Chapter 341: My Symbol! (Daily ten thousand, please vote for monthly tickets)

Chimerafflesia was destroyed by Dystopia, and after that, Aster turned his gaze to Fighting Flame Dragon.

He didn't know what effect this monster had.

But there was one thing Aster was clear about.

That was—

It was FIRE attribute.

A FIRE Fusion monster, the Fusion materials were a FIRE Warrior-Type monster and a Dragon-Type monster, and it also looked very much like Flame Swordsman.

Clearly, it was another card related to Flame Swordsman.

He could choose not to attack here.

However, in the next turn, there would still be a FIRE Fusion monster on Astray Kō's field, because in the Preparation Phase of the next turn, Flame Swordsman, who had been sent to the "future" by him, would return to Astray Kō's field.

Since that was the case, just attack.

"Plasma attacks Fighting Flame Dragon!"

Fighting Flame Dragon was bitten by Plasma's right hand and then torn into pieces.

"Then Special Summon, Flame Swordsman."

The golden-armored swordsman reincarnated several times and appeared on Astray Kō's field once again.

Flame Swordsman, Level 8, FIRE, Warrior-Type, ATK 2800.

"End turn."

"My turn—draw." Astray Kō's turn.

He glanced at his hand, Substitution Fusion?

He frowned.

Not very suitable.

"At this instant, the effect of Predaplant Chimerafflesia activates! If this card is sent to the Graveyard, activate it during the next Preparation Phase. Add 1 Spell/Trap Card with 【Fusion】 in its name from the Deck to the hand."

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"A monster effect that can search for Fusion at will!"

"It's truly the most suitable card for Astray Kō."

"Wow—although it's the second time I've seen it, it still makes people sigh that Astray Kō's pursuit of Fusion has reached this point..."

In fact, Astray Kō might not be able to get a Fusion monster with Fusion in its name for a while.

It's a pity that Astray Kō can't use it yet.

"I add Fusion Recycling Plant from the Deck to my hand. Then, activate it."

*Rumble—*

A Fusion-exclusive field that many duelists were familiar with appeared around them.

Astray Kō could actually choose other more useful cards, but compared to those, now, it was better to redraw cards.

"Activate the effect of Fusion Recycling Plant, discard one card, and add one Fusion from the Deck/Graveyard to the hand."

Astray Kō took a Fusion from the Deck into his hand.

"Then, in the Graveyard, the effect of Substitution Fusion, return Predaplant Chimerafflesia from the Graveyard to the Extra Deck, draw one card."

Astray Kō drew a card.

Re-Fusion.

That's fine, so I don't need to use Dragon's Mirror.

"Tiera?"

"Ha... are you doubting me?" Tiera replied with dissatisfaction.

All preparations were ready!

"Then come—"

"Enter the Battle Phase!!"

Astray Kō shouted again: "Use Flame Swordsman to attack Plasma!"

"Ah? Isn't this suicide?"

"Yeah, although Plasma's ATK is only 1900, Aster Phoenix can activate his effect!"

That's right—

The effect of Departed could be activated again!

However, the problem was also here!

If Aster activated the effect of Departed at this time, with only one card in his hand, he had no way to discard the Destiny HERO in his hand. At that time, the monster effect on Astray Kō's field would return!

But—if he didn't activate it, Astray Kō using Flame Swordsman to attack Plasma was also a certain death situation!

Because he no longer had a future, and what he could rely on was only Plasma! If he lost Plasma again...

Inside this card, his father's soul was still alive.

"Activate the monster effect of Destiny HERO Departed! Discard one card from my hand, send 1 Destiny HERO monster from the Deck to the Graveyard! Increase the ATK of all Destiny HEROes on the field by 1600!"

Plasma, ATK: 1900 → 3500.

"But, in this way, you must also shuffle the deck! Aster!"

Astray Kō grasped the core point and pointed at Aster: "When you operate the Deck and choose a monster from it to send to the Graveyard, you must shuffle the deck!! And if you can't keep D-Force on top of the Deck after shuffling, your Plasma's effect of negating all monster effects on the field cannot be retained! Come on, Aster!

Shuffle!

Is it the decision of 【Destiny】, or your own 【Decision】!

Bet it on this shuffle!"

Shuffle!

Everyone held their breath, nervously watching Aster Phoenix. Aster looked at his Deck, seemingly a bit afraid, and also seemingly expecting.

Expecting what would happen after this "shuffle."

He picked up the Deck, didn't let the duel disk's automatic shuffling function activate, but closed his eyes and slowly shuffled his Deck.

Everyone nervously watched his hands, and the Kaiba Corporation's broadcast machine was also accurately aimed at the Deck, broadcasting the image to all parts of the station.

With Aster's shuffling, D-Force appeared on the Deck several times. Its appearance frequency was very scary. Often, Aster just shuffled it twice, and it suddenly appeared on the top.

This was the so-called "favor" of "destiny" for Aster Phoenix.

Suddenly.

Aster stopped his hand.

He instinctively swallowed a breath, then slowly opened his eyes and looked at the top of the Deck!

!!!

He widened his eyes.

He couldn't see D-Force, and even...

D-Force seemed to be inverted in color, appearing at the very bottom of his Deck!!!

"Ha!" Astray Kō laughed softly, "Battle continues!!!"

"Flame Swordsman attacks Plasma!!!"

"Illusion Mirror Flying Dragon Flame!!"

The illusion flame rushed toward the bloody warrior like a demon. The countless souls in his body attacked the illusion flame like a black hole. However, a kind of sacred power seemed to flash on the illusion flame's body, resisting the invasion of those things.

"The monster effect of Flame Swordsman! At the start of the Damage Step when this card battles an opponent's monster, I can destroy both battling monsters!"

"What?"

"That is to say—no matter what Aster does!"

"Plasma will be destroyed!"

The blue flames rushing into the sky swept onto Plasma. Subsequently, a terrifying white light erupted in the sky.

"Ah!!"

All the audience watching this duel couldn't help but scream instinctively.

And Aster, at the moment Plasma exploded, was surprised to find that he was actually in a purple space!

Where is this...

"Aster."

Suddenly, a soft call rang behind him. He widened his eyes, opened his mouth, turned his head, and looked over: "Fa... Father."

In a place he didn't know, a small figure was resting her chin on her hand, watching this scene.

As the 【God of Reincarnation and Machinery】, Tiera, exerted her 【Authority】!

Liberate the soul, make the soul reincarnate!

"Fa, Father—Father!!" Aster was so excited he could hardly speak.

"Aster, you've grown up." Aster's father looked at him, also seemingly a bit relieved, "Sorry, because of me, you've been trapped in the clock of the past."

"No, I..."

"But, now, your stopped time should move forward again!"

"Plasma, I originally thought that was a card I made, but later, when I was alive in its body, I realized I was wrong. Just like when President Pegasus made the God cards in the past, I received the revelation of the universe and created that card.

But the true form of that card was not liberated; only evil power was lodged on that card, so this situation appeared!"

"You were just trapped by my death, so you didn't notice." He hugged Aster gently, "Don't blame yourself anymore, my proudest child. Defeating D. D. and defeating the card is not killing me a second time, but thoroughly saving us souls who were swallowed.

You are a true hero, Aster!

Aster, defeat the evil and take back the true form of that card!"

Unknowingly, Aster's tears had thoroughly moistened.

The Light of Destruction struggled hard. It wanted to erode this human body incomparably, because this body had incomparable plasticity. But with the appearance of Aster's father's soul, with him telling Aster his true thoughts, this natural hero finally took back his own pride again.

Father—watch me!

The next moment, he suddenly appeared on the duel stage again. He took a deep breath, wiped his tears, but a smile hung on the corner of his mouth: "Amazing, Department Head Astray!"

"However, Flame Swordsman destroyed in this way, because it was destroyed by its own effect, so it cannot be revived!"

Indeed.

Astray Kō looked at his hand.

"Activate the Spell Card, Re-Fusion, pay 800 Life Points, revive Fighting Flame Dragon in the Graveyard."

Astray Kō LP: 2600 → 1800.

Fighting Flame Dragon, Level 5, FIRE, Dragon-Type, ATK 1700.

"Set one card, end turn."

"My turn, draw!"

"At this instant, Flame Swordsman crosses the torrent of the future and returns to my field!"

Flame Swordsman, Level 5, FIRE, Warrior-Type, DEF 1600.

Aster drew a card suddenly: "Ha, the card I drew is, Spell Card, Pot of Avarice, return 5 monster cards in the Graveyard to the Deck, draw two cards!"

"Diamond Dude, Departed, Dreadmaster, Denier... and, Destiny HERO-Plasma, return to the Deck, draw two cards!"

5 monsters returned to Aster's Deck, and his Deck began to shuffle rapidly again.

After a while, the Deck shuffle ended.

Through the color of the cards, he saw that D-Force was still at the very bottom of the Deck!

Heh.

He finished drawing the cards and looked at the two cards.

One was... a trap card with Plasma printed on it that he had never seen before.

Trap Card, Breaking Destiny!!

He clenched his fist. This must be the card his father had just placed in his Deck! This card was telling him not to give up.

Then—the other one was... the card leading to victory!

"Activate the Normal Spell Card, Pot of Desires! Target a total of two cards in my/opponent's Graveyard. Those cards return to the owner's Deck. This card is banished after activation. I return Flame Swordsman in your Graveyard and Pot of Greed in my Graveyard to the Deck! In this way, Department Head Astray, you have no way to exert the power of Dark Flare Knight after evolution!"

"Departed, attack the returning Flame Swordsman! Defeat the card that symbolizes the Department Head's soul!"

"Ha—how could I let you defeat it so easily!" Astray Kō grinned, "It is, the card that crossed time, the future, crossed countless hardships, and got to know me, representing the starting point of my 【Fusion】!

It 【is】 my 【Ace Monster】!"

"Activate Trap Card—Fusion Copy!"

The trap card slowly flipped open, with the scene of Magical Scientist and his creation of Instant Fusion printed on it.

Aster was slightly stunned.

"This card can only be activated once per turn. Target 1 【Fusion】 Normal or Quick-Play Spell Card in your or your opponent's Graveyard. Banish that Spell Card, and apply that Spell Card's effect when activated."

"My Graveyard." Aster looked at his Graveyard.

Could it be!

"That's right, Aster—what I want to choose is, your 【Fusion】!"

"Destiny, HERO, these are all fine, I don't care, but you have long been a member of my Fusion Department, and you have long been my friend! So, now, let me use your 【Fusion】!"

"Activate the effect of Fusion Copy, copy Fusion!"

"Fusion Flame Swordsman, who crossed 【Destiny】, and Fighting Flame Dragon!"

The fire dragon spun crazily on Flame Swordsman's body.

"Those two Fusion monsters are starting to fuse??"

"Fusion of Fusion monsters..."

"Continuing the fusion of Fighting Flame Dragon, which was fused from Flame Swordsman?"

Countless people swallowed their saliva, waiting for this scene.

This time, Flame Swordsman was not as unrefined as before. He slowly raised his right hand, which was already several times wider than an ordinary Flame Swordsman's greatsword. The armor on his body slowly cracked, and then he was covered in wider and more vivid armor.

Just like Tiera said, he and the illusion flame should have been able to evolve long ago.

The illusion flame didn't want to evolve into a monster other than a Fusion monster, becoming a Fusion support monster.

And Flame Sword was because the energy was too huge!

"The Fusion requirements are... 【Flame Swordsman】 and 【Fighting Flame Dragon】!"

Aster was surprised: "Fusion specifying Fusion materials?"

Astray Kō seemed to have not used this kind of Fusion monster for a long time.

However—

This is exactly what Fusion looked like at the beginning!

Astray Kō raised his hands, flames burned on his hands, and then he clenched his hands tightly.

"Swordsman who controls flames, fire dragon who controls the greatsword!"

"Gather the power of Fusion, turn into a brand new posture, and guard by my side!"

"My most trusted partner—"

"Fusion Summon!

My partner, my friend, my symbol!"

"Level 8! Ultimate Flame Swordsman!"

*Boom!!! *

The flames rushed into the sky, burning away all the blood color!

Ultimate Flame Swordsman, Level 8, FIRE, Warrior-Type, ATK 2800!

Looking at the raging longsword, the giant dragon circling the swordsman, and the determined face of the swordsman, Aster was a little dazed for a while.

【I chose Fusion, you chose HERO, we are not different.】

He seemed to hear such a voice.

"Ha..." That's right—

He suddenly remembered.

Did he choose HERO because of his father's death?

No, he was just a child, holding HERO cards and playing happily, when his father went to create Destiny HEROes!

"2800... huh, battle continues, Departed attacks Ultimate Flame Swordsman!!"

He faced the raging fire, laughing: "Activate Departed's effect, discard one card, send 1 Destiny HERO from the Deck to the Graveyard, increase its ATK by 800!"

Departed, ATK: 2000 → 2800.

"The ATK also reached 2800!"

"Wow..."

Although the ATK was both 2800, the two played special effects that the surrounding audience couldn't believe.

Accompanied by Aster's shout, Departed threw away all the chains that had been wrapped around his body. At this moment, he finally no longer chose to hide himself!

And the power of that hero thoroughly bloomed on him, turning into rainbow-like brilliance, attacking Ultimate Flame Swordsman.

At this moment, even facing a more powerful warrior, he had to try his best!

This is the hero of 【Departed】!

"Ha..." Astray Kō also smiled back, "Then, Aster, I will also counterattack! At the start of the Damage Step when Ultimate Flame Swordsman battles, ATK is doubled, and it is destroyed in the End Phase!"

"It's actually doubled?" Aster was slightly stunned.

Ultimate Flame Swordsman, ATK: 2800 → 5600.

"Wow!! 5600!"

"Surpassed Five-Headed Dragon!!"

Countless audience members exclaimed.

From the two sides of the duel, to the impact of the duel's beliefs, to the life-and-death gossip in the professional duelist circle, and finally, to various cards that no one had ever seen before!

For the students who could only huddle in the station and didn't dare to explore outside, this duel was not only fun, but even encouraged them!

In this way, the ATK of Ultimate Flame thoroughly surpassed Departed!

"It doesn't matter, continue attacking, Departed, let him see our spirit!"

"Counterattack! Flame Sword!"

*Boom—*

Like a comet hitting the earth, the weapons of the two warriors collided. The wild wind greatsword in Departed's hand spun crazily, wanting to blow away the flames, while Flame Swordsman's flames were like undying fire—the more it was blown, the more prosperous the fire! Finally, the flames passed through Departed and spread to Aster's body.

Aster, LP: 2400 → 0.

Ha—

Aster laughed again.

He felt his heart beating wildly.

Subsequently, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Really, what exactly was he so passionate about.

(End of chapter)