“Alright!” Yugi clenched his fist and elongated his chin.
“Plan executed perfectly!”
You like farming style points huh?
Don’t blame me for playing dirty.
The audience was collectively speechless.
Setting Little Blue aside, weren’t duel spirits supposed to be proud and disdainful, above scheming?
How could this one be so…
underhanded?
Many eyes glanced ambiguously toward Kaiba Ayatsuki.
The elder Kaiba sister maintained her icy composure, but Kaiba Hanatsuki was already losing it, shouting from the stands: “Shameless!” “No duelist spirit!”, as if she wanted to leap down and interfere directly in the duel.
No matter how furious the second Miss or Ota Yukiko got, first turn had already been claimed, and Elsie’s actions were perfectly legal.
After all, who could be blamed for being stunned by the name of the opponent’s duel disk?
“Duel———!”
Elsie, LP 4000
Ota Yukiko, LP 4000
“Since Elsie is a newly enrolled freshman, to accommodate her, both sides will use the 4000 Life Points rule.
But even this is a great danger for her.” Tour Guide dutifully explained.
“Ota Yukiko is a formidable duelist who has executed multiple one-turn kills in numerous 8000-LP duels, especially against duelists ranked below her!”
Of course, the host must remain impartial, but her words drew a chorus of boos.
After all, Ota Yukiko had spent recent years bullying weaker duelists and rarely dared to face opponents of equal or higher level.
Frankly, she might be considered a disgrace among LV7 duelists at DM Academy.
Other LV7s hardly ever had to visit the underground duel arenas frequented only by poorly performing duelists.
Still, no matter how weak an LV7 might be, it was still an LV7.
The raw power gap was obvious, and few expected Elsie to have a chance.
But Yugi wasn’t one of them.
He even felt their odds were high, especially having claimed first turn, the advantage increased even more.
“I go first.
Draw!”
Elsie glanced at her hand and her eyes lit up, the card Yugi had had her redeem with her credits was right there!
She looked at him, but he shook his head.
“Not yet.
Use the one on the left first, then pass.”
“Okay!”
Elsie nodded.
“Normal Summon, Normal Summon <The Agent of Creation – Venus>. Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
Then activate her effect three times, paying 1500 Life Points to Special Summon three <Mystical Shine Balls>!”
Elsie, LP 4000 -> 2500
Three radiant Levas appeared on the field, hopping like little treasures across the board.
“Hmph, reckless little thing…
still daring to reduce your Life Points?” Ota Yukiko sneered cruelly.
“I’ll make sure you die an ugly death.”
“Hmph, hmph!
I’m not afraid of you!” Elsie tried her best to look fierce.
“Activate Spell Card, <White Elephant’s Gift>!
Send a <Mystical Shine Ball> to the Graveyard and draw two cards!”
“Boring draw tactics.
You’d better pray to draw the Exodia soon,” Ota Yukiko growled.
“It’ll only take one turn to send you to your doom anyway.”
“Foolish words.”
The response came from Yugi, his voice icy.
“The truly deadly ones are the monsters we leave on the field!”
He waved his hand.
“Using the two LV2 <Mystical Shine Balls>, overlay!”
“What?!”
Not just the audience, even Ota Yukiko froze.
“That little girl, she can actually perform an Xyz Summon?!”
Was this the same so-called worthless duelist who had once embarrassed the Mutou family?
“Compressed cyclone, shattering the sound barrier, racing through supersonic realms to unleash lightning…
call forth a miracle, Xyz Summon———-!”
“Appear, Rank 2, <Gigantic Spright>!”
As Yugi shouted, a white light enveloped the monster zone.
His body was wrapped in fierce blue electricity, and a magnificent armor appeared over him, his head crackling with blue energy like a Super Saiyan.
<Gigantic Spright>, DEF 1600
“Seriously?
That’s not Exodia at all.”
“Well, it’s only a rumor.
How reliable can a rumor be?”
Some began shaking their heads in disappointment, but many focused on Elsie.
How could a freshman, barely LV1 before enrollment, suddenly handle Xyz Summoning?
Her Spirit Energy could only maintain 4000 Life Points, how could she power such a monster?
“Interesting.” muttered Fujiki Rin from the VIP stands, her eyes flickering.
“No!” Kaiba Ayatsuki, who knew Elsie better and was herself formidable, noticed the anomaly first.
“Elsie’s Spirit Energy shows no signs of depletion…
could it be…?!” Rare surprise crossed her usually cold face.
“Could this duel spirit summon itself without consuming the duelist’s Spirit Energy?!”
Though just muttering, duelists nearby immediately turned pale.
A duel spirit that could summon without consuming Spirit Energy?
Could such a thing really exist?
Then again, duel spirits that could duel autonomously were thought impossible, so this started to make sense.
The deeper one studied duel spirits, the more one realized their own understanding was only a fraction of the truth.
Indeed, Yugi possessed that ability.
Elsie only needed to pay the Spirit Energy of the Xyz materials, the two <Mystical Shine Balls>, which was trivial for her.
Yugi’s transformation into <Gigantic Spright> consumed no Spirit Energy at all.
At this point, the effect of summoning <Gigantic Spright> was minor, because its first effect required using Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link monsters as materials to double its original ATK.
Its second effect mainly summoned a LV2 monster from the deck and defended against Meteor and <Tearlaments>.
Unfortunately, Elsie had no base Spright LV2 monsters, and neither duelist had a Storyteller deck, so no Meteor either.
As for <Tearlaments>?
That’s nearly the most broken card in Yu-Gi-Oh!
history, if a student really had it, she’d probably be a champion.
“Ah, if only <Gigantic Spright>’s second effect was Quick-Effect…” Yugi muttered, unsatisfied.
But it didn’t matter.
Summoning a LV2 monster from the deck?
They had one ready.
“Activate <Gigantic Spright>’s effect: detach one Xyz material to Special Summon a LV2 monster from the deck.
After this effect resolves, until the end of this turn, neither player can Special Summon monsters that are not Level 2, Rank 2, or Link 2.”
“What?!”
Those who had been disappointed moments ago now glared greedily.
A duel spirit that could appear without Spirit Energy, combined with such a powerful effect, this card was pure gold for high-level duelists, and an absolute treasure in the hands of a freshman.
It was like in LoL, where beginners are safe just playing Garen, but champions like Nidalee or Ezreal require expert control.
In a newbie’s hands, even powerful tools are underutilized.
Watching the eyes tinged red around her, Kaiba Ayatsuki sighed, realizing that from now on, all battles would revolve around Elsie’s duel spirit.