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Chapter 1684 The Must-Try Guess Who's the Dragon in Duel Monsters
Although the pain felt by Yubel was compounded by the fact that two versions of herself were fighting at the same time, it was as if someone had turned on a switch in the doujinshi that doubled the sensitivity.

However, regarding the Duel Monsters themselves, a monster with 0 attack power cannot cause any damage. In fact, neither Hayato nor Yubel's life points changed at all.

However, the card 【Magic Arm Shield】 reminded Yubel of something: what if Hayato hadn't used the effect of 【Shadowhound】 to change 【Yubel - Extremely Sad Dragon】 to Defense Position, but instead changed 【Primal Life Form Token】 from Defense Position to Attack Position, or even Special Summoned it to his field in Attack Position when it landed?

So, could he resist the temptation and not attack with his [Primal Life Form Derivative], which has an attack power of tens of thousands? If he really did that, he would probably have been killed on the spot by the reflected damage from his [Yubels] who had taken control of him!
Thinking of this, Yubel didn't keep her doubts to herself and asked directly, "Hayato Kobayashi! You could have chosen to use this combo to lure me into attacking with [Primal Life Form Derivative] and then reflect the damage back, right?"

“I see, that’s what you’re wondering about.” Hayato raised an eyebrow. “Unlike you, I’m a duelist, and there are some things I absolutely cannot do.”

"Everyone desires victory, and I am no exception, but I will never entrust the possibility of victory to the possible mistakes of my opponent. If I change [Primal Life Form Token] to attack position, but you still attack with [Yuber - Extremely Sad Dragon], I can't activate this [Magic Arm Shield] at that time to take control of [Primal Life Form Token], can I? And if I choose to control another [Yuber] monster on your field, I will be unable to block the attack of [Primal Life Form Token]."

"I'm not as aggressive as you. Rather than a rash victory, I prefer to have the situation completely under my control. As for victory, I'll take it myself when it's my turn!"

"Stop being so self-righteous!" Yubel said through gritted teeth, looking at Hayato's confident demeanor. "Is this your excuse for taking other people's cards? Your high-sounding act is disgusting!"

"But the [Magic Arm Shield]'s effect will only last until the end of the combat phase. I'll end the combat phase now and take control of it—"

Since the only monster he can attack is [Yubel - The Hated Knight], and its attack failed to land, Yubel doesn't really have much to do except end the battle phase.

But just as Yubel was about to regain control of [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon] at the end of the battle phase, Hayato pulled out another card from his graveyard and said, "Before that, activate the effect of another Normal Trap Card in my graveyard!"

"【Labrins welcomes you, welcomes you very much!】!"

"By banishing this card from my Graveyard, I can target a Fiend-Type monster on my field to activate its second effect, returning that card to my hand." After a pause, Hayato added, "And if I have a Fiend-Type monster of Level 8 or higher on my field, I can also target one card on my opponent's field instead!"

"Because I have a Level 12 [Yuber - The Extremely Sad Dragon] on my field, I can target your Field Spell Card [Nightmare Throne]!"

"Big Welcome, Labrynth!"

The scattered petals traced arcs in the air, encircling the Nightmare Throne beneath Yubel's feet before tightening abruptly, causing Yubel, who was high above, to plummet back to the ground, nearly falling over. Hayato couldn't help but wonder if the wings behind her were just decorations, and if she didn't want to use them, she might as well give them to some mythical beasts that couldn't fly.

(Today’s Cliff 1/1)

Among the cards on Yubel's field, [Yubel - The Hated Knight] has the ability to Special Summon [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon] in its third stage when it leaves the field. Hayato doesn't know how many third-stage cards Yubel's deck has, but considering that she already has three [Yubel] cards, it's not impossible that she has three [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon] cards in her deck.

Since tokens can be destroyed and banished, but cannot be returned to the hand, and [Primal Life Form Token] cannot be targeted by [Rabillins Welcome Welcome Big Welcome], Hayato's only target is [Nightmare Throne].

—He can't exactly bounce the [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon] that he just got back back to Yubel's hand, can he? That would be pointless. If Hayato really did that, Yubel could simply return the [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon] from his hand and the [Yubel - The Hated Knight] from the field to his deck, and play another [Yubel Phantom] that he had previously recycled onto the field.

Yubel glared angrily at Hayato after retrieving the Field Spell Card, and even the return of [Yubel - Extremely Sad Dragon] to his field after the Battle Phase ended did not cheer him up.

The reason is that while most field spell cards don't have many restrictions, such as [Dare to Race] and [Divine Fountain], which can be played as many times as you want in a turn without any problem, Yubel's [Nightmare Throne] has the restriction that "only one card with this name can be activated in a turn" because of its search effect that takes effect when activated.

In other words, now that Hayato has bounced Nightmare Throne back into his hand with Labyrinth's Welcome Welcome Big Welcome, he is completely unable to play it again!

"To be honest, besides my cards, you clearly don't have a single Fiend-Type monster on your field!" Yubel said angrily, looking at the [Labyrinth Welcome Welcome Big Welcome] that had disappeared from Hayato's hand and been banished. "From the very beginning, were you planning to seize control of my monsters?!"

“While I really want to say ‘yes,’ like how I used to bring a ‘Magic Wand’ when I played cards,” Hayato shook his head, “it wasn’t actually like that. If it weren’t for your ‘Skull King’ getting in the way, I would actually have a Fiend monster on my field.”

"【Skull King】?" Yubel raised an eyebrow, recalling the card Hayato had played back then. "I used it to negate your fusion of 【Swamp Demon King】 and 【Tearful Elegy Clan - Little Mermaid】? What a joke! Wasn't the monster you were going to fuse and summon called 【Dark World Dragon King - Grafa】? You can tell from the name that it's a dragon monster, can't you?"

“Then I could also say that Cyber ​​Dragon is a dragon and Firewall Dragon is a dragon,” Hayato retorted. “Dark World Dragon King - Grafa is a Fiend-Type monster and a Level 10, so of course it can support the effect of the card Rabillins Welcome Welcome Big Welcome.”

"Tch, how annoying!" Yubel glanced at the cards in his hand, played one, and said, "Then I'll activate the spell card [Angel's Charity], draw three cards from my deck, and then discard two more."

"I discarded this useless Nightmare Throne along with another [Sacrifice to the Demon Realm Lotus]."

After changing his hand, Yubel's eyes lit up when he saw the card he had drawn. He immediately activated it, saying, "Then this card, 'Foolish Burial,' can send one monster card from my deck to the graveyard. I choose 'Hell Graveyard Creeper'!"

"Next comes the third effect of [Hell Graveyard Creeper]: You can activate this effect by banishing this card from my Graveyard. Special Summon one Fiend-Type monster with 0 ATK and DEF, except [Hell Graveyard Creeper], from my hand or Graveyard—I Special Summon [Yubel] from my Graveyard!"

[Yubel], who couldn't be Special Summoned in the [Chronicle of Maturity], was Special Summoned by Yubel during Main Phase 2. Unfortunately, it was too late; otherwise, he might have been able to participate in the "bait" attack against Hayato during the previous battle phase. [Yubel] [ATK 0]

That wasn't all. Yubel glanced at his hand, revealed another card, and said, "Then I will Special Summon [Yubel Phantom] again, returning [Yubel - The Hated Knight] on my field and this [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon] in my hand to the Deck, and [Yubel Phantom] which was returned to the Fusion Deck before Special Summoning!"

"Finally, place one card face down. My turn is over."

The monster of [Yubel] is actually in an incomplete state in the first few stages. This setting is most evident in the fact that in the first two stages of [Yubel], there is a "price" that must be paid in order to maintain its existence.

【Yubel】requires a "Sacrifice" at the end of each of her turns to release one other monster on her field, or else destroy herself—this destruction cannot trigger evolution; while 【Yubel - The Abomination Knight】 takes exclusivity to the extreme, destroying all other monsters on the field at the end of each of Yubel's turns—this is another reason why she chose to return 【Yubel - The Abomination Knight】 to the deck to fuse 【Yubel Phantom】.

Under its effect, not only will Yubel's field be cleared down to only the monster "Yubel - The Hated Knight," but Hayato's monsters will also be cleared. Sounds good, right? But Yubel hasn't forgotten Hayato's incredibly efficient board control and the effects of "Tears of the Goddess" that trigger in the Graveyard. She's confident that if "Yubel - The Hated Knight" dares to destroy the field, Hayato's monsters will dare to rise from the dead!

Returning [Yubel - The Hated Knight] and the card [Yubel - The Extremely Sad Dragon] drawn from the hand by [Angel's Charity] to the deck, the Special Summoned [Yubel Phantom] is not very useful this turn, and without [Nightmare Pain] it cannot reflect damage to Hayato, but it can provide some protection next turn.

As for the cost of [Yubel]'s continued existence, she has her own way of paying it.

“If [Yubel] is on my field during my End Phase, and the effect of [Revenge of the Demon Lotus] that was just sent to the Graveyard is activated, I can add it to my hand or Special Summon it, and then Special Summon it to my field in Defense Position.” Retrieving the card from the Graveyard, Yubel pointed to his own field, “And to maintain my presence on the field, I need to Tribute one other monster during each of my End Phases. However, instead of [Revenge of the Demon Lotus], I will Tribute [Primal Life Form Token].

Despite having very high stats, Yubel felt that unless the stats were increased to infinity, it would be pointless to deal with someone like Hayato Kobayashi, whose mechanics were maxed out. He had to use a mechanic of the same level to deal with him.

Clearly, she believed that her lineup was strong enough to at least hold out until her next turn, if not to defeat Kobayashi Hayato in her own turn.

【尤贝尔：4000LP，手牌2→3→3→2→1→0】

【Yubel】【ATK0】

【Ubel Phantom】【ATK0】

[Sacrifice to the Demon Realm Lotus] [DEF0]

【Yubel - The Dragon of Utter Sorrow】【DEF0】

Backcourt: [Cover Card]

My own [Yubel Phantom] can modify a monster effect once, allowing me to destroy [Yubel Spirit] in my Deck to Special Summon [Yubel]. And when I successfully Special Summon [Yubel] in the next turn, I can trigger the effect of [Undead Torture Giant] in my Graveyard to Special Summon it to Hayato Kobayashi's field and block his space. Afterwards, [Ren of the Sacrifice Demon] also has the ability to release itself to modify a monster effect to destroy [Yubel] monsters on the field, allowing my monsters to evolve again.

In other words, with two indirect "Strange Effect Counters", plus the powerful damage reflection effects of [Yubel] and [Yubel's Extremely Sad Dragon], and finally a face-down card in the back row, how could Kobayashi Hayato possibly kill himself in one turn?

Confident Yubel thought this as he watched Hayato draw a card from his deck.

"My turn, draw a card." Without even looking at the card he drew, Hayato added it to his hand. "Then, because of the effect of the Continuous Spell Card [Nightmare Mirage], I will discard a random number of cards from my hand during my Standby Phase after drawing the card. This number will be the same as the number of cards I drew during my opponent's Standby Phase in the previous turn."

[Hayato Kobayashi: 2000LP, hand 2→3]

【Ice Sword Dragon - Phantom Ice Dragon】【ATK3000】

【Divine Flame Dragon - Crimson Realm Dragon】【ATK2500】

【The Lament of the Pearl-Tear Clan - Lusaka Mermaid】【ATK3000】

Backstage: [Nightmare of the Mirage] [A Lifetime of Evil: The Elegy Played]

"Ugh, what bad luck! I didn't even draw [Extraordinary Food], which I always seem to have together with. I guess it's because I never even put [Extraordinary Food] in this deck in the first place?"

Hayato said, watching as two of the three cards in his hand automatically went to the graveyard, "But even though it's called random, it's really no different—because all three of my cards are [Tears]!"

　FGO went berserk with the Grandmaster title, and then the opponent was Hercules.
　　It seems like the goal is to restore Berserker's mythical power, but due to the strengths and weaknesses of Berserker classes and the sheer number of ways Berserker can be countered by classes of the same class, it's basically a guaranteed 2-turn speedrun on the highest difficulty. Today's Ocean of Breasts 1/1.
　　Especially after unlocking the Grand Rank skill tree, new skills like Battle Continuation (Berserk) and the Twelve Trials can be unlocked, and there's even the original Twelve Trials effect that increases the corresponding resistance after Battle Continuation is triggered. It's like Hercules has six roots!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)