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Chapter 1887 Chaos Wizard: I killed him with one strike, what's there to say?

[Kellert, the Demon God of the Dark World] did not lie to Jaden and the others. It had only been a few hours since they set off to find the [Chaos Wizard]. The sun had just climbed over the mountain ridge when they found the other party's hiding place.

When the group found the castle where the Chaos Wizard was hiding, it was heavily guarded and looked very abnormal. This was exactly what the Dark God-Keller had said: "The Chaos Wizard was seriously injured," and it was estimated that he was recuperating inside.

"I still don't quite understand why the Dark God-Kellert would try to befriend us, even going so far as to betray the Chaos Wizard, one of the Four Heavenly Kings and a big shot in the 'Overlord Army'?"

Jim muttered to himself, somewhat troubled, while O'Brien glanced at the men stationed at the castle's main gate, then turned to Judai and said, "It will be very difficult to break through through the main gate, and it will also alert the other 'Overlords' in the castle. It might even scare away the Chaos Wizard."

“No problem. The map of [Dark Realm Ghost God - Kellert] shows the structure of the castle’s interior. We can sneak in along this route and avoid the patrolling 'Overlord Army'.”

Marufuji Sho pointed to a pre-planned route and said, "Then, we'll go straight to the heart of the matter and take down that arrogant [Chaos Wizard], and then we can go and check if Senior Fubuki and Kenzan have been captured."

"This is far too suspicious. Is this really information that the Dark God-Kellert could obtain?" Asuka questioned. "That guy's ability is invisibility, not disappearing from the world."

"However, we don't have time to hesitate here. Nobody knows when the Chaos Wizard will heal himself. If we wait here for even a second longer, we might miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Jaden knew Asuka was right, but he felt he couldn't stop because he had already pictured the tragic scene of Fubuki and Kenzan being killed, possibly captured by the Chaos Wizard.

Shaking his head to shake off the unsettling thoughts, Judai walked without hesitation toward the location of the "secret passage" marked on the map. Since Judai was already ahead, it was too late for Jim and the others to say anything more. Could they have stopped him? Once he got stubborn, not even nine or ten oxen could pull him back.

Unexpectedly, they had anticipated some unexpected dangers during their infiltration, given that this was the lair of the Chaos Wizards and that their adversary was currently injured; no amount of caution could be excessive. However, to their surprise, they didn't encounter a single enemy along the entire route, even as they neared the top floor of the castle via the "secret passage."

Not to mention Asuka and the others, even Marufuji Sho realized that something was wrong. Just as he was about to call out to Judai to say something, Judai, who was walking in front, stopped on his own.

"Big brother."

"Don't make a sound, Sho!" Jaden lowered his voice and cautiously looked outside, gesturing for the others to look as well. Following Jaden's gaze, they discovered that the exit of the secret passage they had taken indeed led to the back of the castle's main hall, just as indicated on the map. Below the exit, the [Chaos Wizard] sat cross-legged in a chair, eyes closed, resting.

Besides, he had no guards or anything like that around him; he was simply sitting in a chair, seemingly resting or waiting for someone. Moreover, the main hall doors were tightly shut, and there was no one around—it was the perfect opportunity to assassinate the [Chaos Wizard]!

"I'll do it, everyone stay here—"

Just as Judai was making arrangements for the others, Asuka refused without hesitation, saying, "I refuse. We can't let Judai be the only one risking his life to fight. More people mean more strength."

(O'Brien's gun also has a card, but it's very different from the anime version.)

“Jim and Marufuji’s monsters are too big to fight here, but I will provide fire support from behind.” O’Brien also unfolded his Duel Disk into a gun, loaded the cards into it, and even opened a folding tripod from below to assist in shooting.

"Alright, then let's not delay!" Jaden nodded, glanced at [Chaos Wizard] again, kicked open the grille at the exit of the passage, jumped out, and deployed his Duel Disk in mid-air to summon a monster, "[E·Hero Golden Blade]!"

During the attack on the Chaos Wizard, Jaden deliberately shielded E. Hero with his own body, ensuring E. Hero could not be killed, allowing E. Hero to extend his blade and aim it at the Chaos Wizard!
(Tenth generation pose belike)

"For everyone's sake, die, [Chaos Wizard]!"

In this attack, Jaden didn't even shout out his name before launching a heroic attack as he usually did. Instead, he only shouted at the Chaos Wizard, who was right in front of him and could have grabbed his neck, after the blade had pierced the seemingly defenseless body.

The Chaos Wizard, facing the Jaden's sudden attack, showed an extremely surprised expression: "Why you brats!?"

"I'm here to avenge my comrades!" Jaden, assuming the other was wondering why he, a complete stranger, would attempt to assassinate him, exclaimed excitedly, "Your chest has been pierced by my [E·Hero Golden Blade]! Before you die, tell me how my comrades are!"

"Let's not even talk about how I don't recognize you at all." The Chaos Wizard had the expression of Thanos who had traveled back in time and saw Scarlet Witch yelling at him, "You took everything from me!" Then he sighed, "What a jumpy reaction. I thought it was that Skeleton Priest who came. He specially prepared these methods but used them on a bunch of trash like you."

"What did you say?" Judai was stunned, watching as the [Chaos Wizard], who was standing right in front of him and was completely real, gradually became transparent before his very eyes, and suddenly shattered and disappeared like a phantom in a bubble.

"This is a trap!? Jim, we have to get out of here!"

Realizing something was wrong, O'Brien quickly pulled Jim down from the passage and joined Sho Marufuji and Asuka, who had rushed out of the passage with Judai earlier. Just then, the grille that Judai had kicked open suddenly reappeared, blocking the exit, and then the entire passage collapsed as if it had been gripped by a hand!
"Huh? Huh!"

Before Marufuji Sho could even react, the Chaos Wizard, who had been almost killed by Judai a second ago but was actually unharmed, reappeared. He calmly walked out of the shadows in the corner of the main hall and looked at Judai and the others, saying unhappily, "Although this is beyond their ability, the 'Overlord Army' is indeed a bunch of trash. You guys actually swaggered into this place."

“Unfortunately, all my Chaos servants were killed by that man, forcing me to take matters into my own hands now.” The Chaos Wizard conjured a ball of magic in each hand, looking at Jaden and the others. “So—before you die, is anyone willing to tell me where you found this passage?” “I won’t tell you anything!” Taking advantage of the Chaos Wizard’s “phase transition,” Jaden had already used the power of fusion to combine E-Hero Goldblade and E-Hero Electro. E-Hero Electrocliper charged forward to meet the Chaos Wizard’s attack, colliding with his magic.

In terms of data, although the attack power of [E·hero Ionizing Claw Man] is the same as that of [E·hero Golden Blade Man] at 2600 points, the fusion seems to offer no improvement. However, its defensive penetration effect is manifested in this realistic elf world as its power possessing extremely strong penetrability, easily penetrating the enemy's attacks and defenses to cause "true damage." The first few magic bullets thrown by [Chaos Wizard] were thus pierced by the lightning strikes it released.

Having narrowly escaped being struck by lightning, the Chaos Wizard's expression darkened: "You wretched brat, if I hadn't been injured and unable to exert my full strength, you wouldn't have had the chance to be so arrogant!"

"What a troublesome fellow!" Jaden was equally annoyed by the Chaos Wizard's mobility. The commotion from their battle was too likely to attract the "Overlord Army" patrolling the castle. They had to finish the fight quickly. "In that case, use your effect, [E-Hero Ionizer]!"

In addition to its defensive penetration, another effect of 【E·hero Electrocutioner】 is to discard cards from the hand to destroy the opponent's attack position monsters. This ability is manifested in the fact that 【E·hero Electrocutioner】 no longer releases electricity, but concentrates it on itself. Its arms, which are wrapped in lightning and glow with heat, are like open pincers, which withstand the attack of 【Chaos Wizard】 and quickly approach it.

Even if he manages to escape, once he gets close enough, the Chaos Wizard won't be able to avoid the damage, right? Jaden thought to himself.

However, the Chaos Wizard sneered: "Fool, you actually closed the distance to this. Do you really think that someone like me, one of the 'Four Heavenly Kings of the Overlord Army,' is an easy fool to deal with?"

"Witness my true power—this invincible chaos magic!"

The two energies in the Chaos Wizard's hands were slammed together, and a beam of yellow and purple magic shot towards E. Hero Ionizer. E. Hero Ionizer, who had just managed to deflect the Chaos Wizard's attack, was instantly obliterated by this attack, disappearing from the sight of Jaden and the others!
"That's the power of the Chaos Wizard!" Jim warned. "As a Duel Monster, it can banish one face-up monster from the field. That attack just now was its finishing move!"

"It's not over yet, everyone get out of the way!" Asuka noticed that the [Chaos Wizard]'s magic cannon hadn't stopped even after "excluding" [E·hero Ionizer], and was being controlled by him to sweep towards everyone, so she quickly warned him.

Jaden wanted to summon a monster, but had to abandon the plan halfway due to the threat of the magic cannon. He pulled Marufuji Sho and Asuka away to avoid it. Jim and O'Brien also had to abandon the [Flame Cannon] they had just set up to avoid it. However, Asuka's newly summoned [Cyber ​​Angel - Benten-] was not so lucky and was also hit by the magic cannon and "excluded" like [E·hero Electro-Pliersman].

The power that should only exclude one person has become an area-of-effect attack in the hands of the Chaos Wizard, capable of "excluding" multiple targets. The Chaos Wizard's research on "chaos magic" has not been wasted. However, even he cannot escape the underlying logic of this power—he cannot attack during the turn he has used this effect. In reality, this means that his power will enter a brief state of exhaustion after releasing a powerful spell.

However, even with this flaw, he had made improvements, and could adjust it back in just a few breaths, then he could—

"Pfft!"

Seeing the hand that had passed through his chest, the Chaos Wizard's eyes widened. He wanted to say something, but when he turned around, he saw the Dark God-Kellert, whose face was splattered with his blood and whose form was revealed despite still being transparent.

"This opportunity was truly hard to grasp, but luckily I seized it, [Chaos Wizard]."

With his arm around the other's shoulder, [Kellert, the Demon God of the Dark World] chuckled, as if talking to an old friend—if one ignored the hand that was still churning inside [Chaos Wizard]'s chest.

"【Kellert, the Demon God of the Dark World】!" Judai glared warily at the invisible demon, who had deactivated its invisibility due to the blood staining it. "Why did you come with us?!"

"Of course, it's because, as I said before, I'm investing. Thank you so much for making my investment pay off so quickly." [The Demon God of the Dark World - Kellert] nodded to Judai and the others, seemingly quite satisfied. "Without you, I wouldn't have been able to sneak up behind this guy so easily."

"Who the hell are you?!" The Chaos Wizard wanted to retaliate, but with his back to the Dark God-Kellert, he didn't even have a chance to make a desperate move. He also didn't have the strength to launch an attack, so he could only glare angrily at his opponent.

He could accept being blown up while researching "chaos magic," and he could barely accept being killed by a few brats in front of him, though it was humiliating. But what kind of person would be ambushed and killed while he was weakened after using magic? He couldn't accept that!

"What? You still haven't recognized me? How disappointing. Well then, what if I change my appearance?" [Kellert, the demon god of the dark world] said, his skull-like head subtly transforming into a mask and helmet-like shape, and the demon horns on his head grew longer and sharper.

The same [Dark Realm God of War - Latina] who appeared quietly along with [Dark Realm Ghost God - Kellert] also appeared silently, but suddenly flew into Kellert's hand and transformed into a pair of swords and shields.

The true form of "Kellert"—no, the "Skeleton Priest," one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of the Overlord Army" alongside the "Chaos Wizard"—sliced ​​the "Chaos Wizard's" body in two with his sword. "You're a very good ally, Chaos Wizard, but your 'Chaos Magic' has progressed too quickly, forcing me to eliminate you to prevent you from competing with me for the supreme position of 'Overlord' in the future."

As he spoke, he pointed the tip of his knife at the group of Judai again: "Then, it's time to kill them all. 'The Chaos Wizard was assassinated, and the Skeleton Priest avenged his ally'—how pleasing that sounds."

I played Endgame yesterday, and the optimization seems to be better than during the third closed beta.

The pace was indeed very fast, as expected.

And the new five-star caster in FGO, the third five-star male caster we've had since the game's launch (the last one was Merlin nine years ago), has had its voice actor announced as Akira Ishida.

Edward included a copy of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring in his deck.
Two chapters missing (Yes, I added an extra chapter yesterday because I was slacking off).