Which Fusion Academy Fusion Monster hits the hardest?
Of course it's Mokey Mokey King, what else… Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon?
After the Meteor Shower of the Extreme Heaven, the nearly invincible Wicked God fell beneath the starlight adorning the night sky.
Possessed by the Old Dominator Pope, the shocked eyes behind his tattered mask still hadn't truly grasped why, as a god, he had lost to humans.
"Are humans… creatures more terrifying than the Abyss?"
The strong winds of the Shadow Game blew past, ringing the great bell atop the cathedral.
For whom does the bell toll? Standing on the edge of the bell tower, the loser of the duel would fall into the endless abyss behind.
Forced back by the wind of defeat, the Old Dominator Pope stepped into the void, his body wrapped in sacred robes, plummeting straight down from the heights.
Beneath the miraculous starry night illuminated by falling meteors, no one rode Stardust Dragon to save him.
In the end, his body became the final shooting star of the night.
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Aisha said, "Ugh, he's practically a pancake. That's brutal."
The body lay torn apart, flesh and blood mangled. If not for the tattered mask and wide robes covering him, the scene would've been far beyond restricted viewing.
Even so, the stench of blood was so overwhelming that Miles and Aisha instinctively gagged.
No matter how sacred the attire, the final fate of the cult's leader could only be called just deserts.
"So… it was you who won, right? Miles!"
The voice sounded weak, but still recognizable, coming from behind Miles.
"Kaima!" Miles turned back in surprise. "You're awake already?"
After losing his duel with the Wicked God, Kaima had fallen into an unexplained coma, just like Kevin.
However, since Kaima awoke right as the duel ended, Kevin should be recovering as well.
Losing and then releasing them… for an Abyssal Wicked God, he actually had some honor.
Kaima's gaze was fixed on Miles. "I saw it… the final moment. Even though I wasn't conscious, my soul was inside the duel."
"Really? That's pretty amazing."
"Oh? Just amazing? Didn't you say at the time it was our bond?"
"Cough…" Miles instinctively looked away.
He didn't expect Kaima to be so direct… Turns out everything he'd said during the final duel against the Wicked God had been completely exposed.
Does that even count? At the climax of a duel, with emotions running high, those embarrassing lines just slipped out naturally. Looking back afterward, it feels more like a public execution.
Despite that, could Miles back down?
"Then I guess our bond runs deeper than I thought, Kaima~"
Yep, he sent the fastball right back.
This time, Kaima's pupils trembled, a faint blush spreading across her face—the kind only a girl could show.
"Are you always like this? Tricking Irena the same way…"
"No matter what, half of this victory belongs to you too, Kaima."
With that, Miles handed the Dragon's Mirror card back to her.
Dragon's Mirror and Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste had been Kaima's insight into the weakness of [The Wicked Avatar].
After all, to inflict real damage against the Avatar, whose attack was always 1 point higher, Junk Barrage had to be used in tandem. And Junk Barrage could be reflected by Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste.
That entrusted belief had, as expected, become the key to the final victory.
"You keep it."
Kaima didn't take the card back.
"I, Kaima Seth, never take back what I've given. That card is yours now."
"Uh…"
Getting a free A-rank card?
So this is the charm of the domineering CEO… even returning a card isn't allowed.
Honestly, Miles was a little tempted. He even wanted her to push him around more.
In any case, speaking of cards, Miles approached the mangled corpse of the Pope. He was waiting for a certain card.
The Abyssal sludge shrouding the city was retreating, flowing back toward a single point. Its destination was that card—the one representing the strongest Wicked God.
[The Wicked Avatar]
Finally, after the abyssal darkness covering the whole town receded, the card drifted from the Old Dominator Pope's Deck onto the ground.
The card of the invincible Wicked God, now a tradable card, had become the "reward" of the Shadow Game, falling into Miles's hands.
Even so, could such a card really be called a "reward"?
When he received Dragon's Mirror, Miles felt pure joy at his windfall.
On the flip side, upon receiving [The Wicked Avatar], his first thought was… can I even use this?
Holding the card of the strongest Wicked God, staring at the text that had given him such headaches during the duel, Miles felt just how fake this card was.
On par with [The Winged Dragon of Ra], the Wicked God card was leagues beyond the other two Wicked Gods.
Most importantly, as a Wicked God card, it allowed battles for Duelists' souls to be triggered effortlessly.
The price of using a Wicked God: the loser's soul would be sacrificed.
So once this invincible card hit the field, it was basically declaring to the opponent, "Your soul is mine."
"Too dangerous. Way too dangerous."
Only now did Miles realize just how terrifying a thing he held in his hands.
"Miles-san?"
"This card's far too dangerous. I'll have to keep it myself!"
Letting such a dangerous card loose could bring unimaginable harm to the entire Spirit Continent.
The only person who could bear such darkness had to be someone like him, whose heart was as clear as a mirror, a man of true justice.
Thus, the Three Wicked Gods joined the Three Sacred Beasts, tucked safely into Miles's collection.
And he sincerely hoped he'd never need to use this card.
Like Hros, the Old Dominator Pope who died in the Shadow Game left behind not just the Wicked God card, but also another tradable card symbolizing his dueling career.
After pocketing the Wicked God, Miles, without a word, looked at the second card in his hand—the Pope's life card.
Spell Card [Nadir Servant]
This was indeed one of the cards the Old Dominator Pope had used in the duel.
Anyhow, flipping it over and over, Miles noticed something in its effect description—a single word: "Dogmatika."
Without a doubt, this was a Dogmatika card.
Yet the card left behind by the Old Dominator Pope, leader of the cult opposing the Dogmatika, was this.
Was your interfaith relationship really that complicated?
Also, a card that searches "Dogmatika" and "Fallen of Albaz"… Miles couldn't see himself ever using it.
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