Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"Sebadrogon, use Evolution Flame!"

A laser beam shot out from the mouth of the mechanical dragon that appeared next to Marufuji Ryo, hit the woods ahead and then exploded, shattering a vine-covered stone wall that blocked the road.

After the obstacle ahead was blasted to pieces, Marufuji Sho didn't need Marufuji Ryo to give him any instructions. He immediately shouted, "Speed ​​up and rush over, [Super Transport Robot - Giant Drill]!"

"Drill, drill!" Under Marufuji Sho's feet was his card monster - [Super Transport Robot - Giant Drill]. At this moment, this huge transport machine was carrying Judai and others quickly through the woods. The huge drill swept away the obstructing trees along the way, and the matching tracks treated the terrain as nothing.

Although it has a slightly Q-version style, Marufuji Sho is the only one among the few who has a "mount" card monster that can carry multiple people. Even though the top of the [Super Transport Robot-Giant Drill] is slightly curved, its huge size means that even if Judai and the others stand on it, they will not slide down easily.

Running over the damaged stone wall, Marufuji Sho focused on directing the team's advance. As a lookout, Maeda keenly noticed that something seemed to flash through the woods they were passing through. He quickly reminded the others, "Be careful! They are catching up, and they seem to be in the nearby woods!"

"In that direction? I see. Please, [E·hero Skyman]!"

(You didn't see anything)

At the side of Judai, the hero with the spiral flying wings leaped up, and with the strong wind created by the high-speed rotating blades, he broke free from the constraints of gravity and hovered in the air, driving the flying backpack to hit the wind at one place and sweeping it into the woods.

  (You were just dazzled)

"Bullinger Fan!"

The storm invaded the woods, easily locking onto the black shadow that Maeda had previously glimpsed moving through the woods, and swept it into a tornado-like whirlwind, allowing Judai and the others to see each other's true appearance.

  It turned out to be a round eggplant? However, unlike ordinary eggplants, the eggplant that appeared in front of the Tendais not only had a sharp stinger protruding from one end of the long stem, but also had many leaves growing from the stem that turned into two pairs of translucent wings. It even had a head with a pair of big eyes and a foot made of flowers. It looked just like a bee!

After struggling for a while, he was unable to escape the storm released by [E·hero Skyman]. [Natural Eggplant] was caught in the strong wind and smashed into a big tree nearby, and then fainted.

It’s not that Judai didn’t want [E·hero Skyman] to use his full strength to directly eliminate the opponent, but he didn’t have enough time, because the next moment after [E·hero Skyman] knocked out the "eggplant" that had turned into a bee, a large group of messy "insects" and "plants" followed closely behind them, led by a "stag beetle".

Although it is called a "stag beetle", the elytra on the back of the insect are actually two purple leaves, and the abdomen is not the abdomen of a normal insect, but a branch with leaves, and there are even branches left on it? If you look closely, even the pair of saw jaws in front of it are actually made of wood!

The creatures that Judai and his friends encountered could not be described simply as "insects" or "plants". It was more like plants that grew into the appearance of insects, and the bodies of insects were replaced by plants.

If you are interested in biology, you may be fascinated by these interesting creatures when you come here, but the prerequisite is that they can survive the attacks of these creatures.

"Wow, they're about to catch up!" Maruto Sho just glanced at the scene behind him and couldn't help but panic, "Why don't those insects, plants, uh, those creatures keep chasing us!"

"Don't be nervous, Sho. Just believe Judai. He will protect us." Maeda Hayato comforted Marufuji Sho in time. It was precisely because of Marufuji Sho's courage and personality that such a "psychologist" was specially assigned to the "pilot". At the same time, he diverted Marufuji Sho's attention, "Maybe it's because you are too picky about food, Sho, so those tomatoes, peas and other things are full of resentment towards you?"

"No, I'm just a little picky about food. How could anyone eat something like tomatoes? I hate tomatoes the most!"

"Tomatoes won't hurt you, right?" said Hayato Maeda, who is tall and strong like his father and not a picky eater. "Besides, don't you like ketchup?"

"Ketchup and tomatoes are different, and tomatoes!" Marufuji Xiang said firmly, "As for tomatoes, they won't hurt people."

Marufuji Sho didn't say anything else, but just pointed at a few monsters in the army of "insect-plant hybrids" behind him, which were jumping and chasing after them.

  If that’s not a tomato, then what is it?

(Yuma: Oh! Can we reconcile?)

Time goes back a few minutes ago——

"When the woman who called herself [Queen Mador of the Light World War] forcibly took Fubuki away, I was also affected and came to this world, and then I met you who suddenly appeared."

Marufuji Ryo said, looking at Judai, with the corner of his mouth raised, "Although I don't know what kind of experience you have, it should still be you who took the lead and caused it, right, Judai?"

"Ah, to be honest, I was the first one to find the empty space, and I was also the first one to see the braised tofu characters. However, it was the teleportation array that was activated by the spell chanted by Master Daitokuji."

Hearing Judai's words, Daitokuji quickly corrected him, "It's not braised tofu, it's runes, meow! You can pronounce Misawa's name correctly, Judai, why did you pronounce the runes wrong?"

"Maybe it's the equivalent exchange you always talked about, Master Daitokuji?"

"If Misawa-san knew, he might be willing to help you pay the 'equivalent', nya."

"Hey, anyway, since you didn't come to this world voluntarily, Caesar, why don't you leave from the direction we came from?" Judai turned sideways and pointed to the back, "The edge of the pond in the center of the palace can rotate like a steering wheel. I just turned it two squares clockwise. Maybe Caesar, you can go back by turning it two squares counterclockwise?"

However, Maeda looked back and quickly pulled Judai's hand and said, "Wait, wait a minute, Judai, we just walked out of that door, right? But now that door is gone!"

"Huh!?" Upon hearing this, not only Judai, but even Daitokuji turned around in surprise, and found that the place they had just walked out of had turned into a dense forest that seemed to have no end. Not to mention the door, they didn't even see the palace they were in before.

"It seems that the path you took to get here can only last for a while, or only once? However, I never planned to leave just like that." Maruto Ryo looked at Judai and Daitokuji, who were performing a disembodied pantomime of wiping glass, feeling the air behind them to find the disappeared door, and said nonchalantly, "I'm not interested in leaving here to continue that boring game. Since Daitokuji is unwilling to duel with me, I can only look for my next opponent."

"That mysterious woman who calls herself [Light World King War] is a good opponent."

"It sounds interesting. Let me join you, Caesar." Upon hearing this, Judai left Daitokuji alone to continue touching the air, and turned to Marufuji Ryo and said, "I'm also very curious about this place. Maybe I can meet some powerful opponents."

"But the winner will only be me."

"That's not necessarily true. It will depend on who of us moves faster, right?"

As they spoke, Judai and Caesar looked at each other and raised their lips at the same time, revealing a confident smile, obviously thinking that they could defeat the other.

"Before you continue to fight, big brother, I think you should take a look over here first." Marufuji Xiang, who had been distracted, swallowed his saliva and there was a hint of panic in his voice, "It seems that something is wrong over there."

Originally, what Marufuji Sho noticed was only a strange butterfly. The butterfly just stopped on the tree, looking at a drop of water that was about to fall, and glanced at this side from time to time. Apart from its strange appearance, Marufuji Sho didn't pay much attention to it.

However, as Judai and his friends communicated with Marufuji Ryo, Marufuji Sho gradually noticed that there seemed to be more and more strange animals and plants in the forest, such as the beetroot that had hands and feet growing on its bulbs, dug itself out of the ground and looked at this side with its big watery eyes, and the camellia and rose that opened their eyes and peeked.

But gradually, Marufuji Sho discovered that even the ancient trees covered with vines in the distance had their eyes like tree holes open, and the vines stretched out claws and quietly rested on the ground, as if they were going to pull up the tree itself.

It was as if the appearance of outsiders like Judai had awakened the living forest, causing insects and plants to notice their presence and gradually approach. But Maruto Sho still had a small doubt - in this forest, there were trees, flowers, and insects, but why were there no birds or other animals?

This doubt was answered when he saw a bird landed on a branch, but was pierced in the throat by a mosquito that looked like a mutated tomato and sucked dry on the spot. At the same time, he felt a chill at the same time.

He hurriedly reminded Judai and others, and following Marufuji Sho's guidance, Judai and others immediately discovered that the creatures in the woods had surrounded them without them knowing when.

"Are these plants?" Judai raised his hand curiously but relaxedly, trying to greet these creatures who were looking at him and others with "curiosity". "Hello everyone, my name is Yuki Judai, nice to meet you--"

When he noticed that Judai and the others had stopped talking and were observing him, before he could even wait for Judai, who wanted to communicate with them, to show his friendliness, a series of knife-like leaves suddenly flew over from somewhere and stabbed at Judai and the others. If Judai had not decisively pulled Maeda and Sho to roll on the ground, they would have definitely been scratched or even pierced by these knife-like leaves.

——Didn’t they see that the leaves they dodged had already sunk completely into the ground or were firmly nailed to the trees? No one wanted to test whether their bodies could compare to the trees that were so big that even one person couldn’t hug them.

But even so, Judai's clothes on the back were still cut. Although Marufuji Ryo dodged the attack by turning sideways, the hem of his overly long windbreaker was still pierced with several holes by the "Flying Leaf Sharp Knife".

There was no need to say hello anymore, as the other party had already expressed their hostility. Even Judai, who loved elves, couldn't communicate with these monsters that looked cute but actually had only pure malice. Almost at the same time, Marufuji Ryo and Judai each drew cards from the duel disk.

"【Electronic Dragon】!" "【E·hero Skyman】, 【E·hero Solid Man】!"

Seeing that Judai actually summoned two monsters at once, Marufuji Ryo raised his eyebrows and said nothing. He just tried to summon another monster like Judai to deal with possible attacks from all directions. However, when he tried to summon the second monster, [Cyber ​​Dragon], he couldn't help but frowned.

Obviously, there is no stamina bar in this virtual world "Duel-Links", but when he tried to summon the second body of [Cyber ​​Dragon], he felt weak. He had tried to directly summon [Cyber ​​End Dragon] and the third body of [Cyber ​​Dragon] before without any problem. The only difference between him and the previous ones was——

Looking at his torn clothes that were slowly being repaired because of the game settings that prevented people from being naked, Marufuji Ryo immediately said, "If you are attacked in any part of your body, even clothes, you will be forced into combat mode. The most I can do is summon a [Cyber ​​Dragon]."

"Eh? I was wondering why I can't summon more monsters." Judai said, and looked at the two heroes who were controlling the wind to create a compressed gas shield to block attacks, and the two heroes who were building a large number of shelters for defense under the protection of their companions. "But, I think I can summon one more than you, Caesar?"

"Maybe it's because of the level of the monster, or maybe it's because you, Juudai, have special talents?" Maeda Hayato speculated. Although the ability of the "Elf User" is quite metaphysical, in his opinion, the technology of the Kaiba Group is even more excessive. It may be exaggerated to be able to detect the talents of the "Elf User" in the virtual world and add them separately to other places, but it is not surprising at all for the Kaiba Group.

"But if we are dragged into a battle, a few monsters alone may not be enough to deal with so many enemies. The power of [E·hero Skyman] and [E·hero Solidman] is limited, right?" Maeda thought for a moment and said, "We should get out of the encirclement now! Xiang and I have not been dragged into a battle, and Xiang has a large number of [Robot] monsters based on transportation vehicles!"

"You're relying on me at this time?" When Maruto Sho heard that Maeda had come up with such a plan that required a nobody like him to be the main force, his first reaction was to run away, especially since his brother, who had become so unfamiliar, was also looking at him. However, when he saw Judai looking at him with eyes full of expectation and trust, Maruto Sho suddenly felt that all his previous thoughts disappeared.

"Brother, do you believe me?"

"Of course, I believe you can do it." Hearing Marufuji Sho suddenly ask him, Judai answered without hesitation.

"Okay, then I also believe in myself, and believe in you, my big brother!" Maruto Sho suddenly ignited his fighting spirit, and before the barrier of strong wind and solid earth was about to be broken, he pulled out several cards from the deck at once with extremely smooth movements.

"【Steam Robot】, 【Drill Robot】, and then 【Submarine Robot】, and then use the 【Transport Robot Link Zone】 that can give the fusion monsters the ability to not be destroyed by effects and the effects not be negated to fuse them!"

"Come out, the ultimate underwater warship that carries hope - the Hongtian. Oh no, it's all your fault, big brother, you always call it by the wrong name." Marufuji Sho shouted again, "Come out, [Super Transport Robot - Giant Drill]!"

"Everyone, hurry up and get on top of the [Super Transport Robot - Giant Drill], and watch out, my drill is going to break through the encirclement!"

Propelled by steam power, the gigantic [Super Transport Robot - Giant Drill] was moving at an extremely high speed. Almost the moment the Tenth Generation and his companions climbed onto its top, it accelerated forward, instantly knocked down several old trees that were blocking the road, and began to gallop while crushing the trees and flowers on the road.

——Then, back to the present.

"Teacher Daitokuji, we are relying on you to lead the way. You must be reliable at times like this!" While relieving the psychological pressure of Marufuji Sho, who was burdened with the responsibility of leading everyone to escape, Maeda Hayato did not forget to urge Daitokuji behind him.

This is the current division of the five of them. The tenth generation's [E·hero Skyman] and [E·hero Solid Man], one defends the perimeter, and the other builds a wall on the [Super Transport Robot - Giant Drill] to prevent them from being thrown out by Marufuji Sho who will perform high-speed maneuvers from time to time. Marufuji Ryo uses [Cyber ​​Dragon] to clear obstacles in front and prevent the pursuers from closing the distance, while Marufuji Sho operates the [Super Transport Robot - Giant Drill].

Maeda Hayato, who also did not enter the combat state, kept his summons unused in case of emergency. At the same time, he also greatly relieved the pressure on Marufuji Sho. Daitokuji, who seemed to have nothing to do, was actually the busiest one, because at this moment he was holding a container of mercury, staring at it with squinting eyes.

"You're a student of the Red Dormitory, and you've taken one year of my classes longer than Judai and the others. Maeda-san, can't you have a little faith in my alchemy, meow?" Daitokuji tried hard to control the container from overflowing, and said without raising his head, "It's right in front of us. As long as we keep going at this speed for another five minutes, we'll be able to get rid of these guys soon, meow."

"Because the concentration of magic in the air is getting higher and higher, the concentration in the area ahead of our destination is more than a hundred times higher than here. Even if it's not the center of this world, it's definitely some special place. These creatures can't adapt to the concentration of magic there, just like people will get oxygen poisoning if they breathe too much oxygen. Once we get there, we'll have successfully broken through, meow!"

Daitokuji spoke excitedly, but he had a vague worry in his heart - he was hinting to Judai that they would be safe there, but in fact he did not think that there would be any safe place ahead. After all, the concentration of magic power nearby had already spawned such strange creatures as insects that were like plants and plants that were like insects. Who knew what kind of special monsters would be born in that area with high concentration of magic power?

Although it is a virtual world, such a realistic setting still makes Daitokuji have doubts in his heart - although he knows that Seto Kaiba's technology is extremely exaggerated, and can even easily achieve the ultimate subject of "human body transmutation" that is regarded as a miracle by alchemists like himself, but such a real virtual world that is completely different from the real world, is it really a world that can be completed by human power?

Amid Daitokuji's worry and the relief of the others who were temporarily frightened, the [Super Transport Robot - Giant Drill] continued to move forward, and after repelling several waves of attacks, the environment around them changed instantly, leaving the dense jungle and becoming suddenly clear.

Behind them, the mixed army of insects and plants failed to catch up with Judai and his companions before they completely left, and could only look at Judai's grimace in helpless rage, while the [Super Transport Robot - Giant Drill] continued to move forward. Without the pursuers from behind, Judai and his companions also cast their gazes to the distance ahead.

The green did not completely disappear, but was simply used as an embellishment to cover the strange and slender ancient trees. Surrounded by the ancient trees, a palace covered with moss appeared in front of the five people. However, the moss did not make the palace look old. Instead, it became a creation of later generations that merged with nature and was quite harmonious in the embellishment.

Also near the palace which was not far away, Judai and his companions saw people moving around from afar. However, the pair of translucent wings and pointed ears behind them made Judai and his companions think of the legendary "elves" at the first time.

"I see, that's what the 'Light Realm' in [Light Realm War] means, meow." Daitokuji, on the other hand, had an expression of sudden enlightenment after seeing the "elves" in the distance, "Those are not elves. To be precise, they should be called 'light elves'. They are beings that live in the elven kingdom of Alfheim in Norse mythology. However, judging from the buildings that were built later, this is not their residence. It seems that they were relocated here."

"But it's not common to find a world with such lush forests. If I'm not mistaken, this may be related to the 'fertility' ability of the owner of this place. 'Mardel' is the English name, but if translated, it can be called 'Mardll', which is the alias of Freya, the goddess of love, a member of the Vanir in Norse mythology."

"This is one of the nine realms in Norse mythology - Vanaheim, where the Vanir gods live. The so-called 'Light Realm' is probably because the queen's nickname contains the word 'light'."

As soon as Daitokuji finished speaking, there was a sound of applause. Judai and Caesar, who reacted the fastest, immediately looked up at the sky.

Under the bright sunlight, a "fairy" with three pairs of light wings and a pair of butterfly wings gracefully descended and hovered in the air in front of them. She smiled and said, "You have a very smart mind. You have analyzed so many things even though no one has ever exchanged information with you. Even I have to give you praise."

"Humans who have come from afar, welcome to the kingdom of the Vanir, Vanaheim, and my [Light Realm]." The gentle woman smiled and pulled her light green dress lightly, with flowers blooming on her dazzling golden hair. "And in front of you is the supreme existence in this kingdom - [Light Realm King Battle - Queen Mador]." (End of this chapter)