Once she received confirmation, a look of surprise and confusion appeared on True Silent Magician's lovely face. What surprised her was that a human had finally been able to see her.
What excited her was that she would no longer have to endure such lonely boredom. At last, she had a human she could talk to for hours.
True Silent Magician slowly floated over. Her cheongsam fluttered, her silver hair drifted in the wind, and her delicate features possessed a faint, elegant beauty.
True Silent Magician was not as lively and adorable as Dark Magician Girl. Her long years of silent magic training had shaped her into someone rigorous and composed. She truly lived up to the name True Silence.
"I thought no one could see me anymore."
There was a trace of emotion in True Silent Magician's words as she said this.
"May I ask you a few questions?"
You Chen frowned. There were several things he could not understand.
True Silent Magician paused. Was this human asking questions the moment he saw her?
It was unusual, and rather interesting.
She nodded without refusing, because she had something to ask of him as well.
You Chen was in no hurry. He walked as he asked.
"First question: aren't Spirits supposed to be visible to everyone?"
"Otherwise, how do you explain the Spirits discovered in news reports?"
You Chen did not understand this point.
True Silent Magician seemed quite willing to explain.
"It's simple. Even among Spirits, visibility depends on Dueling Acumen. If a person's Dueling Acumen does not match that Spirit's, they will not be able to see the Spirit."
"Do you think Spirits only exist in places where humans live?"
"In truth, they have long since blended into human life. You might even find Spirits among crowds of people."
"It's just that some Spirits require excessively high Dueling Acumen, so almost no one discovers them."
"You can understand it this way: the higher a Spirit's rarity, the greater the Dueling Acumen required."
Only after hearing True Silent Magician's explanation did You Chen understand.
So that was it. It was not that only a small number of Spirits existed in human regions, as humans believed.
Rather, Spirits had already existed among them on a massive scale.
It was simply that many people lacked sufficient Dueling Acumen, so they could not see them.
In Secret Realms, however, Spirits existed physically, so Dueling Acumen was not a factor.
They were like ghosts from another dimension. Some people had the sight to see Spirits, while others could not.
"Second question: aren't humans and Spirits hostile toward one another? Why can't I sense any hostility from you?"
You Chen raised his eyes and looked at True Silent Magician.
True Silent Magician reached out with her slender hand and gently brushed her silver hair. "That isn't necessarily true. Humans and Spirits can have many different kinds of relationships. You can think of it as humans and animals. Some animals become human pets, while others attack humans. Different animals have different temperaments."
"Therefore, some Spirits advocate peaceful coexistence."
"Of course, some Spirits are bad by nature."
At that, You Chen interjected, "Like Six Worlds of Evil?"
After he said that.
True Silent Magician's expression changed slightly as she stared at You Chen in astonishment.
How did this human know about Six Worlds of Evil?
Even she did not know much, having only heard a few legends.
Yet this guy could name Six Worlds of Evil. That truly surprised her.
"Don't look at me like that. I know plenty of things."
"One more question: what happens when you Spirits are turned into cards? Also, how much do the materials differ between creating a card with a Spirit and one without?"
You Chen wanted to understand these details more clearly.
"When a Spirit is turned into a card, they can only obey the owner of the Deck. Their freedom is restrained, but there are no other effects."
"To create a card with a Spirit, you only need the Spirit itself."
"As for creating a card without a Spirit, the requirements are not actually high."
"For example, for a card like mine, if it were a card without a Spirit, you would only need Spellcaster-Type cards for synthesis. However, synthesis is random. That is one method, but if you want to synthesize a high-rarity card, you generally need to consume many cards before you have a chance of getting the card you want."
"There is another method. With a card or item connected to the original body, plus enough Soul Gems, you have a chance of creating it. The probability depends on the rarity of that card and item."
"As for Spell/Trap Cards, they can only be obtained through synthesis. There is no second method."
"So generally speaking, Spell/Trap Cards are harder to obtain than monsters."
"Of course, all of the above methods rely entirely on human effort."
"There is one more method, and it is the easiest."
"If you gain a Spirit's recognition, all cards connected to that Spirit can be generated easily."
"However, gaining a Spirit's recognition is extremely difficult."
After True Silent Magician finished speaking.
You Chen understood as well, though an important point had been mentioned.
To create a card with a Spirit, one only needed the Spirit.
Yet with a Spirit's recognition, one could obtain many cards.
At first glance, that seemed highly contradictory.
After all, if I have a Spirit's recognition, why would I need to create a card with a Spirit?
But there were precedents of Spirits being captured. Spirits who lost duels became human prisoners, but that did not mean they recognized those humans, much less accepted their defeat.
Under such circumstances, it was naturally impossible to obtain more cards.
The only option was to turn that Spirit into a card.
But if one gained a Spirit's recognition, things were entirely different.
Thus, one could conclude:
Spirit recognition > Spirit-made card > ordinary card.
An ordinary card was just a card, with no bond effect whatsoever.
As for the card bond You Chen had mentioned before, it did exist, but only for Decks containing Spirits. So the talk of bonds in Hua Ningning's previous Red-Pit Deck had merely been reassurance worth the five hundred thousand she had paid.
Spirit-made cards had bonds. If the bond was strong enough, all related cards could be drawn, but such bonds were difficult to cultivate.
With Spirit recognition, the starting point of the bond was already higher than that of a Spirit-made card, and one could easily obtain that Spirit's Rare Cards.
At that thought, the look in You Chen's eyes as he gazed at True Silent Magician changed.
Then the question was, how could he gain a Spirit's recognition?
"Now it's your turn to ask me questions," You Chen said.
"Hm?" A look of surprise appeared on True Silent Magician's lovely face. This guy was interesting; he seemed to know quite a lot.
"Otherwise, why would you answer my questions so selflessly?"
"You must be asking something of me."
You Chen said with a light smile.
At last, a hint of interest appeared on True Silent Magician's lovely face. She waved her magic wand.
"Smart."
"Then it's simple. I actually have a master, but she is currently trapped in a Secret Realm. I don't know whether she is alive or dead. I have only one request: duel me."
"If you lose, you must promise to help me find her."
"If you win, I can become your Spirit."
True Silent Magician knew how perilous Secret Realms were. Sending this human there would certainly be dangerous, and the price would be enormous.
Accordingly, she had to stake an equally enormous price.
That was to stake herself, the only wager sufficient to match and support this duel.
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