"Since that's the case—battle! Sacred Scorpion Beast Serket, attack Darklord Superbia!" Rishid declared.
Serket snapped its massive pincers shut and lunged forward, its armored body scraping across the temple floor as it charged.
Kisaragi's eyes didn't even flicker.
"You really think I'll let that happen?"
She flipped a Trap Card face-up.
"I activate Darklord Rebellion!"
"What?!" Rishid's voice cracked.
"This card activates by sending one 'Darklord' monster from my hand or from my face-up monsters on the field to the Graveyard. Then, using Fusion Materials from my hand and field, I Fusion Summon a DARK Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck."
She spoke with crisp precision—like reading a verdict.
"I send Darklord Superbia to the Graveyard."
"And I use Darklord Lucifer on my field, plus Darklord Ukoback and Darklord Andras from my hand—Fusion!"
Rishid's pupils tightened.
"Fusing during my attack…?!"
A black sphere of condensed darkness wrapped around Lucifer, swallowing his wings and armor. For a few heartbeats, the sphere trembled—then cracked like an egg. Violet-black light bled through the fractures, pulsing with a cold, ancient hunger.
The shell shattered.
A new Lucifer descended—expression emptied of warmth, twelve wings unfurling like a storm. In one hand, a sword; in the other, a shield.
Darklord Lucifer, Lord of Dawn(4000 ATK / 4000 DEF)
Rishid stared, momentarily forgetting to breathe.
Kisaragi continued, voice steady.
"Darklord Rebellion's second effect: I gain Life Points equal to the ATK of the monster sent to the Graveyard to activate this card."
Superbia's power surged into her like stolen sunlight.
Kisaragi Aoi LP: 8800 → 11600
"Eleven thousand six hundred…" Rishid muttered, stunned. "And a 4000 ATK monster…"
Kisaragi's gaze sharpened into a blade.
"Not done yet."
"When Darklord Lucifer, Lord of Dawn is Fusion Summoned using Darklord Lucifer as material—destroy all cards you control."
A violet-black wave erupted outward. Rishid's field—spells, traps, monsters—was wiped clean in a single breath, as if the temple itself had been erased and rewritten.
"What—?!" Rishid staggered back.
Kisaragi stepped forward, unhurried, eyes cold.
"Now your field is empty. What's next, 'Marik'… no. You're Marik's Shadow Dancer—Rishid."
The words hit like a hammer.
Rishid's eyes widened.
Far away—beyond this sealed darkness—Marik felt his jaw tighten, his fingers digging into his own hand.
"How does she know…?" he hissed.
Inside Rishid's head, Marik's voice cut in, urgent and sharp.
"Rishid. Use the God Card. I can't be exposed yet."
Rishid swallowed—then nodded once.
He lifted his chin, forcing his voice to steady.
"Kisaragi Aoi… I am the true Marik. To prove it, I'll summon the God Card in my hand and crush you."
Kisaragi didn't flinch.
"I advise you not to."
"You summon that 'god,' and you won't walk away intact."
Rishid sneered, trying to reclaim momentum.
"So you're scared now?"
Kisaragi's expression didn't change.
"Scared? Go ahead."
"I warned you. If you insist on being stubborn, I won't stop you."
Rishid's eyes hardened.
"Hmph."
He moved fast—desperate to seize the moment before doubt could spread.
"I banish Guard of the Temple from my Graveyard to add Divine Might from my Deck to my hand!"
Then he slammed another card down.
"I activate Monster Reborn! Special Summon Hieroglyphic Man from my Graveyard!"
Hieroglyphic Man(1000 ATK / 1000 DEF)
"And finally—Quick-Play Spell Divine Might!"
He raised his arm as if commanding the heavens.
"Kisaragi Aoi—kneel before God!"
"Divine Might: Pay half my Life Points, Tribute one monster I control, and Special Summon The Winged Dragon of Ra from my hand or from banishment, ignoring its Summoning conditions!"
He didn't hesitate.
"I pay half my Life Points… and Tribute Hieroglyphic Man!"
The temple ceiling vanished into a vortex of black stormclouds. Lightning curled around a spiraling core, and a beam of gold punched down like a spear.
"Descend, God Card—The Winged Dragon of Ra!"
From the golden column, a colossal golden bird-dragon emerged, wings unfolding with oppressive divinity.
The Winged Dragon of Ra(4000 ATK / 4000 DEF)
Rishid's breath came out in a shaky laugh.
"See? This is God! And you still claim I'm not Marik Ishtar?!"
Kisaragi answered calmly.
"Even if you summon God… you still aren't Marik."
The instant her words landed—
Far away, Marik's Duel Disk shuddered violently.
"This tremor… this rage—" Marik's eyes widened. "Is the real God Card in my Deck… angry?"
His lips curled.
"Sorry, Rishid. But if God's wrath buries Kisaragi Aoi, that works for me."
Above the Shadow Game space, stormclouds thickened until they looked like a living ceiling.
Then—
BOOOOM!
Lightning rained down in jagged spears. The bolts were so violent they made the Shadow Game itself wobble, as if the darkness couldn't fully contain the divine fury.
Bolts struck the arena.
One slammed down near Rishid—then another, closer.
Rishid's face turned pale.
"So… it's happening."
He had seen Marik's experiments before. Anyone unrecognized by the Millennium Items, anyone unworthy, even using a replica—would be met with the god's punishment.
"I can't control it… I'll never be acknowledged…"
His eyes closed.
CRACK—
A lightning bolt hit him squarely.
Rishid's body convulsed, then collapsed to the floor, smoke rising from his clothes.
Kisaragi lifted her gaze to the storm, expression unreadable.
"Wrath of the God… huh."
A white radiance burst from her body.
The spirit of Blue-Eyes White Dragon manifested behind her—massive, luminous, and furious. It opened its jaws, gathering a sphere of brilliant white energy.
A single shot tore upward—Burst Stream of Destruction—punching through the shadow ceiling and tearing the storm apart.
The clouds ripped open.
The lightning stopped.
The sky—clear again, as if nothing had happened.
Outside the dark barrier, Seto Kaiba had already been sprinting toward the disturbance.
The moment the Shadow Game dissolved, he burst in.
"Kisaragi!"
He saw her standing—unharmed—and the breath he didn't realize he'd been holding finally released. He pulled her into a tight embrace.
"You're safe… good."
Kisaragi's voice softened just a fraction.
"Of course I'm safe."
She stepped back from his arms and glanced at the unconscious Rishid sprawled on the floor.
"But he… isn't."
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