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Chapter 782: Karim's Death (Part 1)
"Myutant!?" Watching Myutant King Aron send the unstable Diabound flying onto its back with a rising punch, the Great Dark Priest frowned, "Is this what you're relying on, Hayato Kobayashi?"
Hayato replied, "If you think sealing The Winged Dragon of Ra is enough to defeat me, then you're thinking too simply. Let me tell you beforehand, I'm very~ strong~!"
However, despite saying that, this was actually the first time Hayato had called upon Myutant King Aron to appear. After being sent to the "Chessboard World" by Meriamun in the World of the Millennium Ring last time, Hayato had actually vaguely sensed some existences calling out to him, waiting for a response. Although he hadn't attempted it, Hayato already knew they were the Myutant monsters that Meriamun had used.
At that time, Hayato still possessed Drytron, and with that in mind, considering they were Meriamun's monsters, he hadn't planned on summoning Myutant monsters. After all, Drytron and The Winged Dragon of Ra were already sufficient to handle most situations.
Unfortunately, back in Necrovalley, he had defeated Bakura at the cost of exhausting Drytron's power, and The Winged Dragon of Ra was now specifically weakened by the Great Dark Priest. Even though he was still somewhat reluctant, Hayato summoned **Myutant King Garura** here to assist.
However, even **Myutant King Garura's** ability to suppress Diabound was merely due to the advantage of a surprise attack. It was pure luck that the sudden attack caused Diabound to detonate its own attack to defeat itself; such luck would be difficult to replicate a second time.
Before the next attack arrived...
Hayato turned his head to look behind him and said, "Since you've seen the Hidden Card I didn't want to expose, hurry and leave with the others. Anyway, you'll only be a burden to me if you stay here."
"A burden? Hmph, you really dare say that, Hayato. If my Blue-Eyes were here..." Kaiba snorted indignantly, but still helped Karim up and turned towards the exit. "I'll let you show off for now. However, this time won't be like last time, right?"
Hayato knew the "last time" Kaiba referred to was the incident with Anubis and the Pyramid of Light, where he, who had promised everything would be fine, was dragged to a Different Dimension by Anubis using Phantasm Gate, and later, through a series of coincidences, ended up joining Doma.
Turning his head away without meeting Kaiba's gaze, Hayato's voice was still full of confidence: "Isn't that obvious? I have no intention of sacrificing myself. I'm very strong and have good luck."
"Is that so... I understand." Kaiba didn't know what he saw, but he turned and said, "Take that woman and go ahead, Marik Ishtar."
"You don't need to tell me that! Although I can't tell what you two are talking about, in short, Hayato Kobayashi will hold off that monster, right? I've wanted to run for a long time!" The impatient Malik didn't need Kaiba's command at all. Carrying Isis, he was already walking ahead.
"Don't die, Hayato Kobayashi!" Calling out one last time, Malik took Isis and climbed the Stairs towards the Ground without looking back, with Kaiba following closely behind. After all four of them stepped onto the Stairs, behind them, **Myutant King Garura**, struck by Diabound's attack, was sent flying back, and the falling rubble smashed the Stairs.
"Mr. Hayato, is he really alright?" Karim, supported by Kaiba, looked back at the blocked entrance and couldn't help but say, "Although that monster just now did suppress Diabound for a moment, the power it possesses compared to The Winged Dragon of Ra..."
"That gap is obvious to anyone."
Kaiba calmly interrupted Karim. His expressionless face made it impossible to tell what he was thinking. "Now is not the time for us to leisurely consider those unimportant things. We should walk faster."
Karim fell silent for a moment, and nodded. "You're right."
The four walked all the way up the Stairs and quickly returned to the Ground. However, they then had to face another problem.
"Crack!" Almost immediately after the few people returned to the Small House on the Ground, sensing the presence of approaching living people, a skeleton arm holding a ruined long knife suddenly cut a hole in the wooden door, and a skull peered in through the cracked door seam, its empty eye sockets staring directly at Malik, who was carrying Isis on his back.
If the long knife were an axe, and the skull then uttered "Here's Johnny!", the scene inside this small house would be an almost exact replica of the famous horror movie "The Shining". In fact, the startled Malik was already about to scream like the movie's heroine.
But before Malik could open his mouth and scream, something sharply grazed past his ear. The sound of something cutting through the air and the sound of shattering simultaneously entered Malik's ear.
Only to see Kaiba immediately swung a broken chair inside the house, smashing it towards the White Bones that had discovered them. The already decayed chair shattered instantly, and the White Bones's head was also knocked back away from the door.
However, if White Bones were that easy to defeat, the group wouldn't have been chased here before. Using one hand to put its head back, the White Bones opened its mouth again and roared silently at the people inside the house.
But the response it received was Kaiba's clenched fist. As if to vent some emotion, Kaiba swung a punch, hitting directly into the White Bones's open mouth and sent its head flying off. Even if that White Bones was still alive, it needed to find its head first before continuing to attack the group.
"Screw your burden!" Uncharacteristically, Kaiba actually cursed at the White Bones he had sent flying. Without looking at Malik, he shouted, "Hurry and keep up!"
Pushing open the door, which was practically just for show, the group rushed towards the direction they came from. Unfortunately, the commotion when they returned to the Ground was quite loud, and the White Bones group gathered towards them. Even though Kaiba initially used his extraordinary strength to defeat two or three stragglers, soon, the four were surrounded by White Bones from all sides.
Facing the White Bones from all directions, Isis knew this had exceeded the ability of both Kaiba and Malik, who couldn't summon tablet monsters. She raised her Duel Arena and summoned again: "Agido!"
"Thunder Dragon!"
As Isis's voice sounded, with the same idea, Karim also summoned his tablet monster. The two Priests, whose condition wasn't as good as before, once again faced the White Bones group.
"Myutant!?" Watching Myutant King Aron send the unstable Diabound flying onto its back with a rising punch, the Great Dark Priest frowned, "Is this what you're relying on, Hayato Kobayashi?"
Hayato replied, "If you think sealing The Winged Dragon of Ra is enough to defeat me, then you're thinking too simply. Let me tell you beforehand, I'm very~ strong~!"
However, despite saying that, this was actually the first time Hayato had called upon Myutant King Aron to appear. After being sent to the "Chessboard World" by Meriamun in the World of the Millennium Ring last time, Hayato had actually vaguely sensed some existences calling out to him, waiting for a response. Although he hadn't attempted it, Hayato already knew they were the Myutant monsters that Meriamun had used.
At that time, Hayato still possessed Drytron, and with that in mind, considering they were Meriamun's monsters, he hadn't planned on summoning Myutant monsters. After all, Drytron and The Winged Dragon of Ra were already sufficient to handle most situations.
Unfortunately, back in Necrovalley, he had defeated Bakura at the cost of exhausting Drytron's power, and The Winged Dragon of Ra was now specifically weakened by the Great Dark Priest. Even though he was still somewhat reluctant, Hayato summoned **Myutant King Garura** here to assist.
However, even **Myutant King Garura's** ability to suppress Diabound was merely due to the advantage of a surprise attack. It was pure luck that the sudden attack caused Diabound to detonate its own attack to defeat itself; such luck would be difficult to replicate a second time.
Before the next attack arrived...
Hayato turned his head to look behind him and said, "Since you've seen the Hidden Card I didn't want to expose, hurry and leave with the others. Anyway, you'll only be a burden to me if you stay here."
"A burden? Hmph, you really dare say that, Hayato. If my Blue-Eyes were here..." Kaiba snorted indignantly, but still helped Karim up and turned towards the exit. "I'll let you show off for now. However, this time won't be like last time, right?"
Hayato knew the "last time" Kaiba referred to was the incident with Anubis and the Pyramid of Light, where he, who had promised everything would be fine, was dragged to a Different Dimension by Anubis using Phantasm Gate, and later, through a series of coincidences, ended up joining Doma.
Turning his head away without meeting Kaiba's gaze, Hayato's voice was still full of confidence: "Isn't that obvious? I have no intention of sacrificing myself. I'm very strong and have good luck."
"Is that so... I understand." Kaiba didn't know what he saw, but he turned and said, "Take that woman and go ahead, Marik Ishtar."
"You don't need to tell me that! Although I can't tell what you two are talking about, in short, Hayato Kobayashi will hold off that monster, right? I've wanted to run for a long time!" The impatient Malik didn't need Kaiba's command at all. Carrying Isis, he was already walking ahead.
"Don't die, Hayato Kobayashi!" Calling out one last time, Malik took Isis and climbed the Stairs towards the Ground without looking back, with Kaiba following closely behind. After all four of them stepped onto the Stairs, behind them, **Myutant King Garura**, struck by Diabound's attack, was sent flying back, and the falling rubble smashed the Stairs.
"Mr. Hayato, is he really alright?" Karim, supported by Kaiba, looked back at the blocked entrance and couldn't help but say, "Although that monster just now did suppress Diabound for a moment, the power it possesses compared to The Winged Dragon of Ra..."
"That gap is obvious to anyone."
Kaiba calmly interrupted Karim. His expressionless face made it impossible to tell what he was thinking. "Now is not the time for us to leisurely consider those unimportant things. We should walk faster."
Karim fell silent for a moment, and nodded. "You're right."
The four walked all the way up the Stairs and quickly returned to the Ground. However, they then had to face another problem.
"Crack!" Almost immediately after the few people returned to the Small House on the Ground, sensing the presence of approaching living people, a skeleton arm holding a ruined long knife suddenly cut a hole in the wooden door, and a skull peered in through the cracked door seam, its empty eye sockets staring directly at Malik, who was carrying Isis on his back.
If the long knife were an axe, and the skull then uttered "Here's Johnny!", the scene inside this small house would be an almost exact replica of the famous horror movie "The Shining". In fact, the startled Malik was already about to scream like the movie's heroine.
But before Malik could open his mouth and scream, something sharply grazed past his ear. The sound of something cutting through the air and the sound of shattering simultaneously entered Malik's ear.
Only to see Kaiba immediately swung a broken chair inside the house, smashing it towards the White Bones that had discovered them. The already decayed chair shattered instantly, and the White Bones's head was also knocked back away from the door.
However, if White Bones were that easy to defeat, the group wouldn't have been chased here before. Using one hand to put its head back, the White Bones opened its mouth again and roared silently at the people inside the house.
But the response it received was Kaiba's clenched fist. As if to vent some emotion, Kaiba swung a punch, hitting directly into the White Bones's open mouth and sent its head flying off. Even if that White Bones was still alive, it needed to find its head first before continuing to attack the group.
"Screw your burden!" Uncharacteristically, Kaiba actually cursed at the White Bones he had sent flying. Without looking at Malik, he shouted, "Hurry and keep up!"
Pushing open the door, which was practically just for show, the group rushed towards the direction they came from. Unfortunately, the commotion when they returned to the Ground was quite loud, and the White Bones group gathered towards them. Even though Kaiba initially used his extraordinary strength to defeat two or three stragglers, soon, the four were surrounded by White Bones from all sides.
Facing the White Bones from all directions, Isis knew this had exceeded the ability of both Kaiba and Malik, who couldn't summon tablet monsters. She raised her Duel Arena and summoned again: "Agido!"
"Thunder Dragon!"
As Isis's voice sounded, with the same idea, Karim also summoned his tablet monster. The two Priests, whose condition wasn't as good as before, once again faced the White Bones group.
