The protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! world might be the same person.

As Titan's health points were depleted, most of his body suddenly disappeared.

"what is that?"

Asuka, who was standing behind, was startled by what she saw.

"So it really is a dark game?!"

Seeing this, Judai dared not be careless at all.

"Then I'll set two more cards face down, and the turn ends."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 1]

"Well done, Judai Yuki. That attack was very effective and caused me a lot of damage."

Titan changed the subject, "But..."

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Tony Titan's hand card: 2→3]

After drawing the card, he pointed to the face-down card at his feet and said, "During my preparation phase, I activate the Trap Card, [Demon's Roar]."

"Pay 500 Life Points as a cost to Special Summon a monster from your Graveyard whose name contains the word 'Demon'."

Tony Titan: LP1900→1400

"Come back, Shadow Knight Demon!"

Amidst a flash of light, the Knight Demon was projected back onto the field.

[Shadow Knight Demon: Attack Power 2000]

Then he waved his arm and shouted, "Now I'll activate the monster effect of [Demon Queen of the Underworld] from the graveyard!"

If [Pandemon Temple - The Lair of Demons -] is on the field, and this card is in your Graveyard, during each of your Standby Phases, gain 1 Level 4 or lower Fiend monster on the field by 1000 ATK until the End Phase.

[Shadow Knight Demon: Attack Power 2000 → 3000]

Titan then slammed another card onto the Duel Disk, "and because I have [Shadow Knight Demon] on my field, I summon [Extinction King Demon] from my hand."

Om-! !

Another burst of light appeared, and a hideous demon appeared on his field. The demon's head was shaped like a king's crown, and its hands were holding a demonic giant sword.

[Extinction King Demon: Attack Power 2000]

"【Extinction King Demon】Can only be Summoned and Flip Summoned if you control a monster card whose name contains the word 'Demon'."

Then he revealed another spell card, "It's not over yet. I'll equip the spell 'Corruption' from my hand to 'Elemental HERO Flame Wingman' and gain control of it."

[Tony Titan's hand card: 3→1]

Of course, Judai couldn't just sit and wait to die, so he quickly pressed the button to cover the card.

"Don't even think about succeeding! Open the face-down card, activate the Quick-Play Spell [Fusion Deactivation]!"

Flame Wingman instantly split into two hero monsters.

[Elemental Hero Winged Warrior: Defense 1000]

[Elemental Heroes: Hot Lady - Defense 800]

The equipment card that has lost its target will shatter.

boom!

Titan clicked his tongue inwardly and launched an attack.

He waved his hand and commanded, "Take this, the wrath of my demons!"

"Shadow Knight Demon and Extinction King Demon, annihilate the monsters on Jaden Yuki's field!"

The two demons immediately rushed forward, each swinging a sword.

Bang bang—!

Winged Man and Hot Girl were both destroyed.

Chapter Fifteen Earth Hero

"Strange, is this an illusion?"

When the monster on the field in the Jaden game was destroyed, he did not feel the impact unique to Dark Games.

So he was a little confused, but he could clearly sense the presence of dark forces around him, so the Dark Game should have already started.

Jaden shook his head, deciding not to think about it anymore and to focus on the duel. SoUsuo:9★〉Zero々■…&娰． ˉ韭≈%澪》｛珸.

He immediately pressed the button to reveal the card and shouted, "Activate the trap card at this moment, [Hero Mark]!"

As the trap card is activated, a beam of light shines from the card image, revealing an 'H' symbol in the sky.

"This card's effect is to Special Summon Level 4 or lower Elemental HERO monsters from your Deck when a monster you control is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard."

"Appear, [Elemental Hero Forest Warrior]!"

Om-! !

A flash of golden light appeared on his field, and a half-wooden, green-skinned muscular man was projected onto the screen.

【Elemental Hero Forest Knight: Defense 2000】

"You're really tough, kid."

Titan calmly inserted his hand into the Duel Disk, "I'll just set one last card face down, then it's end of my turn."

[Tony Titan's hand card: 1→0]

"At this moment, during the end phase, the Shadow Knight Demon, specially summoned through [Demon's Roar], is destroyed."

boom--!

The knight demon instantly self-destructed and turned into fragments.

"And because the Level 4 Shadow Knight Demon was destroyed outside of battle, the effect of the spell [Pandemon Temple - Demon's Lair -] on the field is activated, adding [Death Castle Demon] from the deck to the hand."

A card will automatically pop out from the deck placed on Titan's chest.

[Tony Titan's hand card: 0→1]

Seeing that his effect had finally been dealt with, Jaden quickly drew a card from his deck.

"It's coming!"

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 1 → 2]

After drawing the card, he pointed to the hero in front of him and said, "During my Standby Phase, the monster effect of Elemental HERO Forest Warrior is activated. I choose one 'Fusion' card from my Deck or Graveyard and add it to my hand."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 2 → 3]

After retrieving the Fusion Spell Card from the graveyard, Jaden held the card while revealing another card from his hand.

"Then I activated the Spell Card [Fusion] from my hand once again, fusing [Elemental HERO Ocean Knight] in my hand with [Elemental HERO Forest Knight] on the field."

A flash of light appeared, and a blue fishman holding a fork appeared beside Forest Knight.

Then the two heroes transformed into two energies and merged together.

"Fusion Summon! Appear, [Elemental HERO Earthman]!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a white giant with a red gem embedded in his chest descended onto Jaden's field.

[Elemental Hero Earthman: Attack Power 2500]

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 1]

Looking at the giant standing in front of Judai, Asuka exclaimed, "To fuse a second high-level monster so quickly, as expected of you, Judai!"

"But you have to be careful. That guy's [Death Castle Demon] has the special effect of resurrecting the [Extinction King Demon]. If you want to defeat him this round, you have to kill him in one hit."

Upon hearing this, Jaden nodded and smiled, "Yes, I know. That's why we need to summon Earthman..."

With that, he slammed his last card onto the duel disk.

"I summon [Elemental HERO Prism Knight] from my hand!"

Another beam of light flashed, and a warrior whose entire body was made of crystal was projected.

【Elemental Hero Prism Warrior: Attack Power 1700】

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 1 → 0]

After the monster appeared, Jaden waved his hand and said, "Activate Prism Man's special effect!"

Once per turn, you can reveal 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck to your opponent, and then send 1 Fusion Material Monster (as listed in the monster's name) from your Deck to the Graveyard to activate this effect. Until the End Phase, this card is treated as a card with the same name as the monster sent to the Graveyard for this effect to activate.

"I send the Elemental HERO Necromancer Dark Knight from the Fusion Monster Elemental HERO Necromancer Shaman to the Graveyard, Reflect Change!"

Prism Man instantly released colorful light, quickly transforming into a warrior resembling a crimson demon.

Titan, puzzled, asked, "What's the point of changing a monster's form without a Fusion Spell Card?"

Judai made no response, and Asuka, who knew the situation, could not possibly warn the enemy.

Titan, unable to get an answer, curled his lip.

At the same time, Jaden waved his arm and shouted, "It's not over yet! Elemental HERO Earthman's monster effect activated!"

You can activate this effect by Tributing 1 face-up Elemental HERO monster you control, other than this card. This card gains ATK equal to the ATK of the Tributed monster until the end of this turn.

Prism Man, who had transformed into Necromancer Dark Man, suddenly disappeared from the field.

[Elemental Hero Earthman: Attack Power 2500 → 4200]

Titan gritted his teeth upon seeing this, "It's... an attack power of 4200 points..."

Asuka exclaimed excitedly, "Beautiful! If this attack goes through, he'll lose!"

Jaden nodded and smiled, "That's right, let's decide the outcome with this one strike."

He immediately swung his arm and shouted, "Take this! Earthman's monster attack on that guy, Earth Impact!!"

At his command, Earthman rushed forward and threw a punch that pierced through the king.

boom--! !

Seeing his monster destroyed, Titan quickly flipped up the face-down card at his feet and shouted, "Don't even think about it! Activate the Trap Card, [Power-Up Super Z]!"

Judai was immediately startled, "What...?"

While he was still in surprise, Titan continued, "If you are about to take more than 2000 points of combat damage, you will recover 4000 points of health during the damage calculation."

“Uhhh…”

[Tony Titan: LP1400→5400→3200]

This attack actually increased Titan's health instead of decreasing it.

Judai frowned slightly upon seeing this, "I was careless..."

And that wasn't all; Titan quickly threw the card in his hand into the graveyard.

"I activate the special ability of [Death Castle Demon] from my hand. When [Extinction King Demon] on your field is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, you can send this card to the Graveyard to revive this [Extinction King Demon]."

In a flash of light, the figure of the King Demon reappeared.

[Extinction King Demon: Attack Power 2000]

[Tony Titan's hand card: 1→0]

Chapter Sixteen: The Fake Dark Duelist, the Real Dark Game

Jaden thought this duel would be easy, but he didn't expect Titan to be so difficult to deal with.

"Then my turn is over."

"At the same time, Earthman's boost for this round ends, and his attack power returns to normal."

[Elemental Hero Earthman: Attack Power 4200 → 2500]

Seeing the situation reverse, Titan's lips involuntarily curled into a smile.

"Hehe~, it's my turn to fight back, kid."