Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"【Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon】has the ability to attack up to the number of times its equipped cards can be used in a single turn," Samejima continued, not holding back even as Hayato's Life Points dropped to 100. "Therefore, I can attack one more time!"

"Attack the opponent directly, [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon]..."

"The second, a burst of power beyond the Dark End!"

The surging lightning reappeared, and this time Hayato no longer had the monster to act as a shield. He was about to face an attack of 6000 points with only 100 points of base score!

"This is a dangerous situation. If I get hit, I'm done for." Hayato looked at the lightning ball, which was almost fully formed and about to be launched, and showed an excited expression. "However, my partner won't be so easily defeated!"

"When the opponent's monster declares a direct attack, I activate the effect of the Rainbow Kuriboh that was just destroyed in my Graveyard and Special Summon it from my Graveyard in Defense Position!"

"Wake up, wow hero!"

"Curry!"

【Rainbow Chestnut Balls】【DEF100】

The tiny monster rose from the graveyard and stood in front of Hayato, whose life force was as fragile as a candle in the wind, once again serving as Hayato's shield.

Faced with the 6000 attack power of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator], the [Rainbow Kuriboh] with only 100 defense points will be destroyed instantly. However, because it is in defense position, Hayato will not be harmed by this attack.

It should be so.

Lightning shot out, and [Rainbow Kuriboh] closed its eyes, awaiting destruction. But along with the lightning came the card that Samejima had used to destroy [Rainbow Kuriboh]'s protection.

"I protected you again, huh? What a gentle monster." Samejima inserted a card from his hand into the Spell & Trap Zone. "But I'm going to activate this card, my second Quick-Play Spell Card, [Enemy Controller]!"

"Hayato, change your Rainbow Kuriboh to Attack Position, then continue the attack!"

【Rainbow Chestnut Balls】【DEF100→ATK100】

Pressing the button on the game controller forced the Rainbow Kuriboh, which was in Defense position, to switch to Attack position. What it saw reflected in its eyes was the lightning emitted by the Armored Dragon Cybertronian...

Chapter 482 The Birth of the Draco

Samejima gave the order: "It seems this is the end, Hayato-kun. This is the final, ultimate burst beyond darkness!"

The destructive lightning struck, instantly shattering the attack-indicating Rainbow Kuriboh. In the apologetic look in Rainbow Kuriboh's eyes before it disappeared, the lightning, undiminished, arrived in front of Hayato.

The combat damage value is as high as 5900 points!

"boom!!"

Hayato, who had been slammed against the wall earlier, was engulfed by the lightning. Samejima watched Hayato disappear and couldn't help but sigh, "So that's how it turned out..."

"It was a failure after all." The former master, who had served as the referee for this duel, sighed, his face filled with regret. "It seems the ultimate legacy of 'Electronic Flow' is indeed—"

"No, Hayato hasn't lost yet, teacher!" Hearing the former teacher's regretful words, Samejima suddenly seemed to notice something, his regret vanished, and an expectant expression appeared on his face. "[Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon] hasn't disappeared from my field!"

"The [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], which should have disappeared with the end of the duel, did not disappear, which means that the duel is still ongoing, and Hayato has not been defeated by that previous attack!"

"But what exactly happened to Hayato...?"

The answer to Samejima's doubts came from Hayato's voice amidst the smoke and dust stirred up by the attack of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon].

"It's a face card, I used a face card."

Hayato emerged from the smoke and dust, holding a card of the gradually dissipating Rainbow Kuriboh. In front of him, a yellow energy barrier kept the Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon, which had just been blocking him, from getting close until it was completely worn away.

The card 【Rainbow Kuriboh】 in his hand disappeared, and Hayato spread his hands: "The 【Rainbow Kuriboh】 that was Special Summoned from the Graveyard by its effect was destroyed in the battle just now and is banished from the game."

"As for the damage in the battle, it is the effect of this face-down card I activated, [Power Wall]."

"A trap card?" Samejima looked at the [Power Wall] card activated by Hayato, depicting a hero raising a shield to challenge a giant dragon in order to protect it. It was the first time he had seen this card. "[Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon] should not be affected by the effect you activated, Hayato. The attack negation effect should not take effect."

Hayato shook his head: "No, [Power Wall] is not a card like [Absorption Shield] that negates the opponent's monster's attack. Your attack did destroy [Rainbow Kuriboh]. [Power Wall] only negates 'damage'."

As Hayato explained, he raised the Duel Disk he was wearing on his left hand, and Samejima then noticed that Hayato's deck was missing a thick stack of cards at some point.

"Power Barrier can only be activated when the opponent's monster's attack causes me to suffer battle damage during damage calculation." Hayato pointed to his graveyard. "Until the battle damage I suffered from that battle becomes 0, for every 500 points of damage, send one card from the top of my deck to the graveyard."

"【Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon】deals with 5900 battle damage to me after destroying 【Rainbow Kuriboh】 with 100 ATK. Therefore, I need to send twelve cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard to reduce the damage to 0."

[Hayato: 100LP]

"Sending your own deck to the graveyard to negate battle damage? What a brilliant decision." Samejima praised, a smile appearing on his face. "You successfully blocked the double attack of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], Hayato-kun."

“Even a fierce attack like a raging storm can be blocked, so even I am helpless.” Samejima glanced at the last card in his hand and placed it face down in the back row. “Then, face down one card, and my turn ends here.”

Samejima: 1800LP, 0 card in hand

【Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon】(Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon, Cyber ​​Dark Cannon)【ATK6000】

[Cyber ​​Dark World] [Cyber ​​Dark Erosion] [Gaika]

After announcing the end of the round, Samejima's legs went weak, and he staggered, almost losing his balance. He couldn't help but cough twice, looking extremely weak.

However, Samejima stared intently at Hayato, refusing to move. He longed to see hope in Hayato and hoped that Hayato would respond to his desperate duel.

Hayato wasn't in a hurry to draw cards, but instead glanced down at his deck. The deck he was using in this duel contained the minimum of 40 cards. Although he had used "Heavenly Treasure" twice in the first two turns to draw cards and replenish his hand, the result was that many cards in Hayato's deck were consumed.

With the addition of the [Power Wall] card that he just activated, which saved his last 100 life points, Hayato has only five cards left in his deck.

Samejima's [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon] has almost all resistances. Although it can be defeated by the invincible turtle, Hayato's deck does not include the turtle. In addition, even if he uses the turtle to eat [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], he cannot deal with the turtle himself.

If you can't draw a card strong enough to defeat [Armor Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon] in this turn, you're guaranteed to lose.

Hayato just confirmed that the card he sent to the graveyard, the one that was enough to help him defeat [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], was not sent to the graveyard, meaning it is still in his deck.

If he could draw that card from the remaining five, he could turn the tide of battle; but if he drew another card, he was doomed to lose. He was at his wit's end and had no way to block the attack of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon].

In other words, Hayato could call this duel a game with only a 20% chance of winning.

"My resolve for victory, my honor in this duel, rests on this card draw." Hayato took a deep breath, his fingers resting on the duel disk. "This is my final struggle!"

"My turn, draw a card!"

The card Hayato drew traced a golden path through the air, and at the moment of drawing the card, Hayato experienced a fleeting hallucination.

He witnessed an explosion, in which time and space were born.

He witnessed an explosion, in which countless stars were born.

He witnessed an explosion, and life was born within it.

Then, there was another explosion.

Countless starlight shone from the chaos, outlining a colossal dragon that appeared before Hayato's eyes.

Looking in Hayato's direction, the Star Dragon looked him up and down, as if confirming something, then nodded and disappeared.

All that remained were a vague and incomprehensible message: "...unfamiliar compatriots...brilliant souls...in the name of...permission..."

When Hayato came to his senses, he realized he had just finished drawing a card. He flicked his wrist, turning the card between his fingers upside down to reveal it to his eyes. Looking at the card, a smile crept onto Hayato's lips.

"It seems that the final trump card will indeed come into my hands."

Hayato raised his hand, pointing to a card on his field: "During my preparation phase, as time goes by, the [Time Capsule] card will be destroyed, and the card that I banished at the beginning of the duel will come into my hand."

The Pharaoh's coffin on his field slowly rose from the ground and began to dissipate at a certain height, revealing a card hidden within, which Hayato added to his hand.

Then, Hayato opened the card on his field that was also covered in the first round, which was "meaning unknown".

"The card I set face down in my back row is this one, a Trap Card called 'The Advent of the Dragon.' During the turn I activate this card, I cannot Special Summon a monster except through the effect of this card."

Hayato's field, which was originally shrouded in the red and purple power of the [Cyber ​​Dark World], was transformed as he activated the [Birth of Draco] card. A beam of starlight fell, projecting a separate space into the ominous darkness.

Starting with this beam of starlight, another beam of light shone down, and then one beam after another. The power of the [Electronic Dark World] that had originally affected the entire area was completely driven away from Hayato, leaving only the pure starlight shining on the place.

Samejima and the former instructor couldn't help but turn their gaze to Hayato's head. What they saw shocked them greatly. For a moment, they didn't even know how to describe the strangeness before them, and even forgot to marvel. They could only remember the scenery in their minds.

What appeared above Hayato's head was a dazzling and brilliant meteor shower, with countless meteors creating a breathtaking starry sky!

Along with the meteor shower, Hayato's Duel Disk lit up in the graveyard area, where the figures of the monsters he had sent to the graveyard in the previous battles appeared one by one.

[Cyber ​​Dragon], [Cyber ​​Dragon Next Generation], [Cyber ​​Dragon Type IV]... One after another, the cards containing monsters were banished from Hayato's graveyard. They appeared as phantoms behind Hayato and then vanished one by one, becoming shooting stars falling from the sky.

"Ban all LIGHT Machine-Type monsters from my field and graveyard. Only at the cost of this 'Meteor Shower of the High Heavens' can I activate [The Birth of Draco]." Hayato looked up at the stars, a smile playing on his lips, and held up the card he had just drawn this turn. "Special Summon one Level 6 or higher LIGHT Machine-Type monster from my hand."

The starlight seemed to have found a place to converge, all pouring into the card that Hayato held high above his head. Before Hayato could even place the card on the duel disk, a loud dragon roar rang out behind him.

The head of a massive mechanical dragon materialized through the convergence of starlight and the power of numerous monsters, excluding Hayato. Despite being a mechanical creation, it seemed to possess its own life, overlooking everything on the ground.

Beside the enormous mechanical dragon head, Hayato gathered the power of the monsters excluding those from the "Birth of Draco" and transformed them into small, floating mechanical dragon-head cannons, which circled the giant dragon head like planets guarding a star.

"Light and darkness that wander in the universe, gather in my hands as raging waves and the light of hope!" Hayato slammed the card onto the duel disk. "In the name of the stars, the infinity, and the dragon, open the door to truth for me!"

"Come forth, my glory, my Tamashi!!"

"The ultimate, strongest [Cyber ​​Dragon]—[Cyber ​​Dragon Head]!!!"

[Electronic antenna] [10 stars/light]

[Machine Race/Special Summon/Effect]

【？ /？】

"That's... the [Electronic Dragon Head]!" The former instructor was extremely excited as he looked at the [Electronic Dragon Head] that Hayato had summoned.

The "Electronic Flow" card, passed down through generations, the one whose essence is invisible to others, the [Electronic Dragon Head], has been truly summoned in this world. He is so excited that he wants to go out to the dojo and find a lively street to cosplay as Ma Niu Bi right now.

Samejima looked at the [Electronic Dragon Head] with a puzzled expression: "Successfully summoned it, huh? As expected of Hayato, he easily accomplished what we couldn't. It really makes my heart race!"

On Samejima Island, the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator] looked down at the [Cyber ​​Dragon] with a sense of impending doom, and the lightning on its body seemed to overflow uncontrollably.

Hayato, who plagiarized a No. Hunter's line to summon "Cyber ​​Dragon Head," was surprisingly the calmest one present. He confidently stated, "The 'Cyber ​​Dragon Head' summoned by 'The Birth of Draco' will have its ATK and DEF values ​​increased to 500 times the number of monsters banished due to its effect."

"A total of fourteen monsters were banished, therefore, the ATK and DEF of [Cyber ​​Dragon] are 7000!"

[Electronic Terminal Block] [7000/7000]

"Attack power, 7000 points?!" Samejima glanced at his [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator] on the field. Its 6000 attack power suddenly seemed insignificant. "Although [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator] has the ability to be unaffected by the opponent's activated effects, it actually surpasses it in attack power?"

"Hayato, your summoning of [Cyber ​​Dragon Head] has indeed shown me true 'hope,' but I must use this card in return for a duel where I give it my all." Samejima said, activating his backrow face-down card, "Chain the Special Summon of [Cyber ​​Dragon Head], activate the Trap Card [Bottomless Pitfall]!"

"When your opponent Normal Summons, Special Summons, or Flip Summons a monster, you change that monster to face-down Defense Position and cannot change its battle position!"

Seeing that Samejima had activated this card, Hayato laughed triumphantly and said, "Muda muda muda! The Cyber ​​Dragon Head, Special Summoned by [The Advent of the Dragon], is not a being whose soul can be bound by mere gravity!"

"It is unaffected by the effects of cards other than itself. Even disregarding attack and defense, the resistance of [Cyber ​​Dragon] surpasses that of your [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon]!"

"What?!" Samejima looked at the [Bottomless Pitfall] he had activated, which had clearly been successfully activated but had failed to affect the [Electronic Celestial Dragon] in the sky, and he was quite surprised. "It can't be affected by effects outside itself, is this the power of a star that stands alone in the world?"

"However, I won't give up like this!" Since the effect of weakening the opponent failed to work, I'll strengthen myself instead. "I activate the effect of [Cyber ​​Dark Erosion] once per turn, equip [Cyber ​​Dark Chimera] in my Graveyard as an Equip Card that increases ATK by 1000 to [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon]!"

【Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon】(Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon, Cyber ​​Dark Cannon, Cyber ​​Dark Chimera)【ATK6000→7000】