Chapter 147

"My turn, draw."

Aster drew a card and immediately played one: "Normal Summon, Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude!"

The classic opening of Diamond Dude.

Just like Judai's classic opening of Bubbleman draw 2, Aster's classic opening was Diamond Dude appearing and milling a card.

Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude, Level 4, DARK, Warrior-Type, ATK 1400.

"Diamond Dude's monster effect, check the top card of the deck. If it's a Normal Spell card, send that card to the Graveyard, and activate the effect of that card next turn!"

Aster picked up the top card of the deck, scanned it, flipped it over, and showed it: "Normal Spell card, Destiny Draw, send to the Graveyard, activate next turn."

"Ho ho, Destiny Draw, huh?" Sartorius's smile remained.

"Activate Spell card, Polymerization!"

"Fusion Summon by sending Diamond Dude on the field and Destiny HERO - Divine Guy in my hand to the Graveyard!"

"Destiny HERO - Dystopia!"

The classic high-tech super-powered hero jumped high onto the field after the two monsters fused and punched in place.

Destiny HERO - Dystopia, Level 8, DARK, Warrior-Type, ATK 2800.

"Activate Dystopia's monster effect. When this card is Special Summoned, target 1 Level 4 or lower [Destiny HERO] in my Graveyard to activate. Inflict damage to the opponent equal to that monster's ATK!

I want to choose, Divine Guy!"

"Oppressive Palm!"

Dystopia jumped and leaped in front of Sartorius.

Sartorius LP: 4000 -> 2400.

"Set one card, end turn!"

A standard turn.

Tenjou Hikari looked at this opening and nodded gently in his heart.

Dystopia's effect was quite powerful in this world. There weren't many cards in this world that could interfere with the opponent's monsters during the opponent's turn. Dystopia's 2800 ATK and destruction effect made it quite easy for him to produce effects.

Besides that, its own burn ability wasn't bad, and it could even deal 4000 damage in one turn if lucky, which was actually quite good as Aster's "ace."

He looked at the opponent.

Arcana Force...

It should be quite hard to fight this kind of Destiny HERO state.

Honestly, Tenjou Hikari didn't really want Aster and Sartorius to duel, because Aster lost to Sartorius in the original work.

But—

This wasn't a big deal.

Just like Judai defeated Instructor Daitokuji in the original work, but in this world, Instructor Daitokuji defeated Judai.

The outcome of a duel had no inevitability.

Although he was worried about Aster's failure, no matter the reason, he supported Aster in making a decision with Sartorius.

Transcend your own destiny!

"My turn, draw!"

Sartorius drew a card violently.

Following his draw, the walls of the high tower opened completely, and pure white light shone on the entire station. Sartorius looked at the card in his hand, the corners of his mouth raised, and hot air seemed to be coming out of his mouth.

"Destiny HERO - Dystopia, that's a powerful card that can destroy opponent's monsters during the opponent's turn." He looked at the card in his hand and couldn't help but praise it.

Aster didn't reply, watching the opponent vigilantly.

"However, no matter how strong a monster is, as long as it doesn't exist, it's useless!"

"Activate Spell card, Sword of X!"

A giant card illustration of a Spell card appeared before him, then began to rotate slowly, making "ding" "ding" clanking sounds.

"The effect of Sword of X, rotate the card. If it's in the upright position, destroy all monsters on the opponent's field; if it's in the reverse position, destroy all monsters on your own field!"

"Tsk..." Aster looked at this rotating card, feeling somewhat annoyed.

"Come on, Aster, choose." Sartorius said, "Say [Stop] and the card will stop!"

Ding—ding—

Watching the card rotate, the card illustration was upright for a while and reversed for a while. Aster shouted: "Stop!"

The rotation speed of the card slowed down, gradually stopped rotating, and seemed to be about to stop.

"Naturally—"

"Upright position!!"

Clang!

The card stopped, upright!

Sartorius raised his voice and shouted loudly: "The effect of Sword of X in the upright position, destroy all monster cards on your field!"

A sword flew out of the card, rotated in the sky for a moment, and pierced directly into Dystopia's chest.

Sartorius looked at the clean field, and the corners of his mouth still maintained an upward curve: "Aster, this is destiny. Destiny chose you and me, and following destiny is our destiny!"

"Following destiny?" Aster recalled the things in his mind, recalled the duel with Tenjou Hikari a few days ago, and his attitude became increasingly firm, "No, changing destiny is what I should do!"

"Heh..."

Sartorius chuckled.

As expected of the person decided by [The Hierophant] destiny.

He looked at the card in his hand. In his hand, a blank monster card lay quietly there.

"Heh ha..." The corners of his mouth kept laughing.

Although because of the surprise attack, the duel was held 1 day in advance, so he didn't complete the "ritual" he wanted to hold.

However.

When the duel started, the wheels of destiny would move forward!

Now, it was the moment when the signs of destiny appeared!

"Come on, Aster, the Light of Destruction has already shown me the future! Aster, you appearing before me now is exactly the decision of destiny!"

At the moment he was speaking.

In this station, the members of the White Society who were called to this station instinctively knelt down, surrendering to the high tower.

He raised that card without a card illustration, and light began to gather from all around, gradually illuminating the statues on the high tower.

Aster looked at this scene in surprise.

Tenjou Hikari also frowned.

Everything was different from the original work, so he could only decide based on the situation.

"It's time." Sartorius looked at his hand.

"Witness the more powerful power of destiny, Aster—Normal Summon, the fifth card of the Major Arcana, The Hierophant!"

A strange halo appeared in front of Sartorius, and limbs and bodies composed of multiple tentacles slowly manifested in the light.

A brand-new Arcana Force monster that had never appeared before was displayed before Tenjou Hikari and Aster!

What card is that?!

Tenjou Hikari thought in surprise at the first moment.

"Hmm, it's quite interesting... is it an angel?" Tierra, who didn't know the situation and didn't know why Tenjou Hikari was surprised, looked at this mechanical angel full of alien feeling and couldn't help but evaluate it, "But it feels inferior to my Infernoid... in appearance."

"Aster, this is the card born from your [Destiny]!"

"My... destiny...?" Aster looked at the card in surprise.

Arcana Force V - The Hierophant, Level 4, LIGHT, Angel-Type, ATK 1500.

Subsequently, the card of The Hierophant appeared in front of Sartorius, and the card began to rotate automatically. Aster found an opportunity and shouted "Stop"!

The card slowed down automatically, and then paused!

Clang!

The head of the card was facing down, it was the reverse position!

Aster couldn't help but clench his fists, slightly excited: "How about it, Sartorius? Your destiny is not always as you think!"

"No—Aster!!" Sartorius's smile became somewhat ferocious, "This is the [correct] position!"

"The effect of The Hierophant in the reverse position, Special Summon 1 Arcana Force monster of your choice from your deck to the opponent's field!!"

"What?" Aster was stunned for a moment.

"Witness it, the last card of the Major Arcana!

Arcana Force XXI—

The World!"