With the trouble of Anubis resolved, Youyu's main task for coming all the way to Egypt was also completed.
The Pyramid of Light chapter was originally a movie of "Yu-Gi-Oh! DM", and in version 1.0 of the Linked World, it was considered a relatively important side quest. Although not as important as the main quest, its impact was still quite significant.
In his previous life, when playing the Linked World, Youyu also participated in this side quest storyline. At that time, not only was Anubis causing trouble, but he also released many mummies, acting like The Walking Dead, to attack duelists on the streets. He even infected and used mind manipulation to control some duelists as his pawns.
Many players got involved in this side quest. However, the storyline of this quest was a bit complicated, and the difficulty was quite high. In his previous life, only a handful of players completed the lengthy questline and got the chance to confront the gatekeeping BOSS, Anubis, himself…
...and then got instantly defeated.
There was no choice; after all, he was a level ten high-tier BOSS. In his previous life, players in the Linked World didn't have a kind and friendly NPC like Youyu to help them. The speed of acquiring cards and making progress was much slower, leaving them no chance to fight back against such a level of BOSS.
At the end of the quest, Anubis was still defeated by the version protagonist and world main character, Muto Yugi. On the final turn, Yugi summoned the Three Egyptian Gods at once, sacrificing the Sky Dragon and the Winged Dragon to Obelisk the Tormentor. With a massive blow from the giant god soldier with infinite attack power, Anubis was blasted to smithereens.
...However, it was obvious that this series of side quests no longer existed now.
Because the story's BOSS Anubis was taken down by Youyu before he could even climb out of his coffin...
Of course, by skipping all the prerequisite tasks and directly tackling Anubis's tomb, Youyu also missed out on a series of task rewards ahead. In his task panel, there was only a single task reward for "Defeating the King of Destruction Anubis".
Apart from the expected experience and Crystal Stones for defeating a ten-star BOSS, the system also awarded a physical card version of the Pyramid of Light.
Pyramid of Light, Continuous Trap Card. Effect: If this face-up card leaves the field, destroy and remove from play your "Andro Sphinx" and "Sphinx Teleia" on the field.
Meaningless and utterly useless thing.
After finishing off Anubis, he did retrieve that "Pyramid of Light" with animated effects. However, the power of this card was linked to the Crystal Pyramid Pendant on Anubis's chest. Now that the pendant was shattered and Anubis himself was gone, it was natural that the contained Power of Destruction in this card also vanished.
The Pyramid of Light, deprived of divine power, naturally no longer possessed the strong ability of "excluding the Three Egyptian Gods from the game".
So, roughly speaking, this card essentially turned into a piece of useless paper, of no practical use.
However, Youyu wasn't exactly surprised. After all, he originally came just to take care of Anubis's tomb, and any rewards were merely incidental. This way, President Kaiba should not be controlled anymore, and there's no need to fight with Yugi to the death, saving quite a bit of trouble.
Youyu deeply felt that, without realizing it, he again earned a huge favor from Yugi and Kaiba.
He would have to think of a way to get some compensation from Kaiba when he returns.
As for how to be compensated, he had not yet decided and could think about it on the way back...
The card game Youyu just played against Anubis was quite a commotion. Especially after the Pyramid of Light was activated, the entire tomb — no, the entire area started to shake persistently.
By the time Youyu climbed up, the ground around was already cracked in all directions, and the terrain had altered slightly. A large part of the tomb had collapsed with a crash, and the stone chamber originally sealing Anubis's crystal pendant had completely caved in.
But this mess wasn't Youyu's headache to deal with, as Ishizu and her brother Marik would naturally find a way to sort it out.
Since he came over from far away, Youyu certainly hadn't forgotten to pay some attention to the adorable local players.
In fact, there was no need for Youyu to deliberately publicize his arrival; the news of him coming to Egypt had already spread across the forums.
Some of Youyu's sidekick companions were already boasting and posting on the forums while still on the plane.
For instance, the post by Miss Yue Hua was titled: "The XXth day of traveling to Egypt with Youyu-san."
Like a stone striking thousands of ripples, the local players immediately cheered loudly, each expressing their great eagerness and impatience.
These players were already envious of the folks in Domino for having a walking experience package like Youyu-san. Now, the tables have turned, and Youyu-san had finally come to show them some love!
The players in the Egypt Zone exclaimed: You have hogged Youyu-san for so long, you should be content.
Now it's our turn to be pleased!
With the Anubis affair settled, Youyu immediately arranged for his handy teammates to divide the tasks and begin organizing the local player harvest event.
This was also the main reason he brought a few companions along this time.
After all, there were many and scattered players here, making it time-consuming and labor-intensive to harvest them one by one. Since his time as the Duel King was very precious, he had no time to slowly harvest them individually.
So he hoped that the local players could be organized in an orderly manner, with a unified time and place, lining up to be harvested efficiently all at once.
This required the few companions he brought along to put in some legwork to communicate with the local International Fantasy Society and the Nightwalker World branch to coordinate the arrangements.
"Sigh, it's a pity they're not smart enough to harvest themselves," Youyu sighed and shook his head.
But one should be content, after all.
The way he was doing it had already maximized efficiency.
Meanwhile, he would also take a look around to see if any players in the Egypt Zone had developed well enough to be worth an extra investment or perhaps take along for cultivation.
Available in a mercenary spirit, Youyu now seemed like a shopper at a market stall. The little greens and carrots swarmed in, lining up and bouncing in front of him. He picked and chose, picking out the best-looking ones to take home.
And indeed, over the past couple of days, he really managed to find a few who seemed worth investing among the eager players.
For instance, the male player now appearing before him.
This player had a relatively calm demeanor, with ordinary glasses perched on his nose, wearing a suit, slanted fringe, polished leather shoes, and looked like an office white-collar, making him stand out among the players.
Why does he stand out?
Because compared to the others wearing weird outfits and strange headgear, this guy was just too... normal.
So normal that it felt like an NPC popped out in a group of goofballs.
His ID overhead was "Haggles No More at Eighty."
When Youyu saw this ID, he paused and plunged into memories.
"This ID... seems a bit familiar..."