Bursting forth from the storm of [Black Rose Dragon], Miles and [Stardust Dragon] carried Krista's speed and will, racing ahead in radiant brilliance before the Shadow Duelist.
"She passed her speed to him?"
The Shadow Duelist, overtaken by the pair's turnaround, gazed at the girl's silhouette riding before him. Such a slender back… yet now it seemed immeasurably grand.
Even as one resurrected by the hatred of the Earthbound Gods, he could feel it clearly… the unshakable resolve of those who truly sought to save this world.
Despite that, just as he had said before, no matter how beliefs clashed, he could not yield. The path to the future—its right or wrong—would be decided through their Duel.
His final Speed Spell—the Shadow Duelist, too, staked everything on his speed.
"—[Speed Spell - Sacrificial Resurrection], activate!"
[Activate only if you have 6 or more Speed Counters. Banish 1 monster from your Graveyard; then choose 1 monster in your Graveyard and Special Summon it in Defense Position. The monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot be destroyed by battle.]
[Shadow Duelist, SPC: 6]
The ground before his D-Wheel trembled violently as he hit exactly 6 Speed Counters.
"For the last time—revived by the earth's resentment! I banish [Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning] from my Graveyard to Special Summon [Earthbound Immortal Uru]!"
[Earthbound Immortal Uru, DEF: 3000]
The final choice. Pulled once more from death by the Earthbound Gods, the Shadow Duelist resolved to fight to the very end.
The burning Nazca Lines collapsed entirely, their faith condensed into the massive spider-shaped Earthbound Immortal. Fifty years of hatred blazed toward the despairing heavens.
"Do you think that your mere [Stardust Dragon] can stand against an Earthbound God? Against fifty years of hatred? Can you save this world, Miles?!"
Declaring the end of his turn, the Shadow Duelist roared forward, his challenge echoing through the track.
"....."
Miles didn't answer. Eyes narrowing, he pushed onward—Krista's speed flowing through him—toward the end of the Turbo Duel's path.
"Save the world, huh..."
From the direction of Synchron Academy, where rescue operations were underway, Ren spotted the southern leyline tower. After the towering rose storm subsided, the sky was again dyed purple by the Earthbound God's flames.
"Miles."
She knew. Only he and his allies could be fighting there—to save the nation, to save everyone, bearing everything upon their shoulders.
From Krista's [Black Rose Dragon] storm onward, those stationed at the other three leyline towers in the east, west, and north—Leon, Nidhogg, Irena, and Ecclesia—also noticed the Turbo Duel erupting from earth to sky.
Leon: "You'd better win this, Miles!"
Nidhogg: "If you lose, all our effort will have been for nothing!"
Irena: "He'll do it. I know he will!"
Ecclesia: "If it's Senpai, he'll save everyone… he has to!"
"Miles… I can feel it!" Aisha's voice shook within the Millennium Puzzle's Soul Room.
"Yeah. I feel it too."
That burning heat in their chests… the united wish to save everything.
Aisha reached forward, her fingertips glowing with radiant pink light—the legendary light said to appear with [Stardust Dragon], the Light of the Savior.
"With this draw, we'll save everyone! My turn—draw!!"
From the Spirit Eyes Deck, the card that shone between Miles's fingers was one with no visible effect text: [Converging Wills Dragon].
No visible effect—at least, not at first.
Only one who truly bore the duty of saving the world, gathering countless wills wishing to live on, could awaken its power.
The first effect of [Converging Wills Dragon]:
[①: While on the field or in the Graveyard, this card's name is treated as "Majestic Dragon."]
That was why—even though its name wasn't the legendary [Majestic Dragon]—the light of salvation that radiated from it stunned all of Synchron Academy.
Then came its second effect, as Miles's final card in hand:
[②: When you draw this card, you can reveal it to your opponent to activate this effect; Special Summon this card from your hand. If you control a Level 8 or higher Dragon Synchro Monster, you can also Special Summon 1 Level 1 Dragon monster from your Deck.]
"Witness this—the card that will save everything! I Special Summon [Converging Wills Dragon] from my hand!"
[Converging Wills Dragon] Level 1│LIGHT│Dragon/Tuner│0 ATK│0 DEF
[You can only Special Summon "Converging Wills Dragon" once per turn. If used as Synchro Material, it can only be for the Synchro Summon of a "Majestic" monster.]
Bathed in radiant light, the Tuner spread its wings and soared alongside [Stardust Dragon].
"Since [Stardust Dragon] is on the field, [Converging Wills Dragon]'s effect lets me Special Summon 1 Level 1 Dragon from my Deck!"
From Aisha's Deck, there was only one Level 1 Dragon, [Flamvell Guard]... but this battle wasn't his alone.
"I always believed in you, Miles… that you could save everything, save this world!"
Behind him, Krista, who had prepared for this, pulled a card from her Deck and hurled it into the radiant sky.
"Go—[Overflow Dragon]!"
[Overflow Dragon] Level 1│DARK│Dragon│0 ATK│0 DEF
Guided by the Savior's light, the Dragon emerged onto Miles's field, completing the final pieces for victory.
"With the Synchro of the Savior—we'll forge the future!"
Accelerating at maximum speed, Miles raised his arm toward the three Dragons shining before him.
"I tune the Level 1 Tuner [Converging Wills Dragon], the Level 1 [Overflow Dragon], and the Level 8 [Stardust Dragon]! Total Level—10! Triple Synchro Summon of Salvation!"
"A Savior Synchro Summon?!"
Even the Shadow Duelist was awed as the light of salvation illuminated the desolate battlefield.
"The future of destruction will be rewritten—by this card that saves the world!"
1★ + 1★ + 8★ = 10★!
The three Dragons soared together in Synchro light, merging into a single being of ten shining stars.
"Gathered starlight will forge a new miracle—become the shining path of hope! Synchro Summon! Descend—[Majestic Star Dragon]!"
[Majestic Star Dragon] Level 10│WIND│Dragon/Synchro│3800 ATK│3000 DEF
[[Majestic Dragon] + [Stardust Dragon] + 1 non-Tuner monster]
Its radiant wings of light spread wide, carrying countless wishes. [Majestic Star Dragon] tore through the purple flames of the Earthbound God, scattering hope across all of Axet.
Aisha: "You did it, Miles!"
Krista: "You really are our hope!"
"Attack power… 3800?"
The Synchro of Salvation had surpassed the [Earthbound Immortal Uru]'s 3000 Attack and Defense.
"Still, don't forget, Miles—the Earthbound Immortal's effect!"
Its untargetable protection couldn't be overcome by Attack alone.
"I haven't forgotten! In fact, I'll use its power myself! [Majestic Star Dragon]'s effect activates!"
[Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; negate that target's effects until the end of this turn, and this card gains those effects.]
The Savior's light engulfed the battlefield, drawing in even the burning Nazca Lines carved across the Earthbound God's body.
"—Transcendent Absorption! [Majestic Star Dragon] gains the effect of [Earthbound Immortal Uru]!"
When a Field Spell is present, [Earthbound Immortal Uru] cannot be attacked and can attack directly.
Even so, due to [Speed Spell - Sacrificial Resurrection], Uru remained indestructible by battle.
"Planning to attack directly, are you?!" The Shadow Duelist narrowed his eyes.
Indeed… it was Miles's only path forward.
[Majestic Star Dragon, ATK: 3800]
[Shadow Duelist, LP: 5000]
Even if he took the direct hit… he would still stand.
"Too bad, [Majestic Star Dragon]—you can't save everything!"
"If it can't overcome a crisis like this, then it doesn't deserve the title of 'Majestic' at all!"
Miles raised his arm to the sky.
"I activate the absorbed effect of [Earthbound Immortal Uru]!"
"Activate Uru's effect?!"
The giant spider Earthbound God possessed an effect it could activate:
[Once per turn: You can Tribute 1 monster you control; take control of 1 face-up monster your opponent controls until the End Phase.]
Since [Majestic Star Dragon] had absorbed that effect, it could use it too.
However, with only [Majestic Star Dragon] on his field, even if he activated the effect, tributing it to seize control of Uru would change nothing—unless Miles could somehow summon another monster from nothing, with every card already revealed.
"That's impossible!"
"Not in a Turbo Duel—it isn't!"
The crystal light of Miles's D-Wheel gleamed brighter, inheriting the speed Krista had entrusted to him. That speed itself would now become his key to victory.
[Miles, SPC: 7]
"With seven Speed Counters! I activate the Field Spell [Speed World 2]! By removing 7 Speed Counters, I can draw 1 card from my Deck!"
Putting all his accumulated speed on the line, Miles bet everything on this single draw.
The seven Speed Counters flickered and shattered, transforming into a current of hope that swept across his Deck.
Krista's voice trembled with excitement: "As long as you draw a monster you can Normal Summon directly!"
Considering Aisha Carlos's Deck, drawing a Normal Summonable monster was practically guaranteed—drawing one that couldn't be summoned would've been harder.
"Draw! Monster card!"
The ultimate Speed World draw, the monster that would decide everything, was in his hand.
"I Normal Summon [Mokey Mokey Adrift] in Attack Position!"
[Mokey Mokey Adrift] Level 1│LIGHT│Fairy│300 ATK│100 DEF
The tiny white cube with a puzzled expression drifted onto the field, joining the final stage of the Turbo Duel.
"What is that… a joke monster?! Why?!"
The Shadow Duelist quivered in disbelief. A weak, ridiculous creature in a battle that decided the fate of the world? It looked completely out of place.
Nonetheless, that one little monster would become the key that decided the outcome between [Majestic Star Dragon] and the Earthbound God.
Floating beside the massive spider Uru, the tiny Mokey Mokey stared up fearlessly.
Mokey Mokey:
-д-?
Uru:
0m0
-д-?
0m0
-д-?
0m0!!
"[Majestic Star Dragon]'s effect activates!"
Miles declared loudly—the absorbed power of [Earthbound Immortal Uru].
"I Tribute [Mokey Mokey Adrift] to take control of [Earthbound Immortal Uru]!"
Mokey Mokey dissolved into light—the final piece of the puzzle.
"Raaahhhh!!"
The Savior Dragon spread its luminous wings, roaring as countless beams of white light erupted behind it, wrapping around the colossal spider.
Control changed—Uru, the Earthbound God, now stood on Miles's side.
With every card played, every ounce of speed spent, and every wish united, the Turbo Duel reached its climax.
"Even the hatred of fifty years buried within this land can become power for salvation—that's my answer! I switch [Earthbound Immortal Uru] to Attack Position!"
Turning defense into offense, the two enormous beings—one of light, one of darkness—charged together toward destiny's end.
"[Earthbound Immortal Uru], direct attack!"
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!"
[Shadow Duelist, LP: 5000 → 2000]
"Save everything, [Majestic Star Dragon]—along with the sorrow of fifty long years!"
If a Duel could truly convey something… then this was Miles's purest belief.
"Final—Direct Attack!"
The Savior Dragon gathered pure stardust light, unleashing it across the despairing land teetering on the brink of ruin.
"—Meteor Sonic Blast!!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!"
[Shadow Duelist, LP: 2000 → 0]
The starlight detonated across the Turbo track, ascending skyward in radiant brilliance. As the despair shrouding Axet's skies faded, the people below looked up… once again seeing, far above, the glimmer of hope reborn.
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