Seeing The Shining being absorbed by Thousand-Eyes Restrict, Captain Gold wasn't surprised; or rather, it seemed like this kind of thing was already routine for him.
"Then, I'll set a card and end my turn."
"At the end of the turn, due to the effect of Instant Fusion, Thousand-Eyes Restrict will be destroyed," Captain Gold stated, "Crush, you false Evil God."
Bang—
Thousand-Eyes Restrict shattered upon command. Tenjo Hikari wasn't regretful, because after all, it was just a temporary solution, leaving one less monster on the field was more advantageous for him.
"Then, at this moment, The Shining's effect activates." Captain Gold raised a finger as he spoke, simultaneously condensing a huge orb of light in the sky, "When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, I can select up to two of my own banished [Elemental Hero] monsters to add to my hand.
I will add the banished Stratos and myself to my hand."
"Amazing, with this, won't he be able to fusion summon again next turn?" Judai looked at the information on the Duel Disk. Since The Shining had been absorbed by Thousand-Eyes Restrict before, he had the chance to directly view its effect. Seeing the effect written above, he knew this Fusion Monster was definitely worth adding to his deck, "Moreover, Stratos can also be summoned again next turn to search for other heroes!"
"Judai, it looks like we need to find a way to deal with the Field Spell."
"Mm!"
Tenjo Hikari was familiar with The Shining, but he could see that Captain Gold was intentionally displaying himself to Judai; thus, there was no need for him to disrupt their bond in this situation.
"Hehe, finally it's my turn." The Golden-Eyes Idol wiped the sweat off his forehead, drew a card, and then chuckled twice, "Draw."
Generally, in a tag duel, the fourth person more or less feels like they're imprisoned, either because the damage from the previous rounds is too high and they've barely moved before the end, or they're watching the other players interact crazily while they can only play on their phone.
Although the duel hadn't yet started, The Golden-Eyes Idol somewhat felt this way, so he chuckled twice to try to ease his nerves.
And then.
"Hey, I summon myself. The Golden-Eyes Idol."
"Oh oh oh!" Across from him, standing entirely covered in metallic machinery, yet resembling a mage, the Alloys Alchemist shouted excitedly.
The Golden-Eyes Idol, LV 1, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, Attack Power 0.
Seeing the Alloys so excited, The Golden-Eyes Idol couldn't help but rub his arm: "Activate my own effect."
"Once per turn, during either player's turn, you can activate. Reveal your opponent's entire hand!"
"What, what, what, how despicable!" Judai exclaimed.
Tenjo Hikari, as if already aware, turned over the remaining two cards in his hand to show the opponent, while saying, "Because this is a tag duel, at this moment, Judai is considered a backup duelist, so you can only look at my hand."
"Hm hm, doesn't matter, because when it's his turn, I can look as well~~ hehe." The Golden-Eyes Idol laughed joyfully.
"Let me see... Hmm? Miracle Fusion and Fusion Substitute?" The Golden-Eyes Idol immediately expressed curiosity, "How come they're all fusion cards?"
Besides the Ancient Gear Knight, all the other cards were actually fusion-related cards.
I see, so this is what His Majesty meant by "pursuing fusion" with the alchemist?
The Golden-Eyes Idol rubbed his round head.
Before going through the portal created by that terrifying alchemist, Eldlich the Golden Lord had told them a few things.
First, do not easily come into contact with that alchemist. He is a terrifying alchemist, a "pinnacle" alchemist even stronger than Eldlich himself, so don't provoke him unnecessarily.
Second, their mission this time was to challenge the two students of the alchemist, both of whom he highly regarded, so no matter the result, they wouldn't hurt those two spirits. Boldly and wholeheartedly duel them. If the human side lost, it just proved they were nothing special.
Third, if during the duel, they sense the spirit and qualities of the opponent, they can choose to follow them.
After all, these two spirits were carefully selected by Eldlich himself, and they resonate with the duelists' approach.
No wonder His Majesty told me to carefully observe this human named Hikari - changing card names, multiple fusions, truly a remarkable alchemist.
But how far they can go, we'll have to see next—
"My effect continues. Until the end phase of this turn, my card name is treated as [Thousand-Eyes Idol]." The Golden-Eyes Idol pointed at the phantom on the field, then flipped over the set card, "Following this, I activate the set spell card [Dark Fusion]!"
"This card is a Fusion Spell Card specifically for Fiend-Type, fusing the Summoned Skull in my hand with Scapeghost to Fusion Summon, Archfiend's Manifestation!"
A horned demon raised its hand, sparking with electricity, emerging from the darkness.
Archfiend's Manifestation, LV 6, Dark Attribute, Fiend-Type, ATK 2500→3000.
"When Archfiend's Manifestation is on the field, its card name is treated as [Summoned Skull], and Summoned Monsters on the field gain 500 ATK. Battle, attack with Archfiend's Manifestation—"
"Wait, at this moment!" Tenjo Hikari waved his hand, startling The Golden-Eyes Idol, making him almost curl into a ball.
"The effect of Alloys Alchemist activates."
"Once per opponent's turn, target 1 Effect Monster on the field and activate. That Effect Monster is treated as an Equip Card equipped to this card!"
"What!!!!!!" The Golden-Eyes Idol's dozens of eyes widened.
They're doing my thing again!
They're doing my thing again!
"Alloys, dissolve it!"
"Uh, though I'd love to dissolve gold, I can't be willful in a duel—" He waved the Magic Staff in his hand, after which Archfiend's Manifestation dissolved like liquid, flowing into his armor.
"According to Alloys' effect, its DEF increases by the equipped monster's ATK."
Alloys Alchemist DEF: 0→2500.
"To be able to devour others during the opponent's turn..." Even Captain Gold couldn't help but interject, "It's even stronger than you."
"Shut up!" The Idol shouted irritably.
Tenjo Hikari couldn't help but chuckle.
This is the difference between O-Material Dark Fusion and this world's Dark Fusion. The Dark Fusion in this world provides the summoned monster invincibility that turn, while the O-Material one offers "un-targetability." If it were in his world, he really couldn't play this way.
"Where's your Thousand-Eyes Restrict?" Captain Gold asked his companion in confusion.
"Don't rush!" The Golden-Eyes Idol replied discontentedly, "Field Spell, Fusion Gate's effect, fusing myself on the field with Relinquished from my hand."
"Fusion Summon, Thousand-Eyes Restrict!"
He initially wanted to use Archfiend's Manifestation to directly destroy Alloys Alchemist, so he could preserve himself and peek at Yuki Judai's hand next turn, but was directly absorbed by Alloys.
Thousand-Eyes Restrict, LV 1, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, Attack Power 0.
"Well, I won't activate my own effect; instead, I'll activate the effect of Thousand-Eyes Restrict to devour Alloys Alchemist."
You eat me, I eat you. That's duel.
The Golden-Eyes Idol wiped the sweat off his forehead. In the end, he finally managed to "take back his business."
However, considering that Alloys Alchemist's ATK and DEF are also 0, after devouring, Thousand-Eyes Restrict's stats didn't change, leaving The Golden-Eyes Idol unable to smile.