite and chewed, looking at the prosperous Royal City in the distance.
"Heh, dealing with the trouble I left yesterday? They're quite fast. But this kind of prosperity is built upon darkness. Overthrowing it and watching it fall into the Abyss... just thinking about it makes me excited."
"But before that, I have to collect all the Millennium Items. There are a total of seven of them. It seems a bit difficult to snatch them all into my hand at once." Gazing towards the City, Bakura quickly locked onto Mahad, who was surrounded by the people outside the Royal Palace, with his extraordinary vision. "First, let's start with the Millennium Ring."
"It's the Millennium Item I like the most, and it fits my power the best, but what's annoying is that bastard Hayato Kobayashi snatched it from me. The Millennium Ring also has no backbone, just listening to that guy so easily. It makes me angry."
"Taking back the Millennium Ring will not only let me vent my anger, but also cripple one of the Nameless Pharaoh's most capable Subordinate. It's truly killing two birds with one stone. As expected, I'm a genius, hahahahaha..."
Sitting on the Sand Dune, Bakura laughed so proudly that he fell backward onto the Sand Dune and rolled down the Hillside. At the same time, Mahad, who was far away in the City, also seemed to sense something. He suddenly turned his head to look at the location where Bakura had been, but could only see the yellow sand being blown up by the wind on the Sand Dune.
'Is it a delusion?'
Thinking this, Mahad lowered his head to look at the Millennium Ring on his chest, but saw the five golden cones hanging beside the golden disk floating up against gravity, pointing towards the location where he had just felt something.
The Millennium Items actually have a distinction between good and evil. Among them, the Millennium Rod, Millennium Necklace, and Millennium Key are classified as "Good" Millennium Items. The Millennium Scale is considered a neutral attribute. And the Millennium Eye, Millennium Rod, and Millennium Ring are "Evil" Millennium Items.
Compared to the "Good" and "Neutral" Millennium Items, the "Evil" Millennium Items have great power that is easier to unleash, but they also have an influence on the User's body and mind. The more that power is used, the more they will be infiltrated by the dark power within, becoming unable to extricate themselves.
Therefore, the User of the three "Evil" Millennium Items are Seto, Aknadin, and Mahad, the three Strongest Priest among all the Priest. On one hand, there is the factor that they were selected by the Millennium Items, but at the same time, it is also because only they can suppress themselves from sinking into the darkness.
Priest Aknadin had already taken office as a Priest using a Millennium Item during the Previous Pharaoh's time. He and Priest Shimon, who used the Millennium Key at the time, were both capable Subordinate of the Previous Pharaoh, practically the Former Pharaoh's right hand. Priest Aknadin was usually a kind-hearted Priest who advocated acting with benevolence and was very willing to help others, which is why he was bestowed the Millennium Eye;
Priest Seto, although he had always been somewhat at odds with Mahad, Mahad also understood that it was because Seto had a strong competitiveness. Although his background was not prominent, according to him, his father seems like a Soldier who sacrificed himself while following the Previous Pharaoh to quell the war in his early years. However, Seto, through his own effort and under the guidance of Priest Aknadin, who seemed to think highly of him, surpassed a large number of Noble to stand in his current position. That's why he received the Millennium Rod;
And then there was Mahad himself. Although it sounds a bit like boasting, it is an undeniable fact that Mahad is very strong. Even without the power of the Millennium Ring and the Millennium Stone Spirit, he could defeat more than ten powerful monsters alone with his exquisite magic, earning him the title of "Strongest Priest". It was also because of this that upon obtaining the Millennium Ring, he was targeted by Priest Seto, who was determined to become the strongest.
However, compared to other Millennium Items that could be used freely, the ability of the Millennium Ring was merely "guidance of direction," which was the least helpful for battle. At the same time, the Millennium Ring also had the strongest dark power among all the Millennium Items, forcing Mahad to divide his own power to suppress its magical power.
It was because of this that the Millennium Ring, which should have been a crucial defense line for forewarning the future, similar to the Millennium Necklace which could foresee the future, always had an inconsistent state, often failing to detect approaching danger in time. Recently, two major events occurred consecutively: the theft of the Previous Pharaoh's Tomb and The Bandit breaking into the Royal Palace, and both were tasks that Mahad, who possessed the Millennium Ring, was responsible for.
Although the Pharaoh did not blame Mahad for this, he himself felt deeply guilt over his dereliction of duty and had been thinking about how to compensate for this mistake.
And right now, after a long time, the Millennium Ring was showing commotion again. It was important to know that although it had been inconsistent before, it had never pointed in the wrong direction. This meant that Mahad's special feeling just now was not a delusion!
"Thief Bakura, I will never let the Pharaoh's subjects suffer because of you again!" Clenching his fist, Mahad glanced at the Millennium Ring, which was still pointing in one direction, and resolutely walked towards Dark Yugi, who was not far away.
While the Millennium Ring had recovered its normal work, he had to quickly take people and set off to pursue Bakura!
4k is the limit of human. Yesterday I wasn't human, but now I've been kicked by an awesome full-bottle Kid and turned back into a human, hmm.
(End of Chapter)
