Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1607 The Guardian's Fall

Rafael: "My turn, draw a card!"

Rafael drew a card, glanced at it, and immediately revealed it: "Activate the Spell Card 'Pot of Greed', draw two cards from your deck."

Rafael drew two cards and immediately inserted one of them into the Duel Disk slot: "Activate Equip Spell 'Goddess's Holy Sword - Eagle Spirit'!"

A holy goddess, with an angelic halo above her head, flew into the air, unfurling a pair of angelic wings behind her. Her eyes were closed, her arms outstretched, and a holy sword, radiating rainbow light, swirled down from mid-air, landing firmly in the ground.

Of course, the equipment was still given to the "support defenders" on the field.

"Then, if there are no monsters in your graveyard, this card can be Special Summoned directly from your hand without any cost!"

Rafael raised another monster card in his hand.

"My angel, my destiny! Appear, Guardian Aetos!!!"

The first thing to appear in the sky was a pair of pure white wings. The shimmering wings slowly unfurled, revealing the figure of an angel. Above her head was a holy halo, and rainbow-like rays slanted down, as if she were enveloped in a layer of holy light.

[Guardian Aetos, Attack Power 2500]

Youxuan: "Oh? Is this the spirit that protects you?"

“Indeed, Aetos is my guardian, and also my destiny,” Rafael said. “The right destiny that Lord Dartz guided me to.”

You Xuan said, "Really? You really believe that? To obey that old man named Dazi without question, is this your fate? Do you think this will allow you to get over the grief of losing your family and get back on the right path in life?"

"Shut up! What do you know about my affairs?!" Rafiru shouted. "Lord Dartz is guiding the 'right' path, which is the only correct and necessary future for me and for this hopeless world!"

He waved his hand and shouted, "Activate the monster effect of 'Support Guardian' to transfer the equipment cards equipped to you to other monsters."

I'm transferring 'Goddess's Holy Sword - Eagle Spirit' to 'Guardian Aetos'!

The holy sword drew a dazzling arc and landed steadily in Aetos's hand.

The Holy Sword can increase Ethos's attack power by 300 points, but Rafael's purpose is clearly not that.

"Guardian Ethos's effect activated!" Rafael raised his fist. "By destroying the 'Goddess's Holy Sword - Eagle Spirit' equipped on himself, Ethos can banish all monsters in the opponent's graveyard from the game!"

Furthermore, until the end of the turn, Guardian Ethos gains all the ATK of the banished monsters, and its own ATK increases by the sum of the ATKs of all the opponent's banished monsters! (Animation effect)

Aetos raised his holy sword high, and images of eternal fire appeared one after another in the air.

Infernal Flame Demon, Three Infernal Flame Beetles, Chain-linked Dragon, Deep-Sea Diver
One after another, the Eternal Flames appeared, like phantoms floating in mid-air. As the Holy Sword of Aetos was raised high, all the souls seemed to be drawn to it, making her aura even more immense.

[Guardian Aetos Attack Power 2500 → Attack Power 11500]

Attack power of 11,500!
"Do you see? This is my destiny, the unshakeable power of absolute destiny!" Rafael roared. "This power is proof of 'correctness'!"

"Oh? Is that so?" You Xuan chuckled with amusement. "Then if you are truly as powerful as you claim, if your Lord Dartz truly gave you the courage to stand up and face your destiny, then why are you still trembling with fear?"

"afraid?"

Rafiru frowned, his face showing anger.

What do I have to be afraid of?

“Of course,” You Xuan paused, a dangerous smile appearing on his face, deliberately emphasizing the last word, “die.” Rafiru’s pupils contracted, and his movements froze.

At this moment, in Rafiru's eyes, You Xuan's figure instantly blurred, as if it had transformed into some kind of abstract and enormous demon. The word he casually uttered was like a demon's whisper, like a demonic claw casually caressing the deepest and most fearful corner of his heart.

dead.

Yes, if he is truly as resolute as he claims, then why is he so fearful?

Over the years, Rafiru has never truly emerged from the shadow of losing his family.

Yes, he was afraid of death, afraid of being alone, afraid of being abandoned by everyone he cared about. That's why he formed such an almost pathological bond with the monsters, and that's why he neurotically resisted accepting the concept of a "graveyard".

But the next moment, a brief flash of green Orichalcos light appeared in Rafiru's eyes, before he quickly regained his resolve.

“No!” Rafael shook his head and said, “I will not be fooled by your words! I have received Lady Dartz’s guidance and will no longer be confused. I have fully accepted the darkness within me and emerged from it! This strength is proof of that.”

"Oh? Really?" You Xuan continued his sarcasm. "If this strength is proof, then why..."

He narrowed his eyes and sneered.

Why is your Aetos wilted?

Rafiru: "?"

[Guardian Aetos, Attack Power 2500]

Rafael was shocked: "Why? Why didn't Aetos's attack power increase?!"

Could it be that my faith isn't strong enough? Could it be that my inner wavering is affecting me?
However, the next moment he noticed that Yu Xuan had activated a face-down card in the back row at some unknown time.

Counter Trap - Infernal Shield.

"Oh? You've been discovered." Yu Xuan shrugged. "That's right, it's the effect of Infernal Flame Shield. This card can only be activated when you have 0 cards in your hand and there is an Infernal Flame monster in Attack Position on the field."

It can negate the activation of any monster effect, spell card, or trap card of the opponent and destroy it.

You Xuan snapped his fingers.

“I nullified and destroyed the effect of ‘Guardian Aetos’!” he laughed. “And the Infernal Shield is a counter-trap; only a counter-trap can prevent its activation.”

"Come on, destroy 'Guardian Aetos,' and then, after the pesky guardian spirits have vanished, show me even more of the darkness within you!"

A transparent shield appeared around the Eternal Fire Death Dragon, and the domineering energy rebounded from the shield, striking the Guardian, Aetos. The goddess let out a sharp, mournful cry, then exploded and disappeared from the scene.

"No!"

Raferu instinctively reached out to Ethos, as if trying to stop him. But it was too late.

Just as You Xuan said, the Eternal Flame Shield is a counterattack trap. Faced with such a noble counterattack, even if he had any backup methods to neutralize it, they would be completely useless.

All he could do was watch helplessly as his most important second family member, his guardian who depended on him for survival, Aetos, fell into a deep sleep in the graveyard at the hands of the demon, and he was powerless to do anything about it.

Yes, there was nothing we could do, just like when our whole family perished at sea during the shipwreck.

Guardian Aetos, defeat him!
(End of this chapter)