Chapter 211: It's My Big Butt!
A Dragon's Mirror appeared on Hayato's Field, absorbing the Spirit of the Departed from the Graveyard.
But to everyone's surprise, the Monsters absorbed by the Dragon's Mirror were not the Curse of Dragon and Gaia the Fierce Knight that were just sent to the Graveyard, but several Dragon-Type Monsters that had entered the Graveyard earlier due to the effect of Wall of Force.
Baby Dragon, Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1, Dark Dragon King, Masked Dragon, and the Curse of Dragon that just entered the Graveyard.
"There are five Dragon-Type Monsters!? The Dragon-Type Monsters needed for this Fusion must be...!" Yugi Mutou looked with surprise at the Giant Dragon slowly crawling out of the Dragon's Mirror.
The power of five Attributes formed five ferocious and terrifying heads. The Ultimate Dragon, which had once been the Avatar of The Big Five in the Game World and caused Yugi Mutou and the others a lot of trouble, was Summoned by Hayato?!
"Rejoice! This is the ultimate terror of Duel Monsters! The benevolent, the good, the supreme, the strong, the most exalted Demonic Dragon, named Five-Headed Dragon! At this moment, it is the ultimate time!"
"Roar!" As if responding to Hayato's celebration, Five-Headed Dragon also let out a roar towards the sky.
[Five-Headed Dragon] [Level 12☆/DARK]
[Dragon-Type/Fusion/Effect]
[5000/5000]
Something like Level cannot completely determine a Monster's strength. For example, Little White Rabbit at Level 1☆ is stronger in all aspects than Viper Snake at Level 3☆. However, Level can to some extent prove a Monster's standing.
And Five-Headed Dragon, with a Level of 12☆, undoubtedly stands at the apex of Duel Monsters. Even in the System's Rarity Classification, it is listed as the highest Rarity, UR-Rank.
Of course, the matter of being instantly defeated by Dragon Master Knight is another story...
This Card was certainly not something Hayato exchanged for with the little over 10,000 DP Points he had painstakingly saved up at the System Shop; he wasn't that much of a spendthrift. After Hayato, Yugi Mutou, and Kaiba jointly defeated Five-Headed Dragon in the Final Stage of the DM Online Game, perhaps because they were no longer fighting an NPC from the Online Game but a Boss played by a real person, or perhaps because the entire DM Online Game was considered a Duel, in any case, Hayato received a "Duel Victory" Settlement.
Although the DP Points System was stingy and only gave him 800 Points, like giving alms to a beggar, perhaps as Compensation, the defeated The Big Five dropped three Cards for Hayato—one Lord of D., one Polymerization, and this Five-Headed Dragon.
The Final Boss of the grand DM Online Game only dropped these three Cards. It was unlucky, but not completely unlucky; it was lucky, but not completely lucky.
In short, Hayato obtained the Five-Headed Dragon Card, and because it was the System drop version, the Real Card Version instead of the Anime Version, although it lost the Lethal Five Consecutive Attacks ability which was closer to Rule Bending/Anime Rules, in exchange, its DEF increased to 5000 Points, equal to its ATK, which was better than nothing.
"It's actually the Legendary Monster, Five-Headed Dragon?!" Compared to Yugi Mutou and the other onlookers, and Hayato the user, Duke Devlin, who was Duelling Hayato, faced this huge Evil Dragon directly and could feel its terror more acutely. Every pore on his body seemed to close up, and his breathing grew heavy, as if even a little effort would invite the Dragon King's Wrath.
"Last Turn, you specifically changed Jade Knight to Attack Position, intending to finish me off in one go, but you didn't expect that the Set Monster I had was Malice Doll of Demise, which can immediately End the Battle Phase, did you?" Hayato said, raising his palm. The five heads of Five-Headed Dragon opened, each condensing a ball of Energy, ready to attack.
"Too bad, this Duel ends here, Duke Devlin!" With a downward sweep of his palm, Five-Headed Dragon launched an Attack on the Jade Knight in Attack Position on Duke Devlin's Field. "Get rid of that Little Bee! Heaven and Earth Roar—Super Beast Heart!!!"
The five-colored Energy Cannons converged into one, blasting directly towards the weakest point on Duke Devlin's Field—the Jade Knight with only 1000 ATK. If this Attack succeeded, let alone Duke Devlin's Life Points being only 700, even if he had a full 4000 LP, they would be instantly wiped out!
"Boom!"
A surging vortex of Energy expanded around Duke Devlin's Field into a regular Hemisphere. With such a powerful Attack, perhaps even a god would meet their end here?
But Hayato frowned, simply because Duke Devlin's Life Points on the Scoreboard hadn't changed at all, and even that Jade Knight was completely unharmed?
The violent Energy gradually subsided, revealing a barrier covering the Jade Knight's body. With a wave of distortion, that barrier gradually collapsed into a black spot, causing the Jade Knight to disappear from Duke Devlin's Field?
"The Effect of Destiny Board is, when an opponent's Monster declares an Attack, negate the Attack of 1 opponent's Monster, then Banish the targeted Monster from Play until the next Standby Phase," Duke Devlin said smugly. "How regrettable, Kobayashi Hayato, Destiny still stands on my side."
"Mere Destiny. Don't talk as if you can see the future," Hayato scoffed. "If Destiny truly stands behind you, doesn't that mean I will be Destiny's Enemy?"
"Tell me, Duke Devlin, did Destiny tell you I would activate this Card?!"
In Duke Devlin's horrified gaze, the Five-Headed Dragon on Hayato's Field, which had just finished one Attack, moved again. Its five heads each held an Energy ball even more powerful than before, clearly about to launch another Attack!
"The Effect of Double or Nothing! is, when my Monster's Attack is negated, that Monster gets one chance to Attack again. Also, its ATK is doubled!"
[Five-Headed Dragon] [ATK 5000 → 10000]
"This is the final Attack, Duke Devlin! I'm giving your words back to you!" Hayato shouted. "Drink the bitter taste of Defeat right here! Five-Headed Dragon's second consecutive Attack!"
Facing the impending Attack, Duke Devlin panicked and activated a Set Card: "Activate Trap Card, Holy Javelin! I will recover Damage equal to Five-Headed Dragon's ATK!"
"Furthermore, because Gogiga Gagagigo previously rolled a 2 twice, it gains the ability to not be Destroyed by Battle or Effect!"
"I won't lose this Duel so easily!"
The surging tide of Energy swept across the Field once more. After the Attack, the Gogiga Gagagigo, with its armor tattered and looking dishevelled, still Stood Tall on Duke Devlin's Field, successfully Survived Five-Headed Dragon's Attack.
"But you will still take the Battle Damage. That's enough," Hayato said calmly.
[Duke Devlin: 700 → 10700 → 3500 LP]
Because Hayato had secretly applied Dark Energy during Five-Headed Dragon's Attack, even though his Life Points increased instead of decreasing, Duke Devlin's face was extremely unsightly, twisted in pain, because his Life Points dropped by a full 7200 Points in one go. However, even with such intense pain, he still didn't let go of his Obsession.
"You failed, Kobayashi Hayato! You kept saying you could finish me off this Turn, but I Survived!"
Hearing this, Five-Headed Dragon snorted disdainfully, seemingly annoyed that it had Attacked twice yet still couldn't get rid of this Annoying Bug.
Hayato, however, shook his head and activated the last two Cards in his hand: "No, I said it already. That was the final Attack just now. Although it didn't finish you off directly, dealing Damage to you is already enough."
"The last two Cards in my hand are Meteor of Destruction and Ectoplasmer. I guess you must have studied my Duel data, right?"
Duke Devlin subconsciously stated the Effects of the two Cards in Hayato's hand: Ectoplasmer allows you to Tribute a Monster during the End Phase to inflict Damage to your opponent equal to half that Monster's ATK. And the Effect of Meteor of Destruction is, when the opponent's Life Points are 3000 or more, reduce their Life Points by 1000... M-Masaka!"
At this, not only Duke Devlin but even Five-Headed Dragon, which had just moments ago worn an arrogant "I'm the strongest in the world" look, couldn't stay calm.
"Kobayashi Hayato, what are you doing?! Your Monster is crying!"
"Roar~!"
"I haven't shown my Full Power yet! I clearly still have a chance to Defeat you!"
"Roar roar!!"
At this moment, Five-Headed Dragon and Duke Devlin were perfectly aligned; neither wanted to see Hayato pull off that Combo in his hand.
Unfortunately, once Hayato set his mind on doing something, no one could change his mind.
"Activate Meteor of Destruction to deduct 1000 of your Life Points, and then after activating Ectoplasmer, I End my Turn." Pushing up non-existent glasses, Hayato smiled like some Super Strategist, giving Five-Headed Dragon goosebumps. "You've been powered up! Go on, Five-Headed Dragon! This is a necessary Sacrifice."
"Boom!"
In that moment, Five-Headed Dragon turned into light.
[Duke Devlin: 3500 LP → 0]
Watching Duke Devlin, who was defeated by Five-Headed Dragon's Self-Destruct Attack and even knocked directly off the Duel Platform because the Impact Simulation System was turned up to maximum, Yugi Mutou was half joyful for Hayato's victory and Joey Wheeler's regained freedom, and half sighed at Hayato's indescribably strange winning method: "That guy Hayato, it's the same old routine."
"I thought Hayato had changed his Dueling Style when I saw such a powerful Monster as Five-Headed Dragon," Tristan also smiled helplessly. "It really is a rather standard O. Henry Ending. Unexpected, yet within reason."
Apparently, Hayato sending his Tamashii, Tamashii, and more Tamashii to the Graveyard mid-Duel had already become a signature move, completely accepted by Yugi Mutou and the others.
Rejoice! The 5000 DEF Big Butt—ahem, the awesome Dragon-Type Five-Headed Dragon appeared for just one chapter before exiting, setting a new record for light-speed defeat and becoming the protagonist's new record for Self-Destruct Damage.
3K words directly end this part of the plot, and then we fast forward to the beginning of most Yu-Gi-Oh! fanfiction—Duelist Kingdom.
Finally got to this part... It really was a long detour (referring to the DM Online Game Arc where the Average Subscription Drop occurred).
(End of Chapter)
Translator: I am really busy with my exams, so I can only upload five chapters for the next two weaks. After I finish my exams, I will return to the normal ten chapters.