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Chapter 1799

Before going into detail about the current situation, what is your understanding of "big"?
Of course, it's not the "big" in "big thunder," since there are different things between Azur Lane players. What we're talking about here is just the sheer size of the item.

Compared to a grain of rice, a fist is certainly large, and a house is obviously enormous compared to a person's fist. This shows that the concept of "large" needs to be highlighted through comparison.

However, even compared to the massive Duel Academy building, the single entity among the Pokémon located near the Duel Academy seemed far too "large"—

Like a colossal god capable of supporting the heavens, or a demon crawling out of hell, a skeletal exoskeleton is attached to a ghastly green body, with white hair growing haphazardly all over its body, making it look like a synthetic monster—[Synthetic Monster - Gazette] acts as the vanguard of the "beast tide".

"Mamma Mia!"

Although they didn't react as quickly as Hayato, nor did they possess the basic sensory abilities of a "New-Type" like Jaden and John, Professor Chronos and his group had the advantage of having been paying attention to the area around the school all along. With the help of a high vantage point and equipment like binoculars, they weren't too far off and were able to spot the approaching beast tide in time.

Let's set aside the possibility that these swarming card monsters are trying to steal discounted bento boxes from the supermarket. No matter how you look at it, they're definitely headed for the school. So we have to act quickly to intercept them and stop them from getting any closer and causing damage to the academy.

That being said, when they saw the colossal beast [Synthetic Monster - Gazette], which was quite eye-catching among the conspicuous beast tide, many people were frightened by its exaggerated size.

In normal battles, the size of [Synthetic Monster - Gazette] is only slightly taller than that of a typical human-sized monster, not even comparable to the size of a monster like [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]. However, now that [Synthetic Monster - Gazette] has materialized in the Spirit World, it displays an exaggerated size that defies common sense. It feels like it could go to a mecha anime and fight against Mobile Armor alongside Gundam, or push Axis alongside Kamen Rider!
—In fact, Pegasus did reference the classic 70s robot manga series *Mazinger Z* when designing *Synthetic Monster Gazette*, as did the *Great Monster Gazette*, which referenced *Great Mazinger*. This guy has always been adept at being too lazy to design and simply copy, but since he bought the original manga, you can't even really accuse him of plagiarism.

The size of Duel Monsters has never been what the virtual projection system can show even when it is limited to the largest size. The best example is Jaden's [E·hero Neos], which, like the [Synthetic Monster - Gazette] in ordinary duels, appears as a humanoid monster that can climb to the height of a person in a duel, but its actual size is a "giant of light" that is even taller than Duel Academy. After all, Jaden's design prototype is a hero of light, a cosmic superman.

"W-Can a monster of this size really be taken out to fight?" Professor Chronos said uncertainly. "Although students can fight freely with the help of the 'Duel Energy Distributor' when fighting within the academy, they will have to rely on their own strength when fighting in other environments."

"We can't stray too far from the academy, which is the main reason why we can only repel the attacking elves but can't chase them down, aru." Standing next to Professor Chronos, Instructor Napoleon, who was also looking at the rapidly approaching beast tide through binoculars, looked worriedly at one of the students gathered below, wearing a yellow dormitory uniform, but quickly looked away.

“This defensive line we built using miscellaneous items from the academy itself represents the maximum protection range of the ‘Duel Energy Distributor.’ Fighting outside this range makes it very easy to be affected by the ‘Death Gauntlet’ and have your life threatened, aru.” He then looked at the academy entrance not far behind, which was less than two hundred meters away. “But for a monster of that size, this distance is definitely not enough, is it?”

“My Ancient Mechanical Titan might be able to fight at a similar size, but Coach Zeon is right, this distance will affect the academy.” Unlike when he first arrived in this world, Professor Chronos wore his Advanced Teacher Duel Disk, his expression resolute. “Therefore, when necessary, I, Chronos de Medici, will charge out to fight!”

"But Professor Chronos, you're wearing the 'Death Gauntlet' too, aren't you?" Ayukawa Megumi said seriously. "Even with the 'Duel Energy Disperser,' the students have been under immense strain from duels while fighting around the school lately, and this strain can't be completely eliminated. If you leave the effect zone, Professor Chronos—"

“But now there’s no more room for us to dwell on such things!” Professor Chronos, exercising his privilege as the temporary vice-principal, dismissed everyone else’s opinions with a single sentence. Without hesitation, he jumped down from the bunker and walked to the front of the defensive line under the gaze of all the students. “Although I’m in another world, I am still a professor at the Duel Academy and the highest-ranking person in charge of practical tests. In the name of Chronos de Medici, no student will ever be injured before me!”

"Watch closely, classmates! In the duels to come, you must all face difficulties with courage and persevere!"

Drawing a card from his deck, Professor Chronos proclaimed, "My ace, descend! Warrior of honor and dignity, [Ancient Mechanical Giant]!"

As the card was placed on the duel disk in front of his chest, Professor Chronos's "Death Gloves" emitted an undeniably bright yellow light, and at the same time, the sand in front of him trembled, and a gigantic gear-like warrior crawled out.

But that wasn't all! Professor Chronos didn't just put one card on his Duel Disk; he slapped out all three of his Ancient Gear Giant cards at once. His already pale face turned even paler from summoning so many powerful monsters in one go, but he concealed this from his students by staring straight ahead and never looking back.

The towering gear-like giant stood on the earth like a high wall between the students and danger. However, Professor Chronos could clearly see that his Ancient Mechanical Giant was still too small compared to the Synthetic Monster Gazette, and he needed to summon a stronger monster.

"The ultimate fusion of four Ancient Mechanical Titans, centered around this Ancient Mechanical Dark Titan!" Professor Chronos took out an Ancient Mechanical Dark Titan that met the conditions and could be used as an Ancient Mechanical Titan. He completed his preparations step by step and summoned a mechanical Titan that was much larger, almost three times the height of the original Ancient Mechanical Titan.

"Ancient Mechanical Chaos Giant!"

Two years ago, Professor Chronos's strongest ace monster, which defeated the "Vampire Lady" Camilla among the Seven Stars, has returned after a long absence. Finally, a monster comparable in size to the [Synthetic Monster - Gazette] has appeared. Professor Chronos, without hesitation, takes the initiative: "Even in this other world, the duel will not be swallowed by darkness and despair; it will still be light." "I will completely clear the path of light for my students to see!"

"Chronos de' Medici, [Ancient Mechanical Chaos Giant], launch!"

With steady and elegant steps, Professor Chronos walked forward, facing the beast tide that was only a few kilometers away from the academy. The Ancient Mechanical Chaos Giant also stepped forward in sync with him.

Although the act of summoning a monster outside the "Duel Energy Distributor" circle instead of within it seems somewhat abstract, Professor Chronos has his own considerations. Rather than summoning a monster in its full state within the circle and then being affected by the loss of protection, he prefers to adapt to an environment without energy protection from the beginning.

Moreover, this approach has its advantages—with teachers leading the way, students are highly motivated.

"As expected of Professor Chronos, he easily accomplished what we couldn't!" The students of the Blue Dormitory were very proud of their dormitory leader's heroic performance. One of them took the lead and said, "In that case, I want to fight alongside the teacher!"

"We can't let the guys in the blue dorms have the best memories in the future!" The students in the yellow dorms were not to be outdone. Some of them stood up and followed the students in the blue dorms to climb over the bunker and keep up with Professor Chronos.

In this atmosphere, although some people in the red dormitory still asked, "Isn't it too dangerous and unwise to do this, to leave the front line and rush out to fight?", most students were at the age of high spirits and were able to answer without hesitation, "This is a critical moment for the survival of the academy, it is worth a try."

Seeing the students, led by Professor Chronos, leaving their bunkers to fight, Instructor Napoleon felt he couldn't just stand by and watch, and wanted to rush out as well, but was quickly pulled back by Teacher Ayukawa.

“Wait a moment, Coach Gene. I understand your desire to fight alongside Professor Chronos.” After a pause, Ayukawa Emi said calmly, “But there are students here, and students in the academy behind us also need you.”

"We must help maintain this last line of defense, provide support and logistical assistance to those fighting on the front lines, and ensure that they are met if they retreat, and that they are not surrounded by enemies from both sides."

"Only you can do these things."

“Since you’ve said so, alright, I’ll coordinate the rest of the students.” Coach Napoleon glanced at the students who remained. The student from the yellow dormitory, whom he had paid special attention to before, hadn’t rushed out with the others in a fit of enthusiasm. He had almost forgotten about the boy’s existence because of Professor Chronos’s example, and now that he saw him still there, he breathed a sigh of relief. “I’ll also have to ask Ayukawa-sensei for your help.”

"I just don't know how so many elves managed to gather together, Aru."

The person who could answer Napoleon's questions was not here. Even Hayato and the others, who had noticed the situation and were rushing here from the other side of the school, were not sure. Only a golden energy life form on the shoulder of the giant demon god—[Synthetic Demon Beast - Gazette]—knew the answer.

"I can feel an immense power right here!" [Synthetic Beast - Gazette] stared intently at the Duel Academy with its right eye, saliva dripping from its open mouth, even forming long strands. "It seems you weren't lying to me; there really is a powerful dark force hidden here!"

"Of course, I don't have a habit of lying." Yubel explained to himself that he was just not finishing his sentence. He maintained the form of [Yubel Phantom] and smiled smugly on the surface. "It's just that the ones who occupy this place are powerful beings from the human world. I came to you because I couldn't get those powers that were taken for themselves."

"Hmph, the so-called 'driving away wolves to devour tigers,' right? But they're just a bunch of small fry. Although they have some strength, they can't do anything to me or stop me from getting that power."

Seeing the Ancient Mechanical Chaos Giant gradually charging forward, the Synthetic Beast Gazette also gradually accelerated, preparing to charge as well. At the same time, it didn't forget to communicate with the Yubel Phantom on its shoulder, saying, "However, in exchange for providing me with information about this place without telling anyone else, I only allow you to take half of that energy. Don't let me find out that you sneaked in and stole my spoils while I was dealing with the small fry here!"

"Don't worry, I'm not that malicious. We'll definitely distribute that power fairly." [Yubel Phantom] casually replied to [Synthetic Beast - Gazette]. "But the enemy is about to attack. Are you still so confident you can easily defeat that big guy?"

"You don't actually think this is my full power, do you?" [Synthetic Beast - Gazette] said, and suddenly the bones on its hands made a "crack" sound. The red exoskeleton that originally only covered half of its body expanded to the other half of its body as if it were a copy. The proliferating bone armor forced [Yubel Phantom] to fly away from its body. At the same time, white fur proliferated all over [Synthetic Beast - Gazette]'s body, and purple highlights appeared at the ends.

A pair of arms grew out of the skin from under the armpits, and the arms were wrapped around the chest. A pair of bird wings pierced through the muscles on the back and emerged, giving the [Synthetic Monster - Gazette] the ability to fly.

However, at this moment, the true form of [Synthetic Monster - Gazette] should be renamed [True Monster - Gazette]. This card spirit, which is also based on the super robot "Shin Mazinger Z", immediately raised the charge power to another level with the acceleration of its wings as it showed its battle stance, and suddenly collided with [Ancient Mechanical Chaos Giant]!
The monsters summoned by the students and the gathered beasts, birds and other spirits began to attack each other, and a battle was about to break out!
I suddenly have a tickling throat and a headache, this is not good. Everyone, please take care of your health, the weather has been changing drastically lately.