Chapter 407: Forgotten Past

"Looks like you still couldn't remember."

The Arbiter observed Judai.

"From just now, what are you talking about?" Judai frowned.

The Arbiter didn't speak again.

"My turn, draw," the Arbiter said. "Activate the Spell Card 'Graceful Charity', draw three cards from the deck, then discard two cards from the hand."

He drew the cards, added them to his hand, and then picked out two cards from his hand and placed them in the Graveyard.

Then he raised his gaze.

"Last turn, you defeated my 'Armageddon Knight', and before that, Armageddon Knight sent 'Dark Grepher' to the Graveyard from the deck, so there are two DARK monsters in the Graveyard."

"And among the two cards I just discarded, I sent another DARK monster to the Graveyard. In this way, the total number of DARK monsters in the Graveyard is three."

Judai was stunned for a moment.

Three DARK monsters in the Graveyard... so what?

Fujiki You Xuan frowned when he heard this.

Three DARK monsters, could it be that thing...

"Therefore, the summoning condition for this card is met. This card can only be Special Summoned when there are three DARK monsters in the Graveyard."

The Arbiter slowly raised the card in his hand.

"Receive the power of darkness and descend here—"

"—Dark Armed Dragon, summon!!!"

"Dark... Armed Dragon!?" Judai was very surprised.

He had seen Armed Dragon; it was the treasure card of the North Academy of the Duel Academy, which was later inherited by Manjoume.

But what is the situation with this Dark Armed Dragon?

A fierce dragon roar, the huge Armed Dragon covered in steel blades and spikes descended with a bang, exactly the appearance of the "Armed Dragon LV7" in Judai's memory, only the whole body had turned into a pitch-black color.

【Dark Armed Dragon, ATK 2800】

"It really is..." Fujiki You Xuan frowned.

Dark Armed Dragon, from the name and appearance, one can see that it is a blackened version of Armed Dragon. This card caused quite a stir in the physical card environment when it appeared back then. Simple summoning conditions, top-tier ATK panel in the environment at that time, and excellent removal ability, it was predicted by many players for a long time that it should be banned like the "Chaos" series.

Of course, Dark Armed Dragon was not actually banned, but it had a history of being a limited card for over ten years, which was enough to prove its strength.

"Dark Armed Dragon's effect activates," the Arbiter said. "By banishing a DARK monster from the Graveyard, you can destroy one card on the field."

A card in his Graveyard exited, and the monster card projection emerged in mid-air.

"Banish 'Armageddon Knight' from the Graveyard to be the ammunition for Dark Armed Dragon."

"Dark Armed Dragon, destroy 'Elemental HERO Flame Wingman'!"

The image of the end was swallowed by a group of black energy, turned into an energy stream, and poured into Dark Armed Dragon's body. The pitch-black energy stream swallowed towards Flame Wingman.

Judai frowned.

Fujiki You Xuan was indeed right; one must be prepared for the possibility of encountering anything in a duel.

This Arbiter is indeed the type who might use any deck in a duel, and doesn't necessarily use his own original trump card.

But he also has means here!

"Activate Trap 'Bomb Defense'!" Judai said. "When a card that 'destroys a monster on your field' is activated, negate that activation and destroy it, then deal 500 damage to the opponent!" (Original effect)

The trap effect took effect, and countless spherical bombs floating in the air appeared in front of Flame Wingman, forming a wall of shields built by bombs!

Dark Armed Dragon's pitch-black energy ball failed to touch Flame Wingman and hit the wall, causing a series of boom-boom-boom explosions. A chain reaction was triggered on the bomb wall, and the fire of the explosion backfired towards Dark Armed Dragon, swallowing it in a sea of fire.

【Arbiter, LP 1900 → LP 1400】

"Beautiful counterattack!" Xiang Lu couldn't help but cheer for Judai. "Not only kept Flame Wingman, but also countered Dark Armed Dragon's powerful monster in one go..."

"Good momentum."

But the Arbiter just calmly revealed another hand card.

"Spell Card 'Monster Reincarnation'. Discard one card from the hand, and you can return a monster card from the Graveyard to the hand."

He sent a card to the Graveyard, and black energy surged in the Graveyard area of the Duel Disk, and the Dark Armed Dragon that had just been sent to the Graveyard exited again immediately.

"I return 'Dark Armed Dragon' from the Graveyard to my hand."

"That guy again..." Judai said. "But Dark Armed Dragon needs three DARK monsters in the Graveyard to be summoned. 'Armageddon Knight' in your Graveyard has just been banished from the game as ammunition..."

"That is indeed the case," the Arbiter reminded. "But when returning Dark Armed Dragon to the hand with 'Monster Reincarnation', I just discarded a card, remember?"

Judai said: "So that card is also..."

"Correct, the card I just discarded is naturally also a DARK monster."

The Arbiter raised that hand card again.

"Therefore, bring darkness to descend again—"

"—Dark Armed Dragon, summon!"

The aura of darkness erupted again, and the pitch-black armed dragon twisted its burly body and descended back to the field!

【Dark Armed Dragon, ATK 2800】

"Then activate Dark Armed Dragon's effect again, banish a DARK monster from the Graveyard, and destroy a card on the field."

The Arbiter pulled out another monster card that exited from the Graveyard.

"Dark Armed Dragon's effect has no activation limit; as long as there is sufficient ammunition in the Graveyard, it can be activated any number of times in one turn."

"Therefore, I banish another DARK monster from the Graveyard and destroy 'Elemental HERO Flame Wingman'!"

The ammunition was refilled, and the pitch-black energy condensed into energy light bombs, gathering in front of the armed dragon, and blasted towards Flame Wingman in a mighty way!

This time there was no trap defense, and the dark energy ball exploded directly on Flame Wingman. The latter groaned and disintegrated and disappeared in the energy.

Judai raised his arm to protect himself: "Flame Wingman..."

"Then battle."

The Arbiter said, smiling mysteriously.

"Let's take this opportunity to help you recall well."

"What?"

The Arbiter waved his hand casually.

"Dark Armed Dragon, direct attack."

At the same time as the order, a strange green light flashed in his eyes.

The pitch-black energy bombardment exploded on Judai with a bang.

【Judai, LP 4000 → LP 1200】

The dark current swept across him, and he crossed his arms to block the impact, gritting his teeth to prepare for the impact, but found that the expected extreme pain did not strike.

There was no pain, only boundless darkness. It swallowed everything he saw and everything he could hear, as if even his five senses were deprived.

And it was in this boundless darkness that the voice echoed again.

"Judai... Judai..."

"Judai Yuki..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 408 =====