"I'll equip another 'Power of the Guardians' to one of my 'Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast'!"
Misawa's back row card rose, and golden guardian light enveloped one of the Fusilier Dragons.
"The equipped monster gains a Spell Counter when battling, increasing its attack power by 500," Misawa said. "Also, by removing a Spell Counter from this card, the equipped monster cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects!
Then, enter the battle phase!"
Misawa waved his hand, directly initiating the attack.
"Trap cards are sealed now, you can't counter my attacks! Just like I said, let's decide the winner in this turn, first!
First, 'Mathematician' attacks the face-down monster!"
The face-down monster flipped over, revealing a blonde female magician sitting cross-legged on her staff.
[Apprentice Magician, DEF 800]
800 defense points obviously couldn't stop the attack. Mathematician waved the Wonder Wand in its hand, only this time it shot out not a magical shockwave but a long string of mathematical symbols and formulas, swirling around the magician like mental pollution.
Apprentice Magician tried hard to resist, but in the end, she couldn't withstand the power of mathematics. She screamed, clutching her head, and exploded with a "boom."
Yugen could still feel a lot of empathy for this.
Mathematics is truly something that can make people explode on the spot.
"'Apprentice Magician's' effect," Yugen said. "When this card is destroyed by battle, Special Summon one Level 2 or lower Spellcaster-Type monster from the Deck in face-down Defense Position."
He spread out his Deck and drew a card from it.
"'Apprentice Magician' itself is a Level 2 or lower monster, so I Special Summon the second 'Apprentice Magician' from the Deck in face-down Defense Position."
"Unexpectedly, it's such a graveyard-related monster... Fusilier Dragon number 1 attacks the face-down magician again!
At the same time, at this moment, the effect of 'Power of the Guardians' equipped to Fusilier Dragon is activated!
Fusilier Dragon's attack power increases by 500!"
[Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast, ATK 2800 → ATK 3300]
The powerful firepower destroyed the second magician, but of course, its graveyard effect was also activated.
"This time, I'll set a Level 1 'Magician of Faith' face-down from the Deck."
[Magician of Faith, DEF 400]
"Then, Fusilier Dragon number 2, attack Magician of Faith!"
The face-down monster flipped over, revealing the small and exquisite true form of the magician. But in that instant, she lightly swiped the staff in her hand, and a magical aura fell into Yugen's Duel Disk Graveyard Zone.
"At this moment, 'Magician of Faith's' monster effect is activated. When this card is flipped face-up, you can add one Spell Card from your Graveyard to your hand."
Yugen drew a Spell Card that was ejected from his Graveyard.
"I retrieve 'Delinquent Duo' from the Graveyard."
Misawa: "Unexpectedly, you defended so well."
Just like that, only that Fusilier Dragon with its attack power reduced to 400 was left on his field without attacking. However, because of the Shooting Star Bow, this thing could attack directly in the first place.
"Finally, 'Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast' direct attack!"
Yugen closed his eyes slightly and stood still, calmly taking the holographic fire attack head-on.
[Yugen, LP 3000 → LP 2600]
It was almost an itching-level attack, with more cathartic meaning than actual damage.
"Then, I activate the other effect of 'Wonder Wand', send this card and the equipped monster to the Graveyard together, and draw two cards from the Deck.
I send 'Wonder Wand' and 'Mathematician' to the Graveyard together, and draw two cards!"
After drawing the cards, he immediately played one of them again.
"Spell Card 'Sacred Sword of Seven Stars'! Banish one Level 7 monster from your hand or field from play, and draw two cards!
I banish the Level 7 'Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast' on the field, whose attack power has decreased to 400, from play, and draw two more cards.
Then, the turn ends!"
Yugen: "It's my turn, draw.
First, activate the Spell Card 'Pot of Greed' to draw two cards from the Deck."
Following that, Yugen played the card that Magician of Faith retrieved from the Graveyard in the previous turn.
"Spell Card 'Delinquent Duo'! Pay 1000 LP, randomly discard one card from your hand, and have your opponent randomly discard one card from their hand."
[Yugen, LP 2600 → LP 1600]
"Let's randomly choose that card, discard the second card from the left," Yugen said casually.
Playing cards here is different from online. The so-called "randomly select one card to discard" is generally chosen randomly from the opponent's hand.
"You think I couldn't possibly have another 'Gemini Imps' in my hand, right?"
Misawa put the card he pointed to aside into the Graveyard, then smiled confidently.
"Your guess is indeed correct.
But! The countermeasures I prepared for you are not just this.
'Delinquent Duo' discards the second card in my hand chosen by myself, and the one I freely discard is this one."
He revealed a Spell Card and then placed it in the Graveyard Zone.
"I discarded 'Electric Snake' from my hand. When this card is discarded by an opponent's card effect, draw two cards from the Deck!"
Yugen watched with interest.
Not bad, he actually carries this kind of thing. Moreover, if he even carries this kind of thing, it means there must be a "Card of Compensation" in his Deck, it's just that he hasn't drawn it yet.
As expected of a character in the protagonist's group, even if you cram in so many extra parts, you don't have to worry about the hand cards.
Drawing two more cards, Misawa smiled confidently: "I told you, my prepared countermeasures are perfect, number one. I have fully researched and prepared for this duel."
Yugen shrugged and smiled: "Actually, I also knew you had preparations, I was just curious to see how you would respond."
"Oh? Still so calm? As expected of number one," Misawa smiled, "Then let me properly experience your true seriousness in dueling."
"I've always been very sincere," Yugen chuckled, "Reactivate the Spell Card 'Card Destruction'! Both players discard all cards in their hands, then draw the same number of cards from their Decks."
Both players' hands were put aside together, and then they immediately drew cards. However, a card in Yugen's Graveyard Zone immediately popped out.
"There was a Spell Card 'Card of Compensation' in the discarded hand. When this card is sent from the hand to the Graveyard, draw two more cards from the Deck." (Original Card)
Misawa didn't say anything else, but he became even more focused. Although the opponent said so, Misawa always felt that he couldn't sense even the slightest bit of tension from Yugen.
It was as if all his countermeasures so far, these advantages that seemed apparent on the field, the opponent didn't take them to heart at all.
But this instead made his duelist spirit even more expectant.
"I must make you serious in this duel!"
"So, I didn't hold back, but since you insist on asking so much, then I'll also follow the agreement and let you see my main force.
Banish the LIGHT 'Magician of Faith' and the DARK 'Apprentice Magician' from the Graveyard, and Special Summon them!"
Misawa's expression changed: "Banishing LIGHT and DARK attributes as the summoning condition, could it be...!?"
"Spirits of light and darkness, offered on the field of chaos, call forth the legendary warrior to descend here!"
The two magicians respectively turned into intertwined light and dark energy, pouring into the dark clouds rising in mid-air, as if diving into the shores of chaos. Then, a beam of golden light burst forth from within, as if a sword light had cleaved open chaos itself, and a warrior in magnificent armor, bathed in golden light, descended onto the field.
"Heaven and Earth Open Up——
——Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, Summon!"
[Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, ATK 3000]
The entire field immediately boiled over.
"Mama Mia!" The greedy professor was so shocked that he covered his face with both hands, "Black Luster Soldier, no way!"
On the high platform, Asuka also trembled in shock: "How... how could it be? Envoy of the Beginning, isn't that..."
"That legendary ace monster from Duel King Muto Yugi's Deck."
Kaiser Academy's Marufuji Ryo was also shocked for a moment, but immediately his gaze towards the field became scorching.
His duelist spirit began to stir.
Even he couldn't quite restrain the urge to duel with this newcomer.
Of course, the jellyfish head had the same feeling as him.
"Ahhh, this is so cool! Black Luster Soldier! It's Black Luster Soldier!"
Judai frantically shook the almost transparent Marufuji Sho.
"I really want to duel with Yugen-kun!"
"Big brother... you're going to crush me," Marufuji Sho said with difficulty.
But at this moment, probably no one was more shocked than Misawa-kun, who was facing the pressure of the legendary warrior himself. He unconsciously took half a step back and said in surprise, "Your ace monster... is such a monster?"
At this time, Misawa didn't realize that he was currently facing nothing less than a variation of the world-champion "Chaos" Deck that ravaged the real-world tournament environment back then.
For a very long period of time at that time, Chaos was the absolute top tier. All Yu-Gi-Oh Decks were categorized into "Chaos" and "Non-Chaos." You either got bullied by the top tier or you could only join in.
Including the "Apprentice Magician" and "Magician of Faith" duo that Yugen used for defense in the previous turn, they were also the commonly used golden combination in the early Chaos Decks.
These two cards just happened to be one LIGHT attribute and one DARK attribute. The DARK Apprentice Magician's graveyard effect had excellent defensive and stalling capabilities, and at the same time, it could conveniently search for the LIGHT attribute Magician of Faith from the Deck. Moreover, Magician of Faith conveniently had the ability to retrieve a powerful Spell Card.
You should know that Yu-Gi-Oh in the early days was dominated by all sorts of overpowered Spell Cards, many of which are now Forbidden Cards. Their single-card quality was much higher than ordinary monsters.
Magician of Faith's retrieval of a Spell Card, whether it was the once-not-yet-imprisoned Pot of Greed and Graceful Charity, the overpowered hand-destruction trio, or field-clearing Spell Cards like Dark Hole and Heavy Storm, were all great weapons that could turn the tide of the duel with just one card.
And the defense line formed by these two cards could conveniently have enough LIGHT and DARK attributes in the Graveyard by the second turn to meet the summoning condition. On your own turn, you could directly summon the Deck's ace monster, Black Luster Soldier, to secure the victory.
"'Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning's' monster effect!" Yugen said, "Black Luster Soldier can banish one monster on the field from play by skipping its attack this turn!
Banish that 'Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast' equipped with 'Power of the Guardians' from play!
Chaos Dimension Slash!"
Black Luster Soldier raised its long sword high, one side of the blade was light, the other was darkness. The light and darkness intertwined and surged out, forming a two-colored vortex that shot into the sky. The huge Fusilier Dragon had no power to resist at all. The dimension shattered beneath that sword, and the heavy armor was sucked into the shores of another dimension.
"Ugh... Power of the Guardians is useless against Envoy of the Beginning?" Misawa gritted his teeth.
Power of the Guardians had an excellent effect of defending against both battle and effect destruction, but it was powerless against a sword that cut into another dimension.
"Then, I also banish the LIGHT attribute monster 'Shining Angel' that was sent to the Graveyard in the previous turn and another DARK attribute 'Apprentice Magician' in the Graveyard from play!"
Misawa: "!"
It's that summoning condition again...
Could it be that you even have a number 2 version of Envoy of the Beginning!?
That's certainly impossible. But speaking of not having it, Yugen still has a little Envoy in his hand.
"Control the light and dark magic users, now descend here——
——Chaos Sorcerer, Summon!"
[Chaos Sorcerer, ATK 2300]
"Chaos Sorcerer's effect activates! Once per turn, by skipping its attack, banish one monster on the field from play.
Banish the last 'Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast' from play as well!"
Chaos Sorcerer swirled his hands, light and dark magic surged in his palms, and a chaotic vortex erupted from under Fusilier Dragon's feet. The heavy armor had no resistance at all and dissipated in the magic vortex.
Misawa: "."
Seriously, sir, you want to go to another dimension again?
Manjome, who had been beaten into self-doubt by Judai-kun outside the arena, finally raised his head, a hint of spirit in his eyes.
He's familiar with this move.
That's the feeling! Banish it, banish everything, banish it all for me!
Everything goes to another dimension!
"But at least this way, you can't attack this turn," Misawa took a deep breath.
Both the original Envoy and the little Envoy have the same effect, after using the Dimension Slash ability, they cannot declare an attack in that turn.
"That's not necessarily true," Yugen interrupted.
Misawa: "!?"
"Indeed, using that effect means Envoy of the Beginning cannot attack this turn, but it doesn't mean my attack ends there."
Yugen revealed another card in his hand.
"Spell Card 'Metamorphosis'! Tribute one monster on your field, and Special Summon one Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck with the same Level as the tributed monster!
I tribute 'Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning'!"
Misawa: "!!!"
That's right, as long as you tribute the Black Luster Soldier that has already activated its effect, you can continue to attack this turn.
Moreover, Black Luster Soldier's Level is eight, which means you can unconditionally summon a Level 8 Fusion Monster to the field!
"Obtain the power of the shooting star, call forth the black dragon of victory, manifest the power of magma——
——Level 8, Meteor B. Dragon, Summon!!!"
Taken from that Duelist Pack, the advanced Fusion form of Red-Eyes Black Dragon, a pitch-black giant dragon with flowing magma all over its body, unfolded its wings and descended onto the field!
[Meteor B. Dragon, ATK 3500]
Misawa's expression changed: "Unexpectedly... the evolved form of the legendary Red-Eyes Black Dragon, summoned without needing Red-Eyes Black Dragon."
Metamorphosis was also a Spell Card that appeared in GX, and it was one of Yuki Judai's frequently used Spell Cards. However, he usually used this card to evolve "Elemental HERO Bubbleman" into "Neo Bubbleman."
In real duels, no one could usually do that.
The combination Yugen is currently using is one of the very common combos in the top-tier Decks back then. Black Luster Soldier has extremely simple summoning conditions and can easily directly banish a monster to another dimension. Metamorphosis can just make up for the side effect of not being able to attack after activating Dimension Slash, and it can also easily replace it with an eight-star Fusion Monster that is usually very difficult to summon.
However, the eight-star Fusion Monsters that people in the undefeated world used back then were usually "Cyber Twin Dragon" with 2800 ATK, which could attack twice in one turn. After Black Luster Soldier cleared the field, it transformed into Twin Dragon, and in an instant, it could deal 5600 explosive damage.
But in this world, Twin Head probably thinks it's in Kaiser's Deck, and Yugen hasn't seen it on the market yet. Moreover, after searching, he found that currently available eight-star Fusion Monsters either have summoning restrictions or are just very weak...
Although Meteor B. Dragon is mediocre, it at least has the respectable 3500 ATK "above Blue-Eyes and almost below Obelisk," and more importantly, it's still free.
"'Meteor B. Dragon' direct attack!"
Meteor B. Dragon opened its mouth, and a pillar of magma fire spewed out, sweeping across Misawa's body.
"Ugh... ah!"
[Misawa, LP 4000 → LP 500]
His LP was instantly reduced to a flickering flame in the wind. Misawa knelt half-kneeling on the ground, black holographic smoke still rising from his body.
The large monsters were continuously sent to another dimension. Without any defensive measures, taking this heavy blow, Misawa suddenly faintly realized something.
The opponent might have considered the possibility of him using "Trap Jammer" from the very beginning.
The combination of Chaos and Dimension Slash continuously banished the opponent's monsters while launching a strong attack. Misawa's own monsters would constantly be annoyingly kicked to another dimension, and because of his own "Royal Decree," he couldn't use Traps to defend...
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