Both players each draw three cards.
In one go, he obtained three more stone tablets, needless to say, the "Right Arm of the Forbidden One" placed back on top of the deck has also returned to Simon's hand.
All three parts of Exodia are gathered. Priest Simon's soul power is externalized, gradually condensing above his head into the abstract form of a giant. It has a broad and blurred silhouette, with a shimmering hexagram array behind it. Chains bind its body, restraining its power, yet its scarlet eyes are clearly filled with a ravenous urge for destruction.
Bakura's pupils faintly reflected the form of that demon, instinctively holding his breath.
Dark Great Mage Exodia!
Bakura could even feel that power. Endless, supreme magic power capable of rewriting any law, isolated beyond the void, gazing back at him.
No, stay calm. Bakura told himself.
Even if the Exodia parts in the graveyard were recovered, it would only be three cards. Not to mention the core component has been excluded from the game, the seal cannot be broken under any circumstances...
"Magic - Foolish Burial!" Priest Simon said in a deep voice, "Choose any stone tablet sealing a monster to discard!"
Foolish Burial, send a Monster Card from the deck to the graveyard.
A stone tablet seemed to manifest from the void, and Bakura clearly saw it was the "Right Leg of the Forbidden One," the last piece shuffled back into the deck by the "Pot of Avarice," now precisely discarded into the graveyard.
Priest Simon continued chanting incantations, forming seals with his hands, and a new spell took effect, releasing new magical power from the stone tablet in his hand.
The spell he activated was... Dark Eruption!
Dark Eruption, Normal Magic, adds a Dark Attribute monster with 1500 attack or less from the graveyard to the hand.
A Dark Attribute monster with 1500 attack or less, naturally, was the "Right Leg of the Forbidden One"!
The stone tablet sealing the Egyptian Envoy's right leg was drawn up with clinking chains from a dark vortex. The giant phantom behind Priest Simon seemed to become more real, the sheen on its golden body brightening momentarily.
The mage's hands and feet had emerged in turn from the golden array, and the boundless magic power roared about the confined space like a typhoon threatening to tear off the roof.
The raging magical storm made it hard for Bakura to breathe, his red robe fluttering wildly behind him. He had to raise his arms to shield himself, sweat unconsciously soaking his collar.
He could hear his own heartbeat, like the relentless drumsticks speeding up at the climax of a musical piece, repeatedly pounding against the drum skin.
Indeed, he was nervous.
Even the Great Evil God Sock was unsettled facing the void-originated pressure of Exodia.
At the start of this duel, he hadn't considered this unimposing old man standing before him—
—just an NPC, you think you can duel with me?
But now Bakura had to admit, he was indeed starting to feel a bit nervous.
"No, there's nothing to be nervous about," he told himself, "it's merely the last struggle. Even if he gathered four parts, the most crucial core component 'Exodia the Forbidden One' is already..."
"Set a stone tablet on the field." Priest Simon declared, "The power of the Temple of the Kings, allows the set trap to be used immediately!
Trap activated - Storm Dragon's Return! 'Exodia the Forbidden One,' Summon!"
Storm Dragon's Return, Trap Card, specially summons one of your or your opponent's monsters that has been excluded back to the field.
When the dimension was torn apart, the clattering of chains echoed from beyond the dimension. The Exodia head, sneering as if mocking, returned from the other side of the dimension, nearly making Bakura jump on the spot out of fright.
[Exodia the Forbidden One, Attack Power 1000]
But he quickly regained his composure: "You actually managed to summon the head of the Egyptian Envoy back from the Other Dimension... frankly, you do keep surprising me, old man. To manage to break the seal to this extent under such circumstances, I'll give you a compliment."
After a pause, Bakura continued to mock: "But it seems this is your limit. All five parts of Exodia must be in the hand for the seal to be broken.
Though you summoned its body to the field, it's meaningless..."
"Storm Dragon's Return is a trap with side effects." Priest Simon said evenly, "The monster summoned back from beyond the dimension by this trap can only stay on the field for one turn.
After one round... it must revert to its sealed tablet state!"
Storm Dragon's Return, monsters summoned to the field by this effect return to their owner's hand at the end of the turn.
Bakura: "!!??"
Return to the holder's... hand!?
"I said I won't let you continue your reckless ways." Simon said coldly, "It's due to the sacrifices of past kings and countless generations that this country is what it is now... and this country will have an even more prosperous and glorious future.
I'm old now; my time assisting the Pharaoh is limited. So even if I use what little is left of my soul as fuel, I won't allow someone like you to lay hands on the bright future of this land!"
Bakura realized something: "You old guy, are you planning to self-destruct!?"
There was a reason Simon resigned from being a priest and no longer kept the Millennium Key.