Of course DemiDevimon's needles could pass through the gaps in the Exquisite Ball, but its syringe couldn't!
So it glanced at the hollow carvings on the Exquisite Ball, could only fly down dejectedly, and landed on the blue player's Magic Sphere a moment later.
Then it simply sat down on the Magic Sphere and began to contemplate its life.
"Sigh, the life of a sidekick is just so boring."
...
As the shadow Face-Changing Lion was hammered to death blow by blow by Sylveon, the second turn fell into a stalemate.
Angelia made no further moves after summoning Exquisite Ball, clearly waiting to draw cards in the third turn.
Although Sylveon still had the ranged skill [Alluring Voice], it was completely ineffective against non-living things that had no sense of hearing, so it couldn't be used to attack the Magic Sphere.
DemiDevimon's syringe was too thick to fit through the gaps in the Exquisite Ball, so it could only sit... oh, it's lying down now.
And Sylveon, having finished off the shadow Face-Changing Lion, was humming a little tune, looking relaxed and carefree. It wasn't worried at all.
But the expressions of these two Magic Guide Spirits were simply too vivid!
Most of the first-year students had grown accustomed to the high intelligence of these Magic Guide Spirits, but the upperclassmen who happened to be watching all felt their eyes twitch.
At the judges' table, Professor Fox's mouth twitched. He finally understood why Professor Jones valued the son of the Valkyrie so highly.
...
As the second turn was about to end,
Dark stared intently at the two [Deadly Sin II] cards, but in the end, he decided not to activate them.
Using either [Deadly Sin II] card would turn DemiDevimon from a 1-star to a 2-star, but most of his remaining Magic Guide Spirits were 3-star and 4-star.
If it became a 2-star and could no longer be used as a tribute to summon a 4-star Magic Guide Spirit, he'd really be shooting himself in the foot.
Therefore, waiting to make a decision after drawing new Magic Guide Cards in the third turn was the more conservative choice.
"Tick!"
Dark, who had already placed his fingers on top of his deck, immediately drew two new Magic Guide Cards the instant the turn changed.
▼
[Trash Slime]
[Gatomon]
▲
"Hmph!"
Dark's brow twitched, and he immediately activated [Pride II · Old]!
His reaction was a bit faster than Angelia's, and this activation was quicker as well.
A dark gold orb of light flew from the card's surface and, in a flash, drilled into DemiDevimon's head.
DemiDevimon, who had been lying on the blue player's Magic Sphere, suddenly shot its eyes open and leaped up!
The [Pride] sigil that appeared on its forehead pulsed with red light.
"I, Demi... mmmph!"
DemiDevimon hastily covered its mouth, then felt a sting of humiliation at its own conditioned reflex!
Do not reveal you can speak in front of outsiders—this command had already become a conditioned reflex.
It threw its head back, its tangible pride nearly overflowing from its eyes.
Then, with a beat of its wings, it actually flew toward the Exquisite Ball in the sky!
o(≧口≦)o
Today, I, DemiDevimon, will capture victory single-handedly and prove who the true king is!
"Come back."
An indifferent voice suddenly came from behind it, causing DemiDevimon's whole body to stiffen. A wronged expression appeared on its face, but it was immediately replaced by stubbornness.
However, no matter how stubborn its expression was, it couldn't betray the honesty of its body.
A Magic Guide Spirit cannot defy its master's direct command.
So it could only return obediently.
But at that moment, Angelia finally summoned a new Magic Guide Spirit!
...
"It's over."
Having completed the summon, Angelia murmured softly, waving the Magic Guide Card as if conducting with a baton.
In the sky, a pleasant melody suddenly rang out.
"Do re mi fa so la ti do..."
One after another, Magic Guide Spirits leaped from the Magic Guide Card, dancing in the air on the waves of the melody.
They were spirits of music, the legendary Fairy Choir!
An ensemble composed of seven whole fairies!
...
[Card Name: Fairy Choir]
[Type: Spirit Card]
[Level: ★★★]
[Race: Fairy Race]
[Attribute: Fairy-type]
[Mana: 700]
[Attack: 700]
[Defense: 700]
[Finishing Move: Sonata, Grand Chorus]
...
There is only one character's difference between a Fairy and a Pixie, but they are two different lineages of creatures.
Pixies belong to the demi-human race and are closer to humans.
Fairies, however, are a phantasmal race, a more non-human existence.
Legend has it that pixies are a mixed race of fairies, humans, and elves, but this remains only a legend, as no one can verify it.
Each of the seven fairies in the [Fairy Choir] was less than half a person tall, wearing eccentric clothes that showed off their individuality and strange hats. Their heads accounted for a third of their height.
With big heads, pointed ears, and hooked noses, they had a certain ugly-cute charm after looking at them for a while.
After being summoned, they held hands and began to dance around the Exquisite Ball.
Of course, this wasn't the prelude to a finishing move, but merely a behavioral pattern.
As a 3-star Magic Guide Spirit, the Fairy Choir was a single entity. They suffered and prospered as one!
...
Dark had a little bit of knowledge about this type of Magic Guide Spirit and knew they were extremely rare and very precious.
For example, this [Fairy Choir] card, although its mana, attack, and defense were all only 700 points, could deal a whopping 4,900 points of damage to the Magic Sphere in one go if the opponent had no defenders, because there were seven fairies in total!
This could be extremely useful in certain situations.
Of course, the weakness of this type of Magic Guide Spirit was also very obvious.
Their stats were generally not high, and they struggled to break through the defense of high-stat Magic Guide Spirits.
Essentially, they weren't a very threatening type of Magic Guide Spirit.
But when this [Fairy Choir] card appeared in Angelia-senpai's hands, Dark had a bad feeling!
He watched with some concern, but his own tempo didn't slow.
After the cooldown for his Normal Summon passed, he immediately summoned [Trash Slime]!
The tiny Trash Slime landed on the blue player's Magic Sphere with a 'splat'.
It then looked up slightly, joining Sylveon in staring at the Fairy Choir in the air, watching them dance, sing, and rap, completely at ease.
In time with the music wafting through the air, Sylveon changed its tune and continued to hum...
Then, unexpectedly, a bit of [Alluring Voice] was mixed into its song!
And so, suddenly.
One of the fairies from the Fairy Choir bumped its head into the Exquisite Ball. The fairies on either side hurriedly steadied it, chattering away!
Sylveon watched the scene, a mischievous smile on its face.
...
Of course, this small interlude couldn't affect the overall situation.
While the fairies were still confused, Angelia had already used a Normal Summon to activate her next Magic Guide Card!
A special Magic Card—[Grand Liberation]!
"BOOM!"
Huge fireworks suddenly erupted in the middle of the seven fairies, forming the three large characters for 'Grand Liberation'. The music floating in the air abruptly changed into a grand, sweeping march.
The fairy that had bumped its head into the Exquisite Ball looked up as if by reflex, then brought its feet together, straightened its back, stuck a hand to its head, and stared straight ahead—a salute!
The other fairies were comparatively clueless.
But as the music reached its crescendo,
their expressions suddenly changed, and they too stood straight and saluted along with the first fairy.
"POOM!"
The 'Grand Liberation' in the air then exploded.
The seven fairies suddenly cheered with excitement, their eccentric clothes transforming into various everyday outfits in the blink of an eye.
One put on a suit and picked up a briefcase; another changed into a little skirt and tied a bow; one put on casual clothes and a lace-trimmed hat; another changed into a school uniform and slung on a small backpack...
All seven fairies had achieved their grand liberation, and each one had become an independent individual!
...
At the judges' table, the two professors' eyelids twitched. With their experience, they naturally knew what this meant, but they had never expected that this girl, who wasn't particularly outstanding among the third-years, could refine a Magic Guide Card of this level!
The layman enjoys the spectacle, while the expert sees the craft.
This Magic Guide Card was extremely rare and precious, even among the professors' own collections!
Most of the spectators, however, didn't understand.
Even Dark on the blue player's platform only caught a glimpse of what was happening based on his earlier guess.
But the time in a single turn was too tight. He didn't have time to ponder what it all meant and could only focus all his efforts on continuing to summon.
By this point,
he only had three cards left in his hand.
▼
[Gatomon]
[Greed II]
[Magic Beast: Ditto]
▲
At the fifteenth second of the third turn, he successfully summoned [Greed II]!
A person's energy and mana output rate are limited.
Duelists in a Magic Guide Duel can't always effectively use every single second.
Dark could only say that he had done his best.
With the activation of [Greed II], the Trash Slime lying on the blue player's Magic Sphere, just like DemiDevimon, transformed from the 1-star [Trash Slime] into the 2-star [Greed Slime I].
But aside from the change in its form, it remained useless.
With stats of 0 in both attack and defense, it could only serve as a treasure detector.
And then, another three and a half seconds!
Dark began to summon [Gatomon] with all his might!
...
Almost simultaneously.
Angelia on the other side also began to summon her third Magic Guide Card of the turn!
Both of them were using Tribute Summons!
In this aspect, Angelia merely maintained a speed slightly faster than the standard for the second-year assessment.
But Dark hadn't reached that level yet.
Therefore, Angelia completed her Tribute Summon faster than he did.
One, two, three...
The seven liberated fairies, starting with the red one, turned into light one after another!
By now, Dark had confirmed his suspicion, but he didn't dare to let his focus waver.
The spectators, however, had already cried out in shock!
The scene unfolding before them was completely different from what many had expected.
Normally, if [Fairy Choir] were offered as a tribute, all seven fairies would have to ascend as light together.
This meant that [Fairy Choir] was a single entity, existing as a single tribute.
But seeing them ascend as light one by one like this had a different meaning entirely...
"What level of Magic Guide Spirit is she summoning?"
When the fifth fairy also turned to light, someone could no longer hold back!
"Dark's highest-level Magic Guide Spirit is 4-star, right?"
The first-years were still hoping Dark could bring honor to their grade, so they couldn't help but feel a little anxious now.
Especially Emma, who had suffered a crushing defeat earlier, couldn't help but feel tense.
And Diana, standing close to Rose, even forgot to chew the milk candy in her mouth!
But then.
The sixth fairy turned to light!
...
The last remaining fairy looked up at the sky foolishly, watching helplessly as its six companions became part of a massive summoning circle, leaving it lonely and helpless.
But at this moment, no one was paying attention to the lone fairy anymore.
A black beast, its size comparable to a Troll, was roaring as it emerged from the tribute summoning circle!
"BOOM!"
As if announcing its arrival.
The black gorilla leaped down from the air and slammed onto the ground!
Its massive body created a thunderous noise upon landing.
The black gorilla raised its upper body, its crimson eyes surveying its surroundings. It slammed its two thick arms onto the ground like giant hammers, and ripples instantly spread out as a ferocious aura enveloped the entire field!
Across from it, Sylveon's eyebrow shot up, its two pink ribbons swaying like snakes, ready to strike.
But its body couldn't help but crouch lower, its expression wary.
The might of a 6-star Magic Guide Spirit was on full display.
...
"A 6-star!"
Dark had only just completed his tribute summon. He lowered his hand, his eyes filled with shock, feeling that he might genuinely experience the taste of defeat in this duel!
Angelia-senpai's quick summon methods were astonishingly numerous.
Especially this [Fairy Choir] + [Grand Liberation] combo, which was a real eye-opener for him, making him lament that his own foundation of knowledge was still lacking.
Judging from the fact that one fairy was left over, the limitation of this combo was likely the chasm between tiers.
To tribute summon a third-tier Magic Guide Spirit, you must have at least one second-tier Magic Guide Spirit as a base. Therefore, this combo couldn't be used to directly tribute summon a 7-star Magic Guide Spirit.
But if one could find a way to remove this restriction...
Dark pondered for a moment before focusing back on the match.
To tribute summon [Gatomon], he had used a total of five Magic Guide Cards, sacrificing the 2-star DemiDevimon and the 2-star Greed Slime I to finally succeed.
This process took up almost the entire third turn.
The pace of both duelists had clearly slowed, and Angelia didn't rush to have the black gorilla attack.
In the blink of an eye, time moved into the fourth turn.
The newly appeared Gatomon felt the ferocious aura of the black gorilla, and the fur on its tail stood on end. Its expression was more serious than ever before!
"Tick!"
The sound of the turn changing became the signal for the battle horn.
"Go!"
Angelia's voice grew louder.
The black gorilla fiercely pounded its chest, creating a sound like rolling drums.
As it released its hands, it suddenly opened its mouth forward, and a terrifying beastly roar erupted!
"ROAR!"
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