Less than three minutes later, someone finally stepped forward. "That's more like it. We're all dragon-deck users—how can we be so timid?"
A slight curve touched Dark's lips as he narrowed his eyes and observed. The duelist who emerged from the crowd was a refined-looking young man, around twenty-three or twenty-four.
Many spectators in the crowd were watching him, making it clear that he was no unknown.
—Though Dark did not know his name.
The young man was dressed rather simply, in black above and white below. A dragon claw emblem was embroidered on the chest of his black shirt, but it was not the insignia of the Dragon Claw Knights that Dark knew.
Judging by its texture, it might have been the emblem of some adventuring party, or perhaps the badge of some dragon fanatic club.
In any case, one glance was enough to tell that he was a magister deeply devoted to dragonkind.
The young man was very quiet and not the least bit showy.
After walking up to Dark, he merely presented his points card in silence, without introducing himself.
Dark was happy to keep quiet as well and presented his own points card.
But surprisingly, this young man also had a total of forty-three points, only six fewer than Dark.
Their scores were close, giving off the sense that they were evenly matched.
Thus, after the points cards had been shown, the young man's gaze visibly changed.
The spectators' clamor grew louder as well.
"Start?" Dark asked.
"Alright." The young man nodded. His name was Servis.
"Domain Expansion!" "Domain Expansion!"
As their domains connected and their Life Cards activated, a duel with little need for words officially began.
Since this was restricted to dragon decks, Dark had nothing to consider and directly took out his white