novelhk #1561 - Ultimate Gem God
#1561 - Ultimate Gem God
“Come to my side, 【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】!”
At John's call, the 【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】, which looks similar to but different from 【Ultimate Gem Beast - Rainbow Dragon】, did appear above his head, but it only appeared for a moment before quickly flying back into the card in John's hand.
“Eh? I thought you had successfully summoned 【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】, John. Why did it go back to your hand?”
Faced with Jaden's question, John spread his hands helplessly: “I can't help it. That's how the effect of 【Ultimate Gem Beast - Rainbow Dragon】 is written. It's already amazing to Special Summon a 【Gem Beast】 from the deck with its effects negated, and then it can add 【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】 to my hand.”
“It seems that way. If it could unconditionally become two monsters, 【Ultimate Gem Beast - Rainbow Dragon】 should be your trump card instead of 【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】.” Jaden thought for a moment and nodded. “However, now that you've added 【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】 to your hand, although I didn't see its level, I think it should be high, since 【Ultimate Gem Beast - Rainbow Dragon】 is already Level 8.”
“Summoning high-level monsters always requires sacrifices, right? Which monster on the field are you going to release as a sacrifice, John?”
【John Anderson: 4000 LP, Hand 5→6→7】
【Gem Beast - Ruby Carbuncle】【ATK 300】
【Gem Beast - Sapphire Pegasus】【ATK 1800】
【Gem Beast - Topaz Tiger】【ATK 1600】
【Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder】【ATK 4000→2000】
【Gem Beast - Emerald Tortoise】【DEF 2000】
Backrow: 【Gem Beast - Cobalt Eagle】【Gem Beast - Amber Mammoth】【Gem Tree】【Gem Counter 1→2】
Field: 【Rainbow Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins】
But hearing Jaden's words, John shook his head: “No, I've said that the 【Gem Beasts】 are my family. There isn't a single monster in my deck that requires a Tribute Summon. Didn't I Special Summon 【Ultimate Gem Beast - Rainbow Dragon】 with the effect of 【Golden Rule】?”
“The trump card I just completed—【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】—is a relatively special type of monster, a 'Special Summon Monster'. I cannot Normal Summon it, but I can Special Summon it directly from my hand if its summoning conditions are met. Now, I will activate the effect of 【Gem Tree】 and send it to the Graveyard. Although it's a bit of a waste, there's no point in not using a card when it's time to use it.”
After a pause, John took out a card retrieved from his Duel Disk, “From my deck, I will place the last 【Gem Beast - Amethyst Cat】 as a Continuous Spell Card in my Spell \u0026 Trap Zone in face-up position!”
“Then, before the number of 【Gem Beasts】 in your backrow returns to three, I will use my backrow card.” Jaden pressed the button to activate his set card, “Chain to 【Gem Tree】, Quick-Play Spell Card 【Mask Change】 activate!”
Following the previous 【Mask Change Second】, the other card Jaden played was the original 【Mask Change】 “First”. As the card was activated, a large amount of rock appeared around 【E·Hero Solidman】, enveloping him.
“Like 【Mask Change Second】, 【Mask Change】 is a Quick-Play Spell Card exclusively used for the appearance of 【M·Hero】. It can be activated by targeting one 【Hero】 monster on my field, confirming its Attribute and sending it to the Graveyard, then Special Summoning one 【M·Hero】 with the same Attribute from my Fusion Deck.”
After a pause, Jaden waved his hand, “I send the EARTH Attribute 【E·Hero Solidman】 on my field to the Graveyard with the effect of 【Mask Change】, and summon from my Fusion Deck, it's her!”
“When evil appears, it is clad in steel armor, cutting through evil with earth-shattering force!”
“Mask-Change! Level 8☆!”
Seeing Jaden's 【M·Hero Dian】 appear, John couldn't help but take a few more glances: “It has so many diamonds on it… Rounding it off, isn't this just a 【Gem】 【Hero】!”
“Yeah, I can't let the stage be completely taken over by Jaden's cards. Answer me again, Amethyst!”
On John's field, 【Gem Beast - Amethyst Cat】 appeared from the deck in the form of an amethyst in the Spell \u0026 Trap Zone. John's field, including the Field Zone, finally had only the last two Spell \u0026 Trap Zones available. But at the same time, John finally reunited the seven 【Gem Beasts】 on the field!
“Ya☆ta☆ze! Finally gathered again!” Looking at the 【Gem Beasts】 gathered on his field, John said excitedly. At the same time, a card in his hand also lit up. Needless to say, Jaden guessed that the card in his hand must be the 【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】 he had retrieved earlier.
However, not only John's hand lit up, but also Jaden's Graveyard.
“If 【E·Hero Solidman】 is sent from the Monster Zone to the Graveyard by the effect of a Spell Card, I can activate its effect by targeting one 【Hero】 monster in my Graveyard and Special Summon it to my field in Defense Position.”
“The monster I will Special Summon is this one—【E·Hero Stratos】!”
Hearing the card name Jaden called out, John was stunned: “【E·Hero Stratos】? When did you send that card to the Graveyard, Jaden?”
Jaden simply pointed to the 【M·Hero Blast】 on his field: “What do you think, John?”
Looking at 【M·Hero Blast】, John remembered that when 【Mask Change Second】 was activated, Jaden did send a card from his hand to the Graveyard. Was it 【E·Hero Stratos】?
“【E·Hero Stratos】 will be Special Summoned to my field in Defense Position, but because its Attribute overlaps with 【M·Hero Blast】, both being WIND Attribute, the ATK boost provided by 【E·Hero Sunrise】 will not increase.”
【Jaden Yuki: 5500 LP, Hand 1】
【E·Hero Sunrise】【ATK 3100】
【M·Hero Blast】【ATK 2800】
【M·Hero Dian】【ATK 2800→3400】
【E·Hero Stratos】【1800/300→2400/300】
Backrow: 【Set Card】
After a pause, Jaden pointed to the 【E·Hero Stratos】 on his field: “But! When 【E·Hero Stratos】 is successfully Summoned/Special Summoned, I can choose one of its effects to activate!”
“Add one 【Hero】 monster from the deck to my hand, or destroy a Spell/Trap Card on the field. I choose to activate the latter, and the number of Spell/Trap Cards that 【E·Hero Stratos】 can destroy depends on the number of other 【Hero】 monsters on my field other than 【E·Hero Stratos】!”
【E·Hero Sunrise】, 【M·Hero Blast】, and 【M·Hero Dian】, there are a total of three 【Hero】 monsters on Jaden's field other than 【E·Hero Stratos】, so he can destroy a total of three Spell/Trap Cards!
And coincidentally—the 【Gem Beast】 cards in John's backrow at this moment, there are exactly three!
“Although I really want to see the descent of 【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】, as a duelist, I can't not use all my strength in the duel when I have a way to prevent its descent.” Jaden looked at John seriously and ordered, “Bringer Fan! Destroy all the cards in John's backrow, 【E·Hero Stratos】!”
A storm rose from the ground, and a huge tornado was created by 【E·Hero Stratos】 with the cooperation of other 【Hero】 monsters, sweeping towards John's backrow. Now that he had finally reunited all seven 【Gem Beasts】 on the field, Jaden made them scatter again!
When the gale dissipated, the 【Gem Beasts】 in John's backrow had all disappeared, and the 【Rainbow Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins】, which had only recovered a part of its effects, lost its power again, even more thoroughly than before. This time, it even lost its resistance to being destroyed by effects.
However, seeing this scene, John was not discouraged, but smiled: “No matter how much I look forward to it, I won't compromise my honor as a duelist. Dueling with you is so much fun, Jaden. That's how it should be. A super awesome duel that makes me feel refreshed should be like this. Only duelist souls that collide so fiercely can complete the stage for 【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】 to descend!”
“This rainbow light is not a continuation of the ancient empire thousands of years ago, but a bridge of communication built on the heart, gathering the cards that have been scattered for many years! It's not that the north and south, the field and the graveyard can be separated!”
John said, taking out a card, “Activate Continuous Spell Card 【Bridge of the Heart】!”
Solemnly playing a card, John said, “The first effect of this card is to allow me to Normal Summon a 【Gem Beast】 once in addition to my Normal Summon, but now I will use its second effect—I can activate it during my Main Phase, destroy one 【Gem Beast】 in my hand or on my field, and add one 【Gem】 Spell/Trap Card from my deck to my hand!”
“Emerald, go rest in the backrow for a while.” Looking at 【Gem Beast - Emerald Tortoise】, John took out another card, “Then, I add this 【Gem God Awakening】 from my deck to my hand!”
【John Anderson: 4000 LP, Hand 7→6→7】
As John displayed the card, Jaden saw the image of 【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】 with its wings spread open moving on the card illustration, finally freezing, and the background behind it was also fixed, which happened to capture a part of the Duel Academy's teaching building. It can be seen that this card was also completed with the awakening of John's 【Ultimate Gem God - Rainbow Dragon】. Until just now, even the card illustration was blank.
After glancing at the card he added to his hand, John looked at his field again. 【Gem Beast - Emerald Tortoise】 turned into jade and stayed in the Spell \u0026 Trap Zone, but the 【Bridge of the Heart】 card lit up.
“After 【Gem Beast - Emerald Tortoise】 is destroyed in the Monster Zone, it is placed in my Spell \u0026 Trap Zone as a Continuous Spell Card. Because it left the field, the 【Gem Beast - Emerald Tortoise】, whose effect was negated due to 【Ultimate Gem Beast - Rainbow Dragon】, has also regained its power.” After a pause, John pointed to Jaden's field, “But more importantly, when a 【Gem Beast】 card is placed in my Spell \u0026 Trap Zone, the third effect of 【Bridge of the Heart】!”
“Target one card on your opponent's field! Return that card and this card to their owners' hands!”
“The same effect as 【M·Hero Blast】? What a coincidence, it seems that even fate is making your 【Gem Beasts】 and my 【Hero】 constantly show similarities.” Jaden raised his Duel Disk, “Then John, which card of mine are you going to return to my hand?”
“【E·Hero Sunrise】? 【M·Hero Blast】, 【M·Hero Dian】 or 【E·Hero Stratos】?”
Hearing Jaden's question, John said without hesitation: “Of course—it's the set card in your backrow, Jaden! What if that card is a attack declaring trap like 【Mirror Force】 or a summoning trap like 【Bottomless Trap Hole】?”
“Why do you think that way, John? Do I have that many traps set?” As he spoke, Jaden himself became a little unconfident, because he recalled that the amount of Trap Cards in his deck seemed to be a bit too much, so much so that he often drew a hand full of Trap Cards—but, didn't Teacher Hayato teach that? He had been dueling like this since he was a child. Besides, what's wrong with using Trap Cards to protect 【Hero】?
My heart and my actions are as clear as a mirror, and everything I do is justice!
Having figured this out, Jaden picked up the set card in his backrow and said confidently, “Look, my last card is clearly not a Trap Card!”
However, John glanced at Jaden's card but couldn't help but complain: “. I suddenly wish that card was a Trap Card. In the end, you actually set 【Miracle Fusion】 in the backrow, wanting to use it to trick a 【Mystical Space Typhoon】? Isn't this even more insidious than a heavy trap!”
“Let's not worry about anything else, just tell me if my decision is wise or not.” Jaden picked up the card 【Miracle Fusion】 and added it to his hand, proudly putting his hands on his hips, “I didn't expect to actually trick the effect of your 【Bridge of the Heart】, John.”
“Because you always had one card left in your hand, Jaden, I subconsciously thought that was 【Miracle Fusion】. Because the descent of 【Rainbow Dragon】 is imminent, I'm a little out of sorts.” After a brief self-examination, John lightly patted his cheeks and regrouped, “But no matter what, at least a danger has been eliminated—and next, it's the gorgeous appearance of this card that you and I have been looking forward to for a long time!”
"Lend me your strength, everyone!"
After retrieving the card [Bridge of the Heart], Johan raised the card that had been glowing for quite some time in his hand and shouted, "When there are seven types of [Crystal Beast] on my field and in my graveyard, Special Summon this card from my hand!"
"The gathered bonds will become a bridge of miracles, building a rainbow of seven colors and transforming into a shining path of light! May the light of hope bloom, and may the light that guides the world shine here!"
"Special Summon, Level 10☆!!"
"Awaken! [Ultimate Crystal God - Rainbow Dragon]!!!"
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone, whether you have a lover or not.
Speaking of Rainbow Dragon, in the original work, to quickly give Johan, who appeared in the third year, the feeling of being the second male lead, the Crystal Beast deck has a bunch of effects that can counter the Hero cards. But the most obvious is that Jaden has the four letter cards H, E, R, and O and a Hero Flash, and Johan also has a set of G, E, M and the combined "GEM."
The most criticized point is that GEM is in the Gem-Knight category, probably because if Crystal Beasts were to play with letters, it would have to be "Crystal", which has too many letters.
Also, I'm taking a day off tomorrow to slack off. Don't ask if it's because of Valentine's Day, just assume I'm playing Civilization 7 (laughs).