There was no fear in the Little Lobster's dictionary. He quickly pulled himself together, determined to show these arrogant mortals his strength, and let them witness their king's defeat and experience true despair.
"My turn, draw!" Tragoedia said, "Spell Card: 'Spell Book from the Pot', both players draw three cards from their decks."
"Next, activate the Spell Card 'Remove Trap'. Destroy one Trap Card on the field. I'll deal with that troublesome trap first."
He pointed to Kira's set trap card.
"Continuous Trap — 'Gravity Bind'!"
The trap card was struck by a golden beam and shattered. The oppressive gravity disappeared, and the attack lock was lifted.
Tragoedia felt a slight relief.
Gravity Bind — it said neither side could attack, but the opponent's Sacred Beasts attacked freely. Only he was really restricted.
He had to clear this card before continuing his assault.
"Next, activate Continuous Spell 'Precious Cards from Beyond'," Tragoedia said. "When you successfully Tribute Summon with two or more monsters, draw two cards from your deck."
Kira glanced at Tragoedia's two Twin-Headed Behemoth and understood: "It's coming, isn't it?"
With two tributes ready and the summoning spell, it was clear what was about to appear.
Combining with Tragoedia's signature card from the manga, now the time had come...
"Correct."
Tragoedia raised his card and shouted,
"I tribute my two 'Twin-Headed Behemoth' to Tribute Summon!
Final chapter of the Planet Series—
—The Supremacy Sun, summon!!!"
A golden light illuminated the sky, bright enough to pierce everything between heaven and earth. The deep night was driven away, the land covered in an eerie brilliance, as if a radiant miracle was descending.
It was the embodiment of the sun, like the star of the solar system manifesting as a humanoid being. Clad in heavy armor, its face was expressionless, yet divine. Its eyes were like two dazzling stars, seeing through all things.
But the brilliant golden light only made Principal Mackenzie's face look even darker in contrast, the backlight making him appear even more sinister — as if only the ultimate light could highlight the ultimate darkness.
The Supremacy Sun, summoned!
[The Supremacy Sun, ATK 3000]
"The core of the Planet Series, the only Star Card..."
Jaden's heart burned. He even felt as if his Elemental HERO Terra Firma in his own deck was itching to move.
Alexis, who had appeared at some point, said: "You can sense, this monster hides an extraordinary power."
Jaden said nothing.
But after being with Kira for so long, he understood that a Duel Monster's power wasn't just in ATK, effects, or any stats you could see on the card.
Now he knew: a monster's strength sometimes exists on a metaphysical level, within the monster itself. Some cards, just by owning them, grant a duelist great power. Summoning them in a duel, even more so.
For example, The D, once possessed by the Light of Destruction in GX, was such a card. The culprit who stole it from Aster's father became a champion, never seen using it in public duels, showing that just holding the card could raise an average duelist to the top.
Now, The Supremacy Sun was such a card.
And the one wielding the Sun was no ordinary duelist, but a terrifying dark overlord.
Of course, comparatively, today's Kira was not to be underestimated. And in the face of the Sun, the three Sacred Beasts were just as formidable.
"Of course, because of The Supremacy Sun's summon, Raviel's effect also activates," Kira said. "I summon another Phantasm Token."
[Phantasm Token, DEF 0]
"Precious Cards from Beyond's effect: since I used two or more monsters for the summon, I draw two cards."
Tragoedia drew two cards.
He immediately played another card.
"Continuous Spell — 'Card of Safe Return'!"
Kira raised an eyebrow.
Wow, another incredible card.
This was the card Marik used against Yugi with Slifer the Sky Dragon. In the anime, its effect was: every time a monster is revived from the graveyard, draw three cards.
The printed card limits it to only one card per revival, and it's optional instead of mandatory. Marik lost because both this card and Infernal Dragon's effect were mandatory, which let Yugi loop and deck him out.
"Card of Safe Return: when a monster is revived, I can draw a card," Tragoedia said.
Draw one... so that's the printed effect.
Kira understood. Many cards from DM to GX had their effects changed between anime and print, often due to different companies or designers.
Tragoedia's Card of Safe Return was not the same version Marik used, but that's not surprising, since Marik's cards were mostly printed by their own fake-card factory.
"Next, activate the Spell Card 'Dark Hole'!"
Tragoedia shouted.
"Destroy all monsters on the field!"
A destructive celestial body opened in the sky, Dark Hole a starry maw threatening to swallow everything!
"Spell should work on Sacred Beasts," Tragoedia said. "All your Sacred Beasts are going down in one blow!"
Indeed, Sacred Beasts, unlike Divine Beasts in the anime, have no innate destruction immunity, so spells this turn can destroy them.
"I activate my set card: Quick-Play Spell 'Forbidden Lance'," Kira said. "One monster on the field loses 800 ATK until the end of the turn, but is unaffected by other Spells or Traps this turn."
"Heh, true. Even Sacred Beasts can be protected by this spell's effect this turn," Tragoedia said. "But you can only protect one."
"I know," Kira replied. "I reduce Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder's ATK by 800 so he's protected from other effects this turn."