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# Chapter 584: Mutou Yuugi Doesn't Rule Bend
"【Eye of Timaeus】!"
Just like the human hosts of Ultraman in new-generation tokusatsu shows always inexplicably shout "Ultraman" before transforming, as if unable to transform otherwise, Yugi held up the card in his hand.
Compared to before, Yugi didn't say things like "I activate this monster's effect" or "I activate this Spell Card." He simply said, "I activate the effect of 【Eye of Timaeus】," since he himself found it hard to say what type of card it actually was.
However, more egregious than not being able to distinguish the card type was the fact that there wasn't even a single word on the 【Eye of Timaeus】 card itself; it was just a card with only the card art printed on it.
But Yugi could swear on his Duelist's glory that he would never rule-bend.
Probably.
"【Eye of Timaeus】?" Standing outside the burning shadow flame, Rafael, who was watching the Duel, frowned.
Not long ago, after the Doma Three Swordsmen obtained the Three Egyptian Gods cards and presented them to Dartz, according to the original plan, the Orichalcos God, having gained the power of the Three Egyptian Gods, would open the Dimensional Gate to the Different Dimension and begin the process of World Destruction. At first, signs of this indeed appeared.
Spreading from the Organization Doma's secret Island across the World, the virtual projection of Duel Monsters appeared to materialize without the support of a virtual projection system. However, this was actually the Dimensional Gate between the Human World and the Spirit World being opened, and the Card Spirits were descending into the Human World.
Theoretically, next, Organization Doma would unleash the power they had accumulated for ten thousand years amidst the chaos caused by the Card Spirits, inciting the descent of war to collect more darkness from human hearts for the Orichalcos God. Ultimately, the Orichalcos God would cleanse all humans from the surface.
However, the plan only succeeded in the first step.
After the Card Spirits descended into the Real World, the power of the Orichalcos God, which maintained the Dimensional Gate between the Spirit World and the Human World, transformed into an eye in the sky.
However, the Dimensional Gate was only open for a few hours. Before their online network trolls could even make the topic trend, that eye was inexplicably blown up in Japan by a dragon that suddenly appeared!
Rafael was shocked at the time. What the hell was that thing, and where did it even come from?!
He, Alister, and Valon had rushed to the Palace where Dartz was located to report the unexpected situation, but they heard a loud bang from afar at the Palace entrance. Afterward, they found Hayato appearing beside Dartz.
Rafael had previously sent people to gather information about that giant dragon of unknown origin. After all, if it happened once, it could happen again. For the sake of the plan's future progress, Rafael felt it was necessary to know his enemy and himself. He didn't expect that now, as Yugi used Eye of Timaeus, he would actually see that giant dragon again before Yugi.
It seemed that the Nameless Pharaoh was indeed a great threat. He and the card in his Hand must be eliminated.
Rafael's heavy thoughts remained hidden in his heart. On Yugi's Field, the Legendary Dragon Timaeus, responding to Yugi's call and projecting its power into reality, opened its eye and looked across at Yugi's opponent.
Then, it saw Hayato.
"?"
Timaeus was a bit confused, because if it hadn't misheard just now, wasn't Mutou Yuugi, the user it had chosen, supposed to be dispelling the darkness from the Duelist on the opponent's side?
It knew Hayato too. Timaeus had helped Hayato return from the Spirit World to the Human World not long ago. If Hayato were a person with a dark heart, even if he had the power to defeat the Orichalcos God, Timaeus and the other two Legendary Dragons would never have asked Hayato for help.
Slightly tilting its head to look strangely at the serious Yugi, Timaeus released its power, transforming into radiance that surged towards the only monster on Yugi's Field—Dark Magician Girl.
Holy light enveloped Dark Magician Girl. After the radiance dissipated, what appeared on Yugi's Field was Dark Magician Girl who had changed her magician attire into a heroic set of armor, holding a sword and standing atop Timaeus!
"This is the new power I've gained, Hayato. Eye of Timaeus has the ability to awaken the dormant power within a monster. Dark Magician Girl has now awakened the courage in her heart and has been promoted to Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight!"
"Witness this power, Hayato!"
【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】【Level 7/Dark】
【Dragon/Fusion/Effect】
【ATK 2600/DEF 1700】
Joey Wheeler said excitedly, "Nice job, Yugi! With this, 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】's ATK has increased to the same level as Infernoid Baal!"
Joey Wheeler glanced at his Graveyard. The monster he had placed on the field earlier, which Yugi tributed and sent to the Graveyard, was 【AD Changer】. It had the ability to banish itself from the Graveyard to change the battle position of one monster on the field.
Although it was just a monster with 100 ATK/DEF, seemingly a small fry, Joey Wheeler was no longer the Duel Monsters novice who only looked at ATK like back then. He wouldn't look down on this card.
Now, Yugi only needed the power of 【AD Changer】 to twist the battle position of Infernoid Baal on Hayato's Field, changing it from its Attack Position with 2600 ATK to a fragile 0 DEF, and he could easily break through that monster.
However, it was still Yugi's turn. Although they shared the Graveyard and could use the effects of cards in each other's Graveyard, Joey Wheeler wasn't sure if Yugi knew that he had a card with a usable effect in his Graveyard.
However, what slightly surprised Joey Wheeler was that Yugi actually directly declared the Battle Phase?
"Enter my Battle Phase, I attack with 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】," Yugi declared seemingly reckless, completely ignoring the set card in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone and the reality that neither of the two monsters on Hayato's Field had lower ATK than 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】.
He even pointed his finger at Infernoid Lilith, the monster with the highest ATK on Hayato's Field, "The target of the attack is that Infernoid Lilith!"
"How could he?! He's using 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 with 2600 ATK to actively attack Infernoid Lilith which has a higher ATK of 2900!?"
Amidst Joey Wheeler 's confused questions, Dark Magician Girl, riding the giant dragon, pointed her sword at Infernoid Lilith. As if to avenge the past, she flew up with Timaeus beneath her and swooped down on Infernoid Lilith!
Hayato looked at 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 and felt a little awkward, realizing that he seemed to completely forget what effect 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 summoned by Eye of Timaeus had. Not only this one, which might be the anime version's effect, but he couldn't even quite remember the real card version's effect.
Because the effect of the real card version of Eye of Timaeus is actually to send one Dark Magician monster on the field to the Graveyard as Fusion Material, and then Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster that lists that monster's card name as a specific Fusion Material.
And as everyone knows, although Dark Magician has Fusion forms with many monsters as specified Fusion Material, the most popular one is the existence known as "Red Dad". Although it's still a member of the Turtle Fodder, its power is undeniable.
Logically, if you have Dark Magician on the field and play Eye of Timaeus, anyone would summon "Red Dad" out, right?
For this reason, Hayato hadn't seen anyone use the effect of Eye of Timaeus to summon 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 for a long time, to the point where he truly couldn't remember what kind of monster effect she had.
However, there was nothing to fear.
Hayato's Infernoid Lilith on the field had the powerful ability to tribute one of his monsters when a monster effect is activated, to negate activation and banish it. No matter how powerful 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】's effect was, it would be meaningless if it couldn't activate!
Then, Hayato heard Yugi say proudly, "The power held by 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 is the power of the pure heart within Dark Magician Girl's heart. Any enemy will be dissolved before her."
"When this card battles an opponent's monster, I can send one card from my hand to the Graveyard and destroy that monster without performing damage calculation." Yugi sent a card from his hand to the Graveyard and said proudly, "This effect is always active and does not need to be activated. It also does not enter a chain!"
"Nani!?"
"How can there be such a rule-bending effect?!"
The sword in 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】's hand radiated dark magic. Although it was pitch-black mystical power, it radiated a holy light that was brighter than the flames on the Infernoids. With one slash, it easily cleaved the 2900 ATK Infernoid Lilith in half!
After sending Infernoid Lilith to the Graveyard, Hayato looked at 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 who had returned to Yugi's Field and frowned.
After experiencing the effect once, Hayato's memory was slightly jogged, and he recalled the effect of the real card version of 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】. It seemed to be a quick effect card destruction ability that could discard one card from hand once per turn to target and destroy one face-up card on the opponent's Field, and it could also be activated during the opponent's turn. It wasn't weak, but it wasn't strong either.
After all, which boss monster these days doesn't have targeting immunity or destruction resistance, not to mention the cost of discarding a card from hand, which results in card disadvantage.
But the power of the genuine 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 on Yugi's Field was relatively amazing. It could be used just by battling a monster and discarding a card from hand, and it was an ability similar to a Continuous Spell Card that didn't need to be activated. The destruction also seemed to not target, and if it could attack multiple times, there was no once-per-turn restriction either.
"Tsk, you've got some skill, Yugi. You actually destroyed my Infernoid Lilith on the field. But because of that, the total star level of effect monsters on my field is now back to Level 7. Next turn, I can completely summon new Infernoid monsters again."
Hearing Hayato's harsh words, Yugi drew a card from his hand and said, "Sore wa dou kana?"
"In my Main Phase 2, I activate this card, Soul Release!"
"Nani!"
As Yugi's card activated, Hayato saw that from his Graveyard, radiance was rising. The Infernoid monsters that were sent to the Graveyard by Monster Gate earlier were now being banished from the Graveyard, including the Infernoid Lilith that was just destroyed!
Yugi said confidently, "Even if they are destroyed again and again, the Infernoid monsters that can constantly revive from the Graveyard are indeed quite powerful, almost like they are undying. However, if they are banished, they won't be able to revive anymore, right?"
"Damn it!" Hayato looked annoyed as the Infernoid monsters he had finally managed to pile up in his Graveyard were banished. He lowered his head and looked at his hand. What was slightly fortunate was that because of Yugi's Graceful Charity just now, Hayato drew a handful of Infernoids, with a total of four Infernoid monsters in his hand.
Among them was the Level 2 Infernoid Beelzebul, whose effect was to return one face-up card on the field to the owner's hand once per turn. It was usually used in conjunction with cards like Lava Golem.
【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】's effect was a bit rule-bending, but so what? Wouldn't it be fine just to return her to hand? Hayato thought so.
Then, Yugi played another card, saying afterward, "However, considering that you drew four cards just now due to the effect of Graceful Charity, I'm still a little uneasy just banishing a few Infernoid monsters from your Graveyard."
"So, I will activate this card as well, 【Synchro Hero】!"
"Huh!?"
A card that Hayato had never expected appeared in Yugi's hand. Seeing Hayato's surprised expression, Yugi explained, "After Yusei Fudo and the others came here, I exchanged some cards with Yusei Fudo while you and Judai were dueling. Among them was this rare card that can increase a monster's level. I didn't expect it to be usable now."
"The effect of this Equip Spell Card is to increase one monster's level by 1 Star Level, and its ATK increases by 500 points." Yugi said, pointing his finger at Hayato's Field, "I will grant this powerful equip card to your Infernoid Baal!"
"Eek!"
Despite Hayato's resistant expression, he could only watch as the star level of his Infernoid Baal on the field changed.
【Infernoid Baal】【Level 7/Dark → Level 8/Dark】
【ATK 2600 → 3100】
"Set one card from hand, I end my turn." Leaving one card in his hand to activate 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】's ability, Yugi ended his turn.
【Yugi: 8000 LP, Hand 1】
【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】【ATK 2600】
【Set card】【Synchro Hero】
(End of Chapter)
"【Eye of Timaeus】!"
Just like the human hosts of Ultraman in new-generation tokusatsu shows always inexplicably shout "Ultraman" before transforming, as if unable to transform otherwise, Yugi held up the card in his hand.
Compared to before, Yugi didn't say things like "I activate this monster's effect" or "I activate this Spell Card." He simply said, "I activate the effect of 【Eye of Timaeus】," since he himself found it hard to say what type of card it actually was.
However, more egregious than not being able to distinguish the card type was the fact that there wasn't even a single word on the 【Eye of Timaeus】 card itself; it was just a card with only the card art printed on it.
But Yugi could swear on his Duelist's glory that he would never rule-bend.
Probably.
"【Eye of Timaeus】?" Standing outside the burning shadow flame, Rafael, who was watching the Duel, frowned.
Not long ago, after the Doma Three Swordsmen obtained the Three Egyptian Gods cards and presented them to Dartz, according to the original plan, the Orichalcos God, having gained the power of the Three Egyptian Gods, would open the Dimensional Gate to the Different Dimension and begin the process of World Destruction. At first, signs of this indeed appeared.
Spreading from the Organization Doma's secret Island across the World, the virtual projection of Duel Monsters appeared to materialize without the support of a virtual projection system. However, this was actually the Dimensional Gate between the Human World and the Spirit World being opened, and the Card Spirits were descending into the Human World.
Theoretically, next, Organization Doma would unleash the power they had accumulated for ten thousand years amidst the chaos caused by the Card Spirits, inciting the descent of war to collect more darkness from human hearts for the Orichalcos God. Ultimately, the Orichalcos God would cleanse all humans from the surface.
However, the plan only succeeded in the first step.
After the Card Spirits descended into the Real World, the power of the Orichalcos God, which maintained the Dimensional Gate between the Spirit World and the Human World, transformed into an eye in the sky.
However, the Dimensional Gate was only open for a few hours. Before their online network trolls could even make the topic trend, that eye was inexplicably blown up in Japan by a dragon that suddenly appeared!
Rafael was shocked at the time. What the hell was that thing, and where did it even come from?!
He, Alister, and Valon had rushed to the Palace where Dartz was located to report the unexpected situation, but they heard a loud bang from afar at the Palace entrance. Afterward, they found Hayato appearing beside Dartz.
Rafael had previously sent people to gather information about that giant dragon of unknown origin. After all, if it happened once, it could happen again. For the sake of the plan's future progress, Rafael felt it was necessary to know his enemy and himself. He didn't expect that now, as Yugi used Eye of Timaeus, he would actually see that giant dragon again before Yugi.
It seemed that the Nameless Pharaoh was indeed a great threat. He and the card in his Hand must be eliminated.
Rafael's heavy thoughts remained hidden in his heart. On Yugi's Field, the Legendary Dragon Timaeus, responding to Yugi's call and projecting its power into reality, opened its eye and looked across at Yugi's opponent.
Then, it saw Hayato.
"?"
Timaeus was a bit confused, because if it hadn't misheard just now, wasn't Mutou Yuugi, the user it had chosen, supposed to be dispelling the darkness from the Duelist on the opponent's side?
It knew Hayato too. Timaeus had helped Hayato return from the Spirit World to the Human World not long ago. If Hayato were a person with a dark heart, even if he had the power to defeat the Orichalcos God, Timaeus and the other two Legendary Dragons would never have asked Hayato for help.
Slightly tilting its head to look strangely at the serious Yugi, Timaeus released its power, transforming into radiance that surged towards the only monster on Yugi's Field—Dark Magician Girl.
Holy light enveloped Dark Magician Girl. After the radiance dissipated, what appeared on Yugi's Field was Dark Magician Girl who had changed her magician attire into a heroic set of armor, holding a sword and standing atop Timaeus!
"This is the new power I've gained, Hayato. Eye of Timaeus has the ability to awaken the dormant power within a monster. Dark Magician Girl has now awakened the courage in her heart and has been promoted to Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight!"
"Witness this power, Hayato!"
【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】【Level 7/Dark】
【Dragon/Fusion/Effect】
【ATK 2600/DEF 1700】
Joey Wheeler said excitedly, "Nice job, Yugi! With this, 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】's ATK has increased to the same level as Infernoid Baal!"
Joey Wheeler glanced at his Graveyard. The monster he had placed on the field earlier, which Yugi tributed and sent to the Graveyard, was 【AD Changer】. It had the ability to banish itself from the Graveyard to change the battle position of one monster on the field.
Although it was just a monster with 100 ATK/DEF, seemingly a small fry, Joey Wheeler was no longer the Duel Monsters novice who only looked at ATK like back then. He wouldn't look down on this card.
Now, Yugi only needed the power of 【AD Changer】 to twist the battle position of Infernoid Baal on Hayato's Field, changing it from its Attack Position with 2600 ATK to a fragile 0 DEF, and he could easily break through that monster.
However, it was still Yugi's turn. Although they shared the Graveyard and could use the effects of cards in each other's Graveyard, Joey Wheeler wasn't sure if Yugi knew that he had a card with a usable effect in his Graveyard.
However, what slightly surprised Joey Wheeler was that Yugi actually directly declared the Battle Phase?
"Enter my Battle Phase, I attack with 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】," Yugi declared seemingly reckless, completely ignoring the set card in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone and the reality that neither of the two monsters on Hayato's Field had lower ATK than 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】.
He even pointed his finger at Infernoid Lilith, the monster with the highest ATK on Hayato's Field, "The target of the attack is that Infernoid Lilith!"
"How could he?! He's using 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 with 2600 ATK to actively attack Infernoid Lilith which has a higher ATK of 2900!?"
Amidst Joey Wheeler 's confused questions, Dark Magician Girl, riding the giant dragon, pointed her sword at Infernoid Lilith. As if to avenge the past, she flew up with Timaeus beneath her and swooped down on Infernoid Lilith!
Hayato looked at 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 and felt a little awkward, realizing that he seemed to completely forget what effect 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 summoned by Eye of Timaeus had. Not only this one, which might be the anime version's effect, but he couldn't even quite remember the real card version's effect.
Because the effect of the real card version of Eye of Timaeus is actually to send one Dark Magician monster on the field to the Graveyard as Fusion Material, and then Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster that lists that monster's card name as a specific Fusion Material.
And as everyone knows, although Dark Magician has Fusion forms with many monsters as specified Fusion Material, the most popular one is the existence known as "Red Dad". Although it's still a member of the Turtle Fodder, its power is undeniable.
Logically, if you have Dark Magician on the field and play Eye of Timaeus, anyone would summon "Red Dad" out, right?
For this reason, Hayato hadn't seen anyone use the effect of Eye of Timaeus to summon 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 for a long time, to the point where he truly couldn't remember what kind of monster effect she had.
However, there was nothing to fear.
Hayato's Infernoid Lilith on the field had the powerful ability to tribute one of his monsters when a monster effect is activated, to negate activation and banish it. No matter how powerful 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】's effect was, it would be meaningless if it couldn't activate!
Then, Hayato heard Yugi say proudly, "The power held by 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 is the power of the pure heart within Dark Magician Girl's heart. Any enemy will be dissolved before her."
"When this card battles an opponent's monster, I can send one card from my hand to the Graveyard and destroy that monster without performing damage calculation." Yugi sent a card from his hand to the Graveyard and said proudly, "This effect is always active and does not need to be activated. It also does not enter a chain!"
"Nani!?"
"How can there be such a rule-bending effect?!"
The sword in 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】's hand radiated dark magic. Although it was pitch-black mystical power, it radiated a holy light that was brighter than the flames on the Infernoids. With one slash, it easily cleaved the 2900 ATK Infernoid Lilith in half!
After sending Infernoid Lilith to the Graveyard, Hayato looked at 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 who had returned to Yugi's Field and frowned.
After experiencing the effect once, Hayato's memory was slightly jogged, and he recalled the effect of the real card version of 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】. It seemed to be a quick effect card destruction ability that could discard one card from hand once per turn to target and destroy one face-up card on the opponent's Field, and it could also be activated during the opponent's turn. It wasn't weak, but it wasn't strong either.
After all, which boss monster these days doesn't have targeting immunity or destruction resistance, not to mention the cost of discarding a card from hand, which results in card disadvantage.
But the power of the genuine 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】 on Yugi's Field was relatively amazing. It could be used just by battling a monster and discarding a card from hand, and it was an ability similar to a Continuous Spell Card that didn't need to be activated. The destruction also seemed to not target, and if it could attack multiple times, there was no once-per-turn restriction either.
"Tsk, you've got some skill, Yugi. You actually destroyed my Infernoid Lilith on the field. But because of that, the total star level of effect monsters on my field is now back to Level 7. Next turn, I can completely summon new Infernoid monsters again."
Hearing Hayato's harsh words, Yugi drew a card from his hand and said, "Sore wa dou kana?"
"In my Main Phase 2, I activate this card, Soul Release!"
"Nani!"
As Yugi's card activated, Hayato saw that from his Graveyard, radiance was rising. The Infernoid monsters that were sent to the Graveyard by Monster Gate earlier were now being banished from the Graveyard, including the Infernoid Lilith that was just destroyed!
Yugi said confidently, "Even if they are destroyed again and again, the Infernoid monsters that can constantly revive from the Graveyard are indeed quite powerful, almost like they are undying. However, if they are banished, they won't be able to revive anymore, right?"
"Damn it!" Hayato looked annoyed as the Infernoid monsters he had finally managed to pile up in his Graveyard were banished. He lowered his head and looked at his hand. What was slightly fortunate was that because of Yugi's Graceful Charity just now, Hayato drew a handful of Infernoids, with a total of four Infernoid monsters in his hand.
Among them was the Level 2 Infernoid Beelzebul, whose effect was to return one face-up card on the field to the owner's hand once per turn. It was usually used in conjunction with cards like Lava Golem.
【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】's effect was a bit rule-bending, but so what? Wouldn't it be fine just to return her to hand? Hayato thought so.
Then, Yugi played another card, saying afterward, "However, considering that you drew four cards just now due to the effect of Graceful Charity, I'm still a little uneasy just banishing a few Infernoid monsters from your Graveyard."
"So, I will activate this card as well, 【Synchro Hero】!"
"Huh!?"
A card that Hayato had never expected appeared in Yugi's hand. Seeing Hayato's surprised expression, Yugi explained, "After Yusei Fudo and the others came here, I exchanged some cards with Yusei Fudo while you and Judai were dueling. Among them was this rare card that can increase a monster's level. I didn't expect it to be usable now."
"The effect of this Equip Spell Card is to increase one monster's level by 1 Star Level, and its ATK increases by 500 points." Yugi said, pointing his finger at Hayato's Field, "I will grant this powerful equip card to your Infernoid Baal!"
"Eek!"
Despite Hayato's resistant expression, he could only watch as the star level of his Infernoid Baal on the field changed.
【Infernoid Baal】【Level 7/Dark → Level 8/Dark】
【ATK 2600 → 3100】
"Set one card from hand, I end my turn." Leaving one card in his hand to activate 【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】's ability, Yugi ended his turn.
【Yugi: 8000 LP, Hand 1】
【Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight】【ATK 2600】
【Set card】【Synchro Hero】
(End of Chapter)
