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# Chapter 845: The Primal Being Attacks!
"Descend, 【Invoked Mechaba】!"
The silver-white chariot, a fusion of man and machine, descended onto Hayato's Field. Its standard protagonist ace monster ATK of 2500 points meant it was not to be trifled with.
Although Johan only began learning Duel Monsters under Rafael's guidance, he had seen Duel Monsters events through various channels before that and knew many Cards. However, **Invoked Mechaba**, a Card only Hayato possessed and didn't use very often, was unknown to Johan in terms of its Effect.
But no matter what, taking down the Opponent first was the right move.
"At this moment, Mr. Hayato, I will use one of my two Set Cards in the Spell/Trap Zone." Pressing the Activate Set Card button on his Duel Disk, revealing the card, Johan called out its name. "When the Opponent successfully Summons, Flip Summons, or Special Summons, the Activation Condition for **Torrential Tribute** is met! I Activate this Trap Card!"
"Destroy all Monsters on Both Fields!"
As Johan's Set Card was revealed, a muddy torrent was about to surge from within the Card, indiscriminately attacking all Monsters on the Field, whether it was **Giant Spider**, **Invoked Mechaba**, or **Dragonmaid Laundry Dragon**.
And Little Blue, despite being a WATER Attribute monster, was almost scared silly upon seeing a Giant Wave taller than a dozen washing machines.
"Using a Card like that to flip the table, is he going to destroy his own Monster too?" Joey Wheeler said strangely. "Trading two for two doesn't create Card Advantage at all. As Hayato would say, if you don't gain anything, it's a huge loss."
However, Pegasus, who was standing nearby, shook his head with a smile. "NoNoNo, Joey Wheeler, it's not two for two, but one for two, oh. Johan's **Giant Spider** on the Field has the **Guardian Power** Equip Card on it."
Because of the Spell Counters granted by **Spell Power Grasp** earlier, **Guardian Power** was in an activated state. This made Bakura, who wasn't very familiar with Duel Monsters whether it was the Dark Bakura who possessed him or his current restored original personality, ask the others with a Confused look, "What kind of Effect does that Card have?"
"Bakura, you should have seen **Giant Spider**'s ATK/DEF increase simultaneously as Spell Counters were placed on **Guardian Power**. That's just the first Effect of **Guardian Power**. Each Spell Counter increases the Equip Monster's ATK/DEF by 500 points, and there's no Limit."
Because he was also present at the Duel between Atem and Rafael on top of the Paradius Group Headquarters Building before, Marik knew about this Equip Card from the **Guardian** Series. He explained to Bakura, "Besides directly adding Spell Counters with Card Effects like **Spell Power Grasp**, each time the Equip Monster engages in Battle, one is added."
"But the most outrageous part is the third Effect. Each time the Equip Monster would be Battle Destroyed or Effect Destroyed, you can remove one Spell Counter instead of destroying it." Marik paused, then Realized. "So that's it, that's why he said it's one for two."
"By removing a Spell Counter, Johan's **Giant Spider**'s DEF will Decrease, but it won't be Destroyed by **Torrential Tribute**. Instead, both of Hayato's Monsters will be Destroyed by **Torrential Tribute**." Atem nodded. For Johan, who had only been exposed to Duel Monsters for such a short Time, being able to use such a Strategy was already quite good.
"However, Hayato isn't the type of person who would just watch someone else's Plan succeed easily."
The Giant Wave surged, almost swallowing Hayato himself. Johan also said with some Pride, "Be careful, Mr. Hayato, don't get swallowed by the torrent! But I and **Giant Spider** will avoid it for now."
Spitting out a Silk Thread, he pulled himself up into the air. The Next moment **Giant Spider** dodged, the wave attacked. Little Blue, scared, squatted down on the spot and covered her head in Defense.
However, watching the torrent approach, Hayato sent a Card from his Hand to the Graveyard and said, "Good timing for the Activation, it even makes me feel Excited. But the 'chariot' that can Call forth Victory has already appeared on my Field!"
"Once per turn, **Invoked Mechaba**'s Effect Activates! When a Monster Effect, Spell, or Trap Card is Activated, I can send a Card of the same Type from my Hand to the Graveyard to Negate that Activation and Banish it!"
Pointing forward, Hayato shouted, "I Discard the Trap Card **Ojama Duo** from my Hand! An iron fist flashes and splits steel, a steel fist strikes and pierces the Giant Dragon! Show me your Power, **Mechaba**!"
Facing the oncoming Giant Wave, **Invoked Mechaba** moved its Body. The Human Figure on the chariot raised its Lance with both hands and Swung it fiercely.
"Boom!"
**Torrential Tribute**, which should have swept away Everything, couldn't Absorb anything at all. Under **Mechaba**'s Power, it was easily cut in half, just like Moses parting the Red Sea in Mythology!
Little Blue, who had been trembling with Fear, saw that the Crisis was Dispelled and popped out from behind Hayato again, suddenly becoming Arrogant. "What, a Card of this level can't do anything to the Invincible Little Blue! Little Blue and **Mechaba** together are simply invincible in the world, slaughtering everyone, quack quack!"
Seeing that **Torrential Tribute** was resolved by Hayato, Johan showed a slightly regretful Expression, but he wasn't too surprised. After All, his Opponent was Hayato Kobayashi.
"Then I continue My Turn. I Activate the Effect of **Invocation** that was just used in the Graveyard. If this Card is in the Graveyard, I can target one of my Banished **Aleister the Invoker** to return **Invocation** to the Deck and add the targeted **Aleister the Invoker** to my Hand."
After retrieving Aleister's Card, Hayato glanced at the four Cards in his Hand, then drew one more. "Next, I Activate the Spell Card **Monster Gate**."
On Hayato's Field, a Wormhole opened. It was pitch black inside, making it impossible to see what would appear. Seeing this, Little Blue looked back at the Spell Card behind her with some Confusion, wanting to see what Effect this Card had.
"You can Activate this by Tributing one Monster on your Field. Flip Cards from the top of your Deck until a Monster that can be Normal Summoned appears. Special Summon that Monster, and Send all other flipped Cards to the Graveyard." Scratching her head, Little Blue looked left and right with Confusion. On Hayato's Field, besides her, there was only **Invoked Mechaba**.
Without thinking, Little Blue subconsciously felt that Hayato was going to Tribute **Invoked Mechaba** and immediately started to mock it. "Hahaha, what, you were just used once, and now you're going to be Tributed by Master! Nyeh nyeh nyeh, Small Fry~ You're just an embarrassing Small Fry~"
However, both **Mechaba** and Hayato looked at Little Blue with pity, which made her Notice something was wrong after mocking for a bit.
"Ah, huh? Master, you're going to Tribute him, right?" Turning back, Little Blue asked Hayato with some uncertainty, but saw Hayato answer her by shaking his head.
Yet the slow-witted Little Blue still didn't realize who was going to be Tributed. She scratched her head in Confusion and looked around again, but couldn't find any other Monsters that could be Tributed.
Until Radiance rose from beneath her feet.
"Quack! What is this!?" Little Blue was startled by the Wormhole opening beneath her feet. Even if she was slow-witted, she finally realized that she was the one who was going to be Tributed. She immediately started to Panic and looked at Hayato, saying, "C-Could it be that I'm the one who's going to be Tributed?"
"N-No way, Master! You can't do that, you can't do that, quack!"
"My great Brains cannot Disappear from the World!"
"Master! Yamero!"
However, Little Blue's wail of Unwillingness was met with Hayato raising his hand and snapping his fingers without hesitation. "Goodbye, Little Blue, and my cowardice."
"Ya-me—ro——!"
The Wormhole swallowed Little Blue amidst her Unwillingness wail, and Hayato flipped the top Card of his Deck.
**Monster Gate**'s Effect is to continuously Flip Cards from the top of the Deck and Send them to the Graveyard until a Monster that can be Normal Summoned appears. If one were determined, it would even be possible to Send the entire Deck to the Graveyard In one go, making it one of the top Milling Cards.
However, the Deck Hayato was using today was not one like **Infernoid**, **Shaddoll**, or **Myutant** that gain great Benefit from Milling, but a Pure **Dragonmaid** Deck. Milling a Large amount doesn't have much benefit, so the main purpose of **Monster Gate** was actually just to squeeze Little Blue's Usefulness as much as possible.
And the top Card of Hayato's Deck happened to be a Card that could be Normal Summoned and had no Special Summon Restriction. Due to **Monster Gate**'s Effect, Hayato held up that Monster. "The Card flipped from the top of my Deck is this one. Therefore, I Special Summon it to my Field in Attack Position."
"The Original Life Form attacks, Monster Gate Calls forth a Miracle~"
"Ahahaha, the Meteor is here!"
Amidst the slightly unconventional Summoning Chant, as Hayato placed the Card on his Duel Disk, a Light Point lit up in the Sky as if a shooting star had streaked across. Immediately after, a "Boom" was heard, and a Meteor actually crashed onto the Field!
**Nibiru, the Primal Being** 【Level 11☆/LIGHT】
【Rock-Type/Effect】
【3000/600】
A noble Level 11☆, and an ATK of 3000 points, as high as a **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**! The top Card of Hayato's Deck was none other than the ultimate board-clearing Card loved and hated by countless Duelists, **Nibiru, the Primal Being**, also known as the Meteor.
Although this Card is more often Activated from the Hand when the Opponent overextends without restraint, Tributing all Monsters on the Field to Special Summon itself with its own Effect, it itself has no Special Summon Restriction and can be Special Summoned by the Effect of **Monster Gate**.
Although it doesn't have any Troublesome effect, its 3000 ATK is itself a Symbol of Great Power.
Facing Hayato, who had Summoned another Powerful Monster, Johan didn't know the Strength of **Nibiru, the Primal Being**, but he could still read the Value. Suddenly, Hayato's Field had two Monsters with High Attack Power, but he didn't feel Panic.
"As expected of Mr. Hayato, you easily did something that ordinary people cannot do, Summoning two powerful Monsters onto the Field. However, because of the Existence of **Guardian Power**, even if you repeatedly Attack **Giant Spider** with High Attack Power Monsters, you cannot Destroy it."
Johan paused, then said with a smile, his Expression somewhat Proud. "Not only that, because **Giant Spider** is in Defense Position, my Life Points will absolutely not take Battle Damage from this either."
Looking at Johan, who was smiling like a Child, though he was indeed a Child, Hayato looked at the Cards in his Hand and smiled. "That's true, but there's one mistake you need me to correct. That is, there is no 'Absolute' in front of a Duelist."
"I Activate the Continuous Spell Card, **Blazing Duelists**!"
As Hayato placed the Card on his Duel Disk, the BGM Function, also modified and added by Keipei to his Duel Disk, started playing stirring music. But more than the music, what the onlookers, especially Joey Wheeler, Atem, Yugi, and Marik, were interested in was the Card Hayato Activated, which clearly showed the black silhouette of a confronting **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** and **Dark Magician**!?
"Is that, **Dark Magician**?" "And Kaiba's **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**?"
"Oh, that Card, it's a Card Hayato boy commissioned me to make a long Time ago during Battle City." Pegasus, however, had an Expression as if he had known about this Card for a long Time. "Based on that special Tablet that was exhibited at the Egyptian Artifact Traveling Exhibition Hall in Domino City back then, me made many Cards. And this Card was completed based on the struggle between modern Kaiba and Yugi-boy, oh."
"Huh? That Tablet of Memory World?" Joey Wheeler raised an eyebrow, scrutinizing Pegasus. "How can you turn anything into a Card? How many tricks are you still hiding up your sleeve?"
"Isn't that just a Basic Skill for a Card Designer?" Pegasus spread his hands with an innocent look. "Besides, you never asked me, did you?"
Honda Ranted, "I really suspect that guy Pegasus definitely has a lot of strange things in his Inventory. Maybe even Cards on the level of the **Three Egyptian Gods**. If someone were to steal some Cards from Pegasus one day, who knows what kind of trouble it could cause."
This wasn't without precedent. Just like the "Pyramid of Light" Incident At that time, wasn't it because Kaiba Took the **Pyramid of Light** Card from Pegasus that led to that Result?
After Ranting about Pegasus for a few sentences, the few of them turned their Attention back to the Duel. No one noticed the extremely obvious guilty conscience Expression on Pegasus's face.
(End of Chapter)
"Descend, 【Invoked Mechaba】!"
The silver-white chariot, a fusion of man and machine, descended onto Hayato's Field. Its standard protagonist ace monster ATK of 2500 points meant it was not to be trifled with.
Although Johan only began learning Duel Monsters under Rafael's guidance, he had seen Duel Monsters events through various channels before that and knew many Cards. However, **Invoked Mechaba**, a Card only Hayato possessed and didn't use very often, was unknown to Johan in terms of its Effect.
But no matter what, taking down the Opponent first was the right move.
"At this moment, Mr. Hayato, I will use one of my two Set Cards in the Spell/Trap Zone." Pressing the Activate Set Card button on his Duel Disk, revealing the card, Johan called out its name. "When the Opponent successfully Summons, Flip Summons, or Special Summons, the Activation Condition for **Torrential Tribute** is met! I Activate this Trap Card!"
"Destroy all Monsters on Both Fields!"
As Johan's Set Card was revealed, a muddy torrent was about to surge from within the Card, indiscriminately attacking all Monsters on the Field, whether it was **Giant Spider**, **Invoked Mechaba**, or **Dragonmaid Laundry Dragon**.
And Little Blue, despite being a WATER Attribute monster, was almost scared silly upon seeing a Giant Wave taller than a dozen washing machines.
"Using a Card like that to flip the table, is he going to destroy his own Monster too?" Joey Wheeler said strangely. "Trading two for two doesn't create Card Advantage at all. As Hayato would say, if you don't gain anything, it's a huge loss."
However, Pegasus, who was standing nearby, shook his head with a smile. "NoNoNo, Joey Wheeler, it's not two for two, but one for two, oh. Johan's **Giant Spider** on the Field has the **Guardian Power** Equip Card on it."
Because of the Spell Counters granted by **Spell Power Grasp** earlier, **Guardian Power** was in an activated state. This made Bakura, who wasn't very familiar with Duel Monsters whether it was the Dark Bakura who possessed him or his current restored original personality, ask the others with a Confused look, "What kind of Effect does that Card have?"
"Bakura, you should have seen **Giant Spider**'s ATK/DEF increase simultaneously as Spell Counters were placed on **Guardian Power**. That's just the first Effect of **Guardian Power**. Each Spell Counter increases the Equip Monster's ATK/DEF by 500 points, and there's no Limit."
Because he was also present at the Duel between Atem and Rafael on top of the Paradius Group Headquarters Building before, Marik knew about this Equip Card from the **Guardian** Series. He explained to Bakura, "Besides directly adding Spell Counters with Card Effects like **Spell Power Grasp**, each time the Equip Monster engages in Battle, one is added."
"But the most outrageous part is the third Effect. Each time the Equip Monster would be Battle Destroyed or Effect Destroyed, you can remove one Spell Counter instead of destroying it." Marik paused, then Realized. "So that's it, that's why he said it's one for two."
"By removing a Spell Counter, Johan's **Giant Spider**'s DEF will Decrease, but it won't be Destroyed by **Torrential Tribute**. Instead, both of Hayato's Monsters will be Destroyed by **Torrential Tribute**." Atem nodded. For Johan, who had only been exposed to Duel Monsters for such a short Time, being able to use such a Strategy was already quite good.
"However, Hayato isn't the type of person who would just watch someone else's Plan succeed easily."
The Giant Wave surged, almost swallowing Hayato himself. Johan also said with some Pride, "Be careful, Mr. Hayato, don't get swallowed by the torrent! But I and **Giant Spider** will avoid it for now."
Spitting out a Silk Thread, he pulled himself up into the air. The Next moment **Giant Spider** dodged, the wave attacked. Little Blue, scared, squatted down on the spot and covered her head in Defense.
However, watching the torrent approach, Hayato sent a Card from his Hand to the Graveyard and said, "Good timing for the Activation, it even makes me feel Excited. But the 'chariot' that can Call forth Victory has already appeared on my Field!"
"Once per turn, **Invoked Mechaba**'s Effect Activates! When a Monster Effect, Spell, or Trap Card is Activated, I can send a Card of the same Type from my Hand to the Graveyard to Negate that Activation and Banish it!"
Pointing forward, Hayato shouted, "I Discard the Trap Card **Ojama Duo** from my Hand! An iron fist flashes and splits steel, a steel fist strikes and pierces the Giant Dragon! Show me your Power, **Mechaba**!"
Facing the oncoming Giant Wave, **Invoked Mechaba** moved its Body. The Human Figure on the chariot raised its Lance with both hands and Swung it fiercely.
"Boom!"
**Torrential Tribute**, which should have swept away Everything, couldn't Absorb anything at all. Under **Mechaba**'s Power, it was easily cut in half, just like Moses parting the Red Sea in Mythology!
Little Blue, who had been trembling with Fear, saw that the Crisis was Dispelled and popped out from behind Hayato again, suddenly becoming Arrogant. "What, a Card of this level can't do anything to the Invincible Little Blue! Little Blue and **Mechaba** together are simply invincible in the world, slaughtering everyone, quack quack!"
Seeing that **Torrential Tribute** was resolved by Hayato, Johan showed a slightly regretful Expression, but he wasn't too surprised. After All, his Opponent was Hayato Kobayashi.
"Then I continue My Turn. I Activate the Effect of **Invocation** that was just used in the Graveyard. If this Card is in the Graveyard, I can target one of my Banished **Aleister the Invoker** to return **Invocation** to the Deck and add the targeted **Aleister the Invoker** to my Hand."
After retrieving Aleister's Card, Hayato glanced at the four Cards in his Hand, then drew one more. "Next, I Activate the Spell Card **Monster Gate**."
On Hayato's Field, a Wormhole opened. It was pitch black inside, making it impossible to see what would appear. Seeing this, Little Blue looked back at the Spell Card behind her with some Confusion, wanting to see what Effect this Card had.
"You can Activate this by Tributing one Monster on your Field. Flip Cards from the top of your Deck until a Monster that can be Normal Summoned appears. Special Summon that Monster, and Send all other flipped Cards to the Graveyard." Scratching her head, Little Blue looked left and right with Confusion. On Hayato's Field, besides her, there was only **Invoked Mechaba**.
Without thinking, Little Blue subconsciously felt that Hayato was going to Tribute **Invoked Mechaba** and immediately started to mock it. "Hahaha, what, you were just used once, and now you're going to be Tributed by Master! Nyeh nyeh nyeh, Small Fry~ You're just an embarrassing Small Fry~"
However, both **Mechaba** and Hayato looked at Little Blue with pity, which made her Notice something was wrong after mocking for a bit.
"Ah, huh? Master, you're going to Tribute him, right?" Turning back, Little Blue asked Hayato with some uncertainty, but saw Hayato answer her by shaking his head.
Yet the slow-witted Little Blue still didn't realize who was going to be Tributed. She scratched her head in Confusion and looked around again, but couldn't find any other Monsters that could be Tributed.
Until Radiance rose from beneath her feet.
"Quack! What is this!?" Little Blue was startled by the Wormhole opening beneath her feet. Even if she was slow-witted, she finally realized that she was the one who was going to be Tributed. She immediately started to Panic and looked at Hayato, saying, "C-Could it be that I'm the one who's going to be Tributed?"
"N-No way, Master! You can't do that, you can't do that, quack!"
"My great Brains cannot Disappear from the World!"
"Master! Yamero!"
However, Little Blue's wail of Unwillingness was met with Hayato raising his hand and snapping his fingers without hesitation. "Goodbye, Little Blue, and my cowardice."
"Ya-me—ro——!"
The Wormhole swallowed Little Blue amidst her Unwillingness wail, and Hayato flipped the top Card of his Deck.
**Monster Gate**'s Effect is to continuously Flip Cards from the top of the Deck and Send them to the Graveyard until a Monster that can be Normal Summoned appears. If one were determined, it would even be possible to Send the entire Deck to the Graveyard In one go, making it one of the top Milling Cards.
However, the Deck Hayato was using today was not one like **Infernoid**, **Shaddoll**, or **Myutant** that gain great Benefit from Milling, but a Pure **Dragonmaid** Deck. Milling a Large amount doesn't have much benefit, so the main purpose of **Monster Gate** was actually just to squeeze Little Blue's Usefulness as much as possible.
And the top Card of Hayato's Deck happened to be a Card that could be Normal Summoned and had no Special Summon Restriction. Due to **Monster Gate**'s Effect, Hayato held up that Monster. "The Card flipped from the top of my Deck is this one. Therefore, I Special Summon it to my Field in Attack Position."
"The Original Life Form attacks, Monster Gate Calls forth a Miracle~"
"Ahahaha, the Meteor is here!"
Amidst the slightly unconventional Summoning Chant, as Hayato placed the Card on his Duel Disk, a Light Point lit up in the Sky as if a shooting star had streaked across. Immediately after, a "Boom" was heard, and a Meteor actually crashed onto the Field!
**Nibiru, the Primal Being** 【Level 11☆/LIGHT】
【Rock-Type/Effect】
【3000/600】
A noble Level 11☆, and an ATK of 3000 points, as high as a **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**! The top Card of Hayato's Deck was none other than the ultimate board-clearing Card loved and hated by countless Duelists, **Nibiru, the Primal Being**, also known as the Meteor.
Although this Card is more often Activated from the Hand when the Opponent overextends without restraint, Tributing all Monsters on the Field to Special Summon itself with its own Effect, it itself has no Special Summon Restriction and can be Special Summoned by the Effect of **Monster Gate**.
Although it doesn't have any Troublesome effect, its 3000 ATK is itself a Symbol of Great Power.
Facing Hayato, who had Summoned another Powerful Monster, Johan didn't know the Strength of **Nibiru, the Primal Being**, but he could still read the Value. Suddenly, Hayato's Field had two Monsters with High Attack Power, but he didn't feel Panic.
"As expected of Mr. Hayato, you easily did something that ordinary people cannot do, Summoning two powerful Monsters onto the Field. However, because of the Existence of **Guardian Power**, even if you repeatedly Attack **Giant Spider** with High Attack Power Monsters, you cannot Destroy it."
Johan paused, then said with a smile, his Expression somewhat Proud. "Not only that, because **Giant Spider** is in Defense Position, my Life Points will absolutely not take Battle Damage from this either."
Looking at Johan, who was smiling like a Child, though he was indeed a Child, Hayato looked at the Cards in his Hand and smiled. "That's true, but there's one mistake you need me to correct. That is, there is no 'Absolute' in front of a Duelist."
"I Activate the Continuous Spell Card, **Blazing Duelists**!"
As Hayato placed the Card on his Duel Disk, the BGM Function, also modified and added by Keipei to his Duel Disk, started playing stirring music. But more than the music, what the onlookers, especially Joey Wheeler, Atem, Yugi, and Marik, were interested in was the Card Hayato Activated, which clearly showed the black silhouette of a confronting **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** and **Dark Magician**!?
"Is that, **Dark Magician**?" "And Kaiba's **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**?"
"Oh, that Card, it's a Card Hayato boy commissioned me to make a long Time ago during Battle City." Pegasus, however, had an Expression as if he had known about this Card for a long Time. "Based on that special Tablet that was exhibited at the Egyptian Artifact Traveling Exhibition Hall in Domino City back then, me made many Cards. And this Card was completed based on the struggle between modern Kaiba and Yugi-boy, oh."
"Huh? That Tablet of Memory World?" Joey Wheeler raised an eyebrow, scrutinizing Pegasus. "How can you turn anything into a Card? How many tricks are you still hiding up your sleeve?"
"Isn't that just a Basic Skill for a Card Designer?" Pegasus spread his hands with an innocent look. "Besides, you never asked me, did you?"
Honda Ranted, "I really suspect that guy Pegasus definitely has a lot of strange things in his Inventory. Maybe even Cards on the level of the **Three Egyptian Gods**. If someone were to steal some Cards from Pegasus one day, who knows what kind of trouble it could cause."
This wasn't without precedent. Just like the "Pyramid of Light" Incident At that time, wasn't it because Kaiba Took the **Pyramid of Light** Card from Pegasus that led to that Result?
After Ranting about Pegasus for a few sentences, the few of them turned their Attention back to the Duel. No one noticed the extremely obvious guilty conscience Expression on Pegasus's face.
(End of Chapter)
