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“The name of the card I declared is ‘The Seal of Orichalcos’. If you have this card in your hand, please discard it all for me!”
Bourbon looked at the card in his hand, his expression became grim for a while.
He gritted his teeth and quickly discarded the card in his hand to the graveyard.
The Seal of Orichalcos, Doma’s exclusive Field Spell. Not only did it have a powerful effect like a fake card in a duel, but it also contained extremely terrifying dark power.
As long as this Field Spell was activated, both parties in the duel could not escape from it until the winner was decided. And in The Seal of Orichalcos, the soul of the defeated person would be sucked away.
The nature of Orichalcos was different from ordinary Shadow Games. This card was more similar to a medium, which briefly lent some extremely high-level dark power to the duelist who used it through the power of the enchantment card.
Therefore, Yuei Vu speculated that when The Seal of Orichalcos was activated in the duel, the user should also gain extremely powerful “force” at that moment, and his Rank may also soar in one breath.
…But The Seal of Orichalcos also had a hidden passive effect that all players of Yu-Gi-Oh knew about – Throughout the entire animation, anyone who has used “The Seal of Orichalcos” has lost.
This had nothing to do with attributes such as dark power, duelist rank, etc. It felt like one of the rules of the world, like “Kaiba cannot beat Yugi” or “Sakuretsu Armor never successfully destroyed a monster”.
Even Yami Yugi didn’t believe in this rumor for a while and insisted on trying to determine which one was better, his protagonist’s halo or Orichalcos’s debuff, but he found that the debuff was more powerful.
So Yami Yugi used The Seal of Orichalcos, and then he also lost…
In the dark shadow of the building, in the aisle on the second floor, three people were standing side by side on the edge of the railing, condescendingly watching the duel.
These three people were Rafael, Valon, and Alister, known as the “Three Swordsmen of Doma”, and they had the highest status in the entire organization, only under the leader Dartz.
“This Duel King is quite powerful.” Valon stood by the railing, tilting his head and dragging his cheeks, and said, “Create such a suppressive situation in one turn, quickly cut down a lot of opponent’s LP, and break through the opponent’s defensive line in the first turn…”
“Not only that, he has even prepared the strategy against the ‘The Seal of Orichalcos’.” Alister, a handsome young man with red hair in a windbreaker, said, “It seems that he has already known the existence of ‘The Seal of Orichalcos’.”
The blond-haired duelist Rafael, who was as strong as an elephant, also folded his arms and narrowed his eyes at this time: “Duel King Yuei Vu… it seems that he is an opponent worthy of attention.”
“Are you all right, Rafael?” Valon turned his head and asked casually, “It looks like your underling will be instantly killed within one round. Isn’t this already cornered?”
“It doesn’t matter.” Rafael said with a blank expression, “Bourbon is not a duelist who will be defeated at this level. After obtaining the power of Orichalcos, he is indeed one of the strongest duelists now.”
It proceeded exactly as he said. Although Yuei Vu’s Mind Crush was a bit annoying, Bourbon also had a contingency plan.
“Activate the Spell Card from the hand – A Feather of the Phoenix!”
A Spell Card appeared in front of Bourbon, with burning flames and crimson feathers on the card.
“By discarding a card in my hand, I can return a card in the graveyard to the top of the deck.” Bourbon snorted, and a card was returned from the Duel Disk’s GY area, “Of course, the card I choose is ‘The Seal of Orichalcos’!”
Inserting that card back into the top of the deck, Bourbon immediately started laughing.
“Although I don’t know how you found out about the existence of Orichalcos, since you are so afraid of this power, let me open your eyes!” Bourbon laughed and took out another card in his hand, “You must think that even if the ‘The Seal of Orichalcos’ is recovered, it will take the next turn to be drawn into my hand, right?
It’s a grave mistake! I’m going to use this card next – Card of Sanctity! Each player draws until they have 6 cards in their hand! ”
Yuei Vu frowned slightly.
Sure enough, still can’t avoid that card?
After drawing all six cards in his hand, the “The Seal of Orichalcos” that was placed back at the top of the deck naturally returned to Bourbon’s hand.
“This time it’s coming for real! The power bestowed by the great God of Orichalcos!” Bourbon’s expression was as pious as a pilgrimage believer, “Activate Field Spell – The Seal of Orichalcos!”
The moment that card was placed in the Field Spell zone, the majestic energy visible to the naked eye bloomed centered on Bourbon, and the momentum was like the ki explosion of the Son family.
The green energy swept across like a wave, and a circular magic circle spread out from the bottom of Bourbon’s feet, quickly enveloping both sides in the war, drawing the trajectory of a hexagram on the ground.
Bourbon’s eyes turned scarlet, and the magic circle above his head became more dazzling.
Yuei Vu could feel that his aura had also suddenly increased by more than one level, and it felt as if he had suddenly become a senior duelist.
No wonder so many people couldn’t resist the temptation of Orichalcos. This unreasonable soaring strength was just like those evil and heretical exercises in martial arts novels, which could make people instantly become mighty.
Yuei Vu spent so much effort and carried so many spirit cards in his pocket to finally get to Rank 7. But any passer-by who activated “The Seal of Orichalcos” could directly soar to the same Rank or even higher.
Of course, no matter how awesome this enchantment was, Yuei Vu himself still didn’t desire it.
After all, whoever used this thing would lose…
“Hahahaha! With this power, I am omnipotent now! From this moment on, this will be a duel with the souls of both of us on the line!” Bourbon began to swell again, “I summon ‘Marauding Captain’!”
The third captain in armor appeared on the field wielding a sword, his waist straight and heroic.
However, the captain was immediately captured by Orichalcos’s evil power after he appeared on the stage. He let out a miserable snort, his eyes turned scarlet as if obsessed, and Orichalcos’s six-pointed star imprint appeared on his forehead.
“The effect of The Seal of Orichalcos!” Bourbon said, “The attack power of all monsters on my field increases by 500 points!”
[Marauding Captain, ATK 1200 → ATK 1700]
500 points of attack boost were actually relatively high. To use the most typical example, if you added 500 points of attack power to the Dark Magician, his strength could directly become equivalent to a Blue-Eyes White Dragon…
“Marauding Captain’s effect is activated! When this card is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from my hand!”
Bourbon showed another card.
“Come on, Command Knight!”
A female knight wearing a large cloak landed on his field, with a golden scabbard hanging around her waist, looking heroic. But soon after she appeared on the stage, she was also controlled by Orichalcos’s power, and her expression became ferocious and evil.
[Command Knight, ATK 1200 → ATK 1700]
“Next is Command Knight’s effect!” Bourbon shouted, “All Warrior monsters I control gain 400 ATK!”
[Marauding Captain, ATK 1700 → ATK 2100]
[Command Knight, ATK 1700 → ATK 2100]
“It’s not over yet!” Bourbon drew another card from his hand, “Activate Spell Card – Monster Reborn! Resurrect the ‘Marauding Captain’ in the graveyard!”
The ancient Egyptian talisman of life appeared, and a chaotic vortex opened up on the ground. The captain who had just left the field in the last round immediately appeared from the vortex and returned to the field panting.
[Marauding Captain, ATK 1200 → ATK 1700 → ATK 2100]
“Then there is this card,” Bourbon snorted, “Continuous Spell Card – The A. Forces! All Warrior-Type monsters I control gain 200 ATK for each Warrior or Spellcaster-Type monster I control!
I have three warriors on the field, so the attack power is increased by another 600 points! ”
[Marauding Captain, ATK 2100 → ATK 2700] x2
[Command Knight, ATK 2100 → ATK 2700]
“Marauding Captain No.1, attack the ‘Elemental HERO Thunder Giant’!”
The first captain rushed forward, raised the blade high, and slashed at the head, splitting the golden giant with a single blow, and a loud “boom” sounded.
【Yuei Vu, LP 4000 → LP 3850】
However, after the explosion, the thunder giant was still there.
“What?” Bourbon was startled, “Why?”
“You have activated my Trap Card ‘Half Unbreak’.” Yuei Vu pointed to the opened trap at his feet.
A layer of transparent spherical protective cover protected the Thunder Giant in the middle, and it was completely impossible to shake that layer of defense.
“During this turn, monsters protected by Half Unbreak will not be destroyed by battle, and the battle damage will also be halved.”
“The second shot!” Bourbon shouted, “Marauding Captain No.2, attack the Keeper of Dragon Magic!”
The second captain rushed forward, slashing with his sword. The knight tried to raise his spear to try to defend himself, but he was completely powerless due to the difference in attack power, and both the spear and the man were split in half.
【Yuei Vu, LP 3850 → LP 2950】
“Continue to fight!” Bourbon shouted, “Command Knight, attack the Thunder Giant again!”
The female knight bound by Orichalcos’s power shot forward, the blade unsheathed, and slashed across the layer of protective cover that wrapped the Thunder Giant.
Although the damage was not much, it was better than nothing.
【Yuei Vu, LP 2950 → LP 2700】
Yuei Vu raised his arm and took a half step back under the impact, but then he straightened up indifferently as if he didn’t care about the reduction in his LP.
“Hahahaha, the situation is reversed!” The reversal of the scene made Bourbon further expand, “And it’s not over yet, let you see Orichalcos’s further strength!
Activate Quick-Play Spell – Shield Wall! This card can summon four Shield tokens in the defense position onto my field! ” (anime card)
The Spell Card emerged, and monsters in the shape of four walls appeared in the monster field area, blocking the two captains and Command Knights on Bourbon’s field.
[Shield Token, DEF 1000] x4
In this way, there were a total of seven monsters on the Bourbon field!
“This is Orichalcos’s ultimate ability! As long as The Seal of Orichalcos is on the field, the player’s Monster Zone and Spell Trap Zone are interchangeable, and monsters can also be summoned in the Spell Trap Zone!
And! When there are monsters in my Monster Zone, the opponent cannot attack the monsters placed in my Spell Trap Zone! ”
This was the main reason why The Seal of Orichalcos was called a fake card by players.
Compared with the ability of “increase the attack power of all monsters by 500”, the latter effect was more perverted.
If there was such an effect, it meant that any deck could place cards with strong interference ability and need protection in the Spell Trap Zone, and then set up a meat shield in the Monster Zone as a guard.
Take HERO decks as an example. With The Seal of Orichalcos, you could arrange an “Elemental HERO Absolute Zero” as a meat shield at the forward position, and then a “Masked HERO Dark Law” at the rear position.
As long as Dark Law was on the field, all the cards sent to the graveyard by the opponent player would be banished, and when the opponent added cards to their hand, it could banish 1 random card from the opponent’s hand.
Then, if the opponent wanted to destroy this annoying Dark Law, they have to deal with the Absolute Zero who stood in front of the Dark Law first.
Then the problem came again. No matter how Absolute Zero left the field, all the monsters on the opponent’s field would be destroyed…
This was just a simple analogy, but it was enough to see how OP the effect of The Seal of Orichalcos was.
And now Bourbon’s three warrior monsters were in the rear position. In order to defeat these three monsters, Yuei Vu must first break through the defense lines of the four Shield Tokens.
“And then there’s this card!” Bourbon pulled out another Spell Card, “Quick-Play Spell – Poison of the Old Man! I can choose to inflict 800 points of damage to the opponent, or restore 1200 LP. I choose…”
Here Bourbon hesitated a little, checking the situation on the field.
I have 1000 LP left, and the opponent has 2700…
“…I choose to restore 1200LP.”
【Bourbon, LP 1000 → LP 2200】
Although he didn’t admit it, the pressure Yuei Vu put on him was still considerable. Compared with hurting Yuei Vu, restoring his LP first would make him feel more secure.
“I end my turn.” Bourbon sneered arrogantly, “Just enjoy your last turn, Duel King.”
Valon, one of the Doma’s Three Swordsmen who watched the battle from a high place, couldn’t help but give praise: “Hey, your underling is doing well.”
“This is the power of Orichalcos.” Alister said blankly, “It can give any ordinary duelist the forbidden power to counterattack the strong. Only such power can lead this dirty world to the right direction.”
“It’s really well done.” Rafael folded his arms and said in a calm tone, “As for Bourbon, he has surpassed his own limit…but this is the end.”
After a pause, he said lightly, “Bourbon lost.”