Chapter 14

Amidst the discussions of countless spirits, the turn came to Jūdai.

He looked at his hand, feeling conflicted.

"Jūdai, no matter what, you absolutely cannot let the Envoy of the Beginning flip over!"

"I understand!"

The Envoy of the Beginning possesses the effect to banish monsters directly or attack twice; no matter what, he cannot be allowed to stand back up easily!

Otherwise, it would be nearly impossible for them to win!

But—the Envoy of the Beginning has 2500 DEF!

He isn't that easy to deal with!

"In that case, I activate the Spell Card, Polymerization! I fuse Avian and Burstinatrix from my hand—" Having seen the Flame Wingman display its might earlier, he was already excited, and now that he had finally drawn the Fusion Materials and needed a high-ATK monster, he certainly wouldn't hesitate!

"Fusion Summon, Flame Wingman!"

Flame Wingman, Level 6, WIND, Warrior, ATK 2100.

"Hahaha, Flame Wingman? Brother, isn't that you?" Seeing Flame Wingman appear, Gaia laughed heartily and asked Avian, who was beside him.

"... It's just a mere facade." Avian crossed his arms in front of his chest and said calmly, "Jūdai, if you only see the glamour of a hero and not the darkness and pain behind them, you can never become a true hero."

"Uh, what does that mean?" Hearing Avian's words, Jūdai was momentarily confused.

How did it sound like he knew him?

"Besides, it's only 2100 ATK. You want to defeat Lord Chaos Soldier? Are you dreaming?" Gaia continued.

"Heh heh, a hero must have a stage for a hero's battle. I activate the Field Spell Card, Skyscraper!"

Here it comes!

Tiancheng suddenly felt a surge of passion on the sidelines.

The classic "3000-Killer" had appeared!

Skyscraper is a Field Spell that allows an Elemental HERO to gain 1000 ATK when attacking a monster with higher ATK than itself. For Flame Wingman, who has 2100 ATK, this card allows him to easily defeat any monster with 3000 or less ATK!

"Relying on the field to defeat Lord Chaos Soldier? A nice idea, but—too naive! I activate the Trap Card, Ring of Destruction!"

Holy crap, a Forbidden card!

Although in Tiancheng's world, this card had its effect changed and was removed from the Forbidden list, in this world, this thing hadn't been changed yet!

"Select one monster on the field, destroy it, and inflict damage to both players equal to that monster's ATK!"

A giant ring flew out from the card and wrapped around Flame Wingman. Immediately after, with a "Boom—", Flame Wingman was instantly blown into dust!

Tiancheng & Jūdai: 4300→2200.

Avian & Gaia LP 5500→3400.

"Oh no..." Seeing this, Jūdai immediately became nervous.

On the other side, Avian was even making snide remarks: "Heh, if it were Dark Fusion, this would never have happened."

Jūdai looked distressed, and Avian pressed his advantage, continuing: "A hero isn't just about glamour; darkness is what represents a hero's strength!"

Jūdai felt a bit panicked. He wasn't afraid of being stuck here; he was just worried that the new friend he had finally invited would be stuck here because of him...

"Don't listen to him, Jūdai!" Tiancheng shouted from the side, "Avian! Stop spouting nonsense. Everyone has the right to pursue what they want! To me, the pinnacle of Fusion is my goal, and to Jūdai, a hero is a hero!"

Avian looked displeased and quite annoyed.

"There's no need to force your ideas onto him!

Jūdai, use my card!"

Use your card!?

A shout brought Jūdai back to reality. He looked at the field, instantly regained his composure, realized what to do, and flashed a brilliant smile again: "Haha, it's actually this card—haha, Tiancheng, did you prepare this specifically!?"

"Of course. I told you I was going to adjust the Deck beforehand!" Tiancheng Hikari looked at Jūdai, gave a rare, gentle smile, and gave a thumbs up, "Fusion is all-encompassing! A Tag Duel is just like Fusion!

Trusting your partner and giving them help is also a form of Fusion!"

As Tiancheng Hikari finished speaking, countless spirits were stirred with excitement.

"Wow, I've decided, I will dedicate the rest of my life to this warrior!"

"The pinnacle of Fusion, is this the pinnacle of Fusion!"

"So cool, Flame Swordsman, could you introduce me later? I'm a Fusion Monster too!"

At this very moment, there were countless warriors who, because of Tiancheng Hikari's words, were considering leaving this dimension.

Jūdai took a deep breath, looked at Avian across the field, and firmly summoned a monster: "I Normal Summon Elemental HERO Sparkman!"

Elemental HERO Sparkman, Level 4, LIGHT, Warrior, ATK 1600.

"Why summon this guy at this point?" Avian curled his lip, "If you can't deal with Lord Envoy of the Beginning this turn, next turn, I'll show you the power of Dark Fusion!"

"Eh? Avian, do you and Sparkman not get along?" Jūdai was conflicted by his opening remarks.

"Hmph, this guy is always stealing Burstinatrix's favor from me... No, why are you asking about this!" Avian blurted out.

"Eh... dark, darkness, huh..." Jūdai didn't know how to respond and could only sigh, "Then, let's take this opportunity to ease the relationship!"

"What do you mean?" Avian was a bit dazed.

"Open my face-down card! Miracle Fusion!"

"Miracle Fusion!!!"

"How can this be? Why did that Fusion maniac set one of these!!" Avian clearly recognized this card.

"Haha, Tiancheng is a Duelist who pursues the pinnacle of Fusion! It's only natural he'd have a card like this!" Jūdai shouted excitedly, then yelled, "According to this card's effect, I can banish monsters from my field and Graveyard as Fusion Materials to perform a Fusion Summon of an 【Elemental HERO】 Fusion Monster!"

"I banish Flame Wingman from my Graveyard and Sparkman from my field for the Fusion!"

"Witness the brand new form of Flame Wingman, born from the light!"

"Fusion Summon, Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman!"

The armored Flame Wingman changed from WIND to the LIGHT attribute, symbolizing Sparkman, and his ATK reached 2500!

"For every monster in my Graveyard, Shining Flare Wingman gains 300 ATK! I have three Elemental HEROes in my Graveyard! Avian, Burstinatrix, and Clayman!"

Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman, Level 8, LIGHT, Warrior, ATK 3400!

"Oh... oh no..." Avian stepped back in distress, "Shining Flare Wingman, it inherited my ability..."

"That's right, after destroying a monster in battle, it inflicts damage to the opponent equal to its ATK!" Jūdai pointed at the hero radiating light in the sky, "Chaos Soldier has 3800 ATK. When they battle, Shining Flare Wingman's ATK will reach 4400!"

"Our Life Points are only 3400!!" After Avian realized this, he angrily said to Gaia, "You guy, why did you use Ring of Destruction? Wouldn't it have been better to use it in the Battle Phase! Now I don't even have a next turn!"

"Hey, you brat, it was clearly you, you jerk, who told me to target this human before the trial!" Gaia had his reasons, "And I had to deal with that Fusion freak named Hikari; it was hard for me too, okay!"

"Tch, if I had known, I would have gone all out—you didn't help at all, you were completely dragging me down!"

"What are you talking about? You should have used Dark Fusion on something else!!"

"Why does it feel so bright—"

"Eh?"

The two arguing spirits turned their heads, only to see the shining warrior had already arrived before them, erupting with scorching, pure white flames!

"Waaaaah—"

The flames burned instantly!

Avian & Gaia: 3400→0

"The winner, the warrior from another dimension!" Chaos Soldier slowly stood up. Brilliant light radiated from his body, and he didn't mind at all that "himself" had been destroyed, "As promised, warrior from another world, I will personally send you back to your world!"

"Wuhu! We won, that was truly an interesting duel!" Jūdai shouted excitedly.

Tiancheng Hikari also rubbed his head, watching the prison gate slowly open, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After crossing multiple death flags, they had finally won!

Looking at the many eager spirits under the stands, Tiancheng Hikari's lips couldn't help but curl up wildly; he could barely keep his expression in check.

This trip was worth it!

(End of Chapter)