But after the confusion passed, the "Golden King," having inherited the throne, governed diligently and restored the kingdom to prosperity. He even turned it into a land where gold lay everywhere.
—Or so it appeared.
But everything he did was ultimately for the sake of resurrecting the "Heroic Spirit King."
In the end, he succeeded.
Yet what awaited was not brotherly harmony, but brothers turning on each other, no different from the past.
After that, the kingdom split apart, and the two brothers each became king.
War erupted completely amid both internal strife and external threats. The "Golden Kingdom" was thus destroyed, buried beneath the dust of history for ages. Only legends, some true and some false, continued to circulate to this day, though few still heard them.
Victorious once more in the final battle, the "Golden King" used the "Golden Sword" to pierce the "Heroic Spirit King's" heart, bringing that war to a complete end.
But behind him, nothing remained but endless ruins.
Although afterward, the "Golden King" restarted the Nationwide Transmutation Array and restored the Golden Kingdom... or at least the Golden City, to its original state.
But that was where the legends of the Golden Kingdom came to an end. The retold legend had been reenacted within the secret passage. The entire ritual ended completely at the moment the "Golden King" pierced the "Heroic Spirit King's" heart with the "Golden Sword."
Everything created by the "Dream Machine" turned into golden particles and rose upward the instant the ritual ended.
Dark reappeared atop the pyramid, where the "Diamond Black Crystal" before him had completely vanished.
He opened his eyes and emerged from the dream. As his skeletal hands loosened at the same time, he raised one hand, holding the Arcana Card that had long been prepared for the