Traveling in reverse through the Yu-Gi-Oh! world with the MD system

"So, we can only watch and hope that Hayabusa can beat her?"

"Yes."

Taking a deep breath, Soleva turned his gaze to the dueling arena, looking at Falcon within, and silently prayed:

Falcon, I don't know why you want to start this duel, or if you hope to atone for your sins through this duel, but you must not lose!

Inside the duel arena, Mitsu Masumi had already activated the [Light Absorption Fusion] effect:

"[Light Absorbing Fusion] effect! During the turn this card is activated, you cannot Special Summon monsters that are not [Gem Knight]! At the same time, you can add one [Gem Knight] card to your hand! Come on, [Gem Knight? Ryu]!"

After catching [Gem Knight: Ryu] launched from the Duel Disk, a vortex symbolizing fusion instantly appeared behind Mitsutsu Masumi.

However, in Soreva's view, the yellow and blue colors of the fusion vortex symbol were much dimmer than before, as if they had been covered with a layer of gray filter.

"Applies the effect of [Light Absorbing Fusion]! Banish the Fusion Material Monsters listed on the [Gem Knight] Fusion Monster Card from your hand or field, and Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck!"

I will use [Gem Knight Xiao Liu] from my hand and [Gem Knight Huang Bi] from the field as materials for a Fusion Summon!

O Jadeite, concealing mysterious power! Now manifest as light! Fusion Summon! Level 5, [Gem Knight Lady - Ruri]!

[Jewel Knight Lady - Ruri], with a huge blue gem embedded in her chest and dressed in a deep blue women's dress that was completely different from the other Jewel Knights, stepped out from the dim light, but within the blue gem, there was a faint black light flowing.

"I activate the effect of [Gem Knight Lady - Ruri]! Once per turn, send one card with the same name as this card from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard, and inflict damage to your opponent equal to 100 times the number of monsters Special Summoned from the Extra Deck plus half of this card's ATK!"

[Gem Knight Lady - Ruri] then formed a circle with her hands around the sapphire at her chest, and a ball of deep blue energy mixed with black condensed in her hands.

The energy ball transformed into a beam of light and shot out, directly hitting the body of the opposing falcon.

"Uh!!!"

Amidst the falcon's cries of pain, his LP plummeted from 4000 to 2700 points.

"It's not over yet! I activate the Continuous Spell Card [Bright Fusion]! Send the Fusion Material Monsters listed on the [Gem Knight] Fusion Monster Card from my Deck to the Graveyard, and Special Summon that Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck!"

I've chosen [Gem Knight: Little Glass], [Gem Knight: Red Garnet], and [Gem Knight: Jade] from my deck as materials for Fusion Summoning!

With a roar from Mitsutsu Masumi, the fusion vortex reappeared, and three figures of different colors—one red, one blue, and one brown—appeared before it. Mitsutsu Masumi raised her arm high towards the fusion vortex above her head.

"O secret stone burning with fiery iron fists! O jewel flowing with the ripples of water! O foundation stone containing lapis lazuli! Let your light swirl around you! Merge with the new radiance! Fusion Summon! Radiant Lady, [Gem Knight Lady - Diamond]!"

At Mitsutsu Masumi's call, the three Jewel Knights clasped their hands together, transforming into three colors of light that merged into a dazzling white light. From this white light emerged a slender figure clad in pale yellow armor, a female swordsman adorned with bright diamonds.

As soon as she appeared, [Gem Knight Lady Diamond]'s attack and defense power plummeted to 0.

However, Mitsutsu Masumi was not concerned about this. After activating the effect of [Jewel Knight: Little Ritsu] which had gone to the graveyard and returning [Jewel Knight: Jade] from the graveyard to her hand, she then activated the effect of [Jewel Knight Lady: Diamond].

"I activate the effect of [Gem Knight Lady Diamond]! Send [Gem Knight Topaz] on the field to the Graveyard, and Special Summon 1 [Gem Knight] Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck by Fusion Summon!"

Appear! The supreme light that illuminates all things! [Gem Knight King? Diamond]!

In an instant, the diamonds adorning [Gem Knight Lady - Diamond] burst forth with dazzling light, and within this dazzling white light, [Gem Knight - Topaz]'s form changed.

Finally, a greatsword inlaid with eight gems of various colors cleaved through the white light, and from this light emerged the [Gem Knight King - Radiant Diamond], clad in silver knight armor and commanding all the gem knights.

"I activate the effect of [Gem Knight King Diamond] to banish [Gem Knight Topaz] from the Graveyard!"

"Roar!"

Under Masumi Mitsutsu's command, [Gem Knight King - Radiant Diamond], having activated its effect, immediately let out a battle cry, and an orange-yellow gem on the greatsword in the second tower's hand began to shine with brilliant light.

"Battle has begun! [Gem Knight King? Radiant Diamond] attacks [Rapid Raptor - Exterminate Shrike]!"

Facing the Diamond, whose attack power had increased to 3300 due to the presence of 4 [Gem Knight] monsters in its graveyard, the Shrike's 1600 defense power was no match for it and was directly cut in two by the Diamond.

However, just as the Shrike was defeated, a burst of sword energy erupted from the greatsword in the hand of the Radiant Diamond, striking the Falcon directly and sending him flying.

Falcon's health points dropped to 1400.

"This, this is..."

Faced with Hayabusa's question, Mitsutsu Masumi immediately explained:

"[Gem Knight King Diamond] can gain its effect by banishing [Gem Knight] monsters from the Graveyard. And the effect of the [Gem Knight Topaz] that was just banished is that when this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, it deals damage to the opponent equal to that monster's original ATK!"

"I see... But this level is not enough to defeat me, let alone avenge your teacher."

"It's not over yet! [Gem Knight: Topaz] can launch two attacks in the same battle, and now Diamond has inherited this effect! [Gem Knight King: Diamond], attack [Rapid Raptor - Mighty Owl]!"

Upon hearing Mitsutsu Masumi's declaration of attack against the Martial Owl, Hayabusa's lips curled into a smile:

"Did an Xyz Monster attack me? Then activate Quick Attack Spell [Rank-Up Spell - Escape Force]!"

Chapter 72: Continuous Advancement, One Strike to Victory

"[Rank-Up Spell - Escape Force] Effect! If an Xyz Monster you control is targeted for an attack, negate that attack, and Special Summon an Xyz Monster from your Extra Deck in Attack Position, stacked on top of that monster's Rank 1.

Amidst the falcon's resounding voice, the opened [Advanced Magic - Escape Power] instantly transformed into a silver-gray ring adorned with mysterious runes.

The Martial Owl leaped into the air and plunged into the silver-gray ring, its entire body instantly engulfed in blazing red flames.

"O fierce falcon never before seen! The unknown power hidden within those valiant wings, now, reveal it to the world! Ascendance Transformation! Appear, Rank 5, [Rapid Raptor - Foreign Falcon]!"

When the raging flames were dispersed by the flapping of its wings, the mechanical falcon, its body dark red and its wings like a crescent moon, glided back to the falcon. However, its wings and the top of its head had large parts that emitted a yellow light, which complemented the purple light patterns all over its body.

"Hmph! It's just a monster with only 2000 attack and defense points! [Jewel Knight Lady Ruri], shoot it down!"

As Hayabusa watched Mitsutsu Masumi angrily commanding the monster to launch another attack, Hayabusa merely gave a cold laugh:

"It's not over yet! Another Quick-Play Spell Card, [Rank-Up Spell - Overlimit Power] activated! Pay half of your Life Points, target one Xyz Monster on your field, and Special Summon an Xyz Monster one Rank higher than it from your Extra Deck as an Xyz Summon!"

With a wave of the falcon's hand, LP dropped to 700 points, and a blue sphere with layers of pentagonal and five-pointed star patterns enveloped the foreign falcon.

When the sphere of light shattered, what flew out was no longer the crimson foreign falcon, but the revolutionary falcon that had not yet determined the outcome of its battle with Soreva the previous night.

"Proud Falcon! Spread your wings stained with the blood of heroes and shatter the path of revolution! Ascend to Super Transformation! Appear! Rank 6, [Rapid Raptor - Revolutionary Falcon]!"

Amidst the cry of the revolutionary falcon, its finger pointed directly at [Gem Knight King? Brilliant Diamond], which had just shattered the shrike's defenses.

"When this card is Xyz Summoned using an Xyz Monster of Rank 5 or lower as material, you can destroy one Special Summoned monster on your opponent's field and inflict damage to your opponent equal to half of that monster's ATK!"

Go forth, revolutionary falcon! Let the flames of revolution consume everything!

As the Revolutionary Falcon took flight, countless missiles rained down from its abdomen, blasting [Gem Knight King? Radiant Diamond] into pieces. For the first time, Mitsutsu Masumi's LP was reduced, reaching 2350 points.

After completing all this, the Revolutionary Falcon returned to the Falcon's side with an astonishing 4000 attack power.

"Why is that? When it was summoned just now, its attack power was clearly only 2000 points!"

Faced with Masumi Mitsutsu's questioning, Hayabusa simply raised his Duel Disk and said,

"[Rank-Up Spell - Overpower] effect: Xyz Monsters Special Summoned by this card gain ATK this turn multiplied by the number of [Rank-Up Spells] used this turn."

What? Are you planning to attack the Revolutionary Falcon's 4000 attack power? That certainly takes courage.

"Tch! How is that possible! I set a card face down, and my turn ends!"

Mitsutsu Masumi was confident that if Hayabusa dared to attack next turn with his current monsters, it would be the moment of his defeat.

"Then, my turn, draw a card!"

When Falcon turned over the cards he had drawn, he was instantly stunned.

"I never expected it to be this card... Last time, it became a stumbling block to my victory, but this time, is it going to become an aid to my victory? Perhaps, this is cause and effect."

Thinking this, Hayabusa smiled, a smile he hadn't shown in a long time, and slapped the card he had drawn onto the Duel Disk:

"I activate the Equip Spell Card, [Raptor Ultimate Hard Hammer]! Equip it to [Rapid Raptor - Revolutionary Falcon]!"

Looking at the revolutionary falcon with its new head-launching device, Falcon couldn't help but laugh. To prevent himself from bursting out laughing, Falcon quickly turned his head away and said:

"Then, the final blow! [Rapid Strike Raptor - Revolutionary Falcon]! Attack [Gem Knight Lady - Ruri]!"

On Mitsutsu Masumi's side, she was initially taken aback when she saw that [Rapid Raptor - Revolutionary Falcon]'s attack power had reached 3000 points. After all, this meant that the Revolutionary Falcon would be able to destroy [Jewel Knight Lady - Ruri] in combat!

However, looking at his own intact 2350 LP, Hayabusa's meager 700 LP like a candle flickering in the wind, the last trap card he had set, and the last card he still had in his hand, Mitsutsu Masumi felt absolutely certain that everything was in order:

No problem, as long as he destroys [Gem Knight Lady - Glass], my [Bright Spark] will definitely reduce his LP to zero!

As the [Raptor Ultimate Hard-Headed Hammer] shot out from the Revolutionary Falcon's head, heading straight for [Gem Knight Lady - Ruri], the falcon's voice slowly rang out:

"I seem to have forgotten to tell you about the effect of Revolution Falcon. When it battles a face-up Special Summoned monster, its opponent's ATK and DEF become 0!"

Seeing [Jewel Knight Lady - Ruri]'s attack and defense drop to 0 points with that devilish voice, Mitsu Masumi's face turned pale instantly.

If [Bright Spark] can be successfully activated, she can indeed defeat Falcon this time, but only if she can activate [Bright Spark].

As the [Raptor Ultimate Hard Head Hammer] slammed into the chest of [Jewel Knight Lady Ruri], the sapphire imbued with dark energy was instantly shattered, and even [Jewel Knight Lady Ruri]'s body was completely pierced through and turned into fragments.

After piercing through [Gem Knight Lady - Ruri], [Raptor Ultimate Hard Head Hammer] slammed into the ground with undiminished momentum, instantly creating a gust of wind. In this violent gust of wind, Mitsutsu Masumi's body was thrown out, and her LP dropped to 0.

"The victor is Kurosaki Hayabusa!"

As the announcement of Hayabusa's victory rang out, tears instantly welled up in Mitsutsu Masumi's eyes:

"Why! Why couldn't I avenge Mr. Mark?!"

"That's because you're still too weak!"

Hayabusa's voice rang in her ears, startling Mitsu Masumi who thought he was about to attack her. She looked up, only to find that Hayabusa's gaze was not on her at all, but in another direction.

Looking curiously in that direction, Mitsutsu Masumi only saw Soleva running towards the two of them. Just then, Hayabusa's voice rang out again:

"See that man? Right after I attacked your teacher Mark, I almost lost to him, and I was lucky to escape with my life."

If you want revenge for your teacher Mark, then study hard under him. When you become strong enough, I welcome your revenge anytime.

After saying that, Falcon walked towards Sorewa.

"Falcon, how are you? Are you alright?"

In response to Soreva's concerned question, Falcon simply placed his hand on Soreva's shoulder:

"Troublesome student, I've taken care of it for you. You're welcome."

After saying that, Hayabusa walked towards the exit of the dueling arena, leaving a bewildered Soleva behind. Only after seeing Mitsutsu Masumi bowing to him and respectfully saying, "Please teach me how to duel, Mr. Soleva," did Soleva realize what Hayabusa had just meant.

When Hayabusa walked out of the dueling arena, he found Yuto already waiting there against the wall.

"Falcon, you still show no mercy at all."

"Hmph, just because she's a duelist who uses Fusion Summoning, if I didn't know she was an innocent person from this dimension, I would have sealed her in a card long ago."

"Ah, that's not what I meant. I was just curious, the Duel Monster you defeated last was also named Ruri, don't you think you were bullying Ruri?"

"...Yuto, stop with your weird ideas! I would never bully Ruri!"