Light's Blessing

"Silent Magic Blast!"

A sphere of magical light blasted from the staff, hurtling straight toward D.D.

D.D. snorted heavily. "So you came at me after all. Well, that's the confidence of a king, isn't it? Confidence that no matter what formation I set up, you can crush it with your power alone.

"But it won't be that easy."

He raised his hand and shouted.

"I activate my Set Card, the Trap Card 'Holy Barrier - Mirror Force'! When an opponent's monster makes an Attack Declaration, destroy all Attack Position monsters on their Field!"

As his words fell, astonishing energy erupted not only from the Mirror Force card, but from within his body as well.

Kira frowned slightly.

He recognized that power. It was the power of the Light of Destruction—and an exceptionally strong Light at that.

That was somewhat unexpected. As he remembered, in the original work, the Light of Destruction had long since left D.D.'s body and Destiny HERO - Plasma, instead possessing Saiō Takuma.

Though remnants of the Light of Destruction still remained within D.D., giving him a dark personality like Saiō's and power that surpassed all reason—the interrupted live stream and the stadium explosion during the World Championship had both been caused by that power—it should have been too limited to pose any real concern.

Yet now, he could sense an abundance of Light within D.D., nothing like the mere remnants left behind after the Light of Destruction had departed.

After considering it for a moment, Kira asked directly, "The Light of Destruction never left you?"

"Oh?"

D.D. looked somewhat surprised.

"You seem to know quite a lot, Duel King. Heh, that's right. I once obtained the power of Light, but afterward, the Light left me for a time in search of a new host. All I