"Light—Light Monarch!"
"Your Majesty!"
Previously arrogant, the knights serving Gaia now trembled with fear, many unable to believe the sight before them, slumped directly onto the ground.
That inherently noble Light Monarch, even blessed with heavenly powers, actually lost?
And lost to the fusion deck formed by "weaklings" he most despised.
Moreover—
To a "pure fusion" deck that used only two main deck monster cards throughout!
As the spirits shifted their gaze to Tenjo Hikari, merely meeting his eyes caused them to scream, thereafter scrambling up with limbs scrambling and fleeing from the arena like a gust of wind.
"Hooray, they ran away!" Some little spirits cheered.
Gaia's figure emerged beside Tenjo Hikari, wanting to pursue the fleeing spirits, though ceased upon noticing Tenjo Hikari's actions.
Because Tenjo Hikari did not chase those escaping spirits but rather looked up at the throne in the arena.
There, a twisted curtain of light was frantically writhing.
Suddenly, a crack abruptly appeared in the sky. Tenjo Hikari immediately stretched out his hand, pulled down the card from his neck, and held it high.
Gaia sensed a wind picking up.
No—
It wasn't wind.
It was a "Dark Hole," a terrifying hole seemingly able to engulf everything, with the card in Tenjo Hikari's hand at its center, dragging the distorted, surging curtain of light.
Even though it exerted force frantically, even having begun to flee early, this beam of light, no matter how it struggled, ultimately faced only one fate.
Which was being completely absorbed into the card in Tenjo Hikari's hand amidst lightning and dark clouds.
Tenjo Hikari paused, glanced at the card in his hand.
A blank card slowly condensed in his hand, and then the card gradually formed features, finally transforming into a shimmering card.
Upon the card, a Warrior-Type monster bearing two long arrows on its back, with a huge mouth on its abdomen, resembling a Masked Rider style warrior.
Tenjo Hikari raised an eyebrow.
He reattached Super Polymerization, then examined the card in his hand.
"That weird light doesn't seem to have a specific form," Tierra glanced once and could tell while the card was born from the light, it itself didn't hold a destructive impulse, but merely became a simple card.
Tenjo Hikari had realized this long ago.
In the original work, while the Wave of Light was the "BOSS" traversing multiple chapters, it did not possess a "form," unlike "Darkness," which had an embodiment, but attached its power to different cards, directing people or spirits to annihilate whatever they saw.
From Plasma to White Veil, Arcana Force, Yubel, and so forth, once eroded by the power of the Light of Destruction, all will tread a path of annihilation.
Moreover, this Light Power possessed a homologous force where strong duelists infused by Light of Destruction could control weak duelists imbued with destructive desire, brainwashing and direct control succinctly.
Similarly, because it merely resides within cards without a form, it can distribute differing degrees of power to various cards, and even if the holder of a Destruction Card loses, it means nothing to it.
However—
There's an exception.
That being.
[Super Polymerization].
Forcibly converting Light Power into ordinary cards, an unattainable feat for ordinary people or spirits, yet not impossible through Super Polymerization.
Although Tenjo Hikari hasn't fully mastered Super Polymerization yet.
The issue was—the light of destruction residing in Light Monarch wasn't plentiful.
And he was the victor!
Now he has plucked cards from Light of Destruction as well.
"Kaiki the Unity Star?" Having just defeated the nemesis, Gaia, curious, leaned in, "A Warrior-Type monster that can perform Warrior-Type Fusion Monster fusion when Special Summoned!?"
Witnessing such splendid "fusion," Gaia had to admit he was a tad envious.
Tenjo Hikari let out a laugh, instructing him to attend to matters here; fusions could be sorted gradually, then pocketed the card.
If memory serves right, Kaiki the Unity Star seemed to be a Monster Card from Liangshanbo Academy in 'Yu-Gi-Oh! A5'? Anyway, there's Idaten the Conqueror Star, Shura the Combat Star, Raijin the Breakbolt Star among other fusion monsters; the fusion summon conditions are quite accessible.
But regardless.
It's got no relation to Light of Destruction anyway.
Tenjo Hikari lightly tapped on his forehead with the card.
Speaking of which, from now on upon encountering those light masses not entirely residing within cards, they can be thoroughly harvested using Super Polymerization.
Exempting thoughts of annihilation and destruction, Light of Destruction is the purest energy, indeed serving as a conceptual "source of light in the cosmos," thus reshapeable into any card.
As long as one engages in dueling, utilizing the power of Super Polymerization in fusion, one will inevitably acquire a card relating to fusion.
Whether it be low-level or fusion monsters!
This is truly good news for Tenjo Hikari, who daily ponders which fusion monster to employ, still relying on the same old lower-level monsters.
Of course, his demand for low-level monsters isn't that urgent, thus not needing to chase this daily.
After all, he is acutely aware that the "main vessel" of Light of Destruction is Yubel.
With mythical-level backgrounds, adept at harnessing Phantasm, brimming with frenzied destructive desire, obsessive love for Judai, and genuine knowledge of methods to destroy twelve dimensions.
Possessing such a perfect body, Light of Destruction has no reason to switch host body.
While Tenjo Hikari delved into the cards, Gaia was also attending to his duties.
First, overthrowing Light Monarch's throne, then climbed high and shouted, declaring his lord conquered the old monarch, from this day forth, this "glorious Knight Zone" will be a genuine haven for knights to dwell, expelling, even punishing those warriors who bully the weak, and so on.
If this were in the human world, such a proclamation would hardly suffice.
Intrigue, traps, politics, various facets could overwhelm Gaia.
But in the Spirit World—a warrior victorious in a duel holds the right to set the rules of a region!
Disapprove, then you may as well challenge Gaia again!
Otherwise, take advantage of this period of transition between leaders to quickly flee to another region!
Spirits are exceedingly simple and pure.
Even those like Light Monarch only held clear-cut, direct wicked thoughts.
Hence, after Gaia's declaration, those spirits accompanying him here naturally celebrated together, rejoicing their "Great Lord" finally transformed the "unjust way of the knight," and such.
In summary, a duel suffices to alter societal norms within a section of the Spirit World!
And now, Gaia is truly the "Great Lord" of this region!