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Chapter 688 Cause and Effect (6K, please vote for me!)

As the duel ended, the red light emanating from Kaito Amagi's body gradually began to dissipate. He panted heavily and wiped the sweat from his chin.

Photon Mode was deactivated at that moment, and Robot Orbit 7 immediately bowed to him and asked, "Lord Kaito, are you alright?"

"Of course."

Kaito's breathing gradually calmed down. He stabilized his breathing and looked at the card he had drawn in the last turn in his hand.

Galactic expedition...

It seems that it is indeed time for me to embark on a long-awaited "expedition".

He then regulated his breathing with more steady breaths, and slowly looked at the enormous Acius.

It was very dangerous, extremely dangerous.

Using "ascension magic" is still too dangerous for humans. Even he felt exhausted when using light waves to ascend.

Fortunately, this world is not the real universe, otherwise he felt it would be really difficult to duel in this environment.

"I see. If that's the case, then it's certainly enough."

On the other side, Pleamhart, who lost, is still wearing armor.

The surrounding elves dared not breathe, all of them were shocked and astonished as they looked at the defeated "Great Leader"—even if it was just an avatar of the Great Leader, it was still an existence they looked up to, an extremely powerful warrior, someone that none of them had ever defeated!
Moreover, even without considering Lord Premhart, Arceus is the undisputed "champion" of their dimension. Although he didn't perform many actions during his turn, Arceus with 6 materials is enough to make most duelists regret their defeat!
Unexpectedly, Hikari defeated Arceus with just one Fusion Card, and even nearly intercepted the Grand Leader's duel afterwards, while also providing assistance to his teammates.

How will the Great Leader treat those two humans?
Could it be that the Great Leader really will... provide his power!?

"That was a really good fight." Premhardt pressed his hand against the faceplate, and the armor automatically began to dissipate, revealing his face beneath.

It was still smiling, as if that was how its face was supposed to be.

Kaito Amagi looked at Premhardt seriously.

Only after the duel ended did he truly realize the core of the duel.

Although it was supposed to be a "2v2" duel, the duel was actually not like that.

In reality, although Aeus exerted considerable power in the duel, he mostly waited and assisted, waiting to see how well they could perform against "Rimhardt".

Proliferating G, DD Raven, Chaos Wings...

Normally, a spirit can only use cards from its own system.

Kaito Amagi encountered Spirits more than once when the Fusion Army invaded the Xyz Dimension. He also encountered Spirits several times while busy collecting numbered cards in other dimensions, so he knew about this.

Because the Elf's deck is not a physical deck, but rather a manifestation of the Elf's power.

Even the Celestial Zeus only used the rapid increase of lower-level monsters to summon its "true form".

After all, its ability reveals an inherent logic—it is a support card for all Xyz Monsters, so any Xyz Duelist can try to use it!
But Premhart defies this logic!

Premhat is undoubtedly "Mana the Fool Rimhat", so it is clear that it is completely different from all other elves!
It not only used monsters of its own race, but also a large number of general cards that ordinary elves would not have, including cards like "Chaos Wings" that should be from the Chaos race!

It is not just an "elf warrior," but actually a genuine "duelist"!
Premhardt moved its hands slightly, completely removing its armor and returning to its original form. It noticed Kaito Amagi's appearance, pondered for a moment, and then explained with a smile.

Although it is just "Rimhat", its true form, the "strongest man", genuinely saved life in multiple dimensions on the verge of collapse, and thus gained the protection and faith of many elves.

In fact, Vesas can use not only the monsters and cards it has used, but also spirits and cards from multiple dimensions, including this one.

But as mentioned before, Vessas himself cannot leave easily, so he can only project his own image to engage in the duel.

Therefore, it only possesses a portion of the power of "homology" and "Vesches".

Instead of being in a hurry, it first let Aeus explain.

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Zeus first responded, then thanked Rimuhart, and then began to explain his own logic.

It is a native elf of this world, and the first champion of the "Star Wars," a genuine elf who gained power comparable to that of the gods with an elf body.

Therefore, it naturally has its own principles and motivations.

On that day, a red light pierced through its world. In the struggle, it relied on its own strength to protect some weak spirits and even awakened its own power.

In just twelve short years, it has remained here, guarding this place, and has grown stronger and stronger.

However, on that very day, it encountered something it would never forget in its life.

At some point during the rampage of the red light, one of the spirits it saved, because of the power contained within the red light, because it wanted to help it, because it wanted to become stronger… whatever the reason, that spirit touched the red light, merged into it, and then…

distortion!

It transformed into a spirit that Zeus did not recognize at all, forgetting itself, forgetting Zeus, forgetting its own kind, and even frantically unleashing its power.

In his madness and agony, Arceus had no choice but to shoot down the elf to protect his other companions.

As it watched the elf slowly die in its palm, turning into pure energy specks, it felt its soul being torn apart. In the end, all that remained in its heart was the regret for the elf.

Brother Zeus, I'm sorry, I... I'm so scared.

Yes!

It was terrified!

It feared falling into a helpless situation again, it feared losing its current safety, it feared its power wouldn't be enough to help Zeus, it feared...

I'm afraid of everything!

On that day, Aeus's life was completely changed.

On that day, the life of Aeus came to an end.

On that day, Aeus frantically gathered all his energy, determined to annihilate the red light of this dimension, even at the cost of his life.

That day, its voice called to Vessas, drawing his attention to this world. Then, when Zeus was frantically unleashing his energy, it stopped him and absorbed the red light power of this dimension, stabilizing it.

After that, this dimension gradually became a space where various "interstellar type spirits" and "giant mechanical type spirits" gathered, fought, and competed.

It was after this that, under the management of the Queen of the Universe and Aeus, this dimension grew larger and more lively.

“Strength is merely a tool, a means of combat. But without fighting spirit, without courage, without conviction, one will only… lose oneself in fear.” Arceus calmly recounted his story, his deeds before becoming champion, and why it valued the duelist’s conviction so highly.

Only the purest form of humanity can unleash its power; this is not due to its narrow-mindedness, but rather its unwavering commitment!

That is, spirits who do not use external forces (red light), and pure human duelists!
"I see." Kaito Amagi understood. He raised his fist and said to Arceus, "I get it. Arceus."

"Although I came to find you only to gain the right to fight, I understand your thoughts."

I also have something I want to protect, and I understand your feelings.

To save his younger brother, Kaito Amagi uses the Galaxy Eyes and hunts numbered cards. He hears the story of Zeus and is able to resonate with it.

"But... as I said, I acquired you only to qualify for battle, so I may not necessarily use you!"

This was something that greatly surprised many elves.

This, this is the champion "Aeus the Thunder"!

No matter what deck it is, as long as it is an Xyz Summoning deck, adding Arceus can enhance the deck's power and the monsters' abilities out of thin air, giving any Xyz Monster a terrifying effect of instantly flipping the table!
Kaito Amagi also witnessed the champion's abilities firsthand—

Although the elves were more concerned about the Great Leader in this duel, after all, the Great Leader was the savior of this dimension, they also saw in their hearts the power of Arceus!
While other elves focus on improving their own power and strengthening their main deck, Arceus no longer cares what monster cards are in his main deck. In every duel, he uses different "weak monsters" to unleash himself and prove everything.

Although Kaito Amagi did indeed defeat the clones of Arceus and the Great Leader, that doesn't mean everything!
However, upon hearing this, Arceus slowly turned his head and looked at Rimuhart.

For the first time, Rimuhart showed an expression other than a smile; he looked at Aeus and nodded encouragingly.

Then, like the sun, like a star, Aeus slowly transformed into starlight, into particles, and gradually dissipated. Finally, he transformed into a giant card, which shrank in a very short time and finally became a normal card with a black background, which slowly rotated in front of Kaito Amagi.

Kaito Amagi carefully reached out to catch the card.

The Thunder God Ace Zeus!

It's done?
"You have passed its final test."

!! ?
Kaito Amagi was somewhat surprised and looked up at Rimuhart.

Amagi Hikaru suddenly realized what was happening and clapped his fists together, tapping his left hand.

"I see. Achilles dislikes humans who rely solely on strength; he desires pure will... So, in the end, whether or not one can truly take Achilles himself depends on not desiring him?"

what--

Not only Kaito Amagi, but many Pokémon suddenly realized this.

No wonder that although they can sometimes call on Arceus for help, they can never inherit Lord Arceus's power or cards. It's because they don't understand Lord Arceus's true thoughts.
Only by not relying on external forces can one truly strengthen oneself in terms of willpower.

In the duel, it is actually reflected that Arceus would prefer to end the duel and win before summoning Arceus, rather than having no choice but to Xyz Rank Arceus during Main Phase 2.

Kaito Amagi looked at the card and took a deep breath.

"As expected of Lord Kaito!" Orbit Seven excitedly turned its head wildly. As a mechanical life form, it had a great fondness for a colossal robot like Aeus.

"Great!"

"Wow! Kaito got Arceus!"

Yuma and Kotori couldn't help but cheer together, and Astral nodded repeatedly.

With Arceus, both Yuma and Kaito can engage in stronger or more diverse duels!
Kaito Amagi looked at the card in his hand, nodded slightly, thanked it, and then carefully put it away.

Now he finally had a reason and an opportunity to forcefully make contact with the Despair Team.

But beyond that...

He looked at Rimhart.

Certainly, he finally got his chance, but he didn't want Amagi Hikaru, whom he had brought over to help him with the trial, to come up empty-handed.

After all, the opponent was clearing the field, hindering progress, and preparing supportive measures. However, before Kaito Amagi could even ask it a question, Remhardt had already raised its hand.

In the sky, the floating Vishse didn't fly back to its deck, but quietly landed in Amagi Hikaru's hand. Amagi Hikaru caught it casually and raised an eyebrow slightly.

The card does not contain any "spirit power"; it is simply a card.

but--

At a closer distance, Hikaru Amagi actually noticed details that she hadn't observed before.

Could this be the legendary...?

Anti-counterfeiting mark!?
Hikaru Amagi was startled, realizing that the card had a special "lockdown" on it, clearly preventing it from being copied. If Hikaru took the card back to the Fusion Dimension, even Kaiba Corporation probably wouldn't be able to copy it out of thin air—unless Hikaru sent the card there for experimentation.

This way, this card won't be as easy to copy as other cards.

"Wow……"

"It's Lord Vessus!"

The surrounding elves were talking amongst themselves, as if they had seen Vesses before.

This served as a reminder to Amagi Hikaru.

Judging from the situation, could Vesas have created clones of Vesas or Amelidoro as well?
Hikaru Amagi obtained Vesses, but didn't care too much about it, even though he didn't have any fusion materials.

After all, he had adventured in so many elf realms and knew a lot about elves, so it was normal for him to know this – unless the card itself was given away directly, it was almost always just one or two individual cards.

Just then! Kaito Amagi spoke up instantly: "Vessis Ashtrod, a Fusion Monster that can directly banish monsters from the Graveyard to the field, is indeed a very powerful card."

But how can this card be played without fusion materials?

"Hey! Kaito Amagi, don't think you can talk nonsense just because you defeated the Great Leader's clone once!"

"His Majesty the Leader naturally has his reasons!"

"Great Leader, let me duel this guy!"

Kaito Amagi's face remained as serious and expressionless as ever, appearing quite cold. At the same time, his tone was so firm and strong that many elves thought he had a problem with Rimuhart.

But Rimhart was always good-tempered, and it could sense the speaker's emotions, so it knew that Kaito Amagi wasn't dissatisfied, but rather hoped to give Hikaru Amagi more opportunities.

“Is that so? Okay then—” it suddenly changed its mind.

According to normal elven rules, one Vish is enough.

However, it is not an ordinary spirit, and Hikari Amagi is not an ordinary duelist. Following the usual procedure and dragging things out, making Hikari Amagi come here to challenge again and again, is just too troublesome.

It took out its deck, searched through it, found "Vesas-Staffrost", and then casually tossed it towards Amagi Hikaru.

Amagi Mitsuda was overjoyed and quickly caught the card.

Although it's just Vesas, not the deck he really wanted, but—once he has Vesas, he can try to get all the other cards!

"Hikari Amagi, you probably want to use your unparalleled alchemy skills to extract other cards, right?"

"Alchemy?" The people from the Hyperdimension were somewhat confused by Rimuhart's words.

"Ahem..." For the first time, Amagi Hikaru did not directly answer Rimuhart's question.

After all—the card clearly had "anti-theft measures" on it, yet Amagi Hikaru's first thought upon getting it was to separate from it, which wasn't very polite.

"You are free to give it a try."

?

“But that card is different.” Reimhart spread his hands and said, “The seal on that card was not sealed with my power, but with the power of the Dragon of the Mark.”

"Carve, carve what?" Everyone was stunned. Just now, Rimuhart's voice had sounded harsh and shrill to them.

Among these countless people, only Hikaru Amagi and Tiera heard this name—it seemed that it was because he had just merged with Tiera today that he was able to hear this strange name.

The Dragon of Imprints?

"The Dragon of All Things... Hmm, it seems you still can't hear me." Rimuhart glanced slightly towards the outside of the universe, not lingering on the topic for long. "In short, that card is one of the cards that remained after I absorbed the red light. It can both seal the power of the red light and protect the card."

Dual-purpose...

Hikaru Amagi didn't dwell on the name; instead, he considered other aspects.

It protected the elf very well, and also protected its own card in the process.

"If you understand, you should understand that this seal cannot be broken by violent means."

Well--

Amagi Hikaru frowned.

If that's the case, then it's definitely not something that can be solved by alchemy.

In fact, Hikaru Amagi has already conducted many experiments with "Great Sage of Talent Crowley" and "Great Sage of Sealing Spencer", but until now, Hikaru Amagi has not mass-produced or created any other related cards.

Those two cards were like genuine "pieces of paper"—possessing special powers, yet unable to extract any data.

Born out of thin air, existing out of thin air.

"But on the other hand, as long as you can accomplish something worthy of being called a [legendary deed], that power will gradually materialize and become yours to use."

Is there such a good thing?

The question is—

What are legendary deeds?

Hikaru Amagi was a little confused.

Rimuhart glanced at Amagi Hikaru's deck and said leisurely, "Albus's Fallen Heir."

Albus was startled when he heard the call, thinking it was for him. He jumped out and came to Amagi Hikaru's side, then pointed at himself in confusion.

"I?"

"Oh, sorry, I wasn't talking about you."

Albus scratched his head sheepishly, looking somewhat embarrassed.

“However—on the thought, it’s actually quite similar.” Reimhart chuckled at its own words. After speaking for a while, it continued to explain, “Simply put, it’s about reversing the situation from the weakest to become the strongest.”

Is it really that weak?
Amagi Hikaru understood what Remhardt meant, but he never felt that anything related to Vessas or Albus was weak.

"This is my card, and it is also your card. In the midst of legendary deeds, in the midst of various challenges, in the midst of high emotions and fighting spirit, a brand new power, your power, the power of fusion, will be born."

Hikaru Amagi, your duel, your fusion, are pure and flawless. Now, it is time for you to put it into practice.

The time to put it into practice!
Tolerance, the future!
Upon hearing this, Hikaru Amagi instantly realized—

No wonder.

No wonder Vessas told himself last time that he needed to "become one" before he was ready to come.

Embrace everything, integrate the future!

There was nothing left to change in his own beliefs, and he had already dueled with Tiera, completing his "fusion" with himself.

So, only one thing remains.

That is……

Finish it!
Prove it's correct!

And right in front of Hikaru Amagi is a world that he can complete, challenge, save, and merge with—the Imprinted Dimension!
In fact, not only the Marked Dimension, but also the Vampire Empire Dimension, the One God War in the Synchronization Dimension, and all other dimensions, all things that are about to happen or are happening... those are all the equations he uses to prove the result!

Hikaru Amagi looked at the card in his hand, his eyes brimming with barely suppressed excitement.

Nothing in the world happens out of thin air. Your choices, your decisions, your beliefs, your persistence, and your will will determine your behavior, create impressions, and thus influence others, and therefore affect everything else in the world.

When negative factors interact, the world and dimensions become worse as a result.

When positive factors interact, the world and dimensions become more beautiful.

This is precisely the cycle of cause and effect, the workings of all things in the world.

Rimhardt's figure slowly began to dissipate, gradually flowing into the universe, into all directions, and into all things in this dimension.

[Amagi Hikaru, your legend and your beliefs have spread throughout countless elven dimensions. Countless elves have imagined your beauty as the beauty of humanity. Countless fusion system elves regard you as their role model. You have become a brand new peerless alchemist and a source of motivation for even more elves. Under this cycle of fusion, one day you will become stronger than any other being.]

At that time, you will be the undisputed product of all "fusion"! The undisputed... true agent of hyperfusion!

[This challenge and trial card, which was supposed to be given to you in your next one-on-one duel, is being given to you ahead of time. Because I have no mistakes to correct for you; you achieved self-unity sooner than I expected, and you are more outstanding than I imagined.]

Go and prove what you want to do.

Vessas holds this dimension in his hand, protecting it and preventing it from cracking.

Meanwhile, Hikaru Amagi held the Visage card in his hand, pondering the future and preparing to separate the intertwined dimensions.

The real Vesas's voice echoed in Amagi Hikaru's ears, and almost simultaneously, the "Vesas" card in his hand flickered slightly.

This is what is meant by reincarnation.

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