This way, even if I discard Ah Lai s to increase my ATK by 1000, I'll still be killed by a single punch from the Stone Ogre Grotto.
"Battle, Earth Invoked attacks Water Invoked!"
The Water Invoked howled for a while but it was useless; it was struck on the head by the Stone Ogre, staggered back a few steps, and landed in the duelist's seat.
"Impressive!"
"As expected of the Earth Invoked, with an Attack Power of 3000, it rivals that of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
The Water Dragon roared in fury.
Unwilling to accept this, it immediately activated the Set Card.
On the card, the Atlantean Warrior under the waterfall appeared with red eyes, rising from the water.
Trap Card, Torrential Reborn.
It can only be activated when a water attribute monster on your side of the field is destroyed by battle or card effect and sent to the Graveyard. During that time, all monsters destroyed and sent to the Graveyard are Special Summoned, inflicting damage to the opponent equal to the number of Special Summoned monsters multiplied by 500 points.
A wave of water spewed from its mouth, carrying its resentment and anger, spraying all around. Tenjo Hikari gently shielded himself with his hand, feeling no pain, only annoyance.
Tenjo Hikari lightly raised an eyebrow.
Tenjo Hikari LP: 4000→3500.
"Set one card, end turn."
Tenjo Hikari calmly ended his turn without pressing the advantage or taking any other actions.
"Daitokuji, it seems your disciple hasn't gotten much stronger, has he?"
"Oh? Crowley, I feel like Hikari has become countless times stronger than I imagined."
The two top-level mages exchanged words, and on the screen, the Water Dragon's turn had come again.
It howled as it drew a card from the deck, and at this moment, Tenjo Hikari spoke: "Kokutus, I can feel your anger."
?
It looked at Tenjo Hikari.
"From your attacks, I sense your dissatisfaction and irritation. What is it, exactly, that's causing you to feel this way?" Tenjo Hikari looked around, gazing at those mages who wanted to learn the summoning magic, and those mages who were seen inexplicably felt a bit of fear and lowered their heads.
"You were forcibly summoned to this dimension, forced to interact and even experiment with mages, but you're not averse to these things; otherwise, you wouldn't use summoning magic or fusion tactics, would you?"
Kokutus's roar softened a lot, as it gently bent down to observe Tenjo Hikari.
"What truly irritates you is that no one can understand you, right?"
Upon hearing this, the mages looked at each other, not knowing what Tenjo Hikari was talking about.
But Kokutus's eyes lit up, and it slowly flapped its wings.
After a long time, it finally felt a bit relieved.
"Then, let me reintroduce myself——I am Tenjo Hikari, a human duelist, a Fusion Master pursuing extreme fusion!
I understand!
To fuse is to understand yourself, understand friends, understand enemies, understand each other, so that everything can be [fused]——Kokutus, what truly irritates you is that these mages only care about [summoning magic], never paying attention to you, the summoned beast with great power, isn't that right!?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the students at the Magic Academy watching the duel seemed to be hit on the head, stunned.
"No matter how strong summoning magic is, it is a spell card born for summoning invoked beasts. If you don't think of ways to understand the ultimate object of fusion, and only care about the magic, then it's putting the cart before the horse——
What I want to pursue is the understanding of all fusions!
Kokutus, I hope you can give me this opportunity."
Kokutus spread its dragon wings, observing Tenjo Hikari with both curiosity and skepticism in its eyes.
But——
That doesn't matter.
It raised its paw, drew a card from the deck, glanced at the card it drew, and then slowly opened its mouth, the corners of its mouth splitting into what seemed like a smile.
A large, heavy Spellbook suddenly emerged in its hand. With the appearance of this book, the bubbling creek's flow suddenly slowed down. In the next moment, the water rose, and crimson flames ignited in this room.
"What?" Bartel grabbed the railing, "What's happening! Where's the security department!?"
"Huh? Why is there fire?!"
"Because I activated this card——"
"!!!"
All the mages watching the duel turned pale after looking towards the source of the voice. In their sight, the once-furious Water Dragon began to transform, the flowing water on its body gradually turning into flames, and understandable language came from its mouth.
"What's going on! The Water Invoked can communicate?!"
"Why, why have I never succeeded before?!"
"When I summoned the Water Invoked before, I also paid 5 spell counters as compensation to summon it, but it never responded to me!"
A group of mages was in chaos, completely unprepared for how things unfolded.
"Foolish." The Water Invoked... no, at this moment, there was no hint of its watery essence.
Instead, it was replaced by scorching flames akin to hell.
It... transformed its form?!
"A bunch of people with only knowledge and magic in their heads, every time you summoned me, you thought about how to study [summoning magic] through calculations. You never had the thought of communicating with me, so why should I respond to your intentions?"
"I am also a spirit of dueling, don't I have the right to communicate with you?"
"Did you really consider me a mere beast?"