066 The Weakest Boss in the History of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime

PS: A reminder—book friend "God of Purgatory" had voluntarily posted some Yu-Gi-Oh! card images for earlier chapters, but for some reason, although they passed review, the system later deleted them.

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Two people whose conversation had completely fallen apart.

After uttering a few harsh threats, Malik withdrew the power of the Millennium Rod, releasing his control over his subordinate, Pandora, leaving the man unconscious on the ground.

Yugi, on the other hand, after calming his own emotions, simply turned and left the scene.

One minute later...

"Master! The world... something's wrong!"

A voluptuous figure wreathed in blazing heat and clad in red and white, the fiery Bombshell materialized beside Yugi, her form shimmering like a heat mirage.

"There's not a single person on the street."

Even without her warning, Yugi had sensed something was off. The silence was uncanny. Besides his own footsteps, the entire area felt lifeless, a stark contrast to the vibrant scene expected after the opening of the Duel City Tournament.

"Master! Look there!"

As a Duel Spirit, the Bombshell was the first to notice the anomaly. Hovering in the air, she pointed toward the sky.

"...An eclipse?"

Watching the sun gradually swallowed by darkness, Yugi instinctively named the phenomenon.

But in the next moment, he realized his mistake, because—

System: [Alert to Host! The final boss of "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX"—‘DARKNESS’, whose physical form resembles the goat-headed demon from Christian iconography, is descending upon this world.]

‘DARKNESS? The final boss from the GX series, where Judai Yuki is the protagonist? ...Why is he appearing now?’

Stunned by the system’s prompt, Yugi—familiar with the GX anime—knew exactly what kind of existence this "DARKNESS" was.

A being who claimed to have awakened from the gathering of darkness flowing into the Other World, representing the law of the world itself! But in truth, he was "the future destruction of mankind!"

Literally, at some unknown date in the future, the human world faces annihilation—the true "end of the world"!

He was also the true core plot connecting the eras of DM, GX, and 5D’s.

But why would such an entity appear prematurely in the human world, at this point in time? And why had he drawn Yugi into this peculiar alternate space—what was his purpose?

As Yugi pondered these questions, the sun—now completely shrouded in darkness—began to grow larger, moving closer to where he stood.

"Human who does not belong to this world, what is your purpose in coming here?"

A deep, rasping, unmistakably masculine voice boomed from the enormous black sun. The first question was direct and to the point.

"...Then what is your reason for descending at this moment, O future destruction of humanity—DARKNESS!"

Ignoring the other's question, Yugi countered with his own inquiry into the purpose of Darkness's arrival, while directly naming the title that rules had bestowed upon this being in the human world.

"......"

Surprised to be questioned in turn, Darkness remained silent for a while before finally speaking—not avoiding Yugi’s question as Yugi had his:

"Human, your existence has affected mine."

A simple sentence, but to Yugi—who knew he was a traveler from another world—it was clear. He easily understood why Darkness had arrived at this moment.

The butterfly effect!

His presence as a transmigrator—and his many actions—had already impacted this mastermind of the next generation!

He didn't know exactly what effect he’d had, but given this premature arrival, it was clear the impact was severe.

"My purpose?"

Just as Darkness expected Yugi to politely reveal his intentions after hearing Darkness's, Yugi wordlessly strapped on his duel disk, always worn on his left arm, and drew a deck from the card case at his belt.

"My purpose will be revealed in the duel!"

"...Human beings are truly despicable!"

Thinking this inwardly, yet outwardly compliant, Darkness also readied his own duel disk.

He wore a tattered black cloak, from which sprouted two asymmetrical wings—two on the right, three on the left.

One had to admit, as a final boss, even his duel disk was extraordinary!

"Duel!"

Darkness: 4000 LP

Yugi: 4000 LP

"It seems I have the first turn..."

Glancing at the display on Yugi’s duel disk, where the intelligent system showed the English scoreboard, Darkness began to speak.

"My turn. Draw. Then I summon ‘Eye of the Abyss’ in attack mode."

A demonic monster, resembling a freshly extracted human eyeball with attached blood vessels, appeared on Darkness's field.

(Eye of the Abyss, Level 1, ATK: 0)

"Next, I activate the spell card ‘Double Summon’, allowing me to perform a second normal summon this turn. Now, arise—‘Abyssal Destruction Dragon’!"

A fiend-type monster with violet-black skin, dragon-like form, and four forward-curving bony spurs on its twin wings materialized.

"Normally, the seven-star Destruction Dragon would require two tributes to be summoned, but thanks to the effect of ‘Eye of the Abyss’, one high-level monster from my hand can be summoned without tribute."

(Abyssal Destruction Dragon, Level 7, ATK: 2300)

"I activate the field spell ‘Dark Realm’."

The card depicted Darkness drawing aside his cloak, revealing a skeletal figure behind.

"When ‘Dark Realm’ is activated, all cards in my spell and trap zone are destroyed. However, since my back row is empty, this drawback doesn’t affect me."

"Then, when ‘Dark Realm’ is successfully activated, I set the remaining two cards in my hand and three trap cards from my deck."

As Darkness spoke, the last two cards in his hand vanished, instantly appearing on the right side of his back among his wings. Three more unknown set cards appeared on the left side.

Yugi: "..."

Though he already knew how powerful the custom field spell was, facing it directly now caused Yugi to swallow nervously, marveling at its strength.

A single field spell could fill the entire back row, and even search the deck for set cards, thinning the deck in the process! Such a card-making technique would make even Pegasus, the father of Duel Monsters, or Yugi, the original protagonist, exclaim, "Impressive!"

"Turn end."

[DARKNESS: 4000 LP, hand: 0, monster zone: Eye of the Abyss, Abyssal Destruction Dragon, spell/trap zone: 5 set cards, field zone: Dark Realm]

"My turn. Draw!"

Looking at his opening hand—especially the middle card among the six, a blue-bordered monster card with a blue image—Yugi couldn’t suppress a smile.

‘DARKNESS… You may be mocked by fans as the weakest boss in Yu-Gi-Oh! anime history, but you’re still the final boss of GX! So today, I, Yugi, will welcome you properly with this card!’

Just as Yugi was about to begin his play, Darkness suddenly spoke:

"At this moment, the continuous trap ‘Void’ activates!"