Kira: "My Turn, Draw a Card."
Kira paused slightly, glanced at that hard, stinking lump of Heart of the Earth, and said, "You seem to think that as long as you use Heart of the Earth as an Absolute Defense shield, there's nothing I can do for the time being, right?"
Faker: "..."
"If that's the case, all I can say is that the world of dueling is vast. You still have a lot to learn, old man."
Kira slowly drew out a card from his hand and smiled lightly.
"I'll be borrowing your power again, old friend."
"I tribute 'Number 53: Phantasm God Heart of the Earth' and 'Gagagigo' on your Field to give you this powerful Monster!
Awaken from the lava of the abyss—the power of destruction and rebirth—
—Level 8, Lava Golem!"
Faker: "?"
What had he just said?
What the hell had that guy just said? It sounded like... tribute?
Tribute what, exactly?
Probably his Magician Girl or Three-Colored Gadget. Using his own Lower-Level Monster for a Tribute Summon was nothing unusual.
How ridiculous. For a moment, he had thought he heard Kira say he would tribute his Heart of the Earth, claiming he would Tribute Summon on Faker's Field. Just thinking about it was laughable. How could something like that possibly happen?
Either the other guy had misspoken, or his own ears were malfunctioning. No matter what, it was impossible—
BOOM!
The earth split with crimson, web-like cracks. Number 53: Phantasm God's armor and Gagagigo's metallic scales both let out dying wails. Boiling lava coiled around their bodies like living creatures, melting both machine and skeleton into seething molten iron. The instant the two wrecks sank into the lava abyss, the entire battlefield erupted with the low rumble of a volcano before an eruption. A