As expected, after turning into light and fading away, he dropped a Deck. It even included his true form, the five-star Bonz "Patrician of Darkness."
Yugen was quite satisfied. He picked up the Deck and put it away, and by then the noisy sounds of fighting outside had already stopped.
A squad of jailers soon rushed in through the hole broken open in the Bunker and quickly noticed the opened cell. "You there, stop!"
The jailers nervously surrounded the broken cell. Yugen walked out at an unhurried pace, facing the ring of blades and weapons pointed at him.
"Relax." He slowly took out a small green crystal.
The jailers had been full of caution at first, but after seeing the crystal in his hand, their expressions gradually changed from guarded to blank, then to shock and fear. Orichalcos Fragment was a fragment that only those with at least regional leader status in the territory occupied by Orichalcos in Spirit World were allowed to hold, and it was also proof of identity.
"Y-you... who are you?" the jailers asked in trembling voices. Their weapons slowly lowered on their own, and one of them was already so weak in the knees that he looked ready to kneel.
"One of us." Yugen smiled, showed the fragment, and put it away.
But unexpectedly, one of the jailers suddenly dropped to his knees and shouted, "Lord Envoy! Welcome, great Divine Envoy!" Yugen froze.
What? Envoy? What envoy?
It was still the same council chamber, and still the same group of higher-ups. "This prison break really caught us off guard," one senior Fiend said, lingering fear still in his voice.
"The Bunker has not seen anyone dare to break prisoners out for a very long time, and this group was unusually organized and powerful. If Lord Warden had not been here in person, things could truly have turned dangerous."
Warden said in a deep voice, "That Vampire Lord was truly extraordinary. Even I could only fight him to a standstill. And he was cunning and ruthless. The moment he saw the situation turn bad, he abandoned the companion still inside the Bunker without hesitation and fled on the spot."
The Duel between their kind caused real damage, but it was not a Shadow Duel. That meant there was still a chance to run away halfway through a duel.
Warden was also worried about what was happening inside the Bunker, so he only wanted to drive the enemy back instead of completely taking him down. Because of that, when he saw the other side escape, he did not press the attack, and Vampire Lord fled in the middle of the Duel.
"I didn't expect resistance forces of this level to have already gathered nearby," one of the higher-ups said coldly. "We had not even moved against those Vampire Clan yet, and they were already so eager to die."
"It seems it is time to make those stupid bloodsuckers understand the price of defying Dark God."
"We can set that aside for now. More importantly..." Warden leaned forward, narrowed his eyes, and let the corner of his mouth lift slightly.
"This prison break may not be entirely a bad thing."
"What do you mean?" another Fiend asked.
"Right before the meeting was interrupted, we were discussing how the higher authorities had sent Divine Envoy. Divine Envoy could have been anyone. We did not know who it was, and we did not know where they were, so we could only stay cautious and watch our words at all times."
"But thanks to the chaos caused by those blasphemers, Lord Divine Envoy stepped forward during the operation, and we were finally able to learn Lord Divine Envoy's true identity."
The higher-ups immediately stirred in excitement. "Lord Envoy has really already arrived!?"
"My lord!"
The Four-Eyed Fiend leaned close to a jailer, wearing a secretive expression. But this was no ordinary jailer. He was a minor boss in the Bunker, responsible for leading and managing the other guards.
Under normal circumstances, prisoners had no chance to approach an officer of his rank. But among the inmates, the Four-Eyed Fiend was one of the few high-ranking prisoners with Duel ability, so he also held duties similar to a prisoner overseer and sometimes helped manage the others. That was why, when Yugen had first arrived, the jailers had allowed him to "teach" the newcomer a lesson.
"What is it?" the commander asked coldly. "the Bunker was just infiltrated by thieves, so this is the busiest time. If it is nothing important..."
"Of course it's important!"
The Four-Eyed Fiend looked heartbroken. "There is a prisoner here who has no respect for law or order and does not care about the rules of the Bunker at all. He openly Destroyed the rules, grabbed us and forced us into Duel, took our Deck by brute force, and even cruelly killed other inmates through Duel."
"Was he hitting us? No, he was slapping the Bunker in the face. This is completely insane and lawless..."
To his surprise, the commander showed no shock after hearing such serious accusations, nor did he seem ready to act at once. He only asked slowly, "Oh? And who is this prisoner you are talking about?"
That attitude caught the Four-Eyed Fiend completely off guard, and a bad feeling rose in his chest. Could it be that the commander already knew? And if he knew and still did nothing, then something was seriously wrong.
But the complaint had already been made, and there was no way to take it back now. Besides, he could not just let the loss of his Deck go. So with tears in his eyes, he pressed on with his accusation.
"It is the newest one who came in. He only arrived earlier today. If he dares act like this on his first day, I do not even dare imagine what he will do tomorrow..."
"Hm, him." The commander nodded, as if none of this surprised him. Then he asked, "Did you see it with your own eyes?"
"Of course I saw it with my own eyes!" the Four-Eyed Fiend shouted angrily. "Even my Deck was taken too! He is openly insulting the rules of the Divine Cult. Woc, my lord, what are you doing!?"
The Four-Eyed Fiend was horrified. He saw the commander draw his sword without another word, his posture making it seem as if he were about to cut him down on the spot.
"Since you saw it with your own eyes, then we cannot keep you alive," the commander said coldly. "You know too much."
The Four-Eyed Fiend: "?"
He opened his mouth, but his mind went blank and no words came out. In that instant, it felt as if his head was filled with nothing but question marks. What did that even mean? The other man had broken the rules, so why was he the one about to lose his head?
"Think carefully again," the commander said calmly. "Did such a thing really happen? Or is it possible you saw wrong?"
The Fiend's four eyes went wide. Before he could speak, a voice came from behind him. "No, he saw it right. It really happened."
The moment he heard that voice, the Four-Eyed Fiend was filled with gratitude. He quickly turned around to see which Sworn Brothers was brave enough to support him at the risk of his life.
Then he froze the moment he saw the face. Damn it, was that not the accused himself?
Yugen strolled in from outside and said with a smile, "I can testify. He is not lying. It really happened."