"Draw a card!"
Judai drew a card from the top of the Deck and looked at it.
Quick-Play Spell Card, Super Polymerization!
Seeing this different kind of Polymerization from what Tenjo Hikari used, Judai said nothing.
Across from him, Yubel seemed to sense something as well and looked at his Hand Card.
Has it come?
Ultimate Darkness!
He took a card from his hand and gently set it face-down: "Set a card, end turn."
Then he continued, "Yubel, due to the effect of the True King of All Calamities, I cannot activate the effects of Dark Attribute Monsters, and all the Yubel on my field are Dark Attribute—meaning, I cannot activate their effects.
They won't be destroyed by their own effects!"
Yubel blinked.
"Yubel, this is the situation you and I have achieved together, a situation where there is no more pain together—"
"What nonsense are you spouting? My turn, draw a card—"
"Finished, this turn Yubel can use the effect of Nightmare Pain again to search for a Geistgrinder Golem." Shou's face turned pale, "Big Bro!!"
"Bonds, friends, Heroes, these people have no real meaning, they will betray you someday and plunge you into sorrow."
"So, Yubel, are you going to betray me at this moment?" Judai looked into Yubel's eyes and asked.
"......... Activate the effect of the True King of All Calamities!"
Yubel couldn't stand it anymore.
"Once per turn, detach one material, declare one Attribute, this turn, you cannot activate the effects of that Attribute—"
"I activate the Set Card, Divine Wrath!"
"What? It's not Super Polymerization!?" Yubel couldn't believe it.
Clearly, it had already sensed the existence of Super Polymerization.
It prioritized activating the effect of the True King of All Calamities, just in case, to prevent Judai from Fusion Summoning some powerful Monster to influence the situation—after all, as long as the effect of the True King of All Calamities was activated successfully, it wouldn't matter what Judai Summoned.
But unexpectedly, the card Judai Set wasn't Super Polymerization at all, but Divine Wrath!
"Discard 1 card from hand to activate. The activation of an Effect Monster's effect is negated and destroyed.
I discard the Blistering Babe from my hand to negate the effect of the True King of All Calamities and destroy it!"
The True King of All Calamities raised its hand, but a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, turning it to nothingness, merging into the scarlet ring.
"Tch... but it's fine." Yubel looked at his Continuous Spell Card; last turn, Judai's card didn't stop its attack; it merely exchanged the field, so as long as he searched for a second Torture Machine, then attacked, it'd be fine—
"Activate Set Card!"
Yet Judai triggered a Trap again at this instant.
A card slowly flipped up.
On the card, Yubel folded her wings, gently embracing someone.
"Eh?"
"Ugh!"
"Wow..."
Expressions of surprise came one after another.
The movements in Yubel's hand also paused.
"Continuous Trap Card, Eternal Love, activate!"
"Eternal... Love?"
Judai clenched his fist, facing Yubel, eye to eye: "Once per turn, one effect of it can be activated."
"When you have a [Yubel] on your field, discard 1 Hand Card and send this card from the Spell & Trap Zone to the Graveyard to activate. Using monsters on your and your opponent's field as Fusion Material, including [Yubel] monsters, Fusion Summon one Fusion Monster!"
"Could it be—" Yubel's eyes widened.
"Indeed, that's the could it be. Yubel!" Judai revealed a card in his hand, "I discard the Super Polymerization from my hand to activate this effect!"
The Super Polymerization Spell Card fell from Judai's hand, fluttering in the wind. Judai seemed entirely indifferent, while Yubel quickly stretched out her right hand, catching the card that almost fell into the Abyss.
This is the power of The Supreme King, of Judai, of [them]—their symbol, their heart.
"Yubel still protects Judai's power even now?" John noticed the detail.
"Yubel, my past self only understood blind domination, but now I've seen new possibilities, beyond rule—tolerance, creation!"
Yet another phrase from Tenjo Hikari!
Yubel furiously looked up but saw Eternal Love, and any words of rage were half gone.
"I want to free you from the Light of Destruction and the power of Darkness. I want to use my own power to disperse the crimson light's tug—"
"Judai..."
"But I won't use myself, my existence, to wear away this pain. I want to embrace a greater love, embrace the true you!
The effect of Eternal Love, fuse my three Yubels on the field with your Mariner and Necromancer Torture Machine!"
A golden light enveloped them; everything made of resentment, pain, death, and sadness twisted, finally coalescing on the Hero's body, transforming into a figure everyone was very familiar with.
Flame Wingman?
No—
"The Fusion Conditions are one Yubel monster and one or more Effect Monsters on the field."
Such lenient Fusion Conditions.
"Guardian Dragon of Love!"
"Defeat Evil's Justice Darkness!"
"No matter the past or future, forever guarding love, my eternal guardian, Eternal Love—"
The light sprinkled throughout the world.
The entire cavern filled with golden light. Endless electricity fused on the field, the power of Super Polymerization exerting its effect!! A new Fusion Monster, born under the influence of Super Polymerization!! At this moment, the power of Light of Destruction and Darkness slowly expelled from Yubel's body under this warm light, Yubel's gaze finally calming from madness, seeing Judai's figure gradually overlapping with the Prince from long ago.
Yubel seemed to see, the past Supreme King smiling and softly reaching out to grab her right hand.
Yubel's mouth slightly opened.
"The battle we must face is the guide of Light of Destruction. We must scatter those forces that twisted your soul. And my soul, Judai The Supreme King's soul, will always belong to you."
Tears suddenly flowed from her eyes.
Judai The Supreme King and Yuki Judai are one person, yet they live different lives, though their souls are the same, they have different meanings.
"Fusion Summon!" Judai did not forget Tenjo Hikari's instructions, to clear the forces from Yubel that did not belong to her, so he discarded Super Polymerization to embody Super Polymerization's absolute Ultimate Dark Power.
"Yubel - Guardian of Eternal Love!"
The rare occurrence of a smiling Yubel appeared on the field.
Everything about her opposed the Yubel the audience understood and knew.
The power of the demonic dragon spiraling around her was also fully harnessed, turning into the blade of her right hand.
Yubel - Guardian of Eternal Love, LV 12, Dark Attribute, Fiend-Type, Attack Power 0.
"When this card is Fusion Summoned, it inflicts damage on the opponent equal to the number of Fusion Material X 500 points." Judai spoke slowly.
"The Fusion Material is 5 monsters?"
"2500 points."
Yubel took a deep breath.
"Yubel, do you still want to... destroy yourself?"
This was a choice.
If Yubel activated the effect of Phantom of Yubel to turn this effect into "destroy one of Yubel on your field," it would indicate that even at the end, Yubel didn't try to understand Judai.
Then—Judai would have no reason to hold back.
He would activate the effect of Phantom of Yubel on his field to destroy Yubel - Guardian of Eternal Love on his field!
By then, the effect would still resolve, damage would still be dealt, only—
The world would no longer have Yubel!
"Yubel, you've made too many mistakes. I cannot forgive your wrongs for others. But—I can become the eternal Manager, to accompany you forever, for ages eternal. If I forget you again, could you please always protect me, let me, let love, awaken again, is it alright?"
Yubel's mouth moved silently, finally trembling without words.
She made no choice, letting the other Yubel approach her, using that right hand's demonic dragon, targeting herself, igniting flames.
But those flames were no longer pain and torment, but warm, golden flames.
Seeing this, Manjome shuddered, turned around, and pushed students and teachers to leave: "Let's go, let's go."
"Hey, Manjome, the Duel isn't over yet!" John called after.
"Idiot, let's go!" Somehow, the Amethyst Cat dashed next to John, smacking him across the face with a paw, causing John to stumble.
The flames grew closer, Yubel finally stood before Judai, who reached out and opened his arms, and Yubel dropped tears, kneeling before Judai, embracing and weeping with him.