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[Hellfire Machine - Baron] [7☆/Fire→7☆Dark]

[Hellfire Machine - Lilith] [9☆/Fire → 9☆/Dark]

"Because of the effect of [Dark World - Shadow Utopia], the attributes of all monsters on the field will be changed to DARK, and with the support of this Field Spell Card, the [Inferno Machines] will unleash an extremely terrifying power."

Hayato drew another card from his hand. "Be glad that [Feint] delayed your deaths. Jonouchi still has a game to play. I'll leave this card face down from my hand, and then end my turn."

"Now, begin your futile struggles~"

[Hayato: 8000LP, hand card 5→2]

【Hellfire Machine - Baal】【ATK2600】

[Hellfire Machine - Lilith] [ATK2900]

【GaiKa】

Location: [Dark World - Shadow Utopia]

"Will [Hellfire] unleash its true power after being rewritten as a Dark attribute monster? Indeed, even though its attack and defense stats haven't changed at all, the sense of threat it gives off has become even heavier." Jonouchi said, looking at the two [Hellfire] monsters on Hayato's field. "However, I'm not fighting alone."

"I believe the game is capable enough to defeat your monster, Hayato, just as I believe you couldn't possibly be the heartless person you claim to be!"

Stepping aside, Yugi took Jonouchi's place and stepped forward: "Ah, I'll do my best, Jonouchi. If the [Hellfire Machine] is truly a monster born from the darkness within Hayato's heart, then let us crush that darkness and bring back the original Hayato!"

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Jounouchi → Game: 8000 LP, Hand Cards 2 → 6]

After glancing at the card he had drawn, Yugi immediately activated it: "Using the effect of [Chaos Illusionist] in my hand, I can reveal this card in my hand to my opponent to activate this effect. I can add one [Dark Magician] or a monster with the [Dark Magician] card name (excluding Ritual Monsters) from my Deck to my hand, and then place one card from my hand on top of my Deck."

"I've chosen [Dark Magician]. I'll add it to my hand, and then I'll activate the spell card [Fusion], using [Dark Magician] and [Chaos Illusionist] from my hand as fusion materials!"

Insert the [Fusion] Spell Card into the Spell & Trap Zone of the Duel Disk. Yugi sends two monsters from his hand to the Graveyard as Fusion Materials. Looking at Hayato, he says, "This 'Bond of Us' card is perfect for awakening you, Hayato."

Seize the victory that will shine in the future! Overlapping emotions and connected hearts will change the world!

"Fusion Summoning, [Grand Archmage - Dark Archmage's Apprentice]!"

The [Super Mage - Dark Mage Apprentice], who once appeared in the duel between Hayato and Yugi against Pegasus, reappears on Yugi's field, with the cool [Dark Mage] standing side by side with the playful [Dark Mage Girl].

Although it features this master and apprentice pair, the fusion material requirements for [Super Magician - Dark Magician Apprentice] are actually quite lenient. It only requires one of the master and apprentice pairs, [Dark Magician] or [Dark Magician Girl], plus a Magician monster to be fused and summoned.

[Super Archmage - Dark Archmage's Apprentice] [8☆/Dark]

[Mage Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2800/2300]

The [Super Magician - Dark Magician's Apprentice], which is already a DARK, will not become a DARK a second time due to the effect of the Field Spell Card [Dark World - Shadow Detopia]. However, even though this powerful Fusion Monster was summoned, Yugi was still not satisfied and drew another card.

"Although the power of [Super Magister - Dark Magister's Apprentice] has surpassed that of [Inferno Machine - Baal] on your field, it is still slightly weaker than [Inferno Machine - Lilith]. However, after strengthening it with this Equip Spell Card..."

"Activate the Equip Spell Card [One-Hit Wand]. This card can only be equipped to a Spellcaster monster, increasing the equipped monster's ATK by 800."

"And because of the activation of a Spell/Trap Card effect, the effect of [Super Magister - Dark Magister's Apprentice] can be chained to activate, allowing me to draw one card from my deck, and if that card is a Spell/Trap Card, I can set it directly to my back row."

After executing a combo, he reached for the top of his deck.

First, use the effect of [Chaos Illusionist] to retrieve [Dark Magician] from the deck. Then, place a trap card that cannot be activated this turn on the top of the deck. Next, Fusion Summon [Super Magician - Dark Magician's Apprentice] and use its effect to set the card on top of the deck to the back row.

If the cards placed face-down on the back row in this way are Quick-Play Spell Cards or Trap Cards, they can be activated immediately, making this combo quite powerful.

Unfortunately, the game doesn't start with the first move; instead, the turn begins only after Hayato has finished setting up his defenses.

"Before that, I also have an effect to activate, Game."

The Dark Magician Girl, who had just raised her hand to use the One-Strike Wand to draw cards from the deck for Yugi, suddenly discovered that the Hellfire Lilith, who should have been on Hayato's field, had silently approached her, and its long, thin tail bar wrapped in dark green lightning pierced her chest!

"Pfft!"

As Hayato declared his arrival, Yugi was astonished to find that the [Super Magus - Dark Mage Apprentice] he had painstakingly summoned on his field was being skewered like meat skewers by [Hellfire Lilith's] tail, and their power was instantly converted into fuel for [Hellfire Lilith]!?

"Once per turn, when the effect of a monster other than [Hellfire Lilith] is activated, I may Tribute 1 monster I control to activate her effect, negate that activation, and banish her."

Hayato's voice came through, "Not only that, the second effect of the Field Spell Card [Dark World - Shadow Utopia] is that once per turn, when I need to Tribute a monster on my field to activate a card effect, I can Tribute one DARK monster on my opponent's field in lieu of one of my monsters."

Upon hearing this, Jonouchi was somewhat surprised: "So that means—!"

"Release my [Super Magister - Dark Magister's Apprentice], then negate and banish its effect. Isn't that a bit too cheating?" Even Yugi, who had endured years of intense pressure from Yugi and Hayato and possessed exceptional resilience, couldn't help but complain after hearing about Hayato's [Hellfire] combo.

Not only does it negate the opponent's monster, but it also forces the opponent to pay the cost themselves. How can there be such an disgusting card?

Hayato just chuckled, thinking to himself, "[Inferno Machine] is actually pretty good. There are even more disgusting cards coming in the future, like the endless [Frog] that can counter everything, or the [Giant Jet] that gives the opponent control."

The card that should have been drawn was negated and banished due to the effect of [Super Magister - Dark Magister's Apprentice], and remained at the top of the game deck. In order to complete this combo, the game's originally relatively abundant six cards in hand are now reduced to only two, but nothing can be done on the field.

Furthermore, he only used up the reusable effects of Hayato's Field Spell Cards [Dark World - Shadow Detour] and [Inferno Lilith]; he hadn't even used [Inferno Baal] or the face-down card in Hayato's back row yet.

Taking a deep breath, Yugi looked to the side and called out, "Jonnouchi!"

Without needing many words, even though Yugi simply called out Jonouchi's name, Jonouchi instantly understood what Yugi meant, giving a thumbs-up in response: "Oh, go for it, Yugi!"

Upon receiving Jonouchi's reply, Yugi nodded, looked back at Hayato, and drew a card from his hand: "Although [Super Magister - Dark Magister's Apprentice] was banished, I haven't performed a Normal Summon this turn. I will Tribute the face-down monster that Jonouchi summoned on my field as a Tribute Summon!"

"Come forth, [Dark Magician Girl]!"

If [Super Magician - Dark Magician's Apprentice] is destroyed, it has the ability to Special Summon one [Dark Magician] and one [Dark Magician Girl] from the hand, Deck, or Graveyard. Although [Super Magician - Dark Magician's Apprentice] was banished, it's fortunate that Yugi had kept [Dark Magician Girl] in his hand beforehand, preventing him from failing to summon any monsters at all.

The lively dark mage, [Dark Magician Girl], hopped and skipped onto the game field, her cute face puffed out in anger as she glared at Hayato's [Hellfire Lilith] on the field. She was very vengeful and wouldn't forget so quickly that the monster had just freed her.

Dark Magician Girl: ATK 2000 → 2300

Because the game previously sent a [Dark Magician] to the graveyard as fusion material when fusing to summon [Super Magician - Dark Magician's Apprentice], the attack power of [Dark Magician Girl] is increased by 300 points due to its own effect. However, compared to Hayato's two [Hellfire Machines], it is still slightly insufficient.

However, there's still one card left in the hand that hasn't been used yet.

"Activate the Spell Card [Heavenly Treasure Card], both players replenish their hands to 6 cards, and because of this effect I can draw six cards." The last card in the hand is activated by Yugi, [Heavenly Treasure Card], which perfectly illustrates the concept that "powerful cards come with great risks".

While it can replenish a large number of your own cards, it also allows your opponents to enjoy the same benefits. If you're not careful, you might end up getting burned.

"Tsk, because I have two cards in my hand, I can only draw four cards." Hayato's heart was bleeding as he hadn't expected the game to use the [Heavenly Treasure Card] so quickly. For him, not being able to gain cards was more painful than losing them.

Hayato's four cards were unremarkable and didn't bring him much surprise, but Yugi's eyes lit up when he saw one of the six cards he had drawn.

Drawing out the card, Yugi solemnly said to the card in his hand, "If you can dispel the evil eye that previously eroded the world, please assist me now and help me remove the darkness that is clinging to my companions."

"I activate the power of this card, [Eye of Timaeus]!"

Chapter 584 Muto Yugi (who can't talk nonsense)

"【Eye of Timaeus】!"

Just like how Ultraman's human form in new-generation tokusatsu films always shouts Ultraman's name for no reason before transforming, otherwise he can't transform, Yugi raised the card in his hand.

Compared to the past, the game doesn't say things like "I activate the effect of this monster" or "I activate this spell card." It simply says "I activate the effect of [Eye of Timaeus]," since it's actually difficult to say what type of card this is.

However, what's even more outrageous than not being able to distinguish the card types is that the card "Eye of Timaeus" doesn't have a single word on it at all; it's just a card with an image printed on it.

But the game can swear on its honor as a duelist that it never makes empty promises.

perhaps.

“【Eye of Timaeus】?” Rafael, who was watching the duel from outside the burning shadow flames, frowned.

Not long ago, the Three Musketeers of Doma obtained the cards of the "Three Egyptian Gods" and presented them to Dartz. According to the original plan, the "Orichalcos," who had obtained the power of the "Three Egyptian Gods," would open the gate to another world and begin the process of destroying the world. And indeed, there were signs at the beginning.

Spreading from the secret island of the Doma organization to the whole world, the images of Duel Monsters materialized without the support of a virtual projection system. However, what was actually the opening of a dimensional gate between the human world and the spirit world, and the card spirits descended into the human world.

In theory, the Doma Organization will then unleash the power they have accumulated over ten thousand years amidst the turmoil stirred up by the Card Spirits, instigating the arrival of war and gathering more hearts and minds for the "Orichalcos God," ultimately allowing the "Orichalcos God" to cleanse all humanity from the earth.

However, the plan only succeeded in the first step.

After the card sprites descended into the real world, the power of "Orichalcos," which maintains the dimensional gate between the sprite world and the human world, transformed into an eye in the sky.

However, just a few hours after the Gate of the Element opened, before their online trolls had even managed to get the topic trending, that eye was suddenly smashed by a dragon that appeared out of nowhere in Japan!

Rafael was stunned. What on earth was that thing? And where did it come from?!

At that time, he and Ameluda had rushed to the palace where Dartz was to report the unexpected situation, but they heard a loud noise from afar at the palace gate, and then they found Hayato appearing next to Dartz.

Rafael had previously sent people to gather information about the dragon of unknown origin. After all, if it happened once, it would happen again. For the sake of future plans, Rafael felt that he needed to know his enemy and himself. However, he did not expect that when Yugi used the Eye of Timaeus, he saw the dragon again in front of him.

From this perspective, the nameless pharaoh is indeed a great threat; we must eliminate him and the card in his hand.

Rafael kept his heavy thoughts hidden in his heart, while on the game field, the Legendary Dragon - Timaeus, who had responded to the game's call and projected his power into reality, opened his eyes and looked at the other side of the game.

Then, it saw Hayato's presence.

"?"

[Timaeus] was a little confused, because if he hadn't misheard, didn't the user he chose, Yugi Muto, say that he was going to remove the darkness from the duelist opposite him?

It recognizes Hayato too. It helped Hayato return to the human world from the spirit world not long ago. If Hayato were a dark person, even if he had the power to defeat "Orichalcos", [Timaeus] and the other two legendary dragons would never ask Hayato for help.

With a slightly tilted head, [Timaeus] gave the serious game a strange look, then released his power, transforming into light that surged towards the only monster on the field—[Dark Magician Girl].

Holy light enveloped [Dark Magician Girl], and when the light faded, what appeared on the game field was [Timaeus], ​​who had changed from a mage's outfit to a set of heroic armor and was holding a sword!

"This is the new power I have gained, Hayato. The Eye of Timaeus has the ability to awaken the dormant power within monsters. Dark Magician Girl has now awakened the courage within her and ascended to become Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl!"

"Witness this power, Hayato!"

【Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl】【7☆/Dark】

[Dragon/Fusion/Effect]

[2600/1700]

Jonouchi said excitedly, "Well done, Yugi! Now the attack power of [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl] is on par with [Hellfire Machine - Baal]!"

Jonouchi glanced at his graveyard. The monster he had just placed on the field and which Yugi had sacrificed to the graveyard was [AD Changer], which had the ability to banish itself and change the attack and defense status of one monster on the field while it was in the graveyard.

Although it's just a seemingly weak monster with 100 attack and 100 defense, Jonouchi isn't the same Duel Monster newbie who only cares about attack power anymore, and he won't look down on this card.

Now, with the power of [AD Changer], Hayato can easily defeat [Hellfire Baal] by changing its attack position from 2600 ATK to a fragile 0 DEF.

However, it is now the game's turn. Although the two share a graveyard and can use the effects of cards in each other's graveyards, Jonouchi is unsure whether Yugi knows that there are cards in his graveyard that can be used for effects.

However, what Jonouchi didn't quite expect was that the game would directly declare that it had entered the battle phase?

"Entering my battle phase, I will launch an attack using [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl]," Yugi declared seemingly recklessly, completely ignoring the fact that neither of Hayato's face-down cards in his back row nor the two monsters on Hayato's field had an attack power lower than [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl].

He even pointed at Hayato's highest attack power unit on the field, [Hellfire Lilith], saying, "The target is that [Hellfire Lilith]!"

"How could this be? The [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl] with an attack power of 2600 actually attacked the [Hellfire Machine - Lilith] with an even higher attack power of 2900!?"