I Was Summoned to the Duel Monster World

004. Opening the Pack

“I surrender.”

“You still have life left, you know?”

“I know! I know, but it’s too dirty to play anymore!”

Right after I summoned Phineas, I set one card and ended my turn.

Anubis’ turn, she summoned Anubis’ Priestess as expected, but Phineas’ first effect made her explode with Salamis!

Then she tried to remove Phineas with a magic card that had a destruction effect, but Phineas’ second effect activated.

By destroying the card I set, Phineas entered an immune state.

In the end, Anubis couldn’t deal with Phineas and passed her turn, and then hell began.

Standby phase, I summoned the Priestess that Phineas destroyed to my field with his effect.

I used the destroyed Priestess as the cost for Phineas’ first effect, and

I used the card I drew as the cost for Phineas’ second effect, and that was it.

With Phineas’ effect that did both immunity and destruction, Anubis was driven crazy.

Then she somehow managed to draw a card that negated effects and succeeded in taking down Phineas, but unfortunately, Phineas had a third effect.

The ability to resurrect from the graveyard by discarding all cards in hand. This meant that if I had zero cards in hand, I could resurrect without paying any cost.

Anubis, who saw Phineas fly up beautifully from the graveyard after barely killing him, finally declared surrender.

“It’s a shame. I wanted to use Phineas more, you know.”

“Yeah! Keep resurrecting him! I’m done if I surrender!”

Anubis, who was shouting with both hands on her mouth.

She looked like a picture of a clown.

“Anyway, I won the duel, so I’m the boss here, right?”

“Yeah, you sneaky bastard!”

“Then, do we decide the contract terms verbally from now on?”

“No, if we do it verbally, we might forget the details later.”

“Then, what should we do?”

“Open the menu. You should have received a notification there.”

As Anubis said, I opened the menu and saw a letter-shaped icon on the bottom right.

On top of the icon, the number ‘①’ was blinking red.

I tapped the icon as I did before, and a new pop-up window appeared.

[You have 1 unread message from Anubis.]

“I sent you the contract terms I prepared in advance via chat.”

“Oh! There was a chat system too.”

“By the way, the chat history will remain unless you delete it yourself. So, if you have something to contract like now, it’s better to use the chat.”

“Got it.”

I learned something good. I nodded and looked at the contract terms that Anubis sent me.

After skimming through the whole thing, I didn’t see any problematic clauses.

The first clause was that I had to hide my identity and act as ‘Anubis’s agent’ in this world, not as ‘Han Se-yoon’.

It was a condition that I had to accept in order to stay in this world where monsters lived.

It would be a bit uncomfortable to be called by a different name, but I didn’t have to hide my face or forge my identity, so I was fairly satisfied.

The next clause was that the Three Water Gods would provide me with regular support for my smooth activities.

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The periodic assistance of DP and guidance on the road, etc., he said he would not spare any support that was necessary for life and travel.

The fact that he summoned me without any notice was outrageous, but my heart softened a little by the unprecedented support.

He was a god with fur, but it seemed that he did not lose his conscience along with it.

“Did you just have a disrespectful thought?”

“No, no.”

There were many other trivial things, but they were mostly helpful to me or things that I had to consider.

A clean contract with no cunning traps.

I nodded my head and expressed my willingness to accept it as it was.

“Next, do you have anything you want to add as the party?”

“Honestly, the conditions are good enough to sign as they are, so I can’t think of anything.”

“Think carefully. If you want, I can introduce you to some pretty girls from our temple.”

“Do the followers of the Three Water God have to keep their purity or something like that?”

“They do.”

“Then can you introduce them to me?”

“You’re my agent, so it’s not a big problem if you touch the followers. But if you make even one of them pregnant, you have to stay as my agent forever!”

“…That was your trap, huh?”

“hehehehe!”

Anubis, who was smiling innocently.

I decided to let it go lightly, thinking that he was honest with me.

If he really wanted to trick me, he wouldn’t have said anything.

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“I’ve decided. I’ll add a clause that says you don’t have to pay back the 100,000 DP you just lent me.”

“Are you sure that’s enough? You can also add a clause that asks for more DP if you want.”

“No, this is fine. If you’re still not satisfied, you can give me a generous amount when you support me regularly.”

“Okay.”

We shook hands and exchanged words of gratitude after reaching a mutually satisfying contract.

I was still in a state of disbelief after being summoned to another world.

But at least my first encounter in this world seemed to be successful.

***

Now that I had seen the satisfactory negotiation, I wanted to start my adventure in earnest.

But the night was falling and Anubis suggested that I stay at the temple for one night before leaving. So the start of my adventure was delayed by a day.

And so I lay down in the bedroom inside the temple, guided by the priestess again.

‘I really came to another world…’

The bed was hard and uncomfortable, unlike the one in my room.

Normally, I would have complained, but I didn’t feel that way.

Rather, it was fresh and interesting. It felt like the first night after moving to a new place.

I was excited to experience the mysterious things that I couldn’t see in reality.

How would it feel to duel with dual monsters in person?

What kind of conversation would I have with the monsters of the theme deck that I liked?

What kind of deck should I make to have a fun duel?

As I was pondering, …

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“Oh, right!”

I quickly got up and opened the menu.

I had completely forgotten to check how much DP I got from the duel with Anubis.

I opened the shop page and looked at the remaining DP slot.

The DP that was left after I made the deck was 700. And the DP that I currently have is 5200.

I only got 4500DP from the duel just now.

“This is ridiculous!”

The ticket to go back to the original world is 100 million, but only 4500 per duel?

Even if I count the number of duels I’ve done so far as DP, it would barely make 100 million DP.

It’s a price that tells me not to even dream of going back.

My body trembled at the dizzying fact.

“Hoo…!”

Let’s calm down first.

I’ve only done one duel so far, and I don’t know if it’s fixed at 4500DP per game.

Besides, this duel ended with a surrender declaration, not by making Anubis’s life zero.

I couldn’t be sure that the surrender declaration had no effect on the acquired DP.

Besides, didn’t I sign a contract to receive regular DP support from the Three Water Gods?

So there was no need to be impatient. It might be possible to go back to the real world in a year if I work hard.

‘To do that, I have to win as much as possible in duels.’

Of course, the DP reward for winning is more than for losing.

Moreover, to gain popularity among the opposite s*x monsters, one had to have a lot of victories.

But with the current deck, victory was not guaranteed.

Summoning the giant Phineas would bring him closer to victory, but if he couldn’t draw Phineas in one turn, the deck was endlessly weak.

The first duel was a success thanks to Anubis’s consideration, letting him go first. But if he had gone second, the result might have been different.

When he went second, the deck became even more hopeless, so he needed to reinforce it urgently.

‘But with only 5200 DP…’

He could only sigh at his money.

Five packs of 1000DP each, or two packs of 2000DP each. Or if not, one pack of 5000DP.

No matter what he bought, the deck improvement was barely noticeable.

If he had known this, he would have ripped off more from Anubis.

He regretted it for no reason. But he had no shame to ask for more now.

He had no choice but to buy one pack of 5000DP, and a pack sealed with wrapping paper appeared in front of him.

Rustle-! Rustle-!

“Kuh, this is it!”

Lately, he had no excitement in opening packs with a mouse, but the original card game was about the taste of opening real packs.

The joy of children gathering around the stationery store and opening packs.

The anticipation of what cards would be in the pack made his eyes shine.

‘I miss those days…’

Nowadays, he didn’t make a deck by opening packs, but bought the necessary cards individually.

The sentiment of dueling with a random deck made from the cards in the pack was no longer to be found.

‘……I should open it.’

Pop-!

As I pulled the front and back sides of the pack with both hands, the top tore open and I saw five cards inside.

As I took out the contents, some familiar cards caught my eye.

[Cup of Destiny]

[Book of the Full Moon]

[Paladin – Rolandus]

[Golden Wind-Up Warrior]

One entertainment draw card and one general card, two cards that are used for specific themes.

And the remaining one was……

‘This is really old-school nostalgia.’

It was different from the other cards, it was flipped over.

I had not checked the flipped card, but I remembered the cheers I had already made.

Of course, most of the time, when I checked, it was not a very good card and I was disappointed.

‘I was so unlucky that I even tried to make my own custom cards……’

As I immersed myself in the nostalgic memories, I flipped the last card without much expectation.

At the same time, I suffered from eye strain for the second time today.

“Kuaaak!!”

The rare card that emitted a brilliant light.

Before I could even identify it, the light filled the room.

*

The deepest part of the Anubis temple.

Anubis, who was resting on the throne, was gently stroking the head of the three-headed dog lying next to her.

The three-headed dog made a happy growl.

Anubis chuckled and then turned her head to the entrance.

She sensed someone’s presence from the entrance and she already knew who it was.

“How do you feel about having your first duel with him?”

“……It was beyond amazing.”

Clack-! Clack-!

A woman with black and red hair walked slowly from the entrance.

She was Phineas, the ace monster that Han Se-yoon had used a few hours ago.

“So what brings you here this time? I brought him to this world as you wished.”

“Yes, I came to thank you for that.”

“Thank you……”

“You seem reluctant to accept my gratitude.”

“It’s awkward. You are a monster who blackmailed a god and made him twist the causality.”

“I admit I was a bit aggressive. But wasn’t it necessary for you too?”

The three gods were being pushed and pushed by the new cards that kept coming out and they were walking the path of ruin.

In the meantime, Anubis, who had made a contract with the pro duelist Han Se-yoon, had taken out insurance in advance.

“I got to meet the master I had longed for, and you got a chance to survive. Isn’t this a win-win situation?”

“So you’re not going to give up even a single word.”

“I’m a card that has to bring victory to my master. I can’t accept defeat even in the slightest matter.”

“You’re not even a normal card to begin with…”

Clang! Clang!

Suddenly, Anubis’s three-headed dog stood up and started to howl fiercely.

It was reacting to the aura that flowed from Phineas, and threatening to protect its master.

“Watch your mouth. Even though my creator is different, I’m still a proper card.”

“Sorry, I was really pissed off by your effect in the previous duel. So I just vented a bit.”

“I’ll let it slide this time as a special case. But if you try to harm my master in any way today, I won’t let it go like this.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

Anubis shrugged his shoulders and Phineas made a displeased expression.

Phineas decided that there was nothing more to talk about and turned to leave.

“Wait.”

But Anubis stopped her, as if he still had something to say.

Phineas looked back with an annoyed expression, but Anubis didn’t care and continued.

“What are you going to do from now on?”

“……I’m going to stay quiet for a while. I’ll assist my master from the side and do my best to defeat any enemies that appear.”

“And then?”

“When my master gets used to my existence, I’ll imprint myself on him. I’ll tell him who his number one card is.”

The divine bird that blushed his face like the flames wrapped around his body.

She already had a vision of herself in ecstasy, mixing her body with her master.

“He seemed to want to get along with other female monsters, are you okay with that?”

“It’s okay. As long as I’m given the position of his closest aide, I can tolerate that much of his infidelity.”

“What if another monster takes that position from you…?”

That’s when it happened.

Before she could finish her sentence, Anubis felt a sensation of her fur standing on end and closed her mouth.

Phineas’s aura, which was more sticky and fierce than when he had provoked her before.

The color of his red eyes, which always sparkled, gradually became dull.

It was the moment when the seductive ruby turned into a bloodstone.

“There’s no mercy for a thief.”

Phineas left a short and intense remark and left the place.

As time passed, and the small flame that Phineas had left died down, Anubis was finally able to relax her stiff smile.

An obsession and madness that even the gods would fear.

Anubis looked up at the ceiling and let out a deep sigh.

“How did our agent make such a card…”

Even the gods cannot know the future ahead.

But Anubis could boldly predict that her agent would suffer a bit in the future.