The three monsters spun, alchemizing and grinding bright diamonds.
"O King of the duel illuminated by the radiance—absorb the power of all your comrades and fuse into your truest form!"
"Fusion Summon!"
"The King of the Gem-Knights!"
"The absolute form of the Crystal Knight—"
"LV 9, Gem-Knight Master Diamond!"
The light burst forth, with dazzling brilliance emanating from colorful gemstones.
The valiant knight slowly raised his greatsword, which had struck at injustice and inequality numerous times, the pure light reflected off the pristine diamond! It shone brighter than the sun!
Gem-Knight Master Diamond, LV 9, Earth Attribute, Rock-Type, ATK 2900.
Crystal wielded the greatsword embedded with jewels and stood lightly before Tenjo Hikari.
"My lord, I have awaited this moment! This greatsword will surely sever the head of the wicked!!"
Tenjo Hikari chuckled lightly.
"I also prepared this stage especially for you!"
"With the effect of Particle Fusion, when it is successfully used for a fusion summon, banish this card from the Graveyard, and target the Fusion Material with [Gem-Knight] in its name used for that fusion summon to activate. That Fusion Monster's ATK increases by the selected monster's value until the end of the turn!"
"I choose Tourmaline!"
Gem-Knight Master Diamond, ATK: 2900→5800.
"5800... but that's still not enough! Executioner is the God of the Spiritual World, just a mere knight..."
"It's not over yet. With the effect of Gem-Knight Master Diamond, for each Gem-Knight monster in the Graveyard, its attack increases by 100!"
"In my Graveyard, I have Gem-Knight Tourmaline, Crystal, Sapphire, Ruby, Tourmaline, Lazuli, and Lazuli, totaling 7, so the attack increases by 700!"
Gem-Knight Master Diamond, ATK: 5800→6500.
Divine involuntarily took half a step back, feeling a bit tense.
Could it be, could it be that it can increase further!?
"Even if it's 6500... that's nothing. Executioner's ATK is 6750! Besides, even though you reduced your Life Points by 3000, you're still 250 points ahead of me. By then, Executioner's ATK will reach 7000!"
In a duel, higher ATK is higher. Even if it's just higher by 50, or even by 1, not being able to win means not being able to win!
"Heh, activate the effect of Master Diamond, banish 1 GEM-Knight Fusion Monster in the Graveyard with 7 stars or below. Until the end phase, this card is treated as a card with the same name as the banished monster and gains the same effect.
Banish Ruby."
Master Diamond, ATK: 6500→6400.
"Ha, now your ATK has actually decreased!"
"However, Ruby's effect allows: once per turn, release 1 face-up [Gem] monster on your field except this card. This card gains the released monster's ATK until the end of the turn."
"!!" Divine was suddenly shocked, looking at Ruby on the field, a monster he had considered meaningless from the Normal Summon—
"..." He fell silent suddenly, then his face twisted with anger as he shouted loudly, "Impossible, impossible! How can it possibly be?! How come you drew only cards you can use!"
"Why..." Tenjo Hikari glanced around, although he couldn't see it, he could feel it, there were countless invisible eyes watching him here, "Why not ask yourself?"
"Master Diamond, send Ruby to the Graveyard, increasing ATK by 1900 and 100 points!"
Gem-Knight Master Diamond, ATK: 6400→8400!
"Eight... Eight thousand!?" Divine retreated helplessly.
He had sacrificed too much of his life; this attack is definitely untenable!
"Wait— wait, if you don't want to harm those children!" Divine gritted his teeth with a ruthless heart, pulling out his last ace, "The life of the Psychic End Punisher is connected to all the batteries here. If you attack, they will all die!"
Tenjo Hikari raised an eyebrow, his gaze slightly shifted, ready to ask Tierra, when a voice suddenly shouted from not far away.
"Don't worry!" A tall blond man stood on the high platform, beside him a shrinking country girl shyly waved her hand, "The connections between those children and the machines have all been dismantled by me!"
He raised his right hand, from which a gentle red light emerged, saying to Tenjo Hikari, "You can trust me, right?"
"What! Damn it—where are the guards, where are my Telekinesis Soldiers—"
"Ha, fool." On the stage, Jack, who had come back to watch the duel, sneered, "Did you forget? All those with 'selfish intentions' were 'banished' by you."
Divine slowly opened his mouth, finally realizing the problem.
"Heh, well then, are you ready to repent? Divine!
Battle Phase! Whether or not your Executioner increases its ATK, it doesn't matter! Master Diamond, slay the evildoer!"
Captain Crystal had been impatiently waiting, raising the greatsword in his hand, the Gem Sword lit up gem by gem from the bottom, eventually, the entire sword shimmered like a rainbow—
The gigantic sword, even larger than the Psychic End Punisher, was high above aiming at Divine, slashing down from the sky.
Boom, boom, boom—
The ceiling of the Arcadia Movement was split in half by the greatsword, the Psychic End Punisher not even resisting, was split in two, and finally, the greatsword swung down!
Boom!
"Aaaahhhhhhh—"
Divine clutched his head, twisting his body in madness.
Divine LP: 750→0.
And after his Life Points hit zero, the image dissipated, but the Thought Ruler Archfiend remained, even split in two, yet it couldn't disappear either.
"Wait, wait—don't—I'm your master!! Don't come near!" Divine shouted in terror.
He was an expert.
The Executioner was an inspiration he received in a dream from a dark, unseeable figure. He knew clearly that if a Thought Ruler Archfiend, upon being destroyed without the support of his telekinetic battery, would definitely grasp onto the nearest [Psychic User] and [Defeated] to replenish its life.
So then—
Who else could it be?
The damaged Thought Ruler Archfiend grabbed Divine, Divine frantically pounded the demon's claws, trying to break free, but no matter what, he couldn't. Finally, he was swallowed alive by the demon.
Carly covered her eyes in fear with one hand, while her right hand instinctively pressed the camera shutter rapidly.
In the air, everyone seemed to see a silhouette surrounded by countless people, while the silhouette shrank back in madness, screaming "Don't come near, don't come near—"
The demon slowly faded away, but in the [Spiritual World] Divine still existed, existing within the soul of the Thought Ruler Archfiend, lingering in that tiny spiritual world, being savagely avenged by the humans he manipulated and controlled.
Being swallowed alive, all the abilities he was so proud of would be absorbed by the demon, meaning in that small spiritual world, he would be at the lowest level forever... the lowest level!