freenovelworld Chapter 479 - 479: DSMW [479]
Chapter 479 - 479: DSMW [479]
"That is… Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon!"Riding a D-Wheel and accelerating wildly toward the point she sensed, Krista noticed the anomaly beneath the sunset sky while still en route.
Two Level MAX, top-tier Synchro Monsters had fully materialized, their massive forms standing in opposition. The brilliance of stardust and flames seemed to split the sky cleanly in two.
"The other monster… is it Lost's newly mastered power, the double Synchro of Red Dragon Archfiend?"
Krista's eyes shifted sharply, the expression beneath her helmet growing ever more grave and tense.
"So it really is that guy fighting Miles! This is bad. I have to stop Miles as soon as possible! This Duel can't go on!"
With that thought, Krista twisted the D-Wheel's engine once more, pushing it to full throttle and sprinting madly toward the battlefield where stardust and the demonic dragon clashed.
[Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon] Level 12│LIGHT│Dragon│4000 ATK
[Synchro/Tuner + 2 or more non-Tuner Synchro Monsters]
The 12-Star Trinity Accel Synchro created by Krista some time ago—Stardust Zero, which surpassed the Overlimit Accel Synchro [Shooting Stardust Dragon]—spread countless ancient dragon wings behind it, shining with emerald-green radiance that symbolized the protection of life.
"4000 Attack… the same as Red Nova Dragon!"
"Though their Attack is the same, [Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon] possesses an effect that protects everything!—Divine Dragon Guard!"
[Each card you control cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects once per turn.]
An effect that granted resistance to all cards on his field. As long as [Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon] remained on the field, all of Miles' cards gained one chance per turn to avoid destruction.
It was effectively an AOE version of [Stardust Spark Dragon]'s effect, "Sonic Barrier."
And since all cards could not be destroyed, that naturally included [Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon] itself.
"So that's how it works."
With that resistance in place, even Lost couldn't achieve mutual destruction by having Red Nova Dragon, with its matching 4000 Attack, clash with Stardust Zero.
"I never thought you'd use [King's Synchro] too, Miles! This really gets the blood pumping. A battle between Red Dragon and Stardust should be exactly like this! And also—"
Halfway through, Lost's voice suddenly dropped, turning into a frail, mosquito-like whisper, almost girlish in tone.
"And also, this is a Duel that decides whether I can grasp a happy future for myself…I Set two cards and end my turn! Your turn, Miles!"
"My turn, draw!"
The turn shifted, and Miles drew a card.
"—Spell Card [Tuning] activated!"
[Add 1 'Synchron' Tuner from your Deck to your hand, then shuffle your Deck. After that, send the top card of your Deck to the Graveyard.]
"I add [Junk Synchron] from my Deck to my hand, then send the top card of my Deck to the Graveyard!"
What [Tuning] could search: the most classic of Synchron Tuner Monsters, an orange-yellow, cute, short, and chubby canister.
And the card sent from the top of the Deck to the Graveyard just so happened to be a Level 2 monster that could perfectly work with [Junk Synchron]'s effect.
"So it's this card."
However, upon seeing the card placed atop the Graveyard, Miles did not immediately Summon the [Junk Synchron] he had just searched.
He decided to hold off on Summoning Junk for one turn.
"Battle! Divine Stardust Dragon!"
Declaring entry into the Battle Phase, with no additional Synchro Summons, Miles commanded only the Trinity Accel Synchro [Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon] and engaged the two crimson demonic dragons in the sky.
"Attack [Red Nova Dragon]! Within the divine dragon's domain that protects all, overturn the flames of the nova with stardust brilliance!"
A clash of equal 4000 Attack. Last turn, Lost had not dared to initiate combat, but Miles could now force a breakthrough using the destruction resistance provided by Stardust Zero.
"—Sanctified Stardust Starburst!"
Facing the pillar of starlight that pierced the heavens, Lost activated an effect in response.
"I won't let you break through that easily, Miles! The moment you declare an attack, [Red Nova Dragon]'s effect activates!"
[When an opponent's monster declares an attack: You can target that attacking monster; banish this card until the End Phase, and if you do, negate that attack.]
"I banish my [Red Nova Dragon] until the End Phase to negate your attack!"
By banishing itself, sending the demonic dragon into another dimension, the attack declaration of the opposing monster was nullified.
Red Nova Dragon's defensive effect was practically identical to that of the Accel Synchro [Shooting Star Dragon].
"Temper the dimensional barrier of protection with crimson hellfire!"
Wrapped in roaring flames, the Red Nova Dragon that had been chosen as Stardust Zero's attack target was about to vanish from this space.
"Don't think you can escape!"
At Miles' furious command, countless sanctified stardust stars filled the sky with radiant brilliance, severing every possible escape route across infinite parallel causality.
"When your monster's effect activates, [Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon]'s effect activates as well!"
[Once per turn, when your opponent activates a monster effect: Negate that effect, then destroy 1 card on the field.]
Trying to run? Then I'll just counter it outright!
With all escape routes cut off, Red Nova Dragon was forced to remain beneath the star-filled sky, unable to flee.
Miles emphasized, "After negating the monster effect, Stardust Zero can also choose 1 card on the field to destroy!"
Even though the effect that negated the attack was nullified, Red Nova Dragon itself still possessed resistance that prevented it from being destroyed by card effects.
Miles' fingertip moved, pointing toward the other demonic dragon still burning on the field, guiding the starlight that filled the sky into a focused bombardment.
"With the radiant brilliance of the stars, destroy [Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend]!—Stellar Radiance Eradication!"
[Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend] destroyed
The Level 8 battle-worn dragon, caught in the aftershock of the starry brilliance produced by the clash of two Level 12 Synchro titans, was directly destroyed and vanished from the field.
"There's no avoiding battle then… in that case!"
Lost curled the corner of her mouth into a grin, gritting her teeth as she flipped open the Trap Card in her back row marked with a spinning dice wheel.
"Then let's gamble on the bond of our Decks, Miles!—Trap Card [Dice It]!"
[Roll a six-sided die once. Apply the following effect depending on whose turn this card is activated.
● Your turn: Banish cards from your Graveyard equal to the result. If the result is 1, send the top 6 cards of your Deck to the Graveyard.
● Opponent's turn: Send cards from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard equal to the result. If the result is 6, banish 1 card from your Graveyard.]
"Since I activated [Dice It] during my opponent's turn, I send a number of cards equal to the roll from the top of my Deck to the Graveyard!"
The rapidly spinning dice wheel finally stopped on the number '3'.
According to the Trap's effect, Lost could send 3 cards from the top of her Deck to the Graveyard.
Watching from the back lines, Aoyao had still been wondering what this seemingly inexplicable milling effect was supposed to do.
Abruptly, then, as Lost flipped over the cards from the top of her Deck, Aoyao finally realized what was going on.
"Lost, that's amazing! Using this milling effect to pair with [Red Nova Dragon]'s Attack-boosting effect!"
[This card gains Attack equal to the number of Tuners in your Graveyard × 500.]
What seemed like a useless mill effect instantly became something entirely different when paired with [Red Nova Dragon]'s ability to increase its Attack based on the number of Tuners in the Graveyard.
In other words, among the three cards Lost revealed and sent to the Graveyard, every Tuner increased Red Nova Dragon's Attack by 500.
Not only did her self-banish to negate an attack mirror the style of [Shooting Star Dragon], even the act of flipping Tuners from the top of the Deck felt like she was channeling a Shooting Star Dragon reveal.
"First card! Tuner Monster [Force Resonator]!"
"Second card! Tuner Monster [Crimson Resonator]!"
"Third card! [Red Warg]!"
Of the three Monster Cards revealed, two were Tuners. A two-thirds hit rate was already an impressively strong bond with the Deck.
"Because the number of Tuners in my Graveyard increased by two, Red Nova Dragon's Attack increases by 1000!"
[Red Nova Dragon, ATK: 4000 → 5000]
In an instant, offense and defense reversed. Locked in by the pillar of starlight erupting from the stars and with all escape routes severed, Red Nova Dragon burned with indomitable resolve, rising from the brink of death and boosting its Attack by 1000.
"Now I'm stronger!" Lost roared. "Counterattack, Red Nova Dragon!—Burning Soul!"
The massive crimson dragon body transformed into a blazing meteor, crashing straight into Stardust Zero.
[Miles, LP: 4000 → 3000]
Although its Attack had been surpassed, Stardust Zero, thanks to the effect that granted all cards on the field one instance per turn of destruction immunity, successfully endured the 'Burning Soul' without disappearing.
"What's going on? It's like she's become a completely different person," Aoyao said in astonishment. "Is this really that Lost who always crashes and burns?"
To clash head-on with a Trinity Accel Synchro—one of the highest tiers of Synchro Summoning—without falling behind at all was completely different from the Lost Vela who had gone winless at the Turbo Duel Tournament.
In fact, back during the Tri-Academy Turbo Duel Tournament, although she wasn't fully refined yet, Lost had already shown faint signs of grasping Double Synchro.
It was just that her luck in the brackets had been truly terrible.
First, she had been caught off guard by a five-material "Gun King," and then she ran into someone playing "Rank-Up Chaos Spell," leaving her no room to perform at all.
And now, Lost Vela, carrying the fate of defeat upon her shoulders, was just like [Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend]—battle-damaged, a horn broken off, yet still able to unleash even greater power through unyielding will.
Stronger because of defeat.
"I Set one card and end my turn."
"It's my turn, Miles! My turn, draw!"
Excited, Lost drew a card and immediately flung a Spell Card from her hand.
"—Spell Card [Monster Reborn]! Rise again, Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend!"
Reborn amid intertwining holy light and flames, Scarlight returned to the field with an indomitable roar, refusing to stay destroyed even after being obliterated by the aftershocks of a top-tier Synchro clash.
The demonic dragon believed that there would always be a place for itself among the ranks of top-tier Synchro Summons.
Along with the revival of Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend, Lost also flipped open the final Trap Card she had Set in her back row.
"Extend forward, burning into a crimson path!—Trap Card activated, [Red Carpet]!"
[If there is a Dragon Synchro Monster on the field: You can target up to 2 'Resonator' monsters in your Graveyard; Special Summon those targets.]
Even redder than the crimson sunset sky, the blazing Red Carpet that ignited beneath Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend's feet awakened two Tuner Resonator Monsters in the Graveyard, each holding a tuning fork.
"I Special Summon Level 2 Tuner [Crimson Resonator] and Level 2 Tuner [Force Resonator]!"
One red and one green Resonator flew forth from the burning Red Carpet, circling and floating beside Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend.
Although the Special Summoned [Crimson Resonator] could choose to activate its effect to restore a large amount of Lost's Life Points, Lost knew all too well that [Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon]'s effect to negate and destroy was waiting for her to activate a monster effect.
Sometimes, choosing not to act was also a way to build toward an even greater reversal later on.
Without activating any monster effects, Lost directly chose to perform a Synchro Summon.
This time, it was no longer a top-tier Synchro completed with the help of [King's Synchro].
Instead, it was a genuine Double Synchro Summon, using two Tuner Monsters to reach a combined Level of 12.
"Level 2 Tuner [Crimson Resonator] and Level 2 Tuner [Force Resonator], plus Level 8 [Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend]—Double Synchro!"
A never-before-seen Synchro Summon effect blossomed across the sunset-dyed sky.
Multiple blazing Synchro halos erupted from the two Tuners, passing through the massive dragon body of Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend.
2★! + 2★! + 8★! = 12★!
"O solitary, absolute god of destruction! Descend from the divine realm in a dance that brings about the end! Level 12, Double Synchro!—[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity]!"
[Hot Red Dragon Archfiend King Calamity] Level 12│DARK│Dragon│4000 ATK
[2 Tuners + 1 non-Tuner Dragon DARK Synchro Monster]
The true Double Synchro explosion—striding proudly from within the towering pillar of exaggerated flames—the Archfiend King of Calamity radiated overwhelming pressure from its colossal body, sweeping across the entire field.
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