Chapter 828: Discovery
"'Uriah, the Emperor of Divine Flame', 'Harmon, the Emperor of Thunder', and 'Labiel, the Emperor of Phantom Demon', are powerful beings collectively known as the 'Three Phantom Demons'."
Fujino gestured to his subordinates to wait at the door, and slowly began to tell the story.
"Of course, I believe you are not unfamiliar with these. After all, your contribution is indispensable in the process of sealing the Three Phantom Demons."
When the Phantom Demons were in chaos, Department D also sent duelists to try to fight. Relying on some counterintuitive black technology, they can also summon duel monsters in a high-quality three-dimensional image to a certain extent through technological means, and have good combat effectiveness when facing ordinary elves and dark duelists.
It's just that it's obvious that they don't look good enough when facing a behemoth like the "Three Phantom Demons".
The special duelists of Department D had no power to fight back in front of the Phantom Demons. If it weren't for the intervention of several legendary duelists including Youyu, the matter might have evolved directly into a head-on battle between airplanes and artillery and Phantom Demons across the country. It's quite exciting to think about it.
"You should have known the cause of those riots?" Fujino asked.
"The coming of the duel era has led to the awakening of monster spirits. The three phantom demons that were dormant in ancient times have awakened due to environmental factors." Youyu said lightly.
"That's right." Fujino nodded, "Thanks to your activeness, the three phantom demons have been sealed. However, in some records left by the ancients that were unearthed later, we interpreted the relevant ancient text records and found that they seemed to compare these three demons to the existence equivalent to the 'three phantom gods'."
"Maybe the ancients just saw too little." Youyu said.
That's not surprising. After all, the three of them look a bit like the phantom gods, especially the God Flame Emperor Uriah. Those who don't know would think they are Osiris's long-lost brothers.
Maybe the ancients who left the records have never seen the power of the phantom gods at all, but after witnessing the pressure of the three phantom demons with their own eyes, the strongest creatures they imagined with their limited brainpower were only at that level, so they left such records.
"There is such a possibility," said Fujino, "but have you ever thought of other possibilities? For example, maybe the three phantom demons we have seen are far from their final appearance?"
"You mean the discovery of that archaeological team," said You Yu.
"You have read the information, you know what I mean." said Fujino.
That mission, those evil objects that no one mentioned were closely related to the phantom demons
The stone slabs that sealed the power of the phantom demons.
The archaeological team at that time did not realize what they had discovered at the first time. With the help of modern scientific and technological means, they broke through the secret room that was sealed by the ancients and perhaps hoped that it would never see the light of day again, and found the exquisite stone slabs buried deep underground.
The magical alchemical materials made the stone slabs never corroded by time, and even the chains that bound them shone like gold.
Those stone slabs were engraved with abstract and distorted demons. Although the ancients' painting skills were relatively clumsy and the lines were simple and abstract, these lines like children's graffiti quickly awakened the deepest fears in the hearts of everyone in the archaeological team.
The joy of the great discovery was soon dispersed by the unfounded fear. In fact, none of them had ever heard of the story of the "Three Phantoms", nor did they know what the clumsy and crude lines on the stone slabs and the abstract and complex ancient characters meant, but they still felt fear, as if it was an instinct left by their ancestors and imprinted in their DNA.
This is why the matter was quickly handed over to the D Department.
"Those are not actually the stone slabs that seal the "Three Phantoms" themselves, but some of their powers." Fujino said, "The spells engraved on the stone slabs describe in detail how to use these powers in the "sacred battle rituals", which is the duel we are familiar with today."
"The magic and trap cards used by the auxiliary phantoms." You Yu said.
This is why the three phantoms in the animation are said to have the same power as the phantom gods, but you can't see such expressiveness at all.
Because just like Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and Black Magician are all mortals, but they are the strongest monsters at the top of the pyramid in Duel Monsters. Their strength is not only in their own bodies, but also includes a bunch of messy support cards that match them, and even new vests that change into various forms.
The same is true for the three phantoms.
Unlike the phantom gods, all the effects are contained in their own cards, and sometimes they can even use some effects that are not written in the card effect text. The strength of the three phantoms is not all in the original body.
In fact, the three phantoms have their own support cards, and a set of fully operational systems, a complete and very powerful deck.
In the phantom chapter of GX, Kagemaru only exerted a very small part of the power of the three phantoms. In addition to the three phantoms and one field magic, he almost has no phantom-related support cards.
In the alternate dimension chapter, Yubel, the villain, also succeeded in getting the three phantoms. As a villain, Yubel is obviously much stronger than Kagemaru. She has tapped into the hidden potential of the Phantom Demon, printed a lot of Phantom Demon-specific support cards on the spot, and even summoned the three Phantom Demons to their ultimate form.
But that is still not the true complete state of the three Phantom Demons.
"The discovery of that archaeological excavation is the secret of the true power of the three Phantom Demons, and it is also the correct way to control the Phantom Demons."
Fujino's expression was very serious, as if even for him, this was a secret that he did not want to be recalled.
"The archaeological team contacted us, and I immediately arranged for the team stationed nearby to go and pick us up, and asked them to transport all the stone slabs back to the headquarters.
But all of us underestimated the terrifying extent of that power.
On the first day of the journey, the entire transport team was mentally troubled. They heard whispers, and some said they heard the roars of unknown creatures.
When they were on the ship, they always felt that there were always strange noises outside the windows of the room, but when they opened the windows, they could only see the endless sea.
Some people were on the verge of mental collapse in half a day. They imagined that the transport ship encountered a tsunami and a storm, and some said they saw hideous demons sticking out their claws from the clouds.
The fragile nerves of the scholars in the archaeological team finally couldn't bear the stimulation, and they jumped off the deck on the first night and disappeared forever in the waves."
You Yu frowned: "It sounds like when the stone slabs of the three fantasy gods were unearthed."
In the early stage of the DM animation, the three fantasy gods seemed to have had similar things when they first appeared. All the designers who worked on the Phantom God Slate went crazy, and in the end, it was only Bekas who personally completed the three cards.
However, the three Phantom Gods are just three awkward tsunderes. Although their overpowering power makes ordinary people unable to control them and causes many people to go crazy, they are still serious gods after all, and they do not have aggressive evil thoughts.
The three Phantom Demons are different. These three are the embodiment of evil, the products of distortion, and they may have evil thoughts towards anyone and anything.
Yu Yu soon thought of something: "So you contacted Hongye? You hope that the second generation Duel King can suppress that power?"
"That's right. A powerful duelist can suppress the spirits. This is the conclusion we reached after research." Fujino said, "The facts have proved that we are right.
After Mr. Hongye arrived, the transportation soon became smooth. No one saw hallucinations anymore, and the mumbling disappeared. It was as if the existence of the Duel King itself was accompanied by a powerful aura that suppressed the evil of the phantom demon."
"It sounds like it went smoothly." Yu Yu leaned back in his office chair, "Then how did Hongye disappear?"
Officer Fujino's face became a little ugly.
"Because the transport team was attacked. The news that the stone tablet with the power of the phantom demon was sealed was leaked, and there are other beings besides us who are eyeing this power, a very ancient and terrifying powerful being."
Hearing this, Yu Yu had completely guessed what happened next.
It was Tragodia.