"Hand it over obediently, Magic Card Polymerization."
Under the pull of Double Spell's special fluctuation, Megan's Magic Card, which had originally entered the Graveyard area and disappeared, reappeared on the ground, then traced a trajectory of light, arriving in Ling Ling's hand.
"Took the Polymerization from sessha's (coy female first-person pronoun) Graveyard? Hehe, truly interesting. Can you even use this card?"
Megan, the Barrier Master, even her mockery carried a myriad of charms.
However, this charm would next be completely torn apart by the power of HEROes.
"You ask if I can use it? Then you better watch carefully and learn well."
Polymerization card in hand, for Ling Ling, was already equivalent to seizing victory.
"This is the fighting style that belongs to HEROes, activate Magic Card [Polymerization]!"
Controlling Yilin's body, Ling Ling threw the Polymerization Magic Card he'd obtained, along with the last two HERO monsters in his hand, high into the skyscraper's sky.
The three cards, triggering their effects while ascending, the spreading spiral fusion effect, evolved the Elemental HEROes into their true battle forms.
"I fuse [Elemental HERO Avian] and [Elemental HERO Burstinatrix] from my hand, come forth, the 3000-killer specialist!"
Although possessing the resounding title of 3000-killer specialist, this card's true name was also the signature of Elemental HEROes.
Its heroic posture, standing atop the skyscraper overlooking everything, was once the dream pursued by countless Duelists——the dream of becoming a hero.
"In the name of a HERO, Fusion Summon——[Elemental HERO Flame Wingman]!"
[Elemental HERO Flame Wingman ★★★★★★ WIND][Warrior-Type/Fusion/Effect ATK: 2100 DEF: 1200]
["Elemental HERO Avian" + "Elemental HERO Burstinatrix"]
"Elemental HERO Flame Wingman... such a HERO actually exists?"
Yilin, stunned, had never imagined that HEROes could make an entrance this way. This new HERO, whom she had never summoned... born through fusion.
"In the Skyscraper environment, an Elemental HERO with 2100 attack points. It can work, it can work, Ling Ling!"
"Time to end this battle, Lin!"
"Mm, I'm counting on you, Ling Ling!"
Declaring the start of this turn's Battle Phase, Ling Ling raised his arm and pointed towards the top of the skyscraper.
"Engrave victory with a hero's strike. Activate the effect of Field Magic Card [Skyscraper]——"
[Skyscraper Field Magic Card Effect: If an "Elemental HERO" monster attacks a monster whose ATK is lower than its own, the attacking monster gains 1000 ATK during damage calculation only.] (Note: The effect described here is for "Skyscraper 2 - Hero City". The original "Skyscraper" boosts ATK if the HERO's ATK is lower than the target's.)
2100+1000=3100
The precisely calculated 3100-point threshold was the origin of Flame Wingman's title as the 3000-killer specialist.
"Dash, Flame Wingman, destroy the [Fiend Manifestation] on the opponent's field!"
Flame Wingman's dragon-head-like right hand bit out scorching high temperatures; accompanied by the explosive impact force of pure white wings, it plummeted from the top of the skyscraper, from top to bottom, bombarding the entire battlefield.
"——『Skyscraper Shoot』!"
The flames that engulfed the ground ignited the giant demon targeted by the flame shot.
The crimson firelight made the skyscrapers in the night sky shine with an unusual brilliance, also illuminating the fantasies of HERO players.
[Fiend Manifestation] destroyed
Megan LP: 2600→2500
The battle damage, a mere 100 points, caused the black robe covering Megan's sexy figure to flare up with subtle flames, not inflicting excessive real damage in the Shadow Game.
"Just a scratch, did you think you could defeat sessha's demon like this? Activate the last words effect of [Fiend Manifestation]——"
[If this Fusion Summoned card is sent to the Graveyard by an opponent: You can Special Summon 1 "Summoned Skull" from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard.]
"Using the last words of [Fiend Manifestation], revive the [Summoned Skull] from the Graveyard back onto the field. This duel is far from over!"
"Stop struggling, it's already thoroughly over! Open your eyes wide and see, can your [Summoned Skull] still be revived?"
"Nani?"
No response. After the giant body of [Fiend Manifestation] was completely incinerated by flames, Summoned Skull, which should have been revived on Megan's field, was not appearing.
"What on earth is going on?"
Tapping the Elven Eye on her arm, Megan thought it was malfunctioning.
"Stop tapping, let me tell you." Ling Ling's lips curved upwards, his delicate girlish face smiling with an extremely arrogant arc, "You are already dead!"
"Bakana!?"
"Additional effect [Elemental HERO Flame Wingman]!"
Not stopping the attack, as Ling Ling waved his arm, Flame Wingman, weaving through the towering skyscrapers, charged directly in front of Megan.
Another effect that originated the title of 3000-killer specialist——
[If this card destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's original ATK.]
"The original attack power of [Fiend Manifestation] is 2500 points before being boosted. And through Flame Wingman's effect, that attack power value can be converted into damage inflicted to you!"
"Converting the attack power value into damage."
Frightened into retreat by the righteous aura of Flame Wingman pressed closely before her, Megan tremblingly glanced at the number representing her remaining life.
Megan LP: 2500
Not a single point off, not one bit more, exactly within the kill range of this strike.
As if everything was the calculated result of the girl before her.
"Annihilate darkness, execute justice! This is the hero's finishing move! Point-blank shot! 『Sparkling Breaker!』"
A skill practically thrown at point-blank range; the sparkling flames erupting from Flame Wingman completely enveloped Megan's slender, sexy body.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh——!"
Within the burning flames, a woman's heart-wrenching scream echoed. This was the punishment those who tread the path of darkness deserved to receive after defeat.
Megan LP: 2500→0
"Execution, complete!"
Changing to a victory line fitting a hero's style, being able to use his longed-for HERO deck in another world and recreate a famous scene from the anime. It had to be said, Ling Ling, as a card game enthusiast , was very satisfied.
However, Ling Ling's current joy of satisfaction couldn't compare to even one ten-thousandth of Yilin's elation.
"We won, we won the Shadow Game! Ling Ling, you really fulfilled your promise, you won the duel!"
"Hehe, I alone couldn't have won this duel. Lin, it's precisely because of your previous struggle that the hero could win in the end."
If Yilin hadn't held on until Ling Ling and Aisha returned, if Yilin hadn't pushed Megan's Life Points exactly into the kill range beforehand, Ling Ling also wouldn't have been able to achieve a decisive victory with Flame Wingman's cool strike.
"This is our victory, you can be prouder, Lin."
"⁄(⁄⁄•⁄_⁄•⁄⁄)⁄!!!"
If souls had form, Yilin, whose little deer heart was thumping wildly again, felt she must be blushing so hard she wanted to find a hole to hide in.