Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

If there were really any requirements for appearance, many people would immediately look up, especially those with the most flamboyant and colorful hairstyles, who are also the most adept at playing cards, yet their head shape is something they were born with.

"You're Bakula Nellofa?" After recalling for a moment, Kaiba called out the other's name, his face cold as he raised his Duel Disk, which he had already prepared. "Since you're ready, I don't mind bringing this duel forward a little. Anyway, sooner or later, the duel will only end in an instant."

Kaiba, who uses aggressive decks and is particularly good at "high-star starting hands," definitely has the right to say such arrogant things.

"Hoo hoo hoo, you're as impatient as ever, Seto Kaiba." The duelist named "Bakura Nellofa" revealed his duel disk from under his cloak, took out his deck from his waist on the other side, and pushed it into the duel disk like loading a bullet to start his combo. "My advice is, don't speak too soon or too confidently."

"If you ask why, it's because I've actually been proven wrong about this before, and I know how embarrassing that would be."

Both Bakura and Kaiba were ready. Although the scheduled start time for the next duel had not yet arrived, the referee, already accustomed to his president's unpredictable nature, announced over the loudspeaker that Kaiba's duel was about to begin, and the duel started at lightning speed.

"Duel!" x2

[Haima: 4000LP]

Bakula: 4000 LP

"I'll take the first turn, no problem, Seto Kaiba?" Though seemingly asking, Bakura was anything but polite. After drawing five cards at the same time as Kaiba, he drew another card quite directly.

Bakura's English sounded quite non-standard to Kaiba, even having a kind of Indian accent, and also somewhat like that of someone from Egypt, especially when he inexplicably added an emphasis when calling out "Seto," which sounded very strange.

"Hmph, whatever. Your feeble resistance is utterly meaningless anyway." Seahorse sneered, looking at Bakura with a stern face.

Bakura is most likely just an alias, a fact Kaiba discovered yesterday while checking Rafael, Kigu Lloyd, and others. Kaiba conveniently paired Bakura with himself for a duel. Naturally, Kaiba wouldn't give such a cowardly rat using an alias and hiding his true nature a friendly look.

Of course, even with an old acquaintance like Jonouchi, Kaiba wouldn't give him a friendly look.

Bakura's ability to take the first strike is irrelevant, as going second is more practical for Kaiba. Although that would require dealing with traps set by the first striker, it would also eliminate the need for defensive considerations, allowing him to focus solely on offense.

Especially now that he had drawn this "perfect hand." Looking at his 24 stars, Kaiba sneered inwardly, but outwardly maintained a stern face.

“Then it’s my turn,” Bakura said, looking at the cards in his hand. “I Normal Summon ‘Man-Handed God’ in Defense Position, and then activate its effect when it was summoned. I add one Ritual Spell Card or Ritual Monster from my Deck to my hand.”

【God of Ten Thousand Hands】【4☆/Light】

[Angel Race/Effect]

[1400/1000]

Although classified as an angel, the appearance of the "Thousand-Armed God" is quite different from the "angel" in the common understanding. Its bronze body is covered with one arm after another. Compared with the other "thousand-armed" image of the "Thousand-Armed God", the "Thousand-Armed God" that appeared on the Bakura Field gave people a feeling of ferocity rather than majesty.

"I have chosen to join the ritual monster in my hands, [King of the End - Demis]."

'Ritual Monster? Just like the [Super Warrior - Chaos Warrior] used in the previous game, as long as the star level is met, you can almost freely choose Monster Release to summon higher-level powerful monsters.'

'But before my invincible Blue-Eyes, hmph…'

Haima watched Bakula's actions, gave a cold smile, and said nothing.

After retrieving the card "King of the End - Demis" from his deck, Bakura temporarily added it to his hand and then played another card: "My hand now contains a Ritual Monster and the Spell Card used in the Ritual. Now, it's time to offer the tribute."

"Activate the Spell Card [World's End], Tribute monsters from my hand and field whose combined Level is 8 or higher, and Ritual Summon [King of the End - Demis], which was just added to my hand."

As Bakura spoke, he sent a card from his hand and the [Man-Handed God] on the field to the Graveyard: "The monsters I chose are my Level 4 [Ritual Demon - Master] from my hand and the Level 4 [Man-Handed God] on the field, for a total Level 8!"

"One of the darkest poles in the cycle of creation and destruction, if you have accepted the tribute, then offer your power for my use!"

"Ritual Summoning! [King of the End - Demis]!"

【King of the End - Demis】【8☆/Dark】

[Demon Race/Ritual/Effect]

[2400/2000]

Chapter 416 High-level starting moves are standard.

"Ritual Summoning! [King of the End - Demis]!"

As Bakura slammed a card onto the Duel Disk, the spirit forms of [Ritual Demon - Host] and [Man-Handed God] appeared on his field, then shattered into eight black points of light that began to rotate in a circle.

Within the dark halo, a tall figure slowly rose to his feet. His imposing body was covered in heavy, black armor, and his horned skull helmet revealed only a pair of emotionless green eyes. [King of the End - Demis] held a massive double-edged axe in his hand, which was obviously not for chopping wood, but for reaping lives and beheading enemies.

【King of the End - Demis】【ATK2400】

Although the design is very imposing and the entrance is very stylish, and even just standing there, with blue flames burning behind [King of the End - Demis] as a background, Kaiba showed a contemptuous expression.

"You spent a total of four cards and one normal summon opportunity, reducing your hand to only three cards, and all you managed to summon was a monster with attack power only on par with [Red-Eyes Black Dragon]?"

Jonouchi in the audience: **Kaiba, I *you*

“Indeed, I’m not entirely satisfied with the fact that [King of the End - Demis] only has 2400 attack power, but don’t underestimate him because of that.” Bakura shrugged helplessly. “As a demon king who symbolizes destruction, [King of the End - Demis] has the powerful effect of destroying all other cards on the field at the cost of 2000 life points.”

Upon hearing this, the seahorse became even more disdainful: "Hmph, it sounds like an effect that can't be activated during the opponent's turn. Knowing that your monster is the type that excels at attacking on the second turn, you still chose to play it first. You're really courting death."

The effect of 【King of the End - Demis】 costs 2000 life points to activate a 【Black Hole】 + 【Storm】 card, destroying all cards on both sides' fields except for 【King of the End - Demis】. In short, it flips the table, and as Kaiba said, it is quite suitable for strong attacks.

Even so, Bakula still chose to attack first.

"I'll end my turn by setting two cards face down on my back row." Bakura then declared the end of his turn and said flippantly, "I'm ready, Seto Kaiba."

"Now you can begin your aggressive offensive performance."

[Bakula: 4000LP, 1 card in hand]

【King of the End - Demis】【ATK2400】

[GaiK] X2

"Hmph, I hope you can maintain this attitude after you see my monster." Kaiba's fingers rested on the deck. "My turn, draw!"

"Then I activated the spell card [Fusion], using the three [Blue-Eyes White Dragons] in my hand as fusion materials. Witness the strongest evolved dragon!"

"Tear the darkness before me apart with the light of dawn, soar forth, my glory, my soul, [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]!"

As Kaiba shouted, three Blue-Eyes White Dragons appeared on his field and flew into the sky. In the air, the three white dragons joined together and merged into a huge dragon shadow!

The strongest Dragon-type monster in Kaiba's deck—[True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]—is here!

[True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] [ATK4500]

"Tremble, marvel, despair! This is the strongest dragon race that even the god [Obelisk] can surpass!" As a former user of [Obelisk the Tormentor], Kaiba eventually joined the ranks of the persecutors, taking advantage of the fact that [Obelisk] is a fixed value to persecute him.

However, in a sense, the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is indeed more practical than the Obelisk.

"【True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】If I have 【Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】 in my deck, it can attack 3 times during a Battle Phase!" Kaiba said arrogantly, holding two cards in his hand. "Don't even mention that your 【King of the End - Demis】's attack power is only at the level of that mediocre ace. Even if it were stronger, it would only end up being completely annihilated!"

Hearing the seahorse's threat, Bakura just lowered his head and remained silent, then suddenly burst into laughter: "Hmph, hehe, hahahahaha!!"

"Wow, Seto Kaiba is amazing! He actually summoned the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in his very first turn. As expected of 'Seto,' he is indeed favored by the Blue-Eyes."

"But the more this is the case, the more I look forward to seeing what kind of interesting expression you'll have after you lose your prized 'Blue Eye'?"

Bakula grinned maliciously and pressed the button on his Duel Disk to activate a face-down card: "I'm going to activate the card I set down last turn, Trap Card [Fusion Failed]!"

As Bakura Gaga activated, a wisp of dark lightning suddenly appeared on the surface of the arrogant white three-headed dragon. The body of the [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], which was about to roar, was instantly paralyzed. As time went by, the dark lightning became more and more intense, and the [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]'s angry roar turned into a wail.

"Blue-Eyes!" Kaiba stared wide-eyed at the agonizing Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Seeing his beloved monster in such pain tormented Kaiba, filling him with both anguish and fury. He glared fiercely at Bakura, whose face was mostly obscured by its hood, but from Kaiba's angle, he could clearly see the sly smile playing on Bakura's lips.

"Onore!"

"【Fuse Failure】can only be activated when a Fusion Monster is successfully Special Summoned. Its effect is to return all Fusion Monsters on the field to the Deck. This effect does not target and is not a destruction effect, so be it, Seto Kaiba, you're stuck in the predicament of losing 【True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】!"

Bakura said smugly, extending his finger to resemble a pistol and aiming at the suffering [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], mimicking the sound of a gun firing: "Bang!"

"boom!"

The lightning wrapped around the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon was detonated with a bang. Under Bakura's watchful gaze, most of the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's body was engulfed by the smoke from the explosion, while the three dragon heads and the wide dragon wings that were exposed outside the smoke turned into blue particles and dissipated.

Seeing this, Bakura sighed helplessly, "It seems it really is just as Duel King Hayato Kobayashi said. Seto Kaiba, you..."

The smoke dissipated quickly, and Bakura, lying on the ground, immediately spotted a green-bordered card appearing in the backfield of the Seahorse. At the same time, amidst the receding smoke, three towering figures roared in unison, their massive wings whipping up a gust of wind that completely dispersed the smoke!

"Roar!!!"

[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [ATK3000]

[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [ATK3000]

[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [ATK3000]

"The Quick-Play Spell Card [Fusion Deactivation] allowed me to chain this card before your [Fusion Failure] took effect, returning [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] to the Deck and summoning its fusion materials—three [Blue-Eyes White Dragons]—from my Graveyard."

Seahorse's voice remained as calm as ever, outwardly composed, but those familiar with him could sense the volcanic rage hidden beneath his placid expression.

"You think you can stop my attack with just some petty tricks? You're a fourth-rate duelist using a third-rate deck." Kaiba's lips curled up slightly, his anger turning into a mocking laugh. "First of all, congratulations, you've successfully provoked me and made me take this seriously."

"As retaliation for daring to touch my 'Blue Eye,' I hereby bestow upon you utter defeat!"

As the seahorse spoke, it swung its hand forward sharply: "Enter my battle phase, [Blue Eyes], crush that troublesome [King of the End - Demis]!"

"Destroy Burst Stream!!"

A massive amount of air was swallowed into the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's belly as it inhaled, and the swirling airflow even transformed into a tornado, while simultaneously gathering into a spherical energy ball in the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's mouth.

Then, a torrent of pure white light erupted in an instant, as if endless white light had swallowed up [King of the End - Demis], which was in attack position on the field.

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon, with an attack power of 3000, attacked the King of the End, Demis, with an attack power of 2400. The outcome of this battle should undoubtedly belong to Kaiba, who was riding the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. However, despite being engulfed by the Blue-Eyes' attack, Kaiba noticed that Bakura's life score remained unchanged.

wrong!

Kaiba's gaze sharpened as he noticed that another card in Bakura's back row had been revealed at some point. Was it activated when Blue-Eyes White Dragon launched its attack?

As if reading Kaiba's mind, Bakura suddenly spoke up: "That's right, Seto Kaiba. Just now, at the very moment that Blue-Eyes White Dragon was charging up to launch an attack, I activated this card while your attention was drawn to Blue-Eyes White Dragon's dazzling attack."

"Quick-Play Spell Card, [Hound Charge]!"

As Bakura finished speaking, an arm suddenly extended from the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's breath of light—it was none other than Demis, the King of the End, who should have been destroyed by the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack!

Bathed in a powerful torrent of light, [King of the End - Demis] charged in the opposite direction of [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]'s attack, as if taking a refreshing shower in a river. Kaiba was surprised to discover that [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]'s attack had not actually touched [King of the End - Demis] at all; it had been completely neutralized at the point very close to his armor!?

"The effect of [Hound Rush] is that I can target one of my monsters and declare an attribute to activate it." Bakura pointed to the Quick-Play Spell Card [Hound Rush] on his back field and explained proudly, "When the targeted monster battles the monster with the declared attribute, the battling monster is destroyed directly without damage calculation."

"This effect works whether I launch the attack or [King of the End - Demis] is attacked."

Bakula pointed at the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and continued, "The attribute I declared is, of course, the Light attribute of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon on your field!"

Under the gloomy gaze of the seahorse, Demis, the King of the End, charged forward as if it were a pig charging into the ground, first raising his leg and slamming his knee into the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's chin, forcing it to shut its mouth and stop attacking. Then, taking advantage of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's pain, he decisively swung down his double-edged axe!

Before it could even let out a wail, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was beheaded by the raging Demon King and sent to the graveyard. The Lord of the End, Demis, who had just destroyed the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he picked up his axe and looked at the other two Blue-Eyes White Dragons on the field with a provocative look.

Once the effect of [Beast Charge] is activated, it remains effective until the end of the turn. This means that if Kaiba continues to use [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] to attack, it will only be a repeat of the previous scene, and it will still be difficult to avoid the outcome of "[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] being destroyed by [Demis, the King of the End]".

Carrying a ferocious double-bladed giant axe, [King of the End - Demis], after being stained with the blood of [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], has become even more terrifying and ferocious, almost enough to stop a child from crying. Coupled with the domineering posture he now displays as he rampages across Kaibaba, he is exactly like the final boss demon king that needs to be defeated in an RPG game.

Kaiba has a very strong temper; if he's suppressed, he'll definitely retaliate. However, he also knows he can't just throw away his remaining two Blue-Eyes White Dragons for a moment's pleasure.