In the dreamlike cosmos, Tenjo Hikari and Tierra float within, watching everything around them.
It seems there was an explosion, then, a red light was born from the explosion, spreading to every corner of the cosmos.
"My birth."
That was the "initial" Light of Destruction.
The Light of Destruction represents chaos, war, destruction, obliteration, conflict in the cosmos. It is the root of all conflicts, an existence originating from "explosion."
Originally, it was a fundamental rule and logic of this cosmos, spreading its power to things capable of destroying other life, then reclaiming, and then destroying again.
Initially, it did not have this so-called consciousness, nor the current "thoughts" of "it."
Everything changed when, more than a decade ago, humans suddenly connected cosmos with cosmos, dimension with dimension, allowing it to absorb the war and invasion power from the Spirit Dimension and even parallel cosmos, rapidly expanding and then gaining the current "thoughts."
Creatures are too ugly.
This is its thought.
So, it quickly adapted to the convenience of thinking, and then with even greater power, guided more beings seeking power and wanting to destroy other existences to exert and create more power as much as possible.
After all, this was way too easy for it.
The only problem it encountered was its power was indeed strong, strong enough that only one or two in this cosmos could rival it, but it was too vast, its power too dispersed, so there had to be an agent to fulfill its ideas.
The phantom of the Light of Destruction slowly emerged in front of Tenjo Hikari and Tierra, its form incomparably tall, appearing as a pure light shadow Archfiend, making planets and galaxies seem insignificant beneath its figure.
It leaned down, looking at Tenjo Hikari, making a sound.
"Tenjo Hikari, you are the first human to make me have the thought of 'reflection'."
"Reflection?" Tierra frowned on the side, "God would not reflect."
The only thing she reflected on was why she didn't defeat Sofia and Zefraath.
"Since I gained consciousness, I have been pondering, what is my birth ultimately for."
Only then did Tenjo Hikari suddenly realize.
Oh, that's why.
Normally, if the Light of Destruction were its original form, like a mechanical rule, simply performing the work of invasion and destruction, then this "evil cosmic light" "wave of destructive light" wouldn't have so many random thoughts.
But precisely because the wave of light in this world gained its own thought, that's why it engages in pondering.
Who am I, where did I come from, what am I supposed to do?
As a Cosmic God, its divine consciousness actually emerged later than humanity, thus it is actually full of confusion and doubt.
"When you used destructive power to create a new life of eternal life, I must admit, at that moment, I even wanted to use my power to forcibly destroy the dimension you were in," the wave of light continued, "but, I also seemed to wonder, whether I really hadn't figured it out."
Even though it has cosmic-level power, even though it can easily replicate humans, can instantly read human history, it is surprisingly confused in this aspect.
Like the white dot in the yin-yang fish, looking around, everything is dark, yet it is completely unclear, this world, black and white coexisting, the world is chaotic.
This couldn't be helped, as no one in the cosmos can teach it what to do.
In the past, it only had instinct, so it didn't need to think; now that it has thought, it accordingly has troubles.
"The rules of the cosmos do not allow me to challenge them." Even it wouldn't dare to challenge the rules of the cosmos.
A loss is a loss; the defeated side of the Darkness Duel must pay the price that it should; that's the rule!
The most fundamental, the core rule of this cosmos, a rule even the Creator God cannot change!
"It seems, in being a God, you still have a lot to think about." Tierra laughed heartily.
She really was quite happy today.
Her Divine Favored managed to defeat a cosmic-level God using her own power (though only part of it was her power).
More importantly, when debating with this Cosmic God, even though neither could convince the other, her Divine Favored won, making her statement have substance, making the Light of Destruction have to contemplate her words.
Just like now.
The wave of light looked at Tierra, silently.
After a long while, it spoke slowly again.
"I will resurrect your friends." The wave of light first mentioned Ed and Saiou, "then..."
It slowly raised its right hand, light flowing from its body, like threads of light, flying onto Tenjo Hikari, intertwining around Tenjo Hikari, connecting to Tierra.
A card accompanied by the light slowly descended from the sky, then condensed.
Tierra looked down at her hands in surprise.
Amidst the light, she felt the long-lost... breath of life.
"Could it be..."
She grasped her hands in shock, the body of Midrash even made her feel a sense of "suffocation."
Meanwhile, the light on the wave of light seemed to dim somewhat.
"Tenjo Hikari, is there anything else you desire?" The ancient voice came again.
"...Your power should be distributed among many other beings, such as Spirits, such as dark monsters."
"I will not reclaim my power." The wave of light replied, "This is already beyond the rewards of this duel."
Tenjo Hikari smirked.
As the losing side, the wave of light had already presented quite a sincere gift, but what he just said had already touched upon the wave of light's duty and authority.
However, its duty and instinct prevent it from ceasing its actions.
"But—at a cost, I won't actively give my power to Spirits and humans until I fully understand it. But I won't stop any existence pursuing destruction."
That's acceptable.
Tenjo Hikari nodded.
Unless there was a complete victory or defeat with the Light of Destruction itself, otherwise, it seems it will never stop.
Those who want to cause major events, even without seeking power from the Light of Destruction, can still find plenty of power in the Dimension of Spirits and parallel worlds, so might as well choose the Light of Destruction, at least Tenjo Hikari is familiar with it.
What remains are the other detailed matters, Tenjo Hikari won't miss this opportunity, anyway, he has time to ask, knowing the Light of Destruction will be questioned thoroughly, without omitting any details.
Then he obtained precise information.
In different worlds, there are still "two" agents of the wave of light.
"Two?" Tenjo Hikari was quite surprised.
The two here certainly do not include Saiou, meaning, besides "Yubel," there is yet another one?
Not knowing how long—actually, for humans, it was only a moment.
Tenjo Hikari's consciousness returned to the top of the Light Society's tower, hearing Ed slowly groaning and awakening, also seeing Saiou Mizuchi anxiously rushing to support her brother.
Only the extra card in Tenjo Hikari's hand reminded him that it wasn't all an illusion.
He looked down at the card.
Infernoid Tierra!