"Normal Summon: Aleister the Invoker."
The duel had reached a fever pitch. It was Banner's turn once again, and he calmly revealed the Aleister he had drawn, summoning it to the field.
"Damn it, Aleister again." Chazz couldn't help but curse under his breath.
That wretched Spellcaster was enough of a headache with just one copy, and Banner had a full three. Every ti one appeared, it threw both of them into chaos. Every Invoked monster was a nightmare to deal with.
"We absolutely cannot let Banner keep going like this, got it!"
"Yeah, don't worry!"
Their Life Points had been whittled down to 400, while Banner and the Witch of Seasonal Flowers still had a full 3000.
"Aleister's effect: add one Invocation from my Deck to my hand. Then, I activate the Spell Card: Invocation!" Banner gently pushed up his glasses. "This is the finale, Jaden, Chazz. With Invocation, I banish Aleister the Invoker on my field and Elental HERO Neos from your Graveyard for a Fusion Summon!
The miracle of the Invoked, the Invoked of light:
Invoked chaba!"
With a cascade of tallic clangs, Neos was pulled from the Graveyard by mysterious magical force. Layer upon layer of steel encased his body, transforming him into a winged colossus standing tall before Banner.
"No, it's chaba!" Chazz broke into a cold sweat.
They had already faced chaba once before and knew its effect.
It was a powerful Fusion Monster that could discard a card from the hand to negate the activation of a card of the sa type and banish it!
And right now, the only thing on their field was Elental HERO Wild Wingman, which they had Fusion Summoned earlier to destroy Banner's Continuous Trap, Elental Absorber.
"Jaden!" Chazz's expression was deadly serious. "This is the mont that decides the match. We absolutely cannot let Banner recover Aleister right now."
If Banner used Invocation's effect to return itself from the Graveyard to the Deck and add the banished Aleister to his hand, then Invoked chaba would gain one more card to burn through. Their next turns would be a nightmare!
"Yeah, I know!" Jaden laughed. "In this mont, I activate the Trap Card: Favorite Contact!"
"Favorite Contact?" Banner glanced at it. "Interesting. Is that a new Trap-based Fusion?"
"Looks like you don't know everything about what we've been up to, Professor."
"Oh? So it seems you've been growing in ways I haven't seen these past few days?" Banner's insight far exceeded what the students imagined. Hearing Jaden's words, he imdiately grasped the possibilities.
"That's right, Professor! Let us show you our newest growth!
Favorite Contact's effect: return Fusion Material monsters listed on a Fusion Monster from my hand, field, Graveyard, or banished zone to the bottom of the Deck in any order, then Special Summon that Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck, ignoring its conditions, as long as it lists a HERO monster as Fusion Material!
If this effect returns Elental HERO Neos to the Deck, neither player can return the monster Special Summoned by this effect to the Deck!"
"Settling things with alchemy in the final act? Interesting. Co, show your transmutation!"
"All right! I use my beloved hero, Elental HERO Neos, who was used as Fusion Material for Invoked chaba, and Chazz's beloved dragon, Ard Dragon LV3, who was used as Fusion Material for Invoked Raidjin, to perform a Fusion!"
The two monsters flew out from the banished zone, clapped their hands together, and their bodies rged.
Armor of unrivaled might began forming over the hero's body. Then Neos raised a hand skyward, striking Ard Dragon's signature pose.
"Special Summon! Ard Neos!"
Ard Neos, Level 10, WIND, Warrior, ATK 3500.
"Their two aces have combined?" Beside Hikaru, Aleister, who had been quizzing him for quite so ti, suddenly noticed what was happening. "Last ti I saw them, their relationship wasn't this close, was it?"
Hikaru nodded.
Last ti, Chazz and Jaden had been friends of a sort, but with considerable friction between them. Over the course of this year, however, Hikaru, Jaden, and Chazz had beco true companions who supported each other in studies, daily life, and their life goals. So the ergence of a card like Ard Neos ca as no surprise to Hikaru whatsoever.
It was the most natural thing in the world.
"When Ard Neos is Special Summoned, this effect can be activated: choose one Dragon monster in your Graveyard. All monsters on the opponent's field with a Level equal to or lower than that Dragon's are destroyed!
I choose Ard Dragon LV10!"
chaba was Level 9, which ant it would be destroyed outright!
Ard Neos raised his left hand high, radiating an air of supre dominance, as lightning gathered in his palm. Then Jaden shouted, "Neos's Ten Thousand Thunderbolts!"
"Hey, you idiot, don't just copy other people's signature moves!"
Chazz complained, but his body was already instinctively thrusting his fist forward alongside Jaden.
BOOM!
Thunder crashed down, and the great colossus of light slowly crumbled apart.
At this point, even if Banner used Invocation in the Graveyard to recover Aleister the Invoker, he could no longer Normal Summon.
"Heh. Wonderful. You've both grown to a level that even I must admire."
He gently pushed up his glasses. "Turn end."
"Let's go, Chazz!"
"I know!" Chazz drew his card in one sharp motion, then commanded Ard Neos. "Ard Neos, direct attack on Professor Banner!"
"Power of the Ard!"
"Shouldn't it be 'Power of the Ard Neos'? That sounds way cooler!"
"Shut up! Just attack already!"
Ard Neos swung his right fist and struck Banner squarely. From that single blow, Banner's side's Life Points dropped to zero. The duel was over.
The victors were the "examinees"!
Banner couldn't help but laugh, then said, "You two perford splendidly."
He turned to the Witch of Seasonal Flowers, who had assisted him. "Thank you for your help."
The spirit nodded, then drifted away.
Banner paced slowly over to the group. He studied Jaden and Chazz with a long, deep look, then spoke. "Since that's the case, it's ti you learned sothing."
"About the fracturing of the Spirit World!"
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