Prisoner of Destiny

The clock tower shattered.

Dust and rubble blotted out the sky, and even the air seemed thick with the choking smell of earth. Massive stone beams and broken vaults lay tangled together, while thick steel clock hands fell amid countless chunks of debris, striking the ground with a clang and warping out of shape.

A wild roar erupted from within the dust cloud, like an enraged howl. Then that burly afterimage burst through the smoke, its body standing like an immovable mountain.

He was a muscular man with a bare upper body, his head covered by a rusted yet extraordinarily sturdy steel mask. Heavy shackles bound his hands and feet, still connected to broken chains. Moonlight from the City of Sin and Darkness shone across the contours of his muscles, making him look all the more imposing.

Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster, ATK?

"He came out at last." Kira spoke calmly. "The Destiny HERO bound within the clock tower. This is your trump card because it is also the symbol of your soul, isn't it?

Is this how you see yourself, how you see your Destiny HEROs? Is the meaning of a Destiny HERO nothing more than a prisoner bound by destiny?"

Aster gritted his teeth and shook his head.

"Shut up! Dreadmaster's effect activates!"

Dreadmaster roared and slammed both palms together. A transparent blast of air exploded across Aster's Field.

"When Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster is Normal Summoned or Special Summoned, all monsters on my Field other than 'Destiny HERO' monsters must be destroyed!"

Aster paused.

"Of course, I currently have no monsters other than Destiny HEROs on my Field, so no monsters will be destroyed.

"But Dreadmaster's follow-up effect can Revive from Graveyard up to two monsters with 'Destiny HERO' in their names onto my Field."

He raised his