"—Rank-Up Xyz Summon! Heroic Spirit – No Name Archer!"
[Heroic Spirit – No Name Archer ★★★★★★★★★ (Rank 9)][WIND][Warrior/Xyz/Effect][ATK 3100/DEF 3000]
[3 Level 9 "Heroic Spirit" monsters]
[①: While this card is on the field or in the GY, its name is treated as "Heroic Spirit – Emiya."]
"So you summoned me in this form, huh? Looks like you've gotten yourself into quite a bit of trouble, Master."
No Name and Emiya were, for all intents and purposes, nearly identical existences—yet subtle differences born from their lives before death caused faint deviations between them.
A nameless hero.
A fictitious Heroic Spirit.
A Faker.
One who, in life, exhausted his entire existence under the title of "the embodiment of justice."
Though the individual who served as this Heroic Spirit's origin truly existed, once he was worshiped as a hero, that human name was erased from memory—and from history alike.
Thus—Nameless.
"Now then—when Heroic Spirit – No Name Archer is Xyz Summoned, I activate its effect! From my Deck, I activate the Field Spell 'Unlimited Blade Works'!"
"Mana at maximum—let's settle this with this move!—So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works!"
A desolate wasteland where thousands of swords stood embedded upright.
A grand ritual unfurled through eightfold projection.
The scenery—forced from night into a crimson dusk the moment Nameless appeared—was proof that the field had been overwritten.
"Because the Field Spell Unlimited Blade Works has been activated, Clock Tower Prison is destroyed! You won't be able to run away this time!"
As Unlimited Blade Works expanded, the jet-black clock tower collapsed and shattered in an instant, the endless night dissolving into a horizon ablaze with fire.
Jaden exclaimed excitedly,
"If Clock Tower Prison is destroyed, that means Aster can take battle damage now!"
"As part of Unlimited Blade Works' activation effect, I search both players' Decks and Graveyards for existing Equip Cards, ignoring all conditions, and equip them to Archer!"
The Decks spread open, virtual projections unfolding. Cards arranged in perfect order floated beneath the crimson sky like the countless swords of Hoshino's own Unlimited Blade Works.
"Oh? So this is your Deck, Aster. There's quite an interesting Equip Card here…"
"By Unlimited Blade Works' effect, I ignore all conditions and equip Opti-Camouflage Armor from your Deck to Nameless!"
[Opti-Camouflage Armor – Equip Spell Effect:
You can only equip this card to a Level 1 monster. A monster equipped with this card can attack your opponent's Life Points directly.]
"And under Unlimited Blade Works, an equipped Emiya can attack any number of times!"
["Aibo, it's still the opponent's turn. Even if you search Equip Cards now, they don't really matter, do they?"]
Hoshino replied calmly,
"How could there ever be a meaningless card? It may look useless now—but it might just be the key to victory."
After Aster's Deck, Hoshino opened her own once more, retrieving her side's Equip Spells.
"—On my side: Equip Spell Caladbolg (+500 ATK), and Azrael (+1000 ATK)!"
Hoshino Alter suddenly realized it.
["So that's it… No wonder you didn't even spare Aster's Equip Card. You actually run two Equip Spells yourself!
Does that even do justice to Emiya's Unlimited Blade Works?!"]
"Quality over quantity," Hoshino replied.
"Thanks to these Equip Spells, No Name Archer's ATK increases!"
[Heroic Spirit – No Name Archer ATK 3100 → 4600]
Summoned with 100 more ATK than Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and after activating Unlimited Blade Works, its final ATK surpassed even Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon by exactly 100.
Like a natural Blue-Eyes killer, No Name raised his arm, activating the countless sword-grave markers embedded throughout the great bounded field.
"It's over, Aster! Your Destiny HERO – Captain Tenacious, with only 800 ATK—because of Rank-Up-Magic – Command Seal, must attack Heroic Spirit – No Name Archer!"
Mash lifted her head, gazing at the ocean of blades filling the sky.
The scene reminded her of Duelist Kingdom long ago—of Hoshino facing the King of Games.
"Which means… Senpai's counterattack will deal 3800 points of battle damage to Aster!"
"Heh… hehe… hahahahaha!"
For the first time since the duel began, Aster laughed—a laugh tinged with madness, yet genuine from the heart.
"The one who's truly finished is you, Hoshino Chiyuki!
When Clock Tower Prison is destroyed, that's when true terror emerges!"
"ROOOAAAR—!"
A thunderous roar tore through the land of swords.
The ultimate monster once sealed within Clock Tower Prison regained its freedom the instant the tower collapsed.
"When Clock Tower Prison with four counters is destroyed, I can Special Summon Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster from my Deck!"
[Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster ★★★★★★★★ (Level 8)][DARK][Warrior/Effect][ATK: ?/DEF: ?]
Hoshino Alter gasped.
["Its ATK is '?'?!"]
Breaking free of shackles and restraints, the massive Dreadmaster roared its resentment at the world—years of imprisonment igniting a blaze of vengeance across the sword-filled wasteland.
"This is the strongest D I possess. You can never defeat it, Hoshino!"
Slamming Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster onto the Duel Disk, Aster activated the final battle effect.
"—When Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster is Special Summoned by Clock Tower Prison's effect, destroy all monsters on the field except Destiny HEROes, then you may revive Destiny HERO monsters from the Graveyard!"
Pulling the monster used earlier as Fusion Material for Dystopia, Aster filled his entire field.
"Rise again—Destiny HERO - Dasher!"
[Destiny HERO - Dasher ATK 2100]
Five Destiny HEROes now stood united across Aster's field, their presence utterly different from Elemental HEROes, facing the final confrontation.
"Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster's effect—its ATK and DEF become the combined ATK of all other Destiny HERO monsters you control!"
[Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster ATK ? → 9100]
Hoshino Alter shouted,
["9100 ATK?! Pulling out something like that at this point is just cheating!"]
Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster charged forward, its pillar-thick arms swinging black iron chains wrapped around its body.
The overwhelming mass and force shattered the countless swords suspended in the sky of Unlimited Blade Works.
"This is the final blow, Hoshino! Crush everything!"
"…Is that so."
Hoshino stared at Dreadmaster's shackled limbs and the confinement mask covering its head.
"So this is what it looks like… being imprisoned by fate. Your father may be gone—but through the cards he designed with his own hands, he left this lesson for you."
Hoshino Alter yelled urgently,
["This isn't the time for speeches, aibo! The attack is coming!"]
"This is truly the final strike. Let's decide it here and now!"
With a swift motion, Hoshino pulled Tamamo-no-Mae's card from beneath No Name Archer's Xyz materials and launched her ultimate counterattack.
"Heroic Spirit – No Name Archer, activate effect—!"
[Once per turn, during your opponent's turn, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; Set 1 "Heroic Spirit" Counter Trap from your Deck, GY, or banished zone to your field. The Set card can be activated this turn.]
"The Counter Trap I'm setting…—is the one banished last turn— Limited/Zero Over!"