Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1608 The Reaper's Scythe
Guardian Aetos, defeat him!
Rafael's guardian spirit was shattered to pieces, leaving only feathers imbued with holy light that drifted down slowly. The blond, muscular man remained in the gesture of extending his hand, watching the feathers fall from the sky, his gaze unfocused.

The outstretched hand remained for several seconds before finally falling slowly, as if a heart that had been hanging in suspense had finally died.

Rafiru lowered his head and remained somber for several seconds.

"I underestimated you," he said sinisterly.

The next moment, the earth cracked open.

As if from the deepest part of the underworld, pure, dark death energy surged forth from the crack. A demonic claw, radiating darkness, emerged from the crack and slammed into the ground, its five fingers tearing fissures into the earth.

From there emerged a demon.

From light to darkness, from angel to demon. The Holy Guardian, Aetos, took on this corrupted form, wearing a terrifying white mask, with disheveled golden hair, five fingers like sharp blades, and a burly body rising from the darkness, exuding an aura of malevolence like that of death.

[Guardian Desdeath, Attack Power 2500]

"When Guardian Ethos is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, this card can be Special Summoned from your hand or Deck." (Original effect)

Rafiru said coldly, his face grim.

"Guardian Desdeath, a new power gained by Ethos. And while this card is on your field in Attack Position, all other monsters on your field must be destroyed."

boom! boom!
Desdeath let out a chilling cry, and the remaining support guards and guardians on Rafael's field all exploded and shattered under the attack of the death aura.

Rafiru, who was originally obsessed with the idea of ​​"monsters entering the graveyard," destroyed all of his monsters with his own hands after this death-like guardian descended.

It's almost like an allusion to the concept of "falling from light into darkness."

“Looks like you’ve finally unleashed the darkness within you.” Yu Xuan narrowed his eyes and stared directly at Desdeath. “Hey, it’s really intense, so intense that it’s already manifested as a tangible card, visible to the naked eye.”

Rafael raised his head menacingly: "I underestimated you, Fujiki Yugen. I don't know where you come from, but you were indeed a formidable opponent, but there will be none more. I will not underestimate you again, and I will use everything Lord Dartz gave me to utterly crush you."

As he spoke, he raised his hand again, and another dark current flew out from his deck, landed on the field, gathered, and transformed into a black scythe with a long hilt.

Rafael: "When Guardian Desdeath is Special Summoned, equip this card with the Equip Spell 'Death's Great Scythe' from your Deck."

Desdeath reached out and gripped the hilt of the scythe, holding it upside down in his hand, making him look more like a sinister Grim Reaper.

"When equipped with the Grim Reaper's Scythe, the equipped monster's attack power increases by 500 times the number of monsters in your Graveyard," Rafael said. "I currently have three Guardians in my Graveyard, so their attack power increases by 1500."

[Guardian Desdeath, Attack Power 4000]

"From being unwilling to send off the tomb monsters to actively sending them off and then extracting the power of the deceased, this descent into darkness is truly thorough," You Xuan said calmly.

However, the animation for this scythe isn't as impressive as the actual card. The actual card's scythe increases the ATK of the equipped monster by 500 times the number of monsters in both players' graveyards, while in the animation, it only affects the equipped monster's own graveyard.

Rafael coldly replied, "That kind of thing doesn't matter at all. I've said it before, I've faced and accepted the darkness within me. If this monster is the manifestation of the darkness within me, then it is my destiny, and I fully accept this power." He then inserted the remaining card in his hand into the back row of the Duel Disk.

"While Desdeath is on the field, I cannot summon any monsters in any form, but I can still activate spells. I will activate the Continuous Spell 'Survival Treasure Card' from my hand!"
While this card is on the field, whenever a monster is resurrected from the Graveyard, I can draw three cards from my Deck. (Animation effect)

The DM original cards are so fake that if they were placed in the modern Yu-Gi-Oh! game, everyone would be able to draw their entire deck in one turn, which is basically equivalent to everyone having the whole deck in their hand to play cards.

"Then the battle began," Rafael said. "Guardian Desdeath, attack 'Infernal Death Dragon'!"

Desdeath raised his greatsword, and the Grim Reaper's scythe slashed down, drawing a dark crescent in the air!

Yu Xuan: "Activate the face-down card, Trap Card 'Shield of Counterattack'!"
"Tribute one monster you control, and you can add that monster's DEF to the ATK of another monster you control!" (Anime Card)
He pointed to the "Eternal Flame Guardian" sign on the side of the field.

"Release the 'Infernal Guardian' and add its defense to the 'Infernal Death Dragon's' attack power!"

[Eternal Flame Guardian, Defense 1700]

The Eternal Flame Guardian was broken down into points of light, all of which were absorbed into the Eternal Flame Death Dragon's body. The Death Dragon's body seemed to swell instantly, emitting a strange dragon roar.

【Infernal Death Dragon, Attack Power 3000 → Attack Power 4700】

They overtook them in one fell swoop!

But Rafael was not afraid at all: "Then activate the face-down card, the Continuous Trap 'Soul Barrier'. As long as this card is on the field, and you have a monster on the field, all battle damage you take is 0!"

The Eternal Fire Death Dragon spewed chaotic black flames from its mouth. The Grim Reaper's scythe was instantly blasted away by the black flames, and Desdeath herself was engulfed in the endless ocean of black flames and burned to ashes.

Of course, although Desdeath was destroyed, the aftershocks of the impact damage were completely blocked by the transparent barrier, and it failed to cause any damage to Rafael.

“It’s useless,” Rafael said calmly. “The moment this formation was completed, I was practically invincible. Because of the existence of the ‘Soul Barrier,’ all the combat damage I received was zero.”

And at the moment it was destroyed, 'Guardian Desdeath's' final effect activated. Whether this card was destroyed by battle or an effect, I had to discard a card from my hand to revive 'Guardian Desdeath' from the graveyard.

Rafael's hand cards automatically dissipated in the rippling golden light. Then the earth cracked open again, and the deathly aura of the underworld surged out. Death-like Desdeath once again emerged from the graveyard, gripping his massive scythe.

"Because another monster card was just discarded to the graveyard, Guardian Desdeath's ATK has increased by 500," Rafael said.

[Guardian Desdeath, Attack Power 4000 → Attack Power 4500]

“Then, because a monster is resurrected from the Graveyard onto the field, the effect of the Continuous Spell 'Spell of Survival' is activated,” Rafael said. “Draw three cards from your Deck!”

"Oh?" You Xuan raised an eyebrow.

This combination is starting to look interesting.

(End of this chapter)