“Cough, cough…”
After continuously summoning powerful monsters, Ota Yukiko’s mental stamina had been heavily drained.
She covered her mouth and coughed violently, and one could even see blood-tinged foam seeping through her fingers.
Yet this female version of Hanma’s gaze remained sharp and brimming with malice, one could even call it hatred.
Ever since losing to Kaiba Ayatsuki, she had begun to loathe the entire world, turning into a mad dog that would bite anyone it could get its teeth into.
“Now you have nowhere left to run.
Enter Battle Phase!”
“At this moment, I flip my face-down card!” Yugi shouted.
“I activate the Continuous Trap Card, <Gravity Bind>!”
This was the card Yugi had obtained by spending Elsie’s academic credits in exchange.
As long as it remained on the field, monsters of Level 4 or higher could not attack.
Since the Malefic series were all unquestionably high-level boss monsters, it was practically the ultimate counter.
“D*mn it!”
With two consecutive offensives failing, Ota Yukiko began to grow restless.
“I set one card.
Turn end!”
At this point, the card in her hand was clearly the revealed <Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon>.
“My turn, draw!”
Elsie glanced at Yugi.
He nodded, and she took a deep breath.
“I activate the Spell Card <Upstart Goblin>!
You recover 1000 Life Points, and I draw one card!”
Ota Yukiko, LP 2000 -> 3000
Everyone was left speechless.
Even Kaiba Ayatsuki frowned.
Who would bring such a meaningless card?
It’s not like <Pot of Greed> didn’t exist.
“Next, I pay 1000 Life Points to activate the Spell Card <Dark Magic Curtain>!
I Special Summon <Dark Magician Girl> from the Graveyard!”
Elsie, LP 2500 -> 1500
“Then I give this card to you.
By doing so, I activate the Spell Card <Magical Contract Door>!
According to this card’s effect, I add one Level 7 or Level 8 DARK Attribute monster from my Deck to my hand!”
Though she looked clumsy, she was still a Duelist.
Elsie’s card-throwing technique was quite impressive.
Ota Yukiko caught the card and froze when she saw it.
“How is this possible…”
She was willing to hand over such a god-tier card for her own use, just what kind of monster was she willing to pay such a huge price to search?
Then Elsie’s eyes shone with firm resolve.
“I will add <Gandora the Dragon of Destruction> to my hand!”
“What?!”
Everyone was instantly shocked.
That was also one of the ultra-powerful monsters that had followed the first-generation Duel King and earned tremendous renown!
Had this little girl’s mental stamina already reached the point where she could control such a powerful monster?
But <Gandora> had a field-wiping effect, and there were already enough tributes on the field.
If she was determined to use this card, why revive <Dark Magician Girl> first?
Ota Yukiko swept her gaze across the field and suddenly realized.
“So that’s how it is.
My Field Spell is protected and can’t be destroyed, and Gandora’s ATK increases by 300 times the number of cards destroyed.
Tribute Summoning Gandora requires two tributes.
This little brat even “helpfully” restored my Life Points.
If she didn’t revive <Dark Magician Girl> to add one more card to the field, then after <Gandora> wipes the field, its ATK wouldn’t be enough to one-shot me.”
When Gandora wipes the field, it doesn’t distinguish between friend and foe, it would also destroy <Gravity Bind> in the back row.
That way, attacks could be launched again.
“Next, I activate the Spell Card <Draw of Fate>!
Because my Life Points are lower than yours, and the monster with the highest ATK on the field is on your side, I can reveal three different cards, shuffle them into the top of my Deck, then draw one card!”
“So there’s even a strategy of controlling your LP to use this card…
But now is the perfect opportunity!”
Ota Yukiko’s gaze turned cold.
“I chain to <Draw of Fate>!
I flip my face-down card and activate the Trap Card <Lightforce Sword>!
Randomly banish one card from your hand face-down.
After this card is activated, the banished card won’t return to your hand until the Standby Phase of the fourth turn of your turn count!”
The biggest drawback of this card was that it banished randomly.
But after <Draw of Fate> had been activated, Elsie only had the newly searched <Gandora> left in her hand, so it was guaranteed to be banished.
“Hah!”
Ota Yukiko let out a breath of relief.
Whether or not Elsie actually had the ability to command <Gandora>, it was always better to be safe than sorry.
As long as that monster threat was gone, next turn, once she used <Feather Duster>, victory would be firmly in her grasp.
According to the rule of chains resolving in reverse order, Elsie’s Gandora was first banished face-down.
Only then did <Draw of Fate>’s effect begin to resolve.
Elsie and Yugi seemed to panic, placing <Pot of Greed> on top, followed by <Kuriboh>, clearly preparing to stall and cling to life until <Gandora> returned.
“After using <Draw of Fate>, I can only activate one more effect.
I activate the <Pot of Greed> I just drew and draw two more cards!”
“Hmph, <Kuriboh> to cling to life huh?
But it’s useless, your death star is already shining in the sky!”
Hanma Yujiro’s appearance combined with lines straight out of a Fist of the North Star set, just what kind of being are you?
Some kind of fusion-type magnetic-field lunatic?”
Ota Yukiko couldn’t be bothered to respond to Yugi’s snark.
Since Elsie couldn’t activate any effects and the monsters on the field couldn’t overpower the opponent’s, her turn ended just like that.
“My turn.
I activate the effect of <Malefic World>.
As a replacement for drawing a card, I reveal three “Malefic” cards from my Deck, randomly add one of them to my hand, and return the rest to the Deck.”
“All three cards are <Malefic Claw Stream>.
Has this woman started getting cautious?”
Seeing the cards the opponent revealed, Yugi’s eyelid twitched slightly.
That meant no matter how the random selection went, the card added to her hand would be that archetype Sin Trap Card.
“Then…” Ota Yukiko looked at the <Feather Duster> in her hand.
In theory, she could easily win the duel just by activating it, but a Duelist’s instinct made her hesitate.
A voice inside her was screaming at her not to act recklessly.
In this crucial duel spirit plunder battle, was it really okay to use a card given by the opponent?
Although Elsie had already created a situation that forced her to take the <Feather Duster> in order to activate <Gandora>’s effect, Ota Yukiko still hesitated.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have directly taken <Malefic Claw Stream>.
It was so that if anything unexpected happened, she’d still have a backup card to save herself.
After all, if <Feather Duster> wasn’t a Trap, her current field was more than enough to go for the kill.
Seeing that Ota Yukiko was still hesitating, the corners of Yugi’s mouth rose uncontrollably.
Lowering his voice, he once again activated his nagging mode.
“Hey, use it.
Use the <Feather Duster>.”
“You’re not blowing me up?
Then when <Gandora> comes back, I’ll activate its effect and blow you up instead.”
“Ota Yukiko, are you even a man…
cough, a woman?
Fire the cannon.”
“This weakness of yours won’t protect anyone.”
“………”
These devilish whispers irritated Ota Yukiko to no end.
It was like having a 6-year-old kid pointing and lecturing beside you while you were dueling.
Bloodshot veins even appeared in her eyes, especially with those meaningless phrases echoing in her ears like “Raoh is gone, but you are also Raoh”.
“So the only time you can pull the trigger is now!”
“Cut it out———–!”
She let out a beast-like roar.
“I activate the Spell Card <Harpie’s Feather Duster>!
Destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on your field!”