Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 1037

Chapter 1037: Chapter 1037: Synchro Summon

Synchro Summon was the first new summoning method introduced after the adoption of the Master Rule in Yu-Gi-Oh! In terms of the story and lore, it marked the start of an entirely new era in Duel Monsters.

The summoning rule is actually very simple—just basic addition and subtraction within 12.

As mentioned before, many monsters have untapped potential. Some can combine their own level with that of their partners, a power called "tuning." Monsters with this ability are called "Tuners."

A Synchro Summon uses one Tuner plus any number of non-Tuners. Add up all their levels, and if the total matches the level of the Synchro Monster you want to summon, you can perform a Synchro Summon.

Just like Paradox was demonstrating now.

Level 2 Tuner "Malefic Parallel Gear" and Level 8 non-Tuner "Malefic Stardust Dragon"—2 + 8 = 10. So the corresponding Synchro Monster must be Level 10.

Parallel Gear’s body disassembled, turning into two green rings revolving around Malefic Stardust Dragon. Stardust’s body became transparent, its energy extracted and turned into eight glowing stars.

The stars aligned, a pillar of light pierced the heavens, forming a stellar pathway to the ground. The dark dragon landed with a roar that shook the earth.

Malefic Paradox Dragon, Synchro Summon!

[Malefic Paradox Dragon, ATK 4000]

Everyone in the research lab, including Mokuba, was stunned.

What the heck? What just happened to those two monsters? How did they become this dragon? What just happened?

"This is a duel that transcends time—a summoning method of the future."

Paradox sneered, but then his expression turned somber.

"Yes... the summoning method that destroyed the world."

In Paradox’s future, dueling had literally destroyed the world. This timeline was ruined by dueling—specifically, by the advent of Synchro Summoning.

When Synchro Summoning appeared, it changed the world’s entire structure. The method was bound to a revolutionary new energy engine called "Ener-D."

Ener-D was called a perpetual-motion machine, but was actually a pseudo-perpetual machine. Its energy was inexhaustible, but it needed the passion of duelists to fuel it—duelists had to keep Synchro Summoning to maintain its operation.

But extremes beget disaster. Ener-D ushered in a new age of infinite energy, but the Earth was ultimately destroyed when Ener-D went out of control.

This was why Paradox and a few survivors traveled through time to rewrite history. Paradox believed that if Duel Monsters never reawakened in the modern era, Ener-D would never appear, and humanity’s technology would take a different path. It wouldn’t be as glorious as the perpetual-motion era, but at least it wouldn’t end in destruction.

Paradox glanced at the unfazed Kira, frowning.

He thought seeing "Synchro Summon," something from the future, would shock his opponent. But Kira only calmly observed the newly summoned Paradox Dragon.

Then Kira suddenly spoke: "This era shouldn’t be able to use Synchro Summons... I see. Your duel disk, and the time-traveling device you used.

Those contain miniature perpetual-motion engines, don’t they? Those engines are constantly releasing ’Planetary Particle,’ so Synchro Summoning is possible only in this stardust-particle-filled duel zone."

Paradox: "!!?"

The future duelist’s eyes nearly popped out of his head as he stared at Kira.

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