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"Godspeed Storm!"
Following Judai's attack command, the body of his E•HERO Flash on the Field was covered in lightning, transforming into a phantom that struck towards Paradox.
Paradox still had three cards in his Hand, but looking at the incoming E•HERO Flash, he showed no fear. He puffed out his chest and directly endured the Direct Attack!
[Paradox: 25700 → 24600 LP]
With an ATK of only 1100 points, it barely hurt Paradox's Life Points, which were over twenty thousand. the attack from E•HERO Flash hit directly, but to him, it felt like nothing more than scratching an itch.
"My Turn ends."
Judai ended his Turn, turned sideways to look at Hayato and Yugi, and tilted his head playfully, "Hehe, I accidentally got tricked."
"You're really carefree, there's nothing I can do about you, Judai," Hayato said, stepping forward, but Yugi reached out and stopped him.
"Leave the next Turn to me, Hayato," Yugi said, looking spirited and seemingly eager to try. "If you went up, I'd be worried this Duel would end before I even got a chance to play."
"You have that much confidence in me? Then I'll leave it to you, Yugi."
Hearing this, Hayato also lowered his raised Duel Disk and stepped back to stand in a line with Yusei Fudo and Judai, while Yugi stood in front.
"Mutou Yuugi, said to be a Legendary Duelist accompanied by the Soul of a Pharaoh whose name is unknown, and who once stood alongside Hayato Kobayashi as Duel King," Paradox repeated the information he knew about Yugi. "But unfortunately, this game will end soon. Even Mutou Yuugi, you cannot stop it."
"My Turn. During the Draw Phase, I apply the effect of Malefic World to add a random Malefic card from my Deck to my Hand."
After looking at the card he drew, Paradox sneered and added it to his Hand, then drew another card. "In the past few Turns, your struggles were indeed spectacular, and you successively defeated my Malefic Monsters."
"However, the Sin of Duel Monsters will not disappear because of temporary concealment. I pay 2000 Life Points to activate the Spell Card Dimension Fusion, allowing both players to Special Summon as many banished monsters as possible onto the Field!"
As soon as Judai and Yugi switched places, Paradox unleashed this powerful play.
[Paradox: 24600 → 22600 LP]
As Paradox paid the 2000 Life Points, which were insignificant to him, Dimension Fusion took effect, opening several distorted wormholes on his Field.
From those wormholes, the Malefic Monsters that had been banished earlier appeared one by one.
"Come forth, the 'Original Sin' of Duel Monsters!"
"Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"Malefic Cyber End Dragon!"
"Malefic Paradox Gear!"
Since Paradox was the only one who had banished monsters in the Duel so far, Yugi could only watch helplessly as Paradox Special Summoned all the Malefic Monsters he had banished earlier, while he could only look on.
[Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [ATK 3000]
[Malefic Cyber End Dragon] [ATK 4000]
[Malefic Paradox Gear] [ATK 0]
"Next, I activate the effect of Malefic Paradox Gear," Paradox sent the Malefic Paradox Gear that had just arrived on the Field to the Graveyard and searched two cards from his Deck. "While Malefic World exists, I Special Summon Malefic Parallel Gear from my Deck, and then add one Malefic Monster to my Hand."
"The card I add to my Hand is Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon. I send Red-Eyes Black Dragon from my Deck to the Graveyard to Special Summon Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
[Malefic Parallel Gear] [ATK 0]
[Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon] [ATK 2400]
By merely playing one Dimension Fusion, Paradox easily Summoned a total of four monsters onto the Field at the cost of 2000 Life Points, and he still had three cards in his Hand.
The only thing to be slightly relieved about was that the newly appeared Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon, like Paradox himself, inherited everything from the original monsters, including their Vanilla Monster status. They didn't gain any troublesome effects just because they became Malefic Monsters.
"Blue-Eyes, and Red-Eyes!"
"Did he even steal Joey Wheeler's card...?"
Looking at Yugi's serious expression, Paradox's mouth curved into a smirk. "Seeing the cards of your Partner and Opponent in my Hand, what kind of feeling do you have now, Mutou Yuugi?"
"Don't worry, I will properly unleash their power, using this power of sin."
Paradox's gaze sharpened. "I originally planned to finish you off quickly, but since you insist on resisting to the end, I'll make an exception just this once!"
"I Tune the Level 2 Malefic Parallel Gear on the Field with the Level 8 Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"Nani!?"
Yusei Fudo was also startled. Seeing this, Paradox scoffed, "Don't think you're the only one who can use Synchro Summoning, Fudo Yusei. It's your constant struggles that made me decide to use Synchro Summoning."
"My previous conflicting feelings had no reason to exist. Since I want to save the world, I will inevitably destroy the world. For that, I will use any power, no matter how defiled!"
Paradox raised his hand upwards, and behind him, the gear structures in various places on Malefic Parallel Gear spun rapidly, transforming into two pitch-black Synchro Rings. They looped around Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon, one above and one below, turning it into eight shining stars, lined up and bound by black lightning.
"Darkness born from the dimensional rift, on this stage transcending space-time, raise the curtain of ruin!"
Paradox's gaze instantly became extremely fierce. "Synchro Summon, Malefic Paradox Dragon!"
A towering black pillar of light rose from the black Synchro Rings, surrounded by ominous black gales. From the storm, a pair of wide black dragon wings spread open, and a colossal flying dragon let out a roar, scattering the surrounding aura!
"Roar!!!"
[Malefic Paradox Dragon] [Level 10 / Dark]
[Dragon Type / Synchro / Effect]
[4000 / 4000]
"So big!" Judai looked up at Malefic Paradox Dragon, which was almost as tall as the nearby buildings. "The size is too exaggerated!"
"When Malefic Paradox Dragon is successfully Synchro Summoned, I can choose one Synchro Monster that exists in the Graveyard and Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning Conditions. Also, as long as Malefic Paradox Dragon exists on my Field, the ATK of monsters on the opponent's Field decreases by the combined ATK of all monsters on my Field except for Malefic Paradox Dragon."
"I Special Summon Stardust Dragon from the Graveyard. Then, because I have Stardust Dragon, Malefic Cyber End Dragon, and Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon on my Field besides Malefic Paradox Dragon, the ATK of all your monsters decreases by their combined ATK of 8900 points!"
[E•HERO Flash] [ATK 1100 → 0]
"Bad! Flash's ATK has become zero!" Yusei Fudo looked very tense. "If we get attacked, our Life Points will become zero!"
"To save the world, no one will block my path. Get ready to be devoured by the power of sin," Paradox said with a cold laugh. "Don't worry too much, the pain will only last an instant."
"Enter my Battle Phase. First is the attack of Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Destroy E•HERO Flash with 0 ATK!"
"Black Flame Bullet!"
Its pitch-black body donned white armor that rewrites will. Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon opened its giant mouth full of sharp teeth and spat out a scorching pitch-black fire bullet without hesitation, which landed on E•HERO Flash!
"Ugh!"
Flash, whose ATK had been reduced to 0, was instantly destroyed. The burst of heat made the four of them, including Yugi, very uncomfortable, and their Life Points decreased accordingly.
[Yugi: 4000 → 1600 LP]
"Because E•HERO Flash was destroyed by battle, its effect activates," Judai recovered from the attack and said. "I banish the destroyed E•HERO Flash and three E HERO monsters from my Graveyard, including Elemental HERO Neos, Elemental HERO Neos Alius, and Elemental HERO Bubbleman, to add one Normal Spell Card from my Graveyard to my Hand."
Taking out and banishing the four cards from his Graveyard, Judai searched for a card and threw it towards Yugi. "Use my power, Mr. Yugi!"
"Oh, leave it to me!" Yugi raised his hand without turning around and accurately caught the card Judai sent him, adding it to his Hand.
"Hmph, you merely recycled one card, and it seems the card in your Spell/Trap Zone isn't a Trap that responds to an Attack Declaration," Paradox was quite cautious; he was just probing with Red-Eyes Black Dragon. "Then this is the final blow, Legendary Duelists from various space-times!"
"Be buried along with the history of Duel Monsters!"
"Malefic Cyber End Dragon's Direct Attack! Eternal Evolution Burst Stream!"
The laser beams from the three-headed giant machine dragon came. Paradox watched confidently as the beams crossed more than half the Field, about to hit Yugi and the others directly, who had no monsters to act as a shield.
But just then, Judai, who was standing behind Yugi, spoke once again. "The moment Malefic Cyber End Dragon attacks, I Chain to the Attack Declaration! I activate the Set Card in my Spell/Trap Zone!"
The meaning unknown card that Judai had set last Turn was revealed.
"Quick-Play Spell Card, Kuriboh Flute!" After activating the Set Card, Judai took a card from his Deck and placed it horizontally on his Duel Disk. "From my Deck, I Special Summon Winged Kuriboh to the Field in Defense Position!"
"Kuriboh Kuriboh!"
Amidst the melodious sound of the flute, a fluffy monster with cute little wings appeared on Judai's Field in Defense Position, facing the attack of Malefic Cyber End Dragon.
"Winged Kuriboh, huh? The effect that prevents all Battle Damage after it's destroyed," Paradox looked at the Winged Kuriboh that appeared on the other side, first recalling its specific effect, then letting out a cold laugh.
"What a foolish move, Judai Yuki. You couldn't have forgotten the effect of Malefic Cyber End Dragon, could you?"
"In front of Malefic Cyber End Dragon, which inherited the Piercing Battle Damage ability of Cyber End Dragon, Winged Kuriboh can't protect you either!"
Paradox laughed triumphantly, watching as Malefic Cyber End Dragon's attack destroyed and pierced through Winged Kuriboh.
However, the impact of the subsequent explosion, just before reaching Judai and the others, was blocked by a barrier.
A voice came from the other side: "Sore wa, dou kana?"
With his arms crossed over his chest, Yugi's aura was high. He looked at the other fluffy monster that supported the barrier—the Kuriboh that appeared from his Hand.
"If it were just Judai's Winged Kuriboh alone, it indeed couldn't block the attack of Malefic Cyber End Dragon, but I activated the effect of Kuriboh from my Hand, discarding it to make one instance of damage zero."
Yugi's gaze was sharp. "The power of unity has power that transcends despair. Don't underestimate our resolve to stop you, Paradox!"
"That's right, no matter how despairing the future, humans have the ability to change it," Judai looked up at Paradox. "I have always believed this, and I have always strived towards this goal."
Hearing Yugi's words, Paradox fell silent for a moment, then scoffed, "From your perspective, you are undoubtedly righteous, right?"
"If everyone in the future could be like you, perhaps the future world wouldn't have reached the point of ruin..."
For the first time, Paradox showed an expression of lament in front of them.
"Even a ruined future must have a way to save it, but it's definitely not by altering history. Even if the past is just unimportant history to you, but for others living in the past, this era also holds irreplaceable important value!"
Recalling all the memories from this era, Yugi said firmly.
"Beautiful memories..." Paradox's mouth curved into a smirk. "That's why I said, you know nothing. It's precisely because I've lost things that I understand the beauty of all this more than you do. And it's to make the world stay in this beautiful era that I must erase the existence of Duel Monsters!"
Because of the effect of Winged Kuriboh, Yugi and the others would not take any more Battle Damage during this Turn. Even though Malefic Paradox Dragon and Stardust Dragon hadn't attacked yet, continuing to attack would be meaningless, so Paradox directly ended his Battle Phase.
"My Battle Phase ends here. Enter Main Phase 2." After thinking for a moment and looking at the three cards in his Hand, Paradox drew two of them and inserted them into the Spell & Trap Zone. "In the Spell/Trap Zone, I Set two cards. Turn end."
[Paradox: 22600 LP, Hand 1]
[Malefic Paradox Dragon] [ATK 4000]
[Malefic Cyber End Dragon] [ATK 4000]
[Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon] [ATK 2400]
[Stardust Dragon] [ATK 2500]
[Malefic World] [Set Card] X2
Field: Malefic World
Following Judai's attack command, the body of his E•HERO Flash on the Field was covered in lightning, transforming into a phantom that struck towards Paradox.
Paradox still had three cards in his Hand, but looking at the incoming E•HERO Flash, he showed no fear. He puffed out his chest and directly endured the Direct Attack!
[Paradox: 25700 → 24600 LP]
With an ATK of only 1100 points, it barely hurt Paradox's Life Points, which were over twenty thousand. the attack from E•HERO Flash hit directly, but to him, it felt like nothing more than scratching an itch.
"My Turn ends."
Judai ended his Turn, turned sideways to look at Hayato and Yugi, and tilted his head playfully, "Hehe, I accidentally got tricked."
"You're really carefree, there's nothing I can do about you, Judai," Hayato said, stepping forward, but Yugi reached out and stopped him.
"Leave the next Turn to me, Hayato," Yugi said, looking spirited and seemingly eager to try. "If you went up, I'd be worried this Duel would end before I even got a chance to play."
"You have that much confidence in me? Then I'll leave it to you, Yugi."
Hearing this, Hayato also lowered his raised Duel Disk and stepped back to stand in a line with Yusei Fudo and Judai, while Yugi stood in front.
"Mutou Yuugi, said to be a Legendary Duelist accompanied by the Soul of a Pharaoh whose name is unknown, and who once stood alongside Hayato Kobayashi as Duel King," Paradox repeated the information he knew about Yugi. "But unfortunately, this game will end soon. Even Mutou Yuugi, you cannot stop it."
"My Turn. During the Draw Phase, I apply the effect of Malefic World to add a random Malefic card from my Deck to my Hand."
After looking at the card he drew, Paradox sneered and added it to his Hand, then drew another card. "In the past few Turns, your struggles were indeed spectacular, and you successively defeated my Malefic Monsters."
"However, the Sin of Duel Monsters will not disappear because of temporary concealment. I pay 2000 Life Points to activate the Spell Card Dimension Fusion, allowing both players to Special Summon as many banished monsters as possible onto the Field!"
As soon as Judai and Yugi switched places, Paradox unleashed this powerful play.
[Paradox: 24600 → 22600 LP]
As Paradox paid the 2000 Life Points, which were insignificant to him, Dimension Fusion took effect, opening several distorted wormholes on his Field.
From those wormholes, the Malefic Monsters that had been banished earlier appeared one by one.
"Come forth, the 'Original Sin' of Duel Monsters!"
"Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"Malefic Cyber End Dragon!"
"Malefic Paradox Gear!"
Since Paradox was the only one who had banished monsters in the Duel so far, Yugi could only watch helplessly as Paradox Special Summoned all the Malefic Monsters he had banished earlier, while he could only look on.
[Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [ATK 3000]
[Malefic Cyber End Dragon] [ATK 4000]
[Malefic Paradox Gear] [ATK 0]
"Next, I activate the effect of Malefic Paradox Gear," Paradox sent the Malefic Paradox Gear that had just arrived on the Field to the Graveyard and searched two cards from his Deck. "While Malefic World exists, I Special Summon Malefic Parallel Gear from my Deck, and then add one Malefic Monster to my Hand."
"The card I add to my Hand is Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon. I send Red-Eyes Black Dragon from my Deck to the Graveyard to Special Summon Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
[Malefic Parallel Gear] [ATK 0]
[Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon] [ATK 2400]
By merely playing one Dimension Fusion, Paradox easily Summoned a total of four monsters onto the Field at the cost of 2000 Life Points, and he still had three cards in his Hand.
The only thing to be slightly relieved about was that the newly appeared Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon, like Paradox himself, inherited everything from the original monsters, including their Vanilla Monster status. They didn't gain any troublesome effects just because they became Malefic Monsters.
"Blue-Eyes, and Red-Eyes!"
"Did he even steal Joey Wheeler's card...?"
Looking at Yugi's serious expression, Paradox's mouth curved into a smirk. "Seeing the cards of your Partner and Opponent in my Hand, what kind of feeling do you have now, Mutou Yuugi?"
"Don't worry, I will properly unleash their power, using this power of sin."
Paradox's gaze sharpened. "I originally planned to finish you off quickly, but since you insist on resisting to the end, I'll make an exception just this once!"
"I Tune the Level 2 Malefic Parallel Gear on the Field with the Level 8 Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"Nani!?"
Yusei Fudo was also startled. Seeing this, Paradox scoffed, "Don't think you're the only one who can use Synchro Summoning, Fudo Yusei. It's your constant struggles that made me decide to use Synchro Summoning."
"My previous conflicting feelings had no reason to exist. Since I want to save the world, I will inevitably destroy the world. For that, I will use any power, no matter how defiled!"
Paradox raised his hand upwards, and behind him, the gear structures in various places on Malefic Parallel Gear spun rapidly, transforming into two pitch-black Synchro Rings. They looped around Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon, one above and one below, turning it into eight shining stars, lined up and bound by black lightning.
"Darkness born from the dimensional rift, on this stage transcending space-time, raise the curtain of ruin!"
Paradox's gaze instantly became extremely fierce. "Synchro Summon, Malefic Paradox Dragon!"
A towering black pillar of light rose from the black Synchro Rings, surrounded by ominous black gales. From the storm, a pair of wide black dragon wings spread open, and a colossal flying dragon let out a roar, scattering the surrounding aura!
"Roar!!!"
[Malefic Paradox Dragon] [Level 10 / Dark]
[Dragon Type / Synchro / Effect]
[4000 / 4000]
"So big!" Judai looked up at Malefic Paradox Dragon, which was almost as tall as the nearby buildings. "The size is too exaggerated!"
"When Malefic Paradox Dragon is successfully Synchro Summoned, I can choose one Synchro Monster that exists in the Graveyard and Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning Conditions. Also, as long as Malefic Paradox Dragon exists on my Field, the ATK of monsters on the opponent's Field decreases by the combined ATK of all monsters on my Field except for Malefic Paradox Dragon."
"I Special Summon Stardust Dragon from the Graveyard. Then, because I have Stardust Dragon, Malefic Cyber End Dragon, and Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon on my Field besides Malefic Paradox Dragon, the ATK of all your monsters decreases by their combined ATK of 8900 points!"
[E•HERO Flash] [ATK 1100 → 0]
"Bad! Flash's ATK has become zero!" Yusei Fudo looked very tense. "If we get attacked, our Life Points will become zero!"
"To save the world, no one will block my path. Get ready to be devoured by the power of sin," Paradox said with a cold laugh. "Don't worry too much, the pain will only last an instant."
"Enter my Battle Phase. First is the attack of Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Destroy E•HERO Flash with 0 ATK!"
"Black Flame Bullet!"
Its pitch-black body donned white armor that rewrites will. Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon opened its giant mouth full of sharp teeth and spat out a scorching pitch-black fire bullet without hesitation, which landed on E•HERO Flash!
"Ugh!"
Flash, whose ATK had been reduced to 0, was instantly destroyed. The burst of heat made the four of them, including Yugi, very uncomfortable, and their Life Points decreased accordingly.
[Yugi: 4000 → 1600 LP]
"Because E•HERO Flash was destroyed by battle, its effect activates," Judai recovered from the attack and said. "I banish the destroyed E•HERO Flash and three E HERO monsters from my Graveyard, including Elemental HERO Neos, Elemental HERO Neos Alius, and Elemental HERO Bubbleman, to add one Normal Spell Card from my Graveyard to my Hand."
Taking out and banishing the four cards from his Graveyard, Judai searched for a card and threw it towards Yugi. "Use my power, Mr. Yugi!"
"Oh, leave it to me!" Yugi raised his hand without turning around and accurately caught the card Judai sent him, adding it to his Hand.
"Hmph, you merely recycled one card, and it seems the card in your Spell/Trap Zone isn't a Trap that responds to an Attack Declaration," Paradox was quite cautious; he was just probing with Red-Eyes Black Dragon. "Then this is the final blow, Legendary Duelists from various space-times!"
"Be buried along with the history of Duel Monsters!"
"Malefic Cyber End Dragon's Direct Attack! Eternal Evolution Burst Stream!"
The laser beams from the three-headed giant machine dragon came. Paradox watched confidently as the beams crossed more than half the Field, about to hit Yugi and the others directly, who had no monsters to act as a shield.
But just then, Judai, who was standing behind Yugi, spoke once again. "The moment Malefic Cyber End Dragon attacks, I Chain to the Attack Declaration! I activate the Set Card in my Spell/Trap Zone!"
The meaning unknown card that Judai had set last Turn was revealed.
"Quick-Play Spell Card, Kuriboh Flute!" After activating the Set Card, Judai took a card from his Deck and placed it horizontally on his Duel Disk. "From my Deck, I Special Summon Winged Kuriboh to the Field in Defense Position!"
"Kuriboh Kuriboh!"
Amidst the melodious sound of the flute, a fluffy monster with cute little wings appeared on Judai's Field in Defense Position, facing the attack of Malefic Cyber End Dragon.
"Winged Kuriboh, huh? The effect that prevents all Battle Damage after it's destroyed," Paradox looked at the Winged Kuriboh that appeared on the other side, first recalling its specific effect, then letting out a cold laugh.
"What a foolish move, Judai Yuki. You couldn't have forgotten the effect of Malefic Cyber End Dragon, could you?"
"In front of Malefic Cyber End Dragon, which inherited the Piercing Battle Damage ability of Cyber End Dragon, Winged Kuriboh can't protect you either!"
Paradox laughed triumphantly, watching as Malefic Cyber End Dragon's attack destroyed and pierced through Winged Kuriboh.
However, the impact of the subsequent explosion, just before reaching Judai and the others, was blocked by a barrier.
A voice came from the other side: "Sore wa, dou kana?"
With his arms crossed over his chest, Yugi's aura was high. He looked at the other fluffy monster that supported the barrier—the Kuriboh that appeared from his Hand.
"If it were just Judai's Winged Kuriboh alone, it indeed couldn't block the attack of Malefic Cyber End Dragon, but I activated the effect of Kuriboh from my Hand, discarding it to make one instance of damage zero."
Yugi's gaze was sharp. "The power of unity has power that transcends despair. Don't underestimate our resolve to stop you, Paradox!"
"That's right, no matter how despairing the future, humans have the ability to change it," Judai looked up at Paradox. "I have always believed this, and I have always strived towards this goal."
Hearing Yugi's words, Paradox fell silent for a moment, then scoffed, "From your perspective, you are undoubtedly righteous, right?"
"If everyone in the future could be like you, perhaps the future world wouldn't have reached the point of ruin..."
For the first time, Paradox showed an expression of lament in front of them.
"Even a ruined future must have a way to save it, but it's definitely not by altering history. Even if the past is just unimportant history to you, but for others living in the past, this era also holds irreplaceable important value!"
Recalling all the memories from this era, Yugi said firmly.
"Beautiful memories..." Paradox's mouth curved into a smirk. "That's why I said, you know nothing. It's precisely because I've lost things that I understand the beauty of all this more than you do. And it's to make the world stay in this beautiful era that I must erase the existence of Duel Monsters!"
Because of the effect of Winged Kuriboh, Yugi and the others would not take any more Battle Damage during this Turn. Even though Malefic Paradox Dragon and Stardust Dragon hadn't attacked yet, continuing to attack would be meaningless, so Paradox directly ended his Battle Phase.
"My Battle Phase ends here. Enter Main Phase 2." After thinking for a moment and looking at the three cards in his Hand, Paradox drew two of them and inserted them into the Spell & Trap Zone. "In the Spell/Trap Zone, I Set two cards. Turn end."
[Paradox: 22600 LP, Hand 1]
[Malefic Paradox Dragon] [ATK 4000]
[Malefic Cyber End Dragon] [ATK 4000]
[Malefic Red-Eyes Black Dragon] [ATK 2400]
[Stardust Dragon] [ATK 2500]
[Malefic World] [Set Card] X2
Field: Malefic World
