"Send nineteen cards from the deck to the graveyard!"
With Caesar's shout, nineteen flying cards transformed into a shield barrier. The three rounds of cannon fire all struck that layer of the barrier, unable to break through Marufuji Ryo's remaining 600 life points, flickering like a candle in the wind.
"Defended successfully, huh."
Yugen calmly drew another card from his hand.
"Then I set a card face-down, ending my turn."
Marufuji Ryo: "My turn, draw!"
Clearing away the previous slump, he seemed to have reignited his fighting spirit.
But it was somewhat different from before.
If it was merely love for the duel itself, anticipation for facing skilled opponents, then now it had purely become a desire to win this game.
There's always only one winner in the dueling arena, there's no such thing as a participation award. The victor will be remembered to win it all; the defeated will be forgotten in the long river of time, losing everything.
The point of playing is to win.
"I activate the Magic Card 'Reversing Treasure Scroll'!" Marufuji Ryo said, "In a situation where there's a Special Summoned monster on the opponent's field and no monster on our field, draw two cards from the deck!" (Original Card)
Marufuji Ryo drew two cards, then as if black flames ignited in his eyes.
"Activate Magic Card 'Overload Fusion'!"
Remove from the game the monsters on your own field and in the graveyard as fusion material, to Fusion Summon a Dark Attribute Mechanical Race monster!"
The several students watching on were shocked.
Dark Attribute Mechanical Race?
"Opposite attributes to Cyber Dragon and Electronic Ultimate Dragon?" the Blue Dormitory student murmured.
The Cyber Dragon, Twin Dragons, and Termination Dragon used by Caesar are all Light Attribute. As everyone knows, he is a Light Attribute Mechanical Race user, leaving such a profound impression is precisely because his duels are as upright as the Termination Dragon.
No one has ever seen him use Dark Attribute fusion before, which seemed contrary to his personal style.
"I'll use three 'Cyber Dragons' in the graveyard, one 'Original Electronic Dragon', one 'Electronic Barrier Dragon', two 'Mecha Team - Peacekeeper', and the eighteen Mechanical Race monsters sent down by the 'Wall of Power'...
...to fuse them all!"
Countless Metal Giant Beasts emerged on Caesar's field, each swirling into that dark fusion vortex, leaving the crowd amazed.
Using eighteen monsters to fuse!?
What exactly is being fused?
"Eighteen-fold fusion, show yourself——
——Chimera Overload Dragon!"
A cold and hard steel body burst forth with shocking energy in the dark fusion flood. Numerous dragon heads arranged themselves atop the fortress-like massive body, fully equipped like being armed to the teeth, black currents danced along the lines of steel.
Yugen slightly nodded: "Ah, it has appeared. So we begin to struggle directly..."
It seems Marufuji Ryo realized that being fixated on Electronic Ultimate Dragon has its limitations.
For victory, even old friends can be abandoned.
"The attack power of Chimera Overload Dragon is the number of fusion material monsters x 800 points." Marufuji Ryo said solemnly, "I used eighteen fusion materials, therefore the attack power of Chimera Overload Dragon becomes..."
[Chimera Overload Dragon, Attack Power? → Attack Power 14400]
"Attack power... fourteen thousand four hundred!?"
Blue Dormitory student was once again shocked.
"So…so strong..."
"Moreover, Chimera Overload Dragon can attack the number of its fusion material monsters." Marufuji Ryo said solemnly, "In other words, Chimera Overload Dragon can attack eighteen times in one turn!" (Original Effect)
The Physical Card retained this effect but modified it to only allow attack chaining against monsters, rather than direct attacks on players. However, in the initial appearance in the anime, there was no such limit.
It's a factual one-turn eighteen-time attack.
That's why Chimera Overload Dragon is a monster with significant utility in Dark Duels. If it were a real damage Dark Game, over ten thousand outputs attacking dozens of times in one turn, even the ashes would be scattered.
"It's not over yet!" Marufuji Ryo said sternly, "I summon the 'Armored Electronic Wings' searched last turn in defense position!"
[Armored Electronic Wings, Defense Power 2000]
"This card once per turn, can equip to a Mechanical Race monster on our field with a name containing 'Electronic'!" (Original Effect)
The Physical Card was modified to only equip to Cyber Dragons or fusion monsters using Cyber Dragons as material.
"Equip 'Armored Electronic Wings' to 'Chimera Overload Dragon'!"
The Electronic Wings soared as the engines jetted high, shooting two arcs of electricity like guiding tracks, the body slid down along the tracks, equipped onto Chimera Overload Dragon.
"The additional effect of Armored Electronic Wings allows the equipped monster to have its attack power reduced by 1000 points, and destroy a card on the field. Moreover, this effect... can be activated regardless of the number of times in one turn!" (Original Effect)
"What... What!?"
The students were already blown away.
Chimera Overload Dragon's attack power is fourteen thousand four, meaning it can blast fourteen times at most!?
Isn't it invincible?
Yugen also rested his chin on his hand: "So this thing was originally this powerful, huh..."
Armored Electronic Wings were physically modified to have an effect once per turn, and can only destroy monsters, not randomly blow up any cards.
"This is all my might, my relentless pursuit for victory!"
Marufuji Ryo takes a step forward.
"The effect of Armored Electronic Wings, reduce Chimera Overload Dragon's attack power by 1000 points, destroy your covered cards in the backfield!"
[Chimera Overload Dragon, Attack Power 14400 → Attack Power 13400]
With a thundering cannon blast, it locked onto one of Yugen's backfield covered cards. But midway the flame suddenly turned, deflecting to bombard another face-down card on Yugen's field.
"Trap Card 'Pandora's Treasure Scroll'." Yugen said, "When a card in the Magic Trap Zone becomes the target of the opponent's effect, transfer the effect target to this card, then I draw two cards from the deck." (Original Card)
"No matter." Marufuji Ryo said, "Then Armored Electronic Wings' effect activates again! Lower Chimera Overload Dragon's attack power, destroy another covered card!"
[Chimera Overload Dragon, Attack Power 13400 → Attack Power 12400]
The second cannon fired, revealing the Continuous Trap "Soul Barrier". When there's a monster on your field, it can negate battle damage, it's a Continuous Trap.
"The third and fourth shots!" Marufuji Ryo shouted, "Lower Chimera Overload Dragon's effect twice more, destroy 'Chimeric Fortress Dragon', 'Card Cannon Attacker'!"
[Chimera Overload Dragon, Attack Power 12400 → Attack Power 10400]
Another continuous firing, Chimeric Fortress Dragon shattered under successive explosions, and Card Cannon Attacker similarly crumbled into fragments under the cannon fire.
"When 'Card Cannon Attacker' is destroyed, I draw a card from the deck."
Yugen drew another card.
"But now you have nothing on your field, it's over!"
Marufuji Ryo shouted.
"Chimera Overload Dragon, direct attack!"