Giragu staggered backward, his steps unsteady as the light gradually faded from his eyes.
"Descendant Thunder Emperor."
Even if he were beaten to death, he never would have imagined that a Deck full of low-level insects would suddenly bring out something like this at the end of the Duel.
Unlike legendary cards from the original generation like Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon, there apparently had never been legends like the Three Phantasm Beasts in the history of ZEXAL's dimension. So whether it was Giragu or Heart City's group, this was their first time seeing them.
But even seeing it for the first time did nothing to diminish his awe of this Monster's overwhelming power. No, perhaps it could no longer even be called a "Monster."
Thunder Emperor Hamon—such an aura, such a soul-shaking presence, was without doubt an existence beyond the ordinary concept of a "Monster." In the world of Duel Monsters, regardless of the Parallel Universe or dimension, it would either be called a god or a demon.
Giragu had never expected that this mere human before him—a human whom the noble Barian considered a lower species—could command such a terrifying demon.
And an existence like this had been hiding among a bunch of bugs.
"It was my... carelessness."
The Barian lost consciousness. At the same time, his masked attire vanished, his Barian Form was released, and he slumped back into human form as though all strength had left him.
Come to think of it, it was strange. In theory, their human forms were merely disguises used by the Barian to infiltrate the Human World, while their true appearances should have been their Barian Forms.
Yet when they were defeated in a Duel—or sometimes merely took heavy damage during one—the Barian would undo their transformations and revert to