Chapter 37: Fire, Blood, Dark Iron
"Castle ......"
"Get up, Jonai!"
"Oh...... Forehead? The blonde boy shook his head and got up from the table, a little confused for a moment.
"What's going on." He turned his head to look around and saw that his friends were all gathered around his table, smiling at him.
"What do you want to do with such a big battle?" Jonai couldn't help but shrink his neck.
"Let me first declare that I am not the kind of fool who would be deceived by others."
"Stupid girl!" Apricot slapped him directly on the head, "Today is an important game day, are you so dead that you even forgot about this!" β
Race day?
That's it...... It seems that there was indeed a duel tournament in the city, and I signed up.
But,But it doesn't seem like I'm ready yet.,Tactics.,Decks and anything aren't arranged.,Oh no.,Will it be too late?γ
Thinking of this, Jonai immediately came to his senses, and he quickly took his schoolbag and began to rummage through his card deck.
"Snort...... What's the use of doing this now? The sound of the seahorse came from the side.
He had already picked up his bag and was ready to leave, it was amazing that the person in power of the Seahorse Group was in the mood to come to school today, but his words were still the same as always, and nothing had changed.
"A real duelist is always preparing for battle, and if you act like you on the fly, it would be hellish if you could achieve anything."
After saying this, the seahorse did not look at the face that had turned the color of pig liver in the city, and walked out with his bag.
"Damn seahorsesβ"
"Don't waste time, do you want to be disqualified for being late."
Another familiar voice came, a little deserted, a little glutinous, and the city turned its head to look, and suddenly saw the white figure.
The white-haired girl sat on the desk across a corridor with her arms folded around her chest, her brows furrowed slightly, revealing the dissatisfaction in her master's heart, and a pair of bright red eyes stared at him without blinking, so strange that people were addicted.
"What's the fuss, hurry up...... I'm waiting for you to come along! β
I don't know when it started, there were only so many people left in this classroom, and Apricot and the others disappeared without a trace.
"Huh? But where did the others go? After realizing this, Jouchi began to stutter, and he scratched the hair on the back of his head, trying to dissolve the momentary embarrassment, but as soon as he said this, he began to regret it again.
Ay...... What do I do with this kind of question.
Rare, rare opportunity to ...... with her
"You guy, why do you still look stupid." Seeing that he was still indifferent, the white-haired girl twisted her waist and fell from the table to the ground, came to his side and brutally snatched a stack of cards he held in his hand.
"Even if you start doing it now, it's too late, just your scum...... I'll leave it to me. β
"It's impossible to get it all in order for you - and it's not appropriate...... But it's probably easy to divide it into categories. After the white-haired girl finished speaking, she ignored the reaction of the castle and began to sort the cards on her own...... Her efficiency is really high, and her fingers have divided into 4 stacks of different types of cards, and these 4 stacks of cards are still getting thicker at a rapid pace.
"White ......" The blonde youth finally spoke, calling out the girl's name.
"You don't go to the game like this, stay here and stay with you...... Is it okay to stay here and help me? Won't it make you late too? β
Although this kind of alone time was something he dreamed of, he was more concerned about whether it would cause trouble to the other party's arrangement, because he remembered that the girl seemed to be a contestant in this competition.
"Hey...... I wouldn't be able to think about this kind of question? The girl stroked the right side of her hair behind her ear, revealing the delicate right half of her face.
"Don't forget, I have a car." She didn't care how devastating that unintentional act was to someone, but she was still focused on sorting the cards at hand.
"Otherwise, why would I stay with you idiot, it's not because you're going to be late if you don't do that......"
The blonde youth was stunned.
Is it.
It turns out that he stayed specifically to help me......
In the silence of the classroom, the young man and woman seemed to have the same tacit understanding at this moment, and they didn't say anything to each other, just concentrated on what they were interested in.
If the castle was speechless and didn't know what to say before, then now he really doesn't want to say anything...... All attention was drawn to the half-bent over figure of him carefully tending to the cards...... The flying white fingers, the strands of snow-white hair hanging from the sideburns, and the moist pink cherry lips......
Damn, is this a dream? Or is it an illusion?
The scene that has been imagined countless times actually appeared in front of him, and the city felt that his thoughts had gradually escaped control, like a cloud in the sky, floating in an almost infinite space, with both a strong sense of unreality and a strange peace of mind.
Even dreams or hallucinations are fine......
Let me feel this rare peace.
"You don't seem to have any energy at all today." The girl tilted her head and looked at him with some curiosity, "Why, aren't you usually very excited when you encounter a duel event?" β
"Why are you so sleepy now?"
"Competitions? It doesn't matter if you go or not. Jonai buried his head sideways between his arms, lying on his desk with his eyes half-squinted, "I think...... That's good...... It's really good. β
I don't know why, he feels so tired, he just wants to look at her like this...... until you fall asleep.
That's it...... Enough is enough.
"Bang dang!!"
The young man who was suddenly attacked was smashed to the ground along with the chair due to his unstable center of gravity, and he knocked over other desks during the struggle, and the whole classroom was suddenly filled with the noise of collision.
Rubbing his aching head, the city was finally a little sober from this fall, and he looked at the girl suspiciously, not understanding why she came like this.
"I'm so disappointed." The girl's left hand was on her waist, and her right hand was still carrying the seat that was the instrument of the murder just now, staring at him with anger on her face, "It's so disappointing for me!" β
"You are...... Is that how it repays me? β
"Reward me for tearing up a jigsaw puzzle card to steal a spot for you?"
β¦β¦ Returns, and puzzle cards?
What was she talking about?
Do you need this kind of thing for the competition in the city?
"Do you remember the promise you made when I handed you the dueling disc at the start of the match?"
"Do you remember...... Do you make an oath for Shizuka!! β
The blonde youth's pupils shrank sharply.
As the other party's words continued to strike, familiar scenes also appeared in front of his eyes one by one.
From missing the opening ceremony of the duel city to the gift of the girl.
From being deceived by Gurus, the true red-eyed black dragon was snatched away; and then to witness the girl fight to break an entire arm to help him get it back.
And, the strong people I met in the game, and the various trump cards I saw.
I seem, really forgot something very important......?
"Where's your duelist heart?"
"Your ......"
"What about the spirit of war!!
The golden flames instantly swept through everything in front of him, including the classroom, including the desks and chairs, and the white-haired girl who was still scolding him a second ago.
The temperature suddenly rose to a point that ordinary people couldn't tolerate at all, which made him can't help but scream, and the domineering tongue of fire swirled and surrounded him, greedily devouring every drop of moisture in the air...... This familiar pain quickly freed him from the illusions he had just experienced, and he finally figured out what kind of situation he was in.
The night is getting deeper, and the cold wind is blowing more quickly.
But there was absolutely no chill in any of the bystanders around the playing field, and everyone had doubts about their own cognition and fear of the unknown in their eyes, because the scene in front of them was too terrifying.
A huge golden firebird was flying in the sky.
As soon as it chirped, it pierced through the barrier of space, and with a flap of its wings, it burned the dark clouds in the sky.
With an incomparably graceful posture and incomparably reverent colors, the identity of this monster is still about to come out.
"The flames of heaven and earth change in an instant, the gates of hell face the darkness, the demons descend and split the boulders, and the winged dragon of the sun god flies to the end in the wind, mastering my thoughts."
"And then! Dominate the life and death of your enemies! β
"Fly! God's Immortal Bird! β
The starry sky, which should have been pitch black, was completely invisible, and the brilliant golden divine fire ignited all the clouds in a radius of hundreds of miles, and the flickering sky was like returning to the moment when the summer sun was shining, and they all felt that their skin was burning under the light of the fire, and these beautiful and dangerous flames were taking this empty boat as the core, and they were falling in a whirlpool.
In the blink of an eye, the arena was turned into a sea of fire, and the pillar of pure gold spun and nailed to one end of the field, killing the contestants standing in that position...... That is, the city is completely submerged.
"It's finally out......" Seahorse's eyes widened, intoxicated by the image in front of him.
He finally got his wish to see the last god - and at the same time, the most powerful of the three phantom gods in the world.
"The ...... of the sun god Pterodactyl. β
"Ignorant fellows, appreciate the majesty of the gods!!" Malik laughed wildly, breathing in the air with the fear that permeated the air, not caring if his appearance would spread through the camera.
"Fire is invisible, but it is fierce, and the sun, which is the source of all fires, certainly has the same characteristics." He looked down at the game and the seahorse in the audience, and the contempt in his eyes was exposed.
"Do you have a lot of confidence from the previous battles? Think you can sanction me if you have the power of God? β
But the reality is cruel...... It's so cruel that it's desperate! β
"My sun god is different from your two gods, and it is much stronger...... Much more powerful! β
"The sun god who appeared after the resurrection of the dead can absorb the 1,000 LP I offered and burn all the monsters on the opponent's field to ashes. And this is just one of the three special abilities of the sun god, do you know what that means? β
"Three special abilities!" People with a little bit of knowledge are all dumbfounded.
In this day and age, how shocking it is to suddenly appear a monster with a plural effect; Most monsters have only one special ability, even the seahorse's giant god soldier and the game's sky dragon have only one, and they are at the same level as the sun god in status!
"Oh no, there's danger in the city!" Honda suddenly shouted, and he looked at the others who hadn't reacted yet: "Damn...... Have you forgotten? It's a dark game! The player's spirit is directly connected to the monsters on the field! β
"Even if there is no dark game...... The Sky Dragon's attacks had injured Tapiri like that before, and he hadn't woken up yet. β
"So the current situation ......"
Yes, he's right, this game was turned into a dark game by Malik's Dominator at the beginning, and there will be a soul lock between the monster and the player, so that the damage taken by the monster during the battle will also be directly transmitted to the duelist, causing damage to their spirits.
"He's going to be okay in the city, right?" Just when the game and others were extremely nervous, Li Bai asked Tianguangyan worriedly.
"I don't know." Skylight Flame replied solemnly, and she was watching the other gesture of the god in amazement.
ββ¦β¦ The dark power I attached to was burned by the effect of the gods with the true red-eyed black dragon, and I could no longer protect him. That force was limited after all, and it shouldn't be enough to fully withstand an attack of this level. β
"We miscalculated the power of the gods, we didn't expect it to be so strong, this kind of attack...... It's like a meat grinder made of flames. β
"Originally, I had the confidence to fight with the gods...... But now it seems that without the Chaos Emperor Dragon, we have no chance of winning. She whispered, "Although I have been mentally prepared, this kind of battle is a little too terrifying...... I don't know what the other two unknown abilities will be. β
"It's a terrible ......"
Li Bai returned the True Red-Eyed Black Dragon so early, just to make a slight move on it, so as to prevent the city from being burned to death like in the original book, but the situation will also change because of her joining...... At this time, the sun god was born in Malik's turn, and he did not hesitate to expose the third ability of the god in his turn, definitely wanting to overwhelm the other two gods in terms of power and firmly hold the initiative of the battle in his hands.
"So what to do?" The girl weighed the battle situation, and the ominous premonition in her heart became clearer and clearer.
Right now...... Now it's just M1!
"Uh...... Uhh!!h β
"Ang-"
The true red-eyed black dragon in the vortex of the pillar of fire let out a painful wail under the scorching flames, like a trapped beast facing a mortal situation, roaring in the pillar of fire along with its master...... The black, hard scale armor was melting, and then regrouped together by a dark mist that was imperceptible to the naked eye.
This process was repeated many times, and finally stopped completely under the frightened gaze of the girl; This dark dragon with good attack power was like a baby without the ability to resist in front of the power of heaven and earth attracted by the gods, and it was melted into atoms in an instant.
"Uh-huh...... Ahem...... Belch! β
"It's so pitiful, has your saliva been boiled dry?" Malik listened to the screams in the pillar of fire gradually decaying, and the corners of his mouth grinned with satisfaction, "It's almost okay...... That guy's soul must have turned into a puff of green smoke and flew to the highest part of the sky. β
"Come back! Immortal birds! β
The golden pillar of fire immediately retracted the sky with his command, and the flames converged from all directions, turning back into the firebird they had been before.
The smoke gradually cleared, and everyone was nervously watching where they were standing in the city.
"Don't have any hopes, he can't be alive." Malik sneered across the faces covered with fear, "At the same time that the monster was burned to ashes by the divine fire, his will and spirit were also completely burned out, no matter who it was, it would be certain to die when it came into this situation...... What the? How can it be!? β
He stopped his next words, and his eyes looked at the center of the smoke in disbelief.
A tall figure gradually became clearβthe city he had asserted was still standing there! He's still alive!
"Good castle!"
"Survived! Survived the spiritual attack of the gods! β
There were cheers, not only from Honda and the game, but also from many other people at the scene...... and the audience sitting in front of the screen, they couldn't help but applaud the will of the blonde young man.
"Resisting the power of the gods with a mortal body......" Seahorse's eyes were filled with incredulity, "how could he have such strong willpower?" β
His upbringing, his life is so mediocre, it can be said that he is an ordinary person.
But such an ordinary person actually accomplished a miracle that seemed completely impossible to him!
"I really underestimated him."
"However, I guess he has reached his limit." Seahorse narrowed, and he was the first to sense that something was wrong with the figure.
His eyes were still open, but he had lost all his brilliance, and his gestures were very stiff, like a dummy with a thread, and he couldn't see much breath of life.
"His will has survived the burning of the divine fire, but he has also been greatly traumatized." Skylight Flame observed the city's facial expressions, "It should ...... It's already the limit. β
The blonde young man was completely unaware of the outside world at this time, his eyes were hazy, and everything he saw was a few shadows.
The body is so heavy.
But I'm still ...... I can't fall down.
I'm going to keep up...... of footsteps.
I'm going to win.
With this trump card she handed me back......
"I ...... The deceased who launched the Gaifu was reborn, and Su Sheng had just been buried...... Really red-eyed. β
"It can't be!" Malik finally broke out and roared, "How could he still be alive!" β
"He can still move!" Peacock Dance covered her mouth, "...... in the city"
"Excellent! Very good! The game gasped and stared at his friend, his fingers clenched, "The magic card only lasts for one round, and after this round, the sun god will be buried in the cemetery again, and if Malik can't knock down the true red eye, he may be knocked down by the castle!" β
"This idiot, does he really know what he's doing?" The girl trembled at this scene.
Surrender! Throw in the towel!
At such a juncture, at this point, shouting it out directly would become a negation of all the previous efforts of the castle.
She couldn't do that, she could only shout in her heart, she could only pray, pray that the city would be sentenced to lose because he was unable to fall down, and pray that Malik would not be willing to expose his hole cards for the trash fish in his eyes.
"......" Malik was speechless for a long time with a gloomy face.
The killing move was resisted by the miscellaneous fish in his eyes, and the heart of this negative personality was filled with boundless anger and grievance, and the eyes of the blonde young man opposite became more and more gloomy.
The sun god resurrected from the dead will disappear at the end of this round, and there are no other monsters on his field that can act as a bulwark for him.
He still has 2 cards in his hand, but there are no monster cards or trap cards in them.
LP didn't suffer any damage, and still had 3,000 points left after paying 1,000 to God.
Such a value is too dangerous.
Malik stared deeply at the true red-eyed black dragon that had returned to the arena, and smiled hideously, and those who had been watching him suddenly felt a chill surging from behind him.
I didn't expect to be forced into this field by trash fish.
"Isn't it something you can be proud of to be able to resist the God Phoenix?"
"Seahorse...... And games. β
"You really should be grateful to Jonai, because if it weren't for his efforts, you wouldn't have been able to get much information about the Sun God."
"Huh?" Seahorse frowned.
Listening to him, does he want to continue to expose other effects of God?
"This round, I haven't played the battle phase yet...... Right? Malik licked the corners of his mouth, "I'll show you...... Another form of the sun god. β
With that, he cracked the skin of his face, folded his arms over his chest, and began to recite obscure language that others could not understand.
It was the language of the ancient priests, and it was a spell used to manipulate the gods.
The flames faded from the pterodactyl's body, revealing its delicate scale armor that shimmered with metallic light.
Something more appalling than ever before is happening...... As Malik's incantation continued, his body slowly melted into the air.
"That's ......"
"Another form of the sun god isβ"
"I'm one with the Sun God!"
The voice came from mid-air, and everyone looked up, and found that at some point, Malik actually appeared in the brilliant blue crystal above the eyes of the Wing God Dragon, and his waist and abdomen were completely submerged in the crystal, as if he had grown out of it, and standing on the field, he was left with only one left hand holding a card and controlling the duel plate, and the right eye representing the last 1 LP.
ββ¦β¦ Turn my LP into 1 and the rest into the attack power of the Sun God! β
γWing Dragon of the Sun Godγ
ATKοΌ2999
DEFοΌ2999
Malik Ishorda's current LP is 1
"It's such an effect!" Both the game and the seahorse were deeply shocked by this rogue-like power.
The sun god who came back from the resurrection of the dead actually has the ability to quickly gain powerful attack power.
And before that, it can activate another effect to clear all the monsters of the opponent.
"Demonic power...... No, should I say that this is the strongest god? "The seahorse's entire mind was drawn by this terrible being, and he kept simulating and searching in his mind for a way to defeat the god, but in a short time he found nothing.
"It is worthy of being the most revered sun god among the three phantom gods."
"Almost no solution!"
"Within the city!" The game doesn't have time to feel the strength of the opponent, and he understands what the change in the situation means.
The castle will be attacked by the sun god for the second time.
An attack with a high attack damage stat.
Li Bai couldn't stand still, she couldn't watch this friend die here.
There may be a slight chance of survival...... It's like the original book, but who would dare to gamble their lives on this chance possibility!?
"White!" The seahorse grabbed the girl's shoulders to prevent her from rushing straight to the arena.
"What do you want to do!? Don't you even want to qualify for the competition!! β
"Butβ"
The girl turned her head to look at her brother, and in this moment, the attack of the Winged Dragon had already begun.
In that bird's beak-like mouth, the golden flame reappeared, hotter and more terrifying.
ββ¦β¦ Burn out the last vestiges of this man's will! β
"Golden-Fire-Cannons!!"
A ball of fire, which had almost turned into a blazing white color, spewed out from the mouth of the pterosaur, with a little golden flame remaining on the surface, like a supernova about to be destroyed, and smashed heavily into the position where the city was standing, and also smashed heavily into the hearts of all the viewers.
The fire burned for several minutes.
The revived black dragon has disappeared again.
The blackened youth lay stiffly on the ground.
The girl jumped onto the field before everyone else, crouched down, and trembled as she poked her fingers into the tip of her nose.
Then she turned her head and stared at the negative personality that was staring at her, completely ignoring the system prompts ringing in her ears.
There was blood in his red eyes.
She felt that it was the first time she wanted to die alone.