Over there, Marik pretended to be Bakura and got intercepted personally by the Pharaoh's squad. After a fierce battle, not far away, flames shot into the sky and a blazing gold phoenix formed in mid-air, its illuminating golden light swiftly vanished.
Though he was quite a distance away, Bakura could practically guess the outcome with his toes.
That kid... probably didn't make it, huh.
But thanks to that kid drawing the fire, Bakura managed to sneak out of the battle zone. Marik had led the Pharaoh and the priests in the opposite direction, and it seemed no one noticed his actual movements.
At the moment, Bakura was riding his horse, advancing through the winding valley.
Perhaps due to the influence of the Darkness Game, a faint dark mist lingered above the valley, occasionally a disturbing breeze blew through the air, and the horse's hooves kept kicking up the small stones on the ground.
Nora Tatsu, still bargaining for one hammer eighty, was trailing behind, looking quite drained on horseback. He appeared listless, practically nodding off.
Bakura wasn't aware that this sand sculpture behind him was still diligently chit-chatting on the forum.
This guy was like someone traveling and posting on social media; every couple of steps, he'd take a screenshot and post it, conveniently attaching space coordinates, detailing the location, current speed, and direction.
The certain wandering Evil God evidently hadn't realized what the problem was.
Bakura was gazing off in the direction where the sun god had disappeared, roughly estimating his distance from the Pharaoh. Quickly, relying on his strong memory, he calculated the shortest path from there and used formulas of speed and distance to estimate the time required for the Pharaoh and the priesthood to catch up.
From this, he concluded—Even if they were cheating with GPS tracking and chasing at full speed, there was no way they could catch him, Bakura.
Upon realizing this, Bakura couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh heartily.
Ha, Youyu, Yugi!
In the end, I am still a step ahead!
Little did he know, Nora Tatsu had already captured his arrogant laughter in a screenshot and posted it on the forum.
Soon someone chimed in: "Why does the Evil God laugh?"
"I laugh at Yugi's lack of wisdom, Youyu's lack of strategy..."
"If they had ambushed me here, wouldn't I be trapped beyond escape?"
"..."
Bakura was laughing joyfully when suddenly there was an explosion. A beam of light sliced through the dark mist and shot towards him. Bakura instinctively ducked to avoid it, feeling a warmth on his back as the beam passed, crashing against the mountain wall with a loud boom.
Bakura's expression changed as he turned his head towards the direction of the attack, only to see a fleeting shadow rushing towards him in mid-air, enveloped in flames, flapping its white wings, the air behind sizzling from the heat.
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!
The sounds of countless hooves echoed through the valley, sounding like an army encircling. Bakura tilted his head in surprise, seeing a large army rushing out from the mountain path. Leading at the front was a general in red armor, exuding an intimidating yet eerie aura, wearing a helmet, mounted on a black stallion, his eyes a fiery red.
Great Shogun Shien!
Can you believe Shien led the Egyptian Army in a charge?
Seriously, never thought I'd live to see this...
"Charge forward!"
The owners of the two monsters were naturally Xue Lang and In Jie's Inevitability. For players in a card game to get the chance to lead troops into a charge was thrilling beyond measure.
Linked World offering this for free is such a loss for them!
Seeing these two spirits and sand sculptures, how could Bakura not understand what was happening?
MD, it's Youyu again?
This guy is like a tapeworm in my stomach, why does he always know what I'm thinking?
No matter how many of these sand sculptures and pests come, Bakura wouldn't be scared, but deep down, he's a bit wary of Youyu — if possible, he'd rather not go up against Youyu.
Thus, the Evil God didn't waste words, he turned around and ran.
Turning and running without any facade, it's ridiculously thrilling!
Nora Tatsu cheerfully followed behind him in flight, continuing to post as he fled, asking why they were so slow. Wasn't he even trailing a cow cart?
I've reported all coordinates to you so clearly, and you still haven't even touched the Evil God's rear?
Even my grandma should've caught up by now on a tricycle!
He ran along posting, occasionally laughing foolishly at amusing replies. Bakura, fleeing for his life ahead, turned to find his little sidekick laughing in place during such an urgent time, thinking this guy's brain might be rattled?
Bakura felt that this guy likely betrayed his own companions. If caught, things wouldn't end well for him, right? How could he laugh so happily?
The saying goes, joy turns to sorrow. Nora Tatsu was spacing out on horseback, laughing, and while doing so, the horse beneath him stepped into a deep pit with a sorrowful neigh, fell, and perished on the spot.
Nora Tatsu was thrown from the horse back, rolling into the mountain wall, feeling dizzy and a string of negative statuses popped up on the panel.
His first response wasn't to get up and follow, but to open the forum and began swearing.
"@Local Resident Nora Tatsu. Damn, did you dig this pit? I gave you coordinates to help me, and you dug this?"
Local Resident Nora Tatsu replied while pursuing: "I dug a pit trap for the Thief King, you blindly stepped into it, blame me?"
Nora Tatsu was eager to continue cursing, with a line of "watch your damn language" already typed, when suddenly he felt his collar tighten from the back, then a strong force pulled him up.
He felt dizzy and disoriented; when he regained consciousness, he realized he was back on horseback, leaning against a firm and upright back.
Nora Tatsu paused for a while before grasping what had happened.
His horse died stepping into the pit, yet Bakura who had run far ahead specifically turned back... and picked him up onto his horse!
Nani, the Evil God is so considerate of subordinates? Came back personally to save me?
Little did he know, Bakura was inwardly cursing.
At this moment, all his moves were seen through, he was in a completely passive position in the duel against Yugi and Youyu. Bakura felt his last bargaining chip was this sand sculpture's life, if all else failed, he'd resort to Marik's methods, using this sand sculpture's life as leverage.
Although he didn't like this tactic, his life was at risk, and he temporarily had no other options.
Isn't there a saying like this?
Running away is shameful but effective...
"Ah!" Nora Tatsu, sitting on the horse, suddenly slapped his thigh, "Oh no!"
Bakura reacted instinctively to his exclamation, fearing he missed something important, quickly asking, "What?"
"My bag!" Nora Tatsu lamented, "Both my bags of treasures were on that horse..."
Bakura's face darkened, struggling to suppress the urge to kick him off.
Calm down, stay calm, the Great Evil God doesn't stoop to argue with sand sculptures...