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Chapter 649: Dartz, you son of a bitch
"!"
Hearing Dartz's words, Rafael was also startled. He didn't understand why Dartz would ask him this question.
Was there some other reason behind the misfortune his family suffered ten years ago, the shipwreck from which he was the only survivor?
But Dartz didn't directly tell Rafael the answer, saying instead, "Destiny is created by the strong. He lost his beloved younger brother due to KaibaCorp's weapon experiments, and his heart was stained with darkness from that moment on. Because of this, he hates KaibaCorp and you, Seto."
"But was it really Gozaburo Kaiba who caused his brother's death on that battlefield?"
Rafael's heart sank. "So, what Alister said was true? Did Organization Doma interfere in that war?"
Dartz didn't answer Rafael, but continued, "Valon's church where he grew up was mercilessly attacked by a great fire, and the people he considered family were buried in the sea of fire."
"But was that great fire really an accident?"
"!" Joey Wheeler's fists clenched tightly. Having discovered the unusual similarity between himself and Valon during their earlier Duel, he immediately projected Valon's experience onto himself. Thinking of Shizuka dying, he couldn't help but be filled with wrath. "You bastard!"
"Furthermore, for me, it's effortless to manipulate ocean currents to make a Cruise Ship unknowingly deviate from its route to directly above an Underwater Volcano that's about to erupt, let alone bring one person from the ship alone to a Deserted Island isolated from the world."
"H-How is that possible!?" Rafael's eyes widened, his expression filled with disbelief, his teeth clenched tightly together. "Something like that!?"
Seeing the expression on Rafael's face that pleased him greatly, Dartz also smiled proudly. "Whether it's Alister, Valon, or you, Rafael, your lives are merely dancing in my palm."
"Now that you know the truth of what happened to you, now that you know your destiny was manipulated by me, Rafael, how do you feel now? How do you feel?"
Rafael lowered his head, his fingernails digging into his flesh and piercing blood vessels in his tightly clenched fists. But the pain in his hand could hardly shake the turbulent emotions in Rafael's heart at this moment.
"Sonia Julia..." Muttering the names of his younger siblings softly, Rafael raised his head again to look at Dartz. "My parents, my younger siblings!"
And Dartz, facing Rafael's gaze that made no attempt to hide his hatred, said as if he hadn't noticed. "Your destinies were decided from the beginning. Darkness is like gravity. All I needed to do was give you a gentle push from behind, and then I easily obtained pawns capable of rivaling strong Duelists."
"Useful pawns loyal to me."
Dartz's words finally completely ignited the wrath in Rafael's heart. He could no longer tolerate Dartz standing not far from him. Standing up abruptly, Rafael tore off the "Orichalcos Fragment" Pendant from his chest:
"Dartz! You son of a bitch!"
While roaring, Rafael, fueled by overflowing wrath, even suppressed the physical discomfort left from the previous Duel and slammed the Pendant in his hand with a fierce punch onto the Seal of Orichalcos between him and Dartz!
The "Orichalcos Fragment," which possessed the power to break the Seal, shook the activated Seal. However, because it wasn't a normal single Seal but a double Seal, although it trembled violently, The Seal of Orichalcos remained completely intact.
But Rafael wasn't fighting alone. Behind him, Guardian Eatos, holding the Holy Sword, leaped up, and the Holy Sword in its hand struck the trembling Seal right after Rafael!
After a round of combined attack, Rafael and Guardian Eatos's attacks didn't achieve much effect, but Rafael didn't give up just like that and was about to launch a second round of attack. But at this moment, the overflowing wrath in his heart caused a green emblem to slowly appear on his forehead, though he himself didn't notice it at all.
"What is that?" Yugi noticed this immediately and turned to look at Dartz, finding that Dartz was also looking at the green emblem on Rafael's forehead, revealing an ominous smile. A warning bell rang loudly in his heart, and Yugi suddenly turned his head and shouted to Rafael, "Calm down, Rafael! Don't fall for Dartz's trick!"
However, Rafael, whose sanity was completely burned to ashes by wrath, had fully awakened the power Dartz left on him. The lines on his forehead were completed, clearly the emblem of the Seal of Orichalcos. His heart was once again filled with the surging darkness, completely unable to hear what Yugi was saying.
At the same time, the Seal of Orichalcos instantly opened at Rafael's feet, though its range was limited to his surroundings. However, the Card Spirit of Guardian Eatos, released by Rafael, also had the emblem of the Seal of Orichalcos appear on its forehead.
And just before Rafael was about to attack Dartz again, a large amount of lightning surged from the Holy Sword in Guardian Eatos's hand, immediately bouncing Guardian Eatos back into the Deck. The overflowing lightning struck Rafael's body, causing him to instantly freeze and let out a scream.
"Hmph hmph uh ah ah ah ah ah!"
After the lightning dissipated, Yugi and the other two only saw the Seal of Orichalcos, which had finished its shrink, and Rafael, who had lost consciousness, maintaining his punching posture and falling backward.
"Rafael!"
Yugi shouted to Rafael, but how could he get a response from Rafael, who had already lost his soul?
"Heh heh, didn't he just personally prove with his own life that humans cannot overcome their inner darkness, Rafael?" Dartz smiled coldly. He wasn't touched at all by Rafael's death, instead looking on with satisfaction at Rafael's soul appearing in a blank space on the wall. "With this, the soul sacrifice required for the revive of the Orichalcos God has increased."
Witnessing Dartz taking another person's life right before his eyes, Yugi glared at Dartz and said, "Dartz! I'll blast you to dust!"
"A thousand times wouldn't be enough!" Joey Wheeler also said indignantly.
Kaiba stared coldly at Dartz. "I'll use my Blue-Eyes to cut off your head!"
Listening to Yugi and the others' threats, Dartz laughed and spread his arms. "Go right ahead, feel free to attack me with your monsters. But before that, don't forget one thing."
As he spoke, Dartz pointed to a Mirror Knight Token on his Field. "Can you bring yourselves to destroy the souls of your companions?"
However, to Dartz's surprise, upon hearing this, Yugi said coldly, "You can't fool us like this, Dartz. I've seen through your diversion!"
"At first, I was indeed fooled by you, but just now, I remembered something, and that is—"
As he spoke, Yugi pointed to the Mirror Knight Token that resembled Hayato. "Hayato, he's someone who would say things like 'It's more painful for others to gain Card Advantage than for me to suffer Card Disadvantage'! He's someone who harms others without benefiting himself!"
"How could something like soul sealing happen to him? Even if his soul were to turn to ash, he wouldn't be sealed by you!"
As soon as Yugi said this, the Temple fell silent for a moment.
Dartz's mouth twitched. "Are you... complimenting Hayato?"
"Although what he said isn't wrong, it just feels... Tsk, whatever." Kaiba felt helpless upon hearing what Yugi said, but there was nothing to refute, as what Yugi said was indeed the truth.
Joey Wheeler, on the other hand, showed an expression of suddenly realized. "Yeah, that makes sense! How could Hayato willingly be soul sealed!"
"So, Dartz, the souls you've displayed are just a diversion, you can't fool me. Therefore, I activate the effect of Blast Sphere!" Yugi said, waving his hand. "Dimensional Guide, which Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon battle destroyed, is a Warrior Type Monster. Destroy all Warrior Type Monsters on both players' Fields!"
"Boom!"
A dazzling flood of light was released from Blast Sphere, sweeping across the entire Field in an instant. It had no influence on Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, the only Dragon-Type Monster on Yugi's Field, but the four Mirror Knight Tokens on Dartz's Front Row were destroyed simultaneously in an instant.
The Mirror Shield Counters placed on the Mirror Knight Tokens could only substitute for them being battle destroyed. Blast Sphere's effect is effect destruction, and the fragile mirror shields shattered upon contact with the power of Blue-Eyes.
Looking at his Front Row that was swept away in an instant, Dartz frowned and said to Yugi, "Even if Hayato's soul was indeed forged by me, how could you so easily strike down others, Nameless Pharaoh?"
Hearing Dartz's words, Yugi couldn't help but recall for a moment whether he had any bond with Valon, Pegasus, and Keith.
Doesn't seem like it?
"If you had used the souls of Téa or the others to trick me, perhaps I might have been fooled, Dartz," Yugi said with an indifferent expression. "But when did you get the illusion that I would stop because of that guy Pegasus's soul?"
Anyway, given Pegasus's identity as a Card Printer, it wasn't the first time he had been sacrificed. "Pyramid of Light," "Paradox," and now "Doma." Every time someone wanted to cause trouble and destroy the world, it always involved Pegasus. Yugi was almost used to the fact that "Pegasus is dead again."
Blast Sphere's effect annihilated all of Dartz's monsters on the Front Row. With this, the Mirror Knight Summoner and Orichalcos Shunoros, which had been hiding in Dartz's Spell/Trap Zone for a long time, were finally exposed before Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Furthermore, this powerful Dragon-Type Monster still had two attacks this turn.
Yugi waved his hand again and ordered, "Second attack, go Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Target the Mirror Knight Summoner!"
Compared to Orichalcos Shunoros, which seemed to have a hidden effect, the Mirror Knight Summoner's currently displayed effect was a greater threat. Since Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon could attack three times, Yugi felt it was necessary to prioritize dealing with it.
The light dragon breath engulfed the crystal pillar. The Mirror Knight Summoner shattered into dust in Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's breath. Since it was in Attack Position, Dartz should have taken 4000 battle damage.
"Due to the effect of Orichalcos Shunoros, the battle damage I take is reduced to 0." As expected, Orichalcos Shunoros absorbed the battle damage again. Dartz looked at the only monster remaining on his Field, showing an unwilling expression. "Damn Nameless Pharaoh, to be able to do this much. But don't forget, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon will self-destruct at the End Phase after attacking three times."
"Hmph, you don't need to worry about that. Before then, your last monster will be crushed by Blue-Eyes," Kaiba cold snorted, turning his head to look at Yugi. "You have that card in your hand too, right, Yugi?"
Yugi nodded and looked at Dartz. "Then, here I come! Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's third attack! Destroy Orichalcos Shunoros!"
The flood of light appeared on the Field for the third time, instantly engulfing the urchin-like monster. This monster, which had protected Dartz for several turns, was finally destroyed after absorbing up to 14000 points of damage.
"Hmph, since it was in Defense Position, it won't deal battle damage to you, but it doesn't matter. With this, all the monsters on your Field have been wiped out, Dartz," Kaiba said coldly, looking at Dartz with an expression of contempt.
Unexpectedly, Dartz, who had just had an unwilling expression, couldn't help but start laughing as if he had heard a funny joke. "Heh heh, ha ha ha ha, Sore wa dou kana?"
"Hmm?" Kaiba frowned, looking at Dartz's Field.
After the radiance dissipated, what was confusing was that Orichalcos Shunoros was still occupying the Field. However, its appearance wasn't that of a monster that couldn't be battle destroyed. Instead, after being hit by Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's attack, a crack appeared on its body covered in spikes, and its entire body emitted a large amount of electric current, flashing like a lightbulb?
"Heh heh, enough power has been stored. Now, with the power of this attack, display your true form, Orichalcos Shunoros!"
As Dartz spoke, he raised his left hand, and the Duel Disk he was wearing began to automatically search for a card. Without Dartz reaching out to take it, the card actually flew up on its own and landed on Dartz's Duel Disk!
"When Orichalcos Shunoros is destroyed, Special Summon this monster from my Hand/Deck!"
"Heavenly Vessel, Engraved with Darkness! This moment is the Ultimate!"
Orichalcos Shunoros burst into a swelling orb of light. In just a breath, its diameter rapidly expanded to nearly ten meters. From within that orb of light, a pair of bronze-colored, rounded arms extended.
Yugi's eyes widened as he looked at the giant monster before him, taking a deep breath. "What kind of monster is this?"
Orichalcos Gigas
"!"
Hearing Dartz's words, Rafael was also startled. He didn't understand why Dartz would ask him this question.
Was there some other reason behind the misfortune his family suffered ten years ago, the shipwreck from which he was the only survivor?
But Dartz didn't directly tell Rafael the answer, saying instead, "Destiny is created by the strong. He lost his beloved younger brother due to KaibaCorp's weapon experiments, and his heart was stained with darkness from that moment on. Because of this, he hates KaibaCorp and you, Seto."
"But was it really Gozaburo Kaiba who caused his brother's death on that battlefield?"
Rafael's heart sank. "So, what Alister said was true? Did Organization Doma interfere in that war?"
Dartz didn't answer Rafael, but continued, "Valon's church where he grew up was mercilessly attacked by a great fire, and the people he considered family were buried in the sea of fire."
"But was that great fire really an accident?"
"!" Joey Wheeler's fists clenched tightly. Having discovered the unusual similarity between himself and Valon during their earlier Duel, he immediately projected Valon's experience onto himself. Thinking of Shizuka dying, he couldn't help but be filled with wrath. "You bastard!"
"Furthermore, for me, it's effortless to manipulate ocean currents to make a Cruise Ship unknowingly deviate from its route to directly above an Underwater Volcano that's about to erupt, let alone bring one person from the ship alone to a Deserted Island isolated from the world."
"H-How is that possible!?" Rafael's eyes widened, his expression filled with disbelief, his teeth clenched tightly together. "Something like that!?"
Seeing the expression on Rafael's face that pleased him greatly, Dartz also smiled proudly. "Whether it's Alister, Valon, or you, Rafael, your lives are merely dancing in my palm."
"Now that you know the truth of what happened to you, now that you know your destiny was manipulated by me, Rafael, how do you feel now? How do you feel?"
Rafael lowered his head, his fingernails digging into his flesh and piercing blood vessels in his tightly clenched fists. But the pain in his hand could hardly shake the turbulent emotions in Rafael's heart at this moment.
"Sonia Julia..." Muttering the names of his younger siblings softly, Rafael raised his head again to look at Dartz. "My parents, my younger siblings!"
And Dartz, facing Rafael's gaze that made no attempt to hide his hatred, said as if he hadn't noticed. "Your destinies were decided from the beginning. Darkness is like gravity. All I needed to do was give you a gentle push from behind, and then I easily obtained pawns capable of rivaling strong Duelists."
"Useful pawns loyal to me."
Dartz's words finally completely ignited the wrath in Rafael's heart. He could no longer tolerate Dartz standing not far from him. Standing up abruptly, Rafael tore off the "Orichalcos Fragment" Pendant from his chest:
"Dartz! You son of a bitch!"
While roaring, Rafael, fueled by overflowing wrath, even suppressed the physical discomfort left from the previous Duel and slammed the Pendant in his hand with a fierce punch onto the Seal of Orichalcos between him and Dartz!
The "Orichalcos Fragment," which possessed the power to break the Seal, shook the activated Seal. However, because it wasn't a normal single Seal but a double Seal, although it trembled violently, The Seal of Orichalcos remained completely intact.
But Rafael wasn't fighting alone. Behind him, Guardian Eatos, holding the Holy Sword, leaped up, and the Holy Sword in its hand struck the trembling Seal right after Rafael!
After a round of combined attack, Rafael and Guardian Eatos's attacks didn't achieve much effect, but Rafael didn't give up just like that and was about to launch a second round of attack. But at this moment, the overflowing wrath in his heart caused a green emblem to slowly appear on his forehead, though he himself didn't notice it at all.
"What is that?" Yugi noticed this immediately and turned to look at Dartz, finding that Dartz was also looking at the green emblem on Rafael's forehead, revealing an ominous smile. A warning bell rang loudly in his heart, and Yugi suddenly turned his head and shouted to Rafael, "Calm down, Rafael! Don't fall for Dartz's trick!"
However, Rafael, whose sanity was completely burned to ashes by wrath, had fully awakened the power Dartz left on him. The lines on his forehead were completed, clearly the emblem of the Seal of Orichalcos. His heart was once again filled with the surging darkness, completely unable to hear what Yugi was saying.
At the same time, the Seal of Orichalcos instantly opened at Rafael's feet, though its range was limited to his surroundings. However, the Card Spirit of Guardian Eatos, released by Rafael, also had the emblem of the Seal of Orichalcos appear on its forehead.
And just before Rafael was about to attack Dartz again, a large amount of lightning surged from the Holy Sword in Guardian Eatos's hand, immediately bouncing Guardian Eatos back into the Deck. The overflowing lightning struck Rafael's body, causing him to instantly freeze and let out a scream.
"Hmph hmph uh ah ah ah ah ah!"
After the lightning dissipated, Yugi and the other two only saw the Seal of Orichalcos, which had finished its shrink, and Rafael, who had lost consciousness, maintaining his punching posture and falling backward.
"Rafael!"
Yugi shouted to Rafael, but how could he get a response from Rafael, who had already lost his soul?
"Heh heh, didn't he just personally prove with his own life that humans cannot overcome their inner darkness, Rafael?" Dartz smiled coldly. He wasn't touched at all by Rafael's death, instead looking on with satisfaction at Rafael's soul appearing in a blank space on the wall. "With this, the soul sacrifice required for the revive of the Orichalcos God has increased."
Witnessing Dartz taking another person's life right before his eyes, Yugi glared at Dartz and said, "Dartz! I'll blast you to dust!"
"A thousand times wouldn't be enough!" Joey Wheeler also said indignantly.
Kaiba stared coldly at Dartz. "I'll use my Blue-Eyes to cut off your head!"
Listening to Yugi and the others' threats, Dartz laughed and spread his arms. "Go right ahead, feel free to attack me with your monsters. But before that, don't forget one thing."
As he spoke, Dartz pointed to a Mirror Knight Token on his Field. "Can you bring yourselves to destroy the souls of your companions?"
However, to Dartz's surprise, upon hearing this, Yugi said coldly, "You can't fool us like this, Dartz. I've seen through your diversion!"
"At first, I was indeed fooled by you, but just now, I remembered something, and that is—"
As he spoke, Yugi pointed to the Mirror Knight Token that resembled Hayato. "Hayato, he's someone who would say things like 'It's more painful for others to gain Card Advantage than for me to suffer Card Disadvantage'! He's someone who harms others without benefiting himself!"
"How could something like soul sealing happen to him? Even if his soul were to turn to ash, he wouldn't be sealed by you!"
As soon as Yugi said this, the Temple fell silent for a moment.
Dartz's mouth twitched. "Are you... complimenting Hayato?"
"Although what he said isn't wrong, it just feels... Tsk, whatever." Kaiba felt helpless upon hearing what Yugi said, but there was nothing to refute, as what Yugi said was indeed the truth.
Joey Wheeler, on the other hand, showed an expression of suddenly realized. "Yeah, that makes sense! How could Hayato willingly be soul sealed!"
"So, Dartz, the souls you've displayed are just a diversion, you can't fool me. Therefore, I activate the effect of Blast Sphere!" Yugi said, waving his hand. "Dimensional Guide, which Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon battle destroyed, is a Warrior Type Monster. Destroy all Warrior Type Monsters on both players' Fields!"
"Boom!"
A dazzling flood of light was released from Blast Sphere, sweeping across the entire Field in an instant. It had no influence on Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, the only Dragon-Type Monster on Yugi's Field, but the four Mirror Knight Tokens on Dartz's Front Row were destroyed simultaneously in an instant.
The Mirror Shield Counters placed on the Mirror Knight Tokens could only substitute for them being battle destroyed. Blast Sphere's effect is effect destruction, and the fragile mirror shields shattered upon contact with the power of Blue-Eyes.
Looking at his Front Row that was swept away in an instant, Dartz frowned and said to Yugi, "Even if Hayato's soul was indeed forged by me, how could you so easily strike down others, Nameless Pharaoh?"
Hearing Dartz's words, Yugi couldn't help but recall for a moment whether he had any bond with Valon, Pegasus, and Keith.
Doesn't seem like it?
"If you had used the souls of Téa or the others to trick me, perhaps I might have been fooled, Dartz," Yugi said with an indifferent expression. "But when did you get the illusion that I would stop because of that guy Pegasus's soul?"
Anyway, given Pegasus's identity as a Card Printer, it wasn't the first time he had been sacrificed. "Pyramid of Light," "Paradox," and now "Doma." Every time someone wanted to cause trouble and destroy the world, it always involved Pegasus. Yugi was almost used to the fact that "Pegasus is dead again."
Blast Sphere's effect annihilated all of Dartz's monsters on the Front Row. With this, the Mirror Knight Summoner and Orichalcos Shunoros, which had been hiding in Dartz's Spell/Trap Zone for a long time, were finally exposed before Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Furthermore, this powerful Dragon-Type Monster still had two attacks this turn.
Yugi waved his hand again and ordered, "Second attack, go Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Target the Mirror Knight Summoner!"
Compared to Orichalcos Shunoros, which seemed to have a hidden effect, the Mirror Knight Summoner's currently displayed effect was a greater threat. Since Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon could attack three times, Yugi felt it was necessary to prioritize dealing with it.
The light dragon breath engulfed the crystal pillar. The Mirror Knight Summoner shattered into dust in Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's breath. Since it was in Attack Position, Dartz should have taken 4000 battle damage.
"Due to the effect of Orichalcos Shunoros, the battle damage I take is reduced to 0." As expected, Orichalcos Shunoros absorbed the battle damage again. Dartz looked at the only monster remaining on his Field, showing an unwilling expression. "Damn Nameless Pharaoh, to be able to do this much. But don't forget, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon will self-destruct at the End Phase after attacking three times."
"Hmph, you don't need to worry about that. Before then, your last monster will be crushed by Blue-Eyes," Kaiba cold snorted, turning his head to look at Yugi. "You have that card in your hand too, right, Yugi?"
Yugi nodded and looked at Dartz. "Then, here I come! Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's third attack! Destroy Orichalcos Shunoros!"
The flood of light appeared on the Field for the third time, instantly engulfing the urchin-like monster. This monster, which had protected Dartz for several turns, was finally destroyed after absorbing up to 14000 points of damage.
"Hmph, since it was in Defense Position, it won't deal battle damage to you, but it doesn't matter. With this, all the monsters on your Field have been wiped out, Dartz," Kaiba said coldly, looking at Dartz with an expression of contempt.
Unexpectedly, Dartz, who had just had an unwilling expression, couldn't help but start laughing as if he had heard a funny joke. "Heh heh, ha ha ha ha, Sore wa dou kana?"
"Hmm?" Kaiba frowned, looking at Dartz's Field.
After the radiance dissipated, what was confusing was that Orichalcos Shunoros was still occupying the Field. However, its appearance wasn't that of a monster that couldn't be battle destroyed. Instead, after being hit by Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's attack, a crack appeared on its body covered in spikes, and its entire body emitted a large amount of electric current, flashing like a lightbulb?
"Heh heh, enough power has been stored. Now, with the power of this attack, display your true form, Orichalcos Shunoros!"
As Dartz spoke, he raised his left hand, and the Duel Disk he was wearing began to automatically search for a card. Without Dartz reaching out to take it, the card actually flew up on its own and landed on Dartz's Duel Disk!
"When Orichalcos Shunoros is destroyed, Special Summon this monster from my Hand/Deck!"
"Heavenly Vessel, Engraved with Darkness! This moment is the Ultimate!"
Orichalcos Shunoros burst into a swelling orb of light. In just a breath, its diameter rapidly expanded to nearly ten meters. From within that orb of light, a pair of bronze-colored, rounded arms extended.
Yugi's eyes widened as he looked at the giant monster before him, taking a deep breath. "What kind of monster is this?"
Orichalcos Gigas
