MTLNOVEL Chapter 393: The Master's Watch
This was a massive ring-shaped arena, with huge circular magic arrays slowly drifting in all directions.
Inside the arena, countless Spellcaster spirits were either studying magic or drawing magic circles with their hands, seemingly chanting something.
Some Spell Cards and Trap Cards spun in the hands of the magicians, then materialized, only to revert into cards again.
"Hi hi Newcomers, let's test your magical power first~" A lively blonde Spellcaster girl with a magic staff guided several newcomers to this dimension.
The one and only legendary card spirit,the Dark Magician Girl.
Naturally, her master was none other than the strongest magician,Dark Magician!
At this moment, Dark Magician wore Egyptian-style priest's robes, unlike the other mages, sitting quietly in the center of a magic circle with his eyes closed. Then, as if sensing something, he slowly opened his eyes, looking toward a small platform far to his left.
There, a stern-faced magician was drawing a magic circle in the air with one hand while controlling a Spellbook with the other, letting its pages turn automatically.
This magician was constructing some intricate magical array.
Beside him stood another magician in heavy robes, with powerful magic circles covering his body, shoulders, and hands. He pushed his glasses up and, with a wide smile, called out to nearby spirits: "Come look, everyone! See this handsome one here? That's my disciple, meow!"
The magician constructing the circle twitched with irritation yet did not stop working.
Some mages who knew him approached out of curiosity, while others, who did not know this eccentric colleague, came closer upon learning he was a top-ranked "Pentagram Magician" spirit, eager to see what his disciple was like.
Besides, the one next to him was also Aleister the Invoker, one of the most elite Spellcaster spirits.
For high-level magicians, pausing research to see such a spectacle was acceptable.
"Damn it, Banner, can't you handle this yourself?!" Aleister growled under his breath at his old friend as the crowd gathered.
"Oh, Crowley, you know I just reincarnated,I'm not familiar with this new magic stuff, meow~"
Pure excuse.
Much like in the Warriors' Realm, magicians here aimed to reach the rank of "Highest Mage". However, unlike warriors, who ultimately sought the Chaos Warrior, Spellcasters valued the study of Spells and Traps, aiming to master the highest magics.
Just like the vast arsenal wielded by Dark Magician.
That said, Aleister knew,
Even though Banner only had one body, in a duel, he could convert all his alchemy into cards. That meant that despite not studying magic, he could use the world's most powerful alchemy in place of magic,the ultimate art, the Philosopher's Stone.
In that case, there was no way Banner couldn't wield magic.
Then,
"Whoa! Look, everyone, the duel's starting! Today, my student will show you a barehanded dismantling of a Water Dragon,cool, right, meow?"
Aleister's irritation faded somewhat when he saw Hikaru Amaki draw Invocation with one hand.
When Hikaru had contacted Battler earlier, Battler had immediately reported it to him.
However, given Banner's unstable condition, Aleister hadn't come in person,he'd instead set up an observation array linked to the Tower's scrying magic to see how Hikaru was progressing.
He truly admired Banner's disciple.
But as soon as Banner got involved, his comedian side came out.
"Quiet, it's starting!"
[Invoked Cocytus, LP: 4000]
[Hikaru, LP: 4000]
The Water Dragon gave a low growl, then raised its hand, drawing a card formed from spirit power from its Deck.
The ocean-powered card floated before it. After a glance and a light breath, it flipped one card, revealing it.
[Spell Card: Trade-In]
Discard 1 Level 8 monster; draw 2 cards.
It then tossed out a monster card,[Spiral Serpent], Level 8, WATER, Sea Serpent.
After discarding, it drew two cards and growled again,apparently pleased with what it found.
It played another card to the field,Normal Summon,
Gasps came from the watching mages.
It had summoned a truly fearsome monster,
[Aleister the Invoker] Level 4│DARK│Spellcaster│1000 ATK.
"Aleister the Invoker!" Tierra chuckled. "Didn't expect it could wield Aleister's power."
"Indeed, Lady Winda," Battler explained from the sidelines. "All Invoked possess Master Crowley's power, so mages aspiring to reach his level often study Invoked as research subjects."
"Makes sense,Aleister's Fusion ability is absurdly strong," Tierra nodded. "Using him as a goal is reasonable."
"But,"
Hikaru cut in. "This Cocytus spirit doesn't like you much, does it? If you want it to learn and evolve, why keep irritating it?"
"That…I wouldn't know," Battler scratched his head. "I'm just a regular teacher here, not in charge of high-level summoning."
Meanwhile, the Water Dragon activated Aleister's effect, adding Invocation from its Deck to its hand.
The artwork showed Aleister and Cocytus together.
Without hesitation, it placed Invocation on the field.
"Invocation!" "Haven't seen that in ages!" "I've got to study it this time!"
The chatter only seemed to enrage Cocytus further,it slammed a claw down, shaking the room.
"Invocation can fuse using monsters from the field or either Graveyard as materials," Hikaru said as the watery Aleister and Spiral Serpent dissolved into foam. Cocytus roared, stepping forward.
[Invoked Cocytus] Level 6│WATER│Dragon│2900 DEF.
"The Water Invoked!"
"Unaffected by targeting, immune to destruction by effects, 2900 DEF, and it can attack in Defense Position,too strong! Even Mirror Force can't kill it!"
And it wasn't done yet.
The Water Dragon waved a claw,Invocation flashed in the Graveyard, then returned to its Deck, while the banished Aleister went back to its hand.
"Invocation's ability to recycle itself and return Master Crowley to hand,it's incredible!"
"Yes,Crowley's effect makes Fusion nearly free, bringing out top-tier monsters with minimal cost."
Strong? Extremely.
"Second time seeing this," Tierra said. "Even so, each time feels different. Hikaru, take this as a test of your growth."
Hikaru nodded.
For some reason, he felt watched,an invasive kind of gaze, stronger than back in the Swamp Tribe.
The Water Dragon set two cards before ending its turn.
"Be careful, Lord Hikaru," Battler called. "Every Invoked is powerful,never treat them as ordinary Fusion Monsters, or you could be seriously injured! Especially with this one's unstable emotions right now!"
"It's fine,I know."
Hikaru drew a card.
[Field Spell – Magical Meltdown]
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