How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

No, the Heroic Spirits that appeared before might not have been the work of the Counter Force. The abnormal Heroic Spirit that appeared in front of him now should be the one that the Counter Force truly sent to deal with him.

If that's the case, then it makes perfect sense that he would have the ability to control himself...

Just as he began to ponder the effects of Yudo's Noble Phantasm, several demonic pillars suddenly intertwined and wrapped around his arm, forming a duel disk made of tree roots and covered with many eyeballs.

Immediately afterwards, a large amount of information flooded into his mind and was quickly processed and received by the seventy-two demon gods.

"So that's how it is. This is your Noble Phantasm?"

Goetia felt that he might know why the Counterforce had sent the other party over.

The effect of this Noble Phantasm... if nothing unexpected happens, this Heroic Spirit is practically as omnipotent as the Philosopher's Stone in alchemy.

Almost all human evils are restrained by this Noble Phantasm.

Did they really abandon everything that belongs to magic, magic, and sorcery, and let the fate of human history be completely decided by a game that seems like a joke?

Suppressive force, you bastard...

"Alright, if that's the case, then I'll accept it!"

Despite having no choice but to accept, Goetia still adopted the posture of a challenger, raising his hand to unfold the Duel Disk on his arm and loudly announcing it at the same time as Yuuto.

"DUEL!" ×2

【Geethia LP: 8000】

【Yoto LP: 8000】

Chapter 124 [Osiris the Sky Dragon]

"Our turn!"

The first turn was awarded to Goetia.

Looking at the five cards in his hand, Goetia, as the embodiment of the seventy-two demon gods, is now almost equivalent to having seventy-two different minds thinking at the same time.

So even though it was his first time playing a card game, thanks to the ease of segmented thinking, he could instantly calculate how the cards in his hand could be linked with every other card in the deck.

It's just some strange heroic spirit that the Cricket Suppressor found out of nowhere. How dare it dream of winning against him in this game of intelligence and strategy?

How could a mere mortal like him possibly fight against seventy-two demon gods at the same time?

impossible!

"So first, we need to activate the monster effect of [Time Machine Witch] in our hand."

With surprising dexterity, the large, rough hand pulled out one of the five cards it was holding and flipped it over so that the front of the card faced Yudu and the others.

"If you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card from your hand! Special Summon [Chrono Witch] in Defense Position!"

A humanoid spinning top with a metallic finish and two white pigtails appeared on Goetia's field, standing on square cards.

Her two arms were not directly connected to her shoulders, but floated below her shoulders in a state similar to magnetic levitation, while the spiked rings around the lower half of her body became her skirt.

【Time Machine Priestess】

【1 stars】

[Angel Race/Light]

[Defense: 0]

【Time Machine Witch】...Time Machine God Deck?

Yuto raised an eyebrow, recalling a deck he had encountered while playing cards in MD.

how to say……

Putting aside ZONE's performance in the show, the only impression the Chrono God deck left on him after the physical cards were released was—

Victory is achieved by activating [Infinite Light]!

However, if you don't draw any counter cards when dealing with Time Machine God Monsters that are immune to Battle Destruction and Effect Destruction, it can be quite a problem.

After all, apart from the needs of certain decks, few people would include many cards in their decks that banish monsters from the field or bounce them back to the hand or deck.

Another coincidence is...

The prototype of the Time Machine God seems to be exactly the opposite of the prototype of the Hellfire Machine used by Tiamat. The Time Machine God is based on the Kabbalah Tree of Life, while the Hellfire Machine is based on the Inverse Kabbalah Tree of Life.

Is this some kind of tacit understanding unique to the Beast class?

"Then activate another effect of [Time Machine Priestess]."

Unaware of what Yudo was thinking, Getia did not stop and continued to proceed according to the steps they had decided on.

"Tribute this card on the field, and add 1 'Time Machine God' monster with 0 ATK from your Deck to your hand. We add 'Time Machine God Alpha' to our hand!"

The [Time Machine Witch] on the field disappeared, replaced by the card that Goetia held in his hand, which seemed too small for his palm.

After showing the retrieved card, [Time Machine God Afaun], to Yuuto, Goetia didn't put it back in his hand. Instead, he held it between two fingers and then drew another card from his hand and inserted it into his Duel Disk.

"We activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Radiant Aura] from our hand! Based on this card's effect, we can Special Summon one Fairy-Type monster from our hand!"

"Special Summon! [Time Machine God Afaen]!"

Machinery, steel.

It was clearly a huge figure filled with both of the above elements, only painted blue and with a woman's face reflected in a teardrop-shaped mirror on its chest. However, its race was unexpectedly not mechanical, but angelic.

Although monsters Special Summoned using the [Light God Transformation] effect have their ATK halved and are destroyed at the end of the turn, Goetia doesn't care about that.

All he needed to do was summon the Time Machine God Afaun.

【Time Machine God Afaen】

【10 stars】

[Angel Race/Water]

[Attack power: 0]

"A 10-star monster... but its attack power is only 0?"

At this moment, a bystander named Fujimaru Ritsuka played her role as the straight man very well.

Looking at the giant that appeared behind Goetia, which seemed to reach almost to the sky, she was surprised and slightly opened her mouth, unaware of the meaning of the phrase 'anyone with zero attack power is a monster'.

Unfortunately, Goetia himself didn't seem inclined to explain the effects of [Time Machine God Afaun] to her, since 'information' was also a crucial aspect of their duel.

"Spell Card [Ten Divine Mirrors] activated! Send our Level 10 [Time Machine God Afaen] to the Graveyard, and draw 2 cards from your Deck!"

The steel angel that had just appeared turned into specks of light, which then coalesced into a card that fell into Goetia's hand.

"At that very moment, the effect of [Time Machine God Afaun] also activated!" After catching the card that flew into his hand, Goetia said, "If this card is sent from the field to the graveyard, we can draw 1 card from our deck!"

Including the effect of the previous [Ten Divine Mirror Arrays], Goetia drew a total of 3 cards from his deck. After glancing at his hand, he selected 3 cards from it.

"We set three cards face down on the field, and that's how the turn ends."

If the previous [Time Machine God Afaen] only surprised Fujimaru Ritsuka, then Goetia's current actions made her begin to suspect that Goetia was planning to surrender.

This was the first time she had ever seen someone dare to end their turn when they had no monsters on the field.

There wasn't a single monster on the field. If Yuwatari summoned several monsters with a combined attack power of 8000, wouldn't Goetia lose out immediately?

What's the difference between this and surrendering?

Does he really trust those three face cards that much?

"My turn, draw a card!"

Ownership of the turn fell to Yuto. He looked at the three face-down cards on the field of Goetia. After drawing the card, he did not rush to put it into his hand, but instead chose another card from it.

That's right, just like when you use a Special Summon more than 5 times, a meteor will be summoned to help tidy up the messy scene!

When there are more than 3 cards face down in the back row, a kind harpy will come to help clean them up!

"I activate [Harpie's Feather Duster] from my hand! Destroy all Spell/Trap Cards on your field!"

A large patch of light green feathers with a gold ring at the base appeared on Goetia's field, and like the banana leaf fan in Journey to the West, it blew down on the three cards covered in his backcourt, stirring up a gust of wind.

Goetia: "What—!"

"Flip over the face-down card! Continuous Trap [Void Machine]! And use its effect to discard the Level 10 monster [Time Machine God Mickey] from your hand, and draw 1 card from your Deck!"

Although he had anticipated that Yuto would destroy his own cover card first, his crude and simple approach still startled Goetia. He frowned and immediately opened the cover card on the field.

A huge, perfect ring then appeared on the field, with ripples spreading across its center from a purple light screen.

"Next up is the second one! Send the [Void Machine] on the field to the graveyard and activate the Continuous Trap [Infinite Machine]!"

The second ring appeared, forming an infinity symbol together with the first ring, the blue light curtain connecting to an unknown location.

Meanwhile, since [Void Machine] was sent to the graveyard, the subsequent card draw effect could not be processed. However, Goetia's purpose was only to send [Time Machine God Mitchin] to the graveyard, so he did not care about this.

"Third card! Send [Infinite Mechanic] to the graveyard! Continuous Trap [Infinite Light] activated!"

The new ring stands at the center where the first two rings are connected, and is interconnected with the two rings. The light curtain at the center changes again, and the three primary colors of red, blue and green shine with their own unique brilliance.

One after another, the face-down cards on the field were sent to the graveyard, until only one [Infinite Light] remained. The soft feather swept across, and the triangle formed by the rings on the field remained completely still.

"The Continuous Trap [Infinite Light] cannot be destroyed by the opponent's effects, so we need to activate another effect of [Infinite Light]!"

"Once per turn, if we control no monsters, Special Summon up to 1 different 'Chronogoth' monster from our hand, Deck, and Graveyard, ignoring its Summoning conditions!"

The light curtain within the ring resembled the surface of water tossed with a pebble, the ripples spreading outwards faster and faster, growing ever more intense.

"Before the Time Machine God, formed from ten kinds of light, lies hidden 'knowledge' that only the chosen saints are allowed to manipulate! Nothingness will become infinity, and the ultimate Time Machine God will be born from the infinite light!"

"Appear! [Ultimate Time Machine God Sephiron]!"

Three mechanical angels emerged from within the three circular light screens.

The cards are: [Time Machine God Mitchin] in the graveyard, [Time Machine God Sandaion] in the deck, and [Ultimate Time Machine God Sephiron] in the hand.

A spiked ring, like an angel's ring, hangs above. Golden iron wings connect to the gauntlets, and the same color forms patterns on the pale purple skirt armor covering the entire body. The face of an old man is reflected in the orange-yellow mirror in the inverted triangle on the chest.

Ultimate Time Machine God Sephiron

【10 stars】

[Angel Race/Light]

[Attack power: 4000]

【Time Machine God Santa Ian】

[Attack power: 4000]

【Time Machine God Michon】

[Attack power: 0]

In the blink of an eye, three enormous mechanical angels appeared on the previously empty field of Goetia.

【Time Machine God Mitchin】 and 【Time Machine God Santayon】 stand on the left and right sides respectively, with 【Ultimate Time Machine God Sephiron】 standing in the center.

Fujimaru Ritsuka was stunned for a moment.

As long as you have no monsters on your field, you can use this card's effect to Special Summon two monsters with 4000 ATK each turn.

And this card won't be destroyed by effects?

No, do cards with this effect actually exist?

Does that mean that even if Yuto eliminates all the monsters on his field, as long as he doesn't deplete Yuto's life points in one turn, he can summon two more monsters with 4000 attack power in the next turn without paying any price?

Fujimaru Ritsuka cast a worried glance at Yutari.

Facing the three imposing Time Machine Gods on the field, Yuuto's expression remained unchanged as he quietly stared at the remaining five cards in his hand.

The images seen through the golden pupils flowed through his mind like interconnected circuits, instantly linking the cards together.

"Then, I activate the Normal Spell Card [Ace Straight] from my hand! Discard 1 card from my hand, Special Summon 1 [Queen Knight] from my Deck, and add 1 [King Knight] from my Deck to my hand!"

"After that, based on this card's effect, I can summon 1 monster! I summon the [King Knight] from my hand!"

Yuto sends the Trap Card "Resurrected Sky God" from his hand to the Graveyard. The blonde Queen and the burly King appear one after the other, their swords crossing as they summon their last companions.

"Activate the monster effect of [King Knight]: When I control [Queen Knight] and successfully Summon this card, Special Summon 1 [Guard Knight] from my Deck!"

As Youdu finished speaking, a crisp clang of metal clashing rang out, and the swords in the hands of the three knights of the same suit crossed.

[Queen's Knight]

[Attack power: 1500]