The exploration team returned to the Human World. Although Chosaku was an outsider to dueling, he wasn't an abstract antagonist and would of course adhere strictly to the promise he made with his younger brother.
In fact, when he came to his senses and realized the "life-and-death crisis" he faced in the Spirit World, he felt a mix of relief and lingering fear.
The depths of the Duel Card world were still too great, beyond his grasp.
But, since his brother dared to challenge his status in a live broadcast, he wasn't about to pretend he hadn't heard. Therefore, he let Manjome anticipate, as he would surely make Manjome regret saying such things.
This resulted in Manjome Thunder becoming the "hero saving the academy," receiving countless praises from classmates, which greatly diminished any previous "criticism" against him.
In no time, Manjome became the most popular figure in the academy, achieving comprehensive success in academics, cards, and reputation.
However, in this situation, Manjome didn't get carried away by excitement; instead, he quickly calmed down.
He hadn't forgotten the most meaningful friend who changed him and helped him achieve his current success. They exchanged information, and Manjome was furious upon hearing about countless allies' robots being dismantled and modified.
He only regretted that at that time, he could only duel with Spirits under his brother's challenge; otherwise, he would have joined Tenjo Hikari in action!
After returning to school, he didn't follow Judai around like he used to; he now had his own goal—becoming the helmsman of the Manjome Group, which required a lot of preparation.
Not just in dueling, considering his two brothers were also outsiders to dueling, he needed to showcase some talents in other areas, such as business, to keep things fair.
Of course, he guessed that his brothers would certainly recruit some excellent duelists as preparation to face his "challenges" in the future.
As for Tenjo Hikari who returned to the Human World.
He had much to do.
Firstly, he gathered a large amount of Dimension Gate materials from the Fusion Army's research institute. Though the materials were for scientific faction's teleportation gates, many shared materials with the Alchemy Faction's Dimension Gates, saving Tenjo Hikari a lot of time and making it easier to build teleportation gates.
Having used the Manjome Group version of the Dimension Gate once, Tenjo Hikari couldn't claim perfect certainty, but he was ninety percent confident; the only thing left was construction and testing.
Meanwhile...
"Haha, hehe... hahaha..."
Tierra floated beside Tenjo Hikari, giggling while gently rubbing her cheek against a card.
The Spirits around were silent in fear, and the distant Spirits, such as Flame Swordsman, Dark Flare Knight, and Captain Crystal, stared in disbelief, questioning their eyes.
Could that strange and dangerous God truly be so happy?
Recently joined and quite disciplined, A-Assault Core was vibrating as it placed two huge rocks on the Dimension Gate's structure using lasers, then turned to the others with a puzzled beep.
Wasn't it just... Midrash?
Was there a need to be so shocked?
After a moment of happiness, Tierra noticed some Spirits still watching her, coughed twice, and resumed her usual subtle smile.
Yet her upturned mouth still declared her excitement.
In Tenjo Hikari's Alchemy Furnace, a large number of machines and computers were consumed. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Tenjo Hikari was grateful that he had cleaned out that research lab; otherwise, finding so many computers and materials would have been difficult.
This alchemy proceeded smoothly.
Or rather, it was impossible for it to "fail" at all.
Previously, when Tenjo Hikari attempted to create cards, he worried about failure or material waste. But this time, with Tierra's help, the alchemy was essentially extracting Tierra's power, giving it form, and then converting it into a card for storage. What was lacking was just a medium.
Tierra extended her hand, in its palm, a bright white metal began to gather. A mechanical life form made entirely of metal, with red eyes, horns, claws, iron bat wings, and a white pipe on its back, appeared in her hand, dancing lightly with her motion.
It bore a rather imposing name—Satan!
That's right.
It was Tierra's power, a fragment of Tierra, the Infernoid Pirmais.
With its birth, Tierra's revival in a different form became truly possible, and one day in the future, she might completely return and resurrect as a "God among Duel Cards."
Tenjo Hikari knew this was quite dangerous, but it was something he had long agreed upon with Tierra, and he couldn't go back on it.
"Isn't it wonderful, Tenjo Hikari?" Tierra lightly withdrew her hand, and the mechanical demon in it dispersed into white light,
She turned around, her face full of excitement and satisfaction: "As my Divine Envoy, you did well!"
Tenjo Hikari shrugged.
Previously, Tierra often called him Divine Favored or Chosen One, mostly to deceive him; this time was different, she at least seemed quite sincere when speaking.
This wasn't a mere illusion for Tenjo Hikari.
To Tierra, she indeed grew increasingly satisfied with Tenjo Hikari.
Although their time together was merely a moment in her long life, Tenjo Hikari brought her many surprises, and this time, he truly kept his promise and made a new card for her.
Of course, she was aware, Tenjo Hikari had always been quite wary of her, wary of what a "God" like her might do to humans.
For those who knew DT Planet's history, Tenjo Hikari's worries were quite reasonable.
After all, Tierra's actions, to put it bluntly, were about destroying all life on the planet. Such a god would not be friendly to humanity.
But to Tierra, that was entirely meaningless—she only cared about DT Planet, showing no interest in other worlds!
What she wanted was to reset DT Planet's ecosystem, not those of other worlds.
Only that, and it must be that, it was a matter of divine pride!
Yet, she would never explain her thoughts to a human.
In her view, she had plenty of time, just by following Tenjo Hikari, she could eventually reach the moment of her revival.
But Tenjo Hikari turned out to be so satisfactory.
So, now she truly considered making Tenjo Hikari her "Divine Favored."
"Hmm, hmm, we can't let you work for free..." Tierra thought for a moment, "Yes, let me give you this."
She extended her hand, holding a blank card wrapped in what must've been countless purple puppet strings. In just a moment, the card began to glow with purple light.
"Mmm... this seems to be the limit," she muttered, "With only one component, the power is too little."
"Anyway, try to complete this card yourself." Tierra said lightly, placing the card elegantly in Tenjo Hikari's hand with her delicate hand.
Tenjo Hikari blinked and saw the card.
The card image was blurred, the text sparse, just like when he first acquired Midrash.
It was Shaddoll—
El Shaddoll!
The Wind Attribute El Shaddoll Wendigo!