“Not finished yet, boy.
Finally…” “I activate the Spell Card, Dragged Down into the Grave!” “The effect of this card is that each player who has a hand discards their entire hand, then each player draws cards equal to the number they discarded.” It swept the remaining four cards in its claws into the Graveyard, then pressed its hand to the deck and drew four.
“I discard 4, draw 4.” Its dragon eyes drifted slowly toward Nate, carrying a smile weighted with meaning.
“Same goes for you, boy.
Discard everything in your hand.” Nate said nothing.
He glanced down at the three cards remaining in his hand, his expression calm, and pressed them all into the Graveyard together.
Then he placed his hand on the deck and slowly drew three new cards.
He lowered his head, his gaze sweeping across those three cards.
In that instant, the corner of his mouth rose, just barely, just for a moment.
“Now then, boy, once you’ve added those cards to your hand, the effects of the four cards I just sent to the Graveyard can activate!” “First, the effect of Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World, chained by the effect of Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World, chained by the effect of Scar, Sentry of Dark World, and last in the chain, the effect of Snow, Enchantress of Dark World!” At the sight of this, a wave of disbelieving cries burst from the watching duelists.
“Four card effects triggering in the same instant?!” “Four chain links!
Do Dark World monsters have no restrictions at all?
Send them to the Graveyard and they just go off?!” “Hahahaha!
This is the true power of Dark World!
Tremble before it, mortals!” Grapha let out a brazen laugh, the black mist around its cards thickening and roiling.
“Resolving in chain order, first the effect of Snow, Enchantress of Dark World!” “When this card is discarded from the hand to the Graveyard by a card’s effect, it adds one Spell Card from my Deck to my hand.
I add the Quick-Play Spell Card, Reign of the Dark World, from my Deck to my hand!” A Spell Card radiating a sinister violet glow automatically ejected from the deck and fell into its claws.
“Next, the effect of Scar, Sentry of Dark World!” “When this card is discarded from the hand to the Graveyard by a card’s effect, I add one Dark World monster of Level 4 or lower from my Deck to my hand.
By this effect, I add Kahki, Assassin of Dark World from my Deck to my hand!” The searched card ejected automatically from the deck and dropped into its hand.
“The effect of Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World activates!
This card Special Summons itself from the Graveyard!” The ground cracked open.
A vanguard wielding a massive sword leapt out from the depths of the abyss and landed squarely on Grapha’s field.
Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World Level 4 / Fiend / Effect ATK: 1600 “And last, the effect of Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World!
Targeting that Set card on your field, I destroy it!” The black dragon claw thrust out from the Graveyard once more, carrying with it the force to annihilate everything, and slammed toward the one Set card on Nate’s field.
The instant before the claw made contact…
“Chain Link!” The moment the words left his mouth, the Set card at Nate’s feet flipped face-up.
“Trap Card, Great Soul!” Grapha narrowed its eyes at the revealed Trap.
That card again.
Was he trying to activate its effect during the End Phase once more, to keep Savior Demon Dragon on the field?
“This card’s effect can be activated when a Dragon Synchro monster exists on the field.
I Special Summon up to a combined total of 2 Resonator monsters or Level 1 Dragon monsters from my Deck.” Nate looked at Grapha, a faint smile pulling at his lips.
“The effect of Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World only destroys.
It does not negate.
Once a Trap Card has been activated, even if it is destroyed during resolution, its effect still applies normally.” “Therefore, by the effect of Great Soul, since the Synchro monster Savior Demon Dragon exists on my field, I can Special Summon two Resonator monsters from my Deck in Defense Position!” Nate snatched the two cards that automatically ejected from his deck and slammed them onto the Duel Disk.
“Appear!
Synkron Resonator and Clear Resonator!” A resonant hum rang out from the void, two clear tuning-fork tones, one after the other.
A pair of small fiend monsters pulsing with wave energy, one red and one violet, materialized instantly and took up defensive stances in front of Nate’s field.
Synkron Resonator Level 3 / Fiend / Tuner / Effect DEF: 300 Clear Resonator Level 2 / Fiend / Tuner / Effect DEF: 400 Grapha looked down from its height at the two new monsters on Nate’s field, a trace of calculation entering its eyes.
“Those two monsters aren’t your real objective, are they.
What you actually want is to send Great Soul to the Graveyard, and then use its effect later to put Savior Demon Dragon back on the field!” At that, Nate smiled, something unreadable in it.
“Guess.” Grapha let out a scornful laugh at that.
“I have no interest in playing your tedious guessing games!” It swept a claw through the air, and the black mist around it surged and churned again.
“In the face of absolute power, all schemes and stratagems are nothing but smoke!”