Yu-Gi-Oh! Your Friends Are Fighting Out of the Underworld

Chapter 11 There is only one reason for your defeat

When everything collapsed, Keith fell to his knees as if his bones had been pulled out.

Under the flickering candlelight, Keith seemed to have completely lost his strength and will. He just stared at the only remaining "TM-1 Bazooka Spider" in his hand and kept muttering to himself, as if he was mentally ill.

"It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this at all!"

But if you think about it carefully, it is understandable. After all, you finally draw a single card that is enough to turn the tables from a deck of dozens of cards, but it brings you deeper despair.

"Life-Destroying Treasure Note" replenished five cards in one go, but before I could even warm them up, four of them went straight to the graveyard.

Putting himself in the other person's shoes, You Ming felt that he himself might not be able to accept such an outcome.

"That's clearly a card that's enough to turn the tables!"

Facing the ferocious gaze that seemed to want to eat someone, You Ming couldn't help but nodded.

"really."

Without discussing the cause and effect, this sentence alone is actually correct.

You Ming remembered that in his previous life, cards like "Angel's Charity" and "Pot of Greed" that allowed free card draw and deck compression were thrown into jail one after another, and the various treasure cards in the animation were either castrated into waste or would never be realized in their lifetime.

For a game where the deck itself has a limit, drawing a large number of cards is really incredible.

Drawing five cards in one breath or something like that, this thing is a powerful turnaround point in any deck.

Then the problem is coming...

“Why did it turn out like this?!”

"Don't you know the answer best, Champion?"

"I……"

Keith was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, You Ming could even see that his face was gradually turning red, and his breathing was becoming short and heavy. If someone didn't know, they would think that he had been infected by the virus card.

But to be honest, You Ming's words were not really a mockery.

"You're the American champion of 'Magic and Witchcraft,' a veteran player who's come all the way through the Kingdom rules, so you can't escape your past 'experience.'"

In the previous life, although many anime fans may not be clear about the rules of the "Witchcraft Cards" before and after Duel Kingdom, You Ming has learned about this aspect specifically.

Besides the 2000LP, no sacrifice summons, and RPG-like improvisations that are basically known to everyone, there are a few important rules:
First, no direct attacks on players
Second, when the opponent has five monsters on the field, and you have no monsters on the field and cannot summon monsters anymore, you will be judged as losing.
Third, if a monster in attack mode is destroyed by magic or traps, half of its attack power will damage the monster's controller.

The existence of these rules can be said to directly determine the core composition of the Kingdom Era deck:
"Monster."

You Ming spoke.

"During the Sorcery era, monsters weren't just spears to defeat the enemy; they were also shields to protect the player. Players relied on their monsters like summoners, and victory or defeat depended on the battles between monsters. Therefore, any player who came from the Sorcery era would inevitably have a deck with a large number of monsters. To accommodate these monsters, the rest of the deck would also be built around the monsters themselves."

To put it bluntly, without considering the RPG elements of free play on the spot, the basic idea is this:

Summon monsters and keep them on the field.

On this basis, you must try your best to prevent the opponent's attack while launching a fierce attack on the opponent and destroying the opponent's monster.

At the same time, there must also be a way to compress the deck and draw cards.

"And in order to maximize the use of the cards in the deck, there are certain restrictions on races and even attributes."

This is why in the Duel City era when the field had not yet been born, the large number of powerful people who appeared, the so-called Japanese champions and runners-up, all used the title of controlling race as their title.

"Keith, as the champion, your deck must be composed like this, right?"

In an instant, Keith's face turned pale.

"You're not someone who likes to defend, so your subordinates must either have extremely high attack power or have outstanding special effects."

"Spherical Time Bomb"

Motor Shell

Cannon

Maybe some of the effects are just so-so in the eyes of card players, but in the environment where the HP was 2,000 in the early animation and 4,000 now, it poses a considerable threat.

"But at the same time, they also share the same characteristic—it's basically impossible to get past the 1500 defense mark. This means that there aren't any low-level monsters in your deck that exceed this mark."

So, the result is already determined.

"Just because I'm the U.S. champion of Wizardry, can 'Shadow Deck Destruction Virus' directly lock my deck?"

Holding the card tightly in his hand, Keith almost gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words.

"Yes."

While there are ways to break the deadlock, it's basically entering the realm of being criticized as a "god-draw," similar to the situation with Wang Yang and Xiao Biao in the Duel Ritual arc. Keith is clearly a normal person, and normal people focus on building.

and so……

"It's because you were once a powerful champion that you lost... It's okay if you want to understand it that way."

After all, in animation, there are many duelists who hold on to the same old-fashioned ideas and are unable to adapt to the new rules.

For example, the two characters who were once the Japanese champion and runner-up didn't get anything in Duel City, and the original chapters of the animation are as abstract as they can be.

"Heh, that brat is quite good at talking."

Keith seemed to want to smile, but the stiff corners of his mouth only made his expression more ferocious.

But in the end, he put down the only card in his hand.

"Then come on, little brat, and get your victory!"

He screamed loudly while tightly gripping the "TM-1 Bazooka Spider".

"This is the end of my turn!"

"…It's my turn, draw a card."

Looking at Keith's crazy yet bitter look, You Ming was silent for a moment.

He glanced at the card in his hand out of habit, but he didn't slap it on the duel disk or cover it.

In fact, at this point, it doesn’t matter what the hand cards are.

"I don't think I'll ever forget you, Keith Howard."

"..."

"I'm actually very grateful to you - although it caught me off guard, you did teach me how to deal with this situation with the right attitude."

and so……

"I will end this duel out of respect for you."

You Ming slowly raised his hand and gave the final order.

"Dark Sword, direct attack."

The demon warrior holding a battle axe leaped high, a flash of scarlet bloodthirstiness appeared under the rare silver helmet, and the devil's axe drew an arc of termination.

‘Zi La’

Keith Howard LP: 2700 → 0

[Congratulations to the host for defeating the duelist 'Thief Keith'. This duel earned a total of 200 points. The first victory will earn an additional 150 points.]

The duel is over.

When the dark game ended and Keith's body fell like a puddle of mud, You Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

A warm current gradually flowed through the whole body, making it warm. The original tiredness was gradually fading away, and even the originally burning internal organs gradually returned to normal.

Of course, this is by no means just a subjective feeling.

He could even see the high-temperature burns on his body healing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"It seems that the winner of the Dark Game will be able to repair the damage."

For him now, this is undoubtedly good news. At least he doesn't have to drag his injured body around everywhere and can leave this hellhole in a relatively intact state.

only……

"What is the principle?"

You Ming's thoughts couldn't help but start to wander.

But before he could think deeply, a faint voice came to his ears:
"Because you absorbed my 'Soul Power', this is the rule of this world."

Is there any other martial spirit here?

Are you from some continent?
A multitude of thoughts were running wild in his mind, but You Ming knew that these were not the things he should complain about now.

Looking in the direction of the sound, he only saw a man.

Although he was lying on the ground like a puddle of mud, covered with bruises, a pair of eyes under the sunglasses were looking at him.

"...How come you're still alive?"

(End of this chapter)