"Shine forth, path of evolution guided by white radiance! — Synchro Summon, Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon!"
The halo of the Synchro Summon manifested, enveloping Bradamante and Blue-Eyes White Dragon alike, releasing a brand-new White Dragon soul that transcended this dimension.
[Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon ★★★★★★★★★ (Level 9)][LIGHT][Dragon/Synchro/Effect][ATK 2500/DEF 3000]
[Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner "Blue-Eyes" monsters]
Borrowing the power of Synchro, Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon was guided by light and took on a pure white body as it flapped its wings in a graceful turn.
"Oh? So this is what it feels like to use Synchro Summon."
A small, satisfied smile rose on Kaiba Man's lips as he placed the Synchro Summoned Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon card onto the Duel Disk.
"You really Synchro Summoned it, Kaiba…"
Unable to give a precise evaluation, Hoshino could only think that this kind of skill — one that seemed to create an entirely new White Dragon possibility purely through momentum and presence — was probably something only Kaiba could pull off.
["But its ATK didn't go up at all. In fact, it went down. Or rather, Blue-Eyes White Dragon's ATK and DEF were switched."]
Compared with Blue-Eyes White Dragon, or the Fusion forms Ultimate Dragon and Twin Burst Dragon, the Synchro Summoned Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon gave off none of that uniquely destructive Blue-Eyes tension.
Instead, it had an oddly calm feeling, like a still mirror lake. The aura of the pure white dragon suppressed the field.
Taking the Equip Spell from the back row of the Duel Disk, Hoshino declared, "Because Bradamante equipped with Frankenstein was used as a Synchro Material, while that Equip Spell is sent to the Graveyard, I choose your True King of All Calamities to be destroyed!"
As long as the True Dracocavalry remains on the field, the other True Draco monsters cannot be destroyed by card effects. So if she wanted to continue her attack, she had to destroy the card serving as the True Draco shield first.
"I see. Then there's no point hiding it anymore…"
Her tone suddenly changed. The attitude of the dragon maiden no longer felt like that of a pursuing love.
"If you, Kaiba Man, are willing to go as far as Synchro Summoning just to walk a different path from me… then I'll simply freeze you all here forever as the king. That way, you can keep staying with me."
["Why did this suddenly become yandere mode? Kaiba Man's in serious trouble."]
"Come, King Nidhogg!" Kaiba Man shouted back. "A Duel fought with full force is a Duel worth having! Even if I lose for the moment, that's fine! The burning soul of a Duelist will one day melt this ice!"
"Burn all you like — you still won't get a chance to beat me! The effect of True King of All Calamities activates!"
With a furious roar to the heavens, the howl of the dark dragon law-beast resounded through the frost covering the entire continent. It echoed with the force of sky and earth, as though it were twisting and controlling the very laws and truth of this entire space.
"That oppressive force!" Seto Kaiba, watching from the sidelines, was the first to notice the terrifying pressure coming from the law-beast. "Even the invincible Blue-Eyes is being suppressed by that roar?"
Under the earth-shaking roar of the law-beast, Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon and Deep-Eyes White Dragon both retreated step by step, showing no intent to fight it at all.
Even Lancelot, who held the title of strongest Round Table Knight, felt his hands tremble slightly as he gripped Arondight before the force unleashed without restraint by the law-beast.
"Master, this monster in front of us can not only seal the opponent's power, but can even cause fear so deep in the heart that the opponent cannot bring themselves to fight it," Lancelot warned cautiously.
["Triggering fear from the deepest part of the heart, to the point where you can't even face it as an enemy. As expected, that's the kind of trait a Beast could possess."]
From beneath True King of All Calamities, the card stacked as Xyz Material was removed. The dragon maiden declared, "Fear it! Fear it! This is the power of the law-beast — you have no way to escape now!"
[Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; declare 1 Attribute. Until the end of this turn, all face-up monsters on the field become the declared Attribute, also monsters your opponent controls with that Attribute cannot activate their effects or attack. This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn.]
"The Attribute I declare is the obnoxious one you keep talking about every day — LIGHT!"
[Lancelot WATER → LIGHT]
Because the Blue-Eyes monsters themselves are LIGHT Attribute, they wouldn't change due to the law-beast's declaration. But the follow-up effect caused all LIGHT monsters to lose both their ability to attack and to activate effects.
At the same time, since the Equip Spell Heroic Spirit – Frankenstein was itself a LIGHT Attribute card, under the law-beast's domination, even after being sent to the Graveyard it couldn't activate its destruction effect.
"So just one card can dominate the entire battlefield?"
With both attacking and effects sealed, Kaiba Man also realized that he had lost his means of continuing the offensive this turn.
"This is the dragon-like power you can never reach, Kaiba Man!"
"Hmph. But such absolute control must have a limit."
Kaiba Man snorted. "The Xyz Summoned law-beast must detach one Xyz Material each time it activates its effect. In other words, judging from the field state, it can only activate that effect one more time!"
Two Xyz Materials — only two chances for absolute control. That was also another reason the dragon maiden hadn't used the law-beast's effect last turn.
"I'm looking forward to it! Once you're forced to use your final control effect, the radiance that the Blue-Eyes have patiently stored and then unleashed will destroy everything you have!"
After delivering his forceful threat, Kaiba Man placed two Set Cards into the Duel Disk.
"I set all the cards in my hand. End my turn!"
[Kaiba Man: 0 Hand Cards | 2 Set Cards]
"You're my defeated underling, and yet your attitude is getting more and more arrogant, Kaiba Man… My turn, draw!"
As the dragon maiden drew the card to begin her turn, bringing her hand back up to 2 cards, Kaiba Man immediately motioned toward the Synchro Summoned Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon on the field.
"During your Standby Phase, I activate the effect of Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon—"
[You can Tribute this Synchro Summoned card; Special Summon 1 Dragon-Type LIGHT Synchro Monster, except "Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon," from your Extra Deck in Defense Position. That monster is destroyed during the End Phase of this turn. This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn.]
Guided by light, Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon Tributed itself, its pure white wings and body gradually transforming into a new silver-gray appearance.
"Roar, Azure Dragon, as you descend from the heavens! I Special Summon in Defense Position — Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon!"
[Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon ★★★★★★★★★ (Level 9)][LIGHT][Dragon/Synchro/Effect][ATK 2500/DEF 3000]
Its roar thundered across the ice. Though it shared the same stats as Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon, Kaiba Man had placed Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon in Defense Position when Special Summoning it, so its 3000 DEF matched the law-beast's highest ATK on the opposing side.
"So you can Summon Synchro Monsters like that too. But because of Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon's drawback, the Synchro Monster Special Summoned this way will be destroyed at the end of the turn, right?"
"In your eyes, this emergency replacement of the Synchro White Dragon was simply Kaiba Man changing its form so it wouldn't be destroyed by the True King's ATK during the Battle Phase."
"Watch closely! The existence of Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon is to perfectly inherit the radiance of Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon and expand it into a barrier of light that protects all Dragons! I activate Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon's effect!"
[When this card is Special Summoned: Dragon monsters you control cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects until the end of your next turn.]
Perfectly inheriting the soul of Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon, Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon roared across the frozen battlefield as its silver-blue wings scattered countless particles of light, forming a protective barrier around itself and Deep-Eyes White Dragon.
Eve exclaimed excitedly: "Its destruction protection activates the moment it's Special Summoned, and it lasts until the end of your next turn! That means you don't have to worry about Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon's self-destruction drawback anymore. Nicely done, Kaiba Man!"
"There's more to it than that," Seto Kaiba added. "If they can't be targeted or destroyed by effects, then they also can't be used to fulfill the Special Summoning condition of the True Draco from your hand, like what happened to Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon."
"So this is your answer to the destructive power, Kaiba Man? Unfortunately…"
Smiling mysteriously, the dragon maiden revealed the Wyrm monster she had searched with Mariamne's effect during the previous turn.
"The Wyrm monster I searched wasn't a True Draco. It was this — Nidhogg, Generaider Boss of Ice!"
["┌(.Д.)┐ Nani?! Is this the legendary 'I searched myself' strategy?"]
"Enough fooling around!" She inserted the Spell Card she had drawn this turn into her Duel Disk. "I activate the Spell Card — Star Blast!"
[Pay Life Points in multiples of 500. Reduce the Level of 1 monster in your hand or on your field by 1 for every 500 LP paid until the End Phase.]
"I'll pay the equivalent of five Levels — that is, 2,500 Life Points! I'll reduce the Level of Nidhogg, Generaider Boss of Ice in my hand by five!"
[Nidhogg, Generaider Boss of Ice LV9 → LV4]
[Ice King LP: 5600 → 3100]
Unlike Utgarda, whose strategy revolved around accumulating Life Points, the Ice King seemed completely unconcerned with spending them.
As long as they didn't reach zero, Life Points were nothing more than a resource to be used.
Eve's eyes went wide.
"Reducing a Level 9 monster to Level 4 means…"
"I can Normal Summon it without Tributing! I Normal Summon Nidhogg, Generaider Boss of Ice in Defense Position!"
Placing her final card onto the Duel Disk sideways, an icy blizzard swept across the dragon maiden's field.
Once, high above the frozen kingdom, it had exchanged mighty roars with Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Now, the dragon maiden's true form — Nidhogg, Generaider Boss of Ice — materialized upon the field through the power of the Frost Duel Disk.
[Nidhogg, Generaider Boss of Ice ★★★★★★★★★ (Level 9)][WATER][Wyrm/Effect][ATK 2100/DEF 2600]
Just as Kisara summoned Blue-Eyes White Dragon, when the dragon maiden called forth her true icy dragon form, magical sigils connected to the dragon's soul gradually appeared within her eyes.
"Extreme cold… Absolute frost… Eternal ice! If I so desire, I can return all living things to the primordial state of absolute zero, transforming the entire world into a part of my frozen kingdom!"
As one of the supreme Kings standing on the same level as Utgarda, Ice King Nidhogg couldn't be judged by ordinary standards.
Even something as outrageous as plunging the entire Earth into an icy hell was not beyond the realm of possibility for her.
Hoshino frowned.
"So you can freeze the entire world on a whim? That's completely absurd!"
"But… if you two, Kaiba Man and Hoshino, can give me the excitement I've been missing through this Duel… then I won't freeze the world."
She smiled sweetly.
"I'll just freeze the two of you instead and keep you here with me in this frozen kingdom~"
"I have to decline that ending as well," Hoshino replied with a wry smile.
"Whether you accept it or not isn't your decision!"
"It will be decided by battle!"
Having completed her Summon, the dragon maiden immediately entered the Battle Phase and declared an attack with True King of All Calamities.
On Hoshino and Kaiba Man's field, Deep-Eyes White Dragon possessed 4500 ATK, while Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon had 3000 DEF.
That left only Heroic Spirit – Sir Lancelot of the Round Table, with his 2100 ATK.
"Bring forth the calamity of destruction! Law Beast!"
A sphere of annihilating energy exploded across the battlefield as the law-beast's attack engulfed Heroic Spirit – Sir Lancelot of the Round Table, destroying him instantly.
[Hoshino & Kaiba Man LP 8000 → 7100]
"The moment Lancelot is destroyed, I activate my Set Trap Card — Imaginary Around!"
Flipping over her face-down card, Hoshino activated the proof of imaginary freedom amid the explosion.
[Imaginary Around – Trap Card Effect: When a monster you control is destroyed by battle: Special Summon 1 "Heroic Spirit" monster from your Deck whose original Level is 1 higher or 1 lower than that monster's. Then, end the Battle Phase.]
"The imaginary numbers of shadow become the wind that races freely!"
"Since the Level 7 Lancelot was destroyed, I Special Summon the Level 8 Heroic Spirit – Oda Nobunaga from my Deck!"
Blazing flames erupted within the frozen kingdom.
Planting her longsword into the ice, the materialized Oda Nobunaga threw her head back and laughed.
"Hahahaha… Gah!?"
Before she could finish laughing, an overwhelming chill instantly froze her solid, along with the flames at her feet, turning her into an ice sculpture that looked more like a comedy prop than a legendary Heroic Spirit.
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