Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Paradox: 16200→12300LP

"The final blow, attack [Sin-Contradictory Dragon]!"

The game clenched its fist and declared loudly, "Our future is in our own hands!"

"The final Super Magical Wave Slash!"

The surging magic transformed into a moonlit slash, piercing through and severing the head of the enormous [Sin-Contradictory Dragon], and then the [Sin-Contradictory Dragon]'s massive body exploded with a deafening roar!

Even Paradox, standing atop the "Truth," couldn't maintain his balance, constantly groaning from the battle wounds:

"Ugh!!!"

Paradox: 12300→10300LP

Smoke enveloped Paradox's arena, and through the hazy smoke and the empty arena, the game could see Paradox, who had fallen, getting back up from his flying motorcycle in Duel Mode.

“Now you have no monsters on your field, Paradox,” Yugi said, holding a card between his fingers as he prepared to place it into the Duel Disk. “Then my Battle Phase ends, and in Main Phase Two, I—”

"Zizi!"

However, Yugi was stunned when he tried to insert the card into his Duel Disk, because he found that he couldn't put the card in the Spell & Trap Zone. Upon closer inspection, Yugi was surprised to find that his Duel Disk showed that he was still in the Battle Phase!

"Your future is up to you, that's what you just said, right, Yugi Muto?"

Paradox's voice came, and when Yugi looked up again, he found that a huge shadow had appeared on the tall building behind Paradox, as if it came from the abyss.

"Humanity possesses the power to change the future, and you're trying to make me believe that, aren't you...?"

As Paradox straightened up, a series of images flashed through his mind—

The rampaging perpetual motion machine drives an overwhelming army of [Machine Emperor];

War turns all the great achievements of human civilization into ruins and fires;

Countless people died on the ground and underground;

The Earth turned into a burning fireball.

At the same time, another figure appeared in Paradox's mind—

Having lost loved ones and all alone, I wander in the apocalypse;

Then came the encounter with "that person";

The few survivors, led by "him," huddled together for warmth and received warmth from others in return.

However, even if "he" sacrifices himself, it is still too late to save the world, as his companions grow old and fall one by one.

“That kind of future, that kind of absolutely unacceptable future, I must change it.”

"How can I entrust our efforts and the fate of the entire world to you!"

"Just based on the word 'belief'?"

"impossible!!"

Paradox suddenly raised his head, a red light flashing in his eyes. Simultaneously with his movement, two scarlet lights also lit up in the huge shadow of the tall building behind Paradox.

"Yugi Muto, you said it yourself, didn't you? Your future is up to you." Paradox, with a ferocious expression, pressed the button on the Duel Disk to activate a face-down card. "Then, in return, my future is also up to me to decide, and I won't entrust it to you!"

"Activate the trap card, [Sin-Paradox Shift]!"

Paradox laughed maniacally, surrounded by the phantoms formed by the cards he opened, while the dark shadow behind him rose from the ground and swallowed half of Paradox's body!

"When the [Sin-Contradiction Dragon] is destroyed, I will offer my body as a sacrifice to halve the basic points."

"The [Sin - True Dragon] Special Summoned from the Deck!"

Paradox: 10300→5150LP

Even larger than the body of the [Sinful Contradictory Dragon], the figure of the [Sinful True Dragon] emerged from the shadows and appeared!

"Roar!!!"

Chapter 501 The Strongest Monster

【Sin - True Dragon】【12☆/Dark】

[Dragon/Special Summon/Effect]

[5000/5000]

"A 12-star dragon monster with an attack power of 5000? So there are more than just the [Five Divine Dragons]?"

Looking at Paradox, who had merged with [Sin - True Dragon], Yami Yugi muttered to himself.

Meanwhile, the game's protagonist in Millennium Puzzle is somewhat puzzled: "Aren't you surprised, my other self?"

"There's nothing I can do about it, Aibo. Paradox just gave me such a strong sense of déjà vu before," Yami Yugi thought to himself. "First, there was the [Sin] monster, which inherited everything from the original monster, which corresponds to [Toon]. Then there was [Sin-Contradictory Dragon], which corresponds to [Narcissus]. At that time, I was actually wondering if there would be a monster that corresponds to [Thousand-Eyed Narcissus].

"Now that you mention it, it really is Pegasus's template." Yugi, upon hearing this, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. "So, Paradox wanted to kill Pegasus for this reason, right?"

Although he was internally badmouthing Paradox to his Aibo, Yami Yugi maintained a rather cold expression on the surface: "At the cost of my own life points, I summoned the [Sin - True Dragon] with an attack power of 5000."

"It's almost equivalent to the attack power lost in terms of basic points."

“Ah, that’s right, because this is the reality of this world, isn’t it?” Paradox’s lower body merged into the head of [Sin-True Dragon]. “Without giving up anything, nothing can be saved. This is the true path to redemption!”

"Let's try to surpass this final trial, duelists!"

Paradox: 5150LP, 1 cards in hand

【Sin - True Dragon】【DEF5000】

"【Sin-True Dragon】's attack power is indeed worthy of being called top-tier among Duel Monsters, but Paradox, don't forget that the attack power of my 【Super Magical Swordsman-Dark Paladin】 has increased to 6900 points due to the increase in the number of Dragon-Type monsters. Now I'm stronger!"

[Super Magic Swordsman - Dark Paladin] [ATK 6400 → 6900]

The game commanded, "Furthermore, due to the effect of [Diffusion Wave], [Super Magic Swordsman - Dark Paladin] must attack each of your monsters once to end the battle phase, and the attack is still ongoing!"

"This is the true final attack! [Super Magic Swordsman - Dark Paladin] attacks [Sin - True Dragon]!"

"Super Magical Wave Slash, five consecutive hits!"

The magic swordsman swung his weapon again, unleashing a fatal fifth strike, as if to slay the [Sin-True Dragon] that was now fused with Paradox, just as he had done with the other dragons before.

However, just as the crescent-shaped magical slash was about to strike [Sin - True Dragon], an unexpected figure blocked its path.

The black dragon, clad in white armor, was torn apart and destroyed bit by bit by the slashes, its body gradually dissipating. The game player exclaimed in surprise, "【Red-Eyes Black Dragon】? How could this be!?"

The one blocking the way for [Super Magic Swordsman - Dark Paladin] is none other than [Red-Eyes Black Dragon], which was previously sent to the graveyard by Paradox using the effect of [Sin - Red-Eyes Black Dragon]!

"Humanity carries the burden of sin, yet contradictorily buries it beneath the truth, unaware that the sin will always exist and never disappear, and will one day surface along with the truth. This is the effect of the Sin-True Dragon."

Paradox retrieved a [Sin - Red-Eyes Black Dragon] from his Duel Disk's Graveyard area. "[Sin - True Dragon] can be destroyed in any way, and in its place, one [Sin] monster in my Graveyard can be banished."

"Until this [sin] is completely eradicated, I will exist alongside [Sin - True Dragon] and will not fall!"

The figure of [Sin - Red-Eyes Black Dragon] vanished from in front of [Sin - True Dragon], and at the same time, because one of the dragon monsters in the Paradox Graveyard was missing, the attack of [Super Magic Swordsman - Dark Paladin] also decreased.

[Super Magic Swordsman - Dark Paladin] [ATK 6900 → 6400]

"Because it's in defense position, it won't take any more battle damage...?" Yugi frowned as he looked at the [Sin - True Dragon] that hadn't been destroyed. "In that case, I'll end my battle phase, then set one card face down during Main Phase 2, and end my turn."

[Game: 600LP, 0 cards in hand]

Dark Magician Girl [DEF1700]

【Super Magic Swordsman - Dark Paladin】【ATK6400】

【GaiKa】

To be honest, the fact that Paradox's [Sin - True Dragon] can banish monsters to achieve immunity to destruction wasn't entirely unexpected in the game.

After all, just as [Requiem Demon] can destroy monsters on the opponent's field and [Sin-Contradictory Dragon] can destroy monsters in the opponent's graveyard, Pegasus' [Thousand-Eyed Requiem Demon] can use an Equip Monster instead of destroying it, so it is reasonable for [Sin-True Dragon] to use [Sin] from the graveyard instead of destroying it.

However, although it was somewhat anticipated, thinking about this aspect and being prepared for it are two different things. At least for now, the game, which is out of resources, really can't think of any perfect way to break through [Sin - True Dragon].

Even after eliminating [Sin-Red-Eyes Black Dragon], Paradox's graveyard still contains five [Sin] monsters: [Sin-Cyber ​​End Dragon], [Sin-Contradictory Dragon], [Sin-Blue-Eyes White Dragon], [Sin-Parallel Gear], and [Sin-Contradictory Gear]. This means that [Sin-True Dragon] will need to be destroyed at least five more times using various methods to defeat it.

In this process, the players with only 600 basic points must be extremely careful, otherwise they will be defeated if they are not careful.

However, with a defense of 5000, how easy is it to destroy such a big-butt monster five times?

The game can only be slightly thankful that [Super Magician Swordsman - Dark Paladin] has high attack power due to the large number of dragon monsters in the Paradox Graveyard, and when it released [Magician - Rijin] to summon [Dark Magician Girl] in the last turn, it did not put it in attack position for the sake of "momentum" or "style", but chose defense position for the sake of safety.

"Right now, you're not thinking, 'Thank goodness I summoned [Dark Magician Girl] in Defense Position,' are you, Yugi Muto?"

Paradox's voice interrupted the game's focus.

"My turn, I use the effect of [Sin-World] to add a random [Sin] card to my hand." After drawing a card from his deck, Paradox glanced at the cards in his hand, a smirk playing on his lips, and said, "I've told you, I won't entrust the future to you. No matter how much you defend, you can't stop the destruction from coming!"

“I activate the Spell Card ‘Pot of Greed,’ using this power of greed to return five monsters from my Graveyard to my Deck, and then draw two cards.” Paradox said, taking five cards from his Graveyard and displaying them. “The monsters I chose are these five Dragon-Type monsters!”

"Oops!"

Yugi's pupils contracted as he watched Paradox shuffle five cards into his deck and draw two more. At the same time, the surging magical power surrounding [Super Magician Swordsman - Dark Paladin] on the field shrank as the number of Dragon monsters decreased!

The phantoms of five dragon monsters—Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Ultimate Jewel God Rainbow Dragon, Sin-Contradictory Dragon, and Sin-Blue-Eyes White Dragon—dissipated one by one behind Super Magician Swordsman Dark Paladin.

[Super Magic Swordsman - Dark Paladin] [ATK 6400 → 3900]

“In that case, the advantage is on my side.” Paradox looked at the card he had drawn and said with a sigh, “Admittedly, with bonds in place, your passion and dreams can create miracles for a time, but under the influence of sins such as greed, the bonds between people will gradually break down, and in the end, they will only fall into despair.”

"Then, I will now grant you liberation!"

Paradox said, playing a card from his hand: "I change [Sin-True Dragon] to Attack Position, and then I activate the Spell Card [Forbidden Lance] to reduce the ATK of [Sin-True Dragon] on my field by 800 points, but grant it the ability to be unaffected by the effects of other Spell/Trap Cards!"

"Enter my battle phase! [Sin - True Dragon] attacks [Super Magic Swordsman - Dark Paladin]!"

[Sin - True Dragon] [ATK5000→4200]

Looking at Paradox's [Sin - True Dragon] with its attack power reduced to 4200, Yugi was somewhat puzzled. If it were [Sin - True Dragon] with its attack power of 5000, attacking [Super Magic Swordsman - Dark Paladin] with its attack power reduced to 3900 would have dealt a full 1100 damage, wiping out Yugi's basic points.

However, Paradox seems to have granted him immunity to Spell & Trap Cards in order to be on the safe side and guard against cards like Dimensional Confinement, Explosive Armor, and Hanno's Sublime Power, at the cost of reducing the attack power of Sin - True Dragon.

However, this also reduced the attack power difference between [Sin-True Dragon] and [Super Magic Swordsman-Dark Paladin] to only 300 points, making it less lethal.

"Are you wondering if such an attack isn't fatal enough? Hmph, then let me tell you about another effect of [Sin - True Dragon], Yugi Muto." Paradox said smugly, "When a [Sin] monster on my field destroys an opponent's monster by battle, the effect of [Sin - True Dragon] can be activated."

"Destroy all monsters on your opponent's field and inflict damage equal to 800 times the number of destroyed monsters!"

Paradox pointed triumphantly at the game's [Dark Magician Girl]: "You didn't expect that, did you, Yugi Muto? The Duel Monster you trusted became the final piece of the puzzle in your despair!"

"When [Sin-True Dragon] destroys [Super Magic Swordsman-Dark Paladin], your [Dark Magician Girl] will also be destroyed, and your last basic points will be taken!"