“Troublesome?”
Sonia tilted her head.
“You don’t know?” The man seemed surprised.
“For several days in a row, duelists have been disappearing in the Lower City.”
“Because of this, the Duelist Association even teamed up with those nobles in the Upper City to investigate, and they found out it was the legendary Dark Duelists.”
“Now both of these factions have issued wanted posters, preparing to offer generous rewards to find this Dark Duelist.”
At this point, the man seemed to remember something and quickly added,
“You absolutely must not think about going for that reward.”
“They say it’s a reward, but this wanted poster is actually just to tell everyone how serious this matter is.”
“Dark Duelists are a group of guys who have gone down an evil path. In legendary Dark Duels, it’s said that those who lose even lose their souls, and I guess that’s why those duelists disappeared.”
Thinking of the tragic fate that might have befallen the missing people, the man couldn’t help but shiver and shook his head.
“Anyway, even the Duelist Association and those nobles can’t catch them, so little sister, you shouldn’t get involved.”
“Alright, I won’t talk to you anymore, I need to head back too.”
With that, the man also quickly walked off the stage and left the dueling arena.
“Dark Duelists, huh?”
Sonia tilted her head: “It feels like this term has been appearing very frequently lately.”
Grandpa Principal’s card came from a Dark Duelist.
Tivia also suspected Mr. Yide was a Dark Duelist before.
Now, Dark Duelists have actually appeared.
Is this some kind of ‘Boy Who Cried Wolf’ story?
“They seem like a very mysterious group of people, oh, right!”
Sonia suddenly remembered that she had a mobile encyclopedia with her, so she quickly asked,
“Mr. Yide, are Dark Duelists just duelists who use Dark-attribute decks?”
“No,” Yide shook his head, “Dark Duelists is just a description of the power they use, and it has nothing to do with the elements they master.”
“Haven’t you encountered one or two Dark-attribute duelists in the arena these past few days?”
Yide said, shaking his head: “Dark Duelists use all kinds of decks. I once saw a Dark Duelist whose entire deck was Light-attribute.”
“It’s just that in common perception, Dark-attribute duelists tend to be more unscrupulous, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t unscrupulous people among duelists who use other elements.”
“I see, but speaking of which, Mr. Yide, have you ever met a Dark Duelist?”
Sonia asked curiously.
Yide’s tone was flat: “I have, but I won’t go into the specifics.”
“You wouldn’t want to know about them.”
Hearing Yide say that, Sonia didn’t press further.
But a hint of doubt had already arisen in her heart.
Did Mr. Yide really dislike Dark Duelists that much?
Even his origin, he hadn’t hidden before.
Although she was confused, it only lasted for a moment.
Soon, Sonia saw the sun, which was now only a remnant of the afterglow, and couldn’t help but worry about another matter.
“So what should we do now, Mr. Yide? Are we going straight home?”
“It’s time to go, but not home.”
Yide shook his head: “Hearing what that person just said, I remembered something.”
“Let’s go. Before we head back, we’ll make a stop at the Duelist Association.”
In the cleanly swept hall, many duelists walked back and forth.
This was the Duelist Association’s branch located in the Lower City.
The Duelist Association is a force widely distributed in various countries and cities across the continent.
The work of the Duelist Association is to record all aspects of dueling and to protect the basic rights of duelists.
Therefore, everyone who becomes a duelist chooses to come to the Duelist Association to register their identity.
Sonia had also been here after becoming a duelist.
This was her second time.
The front desk staff responsible for Sonia’s group was a young lady.
After finishing with the previous duelist’s business, she saw a tuft of black hair, taller than the counter, swaying and walking towards her.
“Hello, little sister, do you have any business to handle?”
“I…”
Sonia opened her mouth, then suddenly remembered something.
“Mr. Yide, what should I say?”
Yide: “Just tell her you want to register a keyword.”
“Oh, I want to register a keyword!”
Sonia exclaimed excitedly.
On the way here, she had just learned that if you create a new keyword and register it with the Duelist Association, you can get a reward.
Mr. Yide really should have told her about such an important thing sooner.
“Register… a keyword?”
The young lady at the front desk seemed a bit confused, as if she hadn’t heard of this service before.
But after a moment, she seemed to remember something.
“Are you referring to keywords for card effects?”
“Yes, exactly, exactly.”
Sonia nodded like a pecking chick.
However, the front desk lady’s tone became even more incredulous.
“Little sister, do you mean you’ve created a new keyword that has never appeared before?”
The lady’s voice attracted some attention from the hall.
“Register a keyword?”
“Someone created a new keyword?”
“Wait, isn’t that Sonia Seth?”
Someone recognized Sonia, and precisely because of that, they were even more surprised.
Is this girl going to share a method for playing cards during the opponent’s turn?
Ignoring the whispers around her, Sonia tilted her head: “Is there a problem?”
Why ask such a simple question so many times?
The lady at the front desk was stumped by Sonia’s question.
If she remembered correctly, the last time a new keyword was registered was 159 years ago.
That was more than six times her age! She had already forgotten the specific procedure for this service.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, she pulled open the drawer next to her.
After pulling out a form from the documents at the very bottom, she breathed a sigh of relief.
That’s good.
It’s a good thing she kept one of each form.
“Here you go, little sister.”
“Just fill in the name of the new keyword and the method of creation on this.”
“Okay.”
The so-called method of creation was essentially about what mindset to have when imprinting cards to increase the probability of a certain outcome.
The creation of all cards has a tendency, like a card’s tag.
For example, if you’re thinking about dealing massive damage to the opponent’s face when forging, the resulting card will most likely be something like [Fireball].
After Yide’s card appeared in Sonia’s forging catalog, all this knowledge about tags also appeared in Sonia’s mind.
While she was writing, Sonia also asked Yide the question she hadn’t gotten an answer to earlier.
“Mr. Yide, why does everyone look so surprised?”
“Hasn’t anyone registered keywords before?”
“This should be essential knowledge for Duel History class, right? Have you already returned your history knowledge to the teacher after only a month of leaving the academy?”
Yide was a bit helpless: “The last time a new keyword appeared and was registered with the Duelist Association was 159 years ago, when an A-rank duelist from the Ten Alliances created the [Ambush] keyword.”
“After that, no new keywords have appeared in the world, and the number of keywords has remained at seven, until now.”
“Huh, seven? Are there really so few keywords?”
Sonia couldn’t help but wonder.
Seven types of keywords sounded like quite a few.
But it’s important to remember that dueling has been developing for thousands of years.
“Why are there so few types of keywords?”
“You’d have to ask those blessed ones who have been spoiled by the Duel Spirits.”
Yide let out a disdainful laugh.
“After all, they are largely responsible for dueling becoming such a stagnant pond.”