Chapter 109

The tag duel finally reached the Mathematician.

When it was the Mathematician's turn, he drew a card slowly from the deck, and then laughed he-he-he.

Tenjou Hikari had never seen the Mathematician's deck, so he was also very curious, not knowing what the Mathematician would use.

Amazoness Empress also glanced over at the Mathematician.

A magician from the Village of the Spellcasters, should be from that famous research center, right?

She recalled the information about the Village of the Spellcasters and made her own judgment.

Subsequently, she also sized up the Mathematician's "power."

As a teammate, she could roughly sense the teammate's "spirit power level."

Should be... Seven Stars?

Different from the badge star level, the badge star level is just a different level selected by the GX tournament; even duelists of different star levels can have completely equal spirit power—for example, her power is actually at the same level as that perfumer in the forest zone, both are 8-star level.

Seven-star level is already a very excellent spirit, so she was relatively satisfied that Misawa invited a spirit of this level as a duelist and her teammate.

The next question is whether this Mathematician will use his "full strength."

"Oh ho ho..." The Mathematician looked at the cards in his hand, slowly inserted a card into the duel disk, "Spell Card, Mystical Space Typhoon, destroy Amazoness Hot Spring."

A typhoon swept past, and with a bang, Amazoness Hot Spring was shattered.

The first card, so-so, ordinary.

The Empress observed.

"Then... Normal Summon this in defense position." The Mathematician coughed and placed a card horizontally on the duel disk, "Magical Scientist."

!!!????

Under Tenjou Hikari's shocked gaze, an oily, bald doctor with his hands in his pockets and wearing gold and silver appeared on the field.

Magical Scientist, Level 1, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, DEF 300.

"1-star monster?"

"DEF 300?"

Some students who had been nervous before saw this monster appear and laughed immediately.

What is this, isn't this just a small fry?

"Haha, Misawa seems to be sensible after all!"

"We can leave now, free 4-star seal in hand!"

The Empress also frowned, looking at the spirit beside her in confusion.

What does this mean?

Acting on purpose?

On the other side, Tierra had noticed that Tenjou Hikari's hand was already pressed tightly against the duel disk, looking very nervous.

What is the situation?

When dueling Thelonius Viper, he didn't look this nervous, did he?

Nervous?

Nervous is right!

Because the one in front of him is the second strongest monster in Yu-Gi-Oh! history!

"Magical Scientist's effect: pay 1000 life points, directly Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster of Level 6 or lower from your Extra Deck. This Fusion Monster cannot attack directly and returns to the Extra Deck during the end phase."

"Wait!" Tenjou Hikari didn't hesitate at all, "The moment you activate the effect, I chain to your activation and activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, Resh Shaddoll Incarnation!"

Seeing Magical Scientist activate its effect, Tenjou Hikari didn't dare to be slow at all and immediately chained to activate it.

"Fuse Hell Hound Pterodactyl on the field and Shaddoll Lizard in my hand!"

"The fusion condition is a Shaddoll monster and a Dark Attribute monster!"

Tenjou Hikari extremely quickly put the cards in his hand and on the field into the graveyard, pointing at the sky:

"Listen!

God's voice, God's language, understand and analyze,

This order from God!"

"Fusion Summon!"

"Level 5—"

"El Shaddoll Midrash!!"

The green-haired magician slowly fell from the purple halo and stood quietly in the middle.

God does not allow you to continue to Special Summon Fusion Monsters from the Extra Deck anymore!

El Shaddoll Midrash, Level 5, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, ATK 2200.

"Then, I pay 1000 life points to Special Summon, Dark Flare Knight."

"Eh eh eh—"

"Eh?"

The familiar black-armored knight appeared on the Mathematician's field; the students around all exclaimed, and even in Tenjou Hikari's deck, there was a sound of suspicion.

What's wrong, is it popular to do the opposite today?

Dark Flare Knight, Level 6, Dark Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 2200.

"Midrash is on the field, both sides can only Special Summon 1 monster per turn!" Tenjou Hikari shouted when he saw this monster appear, and then continued to process the effect in the graveyard, "In addition, Shaddoll Lizard's effect: when this card is sent to the graveyard by an effect, send 1 [Shaddoll] card from the deck to the graveyard; I send Shaddoll Dragon from the deck to the graveyard."

Tenjou Hikari opened his deck, sent one of the dragon-type Shaddolls to the graveyard, then coughed and pointed at the card beside Amazoness Curse Mirror: "When Shaddoll Dragon is sent to the graveyard by an effect, you can destroy 1 Spell/Trap card on the field!"

"Destroy the set card!"

With a bang, the card beside the Continuous Trap shattered; looking up, it was Call of the Haunted.

"As expected of Tenjou Hikari..."

"Sealing effects during the opponent's turn, and incidentally breaking the set card, allowing his teammate to fight better in the next turn."

"Sure enough, the answer to fusion is still Tenjou Hikari."

The answer to fusion?

Tenjou Hikari frowned.

The answer is on the opposite side!

Amazoness Empress frowned slightly.

Up to this point in the turn, she was very dissatisfied.

The point she was even more dissatisfied with was that the male human opposite appeared quite vigilant, as if in his eyes, her field was nothing, while the Mathematician was terrifying—is this acting for me to see?

If he thinks this can trick me into accepting, then he is too naive.

"Ho ho ho ho," on the other side, the Mathematician stroked his beard and nodded gently, "As expected of Tenjou Hikari, he realized the problem immediately, hehehe..."

What kind of riddle?

The Empress became even more dissatisfied.

"Then, let's fight—Empress, please defeat that fallen angel."

"Heh, alright!" The Empress didn't mind either, swung the great blade in her hand, and rushed toward Construct.

It cannot be destroyed by battle/effects, so Construct's effect is invalid against it, meaning the battle will proceed normally.

And at the same time, because it cannot be destroyed by battle, even if the ATK is the same, only Construct will be destroyed.

Seeing the giant that reached the sky shatter, Tenjou Hikari didn't mind either, but continued to activate the effect: "When Construct is sent to the graveyard, you can recycle a Shaddoll Spell/Trap card from the graveyard; I take Resh Shaddoll Incarnation back to my hand."

"Tsk, that deck-fusion spell again?"

"Then..." The Mathematician stroked his beard, "It's about time to make a move—Dark Flare Knight attacks Midrash."

Dark Flare Knight and Midrash had the same ATK, but neither had an effect that prevented them from being destroyed by battle, so after the two monsters stalemated for a while, they all turned into light spots.

"Because Midrash disappeared, I can continue to Special Summon, and therefore, I can activate Dark Flare Knight's effect." The Mathematician stroked his beard and said, "Dark Flare Knight's effect: activate when this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard. Special Summon 1 Mirage Knight from your hand or deck."

"...Midrash's effect: when sent to the graveyard, recycle a Shaddoll Spell/Trap card from the graveyard; I choose Resh Shaddoll Incarnation."

Tenjou Hikari supplemented his hand, knowing there was no way to stop the Mathematician anymore, and could only watch the Mathematician operate.

Following Dark Flare Knight's cracking, a shining knight emerged from its body, waving a golden scythe, like a hero in mythology.

Mirage Knight, Level 8, Light Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 2800.

"ATK 2800, same as me." The Empress looked at the card beside her and nodded gently.

This is barely acceptable—

"Because it was Special Summoned during the battle phase, Mirage Knight can continue to attack; attack the Empress in attack position—at this moment, Mirage Knight's effect activates."

The Mathematician tapped his staff gently: "Mirage Knight only increases its ATK by the original ATK of the opponent's monster during damage calculation when battling an opponent's monster."

"Eh?"

"Ah!?"

To reduce the piercing damage caused by the Empress, Amazoness Queen was in attack position—

But this way, normal battle would also take damage!

Mirage Knight, ATK: 2800→5200.

Mirage Knight appeared in front of the Queen; its body flashed with the Queen's figure, and the Queen wanted to counterattack, but for some reason, she slashed at herself.

"Tsk..." Gloria had to endure the impact of this attack.

Gloria & Tenjou Hikari, LP: 8000→5200.

Tenjou Hikari let out a long breath.

Seeing Tenjou Hikari let out a breath, Gloria frowned; on the other side, although Grace had been joking about pushing her sister to duel, she had been watching very carefully, and a flash of lightning suddenly crossed her mind, and she suddenly realized the severity of the previous situation!

"Wait—Magical Scientist's effect can be activated at will." Grace supported her right elbow with her left hand, tapped her cheek gently with her right hand, and thought, "Dark Flare Knight's effect is also not once per turn.

If there hadn't been Midrash before, Magical Scientist could have activated its effect 3 times, Special Summoned three Dark Flare Knights, and then used the self-destruction method to hit the Queen; it would only have cost a total of 3600 life points to Special Summon three Mirage Knights..."

"Ah?"

"Yes! Right, right, right, right!"

"Hiss————"

Finally, everyone and every spirit present realized the "terror" of Magical Scientist, and Tenjou Hikari's quick "reaction."

The Empress calculated it casually in her heart and knew the answer—although Mirage Knight battles monsters, it's actually no different from a direct attack.

And Mirage Knight's ATK is 2800; three attacking together is 8400!

Eight thousand life points gone in a flash?? If Magical Scientist's effect couldn't be used during the battle phase, the turn would have ended!

She looked at the spirit beside her who looked like a kind old man with a white beard in shock, finally realizing his power, and going a step further, she immediately turned back to look at Tenjou Hikari.

So, he had thought of this situation earlier than everyone else present?!

Understanding the situation when even I, his teammate, didn't understand it?!