Chapter 543: God!?? (4k, seeking monthly tickets)

The duel began.

The gate slowly opened automatically, completely revealing the city scene of the World of Forgetting to everyone.

An empty, dark, and bone-filled world, it seemed like a beast waiting to devour people.

Aster and Amon stood not far behind Tenjou Hikari. At this time, they also recognized each other.

The adopted son of a large conglomerate, a star on the professional field, these two terms seemed to have no intersection, but whether it was Aster or Amon, both were very clear that the fact that they could arrive at the gate almost at the same time meant that they probably had no difference in "power."

This also made Aster vaguely interested.

Before coming here, Sartorius told him that he would start his new stage of becoming stronger here. He was very curious about what kind of situation would make him stronger—although he had a slight good impression of Eko, no matter what, Aster was still a standard upright gentleman. After slightly contacting the two, he instantly cut off the slight thoughts that had arisen in his heart.

He was more curious about how this match would proceed.

The duel had already begun, but for some reason, that huge spirit did not move, but continued to scrutinize Tenjou Hikari.

And Tenjou Hikari was also looking at the card in his hand in surprise, seemingly very unexpected.

The spirit scrutinized Tenjou Hikari and slowly spoke: "It seems that you are not angry or disgusted, only confused."

"I'm just a bit surprised."

Surprised?

What's the situation?

Two duelists looked at Tenjou Hikari at the same time.

"When you come to this world, when you sink into this abyss, and walk toward the gate of this Underworld under darkness and pressure, the monsters in your deck are being slowly replaced—"

There's such a thing!?

The two hurriedly opened their decks and found that the monsters in their decks had indeed become Normal Monsters!

"How could this be!?" Aster exclaimed.

"I actually didn't notice at all—" Amon also said in disbelief.

"Rest assured, your monsters have not been truly replaced, but have been hidden in the backup cards by the spirits here."

The two immediately took out the waist bags behind them, found their monsters, and only then breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they came here to find forgotten spirits, it was impossible to throw away their own cards. What would that be called?

"If you want to prove yourself, if you want to prove your determination, then you must use your own actions to prove it. If you cannot do it, then I will give you the most painful curse—

No matter who you duel, at the critical moment, you will never draw the card you want most."

Wow...

Several people looked at it, looking surprised.

Can it even do this?

This spirit, its strength is actually this high?

"Can only these monsters be used in the duel?" Eko looked at Amon's deck.

Fighting with these weak monster cards that have no special abilities?

She was somewhat worried.

"No—perhaps this is the right way." Amon looked at the monsters in his hand. "If you want to save the spirits and make their resentment and pain disappear, what you should do is be in the same situation as them... I understand."

Amon pondered.

"Oh, you want to save the spirits here and make their pain and resentment disappear?" Aster heard Amon's words and could not help but become interested. "Interesting, if it can really be done, then it can be called a heroic act."

Subsequently, he could not help but shake his head with a smile: "Although it looks like a very serious test, in reality... for the Department Head, it should have almost no impact, right?"

Almost no impact?

The other two looked at Tenjou Hikari.

Tenjou Hikari nodded: "That's right, as long as 【Fusion】 is there, no matter what it is, it doesn't matter!"

"It seems that the humans who came to this world this time are all guys with some faith, not guys just making up the numbers." The huge spirit scrutinized all the humans again, subsequently slowly raised its right hand, and praised.

"Then, let's see if you have any real skills. My turn, draw card.

Normal Summon, myself—"

Summoning himself right away!?

Several people were startled.

They were also people who had been through many battles and had adventured and dueled in many dimensions. They naturally knew that spirits would summon themselves in duels. On one hand, that was the card they were most familiar with, and on the other hand, summoning themselves would also increase their dueling power, allowing them to draw and use more powerful cards, thereby enhancing their dueling strength.

But summoning himself right away...

"Attack Position Summon, Dark-Magic-Lion Wizard."

A spirit wearing a cloak, a size smaller, jumped forward and jumped onto the field.

Who!?

A group of people exclaimed in their hearts at the same time.

Even Tenjou Hikari was taken aback when he heard it.

Called what!?

Lion Wizard!?

God!?

Looking closely again, that monster wearing a cloak and using magic, wasn't it just a lion wearing a cloak?

It really was Lion Wizard!?

Can Gods also be forgotten?

Subsequently, he hurriedly came back to his senses—no, this world was not his own world, and the meme of "God" did not exist in this world.

Dark-Magic-Lion Wizard, Level 4, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, ATK 1350.

"ATK is only 1350?" Eko's brows furrowed in confusion.

"Lion Wizard... is that the one, the Level 5 Spellcaster-Type monster?" Aster's knowledge was sufficiently rich, and he knew the prototype of this monster in an instant.

"It's actually Lion Wizard?" Amon was also somewhat surprised. A Level 5 monster with only 1350 ATK, yet it evolved in this world?

"But the point here shouldn't be this." Aster thought for a moment and spoke.

"Yes, that's right," Amon followed up, "because if all the monster cards in Tenjou Hikari's deck are replaced with monster cards here, then those are forgotten monsters with very ordinary ATK and DEF. Breaking through 1350 points is probably somewhat difficult? And... Attack Position, it's very much like acting as bait."

Thinking of this, the two looked at each other again.

It seems that the guy opposite is indeed somewhat powerful.

"It's not over yet, activate Continuous Spell Card, Mortal Will."

Lion Wizard placed a Continuous Spell Card on the field.

"Mortal Will." As if competing, Amon spoke first. "It's a Continuous Spell Card that allows you to show the opponent if the card drawn during the Draw Phase is a Normal Monster, and then draw another card."

"The powerful point of this card is that as long as the card drawn during the Draw Phase is a Normal Monster, you can draw 1 card." Aster was not to be outdone, saying, "Therefore, by activating a Quick-Play Spell Card during the Draw Phase to change the hand, after drawing a Normal Monster, you can continue to draw cards."

The two nodded at the same time.

This was a quite high-quality Normal Monster support card!

"Set one card, end turn." The huge lion slowly placed a card on the field and looked at Tenjou Hikari.

Everyone was curious about how Tenjou Hikari would duel. Tenjou Hikari was not nervous at all, just glanced at his hand and directly started his turn.

"My turn, draw card."

Tenjou Hikari drew a card from the deck, lowered his head and glanced at it, and then asked casually: "Since that's the case, then, Lion Wizard, the monsters in your deck should be the same monsters as mine, right?"

"That's right—except for myself, all monsters are the same monsters as yours. If there are any old, simple monsters without abilities in your deck, perhaps they will also be retained."

Tenjou Hikari nodded.

He tried to raise a monster, but suddenly felt somewhat surprised, finding that he had no way to use it.

"This is?"

"As long as I exist on the field, both parties must Tribute 1 monster to Normal Summon monsters of Level 4 or lower with ATK or DEF higher than 1350."

Holy crap—

Tenjou Hikari's pupils shrank.

"What is it saying?" Amon widened his eyes and said in surprise.

"It's actually—the effect of 【Changing Rules】!?" Aster was also taken aback.

This kind of effect, I'm afraid it couldn't even be directly reproduced in current machine-simulated duels!?

"So that's how it is, what a powerful effect." Tenjou Hikari praised sincerely.

This effect actually felt quite powerful, because in his impression, the ATK and DEF of modern monsters were generally high, and needing a Tribute for 1350 ATK/DEF was actually quite annoying.

Although now the core of the real deck should be able to Special Summon itself, that is.

"Then, I'll activate this." Tenjou Hikari was not polite either, directly placing a card on the field, "Field Spell Card, Fusion Recycling Plant!"

"Oh... a Field Spell Card with Fusion in its name?"

Lion Wizard scanned the surrounding scene, and combined with Tenjou Hikari's previous statement, it was not surprised.

After all, the other party had said so.

"But, you also know, right," Lion Wizard raised its hand and said, "Among the countless spirits abandoned here, there are also those ancient Fusion Monster fusion materials, but because it is difficult to gather the fusion materials, the monsters Fusion Summoned are not even as good as some popular low-level monsters in your world, and thus they are sadly abandoned.

Then, how do you prove your 【Fusion】?"

Tenjou Hikari looked at the monster in his hand, nodded, and said: "Indeed, many monsters of the past were gradually discarded because they could not compare to the power of brand-new cards, but—this is definitely not eternal.

When a certain moment appears, even cards that looked useless in the past will suddenly shine."

A typical example might be Fabled Lurrie. This card, which was unknown in the Fabled series, suddenly appeared in the players' field of vision because of the appearance of the Fiendsmith, and even jumped to become a must-have component in many decks.

"It's not just that. Dueling is evolving, and Fusion is naturally evolving too—

What I want to prove is that no matter what the situation is, as long as you are willing to recognize me, as long as you are willing to move forward with me, then it will never be impossible to 【Fuse】."

"Activate Spell Card, Fusion!"

Abandoned the Normal Summon!

Directly started Fusion!

"I fuse Thousand-Eyes Idol in my hand and Key Spirit in my hand!"

"How can these two monsters fuse!?" Lion Wizard was somewhat surprised all of a sudden.

"Ah, it's that monster—" Aster immediately knew Tenjou Hikari's idea.

"That's right!" Tenjou Hikari heard Aster's whisper, raised his hand, and said, "The fusion condition is, Normal Monsters, two!"

"Ancient dragon, protect your people, bring the power of Fusion—

Fusion Summon, Level 9!

First of the Dragons!"

"Roar!!"

A snake-like giant dragon with wings appeared, rotating from the black fog of Fusion with the support of the power of two Normal Monsters.

First of the Dragons, Level 9, Dark Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK 2700.

"... Interesting."

Lion Wizard watched this dragon and praised it secretly in its heart.

"A Fusion Monster that only needs Normal Monsters to perform Fusion?" Amon nodded incessantly on the side. "In this way, even old monsters have the power to protect themselves."

"That's right—" Mentioning this point, Aster did not have the mind to compare with Amon and directly said, "Believe in Fusion, firmly believe in Fusion, fuse with each other, through the power of Fusion, allow all existences to assist each other, and even allow originally weak monsters to obtain the power to defeat powerful enemies... This is the Department Head's belief.

Forgotten spirits might be full of pain, might be unable to forgive the suffering of being abandoned, but as long as they are willing to follow the Department Head, then he is willing to 【Fuse】 his belief with them.

A completely heroic act."

Aster's perception of Tenjou Hikari had always been this good.

Amon had a more comprehensive understanding of Tenjou Hikari's "strength" in his heart.

"Battle—use First of the Dragons to attack you, Lion Wizard!"

"Activate Continuous Trap Card, DNA Surgery!"

Hmm?

Tenjou Hikari was stunned.

"When this card is activated, declare 1 Attribute. While this card is on the field, all face-up monsters on the field become the declared Attribute!

I declare—Light!"

Holy light suddenly shone on the lion wearing the wizard robe that was originally black, and the majestic First of the Dragons also seemed to become kind and gentle.

Lion Wizard, Dark Attribute → Light Attribute; First of the Dragons, Dark Attribute → Light Attribute.

"But this won't change the battle situation, right? The ATK of First of the Dragons is still higher." Eko asked in a low voice.

"No, since this Trap Card was used, there must be a purpose—"

"That's right," Amon nodded, "I'm afraid it's its own effect."

"Hehehe, that's right." It signaled the smaller version of itself to raise its claws. "I can activate this at the start of the Damage Step when battling a Light Attribute monster. Destroy that monster!"

Saying that, the small lion raised its right claw and shot out a pitch-black energy ball, coming directly toward the ancient dragon!

Directly destroy Light Attribute!?

That is indeed somewhat powerful—

The two duelists were surprised again.

"Ha... but, Lion Wizard!" Tenjou Hikari did not hesitate at all, "My 【Fusion】 is definitely not empty talk!

First of the Dragons cannot be destroyed by battle with monsters other than Normal Monsters while it is in the Monster Zone, and it is unaffected by monster effects other than this card's!"

The images of two Normal Monsters appeared on the ancient dragon, and they blocked the energy erupted by Lion Wizard together, blocking the effect for the ancient dragon!

Consequently, the ancient dragon leaped and patted Lion Wizard, shattering it!

The wild wind blew, blowing Lion Wizard's cloak crooked, revealing the huge lion face, several meters tall, hidden under the cloak.

Lion Wizard, LP: 4000 → 2650.

"Hahaha..." Lion Wizard laughed in a low voice.

"Using forgotten monsters to perform Fusion, and even using their power to protect Fusion, interesting human. It seems that you are indeed not talking nonsense."

It raised its hand and explained its effect while doing so: "When I am destroyed by battle or effect, I can add 1 monster with 1350 ATK from the deck to my hand."

"It can search for itself!" Eko could also see this strength point.

However, Lion Wizard did not search for 【Dark-Magic-Lion Wizard】, but took a Normal Monster version of itself.

Standard 【Lion Wizard】.

This means.

At least in the initial duel, it believed that Tenjou Hikari had "passed."

That is, being able to properly use the cards here.

But—

Clearly, there was a more core problem.

That is...

Whether Tenjou Hikari would "abandon," and whether he could truly "fuse" as always.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 544 =====