boyutpedia Chapter 482 - 482: DSMW [482]
Chapter 482 - 482: DSMW [482]
"So the final battle… is Red Archfiend against Stardust."With the fight having reached this point, no matter how much Krista worried, she could no longer bring herself to say something like telling Miles not to win.
A soul collision poured out with everything, followed by the revived Red Dragon Archfiend delivering a last, 500-Life-Point finishing blow that surpassed all souls.
"Lost… that girl is seriously dueling."
Krista recalled something Lost had once confessed to her.
"'So you want to become the strongest in the world?'
'No. My dream is to marry a man stronger than me.'"
The ultimate love-brained idiot… obsessed with dueling, yet not obsessed with being the strongest. Instead, she wanted to find someone even stronger than herself.
Krista had thought that if Lost, who carried such a dream, ever met someone she truly liked, she might go easy in a Duel and deliberately lose.
In the end, Krista had underestimated her closest friend.
Not only did Lost not hold back, she went all out beyond anything she had ever done before.
Lost Vela was utterly serious—willing to squeeze out every last fragment of her soul's crimson hellfire to fight as far as possible in this Duel.
"I've been waiting for this Duel for a long time!"
Surrounded by reborn crimson hellfire, Lost split into a confident grin.
"Souls colliding to the very end, only 500 Life Points left—the one pushed into a corner is you, Miles!"
The mutual escalation through Life Point payments wasn't just Lost getting hotheaded and recklessly powering up.
She knew that once she paid Life Points to raise her Attack, Miles would never back down. He would also pay Life Points, pushing his Attack all the way to the limit.
In terms of outcome, Lost's field had been completely wiped out by a single scrap-iron punch.
But another result was that Miles, who had started with 6000 Life Points, was now down to just 500.
The revived [Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend]—whether through battle damage or effect damage—could easily lock Miles's Life Points within the killing range of crimson hellfire.
"Miles, dueling you was a lot of fun. But the final battle of Red Archfiend versus Stardust… I'll be the one to take it."
"Are you sure about that?"
On the final battlefield where flames and stardust intertwined, Miles flipped open the Set card beneath his feet.
"Maybe [Stardust Spark Dragon]'s Attack alone can't face [Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend] head-on… but what if I do this?—Trap Card [Synchro Call]!"
[Target 1 Tuner monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it with its effects negated. Then, Synchro Summon using that monster and monsters you control.]
"I Special Summon the Level 3 Tuner monster [Junk Synchron] from my Graveyard!"
The revived Junk Synchron—its orange-yellow, chubby body once again pulling the air pump on its back.
This time, it accelerated together with [Junk Warrior], bursting into Synchro light.
"I Synchro Summon using the Level 3 Tuner [Junk Synchron] and the Level 5 [Junk Warrior]!"
Lost gasped. "What?! An 8-Star Synchro Summon during the Battle Phase?!"
Yet, the one even more astonished was Krista herself.
A Level 8 Synchro Summon—despite [Stardust Spark Dragon] already being on the field, Miles once again unleashed particles symbolizing Stardust in a spiraling explosion.
"In a battle between Stardust and Red Archfiend, how could this card be absent!"
Krista's Stardust Deck had been missing one crucial card.
And that card had been filled in because of Miles—through the special Deck-switching ability of Spirit Eyes after he gained a physical body.
3★ + 5★ = 8★!
"The gathered prayers will become a newborn shining star! Turn into a radiant road of light! Synchro Summon! Fly forth, Stardust Dragon!!"
How could a Stardust Deck be complete without its most essential card—Stardust Dragon?
Thus, before the Duel even began, Miles had placed the Stardust Dragon–related cards he carried into Krista's Stardust Deck, switched in through Spirit Eyes.
In this way, he filled in the final missing piece of the Deck—the brilliant fragment of starlight.
Stardust: "Finally, my turn again! Double Stardust!"
[Stardust Dragon] Level 8│WIND│Dragon│2500 ATK
Stardust Dragon and Stardust Spark Dragon—two Stardust monsters—now gathered together on Miles's field.
Aoyao asked in confusion, "Wait, isn't that Aisha's Stardust Dragon? He can use not only Krista's Stardust, but even Carlos' Stardust?!"
In the eyes of the people of Axet, the two most famous Stardust Duelists were Krista and Aisha, each possessing a different Stardust Dragon.
Yet this mysterious boy who had appeared out of nowhere had somehow merged both Stardusts into one.
And what was more, he seemed to have an unusually close relationship with Krista.
Even if Lost, that idiot, didn't care, Aoyao still had no choice but to seriously think about it. "Just who is Miles, exactly?"
Lost said excitedly, "This just keeps getting more and more surprising, Miles! You even summoned [Stardust Dragon]! But it's useless—my Red Dragon Archfiend still has higher Attack!"
Both Stardust monsters had 2500 Attack, lower than Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend's 3000. Even gathering the Stardust together couldn't change that fact.
"Lost, from here on out is my own Stardust evolution!"
Up to now, while using Krista's Deck, Miles had always followed the established Stardust evolution routes.
Including the Trinity Accel Synchro [Stardust Sifr Divine Dragon] summoned through [King's Synchro]—that form had also been created by Krista.
But now, with [Stardust Dragon] taking flight, and the final card clenched in Miles's hand, the two together pointed toward an entirely new evolutionary path.
"In this instant, undergo explosive evolution, Stardust Dragon!—Quick-Play Spell activated, [Assault Mode Zero]!"
Lost: "Burst Mode?"
Krista: "Mode Zero!"
Krista knew better than anyone that her Deck definitely did not contain this card.
Which meant that [Assault Mode Zero] must have been added to the Deck by Miles before the Duel, together with [Stardust Dragon].
[Tribute 1 Synchro Monster you control; Special Summon from your hand 1 '/Assault Mode' monster that includes that monster's name, as if by the effect of 'Assault Mode.']
A resplendent suit of starlight armor wrapped around Stardust Dragon's radiant dragon body, spiraling as the light of explosive evolution erupted.
"The shining star's brand-new evolution, raise those wings covered by the great wind! Assault Special Summon—[Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode]!"
[Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode] Level 10│WIND│Dragon│3000 ATK
[Cannot be Normal Summoned. Must be Special Summoned by the effect of 'Assault Mode.']
At the very last moment of the Stardust versus Red Archfiend Duel came Miles's brand-new evolution—the debut of Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode.
Clad in azure-blue assault armor, Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode gained exactly 500 Attack through its evolution, matching Red Dragon Archfiend's battle power.
Lost's pupils trembled. "Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode… 3000 Attack…"
"This Duel is mine, Lost!"
Relying on Red Dragon Archfiend alone, Lost had no way to stop this anymore.
Victory and defeat sometimes hinge on nothing more than a mere 500-point difference in Attack.
"Attack target: Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend! Gather the final explosive starlight, Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode!—'Shooting Burst Impact'!"
"Even if it means mutual destruction, strike back with everything you've got, Red Dragon Archfiend!—'Scorching Crimson Inferno Burn'!"
As the sunset reached its end and night gradually descended, the sky transformed into a wondrous sight—half crimson, half starlit.
Just like the final, evenly matched clash of this turn, where Red Dragon Archfiend's flames and Stardust Dragon's radiance collided and exploded together.
[Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend] destroyed
[Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode] destroyed
With both at 3000 Attack, the two monsters destroyed each other.
Yet on Miles's field, beneath the starlit night sky, two Stardust Dragons still resonated and shone.
Lost exclaimed in shock, "There are still two Stardust Dragons?!"
Miles thrust his arm toward the sky. "The effect of [Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode]! When this card is destroyed, I can Special Summon 1 [Stardust Dragon] from my Graveyard!"
[Stardust Dragon, ATK: 2500]
Used for a momentary breakthrough against Red Dragon Archfiend, Stardust Dragon shed its Assault Mode armor and once again took flight, shining across the heavens.
Now on Miles's field, the remaining two Stardust Dragons were both still able to attack.
The combined Attack of Stardust Spark Dragon and Stardust Dragon totaled—5000.
A Stardust combined strike powerful enough to instantly defeat an opponent at full Life Points meant that even if Lost hadn't gotten hotheaded this turn and accepted the challenge of [Soul Collision], Miles still had more than enough to claim victory.
Different choices in a Duel could lead to different outcomes. Yet every possible ending had already been fully calculated by the mysterious boy standing before them.
At this moment, staring up at the two Stardust Dragons dancing through the sky together, Lost finally realized just how completely she had been defeated.
Lost sighed, "You're incredible, Miles. Even after summoning two of the strongest Double Synchro demonic dragons, I still lost to Double Stardust."
"Even so, there's no denying this was an incredibly exhilarating Duel, Lost! Stardust and Red Archfiend—at the end of souls burning, this battle is its meaning! One final blow!"
Marching straight toward victory, Miles waved his hand and declared, commanding both Stardust Dragons to attack together.
"Let the curtain fall with the most brilliant stardust! Double Stardust convergence!—'Flashing Meteor Impact'!"
Spiraling, interwoven stardust light bombarded Lost's empty field simultaneously.
"AAAAAAAHHHHH!"
[Lost, LP: 500 → 0]
Defeated. Even after giving everything, she lost.
As she collapsed, Lost muttered, "This… this is the destiny I was searching for!"
Krista rubbed her forehead, "Great. That troublesome girl just became even more troublesome."
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