The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

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　Unsurprisingly, among the twelve gods, he saw a figure that looked remarkably like Ergan.

　That's clearly Athena, the "goddess of war and wisdom"! "Unfortunately, Ergane isn't here."

　Suddenly, the same thought that had once crossed Darke's mind resurfaced.

　They had made extensive preparations for this trip to the "Heavenly Court," but the two most crucial deities failed to enter.

　Ergane was unable to see the statue and consciousness of Athena, the "goddess of war and wisdom".

　Nix never got to see the polluted ruins of the city. And all of this would end completely after the ceremony, ushering in a brand new future never before imagined.

　This "Heavenly Court" will also be closed forever as all twelve gods fall into slumber.

　The next time it opens will be when Hermes awakens... or when other gods awaken before him.

　Hermes had originally intended to personally monitor the duelists who used the contract, but now he was forced to fall into a deep sleep.

　Of course, this was also to create a "graveyard," a result of Dark's guidance.

　He hadn't expected this at all.

　Fortunately, a ranking and credit system for duelists has been added to the rules, and even the review authority has been temporarily handed over to Principal Arte.

　With this double guarantee, the initial stages of the ceremony should not cause too much chaos.

　As Dark gazed at the divine consciousness of the twelve celestial beings in the sky, his thoughts began to wander.

　He couldn't help but imagine what would happen after the ceremony began, and how to publicize and promote it.

　Furthermore, what would happen to magic duels after the addition of the "Graveyard" and the ability for duelists to personally participate?

　He really wanted to know!

　Although he came up with the method, the dueling rules of this world were completely different from those of Yu-Gi-Oh!, even with the addition of the "graveyard".

　Furthermore, in Yu-Gi-Oh! duels, the duelists do not personally participate in the duels.

　Oops.

　Get excited!

　Dak's eyes widened suddenly as the enormous halo in the sky began to change.

　The divine consciousness of the twelve gods also merged into the huge halo as the statues dissolved.

　After the gods' consciousness sank into the halo, light suddenly shot out from the twelve directions and gathered at the center of the huge halo.

　The twelve beams of light shone on the same point, creating a wave-like shape.

　At that point, a colorful core gradually formed.

　The core began to extend upwards and downwards, gradually elongating into a spindle shape.

　Then, at a certain moment, in an instant, that spindle-shaped core of light suddenly stretched into an extremely long line!

　That line almost coincides with the Tower of Endymion.

　But the light penetrated the entire Tower of Endymion, illuminating what should have been a solid structure into a transparent, luminous object. The upward-facing portion of the light pierced directly through the entire night sky and even into the heavens!

　This ray of light, which truly pierced through the heavens and earth, began to extend outwards after that moment, as if trying to devour the entire sky.

　"time to go."

　Dark was lost in thought when he suddenly heard Principal Arte's voice. Principal Arte's back was still the same, carrying a sense of nostalgia.

　She said softly, "The final step of this ritual will cleanse the entire 'Heavenly Court,' and this is all we can see."

　After saying that, she stretched out her delicate, white fingers and drew a circle the size of a palm in the air.

　After it was formed, the circle grew rapidly, quickly reaching a diameter of three or four meters.

　What appears on the other side of the circle is not the flesh and blood passage, but the summit of the highest peak of the "Mountain of the Gods".

　“Don’t miss anyone. I can only open this door once,” Principal Arte said.

　Dark and the others felt a chill run down their spines and quickly headed towards the door.

　Even as they walked toward the door, they would occasionally look back at the now incredibly wide expanse of light.

　As Dark left, he closed the "Magical Book" that had been open the whole time.

　He recorded the entire ritual scene using the "Magic Book".

　When he got back, he could even use the drawings it recorded to make animations. In short, he felt relieved when he closed the "Magical Book".

　Stepping through that door, I felt a joy of rebirth.

　He was incredibly attached to the academy at that moment and just wanted to go back to his dormitory in the tower and get a good night's sleep.

　As for any ceremony or duel, forget about them all!

　After the final "Lunar Chariot" passed through the gate, Principal Arte took one last look at the "Heavenly Court" before retreating into the halo.

　Once there were no outsiders left in the "Heavenly Court," the halo instantly vanished.

　That beam of light, piercing through the heavens and earth, devoured the entire world.

　The last light of the "Heavenly Court" vanished as the halo disappeared. The oppressive aura emanating from it also vanished.

　The "Mist Beasts" hidden all around surged forward almost immediately. "Enter the 'Passage'."

　Professor Sylph summoned a hurricane, blowing away the surging mist beasts. Dark's gaze, however, fell upon the ground.

　There, a seemingly ordinary carnivorous plant is rooted in the ground, but it is the "carnivorous giant plant" left on the top of this mountain!

　Looking up again, I saw familiar thunderclouds and lightning leaping among them.

　"Boom!"

　Thunder rumbled and dark clouds gathered.

　A dark vortex lay quietly hidden in the clouds.

　That was the passage to the "Heavenly Court," but unfortunately, it had been blocked by people.

　An aura of fear still emanated from that vortex, but none of those present were affected by it.

　“Let’s get into the carriage first,” Dark said.

　The people around nodded slightly and quickly entered the "Moon Goddess's Chariot". The carriage of the "Moon Goddess's Chariot" was not as spacious as Professor Mitia's pumpkin carriage, but it could still barely accommodate everyone.

　They stood or sat, and seemed quite comfortable.

　Professor Sylph did not enter the carriage. Instead, she stood on the carriage floor, took out a magic card, and summoned a barrier to protect the carriage.

　Then, the "Moon Chariot," driven by "Magic Beast: Little Rabbit," rushed into the dark vortex surrounded by lightning.

　"Boom!"

　A deafening clap of thunder suddenly echoed in the sky.

　A lightning bolt as thick as a child's arm slammed into the barrier outside the "Moon God's Chariot".

　But the barrier only caused slight ripples before dissipating the lightning. More lightning bolts followed, but none of them damaged the barrier. The "Moon Chariot" passed through the black vortex at an extremely fast speed and entered the "flesh and blood passage".

　Professor Sylph removed the barrier and said to the people in the carriage, "Wait here for a while, I'll go and bring them back." They weren't afraid of the "Mist Beasts" outside, nor did they want to re-enter the [Heavenly Court].

　They simply wanted to get inside and bring Professor Kazel and the others back. The current "Heavenly Court" was no longer suitable for entry.

　After a while, once the ritual is completely completed, the "Heavenly Court" will be completely sealed off. Even using those "keys" will no longer be able to trigger the entry mechanism.

　Professor Sylph was more worried that Professor Cazell might come up with some other way to enter "Heaven" before the ritual was fully completed.

　After all, they have Ergani by their side, and if they really want to force a way out, they can always find a way.

　It's good to have a happy birthday.

　When Professor Sylph transformed into a whirlwind and arrived at the end of the flesh-and-blood passage, not a single person who should have been there was missing.

　But when Professor Cazell and the others saw that Professor Sylph had appeared from behind, they all showed expressions of surprise.

　When Professor Sylph appeared, Professor Cazell hurriedly asked, "How is it? Is Dark safe? How did you get here from over there? If it weren't for Lily... I should have already gone in."

　Professor Sylph, seeing his frustrated expression, said helplessly, "They're all out. They're all at the entrance to the passage."

　"Are they all out?" Gavin North was the second to rush over, asking anxiously, "Professor Sylph, have you seen Fred and Quintina? Are they alright?"

　Professor Sylph looked at Gavin North and fell silent for a moment. Gavin North panicked instantly.

　Professor Sylph could only say, "Fred is fine."

　Gavin North's eyes lit up, and he immediately showed a look of surprise. But that surprise was only halfway through before it disappeared, leaving only shock.

　"And Quintina? And Quintina?" He clearly realized why Professor Sylph had paused.

　Professor Sylph paused for a moment before saying, "There's a minor problem, but it's not necessarily a bad thing."

　Gavin North looked uncertain and flustered, like an old father—though he was indeed an old father.

　Professor Sylph said, "The one with more serious injuries is Norma Roger of the Elf race. But she is out of danger, so you can rest assured."

　As soon as she finished speaking, those who had been watching all breathed a sigh of relief.

　Professor Sylph continued, “As for what exactly happened in the ‘Heavenly Court,’ you can ask Bellamy and Sabrina after you meet them. It’s not convenient for me to say now. For now, let’s head back.”

　After saying that, she walked over to Professor Cazell and together they headed for the pumpkin carriage.

　After a while, the pumpkin carriage started moving again, speeding towards the entrance of the flesh tunnel at top speed.

　The other three forces also quickly followed after making simple preparations.

　Some of them did doubt the veracity of Professor Sylph's words, but in the end, no one stayed.

　Inside the pumpkin carriage, Professor Sylph had to deal with a barrage of questions from Professor Cazell and the others.

　But in reality, she was just a passerby in the events that occurred in the "Heavenly Court." Apart from contributing a little effort in the final discussions, she was almost entirely a bystander.

　Although she was very happy making this soy sauce.

　After confirming that Dark was safe, Chris and Trina exchanged a glance and relaxed at the same time.

　The two had been on edge ever since Dark disappeared, and now they could finally relax.

　Professor Mitis was full of curiosity and wanted to ask about all sorts of details. But Professor Sylph herself didn't know the details and could only try to give vague answers.

　Professor Harvey, who had traveled alone to the mountaintop, braved lightning to plunge into a black vortex, and finally reunited with the team, leaned back in his sofa chair with a look of utter bewilderment, as if asking, "What did I do? Where am I going?"

　Nix clung to Professor Sylph's arm, pressing for news of Aurora.

　Ergane sat upright, only asking briefly after everyone had finished asking if they had seen Athena, the "goddess of war and wisdom".

　Professor Sylph gestured to Professor Mitia to reinforce the barrier before recounting everything she had seen and heard since entering the "Heavenly Court."

　She doesn't need to hide anything from anyone on the team.

　However, the other three forces are not the same.

　Neither Sabrina Melville, the protagonist of the Holy Church, nor Bellamy Artemis, the High Priestess of the Elf race, would openly explain this to everyone in the team.

　As for the North and the old king, Gavin North could glean some information from Fred North. But Sylph was certain he wouldn't reveal everything to Earl Stanley Longfellow.

　While the collaboration with Hermes is not entirely confidential, keeping such matters secret has its advantages.

　Now that the ceremony has just taken place, no one knows what will happen next.

　Speaking out too early will only make you a target of public criticism.

　If things go wrong, the suffering people will direct all their resentment at them, the humans, instead of caring that the ritual was performed by the twelve gods.

　In short, although they signed a cooperation agreement with Hermes, there was still a great deal of room for expansion within that agreement.

　There are many ways to fulfill a contract, and there are no mandatory provisions.

　Therefore, they reached a consensus from the beginning to be careful and cautious, and to proceed slowly.

　First and foremost, they need to thoroughly understand the new dueling rules! In this whole affair, they could be said to have benefited all the mages. But personally, they also had their own selfish motives.

　Open information is acceptable.

　But we'll open it up once they're familiar with the new duels and have established a certain early advantage!

　In Hermes' final rules of dueling, the rules would only be triggered if the dueling arena was set up.

　To set up a duel arena, one must master the methods for setting up the duel arena.

　This method is not difficult, and can even be said to be very simple. Basically, it is about the same difficulty as casting a normal summoning spell, but you still need to know it!

　The chance of a blind cat catching a dead mouse is practically impossible. As for how to publicize, create momentum, and promote the new dueling rules after mastering them, that will have to wait until later to be discussed in detail.