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Chapter 1889 Shared responsibility and rejection
"Overlord?!"

The Skeleton Priest was startled by Judai's words, then realized something and said viciously, "Stop pretending! 'Overlord' is just a legend. How could a brat like you possibly be 'Overlord'?"

But Judai didn't react to the [Skull Priest]'s words; he simply stared at him coldly and raised his left arm. The blade-like device mounted on his armor activated and spun like a chainsaw before reassembling into a dueling disk.

Judai drew a card from the top of his deck without even looking at it, and played it, shouting, "My servant, manifest—[Neos-Lord]!"

The one who appeared before "Judai" under the name of "Dominator" was also clad in gold and black armor, but it was hard to say whether he was the original Neo-Hero, because his will had been completely suppressed by the powerful armor on his body, and he was at the mercy of "Judai".

On his back, a pair of fasteners used to secure the edges of the red cloak opened, and the suddenly billowing red cloak looked like bat wings. [Neos-Lord] rushed forward and punched [Skull Priest].

Seeing the opponent's seemingly powerless and unremarkable punch, the Skeleton Priest fearlessly stepped forward: "That's all! That level of attack won't do any good—"

"boom!"

The instant the Skeleton Priest swung his broken sword, Neos-Lord's power suddenly erupted from his fist. Black and gold lightning crackled around his hand, instantly obliterating the already damaged Skeleton Priest's sword. If the Skeleton Priest hadn't reacted quickly enough, even if he had dodged the impact, he himself wouldn't have survived!
The force of the punch blasted a huge crater in the spot where the Skeleton Priest had been standing, pointing straight into the distance. Even a small hill in the distance was instantly blasted into a hole, which terrified the Skeleton Priest so much that cold sweat poured down his forehead. Although he looked like an undead "skeleton," the skeletons on the Skeleton Priest's face and body were just decorations; he actually had a physical body.

"Don't be so arrogant, you're just a little bit strong!" the [Skeleton Priest] retorted defiantly, but suddenly conjured a dueling disk on his empty left arm. "It's not that I'm afraid of you, but rather that my greatest strength lies in the sacred dueling ritual, not in actual combat. Besides, if I kill you with the dueling ritual, I won't have to worry about you resurrecting. That's right, this is to eliminate any future threats!"

But in reality? The Skeleton Priest knew he was being cowardly. The opponent's power was too terrifying. Not to mention his current state, even if he were in good condition and fully equipped, no, he could even include the power of his "former" ally, the Chaos Wizard. No, it would be best to include the Guardian-Bao and the King of the End-Demis as well.

In short, even if all the power of the "Four Heavenly Kings of the Overlord Army" were gathered together, it would be difficult to resist this brat in front of him. In the end, the [Skull Priest] began to fear the "Ten Generations" in front of him from the bottom of his heart, and kept asking himself if the existence in front of him was really the same brat from before.

Although he possessed the power to directly defeat the Skeleton Priest, Judai seemed to have his underlying logic of "never refusing a duel" triggered, or perhaps because he wanted to completely kill the Skeleton Priest using the excuse the Skeleton Priest casually came up with, he accepted the duel invitation and drew five cards from his deck.

"Duel!" "Duel!"

Two voices rang out simultaneously. The [Skull Priest]'s voice was more excited, as it was indeed confident in its abilities during dueling rituals, and it was all the better that the being calling itself "Overlord" would accept a duel. The other voice, while still Jaden's familiar tone, had become much colder and more cruel. Its perception of dueling had shifted from pure enthusiasm to an extreme purity—treating dueling entirely as a tool.

Skeleton Priest: 4000 LP, Hand: 5 → 6

"I'll take the first turn! Draw!" Eager to take the first turn, [Skeleton Priest] looked at his hand and found that the cards in his hand were just too perfect, and he could easily complete his favorite combo.

"No matter how powerful you are in terms of force, it's all fake, brat." The smug [Skull Priest] was about to play the card in his hand, and arrogantly said to Jaden, "Only the power that can be used in the duel ritual is true power."

"I'm going to activate the Spell Card [Ace Straight]! This card requires me to discard one card from my hand to activate. Special Summon [Queen Knight] from my Deck."

Discard a card, and the [Skeleton Priest] summons a female knight in red armor to your field, placing her in attack position.

"The follow-up to the [Ace Straight] effect! I can add either [King Knight] or [Guard Knight] to my hand from my deck. I choose [King Knight]." Retrieving another card, [Skeleton Priest] didn't rush to put the deck back into the Duel Disk. Instead, he played the [King Knight] he had just retrieved from his hand. "Then, under the effect of [Ace Straight], I can summon a monster card from my hand. Here, I Normal Summon [King Knight]."

"After that, I enter the self-restriction of the [Ace Straight], which means that I cannot Special Summon any monster from the Extra Deck that is not a Warrior-Type LIGHT monster during this turn."

"But that's not all! If I have [Queen Knight] on my field, when I successfully summon [King Knight], I can activate its effect to summon one [Guard Knight] from my deck as well!"

【Queen Knight】【ATK1500】

【King Knight】【ATK1600】

【Guard Knight】【ATK1900】

The deck used by the Skeleton Priest appears to be the "JQK Knight" series, which was used many times by the legendary duelist Yugi Muto. Starting with a "Ace Straight", it easily gathered all three "JQK Knights" on the field without even using its own Normal Summon this turn - the Summon of "King Knight" was due to the effect of "Ace Straight"!
"Next, I will activate the Spell Card [Fuse Fusion], sending the Fusion Material Monsters specified by the Warrior-Type LIGHT Fusion Monster from my hand or field to the Graveyard for Fusion Summoning." After playing the card, [Skeleton Priest] drew his deck again to search, "However, if I have any of [Queen Knight], [King Knight], or [Guard Knight] on my field, I can substitute up to one monster from my deck."

"I will use my 'Ultimate Ace' from my hand, the LIGHT monster 'King Knight' on the field, and 'Knight of Twilight' from my deck as Fusion Materials to satisfy the Fusion Material requirement of adding two monsters, one from the field and one from the Graveyard!"

"We will stand together against all odds! With our indomitable bodies we will withstand everything, and with our absolute power we will annihilate everything!"

"Fusion Summon, Level 10☆!"

"The God of Resistance - [The God of Resistance - Shared Responsibility]!"

【Rejection of God-Share】【10☆/Light】

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

[3000/2800]

"The Fusion Summoned [Rejection - Shared Responsibility] cannot be destroyed by battle! And as long as my opponent does not have a card with the same name as my field or graveyard, the monsters on my field will not be destroyed by card effects. This insurmountable, immortal body is the 'rejection' power of this card!"

The Skeleton Priest said smugly, "Not only that, if you manage to break this invincible effect and actually have a card with the same name as a monster on my field or in my graveyard, then [Reject God - Shared Support] will unleash another form of absolute destructive power, sending monsters from my hand, deck, and even Extra Deck to the graveyard an unlimited number of times to banish monsters on your field or in your graveyard!" The concept of "rejecting shared support" originated around the turn of the millennium and refers to a social attitude of refusing to communicate with other fans who support the same idol or voice actor.

In reality, it's not just about refusing to communicate with other fans of "my favorite," but also about having the mentality of "not wanting to share 'my favorite' with other fans," and even taking some extreme actions for this purpose, including but not limited to ostracizing other fans and forcing them to quit the fandom, demanding special treatment from "my favorite"—this is also recorded in "My Favorite's Child."

This [Reject God - Share the Same Fan] is like a concrete manifestation of the concept of "shared fan rejection". Without a common "idol" - that is, a monster with the same name - there is no common language to resist communication, and with a monster with the same name, extreme behavior is taken.

Interestingly, the Skeleton Priest and the Chaos Wizard once shared the same intention and formed an alliance for the same purpose. However, the Skeleton Priest, much like this card "Reject God - Shared Responsibility," took extreme actions against "shared responsibility."

Despite summoning a monster with an attack power of 3000 points, comparable to the "Legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon," Jaden remained remarkably calm and unmoved by the Skull Priest's actions. Feeling that its duel lacked responsiveness, it grumbled, "Aren't you afraid of a monster like that? But I didn't say my duel was over!"

"I have both the DARK Knight of Twilight and the LIGHT Supreme Ace in my Graveyard. By banishing these two cards from my Graveyard to satisfy the Special Summoning conditions, I Special Summon this Chaos Warrior - Messenger of the Beginning - from my hand!"

Another high-level Warrior-Type monster was played by [Skeleton Priest]. Although it is a Spellcaster-Type monster, the monsters it used were all Warrior-Type, and quite powerful at that. This [Chaos Warrior - Messenger of the Awakening-] was known as the "Great Awakener" in another world because of its easy summoning conditions and highly cost-effective removal effect, and was once included in the decks of many duelists.

However, after playing Chaos Warrior - Messenger of the Beginning -, the Skeleton Priest explained, "Hmph, this card is strong, isn't it? It's all thanks to the power of that Chaos Wizard that I obtained this powerful card. This 'chaos' power is indeed as strong as he once said. I can even say with certainty that the contributions he made after his death were greater than what he did while he was alive."

"If [Knight of the Night] is banished from the Graveyard, I can activate its effect again to add one Ritual Monster from my Deck to my hand. I choose [Chaos Warrior].

"Then I activated the Spell Card [Discount Shopping], discarding my Level 8 [Chaos Warrior] to activate it, drawing two cards from my deck."

【骷髅祭司：4000LP，手牌：6→4→2→1→2→2】

With two cards remaining in his hand, the Skeleton Priest first set one card face-down, then played the last one, saying, "I'll first hide a card in my back row, and then activate this powerful spell card—[Heavenly Treasure]—to replenish both of our hands to six cards! Hmph, you can draw a card because of this, but I can also draw a full six cards, enough for me to launch a second round of attacks!"

Skeleton Priest: 4000 LP, Hand: 2→1→6

["**Tenth Generation": 4000LP, Hand: 5→6]

"Ya☆da☆zei! I've drawn a few more powerful cards!" Unlike "Judai," who simply drew a card and added it to his hand in silence, [Skeleton Priest] seemed to have drawn some good cards and excitedly said, "Then next I'll activate the effect of [Ace Knight] in my hand. I can only activate this effect by sending any one of the three cards from my deck—[Queen Knight], [King Knight], and [Guard Knight]—to the Graveyard. I'll send [King Knight] to the Graveyard."

"Special Summon this card from my hand by its own effect, and until the End Phase of this turn, the name of this card that was Special Summoned by its own effect on my field is treated as the same name of the monster sent to the Graveyard."

[Ace Knight → King Knight] [5☆/Light]

[Warrior Race/Effect]

[2000/1400]

"I have once again assembled the Queen Knight, the King Knight, and the Guard Knight on my field! Now I will activate the Spell Card Fusion, using the Queen Knight, the Guard Knight, and the Ace Knight (whose card name has been changed to King Knight) on my field as Fusion Materials to perform a Fusion Summon!"

"The ultimate trump card has descended! Fusion Summon, Level 9☆!"

"Come forth, [Celestial Knight]!"

[Celestial Knight] [9☆/Light]

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

[3800/2500]

"Next, I'll activate another Spell Card, [Advanced Ritual], to send Normal Monsters from my Deck to the Graveyard until their combined Levels equal, thus performing a Ritual Summon." Playing another card, [Skeleton Priest] said smugly, "Here, I'll use the Level 4 [Queen Knight] and two Level 1 [Bone] as Ritual Tributes, bringing my combined Levels to 6!"

"Howl, you beast twisted by the lure of power!"

"Ritual Summoning, Level 6☆!"

"Racing under the moonlight—[Synthesized Werewolf]!"

[Synthesize Werewolf] [6 stars/land]

[Beast Warrior Race / Ritual / Effect]

[2400/1800]

Although the synthetic werewolf seems out of place with the Skeleton Priest's art style, this is actually the only card it used in the original work. Using the Warrior type at least connects to its image with a sword and shield in the card art, but the Beast Warrior type is rather ambiguous.