"Ha ha..."
Despian Quaeritis' turn, it didn't draw a card, directly raised the card in its left hand while bizarrely sneering, and revealed a Spell Card.
Spell Card, Branded Opening!
"This guy..." After several minutes, Flame Sword finally appeared beside Tenjo Hikari, carefully guarding by his side, with Black Flame also cautiously raising its sword and looking around.
Gem-Knight Crystal stood at the back of the group, carefully watching the strangely shaped surroundings, ready to respond to them.
"They don't seem to be in the same group." Black Flame spoke.
On Despian Quaeritis' side, there were also some strange monsters, resembling creatures assembled together like a jigsaw puzzle.
"Those should be spirits having a mental breakdown." Tierra glanced briefly, "Tenjo Hikari, there's something wrong with this dimension. The strength of that spirit across is far beyond ordinary spirits, and these spirits around us might not be normal spirits either."
This dimension has a certain "resistance;" besides Tenjo Hikari, who directly teleported to this dimension, even Tierra took a brief moment to enter it, quite different from regular dimensions— Normally, spirits can teleport instantly in card form, although Tierra is not a spirit, her soul residing on a card can utilize this characteristic to follow Tenjo Hikari closely. However, right now, there's severe resistance preventing her from appearing first to protect Tenjo Hikari.
Similarly, Flame Sword and the other two appeared at this time because they found they couldn't "appear at a call" from their cards, thus hurrying to guard Tenjo Hikari, fearing something might happen.
Tenjo Hikari looked towards those spirits, neither human nor ghostly, observing the faint red glow on them, then at the more evident red light on the "person you're looking for," lightly nodding: "I'm afraid these guys have been driven into a mental breakdown by the power of the red light?"
Some of these monsters maybe just had a mental breakdown, but others visibly mixed with materials and metals, and some even appeared to be several spirits fused together, struggling with unresponsive limbs, rolling around.
"In other words, the spirit my Lord is facing now should be the standout in this area." Crystal concluded.
"Black Flame, doesn't this guy's appearance remind you of the time we first saw the Captain? Its appearance back then?" Flame Sword said to Black Flame.
Black Flame observed for a moment, lightly nodding: "But... it seems more agile and rational."
Crystal also expressed agreement.
At that time, although it was infected by Shaddoll's power, its duel thinking was mainly its own even if its behavior was infused with the actions of the Fusion Army.
But this one before us…
It's hard to say whose thoughts it holds.
Perhaps this spirit has countless voices arguing within its mind.
As they were speaking, Despian Quaeritis had already finished searching the card, Special Summoning a clown-like character from the deck onto the field.
Aluber the Jester of Despia, LV 4, Dark Attribute, Fairy-Type, Defense Power 0
"What kind of Monster is this, and why is it Special Summoned?" Tierra asked in confusion.
"Branded Opening's effect, discard a card. Then, add 1 Despia Monster from the Deck to your hand or Special Summon it in Defense Position." Tenjo Hikari responded while looking at the card on the opposite side.
But that's not all, Despian Quaeritis then raised its left hand, gesturing "2," and at the same moment, a Monster from its Graveyard emerged—a green monster composed of various interrogation tools.
"The effect of Tragedy of the Death Prison Actor activates when sent to the Graveyard by an effect or when banished. It allows a Despia Monster other than Tragedy to be added from the Deck to the hand." Tenjo Hikari cautiously observed each Monster's debut while murmuring their effects to himself, to avoid missing anything, "Aluber the Jester of Despia's effect, can activate when Summoned or Special Summoned. Add 1 Branded Spell·Trap Card from the Deck to the hand."
"Triple search?" Crystal felt slightly amazed.
Despian Quaeritis' Deck split open a gap, the gap formed into square grids, and then released a large amount of black energy, appearing like pollution from an abyss of darkness.
An Aluber elegantly spread its wings, appearing incredibly stylish, as a Spell Card appeared in its hand.
Branded in Red!
And that's not all.
It directly played a card onto the Duel Disk.
Field Spell Card, Despia, Theater of the Branded!
"Rumble..."
At this moment, Tenjo Hikari noticed a strange-shaped tower not far from them, slowly collapsing, with many rocks falling from it.
"So that's it!" Tenjo Hikari was suddenly taken aback.
He understood!
Although this place is a "Branded" Dimension, it isn't a "Branded" Dimension—this is Despair Death Prison!
Only then did he finally recall what those messages left by Ecole de Zone meant concerning even if the coordinates are the same, it might lead somewhere else.
Then he further thought about the strange spirits around him.
Could it be those spirits, those "several spirits fused into one" are actually spirits from two dimensions mixed together?
Is this actually a special dimension where two dimensions overlap?