Chapter 331: Sorrow, Grief, and Rage
Chapter 331: Sorrow, Grief, and Rage (Seeking a guaranteed monthly ticket at the beginning of the month)
This is a story about a hero.
Many years ago, Ed Phoenix was a naive child. Like other children, he admired heroes and dreamed of becoming an excellent duelist.
For a while, he even fantasized about following his father's example and becoming a card designer for the International Illusion Company instead of a duelist.
However, everything changed that day.
That night, when Ed returned home, he did not see his father welcoming him, but his father lying on the ground, no longer breathing.
Next to his father were cards scattered on the ground. The windows of the house were broken and the cold wind pierced through his body and mind like a piercing ice blade.
The only thing left to him was the "Hero D Series" designed by his father last.
On a hazy and sad rainy day, at his father's funeral, he met Saiou, a man of the same age, and DD, and entered a brand new life, but one that seemed to be going in circles.
His life, at that moment, stopped. It was as if the clock was pierced by a dagger, making it impossible for time to move forward.
Although his physical strength, dueling skills, and brains were still growing, his heart was still stuck in that night.
He also thought about relying on the police, but after endless waiting, he gave up trusting the police.
Since the police can't find the murderer, he can do it himself!
Just use what his father left behind, Destiny Hero.
He travels around the world disguised as a hero, punishing those who rob and steal cards, looking for the murderer of his father.
He used the cards to grow stronger and stronger, and even received praise from Beckas.
Can--
This was not what he wanted at all.
Ed Phoenix no longer wanted to think about those things.
He left the Kaiba Corporation's site and found DD. When he found DD, the local elf village was already filled with smoke and death.
Taking away the "Seal" was not the end. DD used the power of the card to destroy the entire village, killing all the TV reporters and professional duelists who followed him.
Because of the invasion of the dark world, DD has the opportunity to fully release his inner desire for destruction.
When Ed arrived at the scene, all he saw was DD laughing crazily.
There is no need to think about it anymore——
Even if I don't believe it.
When the cries and corpses appeared in front of Ed, he didn't need to think about it anymore.
DD has never been a kind and gentle person. His heart is full of madness and destruction!
However, he still instinctively shouted at his adoptive father at the top of his lungs: "DD!! What is the truth!"
What I got was DD's crazy laughter and the truth of that day.
That's right—
On that day, "DD", his father's "good friend", felt the call of the card and heard the powerful force. The greed that had been hidden in his heart finally erupted. His jealousy towards his father and his desire for power finally made him kill.
Friendship? It's just a hypocritical social interaction.
Adopted son? Seeing Ed wandering around randomly every day, he almost laughed out loud!
"As for why? Hahahaha... Isn't it the instinct of every duelist to pursue powerful cards? Just like you, aren't you also using a destiny hero that others can't use at all?"
"DD!! Just for this reason!?" Ed roared.
He stretched out the duel disk and started dueling with DD.
At this very moment!!
He suddenly found that the scene in front of him changed. Everything around him seemed to have disappeared. The flames, the wailing, DD's laughter, everything disappeared. What was left was just a huge white space.
He froze for a moment.
"Ed."
Ed Phoenix turned around suddenly.
There, he looked at his best friend and saw a figure that looked extremely tired.
"Zai Wang!?" He was surprised. "Where is this place? What did you do?"
The King ignored Ed's surprise and forcibly interrupted Ed's thoughts, saying to him: "Ed - listen to me."
"You say!" Out of trust in the last person closest to him, Ed almost immediately suppressed all the doubts in his heart and nodded slightly.
"Ed...listen to me, the person in front of you is holding the card of the Light of Destruction that first descended upon this world several years ago."
As Saiou spoke, his figure became somewhat illusory: "The Light of Destruction is far more powerful than we imagined, and it evolves faster than we thought!"
Ed, who had just accepted the fact that his adoptive father killed his biological father, had not yet recovered when he heard his best friend say that the light of destruction on his body was more powerful than he had imagined, which made Ed, who was already confused, even more troubled.
Then he tried hard to calm down and listen to the explanation of the King.
According to Saiou, the light of destruction is the root of the "desire for destruction" in the hearts of all things in the world, and the source of all madness and war. Originally, it was only the existence of their world, but with the emergence of dimensional exploration, the power of the light of destruction has become stronger and stronger with the addition of countless dimensions, and gradually has a tendency to spread to all dimensions.
It is precisely because of this that the power of the light of destruction has an increasingly terrifying impact on humans.
The power of Ultimate D is the most basic and purest source of power. If these powers are nourished by Ed's fate and then return to the current host of the Light of Destruction, then with the increase of power, it may breed a more terrifying card. "Ed, don't be carried away - don't... sizzle - don't be swallowed by pain..." Before the King finished speaking, his body was already twisted and illusory.
"Zaiou!?" Ed called out to Zaioou with all his might.
“No matter what you see, no matter what you do, don’t let him control you!” Zhai Wang’s body became more and more ethereal, and gradually there was only one voice. Ed reached out to grab Zhai Wang, but the next moment, the scene around him returned to reality again.
At this time, DD had already summoned three lower-level monsters, and then stood there sneering.
Ed took a deep breath.
No matter what you see, don't let it get to your head...
He was a relatively calm duelist, and, having experienced separations and deaths, generally speaking, there was nothing that could make him angry or even painful enough to lose control of himself.
“Sacrifice the three monsters on the field and Special Summon them. Hahahahahahaha——Ed, this is what you’ve been dreaming about day and night, the Ultimate D!!”
"Special Summon, Destiny Hero Bloodthirster-D!"
A large number of wounds broke out on the bodies of the three monsters, and then the three lower-level monsters broke apart from the inside. Amid painful screams, their blood was drawn out of their bodies and rushed into the sky.
The blood of countless elves and humans gathered from all directions and condensed into a huge blood ball. Then, the blood ball suddenly exploded, and a horrible blood rain fell in this elf village!
A demon-like warrior with blood-bat wings slowly rose from the blood ball. Blood surged in the village, changing the color of the sky and deterring the elves who wanted to take advantage of the village.
The terrifying warrior slowly spread his wings, waved his right hand, and descended like the most terrifying demon in the world!
Blood Demon-D!
Ed gritted his teeth.
This is the most important card his father made before he died.
But since it was stolen, he was ready to face Blood Demon D head-on.
This degree——
"Ed..."
Suddenly, Ed's eyes widened.
In the wings of Blood Demon-D, in the endless blood, he heard a familiar voice, a voice that lingered in his dreams.
"Ed!!" A figure emerged from Blood Demon-D's body.
"Dad, Dad!?" Ed stood there in shock.
"Hahaha, what a beautiful reunion." DD laughed. "You don't know yet, right? Your father's soul has been suffering in the blood demon's body. Haha... But it doesn't matter. I will reunite you and your father!"
"...DD!!!" A strange black and purple light flashed in Ed's eyes. Countless strange black smoke rose from his body. The light shone on his body, making him look very dark even though he was wearing a silver-white suit.
He could see—
His father wanted to say something to him, but he was controlled by the evil power and could only struggle madly and wail in pain, unable to convey his feelings.
"DD!! I won't let you go!"
After saying this, Ed completely put the matter of his best friend behind him. Anger and pain completely broke the last string that maintained his sanity.
He can't care about that much anymore!
Suddenly, he seemed to hear a sigh.
He felt as if he was still a child, still trapped in that night, the night when his father died in front of him.
The shackles of fate bound this tragic hero tighter and tighter.
Thirty minutes later.
Ed stood in front of the village that was completely engulfed in flames, holding a card in his hand.
DD is indeed the world's strongest professional duelist.
but……
That's the past.
In the wind, I can still seem to hear DD's crazy laughter.
Ed looked down at the "Blood Demon-D" in his hand. The card in his hand seemed to be grinning, mocking him and looking down on him.
In the card, it seemed that "blood" flowed into his body, invading the power of the heroes in his body that was originally able to fight against the darkness, and completely gaining the upper hand.
There seemed to be a voice in the air still guiding him.
The faint voice of the King seemed to still remind him.
He still has a chance, still has a chance to break free from the shackles of fate... the voice kept repeating.
only……
At this moment, he could no longer distinguish that voice. It was no longer the gentle voice of his familiar and close friend, but a voice of persuasion and deception, of snickering.
"sun……"
(End of this chapter)