"Hmm—Hoo—" Tenjo Hikari took a couple of deep breaths.
At this moment, he was standing in a relatively dense jungle, surrounded by towering trees and various types of treehouses. Near the treehouses, some oddly dressed beings were engaging in lively activities.
Some were wearing a magic robe, while others were clad in technological gear. The two different attires blended together harmoniously, without any sense of discord.
"Lord Tenjo, do you feel any discomfort or anything unusual?" Captain Crystal stood in front of Tenjo Hikari, seemingly having waited for a while. Upon seeing Tenjo Hikari appear, he spoke.
"Don't worry, I've checked it once. There can't be any problems." Tierra floated nearby, looking around.
She said so, but Tenjo Hikari still carefully checked himself up and down, making sure nothing was missing. Only then did he bounce in place a few times, feeling his state of mind.
"Hmm... seems alright?" Tenjo Hikari moved his body a bit and said.
He looked back. Behind him was a green symbol of a Dimension Gate, different from regular ones that leave behind a pitch-black door. It was through this gate that Tenjo Hikari came directly to this dimension.
The place where Tenjo Hikari was now was naturally the "Secret Village of the Spellcasters" he had visited before.
After attempting to set up his own Dimension Gate, Tenjo Hikari let Captain Crystal be teleported over first, then communicated with him through a book to confirm he was unharmed. After conducting some tests to ensure he could successfully return to the Human World, they officially started the human teleportation.
Throughout this process, the Philosopher's Stone guaranteed that it could forcibly pull back Captain Crystal, or else Tenjo Hikari wouldn't dare to conduct the "Spirit Body Experiment".
Fortunately, Teacher Daitokuji's "foolproof and easy-to-make Alchemy Dimension Gate" was indeed simple and useful. As long as it was made according to the procedure, there would be no problem.
Compared to the school's Dimension Gate, which could only be used a few times each semester, making and using one independently certainly provided more autonomy. Additionally, with Tenjo Hikari's Spirit Adaptability, traveling twice a month to another dimension wouldn't harm his body. Naturally, he could also teleport to places beyond the academy's dimensional transmissions.
Now that the Dimension Gate had been successfully set up, Tenjo Hikari could teleport additionally every month.
If his Spirit Adaptability were higher or if Tierra regained more components, he could teleport even more frequently.
However, the latter also carried risks that shouldn't be underestimated, and Tenjo Hikari didn't have enough materials meeting Tierra's requirements — last time, the creation of "Satan" consumed the Rare Card "Genex Controller" obtained from the Kaiba Company. Without acquiring other materials that could serve as a base, he couldn't restore Tierra's power.
Tenjo Hikari found the Magical Scientist, who seemed to be conducting a large experiment today and didn't have time to welcome him. Tenjo waited until his experiment ended before discussing recent events.
The Magical Scientist was very open about Tenjo Hikari wanting to sell his Instant Fusion noodles for "technical shares." He didn't mind at all; he only required Tenjo Hikari to periodically update him on how the sales were going.
Of course, Tenjo Hikari couldn't just benefit without returning the favor, so they signed a contract. This allowed the Emerald Book to be used for direct communication and to connect its computer to human-world machines for real-time checks, sharing half of Tenjo Hikari's profits.
If it were other Spirits, they might not care about human-world money, but coincidentally, the Magical Scientist was interested in money to consider purchasing items and experimental tools from the Human World, so he accepted happily.
Besides this, the most important thing for Tenjo Hikari upon completing the Dimension Gate and arriving in this dimension was the card exchange with the Magical Scientist.
Tenjo Hikari exchanged a large number of extra cards he had, such as Fusion Substitute, Metalfoes Fusion, and Gem-Knight Fusion, with the Magical Scientist. This was something he didn't have time for last time, and now he could complete it. The Magical Scientist was generous and said he would study the power of those cards. He then opened his collection, allowing Tenjo Hikari to pick some Fusion Monsters he didn't have.
Recently, probably due to the Hex-Sealed Fusion becoming part of Amulet, the Galaxy Serpent in Tenjo Hikari's deck turned into Super Polymerization material, which combined with other cards into the Fusion Monster Sea Monster of Theseus. Tenjo browsed through the collection and finally found a Fusion Monster card, the Archfiend Dragon, to potentially use for Instant Fusion as Fusion Material or special purposes in the future.
Not to mention, this card can restrict monsters from being flipped to Summon, making it pretty useful.
Then, Tenjo Hikari asked the Magical Scientist about a question he hadn't been able to ask before.
That was—
"How exactly did the Spirit Realm split?"
As a high-ranking Spirit, the Magical Scientist shook his head at Tenjo Hikari's question.
"It's not that I don't want to tell you," the Magical Scientist said, very helplessly, "Even though I have some status in the Secret Village of the Spellcasters, unfortunately, when that incident happened, I was doing research and didn't observe the overall phenomenon.
Afterward, the Three Sages conducted an investigation directly, but at that time, each of them encountered different incidents. Crowley seemed to go berserk and was only saved from becoming a complete monster by a passing Alchemist."
So that's how it was.
Tenjo Hikari roughly understood how Teacher Daitokuji met Ah Lai.
"Since then, the collapse event of the Spirit Realm has become a taboo subject that Mages are tight-lipped about. Additionally, Mages can still travel between different dimensions, and other than it being a bit inconvenient, nothing about their lives changed, so not many Mages are keen to uncover the secrets."
"I see."
Tenjo Hikari expressed his understanding.
Having seen Ed and thought about the "Light of Destruction" issue, Tenjo Hikari remembered what the Vampire Fraulein had told him about the Spirit Realm being completely split into fragmented dimensions.
He then speculated whether "Yubel" might have been behind it. After all, in the original story Yubel caused significant chaos in search of Judai. In this world, it wasn't sent to the Cosmos but fell into another dimension, making its stormy escapades in the Other Dimension entirely possible.
Thus, Tenjo Hikari planned to ask some high-ranking Spirits to see if he could uncover anything, but in the end, he came up empty-handed.
It seems he still needed to explore the Spirit Realm more.
He recalled the first "riddle" left by Teacher Daitokuji, which he had previously deciphered.
The coordinates of the "Mountain"...
There were no additional descriptions or embellishments.
The coordinates of the "Mountain".
The place where Dragon-Type, Winged Beast-Type, Thunder-Type gather!