Sure enough.
When Yugen heard that Pegasus Nightwalker hoped he could come, he had a faint guess that it was probably about cards.
He was just an unknown first-year student at the Duel Academy, perhaps a little famous within the academy, but he shouldn't have caught the eye of someone like Pegasus Nightwalker.
If he wanted to meet him, the most direct reason Yugen could think of was that either because he had brutally beaten one of Pegasus's card professors during the day, with rather ruthless methods.
Or because it was said that he once drove away AI's Blue-Eyes, which led to rumors that he was "the man the legendary Seto Kaiba was interested in."
No matter the reason, the only reason the other party might be interested in him was for a card duel.
Truth be told, Yugen had somewhat anticipated this before he came, so he was mentally prepared to play cards. Based on the academy's card drawing courses, playing cards with strong duelists is beneficial. The stronger the "momentum" you face, the better you can hone your dueling power.
Of course, he also considered that he couldn't play this duel without stakes.
However, while Yugen was still pondering, Keihei spoke first, "Well, it's not impossible, but if it's just a duel, wouldn't that be a bit dull?"
Pegasus Nightwalker calmly said, "And what do you mean by that?"
"I remember last year's Illusion Association tournament had giveaways that included a replica of the 'Thousand-Eyed Sacrificial Demon' used by Mr. Beckas during the Duel Kingdom, right? If I'm not mistaken, there should still be some of those replicas left, correct?"
Yugen raised an eyebrow.
Good guy, before he even spoke, Keihei seemed to know what he was thinking.
That's what you call tacit understanding.
"I understand," Pegasus Nightwalker smiled, "of course, there are two replicas left. If you're interested, taking one is not a problem."
Keihei also smiled and exchanged a glance with Yugen.
"How about it? Interested in giving it a try?"
To be honest, he actually wanted to see Yugen play cards too.
He always felt Yugen's duels were quite unique.
"In that case, I would humbly accept," Yugen chuckled, standing up, "Please, Mr. Pegasus, guide me."
Both sides stood up and, led by Nightwalker, left the restaurant for the dueling field.
"Duel!" x2
[Yugen, LP 4000]
[Nightwalker, LP 4000]
"I'll take the first move, draw a card."
Nightwalker played a Monster Card.
"Defense Position Summon 'Leader Turtle'!"
[Leader Turtle, Defense Power 1200]
"When 'Leader Turtle' is summoned successfully, special summon any number of 'Leader Turtles' from your hand to the field."
Nightwalker drew two more cards from his hand.
"Special summon two more 'Leader Turtles'!"
[Leader Turtle, Defense Power 1200] x2
"Then activate Continuous Magic - Netherworld's Treasure Scroll. As long as this card is on the field, if you use two or more monsters as sacrifices for an upper-level summon, draw two cards."
Nightwalker waved, and another card image appeared in the backfield.
"Then set one card face-down on the field, and end my turn."
"My turn."
Yugen drew a card.
Although Pegasus Nightwalker was under the control of an evil god back in the day and might not fully represent his real level, he should still be considered a "legendary duelist."
There are different levels of legends, and Pegasus Nightwalker should theoretically be stronger than someone like Ryuzaki Kyoryu or the Maze Brothers.
Therefore, this time he directly used the newly updated core deck.
"Normal summon 'Nephthys Guardian'."
A gift from Sher of the New Doma Three Musketeers, a long silver-haired girl in a golden armor, her red cape burning like a flame, was summoned.
[Nephthys Guardian, Attack Power 1400]
"Guardian's effect, destroy one card in your hand, and then special summon one Nephthys monster that is four-star or lower, other than 'Nephthys Guardian', from your hand."
The Guardian swung her great sword, a surge of flames consumed and dissipated a card in his hand.
"Special summon 'Nephthys Guide'!"
[Nephthys Guide, Attack Power 600]
Pegasus Nightwalker was thoughtful, "A card deck of Phoenix God Nephthys..."
He remembered that was also quite a rare deck.
"The card destroyed just now was the Speed Attack Magic 'Silent Magic Burst'."
Yugen retrieved the Magic Card from the graveyard.
"Remove this card from play from the graveyard, and add a 'True Silent Magician' from your deck to your hand."
Yugen drew the card searched from the deck, which automatically shuffled in the Duel Disc.
"'True Silent Magician' cannot be normally summoned, but can be special summoned by using a Mage Race monster on the field as a sacrifice.
So I'll use the Mage Race 'Nephthys Guardian' on the field as a sacrifice.
With hope's silent wings, Light Magician, appear now—
—True Silent Magician, summon!"
The flaming girl swordsman disappeared into a white light ring, replaced by a silver-haired mage gently landing on the field, accompanied by nearly translucent white radiance.
[True Silent Magician, Attack Power 1000]
"I see, the believers of Nephthys are all Mage Race, which can be used as sacrifices for the Silent Magician to appear. At the same time, the cost of destroying a card in the hand sends Silent Magic Burst to the grave, which can just be used as a condition to search for Silent..."
Nightwalker smiled.
"Surprisingly compatible systems."
Whether it's the True Silent or Nephthys, both are quite rare card systems in this world, so combining these two systems, the person in front of him should be the first one.
"The 'Candy Clown' in my hand can be special summoned in attack position, so I special summon 'Candy Clown'."
[Candy Clown, Attack Power 0]
"Then there is the effect of 'Nephthys Guide'," Yugen said, "The Guide can sacrifice itself and another monster on the field to special summon "Nephthys Phoenix God" from the hand or deck.
I sacrifice 'Candy Clown' and 'Nephthys Guide'!
Descend, God born from the ancient Phoenix flame, guided by the fire—
—Nephthys Phoenix God, summon!"
The soaring flames formed the shape of fiery wings, revealing the golden dazzling body of the divine bird in the Phoenix Flame!
[Nephthys Phoenix God, Attack Power 2400]
The card professors watching in the background couldn't help but subtly change their expressions.
"Summoning two ace-level monsters in the first turn..."
The Silent Magician and the Phoenix God, each in their eyes, could serve as a super rare ace monster of the card deck.
Especially Kak Dixon, who had just been beaten, widened his eyes with a strange expression.
So you're not just capable of using those annoying Three Musketeers?
Making such a formation right from the start was already considered very strong in his mind.
So what was the point of using those low-down disruptions against him before?
Were you just trying to mess with his mindset?
Kak's face darkened, and he felt even more isolated.