Fairy Tail: My Magic is Yugi Muto's Deck

Chapter 617 Chess, just how far can your eyes see?

"The Celestial Spirit King?"

Lucy's eyes lit up, and the image of that enormous figure, surrounded by floating stars, with extremely long nose hairs and an aura of majesty, instantly appeared in her mind.

Although I have never witnessed the other party's attack firsthand, as the supreme ruler of the Protoss realm, the Protoss King's strength is beyond doubt and absolutely surpasses that of all Protoss!

As Aquarius said, summoning the Celestial King is probably the only hope besides Chesgo suddenly appearing out of the sky if they want to defeat the Animus who has regained his power!

But----

"Wadasi doesn't have the Celestial King's key." Lucy quickly snapped out of her elation at seeing hope.

As is well known, the key is the bridge connecting the Celestial Gate and the Celestial Mages.

Even if she possesses the magic power needed to summon the Celestial Spirit King, and the Celestial Spirit King is willing to sign a contract with her, without the key, it's all for nothing.

"Princess, the Celestial King's summoning method is completely different from that of ordinary Celestials; there is no fixed key."

"Its name is Compensatory Summoning," Baruga said in a deep voice. "It requires shattering a Zodiac Key to establish a connection and forcibly open the door."

"The hard requirements are that the summoned Celestial Spirit Mage possesses the magical power of the Three Gates and has a strong bond with the Celestial Spirit."

Loki took over, looking calmly at Lucy whose expression had suddenly changed, "You now fully meet both of these conditions."

"Wait, what does 'broken key' mean?!" Lucy's focus was clearly not on any of the so-called conditions.

Unlike Celestial Spirit Mages like Sora who treat Celestial Spirits as magical tools, the Celestial Spirit Key is something more important to her than her own life.

Because that's not just the main way of fighting, it also represents the most important bond between myself and my Protoss allies!

"It means exactly what it says. Breaking the key means breaking the contract with the Celestial Spirits, and most likely we'll never see them again in this lifetime—" Aquarius said expressionlessly.

We will never see each other again in this lifetime.

The cruel words left Lucy's mind blank, and she stood there stunned, at a loss for what to do.

"There's no time to hesitate any longer, Lucy, hurry up, break my key and summon the Celestial Spirit King!" Loki stepped forward.

"No, Princess, if you're going to break something, break my key!" Although Baluga didn't move, her tone was incredibly firm.

They certainly didn't want to leave Lucy; on the contrary, it was precisely because they couldn't bear to part with her, and because they knew Lucy would suffer, that they had no choice but to sacrifice themselves.

"You two should just give up."

Aquarius flicked her fishtail, walked past the two of them to Lucy's side, and said, "Even though I'm annoyed, if we're talking about bonds, this brat and I have the strongest connection!"

That's true, after all, she was a Celestial Spirit who grew up with Lucy, so calling her her adoptive mother wouldn't be an exaggeration.

"No! Aquarius, Loki, and Valkyrie, you are all my most important friends!"

Coming to her senses, Lucy took two steps back and shouted, "There must be another way to defeat Animus!!"

"Don't be naive, this is the only way. Besides, breaking the key just means we'll never see it again, it's not like we'll die!" Aquarius's temper flared up.

This time, Lucy didn't immediately back down like a mouse would when facing a cat. Without even thinking, she refused outright: "Even so, I absolutely refuse!"

"You nagging brat, I've always hated that about you."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I like Aquarius the most, and you're my first friend!"

Lucy's attitude remained firm, but tears had unknowingly filled her eyes.

As images from her childhood surfaced, she was terrified and couldn't accept breaking Aquaria's key with her own hands.

"Is the key important? The memories? Or the pointless guilt?" Aquarius pointed ahead.

There, facing Animus's overwhelming attacks, within just a few minutes, Kana, Levy, and Wendy were covered in wounds and were almost unable to withstand the onslaught.

"Most importantly, it's the power to save your comrades, Lucy!!!"

These words forcibly dragged Lucy's chaotic thoughts back to reality in an incredibly cruel way.

The painful choice and decision caused the girl's entire body to tremble violently.

Just then, a familiar and reliable voice suddenly rang in Lucy's mind.

"Alright, alright, enough with the sentimentality. What an idiot sister! It's just a broken key, what's the point of your Arc of Time magic?"

Chesgo?

Lucy's pupils widened suddenly as she looked around, but she still couldn't find that reassuring figure.

Is it just an illusion?

Baruga noticed the sadness in her eyes was fading and asked with concern, "Princess, what's wrong?"

"That's right! The Arc of Time!"

Without bothering to discern whether it was an illusion or a trick by the card dealer, Lucy exclaimed with delight, "Wow, Dashi can use the Arc of Time to restore the broken key to its original state!"

Upon hearing this, Aquarius, Loki, and Balgo, who were eager to "sacrifice" themselves, were all taken aback.

Although they couldn't hear Chess's voice, they knew about the Arc of Time that Lucy had learned from Ultear.

According to the rules of the Protoss Realm, the keys that are forcibly destroyed by the Protoss King will be regenerated in other parts of the world.

So, what if we used the Arc of Time to restore the damaged key before that?

The answer is obvious—unlike the common silver keys for Canis Minor, each key to the zodiac is unique!

Is this even allowed?

"They actually overlooked this method because the situation was urgent—"

Baruga's face was filled with self-reproach. She pulled a whip from inside her maid's skirt. "Princess, please whip me hard to punish me!"

The M-maid art style returns, breaking the somber atmosphere of the previous moment.

"If I remember correctly, it was Chess who suggested you learn the Arc of Time, right?"

Loki breathed a sigh of relief, looking up at the sky. "Damn it, just how far can that guy's eyes see?!"

"You wicked brat, you're deliberately keeping quiet, aren't you? Hmm? You really want to see me get all sentimental?!"

Aquarius was even more direct and brutal, shoving a string of insults at Lucy right in the face.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I just suddenly thought of it—" Lucy apologized repeatedly.

Fortunately, considering the dire situation, Aquarius didn't twist her head off and use it as a football: "Hurry up and smash my keys, I'll settle the score with you after we've resolved this!"

"Understood!" Lucy nodded emphatically.

Normally, even if the Arc of Time could rewind the state of an item, she would still be somewhat worried.

For example, what if the key to restore the item becomes invalid? What if the Celestial Spirit King doesn't approve of this loophole? Will doing this harm Aquaria?

But since it was Chess who reminded me, there's absolutely no problem.

The silly little sister has an almost instinctive, unconditional trust in her silly older brother!

With this thought in mind, Lucy took a deep breath to calm herself, then took out the Aquarius key from her waist, held it with both hands, and raised it high above her head.

Whoosh whoosh.

As the magic continued to be poured in, cracks began to appear on the Aquarius key.

"At the cost of the shattered key to the Zodiac, let us open it—"

Lucy unleashed all her magic, including her second magic source, and shouted, "Aaaaaah! The Gate of the Celestial Spirit King!!"

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The moment the words left his mouth, the Aquarius key shattered completely.

A sacred and dazzling golden pillar of light shot into the sky, and in an instant, the earth trembled violently and the sky became covered with dark clouds.

Ding dong~!

At the end of the beam of light, an ancient door slowly opened, revealing a vast sea of ​​stars that filled the sky.

A shooting star appeared in the deepest part of the world, and in an instant it crossed a vast distance and fell to the ground with unstoppable force, causing a huge explosion with a loud bang!

A terrifying shockwave swept in all directions, creating a vacuum zone between Animus, Lucy, and the others.

Amidst the billowing smoke, the Starry Cloak swayed slowly, and two wildly growing tufts of nose hairs were the first thing to catch the eye.

"Absolutely unforgivable! How dare they make my old friend show such a pained expression!"

The Protoss King, who had descended upon the world, raised the Astral Sword, its blade pointing at Animus. "So it is you, you flying lizard who has survived for over four hundred years!"