Want to play cards? I'll use my King's Deck!

Compared to the two girls, Yuki knew all too well how terrifying this monster was.

That's the kind of value that comes from being locked in a dark room.

"Regardless of the type of monster, the effect of 'Sky Dragon of Osiris' will activate the moment it appears. [Summon Lightning Bomb]!"

A blue lightning ball struck the "Dharma King Beast." High-voltage current surged through the dragon's body, reducing its defense to 1000 points.

With this level of skill, any low-level monster with a bit of fighting ability could easily defeat it, but Sigurd didn't care at all.

"Attack and defense stats are irrelevant to 'Primemon.' What matters is this! 'Primemon's' effect activated!"

Once per turn, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card and declare 1 Attribute; this effect can be activated during your opponent's turn. Until the end of this turn, face-up monsters on the field become their declared Attributes, and your opponent's monsters with those declared Attributes cannot activate effects or attack. This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn.

"Remove the material 'Grinburst,' declare the Divine attribute, and change all monsters on everyone's field to this attribute."

Sigurd gazed at the crimson dragon behind Yuxi, his tone brimming with confidence.

"While 'Sky Dragon of Osiris' is unaffected by Xyz Monster effects, this effect is only half effective against the monster and half against the player. Therefore, 'Osiris's' Lightning Bolt can no longer be fired."

"Wow, this effect is too cheating!"

After listening to Sigurd's explanation, Xingye Wu couldn't help but voice the common sentiment of the group.

The "Dharma King Beast" is indeed very fake.

While Yuki's "Black Chaos Extreme Magician" and Izayoi Yuki's "Yan Demon Dragon - Crimson Lotus Demon - Calamity" certainly possess similar suppressive abilities, they are each more difficult to summon than the other. "Dharma King Beast," however, is different. Its summoning conditions, which are so simple that they are almost impossible to master, have increased its ferocity many times over.

No wonder Sigurd regarded him as his trump card.

If he hadn't been so excited by the battle of the gods that his adrenaline surged, he probably wouldn't have taken it out.

Knowing its power, You Xi naturally couldn't allow this effect to pass.

"I won't let you succeed! Chain with 'Priest Beast,' activate the effect of 'Mirror Sword Knight' in your Graveyard! If you control 'Winged Beast Chimera,' banish this card, negate the effects of monsters activated by your opponent!"

As the weapons of "Baphomet the Beast Demon King," whose card name is "Winged Beast," clashed, the armored ghost that had appeared in the previous turn reappeared amidst the flying sparks.

He charged headlong into the enormous dragon beast, attempting to seal its power with his sword.

Then it was swallowed up by a suddenly opened hole.

“Trap Card: ‘Graveyard’ activated. When a monster effect is activated in your opponent's hand, Graveyard, or banished area, negate that activation and inflict 2000 damage.”

Sigurd's finger rested lightly on the start button of the Duel Disk, unyielding: "Sorry, Yuuki. This time, you won't be getting in my way again!"

"Hmm... then use C3 to activate the effect of 'Thief's Chestnut'!"

Seeing that the "Mirror Sword Knight" had failed in battle, Yuki had no choice but to resort to the second option.

"Tribute this card that was Normal Summoned, draw 5 cards from your Deck, and send all of the monster cards in the deck to the Graveyard."

[Yu Xi's LP: 8000 → 6000]

The "Thief Kuriboh" effect from the anime version shattered and became Yuuki's new hand cards, but only two of them actually became hand cards.

As more cards were added to his hand, "Osiris" roared, and his attack power surged to 9000 points.

At the same time, the oppressive aura emanating from the Beast of Great Sin spread throughout the entire area in an instant.

"Finally deal with the effects of the 'Dharma King Beast,' change and rule all! [Truth King's Authority]!!"

Truth is kingship, and kingship is truth.

In the face of absolute power, rules are trampled upon, and all living beings are but ants.

An unparalleled pressure and intense feeling concentrated on Yuki and his monsters, making it difficult for them to move and breathe. Even the judge of hell could not remain unaffected.

"Now we can finally move around normally."

Cards appeared before Sigurd, who said, "I also activate 'Monster Reborn,' Special Summoning 'Polar Beast Gringoster' from my Graveyard, Special Summoning 'Polar Beast Tangrisnir' from my hand using its effect, and then activating the effect of 'Polar Beast Ivaldi'. If I control a 'Polar' monster, I can Special Summon it from my hand."

"Polar Star Craftsman Ivaldi, Level 4/Earth/Warrior" "ATK: 1500/DEF: 700"

The golden boar and white goat returned to the battlefield, followed by the bearded dwarf wielding a warhammer. Sigurd's field was once again filled with Synchro materials.

"If a Special Summon is successful, search for the 'Polar Star Treasure' card in your Deck. Then, use the Level 3 'Grimburst' to Level up two other monsters."

3★ + 3★ + 4★ = 10★!

"When the Astral Gate opens, the ancient God of War will raise his monstrous hammer and appear amidst the earth-shaking thunder. Synchro Summon, descend, 'Emperor Thor!'"

"Emperor Thor, Level 10 / God / Mythical Beast" "ATK: 3500 / DEF: 2800"

A massive bolt of lightning struck, blinding everyone.

The second supreme deity descended with a roar after the "Dharma King Beast".

Holding Mjolnir, Thor, the strongest warrior in Norse mythology and known as the Almighty God, stands side by side with his father, confronting the gods of Egyptian mythology.

Given Osiris's current attack power, even if the father and son fought together, they wouldn't be a match. However, Thor certainly has his own special abilities.

"The effect of 'Thor the Supreme God' has activated!"

Once per turn, you can negate the effect of 1 face-up monster your opponent plays. Afterward, this card gains all effects of that monster.

"This effect is non-targeting. It negates the effects of 'Sky Dragon of Osiris' and steals its power, Thor!"

Both being 10-star beings and both being gods, the power of "Thor, the Supreme God Emperor" can naturally be effective against "Osiris".

Thor stretched out his hand and absorbed all the lightning energy from the Sky Dragon of Osiris. The latter's aura dropped sharply, while Thor's power increased dramatically.

"I now have 4 cards in my hand. Thor, having gained the power of Osiris, will have his attack power increased by another 4000 points!"

"Emperor Thor, ATK: 3500 → 7500"

"Now, my ultimate attack power is even higher! Let the battle of the gods begin! 'Ultimate God Emperor Thor' attacks 'Sky Dragon of Osiris,' [Lightning Hammer Strike]!"

"Emperor Thor" gripped the hammer handle with both hands, raised his weapon high, and lightning crackled from the hammerhead as it roared down with immense gravitational potential energy.

Even though it was covered in debuffs and its power was weaker than ever before, the provoked "Sky Dragon of Osiris" showed no sign of weakness. It roared and spewed out lightning as well.

Golden lightning collided with the giant hammer, unleashing a burst of energy that blinded everyone.

“That’s terrible.”

Witnessing this scene, Xing Yewu couldn't help but get anxious: "Xiao Xi only has 6000 HP points. If she takes this hit...!"

Yuki has many traps, but only "Kuriboo" was useful in this battle. And "Kuriboo" has already been sent to the graveyard, meaning—

"No, things shouldn't be that bad."

Compared to the somewhat flustered Xingye Mai, the more composed Izayoi Yuki noticed Yukina's calm expression.

It seems that the duel will not turn out as hopelessly as the girls thought; there is still room for improvement.

that's the truth.

"—What happened?"

Sigurd was the first to realize something was wrong.

Why wasn't Osiris destroyed?

Logically speaking, with Thor's power, the Sky Dragon of Osiris should have been completely shattered by Mjolnir's hammer in a mere second. However, the conflict between gods was exceptionally long, and in the end, Thor's weapon was deflected by the lightning strikes of the judge of hell, who remained unharmed.

How can this be?

“It’s still possible, Mr. Sigurd.”

The voice coming from the other end of the game answered his question.

"I activated this card's effect when 'Emperor Thor' launched his attack."

He retrieved a card from the graveyard and displayed it, saying, "By banishing 'Super Electromagnetic Turtle,' I forcibly ended your Battle Phase. With the Battle Phase over, your 'Ultimate Emperor Thor' attack naturally failed."

"It's the 'Super Electromagnetic Turtle'... Oh, I see."

Sigurd suddenly realized: "You activated 'Thief Kuriboh's' effect not to draw cards, but to summon this monster?"

“Yes,” Yu Xi nodded. “Since ‘Kingmon’ sealed ‘Osiris’s’ ‘Thunderbolt,’ I could roughly guess that the arrival of ‘Emperor Thor’ was unstoppable. In that situation, the only thing that could save me was ‘Super Electromagnetic Turtle.’ So I took a gamble, and the deck didn’t disappoint.”

"The battle phase has ended, and the battle between 'Osiris' and 'Thor' is nullified. 'Emperor Thor' can only negate the effect of 'Sky Dragon' for one turn. Next turn, 'Osiris' will be fully restored, and the balance of power will be reversed."

"Yes, it's true that if you can hold on, the offense and defense will be reversed. But I didn't say that my counterattack ends here, Yu Xi."

Sigurd laughed happily; the fact that the battle between gods had been stopped only excited him more.

This proved that Yuki was no ordinary person, but a powerful duelist capable of fiercely battling him. Although I knew this beforehand, experiencing it firsthand was still incredibly addictive.

Then he would certainly not show any mercy.

"Spell Card Activated: 'Black Hole'!"

Sigurd played a new card from his hand and said to his opponent, "You're familiar with this card, aren't you? Destroy all monsters on both sides' fields!"

The supermassive gravity in the universe, powerful enough to tear apart and destroy everything, is released, engulfing everything in its force and annihilating it.

Before such supreme destructive power in the universe, nothing exists except "Thor, the Supreme God".

—Leaving aside "Magical King Beast", "Odin" can only ignore the effects of the opponent's magic and traps, but cannot be immune to backstabs from duelists he approves of.

As for "Osiris"... on the one hand, its effects have been temporarily sealed, and on the other hand, the resistance that "Odin" has given it only makes it immune to the effects of Yushi's magic and traps, and it is still unable to stop Sigurd's "Black Hole".

Ultimately, only Thor, who had obtained the power of "Osiris," survived.

However, even the power of a "black hole" could not completely destroy the "Extreme God".

"A Pokémon resurrected using a Trap Card has no time limit on the field, but once destroyed by [Black Hole], you can no longer use it this way. I then activate the effect of 'King's War Curse' in my Graveyard, sending 1 'King's War' card from my hand to the Graveyard, and Special Summon this card from the Graveyard."

"King's Curse, Level 9/Fire/Angel" "ATK: 2500/DEF: 2500"

Dressed in a red robe, the mature woman, resembling a witch, materialized and chanted a spell, summoning another king of the Nine Realms.

If "Curse of the King" is Special Summoned, Special Summon 1 "King of the Kings" monster other than the same name from your hand or Graveyard. If "King of the Kings" is Reviveed, and this card is Special Summoned, add 1 "King of the Kings" card from your Deck to your hand.

"Finally, activate the Field Spell: 'Stage of the Royal Battle,' set two cards to the back row, and return them during the End Phase, 'Odin, the Supreme Holy Emperor!'"

"Odin, the Supreme Holy Emperor, ATK: 4000"

After the Xyz Summon, as if embodying the meaning of the word "immortal," the Norse god-king from the astral plane once again descended across the abyss of death.

"Draw 1 card using 'Odin's' effect. My turn ends. 'Horn of Galar' advances one turn. Now only one turn remains before Ragnarok arrives."

As Sigurd waved and announced his arrival, the number on his back-row face-up trap card changed from 1 to 2, further intensifying the atmosphere on the battlefield.