The card sliced through the air with a crisp mechanical snap.
"My turn, draw!"
Mei, the elder of the Paradox Brothers, snatched a card from his Duel Disk.
Without even looking at what he had drawn, he ran his fingertips across his hand, his lips spreading into an intimidating sneer.
"Watch closely, you academy brats!"
Mei tilted his head and raised his chin at Yūki across from him.
"Don't think beating a few kids your own age at school puts you on equal footing with duelists who've fought their way through the professional circuit! Now you'll see for yourselves what absolute domination by a legendary monster looks like!"
He turned toward his younger brother, Gong.
"Gong, let me borrow the monster on your field!"
"Take it, brother!"
Gong waved dismissively, then folded his arms and sneered.
"These sheltered little flowers have no idea what a truly impregnable defense is. Give them a good look!"
"Using the effect of the [Kaiser Sea Horse] on the field!"
Mei slammed a High-Level Monster card shimmering with golden light onto his Duel Disk.
"When Tribute Summoning a LIGHT monster, this monster can be released as two Tributes!"
A blinding white light shone from Kaiser Sea Horse, turning into two scorching platinum orbs that shot into the sky.
"With this surging light as my Tribute, I Tribute Summon!"
Mei abruptly raised his voice.
"Show yourself, guardian deity who commands the might of thunder-[Suijin]!"
Boom!
Several deathly white lightning bolts suddenly exploded above the dueling field.
An armored metal golem as massive as a small hill descended from the lightning with a crash.
Its hulking body was dark bronze-gold, covered in thick, angular armor, with a yellow talisman embedded prominently in its chest, radiating a dazzling halo. Savage golden arcs danced wildly through the gaps in