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"Enter my Battle Phase! I use [Koa'ki Meiru Doom] to Attack [Drytron Zeta Aldhibah]!"

"[Koa'ki Meiru Dark Impact]!"

[Koa'ki Meiru Doom], with 2200 ATK, extended its palm, which was heated red from the core overheating inside its body. A ball of energy was unleashed, attacking [Drytron Zeta Aldhibah] in Defense Position on Hayato's Field.

Although Drytron Monsters uniformly have a relatively high 2000 ATK, their DEF are without exception 0.

Facing [Koa'ki Meiru Doom]'s Attack, [Drytron Zeta Aldhibah] was instantly Destroyed and Sent to the Graveyard. However, because it was in Defense Position, Hayato didn't take any Damage.

Seeing that Hayato didn't Activate a Set Card, Dartz felt somewhat relieved and ordered again, "Next, [Koa'ki Meiru Drago] Attacks, Destroying that [Drytron Alpha Thuban]!"

"[Koa'ki Meiru Heat Wave Impact]!"

The second Drytron was also Destroyed by Dartz and sent to the Graveyard. Although for Drytron Monsters, going to the Graveyard is like going home and they aren't afraid at all, and both Drytron Monsters were in Defense Position so they wouldn't cause Hayato any Damage.

However, for Hayato, not letting his opponent gain an advantage was his priority; he absolutely couldn't let Dartz simply Destroy two Monsters for free.

Dartz, who had finished ordering his two Monsters to Attack, looked at Hayato's empty Field. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the Set Card in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone suddenly Activate.

"Heh heh, you've Destroyed every single Monster on my Field, Dartz," Hayato said with a proud smile. "Although I'm annoyed, it's precisely in this empty situation that this Card's Effect can be maximized! At the End Phase of your Battle Phase, I Activate my Set Card!"

"Evenly Matched!"

Dartz saw on the Card Art of the Trap Card Hayato Activated, several Duel Monsters dressed as Japanese samurai and generals dueling and fighting with sharp swords. He recognized these Monsters; it seems like Industrial Illusions recently released Monsters from the Six Samurai Deck alongside [E HERO] at the Duel Monsters Convention.

"A Trap Card Activated during the Battle Phase? But Hayato, don't forget my [Koa'ki Meiru Iron Core] grants the [Koa'ki Meiru] Monsters on my Field the ability to not be Destroyed. Whether by Battle or Effect, it's complete Resistance."

Hearing Dartz's words, Hayato shrugged and said with a smile, "Your Monsters have complete Resistance, but the Duelist doesn't. If I can't deal with your Monsters, can't I still take down the Duelist? The Effect of Evenly Matched targets the Duelist, not the Monsters."

"The Effect of Evenly Matched is: If the number of Cards on your Opponent's Field is more than the number of Cards on your Field, it can only be Activated at the End Phase of both players' Battle Phase. Until the number becomes the same as the number of Cards on my Field, your Opponent must choose Cards on their own Field and Banish them face-down,"

Hayato reached out and pointed at the three Cards on Dartz's Field. "That means, after all that nonsense about 'choice' and 'decision' you were talking about earlier, now it's your turn to choose which Cards on your Field to give up, Dartz!"

"I only have Evenly Matched and one Set Card on my Field, which means you must choose one Card out of the three on your Field to give up!"

Dartz currently has these three Cards on his Field: [Koa'ki Meiru Doom], [Koa'ki Meiru Drago], and [Limit Overdrive]. Although Evenly Matched has been Activated, it is currently still on the Field and hasn't gone to the Graveyard. For Dartz to make the number of Cards on his Field equal to Hayato's, he must choose one of his Cards to Banish face-down.

Compared to Sending to the Graveyard, Banished Cards are relatively harder to Recycle, and Banishing face-down can be said to be permanent Banishing that is almost impossible to Recycle.

"A choice..." Dartz heard this and smiled, and without hesitation, took the Continuous Spell Card from his Duel Disk. "Although this will reduce the Combat Power of the Monsters on my Field, my intuition tells me that the existence of [Koa'ki Meiru Doom] is necessary, and [Koa'ki Meiru Drago] is also a powerful Monster I finally managed to Summon."

"I Banish [Limit Overdrive] from my Spell/Trap Zone face-down."

Dartz chose to Banish his Continuous Spell Card face-down. And with the departure of [Limit Overdrive], [Koa'ki Meiru Doom] and [Koa'ki Meiru Drago] on his Field also lost their Power Boost at the same time.

[Koa'ki Meiru Doom] [ATK 2200→1700]

[Koa'ki Meiru Drago] [ATK 3500→3000]

"Willing to weaken your own Monsters just to maintain that suppression, huh? Tsk, how troublesome." Hayato looked at Dartz making his choice, annoyed. "Pity you didn't Set that Card from your Hand before the Battle Phase started, otherwise, I could have Banished one more Card from you."

Dartz merely smiled. "Even I, who am not particularly good at Duel Monsters, wouldn't be foolish enough to Set a Card before the Battle Phase, right?"

Saying this, he inserted a Card from his Hand into his Duel Disk. "Set a card. My Turn ends. It's your turn now, Hayato."

[Dartz: 4000 LP, Hand 0]

[Koa'ki Meiru Doom] [ATK 1700]

[Koa'ki Meiru Drago] [ATK 3000]

[Set Card]

As Dartz declared the End Turn, the locations on [Koa'ki Meiru Doom] and [Koa'ki Meiru Drago] on his Field where the [Koa'ki Meiru Core] was mounted glowed red as if about to explode. However, the [Koa'ki Meiru Iron Core] that Dartz Banished earlier Activated its final ability, preventing them from being Destroyed by their own Effect.

[Koa'ki Meiru] Monsters generally have a negative effect that requires Discarding [Koa'ki Meiru Core] at the End Phase to maintain their existence. Only a few are exceptions. However, [Koa'ki Meiru Iron Core] can temporarily exempt them from this flaw.

Hayato looked at the [Koa'ki Meiru Doom] still on Dartz's Field, then glanced at the Hand full of LIGHT Attribute Monsters in his own Hand, and ranted with considerable helplessness, "Seriously, Dartz, why would you use [Koa'ki Meiru Doom], which counters my Monsters so much?"

"I wasn't planning on being your enemy, Hayato." Dartz, with empty Hands, wore an innocent expression. "This [Koa'ki Meiru] Deck I'm using wasn't prepared for you. Think back, what are the Attributes of the Ace Card of the Nameless Pharaoh and the Ace Monster of Kaiba Seto, respectively?"

"[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] which is LIGHT Attribute, and [Dark Magician] which is DARK Attribute. I merely prepared 'a little bit' of Cards to counter them, considering I might face them. It just so happens that you, Hayato, got to experience it first."

Hearing Dartz's explanation, Hayato clicked his tongue, annoyed. "Tsk, fine, let's just say that. Then, My Turn! Draw a Card!"

Drawing a Card, it was the Spell Card Magical Mallet. It came at quite the opportune moment. Hayato really needed to change his Hand.

"I Activate the Normal Spell Card Magical Mallet. I return this Card and any number of Cards from my Hand to the Deck and Shuffle them, then Draw Cards equal to the number I returned to the Deck. I choose to return my entire Hand to the Deck."

After showing the Magical Mallet in his Hand, Hayato gathered the Cards spread open in his Hand, put them into his Deck, and the Duel Disk automatically Shuffled.

Hayato's Hand size plus Magical Mallet was a total of 4 Cards. So he could Draw four Cards at once.

"Draw!" He drew Cards from the Top of the Deck after Shuffling was complete, flipped them over and took a look. Hayato revealed a smile. "Yare yare, I drew a pretty good Card."

"I Activate the Spell Card Cyber Emergency. This Card's Effect is: Add one [Cyber Dragon] or one Machine Type LIGHT Attribute Monster that cannot be Normal Summoned from my Deck to my Hand."

"[Cyber Dragon]?" Dartz was first a bit confused, then showed an expression of understanding.

Drytron are "Cyber Dragon" Secret Technique Cards. In that case, it's reasonable that the Deck used would contain Cards related to [Cyber Dragon]. Furthermore, the Drytron Monsters Hayato just used are indeed Machine Type LIGHT Attribute Monsters that cannot be Normal Summoned.

So he's going to Search for a Drytron?

"Don't forget, Hayato, [Koa'ki Meiru Doom] still exists on my Field. All LIGHT and DARK Attribute Monster Effects on both players' Fields are Negated. Even if you Search for a Drytron, it will be useless," Dartz reminded him. "If a Drytron that cannot be Normal Summoned cannot Special Summon itself with its own Effect, it's just a brick."

Hayato's mouth curved up. "I never said I was going to Search for a Drytron, Dartz. The more I use Drytron's Ritual Summon, the more I realize Rituals have their limit. So, to defeat you, I am willing to give up my old friends, the Drytron."

"The Card I Add to Hand is this one, Cyber Eltanin!"

"Next, I Activate the Spell Card Reasoning. You Declare a Level from 1 to 12. Then I excavate Cards from the Top of my Deck until a Monster that can be Normal Summoned appears."

"Now, choose, Dartz."

Dartz had some impression of the Cyber Eltanin Hayato Added to Hand. He remembered it seems like a Secret Technique Card from the Cyber Style lineage as well. However, for a long time, no one, not even from Cyber Style, could use that Card. Therefore, just like with Drytron, Dartz, facing Cyber Eltanin for the first time, also didn't know what kind of Effect it had.

But what was certain was that Cyber Eltanin's Attribute is LIGHT. This means it is also within the Negation range of [Koa'ki Meiru Doom]. Furthermore, because [Koa'ki Meiru Doom]'s Negation Effect is a Continuous Negation that doesn't start a Chain, even abilities like [Cannot be Chained to Special Summon] are useless.

A Monster that cannot be Summoned, no matter how powerful, is fake.

Therefore, Dartz focused his attention on the Reasoning that Hayato Activated. This Card wasn't rare. Dartz also knew its Effect. After a brief thought, he said, "I Declare Level 1☆."

"Hoho, Level 1☆, how malicious, Dartz. Did you figure that my pure Drytron Deck has no Level 1☆ Monsters that can be Normal Summoned, and even if there are Level 1 Monsters, there's nothing to fear?" Hayato flipped over the Card on Top of the Deck. It was the Ritual Monster Cyber Angel Benten, which was Shuffled back into the Deck earlier. It cannot be Normal Summoned.

Hayato Sent it directly to the Graveyard. He flipped over the Card on Top of the Deck again. It was Drytron Delta Altais, which also cannot be Normal Summoned. Hayato also Sent it to the Graveyard.

He flipped over eight Cards in succession. Hayato finally flipped over a Monster that can be Normal Summoned, [Rainbow Kuriboh].

"Kuri~"

Holding the [Rainbow Kuriboh] Card, he showed it to Dartz. Hayato said, "The Monster that can be Normal Summoned is Level 1☆ [Rainbow Kuriboh]. Since it matches the number you guessed, I Send all the excavated Cards to the Graveyard."

"With this, the winning equation is already established, Dartz!"

Watching Hayato Send a total of nine Cards to the Graveyard, Dartz hadn't yet realized what Hayato was going to do.

Only to see Hayato press a button on his Duel Disk, Activating the only Set Card on his Field. "Although it's not the first time I've Summoned you, pour your starlight here once again, O starlight of the Cyber Dragon Constellation!"

"Activate Set Card, Descent from the Heavens!"

As Hayato's Set Card Activated, a Starry Sky appeared above his head. The shining stars connected to each other, forming a long dragon.

"During the turn this Card is Activated, I cannot Special Summon Monsters by effects other than this Card's," Hayato said, while reaching his Hand towards the Graveyard Zone. "Banish all LIGHT Machine Monsters from my Graveyard and my Field to Activate Descent from the Heavens!"

"I Banish everything from my Graveyard!"

Hayato flicked his Hand. The LIGHT Machine Monsters in his Graveyard—from the initial two Drytron, the Drytron Mu used to Ritual Summon Saffira, and the seven Drytron just Sent to the Graveyard (excluding [Benten] and [Rainbow Kuriboh])—a total of ten Monster Cards were all Banished!

The Banished Monsters ascended into the air, becoming part of the stars. Hayato raised a Card from his Hand high. "I Special Summon one Level 6☆ or higher Machine Type LIGHT Attribute Monster from my Hand, ignoring its Summoning Condition!"

The starlight seemed to find a gathering place, all converging towards the Card Hayato held high above his head. Before Hayato could place the Card on his Duel Disk, a loud dragon roar echoed from behind Hayato.

The head of a massive giant machine dragon materialized through the converging starlight and the power of the numerous Monsters Hayato Banished. Although clearly a mechanical construct, it seemed to possess its own life, looking down upon everything on the ground.

And beside the giant mechanical dragon head, the power of the Monsters Hayato Banished by Descent from the Heavens gathered, transforming into hovering small machine dragon head funnels, orbiting the giant head like planets guarding a star.

"O starlight wandering in Space, transform into a raging torrent and light of hope, gather in my Hands!" Hayato slammed the Card in his Hand onto his Duel Disk. "In the name of Stars, Infinite, and Draco, open the gate of truth for me!"

"Appear, my glory, my Tamashii!!"

"Cyber Eltanin!!!"

[Cyber Eltanin] [Level 10☆/LIGHT]

[Machine Type/Special Summon/Effect]

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