Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

“Finally, I’ll banish ‘Wrath of Ashes’ from my graveyard to activate its second effect.” Picking up the cards ‘Witch of Ashes’ and ‘Spellcaster of Ashes’ from his Duel Disk, O’Brien said, “I’ll use these two monsters on my field as Fusion Material!”

"Summon the [Ashfall Corruptor] once more through fusion!"

[Ossin O'Brien: 3000LP, Hand: 2]

【Ashfallen Corruptor】【ATK2900】

[King of Ashes] [ATK1400]

【Heroes of the Ashes】【ATK2600】

【Volcano Emperor】【ATK3100】

Backcourt: [Extinction of Flames] [GaiKa (Boundless Extinction)] [GaiKa (Volcanic Inferno)]

Location: [Obsidian City, the City of Ashes]

"The effect of [Ashfall Corruptor]: If this card is Fusion Summoned, you can target 1 Field Spell Card in my Graveyard to activate this effect. Add that card to my hand, and I recover another [Ashfall City - Obsidian Castle] that was previously destroyed by [Destroyer Dragon - Widows].

After retrieving the cards from the graveyard, O'Brien's next move was to play another card from his hand: "Activate the spell card [Angel's Charity], draw three cards from my deck and discard two cards from my hand. What I discarded are [Mirrorless Annihilation] and [Obsidian City of Annihilation]."

After changing his hand, O'Brien finally looked at the opponent's field.

[Tenth Generation Overlord: 1500LP, Hand: 0]

【M·hero Spring Water】【DEF1400】

【M·hero Acid Water】【DEF2100】

【E-hero Toxic Foam】【DEF1200】

【Destroyer Dragon - Weedo Release】【ATK2800】

Backcourt: [Future Fusion] [Face Card]

At this moment, both Jaden and Obryan have four monsters on their fields. However, the cautious Jaden had previously chosen to have his monsters in defense position when Special Summoning with cards like "Masked Change". As a result, only one of his monsters, "Destroyer Dragon - Weed," sent by Obryan, is in attack position.

On O'Brien's side, there were four attack-position monsters on the field, which, coincidentally, were just enough to destroy all of Jaden's monsters by battle. However, after that, it would be difficult for any additional monsters to launch a direct attack on Jaden.

—At least that's how it is in the opinion of the Tenth Generation of Overlord.

"Battle-Time!" O'Brien announced the start of the battle phase, and his first move was to send his highest-attack-power card, [Volcano Emperor], to attack: "Use this card to attack [Destroyer Dragon - Weedosh] on your opponent's field."

"Abyss Annihilation!"

[Volcano Emperor] was enveloped in flames that resembled feathers. After a brief charge, it unleashed its attack on [Destroyer Dragon - Weidoshi]. Under its control, the flames transformed into a similar four-legged, winged fire dragon.

Even though both are fire-wielding monsters, at this moment, the attack of [Volcano Emperor] surpassed that of [Destroyer Dragon - Vidosh]. The orange-yellow flames engulfed the purplish-black flames, and [Destroyer Dragon - Vidosh] was destroyed and sent to the graveyard by this power. O'Brien, of course, wouldn't activate its effect at this moment and destroy all the monsters on his field. He pointed at Jaden and said, "Because [Destroyer Dragon - Vidosh] is on the field in attack position, take this 300 points of battle damage, Jaden!"

[Tenth Generation Overlord: 1500 → 1200 LP, Hand: 0]

"However, only that monster on my field is in Attack Position; the other three monsters are in Defense Position, so you cannot inflict battle damage on me."

Seeing that Judai was speaking calmly, O'Brien also curled the corners of his mouth: "Indeed, I don't have any monsters with defensive piercing effects on my field, so I can't use attack or defense to indicate that a monster can damage you. But, to put it bluntly, I can't inflict battle damage on you?"

"Sorewadoka na!"

With a wave of his hand, O'Brien commanded, "[King of Ashes] attack, shatter [E-hero Poison Foam] - Break the Formation Fireball!"

"Then [Ashfall Corruptor], attack [M·hero Acid]!"

Although the [King of Ash City] only has an attack power of 1400 points, which is at the level of a "minor monster", it is at least higher than the [E-hero Poison Bubble]'s 1200 points of defense power, so it was successfully defeated.

However, because [E-hero Poison Bubble] is in defense position, Jaden did not suffer any battle damage as a result.

Then came the attack from [Ashfallen Corruptor], but just as it was about to attack [M·hero Acid], Jaden saw that it didn't move, but instead, flames ignited on its hand.

"【Ashfallen Corruptor】is not just an entry effect; its second effect can only be activated at the start of the Damage Step when it battles an opponent's Fiery Monster!" O'Brien said, pointing to the opponent's field, "【Obsidian City of Ash】transforms 【M·Hero Acid】 into a Fiery Monster during my turn, thus fulfilling the activation condition of 【Ashfallen Corruptor】!"

"Under the effect of [Ashfall Corruptor], [M·hero Acid] will be destroyed instantly, and if this effect of [Ashfall Corruptor] is activated during my turn, it can only attack once!"

"Next, destroy the [M·hero Spring]!"

Although [M·hero Fountain] has an effect that can be triggered by being sent to the Graveyard by either an effect or a cost, battle destruction obviously cannot activate it. Like [M·hero Acid], two [M·hero] monsters of the Water attribute were destroyed by [Ashfallen] and sent to the Graveyard.

To achieve this, O'Brien only used one monster, "Ashfaller," meaning he saved the attack opportunity of "Hero of Ashfall City," which was originally intended to be used in a battle against a monster by Jaden.

Now, with the last two monsters on Jaden's field destroyed, Jaden, with his front row empty, is about to face a direct attack from [Hero of Ash City]!

"You have 1200 Life Points remaining, while [Hero of Ashes] has 2600 Attack Points. It's time to end this duel, Overlord!" O'Brien said, waving his arm to give the final command, "Attack the opponent directly, [Hero of Ashes]!"

"Flame Song!"

Bearing O'Brien's hopes for victory, and the expectation of defeating the Supreme King Jaden and turning him back into the Jaden he once was, [Hero of Ash City] gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands and raised it.

Behind him, the King of Ash City, the Ash Fallen One, the Volcano Emperor, and many others, such as the Witch of Ash City, all contributed their power, which was channeled into the sword in the hand of the Hero of Ash City.

Then, the sword strike sent shockwaves so powerful that they instantly extinguished a large portion of the raging fires burning in the ancient city. Facing this attack head-on was the Tenth Overlord…

—And then, the sudden, dramatic cover shot he delivered from the backcourt! (End of Chapter)