Chapter 41 : Mr. Yide, Help Me!

A Dark Duel!

How can this be a Dark Duel?

Tivia felt a surge of anxiety.

Legend has it that in a Dark Duel, the loser’s soul is consumed, offered as a sacrifice to the beings in the darkness.

But Tivia knew this was true!

Why would such a vicious person target Xiaoya!

“Since you’ve already captured Tivia Hilo, I’ll be leaving now.”

The giant man saw the duel arena forcibly rise and spoke to the cloaked figure.

The cloaked figure smiled and nodded to the giant man: “Mm, you help me find out Tivia’s route, and I’ll help you hold Tivia, luring Sonia Seth into your trap.”

“We’re even now, pleasant cooperation.”

“Hmph.”

The giant man let out a cold snort, said nothing more, and walked directly out of this uncomfortable darkness.

“Alright, now it’s just the two of us left.”

The cloaked figure turned around and looked at the red-haired girl: “But, as expected of a young lady from an uptown noble family, you recognized the Dark Duel before it even officially began.”

Tivia was full of vigilance: “Who exactly hired you?”

No matter how evil a gang leader was, they wouldn’t dare to ally with a Dark Duelist.

Even if they were close on the line between good and evil, the attitudes of various forces towards gang leaders and Dark Duelists were vastly different.

Clearly, there was a bigger mastermind behind this, uniting the two forces.

“Who knows about that kind of question?”

The gang duelist clearly wouldn’t answer that question, smiling evasively.

“Instead of that, why don’t you think about how you’re going to beat me first?”

“Although I gave Sonia Seth to Gris, that doesn’t mean I won’t make a move.”

“For a loser of a Dark Duel, besides their soul being consumed, one card from their deck will also be extracted and become a tradable card.”

“If that guy somehow messes up, then tonight I’ll be able to get two cards.”

“You wish!”

Tivia stared directly at the cloaked figure.

“I will protect Xiaoya!”

“Such touching friendship, I’m almost in tears.”

The cloaked figure sneered: “Then let me see, how long can such genuine friendship sustain you in a Dark Duel.”

“Swear upon the duel!”

“Swear upon the duel!”

“If I’m not mistaken, Tivia always takes this route when she comes to my house!”

Sonia ran ceaselessly, passing through brightly lit streets and alleys filled with red lights and wine.

She hadn’t seen Tivia along the way, and her heart grew more and more anxious.

Suddenly, she stopped.

“Road closed?”

Looking at the road barrier in front of her, Sonia could hardly believe it.

If this road was closed, which way had Tivia been taking recently?

Had she remembered incorrectly?

“Wait a moment, Sonia, go forward and take a look.”

Just then, Yide’s calm voice rang out.

Sonia did as she was told and walked forward.

She ended up seeing the name of the perpetrator who had erected the roadblock and put up the warning tape.

Chengshan City Construction.

“This company… it’s the Mad Heart Group’s front operation!”

Sonia immediately remembered.

But the next moment, her heart became anxious again.

Tivia was targeted by the Mad Heart Group!

Thinking this, Sonia didn’t hesitate, directly braced herself on the barrier and flipped over it.

Further ahead, there were no more open shops or lit residential buildings.

Only streets illuminated by the faint light of streetlamps.

And the towering figure that appeared in the lamplight.

“Sonia Seth, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”

Sonia braked sharply: “Who are you?”

“Gris El, if I’m not mistaken, you’ve probably already heard that name.”

Gris El?

Sonia’s expression changed.

“Mr. Yide, he’s the leader of the Mad Heart Group!”

Gris grinned: “You really were desperate enough to come running out tonight. It seems Tivia Hilo is indeed very important to you.”

Sonia looked at the figure, nearly twice her height, with all her usual kindness and weakness gone from her eyes.

“What have you done to Tivia!”

“Beat me, and I’ll tell you where Tivia is.”

“You’re lying.”

“But you have no choice.”

Sonia fell silent.

Seeing this, Gris chuckled.

He ruled Sector Six through violence.

But he wasn’t just about violence.

If he were brainless, he wouldn’t be able to rule Sector Six as a gang leader, a sector that was supposedly maintained by the uptown for order.

Besides his illegal identity as the Mad Heart Group leader, he was also the owner of Chengshan City Construction Company.

His latter identity was the key to making tonight’s plan happen.

Even without getting involved in something as troublesome as Dark Duels, he had a thousand ways to force others into duels.

Even an unfair, crushing duel, like a Class C against a Class D.

“Still haven’t decided?”

Gris crossed his arms: “By the way, your good friend isn’t in a very good situation. Time is of the essence right now.”

Tivia…

Sonia’s fists slowly clenched.

“Gris El is a Class C fire duelist.”

“Even though he’s not a Protector, he once achieved three consecutive victories against Class C duelists. Even among Class C duelists, he’s very formidable.”

“With that kind of strength, there’s no way I can win…”

“But, I have to save Tivia…”

Sonia’s inner thoughts kept ringing out.

Finally, her voice began to tremble.

If she chose to leave, she would lose a friend tonight.

If she chose to go forward, she would face an impossible duel tonight.

This sudden despair had pushed the seventeen-year-old girl to the brink of collapse.

She knew she had one last straw to cling to.

But she just couldn’t bring herself to voice that unreasonable request.

“—Say it.”

“Since Tivia knows of my existence, she’s my friend too.”

“Mr. Yide…”

Two lines of clear tears streamed down, big, heavy drops hitting the inverted pyramid-shaped pendant.

Hearing that voice, Sonia finally couldn’t hold back.

The next moment, she clasped her hands together, tightly gripping the Millennium Puzzle, and loudly shouted her request in her heart.

“Mr. Yide, help me!”

“—Leave it to me.”

Buzz!

The eye carving on the Millennium Puzzle reflected a gleam under the streetlamp’s illumination.

Then, the girl opened her eyes again.

“Time is of the essence, you say?”

The girl opened the card box in her leg holster, drew out her deck, and quickly adjusted a few cards.

She looked up, tear streaks below her eyes, but her gaze was so cold it was completely unlike someone who had just been crying.

“I’ll finish you in six turns.”

Gris revealed a grim smile: “Try it if you can.”

Their gazes met.

The next second.

“Swear upon the duel!”

“Swear upon the duel!”

Sonia Life Points: 20

VS

Gris Life Points: 20

Duel start!