Chapter 351: The Correct Position!

"My turn, draw."

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

The classic opening with Diamond Dude.

Just like Judai's classic opening of Bubbleman to draw two, Edo's classic opening was to bring out Diamond Dude and mill a card.

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

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

Edo picked up the top card of his deck, glanced at it, and flipped it over to show: "Destiny Draw, a Normal Spell Card. I send it to the Graveyard to activate it next turn."

"Ho ho, Destiny Draw, is it?" The smile on Saiou's face remained unchanged.

"I activate the Spell Card, Polymerization!"

"I send Diamond Dude on my field and Destiny HERO - Celestial from my hand to the Graveyard, Fusion Summon!"

"Destiny HERO - Dystopia!"

The classic high-tech psychic hero leaped onto the field after the two monsters fused, throwing a punch in place.

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

"Dystopia's monster effect: When this card is Special Summoned, I can target 1 Level 4 or lower 'Destiny HERO' monster in my Graveyard. Inflict damage to you equal to that monster's ATK!"

"I choose Celestial!"

"Oppressive Palm!"

Dystopia leaped forward, landing right in front of Saiou.

Saiou LP: 4000 → 2400.

"I set one card and end my turn!"

A standard turn.

Tenjou Hikari watched this opening and nodded slightly to himself.

Dystopia's effect was still quite powerful in this world; there weren't many monsters in this world capable of interfering with the opponent during their turn, so Dystopia's 2800 ATK and destruction effect made it quite easy to exert pressure.

Besides that, its burn damage wasn't bad either; with a bit of luck, it could even wipe out 4000 Life Points in one turn. As Edo's "ace," it was actually quite good.

He looked at the opponent.

Arcana Force...

It should be quite difficult to fight against Destiny HEROes in this state.

Honestly, Tenjou Hikari didn't really want Edo to duel Saiou, because Edo had lost to Saiou in the original work.

But—

That wasn't a big deal.

Just like how Judai defeated Professor Dadesi in the original work, but in this world, Professor Dadesi had defeated Judai.

There was no certainty in the outcome of a duel.

Although he worried about Edo failing, for whatever reason, he supported Edo in settling the score with Saiou.

To transcend his own destiny!

"My turn, draw!"

Saiou drew sharply.

As he drew, the walls of the tower opened completely, and pure white light shone throughout the entire station. Saiou looked at the card in his hand, the corners of his mouth curling up; scorching heat seemed to be rising from his mouth, as if he were a demon living in the sulfurous flames of hell.

"Destiny HERO - Dystopia, 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.

Edo didn't respond, watching his opponent vigilantly.

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

"I activate the Spell Card, Cup of Ace!"

A giant card image appeared before him, then began to spin slowly, emitting a "ding," "ding" clanging sound.

"The effect of Cup of Ace: Spin the card. If it lands upright, I destroy all monsters on your field. If it lands reversed, I destroy all monsters on my field!"

"Tsk..." Edo looked at the spinning card, feeling slightly irritated.

"Come, Edo, choose." Saiou said, "Say 'Stop' and the card will stop!"

Ding—ding—

Watching the card spin, the artwork flipping between upright and reversed, Edo shouted, "Stop!"

The card's rotation slowed down, gradually coming to a halt.

"Naturally—"

"Upright!!"

Clang!

The card stopped, upright!

Saiou raised his voice and shouted, "The effect of Cup of Ace upright: Destroy all monster cards on your field!"

A sword flew out from the card, spun in the air for a moment, and plunged directly into Dystopia's chest.

Saiou looked at the empty field, his smile still maintained: "Edo, this is destiny. Destiny chose you and me, and following destiny is our destiny!"

"Following destiny?" Edo recalled the events 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..."

Saiou chuckled.

As expected of the person determined by the "Hierophant" destiny.

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

"Heh ha..." He couldn't stop laughing.

Although he had been ambushed and the duel was held one day early, he hadn't completed the "ritual" he wanted to perform.

However.

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

Now was the moment when the signs of destiny appeared!

"Come, Edo, the Light of Ruin has already shown me the future! Edo, that you appear before me now is the decision of destiny!"

At the moment he spoke.

Within this station, the members of the Society of Light who had been summoned to this station instinctively knelt and bowed to the tower.

He held up the card without artwork, and light began to converge from all around, gradually illuminating the statue on the tower.

Edo watched this scene in shock.

Tenjou Hikari also frowned.

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

"It is time." Saiou looked at his hand.

"Witness the power of a greater destiny, Edo—I Normal Summon, the fifth card of the Major Arcana, The Hierophant!"

A strange halo appeared before Saiou, and a body composed of multiple tentacles and limbs slowly manifested in the light.

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

What card is that?!

Tenjou Hikari thought in surprise for the first time.

"Hmm, it's quite interesting... an angel?" Tierra, who didn't know why Tenjou Hikari was surprised, looked at this alien-looking mechanical angel and couldn't help but comment, "But it feels... inferior to my Infernoid... in appearance."

"Edo, this is the card born from your 'destiny'!"

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

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

Then, the card of The Hierophant appeared before Saiou, and the card began to spin automatically. Edo seized the opportunity and shouted "Stop!"

The card slowed down automatically, then stopped!

Clang!

The card was upside down—it was reversed!

Edo couldn't help but clench his fists, slightly excited: "How about that, Saiou? Your destiny isn't always as you wish!"

"No—Edo!!" The smile on Saiou's face became somewhat ferocious, "This is the 'correct' position!"

"The monster effect of The Hierophant reversed: Special Summon 1 'Arcana Force' monster of your choice from your deck to your opponent's field!!"

"What?" Edo was stunned for a moment.

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

Arcana Force XXI—

The World!"

(End of Chapter)