Duels should be played with a smile.

“My name is Chronos de Medici, just call me Chronos... Let’s continue the duel.”

He had originally wanted to have a conversation, but he, who prided himself on his excellent communication skills, really didn't know what to say.

Let's communicate through a duel, since this duel is about to end anyway.

"Let's end this duel with this card!"

"I activate the Spell Card [Ancient Machine Fusion]!"

"To perform a Fusion Summon, send the Fusion Material Monsters specified from the 'Ancient Gear' Fusion Monster Card from your hand or field to the Graveyard."

"Furthermore, if you use Ancient Gear Giants on your field as materials, you can perform deck fusion!"

"Fuse materials to create 4 'Ancient Machine' monsters!"

The mechanical giant, which had just unleashed its fist, leaped into the fusion vortex in the air, and together with the three monsters in the deck, gave birth to Ultimate Chaos.

"Fusion Summon! Come forth! The ultimate God of Destruction who will return everything to formless chaos! [Ancient Mechanical Chaos Giant]!"

[Dark · 10★ · Mechanical · Attack Power 4500]

A mechanical giant, breaking through the chaos, descended upon this place.

With "Ultimate" in its name, it is made from the fusion of multiple monsters and has an attack power of 4500. Although it is very similar to Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in many ways, Chaos Giant consumes one more material, which gives it a powerful effect that Ultimate Dragon does not have.

"As long as this card is in the Monster Zone, it is unaffected by the effects of Spell/Trap Cards, and your opponent cannot activate monster effects during the Battle Phase!"

The moment the Chaos Giant appeared, the Mechanical Fortress also granted it the Might Resistance, making the Chaos Giant, with its multiple resistances, virtually invincible.

"Enter the battle! Chaos Giant has a piercing effect and can attack every monster. Both of your monsters have 0 ATK or 0 DEF. I'll take the victory in this duel!"

The giant, whose fists were already itching for a punch, was about to launch an attack, but a huge Error sign in the center of the arena stopped it.

"Solvador Cana! My monsters on the field aren't just for show!"

"I'm going to activate the Celestial Sphere's effect before you enter the battle phase!"

The celestial sphere, which had always been called the celestial sphere but was doing the work of an OB (observer), finally came into play and freed itself.

Chronos said confidently, "Muda no le! My monsters can no longer be the target of monster effects, nor can they be destroyed by effects!"

"But my effect is neither destructive nor targeted!"

"Celestial Sphere's effect: Once per opponent's turn, Tribute yourself and return the Chaos Giant on your field to your hand!"

"Since it's a monster from the Extra Deck, it will be returned to the Extra Deck!"

"What?! Oh my god!!!"

To Chronos's astonishment, the giant, who had just emerged and hadn't even had a chance to show his abilities, was bounced back without leaving a trace.

So there's a reason why duelists prefer not to choose opponents!

"Furthermore, if this card is Tributed, I can Special Summon 1 Dragon-Type monster from my hand or Deck with its ATK and DEF reduced to 0!"

His trump card was taken down, and Chronos felt a pang of heartache. However, as a teacher who had mentored so many students, he was prepared for all sorts of situations.

"I still have enough cards in my hand to build another Chaos Giant. Your defense isn't enough to keep you alive until the next turn!"

"Really?" A card popped out of Leyou's deck and he played it on the field.

"If I remember correctly, your Chaos Giant is of the dark attribute, right?"

"【Nuclear Dragon】Special Summon in Defense Position. As long as this card is in the Monster Zone, neither player can Special Summon LIGHT/DARK monsters."

Compared to the beaming Leyou, Professor Chronos could only manage a forced smile at this moment.

"No problem at all! I also have a Plan B!"

The declaration of advancing to the next phase has been retracted, and it is still Main Phase 1. Looking at his current hand, Professor Chronos began to think.

"Hmm... we can't complete the OTK directly given the current situation, so let's try our best to lower your LP!"

"Because you have more monsters on your field than I do, I can activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Emergency Driving Schedule]!"

"Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Machine-Type EARTH monster and 1 Level 5 or higher monster from your Deck, negating their card effects in Defense Position."

"I Special Summon [Ancient Gear Dragon] and [Ancient Gear Thermonuclear Dragon] from my Deck!"

One card can trigger two, and it's a quick attack, so why is it that even with such a powerful card, the infinite combo still often fails to activate?

"And then there's this card! I'm going to fuse it again!"

"【Beyond Fusion】! Pay 2000 base points to send the Thermonuclear Dragon and the Wyvern to the graveyard!"

"Fuse materials to create 2 'Ancient Machine' monsters!"

"Dragons and colossi, mechanical devices that inherit ancient souls! Now form ranks, intertwine and merge! Evolve together with new power!"

"Fusion Summoning! A mechanically constructed demon god! [Ancient Mechanical Demon God]!"

[Earth · 8★ · Mechanical · Attack Power 1000]

Although it's called a demon god, this thing is of the earth element and is unaffected by the nuclear dragon.

Although this thing has a high level of 8 stars and looks very imposing, its attack and defense stats are indeed a bit weak.

Although this monster is a bit weak, it does have a noble effect called all resistance.

When combined, the meaning of this monster becomes somewhat unclear.

"The second effect of Beyond Fusion: banish this card from your Graveyard, and Special Summon a set of Material Monsters used in the Fusion Summon of this card from your Graveyard with 0 ATK and DEF and negated effects."

The two monsters that were just released immediately came back to work overtime. Coupled with the previous operation of forcibly destroying the field to bring the monsters out to work, it proves that people who play Ancient Gear decks may be hidden capitalists.

Those who play with dinosaurs are even less likely to be interested; let's just say streetlights are a symbol of friendship.

"As the best teacher in the Fusion Academy, mastering summoning techniques other than fusion is also a required course!"

"The summoning condition is 2 Machine-type Earth-type monsters. I've set Thermite Dragon and Flying Dragon as arrows!"

"Link Summon! Link 2! [Ancient Mechanical Crossbowman]!"

[Earth·Link 2·Mechanical·Attack Power 1500·Arrow↙→]

"If the Mechanical Crossbowman is successfully linked and summoned, I can retrieve one [Gear Street]!"

"And launch it immediately!"

Within the fortress, Gear Street was rapidly rebuilt, but just like before, Gear Street, whose effect was not available every turn, could not escape the same fate as the Little Diablos.

"The second effect of Mechanical Crossbowman: Target Gear Street on my field and Dark Claw on your field. Destroy Gear Street and reduce Dark Claw's attack and defense to 0 until the end of the turn!"

The mechanical crossbowman aimed his two crossbows at the street and Dark Claw respectively, firing them simultaneously and accurately hitting their respective targets.

I just don't know why a single crossbow bolt could injure a monster while simultaneously blowing up an entire street.

"Gear Street's effect: Special Summon [Ancient Gear Dragon]! And activate its effect! If both are successfully summoned, search your Deck for any [Ancient Gear] cards other than the one with the same name."

"I retrieved [Ancient Mechanical Box] from my deck!"

Watching Chronos ramble on, his hand dwindling and changing again, Leyou even felt a little bored. When the Dragon Maid deck has nothing on its field, it can usually only watch the opponent play.

"At this moment, the effect of the Machine Box also activates! If this card is added to your hand from the Deck or Graveyard by a method other than drawing, I can search my Deck for 1 Machine-Type EARTH monster with 500 ATK or DEF, other than the card with the same name."

"I'm adding [Ancient Mechanical Hound] to my hand!"

"I haven't used my normal summon yet this turn. I'll normal summon [Ancient Mechanical Hound]!"

"Activate this effect if this card is successfully summoned. Inflict 600 damage to your opponent."

The hounds appeared, opening their mouths wide to reveal a dark gun barrel, and aimed to fire.

Only 600 points, nothing to worry about.

"The Hound's effect can be activated once per turn during your Main Phase. Use monsters from your hand or field as Fusion Materials to Fusion Summon an Ancient Gear Fusion Monster!"

As Professor Chronos said before, he has the power to summon another Chaos Giant, but because of the presence of Core Dragon, he can only settle for second best.

Leyou couldn't help but feel fortunate that he had included the Dragon Maid card in his deck. It was because he had been interfered with by this card when the opponent used Dragon Maid before that he knew how powerful this card could be in certain situations.

Against certain decks, it's practically equivalent to Void Space.

"I will fuse the Crossbowman on the field with the Mechanical Box in my hand, and the Mechanical Entity!"

"Fusion Summon! [Ancient Mechanical Colossus]!"

[Earth · 9★ · Mechanical · Attack Power 3300]

It has lower attack power than the Chaos Giant, but it is the strongest monster that Chronos can create at the moment. Moreover, unlike the Chaos Giant, which is only used once, the Colossal Giant is a monster that can help continue to operate afterward.

However, Professor Chronos did not believe that Leyou could allow him to carry out another round of resource operation.

After this battle phase ends, his LP will be almost gone, and he can easily finish it off with a single attack in his next turn.

After all, Leyou hasn't used any powerful monsters since the start of the game, but has used quite a few disruptive monsters.

"Initiate the battle! Let's launch an attack together!"

Under Chronos's command, the Machine Demon, the Giant, the Hound, and the Dragon rushed forward, defeating the two fragile monsters on the field and inflicting a lot of damage.

[Leyou LP: 7400→4100→2400]

"Entering main phase 2, I activate the effect of the Mechanical Demon God, dealing you 1000 damage!"

[Leyou LP: 2400 → 1400]

"My turn is over! Here's my powerful Ancient Gear deck! Just wait until my next turn, and I'll wipe out your last LP!"

Leyou nodded slightly in agreement: "You are indeed very strong, but you won't defeat me so easily!"

"My turn, draw a card!"

"At that moment, the effect of Graveyard Rush Man activated, and I Special Summon the monster card I just drew in Defense Position!"

"【Half-Dragon Maid - Living Room Dragon Girl】!"

"What?! A sprinter?"

Chapter Four: I've already won too much!

As we all know, cards lying in the graveyard are much more useful than cards hidden in the deck, and in many cases, the cards in your hand are not necessarily as useful as the cards in the graveyard.

For example, if Leyou hadn't used Masked Manifestation II to send Sprinter to the graveyard, he would have missed a special recruitment opportunity.

The moment Professor Chronos saw the Sprinter take effect, he immediately thought of the very beginning of the duel and asked, "Could it be... that this is also a card you sent to the graveyard using that Laundry Dragon Girl from earlier?"