Elsewhere, in the great hall of the Royal Palace, everyone sang and danced to celebrate the New Pharaoh's coronation.
It was rare for the Priests to gather together like this, laughing and chatting with the king's friends.
"Isis, I think you look a lot like a friend of mine," Mai Valentine said. "Even your names are almost the same. She's called Isis. Maybe she's a relative of yours."
"Then we must really have been brought together by fate~"
Yugi actually got along quite well with Mahad. He found this aloof man strangely familiar, and being around him made him feel safe.
Simon went below to continue undoing the seal.
Just as Atem was about to give his speech,
a huge vortex suddenly appeared in the middle of the hall, and Aknadin stepped out of it.
"Just in time. How could a feast like this be complete without me?"
"It's you! You traitor!"
"Aknadin, what happened to you? Have you truly given yourself over to darkness?"
"Guards, seize him!"
The guards surrounded him with wooden spears raised.
Aknadin waved his hand, and a mere pulse of dark power knocked every guard to the ground.
"Without your Millennium Items, you Priests are nothing but lambs awaiting slaughter. Seto, my son, come and kill the Pharaoh with me!"
"You still haven't given up!"
"No. Even at your command, Father, I cannot do that. Besides, I'm married now. I have to think of my wife." Seto vehemently refused, holding Kisara in his arms as he instead urged his father to turn back.
"Women and friendship will only rob you of your ambition! You disappoint me. In that case, I'll kill everyone influencing you and set you straight once and for all!"
With that, a circular wave of dark energy erupted around him, sending