CH 125

Snow Wave now felt very good about himself.

With Yuei Vu’s power, he felt omnipotent!

So he first summoned Avian in the defensive position, set a card, and then set a card…

…and went straight to the end of the turn!

Kujaku Mai, you didn’t expect this, did you? This is my escape route!

Just kidding, a Harpie Lady with a full attack power of 1300, and with three pits in Spell Trap Zone, who would fight head-on with her?

Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is best…

But unfortunately, even the escape didn’t seem to be so smooth. Kujaku Mai chuckled: “Do you think just escaping can be helpful? This kind of duel won’t work in front of me!

Open set card: Quick-Play Spell – Shadow of Eyes! Turn all male monsters on the opponent’s field into attack position, and all of them must attack! ” (animation effect)

“Nani!?” Snow Wave was taken aback.

WTF?

Did it turn out that dueling monsters also have gender? How did I not hear it being said?

Snow Wave watched helplessly as the Harpie Lady on the opponent’s field threw a wink at him, and then Avian who was defending his face blushed and his body uncontrollably lifted his defense and stood up.

Snow Wave was in a hurry at that time.

Avian, why did you blush?

Being charmed with a wink, did you feel embarrassed to call yourself a hero?

“It’s not over yet! Activate Continous Trap Card – Mirror Wall!” Kujaku Mai shouted, “As long as this card exists on the field, every time the opponent’s monster attacks, the attack power will be halved!” (animation effect)

This time, not only Snow Wave but even the onlookers in the live broadcast room were shocked.

“Is this card so awesome? Is it not one-turn, but a Continous Trap?”

“The this effect, but you need to pay 2000LP each turn to maintain it. If you don’t pay it, it will blow up. However, there seems to be no such price in the animation…”

“Then this thing is invincible? How did Yugi solve this card before?”

“Yugi… Yugi used the ‘Catapult Turtle’ to launch a monster and smashed the Mirror Wall…”

“…”

Back in the days of the Duelist Kingdom, the young and simple Kujaku Mai once was ignorant enough to try to use BISS on Yugi.

Yugi: “I activate Brain Control! Take control of your ‘Harpie’s Pet Dragon’ on the field!”

Kujaku Mai: “Useless! The pet dragon is absolutely loyal to its owner. Even if you take control of it, you can’t order it to attack!”

Yugi: “Do as you like. Then I’ll use the ‘Catapult Turtle’ to launch Harpie’s Pet Dragon and smash through your ‘Mirror Wall’!”

Kujaku Mai: “@!(%&”

“…”

It’s a pity that Snow Wave was not Yugi, and he didn’t have that powerful BISS ability. If he had that ability, he might be talking nonsense now that the Avian had wings, and as long as he could fly over the Mirror Wall…

[Avian, ATK 1000 → ATK 500]

The harpie girl counterattacked easily, and with one claw, Avian, who had only 500 attacks, was smashed into pieces.

【Snow Wave, LP 4000 → LP 3200】

Kujaku Mai was still twisting the knife further: “What’s the matter? Can’t you do more than this level?”

Snow Wave said in his heart that I also wanted to do more… The question was, what should I do if I had a brick hand?

…No, no, no, I have to cheer up. It was the first time I played cards in front of Yuei Vu, and I couldn’t embarrass him!

That being said, now that his starting hand was full of Normies, there was nothing he could do for the time being…

Then the situation completely leaned to Kujaku Mai. She activated the Spell Card “Elegant Egotist”: When there are 1 or more “Harpie Lady” cards on the field, you can Special Summon up to 2 “Harpie Lady” or “Harpie Lady Sisters” from your hand or your Deck.

Snow Wave used the trap card “Defense Draw” when the first Harpie Lady attacked, making a battle damage 0 and drawing a card. But Snow Wave’s LP quickly dropped to the last 600 points after eating the direct attacks of two harpies in a row.

His health was in jeopardy, and if he continued to have a dead draw in the next turn, his journey ended here!

Yuei Vu, who was beside him, couldn’t help but stare blankly.

How the hell was this deck constructed? Why were you so stuck?

I have given him a lot of good things, right?

Was it really just plain bad luck?

【Snow Wave, LP 600】

With a life value of 600, this time was the last draw in the true sense!

Snow Wave closed his eyes, his whole body was condensed in his right hand, and he recited Yuei Vu’s name in his heart——

——Draw a card (Destiny Draw)!

YaDaZe! (Success!)

Snow Wave’s face instantly climaxed, excitedly like a 500-pound child.

Come, come, come!

“Activate Continuous Spell – Heart of the Underdog!”

A Spell Card appeared, and the drawing on the card was…

…Jonouchi? ?

This card was not printed by Kaiba himself, right?

Not only the card’s name was Heart of the Underdog, but the person drawn on the card was too similar to Jonouchi!

Everyone in the audience cast their strange gazes at Jonouchi. The latter couldn’t help being furious: “Hey! What do you mean!?”

Heart of the Underdog effect was that if the player drew a Normal monster card during the Draw Phase, they could reveal it to the opponent and draw another card.

But this effect could not be activated until the Draw Phase of the next turn. First of all, Snow Wave still has to survive the turn of Kujaku Mai.

“Activate Quick Play Spell – Hand Destruction! Both players discard two cards in their hands and draw two cards. Then set another card, and I end my turn.”

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“Although I don’t know what you want to do, you have no chance!” Kujaku Mai shouted, “My turn, draw! Three Harpie Ladies! Direct attack!”

With only 600 HP left, Snow Wave would lose as long as any monster could touch him.

But it didn’t matter! He has Yuei Vu’s power to protect him!

Let you see what was the power of a bootlicker with a favorability level of 40!

“Open the Set card!” Snow Wave shouted, “Counter Trap – Negate Attack! Negate the opponent’s monster’s attack and end the Battle Phase!”

“Che, have you survived again? Then I end my turn.” Kujaku Mai pouted.

It seems that the bond between Kujaku Mai and the deck may not be enough, otherwise, she would have drawn a Harpie’s Feather Duster, and blown all the cards in the Spell Trap Zone of Snow Wave.

(Harpie’s Feather Duster, Kujaku Mai’s signature Spell Card, can destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on the opponent’s field.)

Snow Wave was excited at this time.

Here’s my chance!

It’s showdown time!

“My turn, draw! I drew a Normal monster card! At this moment, the ‘Heart of the Underdog’ effect was activated, and I drew another card!

DORO! MONSUTA KAADO!!! (Draw! Monster card!) (*)

DORO! MONSUTA KAADO!!!

DORO! MONSUTA KAADO!!!

…”

Snow Wave now felt that he has reached the peak of his life.

Hahaha, performing Yugi’s signature trick in front of Yugi himself! It’s unspeakable pleasure!

This kind of deck was also the charm of Yu-Gi-Oh – this kind of combo, when played successfully, could make the player feel satisfied for a year!

“Draw! Monster… eh, it isn’t a monster card?”

Snow Wave’s conditioned reflex made him continue to draw, but he found that this time it was actually a trap card.

But—it didn’t matter!

“At this moment, activate Quick-Play Spell – Reload! I shuffle all the cards in my hand back to the deck, and then draw the same number of cards!

And because Reload is a Quick-Play Spell, and it is still in the Draw Phase after activation, the effect of ‘Heart of the Underdog’ can still be triggered!

DORO! MONSUTA KAADO!!!

DORO! MONSUTA KAADO!!!…”

Snow Wave made a single operation and didn’t stop until he drew a lot of cards in his hand.

Kujaku Mai was a little taken aback by this unprecedented combo.

“But…but even with that many cards drawn, at the end of the turn you still have to discard until you have only six left!” she said.

Snow Wave chuckled: “Don’t worry, Sister Mai, now I’ll show you the true power hidden by my HERO! Field Magic – Fusion Gate is activated! This way, fusion can be performed without Polymerization!

I fuse ‘Elemental HERO Sparkman’ and ‘Elemental HERO Burstinatrix’ in my hand!

Bring it on! Elemental HERO Nova Master! ”

The golden and red light was involved in the vortex of fusion, giving birth to a flame HERO in heavy armor.

[Elemental HERO Nova Master, ATK 2600] (1 “Elemental HERO” monster + 1 FIRE monster)

“Then I fuse the second Sparkman and Elemental HERO Clayman in my hand!

Elemental HERO Thunder Giant! ”

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Another two beams of light merged into the vortex, and the giant in golden armor descended. Thunder rolled in the sky, and electric light surrounded the giant.

[Elemental HERO Thunder Giant, ATK 2400]

“I fuse Avian and Wildheart!

Fusion Summons! Elemental HERO Wild Wingman! ”

[Elemental HERO Wild Wingman, ATK 1900]

“It’s not over yet! I fuse the third Sparkman and the second Burstinatrix in my hand!

Fusion Summons! Elemental HERO Grandmerge! ”

[Elemental HERO, Grandmerge, ATK 2100]

Kujaku Mai had never seen this posture before, and was a little surprised: “This is… four fusions in one turn!?”

Jonouchi was also shocked: “What kind of tactic is this!? This is too strong, right?”

Yugi was also a bit unexpected: “This person’s duel… seems to have a lot of ideas!”

Even President Kaiba couldn’t help but glance at him, although he didn’t say anything, he was thoughtful.

This kind of routine may indeed be rare in the anime, and it was very new to everyone. However, for real card players, this combo was not uncommon although it was interesting.

…Players generally referred to this kind of combo as a gimmick…

“The effect of Elemental HERO Wild Wingman – Discard 1 card to target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field; destroy that target. I will destroy your ‘Mirror Wall’!

And finally this card…”

Snow Wave took the last card.

“Spell Card – Quick Attack! Fusion monsters can attack this turn!

This is the end!

Elemental HERO’s all-out attack! ”

(Author’s note: A meme based on Yu-Gi-Oh! DM episode 162, the scene Yugi torture Haga through the effect of the Spell Card “Berserker Soul”, continuously draw monster cards, and attacks the Insect guy N times after the LP has been reduced to 0.

Berserker Soul: Activate by discarding your entire hand (min. 1). Select a monster you control with 1500 or less ATK. Draw cards until you draw a non-Monster Card. Also, discard each Monster Card you draw to the Graveyard. For each Monster Card discarded, the selected monster can make an additional attack. )