Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Amidst the bewildered questions swirling within the castle, the Dark Magician Girl riding a giant dragon pointed her sword at Hellfire Lilith, as if seeking revenge. She and her mount, Timaeus, took to the air and swooped down on Hellfire Lilith!

Hayato looked at [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl] and realized somewhat awkwardly that he seemed to have no recollection of what the effect of [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl] summoned by [Eye of Timaeus] was. In fact, not only was the one in front of him likely the anime version, but he also couldn't quite remember the version of the actual card's effect.

The effect of the physical card "Eye of Timaeus" is to send a "Dark Magician" monster from the field to the Graveyard as Fusion Material, and then Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster with the card name of that monster as the specified Fusion Material.

As is well known, although Dark Magician has been used as a designated fusion material and has fused with many monsters, the most popular one is the one known as "Red Daddy". Although it is still a member of the turtle food, its power is undeniable.

Honestly, if the Dark Magician were present and the Eye of Timaeus were cast, wouldn't anyone summon "Red Daddy"?

For this reason, Hayato hasn't seen anyone use the effect of [Eye of Timaeus] to summon [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl] for a very long time, to the point that he really can't remember what kind of monster it has.

However, there's nothing to be afraid of.

It's important to know that Hayato's [Hellfire Lilith] has the powerful ability to release one of his monsters when a monster effect is activated, negating and banishing that monster. No matter how awesome [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl]'s effect is, it's meaningless if it can't be activated!

Then, Hayato heard Yugi say smugly, "The power possessed by [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl] is the pure power of the heart in [Dark Magician Girl]'s heart; any enemy will be dissolved in front of her."

"While this card battles an opponent's monster, I can send one card from my hand to the Graveyard to destroy that monster without damage calculation." Yugi sent a card from his hand to the Graveyard and said smugly, "This effect is continuous and doesn't need to be activated, nor does it enter a chain!"

"What?!"

"How can it have such a shameless effect?!"

The sword in the hands of 【Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl】 radiated the light of dark magic. Although it was pitch-black magic, it exuded a holy aura that was even brighter than the lights on the 【Hellfire Machines】. With a single slash, it easily cleaved 【Hellfire Machine - Lilith】, who had an attack power of 2900 points, in two!

After sending [Hellfire Machine - Lilith] to the graveyard, Hayato looked at [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl] who had returned to the game field and frowned.

After experiencing the effect once, Hayato's memories were slightly dredged up, and he recalled the effect of the physical card version of "Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl". It seemed to be a two-speed card destruction ability that could discard one card from the hand once per turn, target one face-up card on the opponent's field and destroy it, and could also be activated during the opponent's turn. It was not weak, but it could not be called strong.

After all, these days, which terminal doesn't have target resistance or destruction resistance? Not to mention the cost of discarding cards from your hand, which is a card disadvantage.

However, the power of the official version of "Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl" on the game field is quite powerful in comparison. It can be used simply by fighting a monster and discarding a card from your hand. Moreover, it is an ability that does not require activation, similar to a Continuous Spell Card. The destruction does not seem to target, and there is no limit to once per turn if it can attack multiple times.

"Tch, not bad, Yugi. You actually destroyed my [Hellfire Lilith] monster. But because of this, the total level of my effect monsters on the field is now back to 7 stars. I can summon a new [Hellfire] monster next turn."

Upon hearing Hayato's harsh words, Yugi drew a card from his hand and said, "Sore wa to ka?"

"During my Main Phase Two, I activate this card: Soul Release!"

"What?!"

As the game's cards were activated, Hayato discovered that light was rising from his graveyard. The Hellfire monsters that had been sent to the graveyard by the Monster Gate were now being banished, including the recently destroyed Hellfire Lilith!

The game confidently states, "Even though they are destroyed time and again, the [Hellfire Machine] can continuously revive from the graveyard, which is indeed a very powerful monster, almost like it's immortal. But, if they are banished, they can't be revived anymore, right?"

"Damn it!" Hayato grumbled as he watched his painstakingly accumulated [Inferno] monsters in his graveyard being banished, then glanced down at his hand. Slightly fortunate, thanks to the [Heavenly Treasure Card] he'd just received, Hayato had drawn a whole hand of [Inferno] monsters, a total of four in his hand.

Among them is the Level 2 [Beelzebub], whose effect is to bounce one face-up card on the field back to its owner's hand once per turn. It is usually used in conjunction with cards such as [Lava Demon].

The effect of 【Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl】 is a bit cheating, but so what? As long as I bounce her back, that's fine, right? Hayato thought to himself.

Then, Yugi played another card, saying, "However, considering that you just drew four cards because of the effect of 'Heavenly Treasure Card,' only banishing a few 'Inferno' monsters from your graveyard, I'm still a little worried."

"Therefore, I will activate this card again, [Synchro Hero]!"

"Um!?"

A card that Hayato never expected appeared in Yugi's hand. Seeing Hayato's surprised expression, Yugi explained, "After Yusei and the others came here, I exchanged some cards with Yusei when you were dueling with Jaden, Hayato. Among them was this rare card that can increase a monster's star level. I never thought it would come in handy now."

"The effect of this Equip Spell Card is to raise the Level of one monster by 1 star and increase its ATK by 500 points." Yugi said, pointing to Hayato's field. "I'm going to bestow this powerful Equip Card upon Hayato's [Inferno Baal]!"

"Yeah!"

Despite Hayato's obvious resistance, he could only watch helplessly as the star level of his [Hellfire Machine - Baal] on the field changed.

【Hellfire Machine - Baal】【7☆/Dark→8☆/Dark】

[ATK2600→3100]

"I cover one card in my hand, and my turn ends." He left one card in his hand to activate the ability of [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl], and the game ended.

[Game: 8000LP, 1 cards in hand]

【Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl】【ATK2600】

[GaiK] [Synchronize Hero]

Chapter 585 The Bonds That Have Gathered! (9K)

Hayato looked at his [Hellfire Machine - Baal] on the field with a rather helpless expression.

Although the monsters of the [Hellfire] series are very good at repeatedly switching between levels, this is only true if Hayato's level is not blocked. Now, although [Hellfire Baal]'s attack power has been increased to 100 points higher than [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], its level of 8 is somewhat awkward.

To say there's absolutely no solution wouldn't be true. The common ability of [Hellfire Machine] to "deliver monsters and banish opponent's cards" can still be used. Hayato can easily remove the summoning restriction by directly delivering [Hellfire Machine Baal], and it can then be resurrected from the graveyard.

Anyway, the [Hellfire Machine] doesn't feel pain. Even if it did, it wouldn't concern Hayato.

Although many of the [Inferno] monsters that were originally stored in the graveyard were consumed by Yugi's [Soul Liberation], Hayato still has four [Inferno] monsters in his hand, which is barely enough. He can even Special Summon [Inferno Beelzebub], which can bounce [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl] back to Yugi's hand, and then Special Summon [Inferno Baal]. His resources are still quite plentiful.

However, Hayato is more interested in the unknown face-down card in the back row of the game. If possible, Hayato also wants to summon the "Inferno Astaroth" in his hand, which has the same ability as "Whirlwind" and can destroy one Spell/Trap Card on the field once per turn at the cost of being unable to attack.

Tsk, this is really difficult.

Hayato temporarily put aside his inner turmoil and said, "During your end phase of the game, the third effect of the Field Spell Card [Dark World - Shadow Utopia] is activated."

The game frowned: "A third effect?"

"There are way too many effects on one card. If this continues, will all the card effects be able to fit on one card?" Jonouchi complained.

As Hayato snapped his fingers, two dark green flames landed on the field, but not on Hayato's field, but next to [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl].

"During the end phase of each player's turn, Special Summon as many Shadow Tokens as the number of monsters you Tributed this turn to your turn's field in Defense Position."

【Shadow Derivative】【3☆/Dark】

[Demon Race/Derivatives]

[1000/1000]

"Because I released [Super Magister - Dark Magister's Apprentice] and Jonouchi's face-down monster during my turn, did I place two tokens?"

Seeing that he had two more monsters on his field, Yugi couldn't help but think of the monster that Hayato liked to use—[Lava Demon].

Noticing Yugi's gaze, Hayato helplessly shrugged: "Don't look at me like that. This effect is forcibly activated by a Field Spell Card. I didn't want to have two more obstacles on your field either."

"Well then, it's my turn. Draw!" Hayato shouted with great confidence, drawing a card from his deck with a slightly surprised expression. "Wow, you're right on time."

"I must say, although you used the Eye of Timaeus to summon the powerful Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl from the Fusion Deck, fate has already decreed that your efforts will instead propel me to a higher level."

As he inserted the cards from his hand into the Spell & Trap Zone of the Duel Disk, an upward airflow appeared around Hayato, even though he was indoors, causing his originally loose black hair to flutter against gravity. "My deck responded to me, it sensed it, this is the right place, [Inferno Machine] likes me, Kobayashi Hayato!"

"Activate the Continuous Spell Card [Purgatory's Dream]: While this card is face-up on the field, all [Inferno] monsters on my field whose original Level was 2 or higher will have their Level reduced to 1 for half the battle damage they dealt!"

The lightning on the storm-controlling demon god's body throbbed violently, shattering the lamps on its body that were originally the source of its power and also its power limiter. Dark green flames spread throughout its body, and the aura of the world-destroying demon god became even more powerful.

【Hellfire Machine - Baal】【8☆/Dark→2☆/Dark】

"Oh no!" Jonouchi exclaimed in surprise, "It's actually the card with the most powerful star-reducing ability for the [Inferno Machine] deck!"

"Yugi went through so much trouble to raise [Hellfire Machine Baal] to level 8 and complete the lockdown, but Hayato broke through it with just one card! That monster with such terrifying power is now completely free!"

Hayato ran his hand to his forehead, smoothing his wind-blown hair, which stood up as if it had been coated with hair gel: "I will become the approaching storm!"

"This is... Throwaway!" Hayato said, pointing to the sky. "This isn't the limit for [Hellfire Machine]. I need an even more powerful Throwaway!"

"I set one card to the top of my hand, activate the second effect of [Infernal Dream], send this card to the Graveyard, then select Fusion Materials from my hand and field for a Fusion Monster of [Infernal Machine] and send them to the Graveyard, and Summon that Fusion Monster from my Fusion Deck!"

"What?!"

Yugi was also taken aback. He had assumed that since the individual monsters of [Hellfire] already possessed such immense power, they should simply be monsters primarily used for Special Summoning. But now Hayato was saying he wanted to summon a Fusion Monster of [Hellfire]?

It's hard to imagine what other fusion forms the already powerful [Hellfire Machine] monster could have!

"The fusion materials I chose are [Inferno Baal] on my field, and the four monsters in my hand: [Inferno Satan], [Inferno Beelzebub], [Inferno Lucifer], and [Inferno Astaroth]."

"However, in addition to that, if the monster Special Summoned from the Fusion Deck is only on my opponent's field, I can also select six more monsters from my Deck as Fusion Material!"

"So, adding the six monsters [Hellfire Decimal], [Hellfire Asmodeus], ​​[Hellfire Belphegor], [Hellfire Admiral], [Hellfire Lilith], and [Hellfire Nava], I will send all eleven of these monsters to the graveyard as fusion materials!"

Hayato sent a terrifying number of Hellfire Machines into the graveyard in one go. Behind him, one after another, phantoms of demons appeared, then suddenly shattered, leaving only the colorful lights on their bodies rising into the air, arranged in a reversed Kabbalah.

"God is enraged by the deeds of mankind and intends to unleash a devastating firestorm. The rebellious Kabbalahs have gathered, and the power to create stars is now in my hands!"

"The vanguard of the gods has descended! Come forth, my Tamashi!"

"Fusion Summoning: [Hellfire Machine - Tiera]!"

Ten-colored flames surged into the core of [Hellfire Machine - Decimal Tube]. The power of these flames was so great that even the power of the Field Spell Card [Dark World - Shadow Utopia] could not erode or change it. Gradually, the energy evolved into a huge entity!

An ominous blackish-purple right half, a sacred pure white left half, four pairs of symmetrical diamond-shaped wings of different colors, long golden hair as holy as an angel draped behind his head, and a pair of scarlet bull horns that rise to the sky like a demon.

A variety of contradictory appearances are gathered in this one monster.

Its towering size even completely transcended the constraints of the Duel Monsters system, directly breaking through the top floor of the International Illusion Society and reaching outside the building. Completely unrestrained, this fusion monster grew wildly. Although its feet were on the ground floor, its terrifying size could stretch all the way to the top floor where Hayato, Yugi, and Jonouchi were dueling. Only its majestic upper body could be seen looking down at Jonouchi and Yugi!

【Hellfire Machine - Tiera】【11☆/Fire→11☆/Dark】

[Demon Race/Fusion/Effect]

[3400/3600]

The enormous commotion even stunned the Kaiba, Amelda, Baal, and Mai, who were fighting on the floors below. They all fell silent as they looked at the gigantic monster that appeared outside the window, a monster whose full form they could not see even if they looked up.

Even greater pressure is faced by Jonouchi and Yugi, who are confronting the behemoth before them.

"This size is just too terrifying! Could the darkness within Hayato's heart really awaken a monster of this magnitude?!" Jonouchi swallowed hard, his voice trembling slightly. However, remembering that this duel was about defeating Hayato to awaken his past self, Jonouchi forcibly suppressed his fear with his courage.

Yugi's expression turned serious as he looked at his [Dragon Knight - Dark Magician Girl] on the field: "What could possibly bewitch the mind of a true duelist like Hayato is probably the dark power of this monster before us. It's tough, but hold on, [Timaeus], ​​[Dark Magician Girl]!"

(【Dark Magician Girl】: Why don't you go yourself?)

(【Timaeus】: This is acting, right? But it feels so real to me.)

Rafiru, who was standing on the top floor, was also under great pressure. Just now, when [Hellfire Machine - Tiera] descended and broke through the top floor, he almost fell to his death along with the wall. Now, standing on the edge of the cliff at the top floor, he couldn't help but move inward a little to avoid an accidental fall.

"Tierra, is it a variant of Earth's Terra?" Looking at the enormous [Hellfire Machine - Tierra], Rafiru shifted his attention to thought. "Could it be that Lord Dartz cares so much about Kobayashi Hayato because of his inner darkness? Compared to him, this guy almost makes me feel like he's some kind of villain who's going to destroy the world."

Rafael's intuition was quite accurate. In fact, the [Hellfire Machine Tierra] that Hayato was summoning at this moment was indeed a world-destroying level demon king in the official Yu-Gi-Oh! "DT World" story. Its true form was [Creator God - Tierra]. Just from the name, you can tell that it is a creator god-level big shot. The [Hellfire Machine Tierra] in front of him was not even its complete form.

Even so, using [Hellfire Machine - Tiera] still gave Hayato a long-lost sense of physical burden, a feeling he hadn't experienced in a long time.

"【Hellfire Machine - Tierra】is the ultimate 【Hellfire Machine】, a divine vanguard wielding divine power to destroy the world, and I, who command this monster, will undoubtedly become the King of Gods." Hayato said, pointing to Yugi, "Depending on the types of materials used in the Fusion Summon, 【Hellfire Machine - Tierra】activates multiple effects upon successful Fusion Summon!"

"In three or more instances, each player selects three cards from their Fusion Deck and sends them to the Graveyard. These are the three monsters I selected."

As he spoke, Hayato sent three Fusion Monster cards to the Graveyard.