The black mist receded quickly.
The last trace of crimson on the stone dome went out, revealing the gray-white rock walls of the underground plaza once more.
The castles, iron cages, and lava conjured by the Shadow Game had all vanished, leaving only cards scattered across the ground.
System notifications sounded in his ears, too.
[Defeated Shadow Duelist Yūgong Feiyue] [Received 18 Soul Power and 3,000 Duel Coins.] [Defeated opponent detected: Yūgong Feiyue] [Archetype Pack "Vampire" unlocked] [Pack contents: Vampire series] [Cost: 300 coins/draw] [Soul Power Duel Shop] [Soul Power level: Lv2] [Soul Power progress: 97%] [Duel Coins: 4,700]
As expected of one of the Dark Erosion Cult's Five Heavenly Kings, she had yielded a full six more points of Soul Power than a Duel Academy teacher.
Yūki stood there for several seconds before lowering his hand from the edge of his Duel Disk.
When that dark shadow had taken Yūgong Feiyue away, he had actually wanted to try flipping his face-down card.
Then he had thought better of it.
That thing even devoured its own people. If a little level-two Soul Power rookie like him charged in, he probably would not even be enough to fill the gaps between its teeth.
"Cards first."
Yūki crouched down and picked up the cards one by one.
[Vampire's Domain], [Gozuki], [Vampire Grace], [Vampire Sorceress]...
He was in no rush to read their effects.
He already had the deck. He could study it at his leisure later.
In Yūki's estimation, Yūgong Feiyue's deck should have been quite powerful. Unfortunately, it had run into his deck, which played downright dirty.
What delighted Yūki even more was unlocking the Vampire archetype. The Vampire decks from his previous life sprang to mind.
Dhampir Vampire Sheridan was an Xyz monster, so he probably was not