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Chapter 1683 Yubel: There's a cow!
By summoning four powerful monsters to the field in quick succession, Hayato's field, which had just been cleared by the meteor, was suddenly restored, and none of the four cards looked weak.

"Although you destroyed [Nightmare Pain], that card only added the ability to reflect damage to my [Yubel Phantom]. Both [Yubel - The Hated Knight] and [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon] have the ability to reflect damage directly through attacks!"

Looking at the monsters on Hayato's field, Yubel played a card from his hand: "Then, I'll activate my last card, the Spell Card 'Pot of Greed,' to return five monster cards from my graveyard—three 'Yubel Phantoms,' one 'Skull King,' and one 'Killer Potato'—to my deck, and then draw two cards from my deck."

[Yuber: 4000LP, hand 1→2]

【Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon】【ATK0】

【Yubel - The Hated Knight】【ATK0】

[Original Life Form Derivative] [11700/9300]

Backstage: [Mature Chronicle] [Chronicle Indicator 6]

Location: Nightmare Throne

"Next, I activate the effect of my Continuous Spell Card [Chronicle of Maturity], remove one Chronicle Counter from it, and Special Summon one [Yubel] from my Graveyard!"

[Chronology of Maturity] [Chronology Indicator 6→5]

One of the patterns that lit up on the Demon Scroll dimmed again, attempting to Special Summon the [Yubel] that had just been destroyed by the effect of [Yubel Phantom] and sent from the Deck to the Graveyard, so as to gather all three [Yubel] cards on her field at once.

But there are four monsters on Hayato's field right now, so how could she possibly have that kind of opportunity?
"When the effect that Special Summons a monster is activated by the opponent, the second effect of [Tearful Lament Tribe - Rusaka Mermaid] is activated! This sword cleaves through the meteor!" Hayato waved his hand, "Negate and destroy that activation, and after that, choose one [Tearful Lament Tribe] card from my hand and the face-up cards on my field and send it to the Graveyard."

"【The Chronicles of Maturity】is thus destroyed! Then I will send my 【Tears of Elegy Clan Type: Awesome Clan】to the graveyard!"

Yubel had finally accumulated a considerable number of Chronicle Counters, but the timing of her activation of its effect was extremely unfortunate, coinciding with Hayato's summoning of "Tears of Elegy - Rusaka Mermaid" to the field.

"EX—Calibur!" Raising her glass sword high, [Tears of Elegy Clan - Rusaka Mermaid] shouted an attack name that clearly didn't belong to her. A light blue sword aura was unleashed, severing Yubel's [Mature Chronicle] on the field, rendering all her previous efforts futile.

After that, the [Tears of Elegy Clan - Rusaka Mermaid] casually stabbed the glass sword in her hand, which had temporarily lost its power and dimmed, into the body of the [Tears of Elegy Clan Type - Kusha Wrath Clan], a "pseudo-mermaid" created by the [Kusha Wrath Clan] in imitation of the power of the [Tears of Elegy Clan].

"I'll use your blood!" While stabbing, [Tears of Elegy Clan - Rusaka Mermaid] showed an expression of excitement.

As the [Tears of Elegy Type - Kusha's Wrath Type] was sent to the Graveyard, its Graveyard effect, which mimicked [Tears of Elegy], took effect again. Hayato picked up the two cards from the top of the Duel Disk and said, "If [Tears of Elegy Type - Kusha's Wrath Type] is sent to the Graveyard by an effect, activate its effect!"

"How come it's still working?! Your monster has already used its third effect!" Although she had already guessed it, Yubel couldn't help but say when she heard that Hayato's [Tears of Elegy Type Kusha's Wrath Type] had indeed activated its effect when sent to the graveyard. "Compared to me, it feels like you're the one who got the residual power of 'Light of Destruction'?"

"What are you saying? How could someone as upright as me protect the peace of my planet if I weren't more cunning and ruthless than you villains?"

"You've already told the truth! You're starting to treat the Earth as your own!"

"You talk too much, Yubel, don't interrupt my development!" Abruptly cutting off the conversation, Hayato directly showed Yubel the two cards that had been sent to the graveyard. "The cards that were sent to the graveyard by their effects are the second copy of 'Half-Dragon Maid's Arrangement' and the second copy of 'Shaddoll Hound' in my deck."

"If a monster is sent to the Graveyard by an effect, the effect of [Shadowhound] activates, targeting a monster on the field, and changes the target monster's battle position," Hayato reminded. "Although I used this effect to flip a monster last turn, it doesn't mean that this effect can only be used on face-down defense position monsters; it can also be used on face-up monsters!"

"I change the battle position of [Yuber - The Extremely Sad Dragon] on the opponent's field! From Attack Position to Defense Position!"

Just as Hayato previously thought, while the monsters in the [Yubel] series are not without threat—for example, if you send Kaiba, without any prior information, he would be defeated on the spot by the reflected damage from [Yubel] before he could even finish his three-hit combo from [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]—they are not really that troublesome.

The nullification effects of [Illusion], the graveyard blockade of [Valley of the Kings], the banishment of [Abhidharma], or the [Announcer] can all effectively deal with [Yuber]. And like now, directly turning the attack position [Yuber - the Extremely Sad Dragon] into defense position makes it harmless in an instant - after all, the premise of your baiting is that you have to take the initiative to attack.

【Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon】【ATK0→DEF0】

Seeing his third phase form on the field reversed to defense position, Yubel gritted his teeth and glared at Hayato, yelling, "You bastard!"

"You're not even good at throwing out threats, [Yubel], that's all you're capable of. Right now, all you're doing is glaring at me, in a state of impotent rage? But you can destroy yourself in your defense stance to evolve into a new form, right?" Hayato paused, looking like he'd only just remembered. "Oh, I almost forgot, your third stage is already your final stage. Even if [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon] is destroyed now, it can't evolve into a new form."

"And the effect of [Nightmare Throne], which can help it, can also be used to Special Summon [Yubel - The Hated Knight] when your [Yubel - The Hated Knight] is released."

Pointing at Yubel, Hayato sneered, "So—you only have one useful card on your field right now: [Yubel - The Hated Knight]. On the other hand, I have three powerful monsters waiting for you." "Do you dare defy me, who possesses the power of [Teardrop]?"

Hearing Hayato's provocation, could Yubel tolerate it? She retorted angrily, "Don't be so smug! Wait until my turn, and I'll definitely make you—"

"No, this is my turn!"

Because Hayato had unleashed so many attacks, almost to the point of exhaustion from the previous turn, Yubel subconsciously realized that this was still Hayato's turn, not hers. Ultimately, what's with this deck called "Tears of Elegy"? It's like it has ADHD; once it starts unleashing its attacks, it just keeps going, and yet it manages to unleash a bunch of inexplicably powerful monsters!

However, the opponent's monster is very strong, which actually benefits Yubel.

Having confirmed that Hayato had finally stopped, Yubel, whose two cards were temporarily useless, declared without hesitation: "Anyway, I'm going to enter my battle phase, and then I'll use my 0-ATK [Yubel - The Hated Knight] to attack the monster on my opponent's field!"

Even without [Nightmare Pain], Yubel's [Yubel - The Hated Knight] already possesses a "bait" effect, which can reflect the combat damage Yubel receives in battles to the opponent. This does not restrict whether [Yubel - The Hated Knight] is the attacker or the attacked; it will still take effect if Yubel attacks.

Naturally, Hayato's highest attack power monsters on the field right now are [Ice Sword Dragon - Phantom Ice Dragon] and [Tearful Song Tribe - Lusaka Mermaid], both with 3000 attack power. No matter who they attack, Yubel can reflect the damage back to Hayato, causing his life points to plummet to a mere 1000.

Furthermore, because the "Tears of Elegy Clan" is about to give Yubel her fourth PTSD project besides space travel, solo atmospheric entry, and separation from Jaden, she feels that if she continues playing cards, she might dream that she and Jaden are sleeping in the same bed, and when she lifts the covers in the middle of the night, she can see Tears moving around in the blankets.

Hayato's "Tears of the Elegy Tribe - Rusaka Mermaid" has only revealed one ability so far: the ability to counter Special Summoned monsters. Leaving aside the recently departed "Tears of the Elegy Tribe - Kusha-no-Ku" and "Tears of the Elegy Tribe - Narcissus Mermaid," one of the fusion materials for "Tears of the Elegy Tribe - Rusaka Mermaid," even the other four lower-level monsters of "Tears of the Elegy Tribe" have two effects each. Therefore, it's highly likely that "Tears of the Elegy Tribe - Rusaka Mermaid" still has at least one unrevealed effect.

Therefore, Yubel decisively looked at [Ice Sword Dragon - Phantom Ice Dragon]: "My chosen target is [Ice Sword Dragon - Phantom Ice Dragon], a Phantom Dragon monster I've never heard of before!"

"Roar! Facing my invincible [Tears of Pearls], instead of running away, you're continuing to attack?"

“If I don’t keep attacking, how can I let you taste the pain I’ve been going through all this time?” Yubel retorted without hesitation.

“Then let’s get closer, preferably right up to my monster. And then—” Hayato waved his hand, “take the effect of this [Magic Arm Shield] from my graveyard!”

Before the attack of [Yubel - The Hated Knight] arrived, a shield slowly rose from Hayato's graveyard, blocking his monster?!
"Impossible! Isn't that a Normal Trap Card with only one effect?!" Although she didn't recognize many of Hayato's other cards, the card [Magic Arm Shield] appeared even before Yubel's own card—[Yubel]—and she remembered its effect perfectly. "How could you possibly activate this card in the Graveyard?!"

"Fool! The greatest impossibility before me is the existence of the impossible!" Hayato picked up another card from the graveyard and said, "This is... a divine talent far beyond your imagination!"

Along with the shield, the card itself, [Magic Arm Shield], appeared. However, the card had "snow" on it, like the kind that often appears on old-fashioned TV screens with poor signal. After flashing a few times, the card was revealed.

“【Transaction Rollback】?” Yubel subconsciously read out the name of the card.

“Sodayo!” Hayato banished the card with the [Transaction Rewind] ability. “This card was sent to the graveyard when I Fusion Summoned [Tears of Elegy - Narcissus Mermaid] last turn. I even told you its name back then.”

"And the [Magic Arm Shield] was the card that was sent to the graveyard when Little Blue—[Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl]—was Special Summoned. Although it didn't activate any effect at the time, that doesn't mean that no useful cards were sent to the graveyard during that blind summon!"

"Hmph, I, Xiao Lan, am simply invincible! Even though I'm excluded, I'm still a C!" Xiao Lan, who was excluded, was very proud when she heard her name mentioned, with her hands on her hips.

"Since you know about [Magic Arm Shield], you must also know its effect, right?" Hayato shook the [Transaction Reversal] card, watching it be banished and disappear from his fingers. "Ban this [Transaction Reversal] from my Graveyard and pay half of my Life Points. Target one Normal Trap Card in my Graveyard other than [Transaction Reversal] and activate its effect. Make the effect of [Transaction Reversal] the same as the effect of that Normal Trap Card when it was activated."

[Hayato Kobayashi: 4000→2000LP, 2 card in hand]

"With this effect, I can skip the activation cost of many trap cards, and the conditions for activating [Magic Arm Shield]—that the opponent has two or more face-up monsters on their field, I have a monster on my field, and the opponent's monster declares an attack and targets one face-up monster on their field—have already been met. My target is your [Yubel - Extremely Sad Dragon]!"

Hayato's shield on the field opened, and a retractable mechanical arm extended from it. The rapidly extending mechanical arm instantly grabbed [Yuber - The Extremely Sad Dragon] on Yubel's field, then retracted, bringing it to Hayato's field?!
"Control of the target monster, [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon], is gained until the end of the Battle Phase, and the target of the opponent's monster's attack is transferred to the target monster for damage calculation!"

Hayato smirked and said coldly, "So—your monster is pretty good, but now it's mine!"

"So this is what the [Extremely Sorrowful Dragon] looks like when it's around you? But it's not like that in front of me. If you can accept it, then keep attacking. Oh, right, you don't actually have the right to refuse. Force your [Yuber - The Hated Knight] to continue attacking the [Yuber - Extremely Sorrowful Dragon]!"

"Kisama!" In Yubel's impotent rage, her second stage form was forcibly rammed into her third stage form. Even though the two monsters had zero attack power and were originally set to be unable to cause any damage, they still suffered considerable damage to each other under this impact. However, the one who suffered the pain was not Hayato, but Yubel herself, whose monster had been taken away!

　It's almost the end of the month, but I still have one leave slip I redeemed at the beginning of the month that I haven't used.
　　Although I don't want to admit it, these are all mistakes I made because I was young. (Char Aznable face.jpg)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)