"My turn. Draw." The Bishop muttered gloomily.
"At the moment of this Standby Phase," Aster snapped his fingers.
"Effect of Destiny HERO – Dogma!
During the opponent’s Standby Phase, halve their LP!"
Dogma’s eyes glowed red, and a surge of energy erupted. The Bishop let out a low roar as his LP plummeted again.
[Bishop, LP 1500 → LP 750]
"You little brat..."
The Bishop steadied himself, glaring coldly.
Who the hell taught you to play HERO like this?
Is this the legendary power unique to rookie pros with Destiny HERO?
"Time is passing, and so is your life." Aster chuckled, his gaze momentarily sharp and sinister. "And... your fate."
The surrounding black-robed onlookers looked at each other, none daring to speak.
But they were all thinking the same thing:
Will the Bishop really be burned to death like this?
That would be such an embarrassing way to go...
"Enough nonsense, kid." The Bishop barked. "The duel isn’t over yet!
I Flip Summon ’Des Lacooda’ again!"
[Des Lacooda, ATK 500]
"When Des Lacooda is Flip Summoned, I draw a card!"
The Bishop drew another card, then picked up the monster card from his Duel Disk.
"I tribute ’Des Lacooda’ for a Tribute Summon!
I summon the knight who wields the power of shattered dimensions—
—Divine Knight Ishzark!"
A dazzling white light burst forth, and the holy white knight, sword in hand, descended. Countless particles of white light danced around him like sprites.
[Divine Knight Ishzark, ATK 2300]
"Battle!" shouted the Bishop. "First, Divine Knight Ishzark attacks ’Destiny HERO – Dogma’!"
The holy knight raised his sword, charging forward, the blade wrapped in white light, as if part of the sacred radiance itself, slashing down at Dogma.
"Suiciding with a weak monster?" Aster frowned, but then smiled. "Interesting. I’ll accept that challenge.
’Destiny HERO – Dogma’, fight back!"
Dogma roared, his eyes flashing red in anger at being challenged by a weaker knight, and he punched back in retaliation.
But just before the clash, the Bishop quickly pulled a card from his hand.
"Quick-Play Spell ’Blind Spot Strike’!
Select one face-up Defense Position monster on your opponent’s field and one Attack Position monster on your field.
Until the end of the turn, your monster gains ATK equal to that monster’s DEF!"
Aster: "My Defense Position monsters are Captain Tenacious and Dunker..."
"Correct. I choose ’Destiny HERO – Dunker’," said the Bishop. "Dunker has 1700 DEF, so Divine Knight gains 1700 ATK!"
[Divine Knight Ishzark, ATK 2300 → ATK 4000]
Empowered, the Knight surged ahead, slashing Dogma straight through the chest with a single blow, exploding Dogma into fragments!
[Aster, LP 4000 → LP 3400]
"Divine Knight Ishzark’s effect: any monster destroyed by this card in battle is banished. So ’Destiny HERO – Dogma’ is banished again!"
The Bishop spoke solemnly.
"Disappear into another dimension again, blood-draining dark HERO!"
He then raised his Duel Disk as a golden light shone from his Graveyard.
"Then, the effect of Zeta Reticulant in the Graveyard!
When an opponent’s monster is banished, I Special Summon an ’Eva Token’!"
[Eva Token, DEF 500]
"Burn me, will you? Let’s see you burn again." The Bishop’s eyes were bloodshot. "And that Dunker should die too!
Zeta Reticulant, attack ’Destiny HERO – Dunker’!"
Zeta’s claws tore the air, leaving three transparent slashes that pierced right through Dunker, who then exploded.
The Bishop let out a long breath.
He still hadn’t dealt with the indestructible Captain Tenacious protected by D-Shield, but at least those two annoying burn monsters were gone. That gave him a breather.
"Aster Phoenix, I don’t know why you’re against my Church, but this is the biggest mistake of your life." The Bishop said gravely.
"Why?"
Aster closed his eyes and smiled.



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