A grand gate slowly opened in the Critical Point Dimension.
After the gate opened, two gigantic spheres of light flew out, colliding, sometimes striking in the sky, erupting terrifying purple lightning, sometimes hitting the ground, creating one deep pit after another.
Occasionally, the two spheres would even break the mountain walls upon collision, causing a torrent of rocks to burst forth, an instant of terrifying upheaval like the alteration of heaven and earth.
"Hehehe, Reign-Beaux, you're still as reckless as ever."
"Grapha, what exactly are you trying to do!"
After several battles, the two spheres slowed down and gradually revealed their forms.
The one called "Reign-Beaux" was a fearsome Archfiend holding a golden lance, glowing with a "multicolor" radiance, it was Reign-Beaux, Overlord of the Dark World.
"Grapha," on the other hand, was a grey demonic dragon exhaling a ferocious heat wave, its wings darkening the sky, its whole body surrounded by purple lightning. It was another spirit Manager of the Dark World, Grapha, Dragon Lord of the Dark World.
The two entities faced each other seemingly bound by the same affiliations, and as they ceased combat, more and more Archfiends emerged from the pale gate.
One faction arrived behind Grapha, they were led by Brron, Mad King of Dark World.
The other faction, relatively fewer in number, was led by Snoww, Unlight of Dark World.
As the two sides split into two camps, all the Archfiends could see that after the earlier battle, Reign-Beaux was clearly more critically injured, his wounds bleeding a color-changing fluid, but he remained silent, intently focusing on the Dragon Lord.
Ever since the disappearance of The Supreme King, the Dark World split into two distinct factions, led by Reign-Beaux, aimed at finding and awakening The Supreme King's reincarnation; led by Brron, aimed at seizing more spirits amidst The Supreme King's legacy for more resources.
Originally, Reign-Beaux's faction was mainstream due to his greater power.
Recently, hearing that Divine Soldier had discovered Lord Supreme King, Reign-Beaux was excited, but upon hearing that Archfiends under Mad King sought to attack Lord Supreme King and extinguish him, internal conflicts in the Dark World escalated dramatically. It was then Mad King seized the opportunity to release the long-sealed Grapha, Dragon Lord of the Dark World, utterly tipping the balance of power.
Reign-Beaux was weaker than Grapha; the nature of Archfiends is to follow the stronger ones, hence the once mainstream voice of Reign-Beaux has fallen to this state.
"Reign-Beaux, old friend, I won't kill you. You shall watch me kill The Supreme King, seize his invincible power, and rule all worlds in fear and worry!" Grapha laughed heartily, leading all his Archfiends, wings vibrating.
"Lord Demon God, are you alright!" Snoww flew to Reign-Beaux's side, and Reign-Beaux weakly swayed before standing upright.
"Don't worry about me, the important thing is Lord Supreme King! We must protect Lord Supreme King, not letting his power fall into Grapha's hands—Snoww, about the previous matter…"
"I've already asked my friends!" Upon hearing Demon God's question, Snoww immediately replied, hesitating for a moment after, "But… they've been quite strange lately."
"No worries! As long as Lord Supreme King returns, everything will be alright!"
Subsequently, those Archfiends too left the gate in a grand procession heading towards their intended destination.
Time shifted to the afternoon of the next day, Tenjo sat in the Kaiba Company's hall, holding the phone, engaged in a video call.
Although the signal was slightly poor, the conversation was relatively smooth.
"Hikari, static, I met two new friends here; I'll introduce you later, you will definitely like them—" Judai chatted on the phone, communicating with Tenjo Hikari.
He already knew that Jim's deck was "Fossil Fusion," so he figured it would be a good match with Tenjo, hence he teased him a bit.
Tenjo was unaware of the specifics, increasingly worried about Judai's recent situation.
"On my end, the Light Society affair is over." Tenjo Hikari slowly narrated the recent events to Judai, reassuring him not to worry about internal issues, then continued to inquire about Judai's status.
He could completely go to Judai's side to help.
"No, Hikari, there's a more important matter." Judai, upon hearing the conclusion of the Light Society affair, relaxed significantly, then brought up another issue.
That was the matter of "sealing duel zones."
Perhaps there are classmates in those zones, unaware of outside situations, might just be attacked by Archfiends the moment they step out, possibly collapsing without realizing.
Judai did not want such occurrences thus hoped Tenjo Hikari could investigate on his side.
"Hmm… like the Amazoness situation?" Tenjo responded, nodding.
Lately, due to the urgency to rescue classmates trapped on the train path, and the pressing need to deal with the internal threat of the Light Society immediately, Tenjo had no time for pinpointed, meticulous investigations.
Judai's concern was not unwarranted; if Mitsuzawa remained blissful after leaving only to be ambushed by passing Archfiends, he might also collapse.
Thinking of this, Tenjo immediately spoke: "I understand, I'll contact Kaiba Company's manager for detailed area maps, Duelist addresses, then send them over to you.
I will prioritize arranging and coordinating efforts, aiming to rescue as many as possible swiftly; you needn't have too much pressure on your end."
Judai exhaled in relief.
At such moments, the person he worried yet relied on the most was this friend.
Worried if even Tenjo Hikari encountered issues, whom could he trust then?
Reliant on having Tenjo around, it always felt like any problem had a solution.
With Principal Cronos's endorsement and Tenjo's own reputation, he smoothly obtained detailed maps from Kaiba Company employees at this crucial time, took photos posted to the academy forum and "White Dragon X," available for all to view. He took closer images to send to Judai, and after finishing these tasks, Tenjo intended to discuss more things with Judai, but noticed the phone image flickered, the sound reduced to crackling noise, his expression growing grave.
Could it be Archfiends attacked communications towers or similar installations?
As he considered this, abruptly astonishing shouts erupted outside Kaiba Company's branch.
"Angel! It's an Angel!"
"Angel, Angels are rescuing us!"
What's happening?
Tenjo stored the phone, walked outside, seeing the station grounded in gloom recently, suddenly warmed by divine light descending.
Winged humanoid and dragon-shaped entities gently descended from the sky, resembling mythological angels.
No...
They were indeed Angels!
Tenjo suddenly saw.
The one on the flank, was it not Celestia, Lightsworn Angel?
It was Lightsworn!