Chapter 590: Immortal Phoenix
Chapter 590: Immortal Phoenix (7K, monthly ticket requested!!!)
A terrifying, muscular magician appeared in this dimension, with terrible evil energy emanating from his body, and endless resentment sweeping across the entire dimension.
Countless conscious or unconscious elves began to run around instinctively. Even those elves that had begun to transform into "Mowang" elves were at a loss when they saw this scene.
The leader of the Mowang Hades tribe, the elf formerly known as the Lion Wizard, took a deep breath.
"Sir Hikari!" It said solemnly to the skylight, "The Archmage's resentment will be completely freed. When it is completely freed, this world will probably disappear into thin air...
Thank you for your help to these poor forgotten elves, but it seems... it's time to say goodbye.
Please... leave here quickly."
It had obviously given up hope of the duel.
Although, this is not a "dark duel" in the conventional sense.
However, when Exodia is completely unsealed, when its resentment towards the human world is released, this dimension will be directly destroyed by its rage. By then, no matter who it is, no one will be able to survive in this dimension.
Tiera rarely refuted the words of an ordinary elf.
She looked at the huge magician that was so huge that it reached the sky and the earth, and she began to murmur in her heart.
Based on her experience and knowledge, and what she and Amagi Hikaru have seen in the field of magicians, I'm afraid there are no ordinary elves in the field of magicians who can be compared with this magician?
Tiera turned sideways and glanced at Amagi Hikaru.
"Thanks for your advice, but no—I'm not leaving."
"But, Mr. Hikari..."
"I believe in Ed." Amagi Hikaru said slowly, "He will definitely give me, everyone, and our friends the real answer."
Amon's face was as gloomy as water. Hearing his lover's screams and seeing her unconscious, his heart ached greatly. However, for the sake of humanity and the academy, he had to make this decision.
He spoke, "I have sent the left and right hands of Handkarri to the graveyard. Based on the effect of Ecozodios, its attack power increases by 1000 points for each [Sealed] monster in the graveyard."
Ecozodios, ATK: 0→2000.
One thousand per piece?
Ed looked towards Amon's grave.
So do you have to collect the sealed cards in the Graveyard first, then start over again and send all 5 cards to the Graveyard to perform the "ritual"?
"Fight, Ecozodios attacks the Destiny Hero Diamond Man!"
"Exodias can be activated when attacking. Send a [Sealed] card from your hand or deck to the Graveyard. I send [Sealed Exodia] from my deck to the Graveyard!"
The Black Wizard's body became even larger, and resentment swept around him, making Ed feel suffocated.
Ecozodios, ATK: 2000→3000.
Ecozodios clapped his hands towards the Diamond Man and with a bang, the monsters on Ed's field were instantly destroyed.
At the same time, Ed also lost a corresponding amount of life——
Ed, LP: 4000→2400.
"Goo-"
Ed covered his chest. In the previous moment, the power of the Dark Wizard penetrated his chest, and it seemed as if the curses, cries and wails of thousands of elves were ringing in his ears at the same time. Even though he had faced the light of destruction, Ed almost fell to the ground at this moment.
It's not just the power of the Dark Mage, or rather, the reason why the Dark Mage looks so "evil" is because he bears the endless resentment in this forgotten dimension.
Not only their world, but even the curses and pain of the elves in other worlds are being transmitted to this "first forgotten person in the world". This kind of heart-wrenching pain is undoubtedly the most heart-wrenching torture for a duelist.
"Send Exodia from your deck to the graveyard..."
He struggled to get up.
"Ed, be careful with those five cards!" Amagi Hikaru cheered for Ed.
Ed realized in a daze...
Can't collect all five!
really……
"That's right." On the other side, Amon had no intention of hiding anything. In fact, even if Amagi Mitsuru didn't remind him, he would have said it here.
Because, with Ecozodios appearing beside him, he has understood that to unseal the Dark Mage, he cannot use crooked ideas, and he cannot just collect five cards right away. Instead, he has to tell his opponent and let his opponent realize that he is trying hard to collect these five cards.
Until he can completely unlock Exodia, he will be able to duel exactly according to his own ideas: "When all five [Sealed] monster cards are collected in the graveyard, then the holder of Exodias will directly win the duel!"
"Hehehe... This power is indeed strong..."
"In this way, no matter what kind of enemy it is, it can be easily defeated, right?"
Amon had a terrifying smile on his face.
"Is it really okay?" Ed questioned him after standing up straight.
"Hahaha, what's wrong with obtaining the strongest power in the world?" Amon clenched his hands and showed a ferocious, excited smile on his face, "As long as I have this power, I can save everyone! No matter who is behind this, it is impossible to defeat the power of this dark wizard!"
"..." Ed was silent for a long time, "【Save】everyone——but before that, you have already 【sacrificed】one person, right?"
The excitement and disguise on Amon's face slowly faded away. In his heart, he was struggling. He didn't want to sacrifice the person he loved the most, but if he could save everyone in this way...
"It's okay, Ed—"
Just as the two were arguing about this issue again, a voice seemed to come from the unconscious Aike.
Her soul floated beside the Dark Master, persuading Ed: "If I can help Amon realize his ideal, I am willing to sacrifice myself..."
"Aiko..." Amon looked at her with a heavy tone.
"Stupid-stupid!" Ed didn't even think of stopping because of Aiko's words. "If that's the case, how can you call it protecting everyone? Before you save everyone, you've already murdered someone!"
A group of elves looked at each other.
Originally, although they were afraid of Amon's actions, since both men and women did the same thing, they felt that Ed should have nothing to refute.
But he didn't expect that Ed didn't care whether the other party was willing or not.
"Isn't it murder if it's voluntary?" Ed said in a serious tone, "Okay, now, suppose you succeed now, even suppose, Amon, you obtain the power of the Dark Master and go out to defeat the mastermind, so what!
No matter what the outcome is, you have [murdered] a person in the process!
If the murder of a woman saves all of humanity, then, conversely, all of humanity will be guilty of killing at least one of their fellow men!"
He rarely spoke a long sentence.
"...I will bear this sin forever...forever!" Tears welled up in Amon's eyes.
To him, the thought of killing his beloved with his own hands was an unbearable pain, but if he could defeat the evil and even achieve peace and equality for all mankind, then he was willing to pay the price.
"You take the responsibility... Then, the person standing in front of me will no longer be a classmate with whom I have a written relationship and have communicated, but a murderer." Ed's face was as gloomy as water as he reached out to the top of his deck.
"Anyone can talk big, but you haven't saved anyone so far, right?!" Amon said coldly.
Neither he nor Aike were familiar with Ed. He and Ed were just acquaintances in the academy and would occasionally collaborate in the infirmary.
But now, Ed is entangled here...
"Now that things have come to this, it's time to let go. Everything here has nothing to do with you!"
"As a hero, I cannot sit idly by when I see evil happening in front of me." Ed was unusually passionate and regarded himself as a hero, "And now, I want to save a classmate who is about to commit a crime and may go astray!
Do you have any other plans, Amon? "
"If you insist, no one can save you--" Amon said.
As long as it is not Ed's turn, Exodia will only be unsealed, not completely unsealed.
But if Ed takes his turn, then Exodia will slowly unseal and eventually destroy everything!
Although he was ruthless in words, Amon's interactions with the students of the academy and Ed during this period made him more or less reluctant to hurt these classmates.
"My turn is over."
"My turn, draw a card——"
Ed pulled a card from the deck, and that card seemed to be burning with fire.
Not only the card, but even his body seemed to be burning with flames at this moment.
He squinted and looked at the card.
Bang, bang——
Heart, his heart seemed to be beating violently.
The raging fire rose rapidly with him as the center.
The huge fire seemed to burn the entire dimension until heaven and earth changed dramatically.
"Oh oh oh——" The Lion Wizard was also amazed when he saw it.
This, this raging fire rising into the sky?
It seems that I still underestimated these two humans.
At that time, it was only because Lord Hikari was so amazing that I didn’t pay extra attention to these two humans. Now it seems that these two humans are not ordinary duelists.
"In the last round, Diamond Man activated the effect to send Dalan to the graveyard. This time, the effect will be activated!"
"Destroy all Magic and Trap Cards on the field!"
The wind was howling as a terrible storm blew in from afar. Countless elves were staggering and had to rely on the Lion Wizard to avoid being blown away. However, in the center of the storm, Ed and Amon just stood there, looking at each other.
The dark smoke and the raging black flames rising into the sky did not change at all at this time.
"Hmph, but I don't have any magic or trap cards on my field, but you have those cards on your field. Is this what you call fate? If this is fate, it seems that fate is actually on my side."
"No, this is fate's choice."
"Ok?"
"My destroyed card is - a trap card, breaking fate!"
The trap card automatically flipped open, revealing the Blood Demon D fighting with blood rain.
"Break the fate?" Amon was stunned when he saw this.
"You can only activate one of the effects of Breaking Fate per turn - and this card can also activate its effect in the Graveyard!"
Is it a Trap Card that can only be activated when sent to the Graveyard? !
"Activate by banishing this card from the Graveyard. Add 1 Spell or Trap Card with the card name of Dragon Knight D-End or Destiny Hero other than Break Fate to your hand!"
He silently opened the deck and took out a trap card: "I'm going to choose the trap card, D-tactics."
He added the trap card to his hand, and then played the card he had just drawn: "And then the last one, in the light, the power created by the Minister -
Usually magic cards!
Fusion of Destiny!"
"Fusion—"
Fusion and destiny...
Amon looked towards Amagi Hikaru.
Amagi Hikaru's eyes also showed excitement.
"This card can be used as Fusion Materials by using monsters from your hand or deck to Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster with [Destiny Hero] as Fusion Material! The monster Special Summoned by this effect is destroyed during the End Phase of the next turn. After activating this card, you cannot Special Summon unless you are a Dark Hero until the end of this turn!"
Such serious self-discipline.
but--
The effect in return is very powerful!
Directly fuse the deck!
In other words, can you fuse and rule people with just one card?
But at this point, it is meaningless. Even if a ruler is formed at this time, it cannot change the status quo.
"The fusion conditions are... a Level 6 or higher [Hero] monster and a [Destiny Hero]!"
Unheard of fusion conditions! ?
What's this--
Amon's eyes widened.
A new...fusion?
"I send the Destiny Hero Blood Demon-D and the Destiny Hero Demon Man in my deck to the graveyard!"
"The world, humanity, and the process of the duel will be reflected in justice and destiny, and will be transformed into a new form—"
"Fusion Summon!!"
A raging fire burned on Ed's body, and the black flames illuminated the entire dimension.
Amagi Hikaru instinctively searched his pocket and saw a glowing card.
It's coming——
Amagi Hikaru breathed a sigh of relief.
"Level 8!" "Become an immortal hero!"
The scorching flames surged up, and a hero waved his hands, spread his wings, and slowly appeared behind Ed, just like his own shadow!
Destruction, death, pain, and in the end, what will come is the eternal fire that will never be extinguished.
"The hero of destiny destroys the Phoenix man!"
boom! !
Amon instinctively took a half step back.
This monster is like the shadow of Ed...
And his [Shadow], his King of Mist—
He looked at the King of Mist in his hand, his pupils trembling constantly.
Destiny Hero Destruction Phoenix, Level 8, Dark Attribute, Warrior, Attack Power 2500.
"When Destruction Phoenix is on the field, the opponent's monster's attack power is reduced by the value of the Hero monster in my graveyard X200!"
"Excellent effect - but it's useless! Exodios is not affected by the opponent's monster, magic, or trap card effects!"
"Is that so... Well then, change Destroyer to Defense Position, and use the monster effect that destroys Phoenix Man. During your turn or your opponent's turn, you can activate it. Destroy 1 card you control and 1 card your opponent controls!"
"What?" Amon was stunned. There was only one monster on his field. "Didn't I tell you that Exodios is not affected by the opponent's monster effects!"
"It doesn't matter!" Ed showed a calm expression on his face, "Activate the effect of destroying the Phoenix Man, destroy it and Exodios!"
The phoenix leaped high, then crashed into Exodios with a fearless attitude. The fire that seemed to be enough to burn the entire world fell on the body of the archmage, but not even a layer of skin was lost. Instead, it burned its armor even brighter.
"This……"
The monster that I summoned with great difficulty ended up destroying itself?
Not to mention the elves watching, even Amon was stunned.
"Ha..." Amagi Hikaru couldn't help but chuckle.
Tierra was a little confused.
Why is this laughing?
She naturally knew the effect of destroying the Phoenix Man - after all, she also contributed to the creation of that card.
She just didn't understand. The current situation had obviously not changed, so why did Amagi Hikaru show a relieved smile?
"At this moment, activate the effect of Phoenix Destruction! If this card is destroyed by battle or effect, during the next Standby Phase, you can select a Destiny Hero in the Graveyard and Special Summon it!"
"..." Amon was silent and surprised, and then his eyes widened.
Undead monster!?
"Cover a card, end the turn!"
"Okay, it's your turn, Amon!"
“…Ed, what on earth are you playing at? You can’t defeat the Dark Master just like this.” Amon said seriously, “It’s my turn, draw a card—”
"At this moment, activate the trap card, D-tactics!"
"During both teams' preparation phases, the attack power of the hero monsters on the field increases by 400 points."
"400 points? That's a drop in the bucket. Even if 2500 points increase by 400, it's only 2900 points, the same as the ruler..."
"Heh, just watch, Amon - last turn, the effect of Phoenix Destroyer special summoned a Destiny Hero from the graveyard. The one I'm going to choose is naturally Phoenix Destroyer!"
boom!
A pillar of fire rose into the sky.
The hero who destroyed himself in the last round has now come again behind Ed!
Its posture hadn't changed at all, and it didn't look disheveled from having been destroyed and entered the cemetery. The whole monster seemed exceptionally peaceful and calm.
"At this moment, the effect of D-tactics is activated!"
"?"
"Activate this action when you have a Level 8 or higher Destiny Hero or Special Summon [Dragon Knight D-End] on your field. Exclude 1 card from your opponent's hand, field, or graveyard!"
"What!?" Amon was shocked.
"Right now, I have a Phoenix of Destruction Special Summoned on my field, so - the effect of D-Tactics, banish the Sealed Exodia in your Graveyard!"
Oops! ! !
Amon looked at the cards in his graveyard being burned by flames, losing their existence and dissipating their resentment. His pupils contracted and he looked extremely surprised.
Ultimate Sealing God Ecozodios, ATK: 3000 → 2000.
"Of course you can choose to attack and increase your attack power by 1000 points, but... it's useless!"
Amon's face was solemn. He looked at the card in his hand: "...No, there is still a chance."
"Activate the Normal Spell Card, the Sealed One's Rage!"
"You can activate this card when there is only 1 Ultimate Sealing God Exodios on your field. If a card that was activated during this turn still has an effect, you can negate the effect of that card."
Amagi Hikaru frowned as he watched from the side.
Another outrageous original card.
This card is quite outrageous in the original work, because it is not a quick-play magic card with a chain, but a normal magic card that can "rewind" everything after the effect is processed!
How on earth did this thing come out!
Because of this effect, Amon can send cards that were previously excluded by D-Tactics back to the Graveyard.
Despite this, Amon's face seemed to begin to sweat. He put the sealed Exodia back into the cemetery. Because of this, Exodias' attack power returned to 3000!
but--
Does this work?
"Use Exodios to attack Destroyer, and based on its effect, send Tsubasa's left foot to the graveyard!"
Ultimate Sealing God Exodios, ATK: 3000→4000.
The Destroyer shattered in response, but Ed was not in a hurry at all.
"In this case, you don't have any other usable cards in your hand, right?" Ed knew clearly what cards Amon had in his hand at the moment, because those cards were all added to Amon's hand using the effects of cards.
Amon had nothing to say.
"It's not that I believe in [fate], but you have locked your own [fate]!
Activate the effect of Phoenix Destroyer! Destroy itself and the Ultimate Seal God on your field!"
The phoenix once again started to burn with flames and rushed towards the dark wizard without hesitation. It knew that it had no chance of destroying the invincible wizard, but it still rushed forward anyway.
boom!
In just a moment, the Phoenix of Destruction disappeared from the field again.
"...The round is over."
"Then - it's my turn! Draw a card!"
Ed pulled a card from his deck, "At this moment, activate the effect of Phoenix Destruction! Special Summon itself!"
“Again—” Cold sweat ran down Amon’s face.
"No matter how many times! I will never...give up."
"At this moment, the trap card effect of D-Tactic banishes the sealed Exodia in your graveyard!"
Except again!
The fire of the phoenix burned on the body of the sealed dark wizard. He didn't understand why this weak "bug" kept causing trouble for him again and again. However, the phoenix continued to burn his power as if it were immortal.
To be precise, it is burning its [anger] and its [resentment]!
Exodios, ATK: 4000 → 3000.
"Not only that, the effect of Destroyer: If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can activate its effect during your next Standby Phase! It can Special Summon 1 Destiny Hero other than Destroyer in my Graveyard!
I Special Summon, Discman in Defense Position, and draw two cards from your deck!"
These are all the effects of the preparation stage!
This is the tactic of [Destiny]!
"Magic Card, Pot of Greed, Retrieve 5 monsters from the Graveyard, Draw cards, I return Ruler, Diamond, Bloodthirster-D, Destroyer, and Charger from the Graveyard to the Deck, and draw cards again!"
Ed draws two cards from his deck.
Magic card fusion!
Seeing this fusion card, Ed smiled instinctively.
Fusion, fusion of destiny, great fusion, these excellent powers that Tiancheng Guang showed him changed him.
This Great Fusion card was the one he got from Amagi Hikaru after that.
Amagi Hikaru changed him in the duel and in the light, and now he wants to create the future in his own way.
"Amon... At this point, we can no longer hold back in the duel—"
"Activate the effect of the Demonic Man in the Graveyard, banish itself, and Special Summon another Demonic Man from your Deck."
"Magic Card, Grand Fusion. This card can be used as Fusion Materials for Fusion Summoning with Monsters in your hand or on the field. At that time, the Fusion Materials must be 3 or more. I fuse the Demon Man, the Disc Man, and the Determined Man in my hand, and descend again!
Destiny heroes rule over men!"
"...A monster created by Grand Fusion can deal penetrating damage..." Amon obviously also recognized this card, "Did you even think of this?"
Amon's deck is thicker than Ed's. If Amon changes the Ultimate Seal God to defense position and there is no penetrating damage, Ed will have no way to win. As long as Amon drags it on and waits until Ed's deck has no cards left, he will win.
However, Ed also thought of this -
"The effect of Domination, observe the top five cards of the opponent's deck!"
The ruler raised his hand, and five cards flew out from Amon's deck. Ed looked at them for a few seconds, put "Burial from Another Dimension" on the fifth card, and then selected one of the cards and put it on the top.
"And then - Phoenix, burn again!"
The Phoenix Man nodded at Ed, then without hesitation turned into flames and bombarded Exodios.
The dark wizard, who had been nonchalant and whose body was as black as ink, was finally slightly moved by the impact of the flames. At this moment, the Aike in his hand fell to the ground with a plop.
Amon ran over quickly and caught Ai Ke.
"Amon... I'm sorry... I..." Aiko felt a little guilty. If she had sacrificed herself to Exodia earlier, the current situation would not have happened.
"It's fine……"
The two looked at each other, and Amon showed a gentle smile on his face: "It's okay. It's all over."
"Round...end." Ed took a deep breath and ended his declaration.
The next round comes.
The immortal phoenix descends again!
This hero who keeps burning himself but never extinguishes his flame seems to symbolize the inner world of Ed.
No matter how terrible the outside world and the existence of darkness are, no matter how many classmates sacrifice their lives, he will never lower the noble head of mankind!
At the same time, Exodios's attack power dropped to 2000 again.
The ruler's attack power increased to 3300 points.
Amon pulled out a card.
He looked at the card and couldn't help laughing again.
"what……"
Cloud Monster!
His own card...
His favorite card.
His heart has always been like a cloud, floating in the wind. He wanted to protect his family and friends, but unknowingly, he has come to this point.
Fortunately, it seems that it is not too late and nothing regrettable has happened.
and so……
"I release the Ultimate Sealing God, Exodios, from the field!"
what?
Countless elves exclaimed loudly.
Exodios roared towards the sky, and the power of darkness began to surge. However, the dark power and resentment that were burned out time and time again had already been burned away layer by layer by the fire of the phoenix.
As Amon moved, the monster formed by the resentment gradually began to disappear...
Instead, there was a huge rain cloud, a rain cloud that was as big as a human.
Cloud Monster - Rain Cloud Man, Level 5, Water Attribute, Angel Tribe, Attack Power 1000→400.
"Cloud monster?"
"That's right—" A smile appeared on Amon's face, "Fight! The Rain Cloud People attack and destroy the Phoenix People!"
"Then go ahead, Phoenix man!" A smile finally appeared on Ed's face.
King of the Sacred
You're right.
As expected, I made a new friend again, a friend who made me stronger and better!
"Beyond fate!!"
boom!
The rain cloud collided with the phoenix, and countless steam burst out, but the steam was not hot, but made people feel warm.
This is Amon's true heart——
Amon, LP: 2100 → 0.
(End of this chapter)