Once Savior Demon Dragon descended, the entire tomb fell into a deathly stillness.
No one spoke.
Every head was tilted back, every eye locked on that vast crimson-gold dragon that blotted out the sky.
The terrible draconic pressure bore down as if made of solid weight, and not a single person present could stop their body from trembling.
After a moment, someone finally let out a cry.
“Four…
four thousand attack?!” “Red Dragon Archfiend has a monster like this?
I’ve never seen it in any material anywhere…” But in the crowd, the one reacting most violently was Kujo.
He stared hard at the crimson-gold dragon, his pupils contracting sharply, his whole body looking as though he’d witnessed something unthinkable.
“How…
how is that possible!” His face was a mask of disbelief.
“How is that possible?
That card isn’t anywhere in my deck!” The moment he said it, the chamber erupted.
“What?!” “The card’s not even in the deck?
Then how did he summon it?” While the crowd reeled in shock, Grapha’s low voice rose slowly into the silence.
Its three pairs of crimson eyes looked down on Nate.
“…I never expected you to be a Signer.” “There’s no other way you could have summoned that monster.” Those words sent the already noisy crowd into a complete uproar.
“A Signer?!” “He’s a Signer?!” A little further back, Kai stood blinking in confusion and turned to Rio Kastle beside him.
“What’s a Signer?” Rio Kastle’s gaze never left the field.
She answered flatly.
“Someone chosen by the Crimson Dragon.
That’s a Signer.” She paused.
“There are only six Signers in all.
Those who bear the Mark of the Dragon can borrow the Crimson Dragon’s power.” Kai blinked, then, half-understanding, pointed at the crimson dragon on the field.
“So…
that monster on Nate’s field right now, that’s the Crimson Dragon’s power made manifest?” “You could put it that way.” Rio Kastle nodded.
The words had barely left her when Kai’s eyes went wide.
“No way!” He grabbed his own head with both hands.
“My buddy is actually a Signer?!
Then, then doesn’t that mean…
I could be a Signer too, just one who hasn’t awakened yet?!” Rio Kastle: “…” She turned to look at him, deadpan, at this person who had somehow, out of nowhere, cast himself as a Signer too.
She opened her mouth, then closed it again, and in the end said nothing, only shook her head slowly.
She genuinely could not follow how his mind worked.
Drawing her gaze back, she returned her attention to the tall, straight figure on the field, her eyes flickering.
A Signer, vanished for a hundred years, had appeared once more.
Then…
did that mean the Dark Signers, who stood opposed to them, had also returned to this world by now?
Meanwhile, on the field.
Grapha’s eyes narrowed slightly as it looked down at Nate.
“So you really did summon that monster.
But what of it.
Powerful as its effect may be, the flaw is just as glaring.
It’s forced back to the Extra Deck during the End Phase.” “That much cannot be changed!” Nate, hearing this, only gave a faint smile.
“Cannot be changed?” He lifted his eyes, the curve of his mouth slowly deepening.
“That’s not so certain.” With that, he drew a card and slapped it onto the Duel Disk.
“The instant I Synchro Summoned Savior Demon Dragon, the effect of the Continuous Spell Card Miracle of the Coming Light activates again.
Special Summon one Tuner from my hand!” As he spoke, he turned a card in his hand face up.
“By this effect, I Special Summon Soul Resonator from my hand to the field!” [Soul Resonator / Level 3 / DARK / Fiend / Tuner / Effect / ATK: 500] “The effect of Soul Resonator activates!” Nate’s hand moved quickly, and a card slid out of the deck into his palm.
“When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, add one Resonator monster from my deck to my hand.
I choose…
Lord of the Red, Flame’s Sin!” Having added the searched card, he turned it face up at once.
“The effect of Lord of the Red, Flame’s Sin!” “If I control a Fiend-Type Tuner, or my opponent controls a Special Summoned monster, I can activate this during either player’s Main Phase and Special Summon this card from my hand.” “I control Soul Resonator, so I can Special Summon this card to the field!” “Come out, Lord of the Red, Flame’s Sin!” As the words landed, a great wolf wreathed entirely in burning flame appeared on the field.
[Lord of the Red, Flame’s Sin / Level 3 / DARK / Fiend / Effect / ATK: 1700] The instant the monster appeared, Nate called out at once.
“I tune the Level 3 Tuner Soul Resonator with the Level 3 Lord of the Red, Flame’s Sin!” Soul Resonator leapt up, its body dissolving into three burning crimson star-rings.
Lord of the Red dissolved into three emerald stars.
Six points of starlight wove together in midair into one searing, massive star.
“The crimson dragon bares its fangs in this very moment!
Synchro Summon, Level 6…
Ascension Dragon!” The star-ring burst apart.
A dragon, crimson from head to tail, descended out of the exploding light.
[Ascension Dragon / Level 6 / DARK / Dragon / Synchro / Effect / ATK: 2,400]