"How can this be..."
Looking at the new Extra Monster Zone appearing on the Duel Disk, Camula's forehead was drenched in cold sweat.
But the duel had already begun, and there was no room for her to hesitate any longer.
"I'll take the first move."
Jaden Yuki drew five cards from the top of his deck. He looked at Camula's panicked expression and a cold sneer played across the corner of his mouth.
"It seems this new Extra Monster Zone has you a bit overwhelmed," Jaden said. "In that case, let me demonstrate exactly what this monster zone is for."
Jaden placed a card onto his monster zone. "I summon Chamber Dragonmaid!"
"Dragonmaid?"
Everyone was momentarily stunned by the name. Chazz and the others, who were quite familiar with Jaden, soon relaxed. Camula, however, wore a bizarre expression, as if she hadn't quite understood.
"Dragonmaid? Wait... Jaden, don't you use a HERO deck?"
"As long as you have the heart of a HERO, all things can become HEROs," Jaden replied with a wave of his hand. He then raised his voice. "Come forth! My new servants!"
Light flashed.
A white-haired dragon girl dressed in a black maid outfit appeared on Jaden's field with a smile. A black dragon tail swayed gently behind her, and her beautiful face wore a flirtatious grin.
"Oh my, I didn't expect the Supreme King to choose me for his first battle," she giggled.
[Chamber Dragonmaid]
[Level: 4]
[Dragon-Type]
[ATK: 500 / DEF: 1800]
Glancing back at the Supreme King who had summoned her, Chamber Dragonmaid blinked and couldn't help but cover her mouth with a smile. It turned out the legendary Supreme King was actually quite a handsome young man. It seemed her life from now on wouldn't be nearly as boring as it was before.
"I activate the effect of Chamber Dragonmaid!" Jaden ignored her chatter. His gaze was fixed sternly on Camula. "When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, I can add one Dragonmaid Spell or Trap card from my deck to my hand."
Jaden drew a card from his deck. "I choose to add Dragonmaid Hospitality to my hand."
"My, what a cold little heartbreaker," Chamber Dragonmaid said, shaking her head with a helpless sigh. However, a Supreme King with such a personality was exactly to her taste.
Wait.
Suddenly, Chamber Dragonmaid seemed to realize something. Based on this chain of moves... surely the Supreme King wasn't planning to...
"And now, I perform a Link Summon!"
"I knew it!" Chamber Dragonmaid immediately covered her face.
Before she could say another word, her body transformed into a mass of red light. That light branded itself into one of the Extra Monster Zones, turning into an arrow pointing toward the left.
"Link Summon? Connecting Summoning? What kind of summoning method is this?" Chazz's eyes widened.
"II've never heard of such a method before... And he can pull a monster from the Extra Monster Zone using just one monster card?" Even a top student like Bastion was completely blindsided by this method.
Was Jaden really becoming this much stronger?
[Link Summon has begun!]
[Current Stability: 99%... 98%...]
The system's voice echoed in his ears. Jaden remained expressionless as he took a deep blue card from his Extra Deck.
Let's beginthe first step of a formal duel: Link Summon!
"I use a Level 4 or lower Dragon monster as Link Material!"
"From the Extra Deck, I Special Summon! LINK-1! Striker Dragon!"
Boom!
A bolt of electricity surged across the Duel Disk. A deep red Link Arrow manifested on the board.
In that instant, at the KaibaCorp headquarters...
Inside the duel monitoring room, a massive amount of data began flooding into the KaibaCorp database.
"President! A huge amount of strange data is pouring into the database! Should we cut the connection to the signal source?"
"Report! The data volume is too vast; it's putting an extreme load on the company's computers! Furthermore, all the data is coming from the direction of Duel Academy!"
Inside the data room, Seto Kaiba stood with his arms crossed, silently watching the programs surging wildly across the giant screen. He listened to the reports from employees who were desperately trying to process the influx.
Kaiba remained silent for a moment before saying coldly, "Enable KaibaCorp's highest authority. We must ensure this data passes through successfully."
"Highest authority? President, if the other party has ill intentions, all of KaibaCorp's secrets and top-level command rights will be shared with them!"
The employees were shocked. How much did President Kaiba have to trust the other person to make such a decision?
"Hmph... no more words are needed."
Kaiba watched the data on the screen, a smile touching his lips.
Jaden Yuki. This is the maximum support I can give you. Do not let me down.
Boom!
A flash of light erupted. A small, blue mechanical dragon flew out from the massive Link Arrow frame behind Jaden and landed by his side.
"GRAAAAH!"
The blue dragon emitted a powerful mechanical roar. The projection was incredibly clear, without a single ripple of distortion.
[Link Summon Successful! Current Stability: 100%!]
[Striker Dragon]
[Link Arrows: ←]
[ATK: 1000 / LINK-1]
"The summon... it succeeded!"
"Since the summon was successful, does that mean this is a monster recognized by the rules?"
"This is a Link Summon? A Link Monster?"
The crowd stared in amazement at the small blue dragon on Jaden's field. Its sense of technology was entirely different from normal monsters, as if it were a product from an entirely different era.
"And... it has no DEF? Do Link Monsters only exist in Attack Position in the Extra Monster Zone?" Alexis quickly noticed the characteristics of the Link Monster.
"Though it's a very simple summoning method, it comes with significant restrictions," Chazz murmured.
"...Is this the evolution of Jaden's dueling? Link Summon..." Professor Banner squinted his eyes, whispering to himself. Jaden, what kind of changes will this new summoning method bring to the dueling world? Will the future be an era where Link Summon and Fusion Summon blend together? I truly look forward to seeing that happen.
"Link Summon... Hmph, no matter how flashy the summon is, the monster you brought out is just trash that can't even go into Defense Position." Camula gritted her teeth, refusing to be impressed.
"Is that so? Well, I never intended for this monster to be my end board." Jaden revealed a card in his hand. "I activate the Spell card, Dragonmaid Hospitality!"
"This card allows me to Special Summon one Dragonmaid monster from my hand or Graveyard in Defense Position."
"Come back! From the Graveyard, Chamber Dragonmaid!"
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