Chapter 49: Fusion of Trash
Raising the longsword in his hand parallel to his brow, the three knights on the Pharaoh's field all struck a standard battle-ready posture in unison.
Waving his hand forward to declare, the Pharaoh initiated the first round of battle.
"Change the Defense Position [Queen's Knight] to Attack Position, then attack simultaneously with the three Poker Knights!"
The three Poker Knights charging towards You Ling's field, their synchronized sword blade offensive completely disregarded Yoyo's defense (DEF: 100!).
Aisha: "ᓫ(°⌑°)ǃ Oh no, oh no. With just one Yoyo, it's impossible to block the attacks of three knights."
The three knights appearing all in the second turn; if the Queen's Knight with the lowest attack power destroyed Yoyo, and the remaining two knights attacked directly, it would inflict 3500 points of Life Point damage to You Ling, pushing him to the brink of defeat in an instant.
"Don't panic yet, Aisha. I already foresaw the tactic of the three Poker Knights."
Seemingly cool, but these three knights, known in the anime as 「Tribute Fodder」 , also left a deep impression on You Ling.
Fortunately, after that, the Pharaoh didn't follow up with a 「Katon da Shoukan!」 (- Slifer the Sky Dragon's summoning chant), merely fighting with the three Poker Knights.
"Losing the battle but not the spirit, we'll also use three monsters to contend!"
Controlling and raising Aisha's slender arm, You Ling flipped over the Trap Card set last turn.
"——Activate Trap Card [Same Name Same Surname Alliance]. Targeting the [Yoyo] on the field, Special Summon the other two Yoyo from the deck!"
[Same Name Same Surname Alliance Trap Card Effect: Target 1 face-up Level 2 or lower Normal Monster you control; Special Summon as many cards with the same name as the selected card as possible from your Deck.]
A Trap Card used to support Level 2 or lower trash monsters; the activation condition for this card is that there must be a face-up trash monster on your field.
This was the real reason You Ling insisted on summoning [Yoyo] in face-up Defense Position last turn.
The -_- mental pollution was just an incidental effect; anyway, it couldn't possibly be truly useful.
"Come on, the [Yoyo] triple threat to counter the three Poker Knights!"
[Yoyo DEF: 100]
[Yoyo DEF: 100]
[Yoyo DEF: 100]
Three tofu blocks successfully joined on You Ling's field, forming a pure white wall of trash monster angels, blocking the knights' path.
"A fair 3v3 duel, it's up to you, Yoyo!"
[Yoyo] destroyed
[Yoyo] destroyed
[Yoyo] destroyed
K.O~!
What countering three knights, what fair duel, all nonsense.
The three Yoyo were insta-killed by the three Poker Knights as if chopping melons and vegetables.
Clearing You Ling's field, the Pharaoh temporarily put down his Duel Disk.
"These monsters, are they all summoned by Yuna based on the power system of this world?"
"That's right."
"Then let me ask you, You Ling. What is your opinion on these monsters with exceptionally weak combat power?"
Aisha, within the Millennium Puzzle, suddenly panicked.
What kind of opinion could one have on monsters with exceptionally weak combat power?
Nothing more than evaluations like trash, garbage, not even dogs would play with them.
"This is practically a public execution for me, wuwuwu, why ask such a sharp question?"
Narrowing his eyes and thinking briefly for a moment, You Ling gave his reply.
"I believe that every card, every monster has its own reason for existence. Rather than dwelling on fated weakness or strength, how to fully exert power is what should be considered. Monsters are like this, and so are Duelists."
Aisha: "QvQ So Mr. You Ling sees my monsters this way, I like you the most (softly)!"
"Fully exerting the power of weak monsters, huh. Hehe, You Ling, you truly are the Duelist I imagined."
The Pharaoh, smiling gently, it was impossible to tell whether he was satisfied with You Ling's answer or not.
"Then next, let me see the power you can exert. Turn end!"
After putting down the Duel Disk, the Pharaoh directly declared the end of his turn.
A field of three Poker Knights and one set card, against You Ling's empty field.
"My turn, draw."
You Ling's peripheral vision scanned the card face.
"It's here!"
Magic Card [Polymerization].
If asked which card in Aisha's current deck could unleash the unknown potential of trashy Normal Monsters, it would undoubtedly be this freshly obtained [Polymerization] Magic, a gift from her best friend Yilin.
Aisha: "It's actually the [Polymerization] Magic Card. But what can this card do, Mr. You Ling? My deck doesn't have HEROes, only those weak monsters with no effects."
"What's needed are precisely those weak monsters with no effects, the fusion of Normal Monsters ."
Temporarily adding the drawn Polymerization Magic to his hand, You Ling took out another Magic Card from his hand and flung it towards the Graveyard area on the ground.
"——Activate Magic Card [Dark Factory of Mass Production]!"
[Dark Factory of Mass Production Magic Card Effect: Target 2 Normal Monsters in your Graveyard; add those targets to your hand.]
"Using the Magic Card's effect, return 2 [Yoyo] from my Graveyard to my hand."
Aisha: "(°Д°) Recovered 2 Yoyo, masaka, Mr. You Ling, you intend to..."
"That's right, fuse with two [Yoyo]! The fusion of two trash-among-trash monsters can also bring about miracles, this is the infinite possibility brought by fusion!"
Throwing the two Yoyo cards recovered by Dark Factory of Mass Production, along with the Polymerization card, towards the sky above.
The fusion spiral effect unfolding in the sky, seemingly accepting all comers, even two powerless tofu blocks were completely sucked into it.
However, the behemoth that subsequently tore through the fusion effect had completely nothing to do with those two tofu blocks anymore.
"Roar——!"
The dragon's roar coming from the center of the sky spiral echoed in the night-shrouded back mountain, causing the leaves in the forest to rustle.
Immediately following, an azure dragon, even larger than the [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] Aisha had summoned before, flew out of the fusion spiral with a majestic momentum that could swallow the sky and collapse mountains.
"Roar, miracle of Normal Monster fusion, until the ancient tamashii (- Japanese loanword 'soul')! Fusion Summon——[First of the Dragons]!" (- Primogenitor Dragon Ancient Dragon)
[First of the Dragons ★★★★★★★★★ (9-Star) DARK][Dragon-Type/Fusion/Effect ATK: 2700 DEF: 2000]
[While this card is in the Monster Zone, this card cannot be destroyed by battle with monsters, except Normal Monsters, and is unaffected by monster effects, except its own.] (Note: The text describes "unaffected by monster effects other than its own," while the actual First of the Dragons is unaffected by other monster effects. The battle protection is against non-Normal Monsters.)
Aisha Carlos, even in her soul state, was stunned speechless by the scene before her, as if truly witnessing the miracle of fusion.
"Fusing such a monster with 2 [Yoyo]... Is such a thing really possible? Mr. You Ling, how did you do it!"
"Asking me how I did it?" You Ling used Aisha's own lips to curve into a smug smile, "Fusion Summoning, of course, is a summon that can be completed by satisfying the material requirements."
The Fusion Material requirements for [First of the Dragons]——
「Normal Monster ×2」