Chapter 270: This Moment, Is the Ultimate Moment
"Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder, launch a direct attack on Kobayashi Hayato!"
Hesiod gave the command to attack, filled with expectation for another victory.
Recently, relying on the immense power of this Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder he received from Master Marik, he had achieved victory after victory, absorbing potent life force along the way to strengthen himself.
Yet, even among so many Duels, this Duel against Hayato was the most satisfying one for absorption. Moreover, its significance was also the highest.
Mutou Yuugi, Kobayashi Hayato, after defeating the "Father of Duel Monsters" - Maximillion Pegasus, these two could be said to be the two most powerful Duelists in this world. If he could defeat them, wouldn't he become the strongest Duelist?
In that case, Master Marik... no, that guy Marik, wouldn't be so fearsome anymore, right?
As Hesiod pondered, he suddenly realized that although he had given the command to attack, the Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder behind him seemed not to have heard his instruction, making no move to attack and remaining completely still.
"If you had succeeded with a direct attack, I would indeed have lost. But unfortunately, the Effect of Unlucky Girl, which was destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard by you, activates."
Hayato picked up the Unlucky Girl Card from his Duel Disk, showed it briefly, then sent it to the Graveyard. "Your Battle Phase for this turn ends here. Face the Power of the Invincible Maiden's Fist!"
Just then, after being destroyed, Unlucky Girl in the Graveyard seemed to be furiously updating a blog and writing articles, describing everything she encountered while on the Field, constantly accusing the completely unchivalrous Total Defense Shogun and Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder.
Under pressure, an "Account Suspended" symbol appeared above the heads of Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder and Total Defense Shogun. This was why, even though Hesiod had just given the command to attack, Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder remained completely still, like Rohan Kishibe.
"Tch, to think I'd be tricked by a weak monster like that. I set one card and end my turn." Hesiod ended his turn, clearly annoyed.
Hesiod: 4000 LP, 0 cards in hand
Total Defense Shogun DEF 2500
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder ATK 4000
Set Card
"Then it's my turn, Draw!" Hayato drew the top card of his Deck, then activated the card he had set last turn. "I activate the face-down card on my Field, Reckless Greed! I can overdraft the future and draw two cards from my Deck, but as a cost, I must skip my next two Draw Phases."
"Hmph, you've realized the gap between us, so you have to borrow cards from the future?"
"No, actually, it's quite the opposite." Hayato glanced at the cards in his hand and said with a smile, "The puzzle for victory is complete!"
"I activate the Spell Card, Graceful Charity! I draw three cards, then discard two cards from my hand!"
Saying this, Hayato drew three cards, and under Hesiod's gaze, sent two cards to the Graveyard.
"Next, I activate my second face-down card." Looking at the five cards in his hand, Hayato flipped up a card in his Spell & Trap Zone. "The Continuous Trap Card, DNA Surgery!"
"Once per turn, I can use its Effect to declare one Type. All monsters in both players' Graveyards become the declared Type!"
"The Type I declare is, Spellcaster Type!"
Hayato's Field suddenly became transparent, allowing Hesiod to see the situation in the Graveyard below at a glance. A beam of light swept across, and the forms of the monsters sleeping in both Graveyards changed one after another. Whether it was Lava Golem, Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight, or the Command Knight in his own Graveyard, they all donned the attire of a Spellcaster.
"Changing the Type of monsters in the Graveyard? And not Dragon-Type, but Spellcaster Type?" Hesiod frowned. He knew that some monsters had the ability to utilize specific Types of monsters in the Graveyard, such as the famous Dragon-Type slayer, Buster Blader, which possessed the power to increase its ATK based on the number of Dragon-Type monsters in the opponent's Graveyard.
But utilizing Spellcaster Type monsters, he honestly hadn't thought of that possibility right away.
Furthermore, he saw that in Hayato's Graveyard, besides Lava Golem, Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight, and Unlucky Girl, there were actually two monsters that hadn't appeared before - two Newt of the Fiend Type.
Of course, these two monsters had also been transformed into Spellcaster Type monsters.
"When did those two cards... Ah, I see, was it from the Graceful Charity just now?" Hesiod recalled the Graceful Charity that Hayato had just activated.
Although Hayato's repeated use of card-cycling effects had led many people to start realizing the concept of "card advantage" in hand, causing cards with hand replenishment effects to gradually gain importance. However, among card-cycling cards, a portion remained unpopular, specifically referring to Graceful Charity.
Although you could draw three cards at once, you still had to discard two afterward. Including Graceful Charity itself, spending three cards from your hand to replenish three cards in your hand seemed like a waste of time.
In the past, Hesiod, like most people, thought the same way. But Hayato was now showing him the true use of Graceful Charity beyond its drawing effect. The important part was never drawing cards; discarding two specific cards to the Graveyard was what truly mattered.
"At this moment, exactly five monsters are in my Graveyard, and because of DNA Surgery's effect, they have all become Spellcaster Type monsters. With this, this card can finally be activated."
Saying this, Hayato revealed a green Spell Card and placed it on his Duel Disk. "I activate the Spell Card, Polymerization!"
"By banishing Spellcaster Type monsters from my Field and Graveyard as Fusion Material, I Fusion Summon one Spellcaster Type Fusion Monster!"
On Hayato's transparent Field, a phantom image of a monster appeared in each of the five Monster Zones. They were then absorbed into a mirror taller than a person that appeared in Hayato's Backrow, merging into a vortex.
"Wielding magic, engraving mystery, this moment, is the ultimate moment!" A Fusion Monster Card appeared in Hayato's hand, and he placed it on his Duel Disk. "Fusion Summon, Quintet Magician!"