Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

【The Dragon King of Light and Darkness】is practically a card that targets Amon.

Therefore, Amon was forced to play his cards ahead of schedule.

"In that case, before the [Dragon King of Light and Darkness] appears, I'll chain [Dead Soul Fusion] and activate this Quick-Play Spell Card!"

As Amon spoke, he played a card in his hand, "【Offering to the Dead】! Using this card requires me to skip my next draw phase. You can target one monster on the field to activate this effect and destroy it. I choose to destroy 【Sealed Exodia】 on my opponent's field!"

"This way, I can replenish my Royal Magic Library with magic indicators once more!"

—Yes, even though Manjoume had already finished reciting the summoning incantation, theoretically the chain was still "accumulating the prize pool." Amon's use of [Offerings to the Dead] to follow up the chain with [Dead Soul Fusion] was a perfectly reasonable move. Rather, it was simply a matter of Manjoume finishing the summoning incantation too early.

Seeing the card Amon played, Manjoume raised an eyebrow. He didn't chain [Offering to the Dead] to banish [Sealed Exodia], because he felt it was unnecessary. Whether banished or destroyed, control of [Sealed Exodia] would return to Amon. However, to reclaim it, he would need to play a card, and the appearance of [Dragon King of Light and Darkness], Amon playing a card, or activating a monster's effect on the field would all be equivalent to sealing it.

After the current chain is completed, Amon will draw a card, and the Royal Magic Library on the field can activate its effect once more. However, neither of these effects will be bypassed because the Dragon King of Light and Darkness is on the field. The cost of blocking these two plays is only a decrease of 2000 ATK and DEF.

Rather than going through the trouble of banishing [Sealed Exodia], he might as well keep [Original Stone Light Piercing] to prevent [Dragon King of Light and Darkness] from being countered by some monster that Amon normally summons after its attack power is reduced. After all, effect suppression is not the same as combat power suppression. [Blood Demon D], which negates all the effects of the opponent's monsters, can still be killed by [Dark Magician Girl] in one go.

Another issue is that if Amon draws a Quick-Play Spell Card, and if he uses "Royal Magic Library" to trick "Dragon King of Light and Darkness" into opening his Quick-Play Spell Card, it could turn out to be a card like "Enemy Manipulator," which would be bad news. Manjoume needs to be wary of this and keep "Original Stone Through Light" in reserve.

Manjoume failed to keep up with the chain, and the chain closed to deal with the effects. First, Amon's "Offering to the Dead" destroyed the "Sealed Exodia" that Manjoume had taken and returned it to Amon's grave. Then, Manjoume's "Dead Soul Fusion" fused and summoned the "Dragon King of Light and Darkness".

【Dragon King of Light and Darkness】【10☆/Light】

[Dragon/Fusion/Effect]

[3400/3000]

As the black, white, and gold dragon descended upon the field, Amon drew a card from his deck. Looking at his graveyard and then at the card he had drawn, he suddenly laughed: "I was prepared, and suddenly I'm given a different choice at this moment? What a pity, it's too late. Perhaps this is 'fate,' a storm called 'fate' pulling together clouds and thunder, forcing us to clash here with the spirit of dueling."

"Manjoume, next I will activate the effect of my Royal Magic Library, remove three Spell Counters, and draw one card from my Deck!"

Hearing Amon's words, Manjoume, who had expected this, waved his hand: "But that's meaningless, because the [Dragon King of Light and Darkness] will nullify that effect—of course, the Cost you've already removed won't be returned!"

When the second [Royal Magic Library] is activated, the [Dragon King of Light and Darkness] on Manjoume's field lets out a threatening roar, forcing its effect to terminate and preventing it from being activated again. As a price, its ATK and DEF will decrease by 1000 points.

Then, under Manjoume's watchful gaze, Amon played the card in his hand, but the card that appeared surprised even Manjoume—"That card is [The Forbidden Drop]!?"

"Manjou Jun, you were thinking of chaining the cards I played to activate [Original Stone's Light Piercing], right? You were thinking of cutting off my last hope, but in reality, you're the one who's in despair!"

The card that Amon drew in that "final draw" was none other than a rare quick-play spell card that could break through the suppression of the [Dragon King of Light and Darkness]: [Forbidden Drop]!
After Hayato took Pegasus Moonwalker's "Forbidden Drop," which was empowered by the Fallen Angels, and mass-produced it, although the output was not large, he did succeed in replicating it to a certain extent. He produced a certain number of "Forbidden Drop" cards, which he distributed to many people. In addition to being used as payment for Kajiki Ryota and others who helped him, a small portion also circulated on the black market.

As the "Galem Child," Amon knew that Pegasus's two adopted sons, Pegasus Moonwalker and Pegasus Nightwalker, had both possessed cards with special powers in the past. Although they had lost their special powers, it was hard to say whether those powers remained in the cards they owned. Therefore, they also bought some of the cards circulating on the black market.

Although he didn't get any results from it, Amon still carried the "Forbidden Drop" he bought back then with him. After all, even without any special power, it was still a very powerful card. And today, at this very moment, this card really worked.

"Send my [Lord of the Mist] and the Field Spell Card [Lord of the Mist] to the Graveyard as the cost of activating [Forbidden Drop]. Select the same number of monsters on your opponent's field. I choose [Dragon King of Light and Darkness] and [Primal Dragon - Underground Garnet Dragon]."

"Because I sent my monster and spell cards to the graveyard, my opponent cannot chain the activation of 'Forbidden Drop' to activate their monster and spell card effects!"

Amon waved his hand, "The targeted monster on the opponent's field will have its effects negated until the end of the turn, and its ATK will be halved!"

The surrounding mist was dissipating, yet also seemed to be gathering, until two ominous drops of liquid appeared on Amon's field, splashing onto Manjoume's field and contaminating the two monsters, [Light and Darkness Dragon King] and [Original Stone Dragon - Underground Yellow Arsenic Garnet Dragon].

【Dragon King of Light and Darkness】【ATK3400→1700】

[Original Stone Dragon - Underground Yellow Arsenic Garnet Dragon] [ATK1600→800]

Seeing Amon miraculously draw a "Forbidden Drop" to clear the field, Manjoume looked utterly dejected. His only consolation was that the attack and defense reduction from "Light and Darkness Dragon King's" effect wasn't a cost reduction; otherwise, his "Light and Darkness Dragon King's" attack would have been even lower. The fact that "Light and Darkness Dragon King's" effect was negated meant that Manjoume hadn't managed to prevent Amon's "Royal Magic Library" from activating its effect, allowing Amon to draw another card after he had declared his "final draw."

【阿蒙·加勒姆：1600LP，手牌：3→4→3→4→3→4】

Although he drew the card and negated the effect of [Dragon King of Light and Darkness], Amon did not activate the effect of [Royal Magic Library] on the field to draw another card. Instead, he looked at the monster zone that was empty after [King of Mist] left his field and made a decision.

"Now that my [Lord of the Mist] has left my field, there is an empty zone where I can use monsters. Next, I will use this card from my graveyard!"

(The card art is a bit blurry because it's not yet an Origin card, but you can still vaguely make out the lightning bolt of the Quick-Play Spell Card next to the 'Spell Card', right?)
"Quick-Play Spell Card: Ultimate Seal Release Ritual!"

In Amon's graveyard and hand, five cards simultaneously shone brightly, and the same light emanated from the iron gate behind Amon. O'Brien, watching from the sidelines, was astonished: "This situation... could it be [Exodia]? But how could that be! Amon clearly didn't collect all five components in his hand!"

"It's not [Exodia]!" Although it's a different world where card spirits materialize, there are still some things that only people with special talents like Jaden and Manjoume can see. Jaden saw the true form of the being awakened in the iron gate behind Amon because of the activated Quick-Play Spell Card. "That monster isn't [Exodia], but another kind of being that can be described as a reversal!"

"The talent of a spirit user? With that kind of talent, perhaps you, Jaden, have the ability to become a king? No, I'm overthinking it. You're so naive and immature; you have absolutely no ability to become a king." Amon said casually, then immediately rejected his own statement, turning to look at Manjoume. "【Original Stone's Light Piercing】is a very powerful card, but Manjoume, the flaw of that card is that it can only negate and banish cards on the field."

As Amon spoke, he revealed the true form of the card he activated in the graveyard: "[Ultimate Seal Liberation Ritual], this card can only be activated from my hand or graveyard if I have all five [Sealed] monsters in my hand or graveyard. When this card is activated, return all [Sealed] monsters in my graveyard to the deck."

"The cards I'm returning to my deck are [The Sealed Exodia] and [The Sealed Right Foot]!"

"The chance you sent those two cards to the graveyard. Was it that time with [Angel's Charity]?" Manjoume quickly remembered when Amon had sent those two cards to the graveyard. It was during Amon's last turn, before Manjoume discarded [Clown and Locked Bird], that Amon activated [Angel's Charity].

"So, you actually drew four [Sealed] monsters last turn, not three? That was pretty dangerous; you almost killed me in one turn. But you actually discarded [Exodia] into the graveyard back then?"

"Because my deck contains many ways to recover monsters from the graveyard, such as [Pot of Greed]. Rather, in order to activate cards like [Pot of Greed], I need to specifically increase the number of monster cards in the graveyard."

Amon returned the two cards to his deck, and as the Duel Disk was automatically shuffled, he revealed the two cards in his hand. "Then, I send two 'Sealed' monsters from my hand to the Graveyard: 'Sealed Left Hand' and 'Sealed Right Hand'!"

"Special Summon [Ultimate Sealed God - Exodias]!"

(Note: In the animated version, it has super all resistances, being immune to battle damage and any effects from the opponent.)
Behind Amon, two thick iron chains on the massive iron gate broke, causing the locked gate to open a crack. A heavy, decaying air emanated from the crack, and a pair of enormous eyes also appeared in the crack, as if the giant imprisoned inside was spying on everything that had been missing for so long.

On Amon's field, a burly man appeared, so large that he could even be described as deformed. His attire was exactly the same as that of the legendary Exodia, with the only difference being their skin color and armor color scheme.

[Ultimate Sealed God - Exodias] [10☆/Dark]

[Mage Race/Effect]

【? /0】

"A monster with 0 defense but an attack power of '?'?"

Placing the card on the duel disk, Amon took a deep breath and suddenly became quite calm and confident: "This is the power of the king! Jaden Yuki, Jun Manjoume! You can see it, right? The unimaginable power residing in this card!"

"While 【Ultimate Sealing God - Exodus】 can be Normal Summoned, its Special Summon can only be achieved through the effect of 【Ultimate Sealing Liberation Ritual】. When declaring an attack, it activates its effect to send one 【Sealed】 monster from my hand or Deck to the Graveyard. This card's ATK increases with the number of 【Sealed】 monsters in my Graveyard, and each 【Sealed】 monster gains 1000 ATK!"

Amon raised his left hand, and the scales on his left arm suddenly vanished, as if defeated by an even greater force. "The current [Ultimate Sealed God - Exodus]'s attack power has increased to 2000 points because of the [Sealed Left Hand] and [Sealed Right Hand] in my graveyard!"

【Ultimate Sealed God - Exodias】【ATK? →2000】

"Not only that! [Ultimate Sealed God - Exodus] not only boasts ever-increasing attack power, but also possesses absolutely invincible resistance. It cannot be destroyed by battle, nor is it affected by the opponent's spells, traps, or monster effects." Amon arrogantly listed all the monster effects, raising his hand, "He even retains the rule of victory—if I gather all five [Sealed] monsters in my graveyard, I immediately win the duel!"

"Do you dare disobey me, who possesses the [Ultimate Sealed God - Exodias], Jun Banjou?" (End of Chapter)