"Normal Summon, Aleister the Invoker."
The duel was gradually reaching a fever pitch, and once again it was Teacher Daitokuji's turn. He calmly revealed Aleister, which he drew this turn, and summoned it.
"Damn it, Aleister again." Manjome muttered under his breath as he watched Aleister appear.
Even if there was only one of that bothersome Spellcaster-Type Monster, it was still a headache, and Teacher Daitokuji had as many as three. Each time one appeared, it made the two of them scramble, and any Invoked Monster seemed quite troublesome.
"We absolutely can't let Teacher Daitokuji continue like this, understand!"
"Yeah, don't worry!"
Their Life Points were down to only 400, while Daitokuji and Sorciere de Fleur had a solid three thousand.
"Aleister's effect, adding an Invocation from the Deck to the Hand Card, and then... activate the Spell Card, Invocation!" Daitokuji gently pushed up his glasses and said, "This is the end, Judai, Manjome... using Invocation, banish my Aleister the Invoker on the field and your Elemental Hero Neos in the Graveyard for a Fusion Summon!
The miracle of the Invoked, Light Invoked...
Invoked Mechaba!"
Clang clang, the Neos in the Graveyard was pulled up by mysterious magic power and was clad in countless layers of steel, transforming into a winged giant, standing tall before Daitokuji.
"This is bad, it's Mechaba—" Manjome broke into a sweat.
They had faced Mechaba once before and knew its effects.
It was a powerful Fusion Monster that could negate and banish the activation of a card effect by discarding a card of the same type from the Hand Card!
And now, on their field, they only had Elemental Hero Wild Wingman, which was Fusion Summoned to destroy the previous Continuous Trap Card, Elemental Absorber, of Teacher Daitokuji.
"Judai—" Manjome's expression was serious, "It's time to decide the outcome, we absolutely can't let Teacher Daitokuji recover Aleister at this moment."
If at this moment, Teacher Daitokuji used Invocation's effect to recover Invocation from the Graveyard and added the banished Aleister the Invoker to his Hand Card, then Invoked Mechaba would gain an additional Hand Card to expend, making it very difficult for them moving forward!
"Ah, I understand!" Judai chuckled, "At this moment, activate the Trap Card, Beloved Contact!"
"Beloved Contact?" Daitokuji glanced slightly, "Interesting, is it a brand new Trap Fusion?"
"It seems Teacher isn't aware of everything about our situation."
"Oh—so that's how it is, it seems in these few days, you two have grown in places I haven't seen?" Daitokuji's wisdom was far beyond what the students could imagine. Upon hearing Judai's words, he immediately guessed the possibility.
"That's right, Teacher, let us show you our brand new growth!
The effect of Beloved Contact returns the Fusion Material Monsters as determined by a Fusion Monster back to the bottom of the deck from your Hand Card, field, Graveyard, and banished state in any order, and Special Summon from the Extra Deck the Fusion Monster that uses [Hero] monsters as Fusion Material, ignoring conditions!
If in this effect, Elemental Hero Neos is returned to the deck, both players cannot return the monster Special Summoned by this effect to the deck!"
"Ending with [Alchemy] as the deciding factor? Interesting, come on, let me see your Alchemy!"
"Alright— I'm fusing my beloved Hero, Elemental Hero Neos, which was used as Fusion Material for [Invoked Mechaba] by Teacher, with Manjome's beloved dragon, Armed Dragon LV3, which was used as Fusion Material for [Invoked Raidjin] by Teacher!"
The two monsters flew out of the Extra Zone, then clapped their hands together, bodies merging with each other.
Armor of unrivaled strength began covering the Hero's body, and Neos raised his hand towards the sky, striking the classic pose of Armed Dragon.
"Special Summon! Armed Neos!"
Armed Neos, LV 10, Wind Attribute, Warrior-Type, Attack Power 3500.
"Their trump cards have united?" Next to Tenjo Hikari, Aleister, who had been asking Tenjo Hikari questions for a long time, suddenly noticed this scene and said in surprise, "The last time I saw them, their relationship wasn't this good, right?"
Tenjo Hikari nodded.
The last time, although Manjome and Judai were friends, there were quite a lot of disagreements between them. But over a year, Tenjo Hikari, Judai, and Manjome had become close friends cooperating in studies, life, and life goals, so with this connection, the appearance of a card like Armed Neos came as no surprise to Tenjo Hikari.
Simply not surprising at all.
"Armed Neos can activate upon successful Special Summon. Select 1 Dragon-Type Monster in your Graveyard and destroy all opponent's monsters on the field with levels equal to or below that level!
I choose, Armed Dragon LV10!"
Mechaba's level is 9, which means it will be directly destroyed!
Armed Neos raised his left hand high, as if he were the paramount being, gathering thunder in his left hand, then Judai shouted loudly, "Neos's Thunder of Ten Thousand!"
"Hey, you guy, don't just copy others' special moves!"
Manjome, while complaining with his mouth, instinctively swung his fist along with Judai.
Boom!
Thunder struck down, and the giant of light slowly crumbled.
At this moment, even if Daitokuji used Invocation in the Graveyard to recover Aleister the Invoker, he would no longer be able to Normal Summon.
"Heh— wonderful. You two have already grown to a level that even I admire."
He gently pushed up his glasses and said, "End turn."
"Let's go, Manjome!"
"I know—" Manjome quickly drew a card, then commanded Neos, "Armed Neos, direct attack on Teacher Daitokuji!"
"Armed Force!"
"It should be called Armed Neo Force, that sounds cooler!"
"Stop the chit-chat—anyway, direct attack!"
Armed Neos swung his right fist, striking Teacher Daitokuji, and with this hit, Daitokuji's Life Points gradually fell to zero, ending the duel...
The victors were the "Examinees"!
Daitokuji couldn't help but laugh twice, then said, "You two really performed excellently..."
He also looked at Sorciere de Fleur, whom he had called for help, and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
The spirit nodded, then gracefully departed.
Daitokuji walked with light steps towards the crowd, gave Judai and Manjome two deep looks, and then couldn't help but speak, "Since that's the case, it's also time for you to know some things..."
"Know about the separation of the [Spirit Realm]!"