Fusion is the noblest form of summoning!.

Chapter 857 Our Amagi Hikaru (4K)

"My turn—"

The elf controlled the pot demon to draw a card from the deck.

It didn't even look before starting.

"Field Magic Card, Gear Street".

"Huh?"

Hikaru Amagi paused for a moment.

He was actually a little worried just now.

After all, the Pokémon from Pot of Greed are extremely powerful in terms of results. In its own dimension, there are even unique dueling rules. Under such circumstances, if the Pokémon deck from Pot of Greed is normal, then he may be in serious trouble.

after all……

The magic cards in his hand didn't look like they were of very "high quality".

"In this duel, your deck will become your original deck, and my deck will become your original enemy."

"I see." Hikaru Amagi breathed a slight sigh of relief.

That sounds much more normal now.

Although our side has been "primitively" modified, our opponent isn't using an outrageous deck either, so it's perfectly acceptable.

On the other side, Tiera's eyes lit up: "Hey, Amagi Hikaru, in that case, you have a big advantage."

I know where your first duel was. It was during the entry application duel for the Fusion Department. You fought a human named Yulong, and you won a very impressive victory in your very first duel.

"You know that too?" Amagi Hikaru was surprised.

"Idiot, your duels are being passed around in the Fusion Department every day. I just glance at them when I have nothing to do and I naturally remember them."

Moreover, that Yulong was fortunate enough not to have infiltrated the Fusion Army because he didn't join the Fusion Department, and he later escaped during the related incidents. He is very grateful to you.

“Is that so—” Hikaru Amagi carefully recalled what Yulon looked like.

"If it's the [initial deck] against the [original opponent], then it shouldn't be too difficult," Tiera said, feeling much more at ease.

After all, Hikaru Amagi really did defeat that initial opponent.

Therefore, there is no need to worry.

But is it really that simple?

"Magic Card, Fusion Sage".

The elf continues its turn: "Based on its effect, fuse a spell card from the deck into the hand."

The search was extremely basic, only able to retrieve fusions. After seeing Yuri's "Predator Primal" card, Amagi Hikaru felt that this card was really very primitive.

"Magic Card, Pot of Greed".

Hey—

As expected.

Hikaru Amagi crossed his arms and watched as the Pot Spirit drew two cards from his deck.

"Then comes the Pot of Greed."

I drew two cards and got the Pot of Greed again.

"Next is the Pot of Greed—"

"Does that deck have three Pot of Greed?!" Hikaru Amagi couldn't help but ask.

The spirit of the Pot of Greed did not reply, but smiled as always.

But that laughter was actually a response.

That's right.

That person's deck had 3 Pot of Greed.

Hikaru Amagi pinched the bridge of his nose.

In the Fusion Dimension, Pot of Greed is an extremely common card, with almost everyone owning several. Even Hikaru Amagi, who had just arrived in this world, could get a few Pot of Greed. However, those cards would be fused into other spells once they were in his deck, so Hikaru Amagi rarely managed to use Pot of Greed.

In his "memory", the original "Amagi Hikaru" deck in this world also had Pot of Greed.

Therefore, while it's absurd, it's not impossible for the Pot of Greed spirit to activate Pot of Greed three times using that deck.

Compared to this...

What caught Amagi Hikaru's attention even more was that although it was the same "deck",... the users were different.

Different people using different decks will produce different results.

For example, when both Yuu uses predatory plants, other players will have a distinct sense of "being invaded" when Yuu uses predatory plants, while Amagi Hikari's Chimera is, most of the time, just a beautiful blooming flower.

same.

Even with the same deck, the effects of playing it in Pot of Greed would likely be completely different.

For example—

It can draw the entire Pot of Greed directly into your hand!

This is definitely not something that "Yulon" could have done.

"Because of the effect of Gear Street, the monsters that summon ancient machines can be released with one less monster."

"Normal Summon, Level 6, Ancient Mechanical Beast."

After drawing the cards, the spirit of the Pot of Greed scanned the area and then held up a card.

A mechanical dog, covered in brown, worn-out metal and looking quite imposing, flew out of the card with a howl, then grew larger and larger until it was the size of a house, standing in front of Hikaru Amagi.

An ancient mechanical beast, level 6, earth attribute, mechanical race, attack power 2000.
“An ancient mechanical beast…” Tiera couldn’t help but say, “This is the first time I’ve realized how powerful this monster is…”

Hikaru Amagi didn't speak, but she couldn't help but gently shake her head up and down, clearly agreeing with Tiera's statement.

A monster with 2000 attack power that is normally summoned.

Numerically speaking, this monster is already quite good.

Tiera looked at Hikaru Amagi's hand card.

Even so, Hikaru Amagi's hand cards are not without ways to deal with this phenomenon.

"Then, I activate the Continuous Spell Card, Machine Drive Night."

Rumble rumble rumble...

Smoke began to spread.

The enormous factory echoed through the environment with the sound of gears turning.

The pale moonlight made the cold factory look even more desolate.

“Oh no…” Tiera whispered instinctively.

"The effect of Mechanical Driven Night: Change face-up monsters on the field to Machine-type."

This point needs no further explanation; the ancient mechanical beasts were also mechanical beings.

Hikaru Amagi frowned.

"In addition, the ATK and DEF of Machine-Type monsters on your field increase by 500, and the ATK and DEF of Machine-Type monsters on your opponent's field decrease by 500."

Ancient mechanical beast, ATK: 2000→2500.
"Hiss..." Tiera felt a slight headache.

This seems to be a bit tricky.

Machine Drive Night transforms monsters on the field into Machine-type monsters, an effect that poses a significant threat to Hikaru Amagi's current deck.

After all, to unleash a burst of attack power, Hikaru Amagi would mostly need to use cards like "Necromancer's Remnant" or "Flame Sword Domain".

However, the former requires undead and demon races, while the latter requires warrior monsters.

Now that the monsters in Amagi Light Field have been changed to Machine-type, they can no longer utilize these effects.

Also.

If one side's attack and defense increase while the other side's decreases, the difference between them can be quite significant.

A difference of 1000 points!
If it were any other time, then there wouldn't be any problem.

However, Hikaru Amagi's current deck is so weak that it's difficult to even reach 2000 attack power, let alone 3000 like the Ancient Machine Beast 2500!
The numerical difference cannot be compared to "technology".

"I then set two cards face down and ended my turn."

“Uh…” Tiera looked at the scene and said to Amagi Hikaru, “I remember, in your first duel, your opponent summoned an ancient mechanical knight with an attack power of 1800 and then ended the turn.”

Yes--

At that time, that person only summoned a blank card.

Although we've summoned a blank unit now, there's a difference in attack power.

2500 and 1800 are not the same concept; furthermore,
Secondly,

Two overlay cards!
At that time, the opponent that Hikaru Amagi was facing didn't have any overlay cards at all!

He only summoned one monster, retrieved a Fusion card, and then it was over!

Even with the same deck, different people will use it differently! The most obvious proof of this was right in front of Amagi Hikaru. Because the Spirit of the Pot had done just that.

Hikaru Amagi looked at the cards in his hand.

How should we fight this?

"It's your turn, Amagi Hikaru."

The Spirit of the Pot looked expectantly at Hikaru Amagi. Hikaru Amagi frowned, looking at his deck and thinking for a moment.

just……

"The spirit of the Pot of Greed said."

"You can do whatever you like."

Does this mean that the special rules of this duel have not been fully revealed, and that there is still something in operation?

Hikaru Amagi didn't know.

but--

It's his turn.

"My turn, draw a card."

Hikaru Amagi quickly picked up a card from her deck and then silently looked at the card in her hand.

Ok.

Not bad, I got a red one.

Hikaru Amagi examined the card in his hand.

The Flame Swordsman is out of the question.

The reason is simple: apart from the fact that the Flame Sword Domain cannot be used due to racial issues, the "Flying Dragon Flame Fusion" can only be equipped by Warrior-type monsters with the Flame attribute.

It's extremely serious.

However, simply watching without doing anything is not a solution.

In short, let's test the waters first.

"Pay 1000 life points to activate the magic card, Simple Fusion!"

"This card can be activated by paying 1000 Life Points. You can Fusion Summon 1 Level 5 or lower Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck until the end of this turn."

"Well……"

Hikaru Amagi felt a slight pain in his wrist.

Blood was drawn from her wrist, then floated in the air, slowly turning into starlight and disappearing into the air, while Amagi Hikaru could even feel a slight "coldness".

Is it really that exaggerated...?

He shook his head and continued operating:
"I have summoned a Thousand-Eyed Divine Offering, Level 1!"

Golden eyeballs kept emerging from the flesh and blood, and a thin demon suddenly appeared on the field.

Thousand-Eyed Sacrificial God, Level 1, Dark Attribute, Mage Race, Attack Power 0.
Thousand-Eyed Sacrifice God, one of the very few Fusion Monsters that are still quite useful in Hikaru Amagi's deck.

As a "field clearing card," it accompanied Amagi Hikaru through many difficult duels.

Although it cannot attack because it is a Simple Fusion Special Summon, it is not a problem as long as the Ancient Gearmon can be dealt with.

"Activate the effect of Thousand-Eyed Sacrifice God: Once per turn, you can target 1 monster your opponent controls; equip that monster to this card as an Equip Card."

I choose the ancient mechanical beast.

Using this method, you can quickly deal with the ancient mechanical beasts. If you can draw a high-output card, you might even win this turn.

but--

Clearly, the spirit of the pot won't let Amagi Hikaru have it so easy.

"Activate the overlay card, divine punishment!"

Amagi Hikaru's eyebrows twitched suddenly.

The talent slowly unfolded, revealing a cannon being struck by lightning that appeared on the card.

However, the card depicted was different from the divine punishment that Amagi Hikaru remembered.

The cannon in this card seems more like an innocent victim caught in the crossfire.

As a card that is well-known on the "banned card list", its appearance here is really making Amagi Hikaru a little unsure.

What is...

Divine Punishment: Discard 1 card from your hand to activate this effect. Negate the effects of Effect Monsters and destroy them.

This card's effect is significantly weaker than many of the cards that Amagi Hikaru has seen recently.

However, as a very classic card, it is indeed not commonly seen in the hands of modern duelists. Conversely, it seems quite normal that Yulon decks actually included it back then.

Amagi Hikaru couldn't figure it out. He didn't know whether this was a card that originally existed in that deck, or whether Pot of Greed was added to this deck.

Because he felt that the person didn't seem like someone who could handle both magic traps and monsters.

At least, that's not the case with Yulon back then, according to my memory.

As the spirit of Pot of Greed sends a card from his hand to the graveyard, destroying the Thousand-Eyed Reaper who was about to absorb the Ancient Gear Beast, Hikaru Amagi finally couldn't help but ask questions.

"The spirit of the pot..."

"Speak freely, my friend."

“You said I would use my original deck, and you would use my original opponent’s deck.”

"Exactly."

"But—I always feel that it's not like that."

Why do you say that?

Hikaru Amagi frowned.

"If we're talking about the original deck of this world, it should logically be my old deck, the one that mixed a lot of strange fusion materials and fusion monsters, not this fusion magic deck that I rebuilt after I came to this world."

However, if your origin is truly the very beginning, then the deck I use and the opponents I face should also be... not like that.

At least, my deck should be older, much older, it should be Dragon Fist, no, it should be some other deck that's much, much deeper buried in my heart, not this one in front of me..."

Because the spirit in the Pot of Greed was so kind, and it seemed to have truly recorded and witnessed everyone's "first emotions," Hikaru Amagi was happy to communicate with it.

You can do whatever you like.

It seems strange from any angle.
"Roar, roar, roar—" The spirit of the Pot of Greed suddenly let out an exceptionally joyful laugh.

That laughter sounded like the joy of "You finally remembered."

"Hikari—"

"You still haven't remembered—"

Do you really believe that there was ever a human named Hikaru Amagi in this world?

Do you really believe that you are a human being who came to this world from another world?

"What...does that mean?" Hikaru Amagi and Tiera were both bewildered; they couldn't understand the meaning of the Pot of Greed at all.

Multiple sources have confirmed that Hikaru Amagi is indeed not a human from this world, and that he is indeed the prototype of "humanity" in this world.

“I will never mistake your genuine emotion.”

The Pot of Greed's smile was very strange, and his fiery red lips looked particularly radiant at that moment.

"Why were you misjudged by humans and elves? Why can you clearly remember all the cards you had when you came into this world? Why can you be called the 'Human Codex'? Why can you integrate so seamlessly into this world, even more so than many of the humans here, making you seem like a pure duelist..."

Why can you remember so much information and knowledge from that world, and so many games from that world, yet—you can never recall your family, teachers, or friends from the world before you came here? It's as if you are an independent person, detached from all humanity?
the reason is simple.

You are you.

You are Amagi Hikaru!

Our Amagi Light!

"You are an independent human being born from the fusion of the knowledge, beliefs, will, thoughts, desires, and beautiful wishes and yearning for duels of countless duelists from other dimensions with our world in space and time, a true [Original Text]."

You have no past; the moment you came into being was the moment of your birth!

And the moment Amagi Hikaru completely merged with himself, he became a member of this world! Although he was a "person from another world," so what?
To the world, to the Pot of Greed, he is their "Amagi Light".

The deck he initially assembled was his true, authentic "inspiration"!
Therefore, what Amagi Hikaru needs to face is to use this initial touch to defeat the initial "opponent's deck". However, this time the "opponent's deck" is no ordinary enemy!

“…Oh—” Hikaru Amagi gradually realized…just like “Little Red Riding Hood is also a person,” he was not “one person,” he was a group of people.

Indeed, he had never been able to recall his "friends" from his previous world; he couldn't remember their faces at all. Now, he finally understood.

It turns out, it really was true—he really did, just as he had told Tierra, "not even know what he himself is."

However! After being born into this world, interacting with and living, adventuring, and learning alongside its people, he gradually integrated into the world and developed his own unique personality, preferences, and inclinations.

He is now a completely independent individual, with his own friends, his own thoughts, his own... and even, through his own efforts, he has become one of the most outstanding duelists in all dimensions.

And what is the core of this root cause? What is the source of everything?

Yes—that deck.

That deck he initially decided to use represented his earliest feelings of emotion and excitement.

Thinking about this, Amagi Hikaru understood.

"I see—thank you, Lord Pot of Greed!"

His demeanor suddenly changed.

Now he understands everything, so—

"I will prove to you that fusion is the noblest form of summoning, and that I can achieve victory even with just fusion!"

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(End of this chapter)