Chapter 193: GM Authority (57)

Chapter 193: GM Authority (57)

"Dark Magician!"

"Harpie Lady!"

"Axe Raider!"

"Blue Flame Swordsman!"

The four of them—Yugi and the others—Summoned their respective Monsters and Equipped them with enhanced Cards, barely managing to block a wave of Tyrant Dragon's Offensive.

"Why is there a Monster like this in a place like this? I've never encountered one before when watching Matches!" Kujaku Mai said with dissatisfaction, directing Harpie Lady to dodge a stream of dragon fire.

Yugi, meanwhile, Activated a Magic Spellbook and Equipped it to Dark Magician, dealing a heavy blow to Tyrant Dragon. "I think I understand now."

"Mai, the Duels you saw before were probably just NPCs, right? In that case, no matter who won, the Prize wouldn't fall into a Player's hands," Keipei said. "But now that Players are involved, they're definitely going to prepare some high-difficulty Challenges to make sure you don't get the Game Reward so easily."

"So, in other words, those guys at the Arena never intended for us to take the Reward at all, did they?" Joey Wheeler said, looking with lingering fear at the large pit behind him as Red-Eyes Black Dragon's Flames and Tyrant Dragon's dragon breath were locked in a stalemate. "First Trap falling rocks, and now such powerful Monsters... they must be planning to silence us!"

While Yugi and the others were struggling to face Tyrant Dragon, Hayato had already left the Arena and Descended from the air to the ground. As for the Toad Man's pursuers from the Arena, he had long since shaken them off.

According to the sequence of events in Hayato's original memory, Joey Wheeler should have recognized Kujaku Mai in the Arena, then after meeting up with Yugi, Kujaku Mai would snatch the Chick Card. After that, the group would successfully escape from the Arena's pursuit.

However, after arriving at the Arena, Hayato discovered some things that weren't quite right. Compared to the dilapidated Arena in his Impression, the Arena building they found now was much more complete, and its appearance was closer to the Savage Arena Card.

Although the initiator of the Arena was still a Toad Man, there were many more patrolling guards inside the Arena, all fully armed, clearly seasoned soldiers. And from the depths of the Arena, occasional mournful dragon roars could be heard.

This was really too Strange, wasn't it? Despite being separated by only a wall, the armed forces within the Arena were far stronger than those in the Town, like the difference between a worm and a dragon.

Considering that the Arena's Prize was the key Card, Chick, which was necessary to proceed to the next stage, Giant Rock Temple, Hayato had reason to suspect that someone was using GM Authority to increase the difficulty of obtaining the key Card and obstructing their path to completion.

Looking up at the scorching sun overhead, Hayato struck a Dio-like pose. "You're watching this, aren't you, The Big Five!"

Outside the Game World, watching the pixel character representing Hayato say those words on the screen, The Big Five in front of the screen had extremely unpleasant expressions.

"As expected, putting these people into the Game World was a mistake!" Chikuzen Ohoka, KaibaCorp's legal advisor, said with considerable annoyance.

Kogoro Daimon also furrowed his brow. "We originally planned to lure that brat Mokuba Kaiba into the Game World too, but who knew he could find two Duel Kings to help? Didn't they say Kaiba Seto and Mutou Yuugi had a conflict?"

"Who knows what these brats are thinking? I certainly don't understand what these young people are thinking," said Shuzo Otaki, KaibaCorp's Human Resources Director, aged 55, narrowing his Eye. "It seems this Duel King has already discovered that we have the Game's GM Authority."

"How about it, should we silence him?" asked Soichiro Ota, who was formerly in charge of KaibaCorp's arms division. To the few of them, among Yugi and his group, Hayato was the most threatening.

Ever since entering the Game, Hayato had been causing endless trouble, and he had actually managed to handle many things. Not only did he snatch the Chick Card this time, but before that, they hadn't even figured out how Hayato had gathered so much Information in that Town.

"Aren't they all trapped inside the Game Machine now? Couldn't we just turn off the Power Source?" Konosuke Oshita Suggested. "That way, their Consciousness would all be banished into the Game World, and even if they cleared the Game, they wouldn't be able to return to reality."

But the lawyer Chikuzen Ohoka shook his head. "Idiot, for Game Cheating, we'd get fined at most three thousand, but Murder gets you thirty years."

"Hmph, they've only gotten the key to the next stage, let them continue," Kogoro Daimon sneered. "Everyone, don't forget that the boss we left for them in the final stage is that invincible Duel Monster."

Meanwhile, on the screen, the pixel character representing Hayato had reunited with Yugi and the others.

"Phew, I'm exhausted. First the Duel in the Arena, then that Tyrant Dragon, and now running such a long distance." On the edge of the Town, Joey Wheeler sat down on the sand with a tired expression. "But my Body still has plenty of Power, it's too Strange."

"Yeah, mentally I'm super tired, but my Body is full of energy. If this Game is ever released in the future, I'm definitely going to make the programmers work overtime to add a stamina bar setting for me," Keipei said, making a typical capitalist remark.

After finally defeating Tyrant Dragon, Yugi and the others didn't even bother picking up the dropped Gold Coins and were forced to flee from the Arena because the Toad Man who had gone to pursue Hayato had returned to the Arena with his Subordinates.

"If I can't catch that hateful thief, I'll just vent my frustration on you commoners," the Toad Man had said.

Fortunately, because Yugi and the others were in Battle State earlier, they had already Summoned Monsters onto the Field and weren't successfully hit by a Sneak Attack from the Toad Man's Subordinates. They escaped from the Arena and used over ten Trap Cards from Yugi's Deck to shake off the pursuers.

"But we also successfully obtained this Card, didn't we?" Hayato took out the Chick Card and tapped its side. "If we had followed the normal process to the end, we probably would have only had time to escape for our lives and wouldn't have had a chance to snatch this Card."

The Card was Activated by Hayato, and in front of the group, five Fat Chicks appeared, making one wonder if they could even walk.

However, although they looked fat, after Hayato sat on one, he found that these Fat Chicks were quite comfortable to ride, and due to their weight, they also possessed resistance to the Sandstorm.

"Let's go," Keipei said, being the second to get onto a Fat Chick, looking at the Desert ahead, shrouded by the Sandstorm. "Brother, wait for me to come rescue you."

Although it seems like it can be paid back quickly

But after looking at the rewards emmmmmm, it seems like I'm about to owe another chapter

(End of this chapter)