Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Back in London, I also encountered a duelist who was against 'Cyber ​​Stream.' In the first round, he actually summoned the [Cyber ​​Twin Dragons] with an attack power of 5600 and the ability to attack twice. But luckily, I was a step ahead."

“According to what that guy said, ‘Electronic Flow’ seems to have an even stronger monster called something like the Terminator Dragon, but he’s not qualified. Anyway, it’s incredibly powerful.” After a pause, Hiroshi Kobayashi made up his mind. “Then, I have to stop you.”

"I will activate the second effect of my [Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl], chaining it to negate the activation of my opponent's Spell/Trap/Monster effects and destroying them!"

Upon hearing Kobayashi Hiroyuki's command, [Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl] hesitated for a moment, but still spread her dragon wings again and took flight, transforming into a ball of light that crashed into Hayato's [Electronic Emergency Call] on the field, piercing and destroying it.

"It actually has an all-around counter effect!" Malik didn't expect that [Radiant Dragon Girl] not only looked beautiful, but also had such a powerful effect. "It's practically a [Divine Advice] that doesn't require paying any Life Points and has no restrictions."

"Madama, Madama! The effect of [Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl] has a follow-up effect: the [Radiant Dragon Girl] who activates this effect will return to my deck and then attack in human form!" Hiroyuki Kobayashi played a card onto the field and waved his hand forward. "Switching tactics, come forth, [Half-Dragon Maid - Dragon Girl Butler]!"

The arrow of light that [Radiant Dragon Girl] transformed into pierced through [Electronic Emergency Call] and returned to Hiroyuki Kobayashi's field. However, it seems that the activation of the negated card consumed some of her energy, and [Radiant Dragon Girl] changed from dragon form to human form.

Wearing a traditional and classic black maid outfit, with a long skirt that trailed all the way to her feet, and a white lining in front, her hands, still covered in dragon scales, were folded at her lower abdomen. Even with a little effort, the [Half-Dragon Maid/Dragon Butler] still gave Hayato, whom she was meeting for the first time, an elegant maid's bow.

【Half-Dragon Maid/Dragon Girl Butler】【9☆/Light】

[Dragon/Fusion/Effect]

[3000/2000]

Compared to the dragon form of [Radiant Dragon Girl], [Dragon Girl Butler]'s attack power has decreased to the level of [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], and its effects have also changed.

However, before Kobayashi Hiroyuki could even show off, Hayato sent a card from his hand to the graveyard, and the [Electronic Emergency Call] card, which had been pierced by the Arrow of Light, miraculously recovered as if time had reversed!

"What?!"

Kobayashi Hiroyuki's surprised voice reached the ears of the "Dragon Girl Butler." The perfectly elegant butler maid couldn't help but sigh, thinking: "That's why I hesitated just now. I was so easily fooled. How embarrassing."

"The second effect of [Cyber ​​Emergency Call] is that when this card is sent to the Graveyard by the opponent's duelist negating its activation, I can discard one card from my hand, add [Cyber ​​Emergency Call] from the Graveyard to my hand, and activate it there."

Hayato's lips curled into a smirk. "In other words, you just blindly handed over the precious Kang, which was a huge loss because it was completely meaningless, damn it!"

"Tch, such a troublesome effect." Kobayashi Hiroichi frowned, but then relaxed a little when he thought of his face-down card. "Even so, what can I do? It's just adding [Cyber ​​Dragon] to my hand. In terms of strength, [Cyber ​​Dragon] is no match for my [Half-Dragon Maid].

After he finished speaking, Hiroyuki Kobayashi saw Hayato draw a card that had automatically popped out of his deck. With a strange premonition, he subconsciously repeated, "You added [Cyber ​​Dragon] to your hand, right?"

"Well..." Hayato glanced at the card in his hand and said jokingly, "Actually, the [Electronic Emergency Call] can also be called the [Ryuki Takumi Emergency Call]."

"I activate the effect of [Dragonlight Takumi - Heavenly Pillar IV γ] which has been added to my hand, and release [Dragonlight Takumi - Heavenly Pillar III β] from my hand to Special Summon [Dragonlight Takumi - Heavenly Pillar IV γ] from my hand!"

On Hayato's field, shimmering yet not dazzling starlight gathered, and the phantom of a technologically advanced mechanical dragon carrying a massive propulsion device appeared.

"A flash of starlight! An unknown power transforms into a celestial dragon, riding the winds upwards! Special Summon, descend, [Dragon Radiance Technique - Heavenly Pillar Four Gamma]!"

Chapter 486 Your Dragon Maid Takes Little Blue, My Dragon Glory Cleverly Takes Big Brother

【Ryūki Takumi - Tenbei IV γ】【1☆/Light】

[Machine Race/Special Summon/Effect]

[2000/0]

"A level 1 card with a whopping 2000 attack power, and it can be Special Summoned from the hand!?" Hiroyuki Kobayashi frowned. "Who created this card with their footprints?"

"It can't be that bad. It's only 2000 attack power. And I need to correct one thing: it's not 'can' but 'only'."

Hayato spread his hands, "In this [Dragon Shining Takumi] deck, all the lower-level monsters are Level 1☆, LIGHT, 2000 ATK, 0 DEF, and are Machine-Type monsters that cannot be Normal Summoned. Their Summoning requires another [Dragon Shining Takumi] monster as a Tribute."

"Furthermore, during the turn that [Dragon's Blessing] monster is Special Summoned, other monsters cannot be Special Summoned unless they are monsters that cannot be Normal Summoned."

Hearing what Hayato said, Hiroyuki Kobayashi reluctantly nodded: "I remember this is what is called the effect of 'self-restraint', so it's barely acceptable."

"However, it is impossible to defeat [Half-Dragon Maid - Dragon Butler] with just this one monster. Duel Monster decks are like sports cars. Even if you are prepared to floor the gas pedal and have the courage to grip the steering wheel, you cannot exceed the limitations of the vehicle itself."

Hayato smiled and said, "In that case, let's at least see the limits of my deck before we talk about it."

"After being Special Summoned by its own effect, I can Special Summon a 'Dragon Trick' monster with 2000 ATK other than 'Dragon Trick' ...

Beside Hayato's [Takumi Ryuuki - Tenpo 4γ], another phantom composed of starlight materialized, revealing another Ultimate Dragon, [Takumi Ryuuki - Tenpo 3β], striking a Freedom Gundam pose. Its crystal wings unfurled, and the cannons mounted on its wrists aimed at [Half-Dragon Maid - Dragon Butler].

【Longhui Qiao-Tenchon 3β】【ATK2000】

"Then, the effect of [Dragonlight Takumi - Right Pivot α] in the Graveyard is activated, [Dragonlight Takumi - Heavenly Pillar γ] is Tributed, [Dragonlight Takumi - Right Pivot α] in the Graveyard is Special Summoned, and one Ritual Monster is added from my Deck to my hand."

"Is there a card to activate?"

After receiving the card that [Dragonlight Takumi - Right Pivot α] retrieved from his deck after being revealed on the field following the sacrifice of [Dragonlight Takumi - Heavenly Pillar 4 γ], Hayato glanced at the three cards on the field after Kobayashi Hiroshi and confirmed it.

Although the [Radiant Dragon Girl] card was successfully tricked out by [Electronic Emergency Call], I haven't forgotten the other three face-down cards. I didn't draw [Feather Duster] this turn either, so I can only use this silly method to test the type of trap.

His starting hand was pretty good. He drew two monsters from the "Dragon Shining Takumi" deck and "Cyber ​​Emergency Call" at the beginning. The card he drew was the Ritual Spell Card "Meteor Shining Takumi Group" from the "Dragon Shining Takumi" deck. Although he didn't draw the matching Ritual Monster "Dragon Ritual Takumi", he could use the effect of "Dragon Shining Takumi - Right Pivot Alpha" to search for it directly.

However, because he was wary of the effect of [Radiant Dragon Girl], Hayato did not immediately Special Summon [Dragonlight Takumi - Right Pivot Alpha] to wait for a counter. Instead, he used [Electronic Emergency Call] to trick her, and he was indeed fooled, successfully turning the troublesome [Radiant Dragon Girl] into [Dragon Girl Butler].

Although Hayato still hasn't figured out what kind of trap those three face-down cards are, he can't worry about that for now.

Hayato wouldn't be one to hesitate and miss a good opportunity to attack because of excessive caution.

Hayato glanced at the [Dragon Ritual Takumi] that had been added to his hand, and decisively activated the card: "I activate the Ritual Spell Card [Meteor Shower Takumi Group], [Dragon Ritual Takumi - Right Pivot Alpha], and [Dragon Ritual Takumi - Heavenly Pillar Three Beta], I'm going to wipe them out!"

"If you use two Level 1 monsters as tributes for a ritual summon, doesn't 1+1 equal 2?"

Hiroyuki Kobayashi was taken aback at first, but after calculating the combined star rating of the two monsters, he said dismissively, "A level 2 ritual monster, isn't that just a weakling?"

Although he hadn't studied Ritual Summoning decks much, he had faced duelists who used Ritual Summoning while in London, so he had a basic understanding of the rules of Ritual Summoning.

The three necessary elements are a Ritual Monster, the corresponding Ritual Spell Card, and Tributes whose total star level is equal to or higher than that of the Ritual Monster.

He didn't believe deep down that two level 1 monsters could summon any powerful monster through ritual.

However, while Kobayashi Hiroyuki was holding such thoughts, he saw the phantom of the enormous creature that appeared behind Hayato after [Dragon Radiance Technique - Heavenly Pillar 3β] and [Dragon Radiance Technique - Right Pivot α] turned into stardust and decomposed.

"That thing—!?"

"O stars shining in the universe, release your eternal light and become beacons illuminating the future!"

Hayato held the card high in his hand, and the stardust formed from [Dragon Light Takumi - Right Pivot α] and [Dragon Light Takumi - Heavenly Pillar β] converged towards the card, completely enveloping it in light. Hayato then slammed the card onto the Duel Disk. "Ritual Summon, Descend, Wagatsumashi!"

"LV.MAX! [Long Yi Qiao - Tianlong Meteor = QUA]!"

The pitch-black universe formed a matte black body, while pure white light constructed armor for the limbs, torso, and head, nested on the main body. The hidden constellation Draco in the sky burst forth with dazzling starlight, turning into bright yellow meteors that fell on various parts of the mechanical dragon's armor.

Ice-blue mechanical claws extended, and a mechanical dragon from the stars opened its orange-red eyes. A sextant-like structure opened on its armor, and sky-blue wings unfurled. The ultimate ritual monster, like a god, descended!

【Long Yi Qiao - Tian Long Liu Xing = QUA】【12☆/Light】

[Mechanical Race/Ritual/Effect]

[4000/4000]

"Level 12☆? There must be something wrong with this!" Hiroyuki Kobayashi couldn't understand. "1+1 clearly equals 2, this 12 has an extra digit! What kind of nonsense is this arithmetic!"

"As we all know, a kitten plus a puppy can turn into an invincible Gundam, so 1☆+1☆=12☆ seems pretty reasonable to me."

Hayato made a joke before explaining, "As for [Dragon Light], in some ways it can be said to be a power that does not belong to this world. It comes from the Draco constellation in the sky and is different from regular Duel Monsters in every aspect."

"Not only are all lower-level monsters unable to be normally summoned, but the higher-level ritual monster of [Dragon Light Takumi], [Dragon Gift Takumi], is not summoned based on the star rating of the ritual offerings, but on the total attack power of the ritual monsters."

When Hayato mentioned this, Hiroyuki Kobayashi also noticed that the attack power of the [Dragon's Gaze - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA] he had just summoned was exactly 4000 points, which is the combined attack power of the two monsters [Dragon's Gaze - Heavenly Pillar β] and [Dragon's Gaze - Right Pivot α], which were just used as ritual offerings and both had an attack power of 2000 points.

"When the 【Dragon's Cleverness - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA】 is successfully summoned by ritual and the total level of the tributes used in it is 2 or less, its effect is activated," Hayato pointed to the three face-down cards in Kobayashi Hiroshi's back row, "Even if I didn't draw a card to clear the field, clearing the field with a monster effect is the same."

Destroy all Spell & Trap Cards on your opponent's field!

"What?!"

"With 4000 attack power, it also has such a powerful effect?" Hiroyuki Kobayashi frowned. "It can clear out the cards in my back row, and then it can attack me without restraint."

"Noroi Noroi! This situation was already within my expectations, Kobayashi Hiroyuki. I set a Breakthrough Skill card that can negate monster effects before I even reached my back row. You can forget about using that monster to destroy my back row cards!"

As he spoke, Hiroyuki Kobayashi smugly pressed the button to activate the face-down card, but to his surprise, he couldn't activate the face-down [Breakthrough Skill] no matter what he did!?

"Huh? Instead of trying to escape, you're trying to get closer to me, [Dragon Skill - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA]? How weak! How can a mere soul bound by gravity comprehend the greatness of the stars?"

"The [Dragon's Cleverness - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA] on the field has the ability to not be targeted by the opponent's Spell/Trap Card effects. True card masters don't target, so your [Half-Dragon Maid] is too low in purity!"

"Now, let's destroy all of the opponent's Spell & Trap Cards! 【Dragon's Cleverness - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA】!"

"Stellaaaaa!!"

Named after the Quadrantid Meteor Shower, [Long Yi Qiao - Tian Long Meteor = QUA] raises one hand high, the bright yellow gem on his body radiating light, and all his energy converging into his hand. Then, [Long Yi Qiao - Tian Long Meteor = QUA] throws the energy ball in his hand.

The energy ball, now out of control, suddenly exploded, transforming into a barrage of projectiles that shot out towards the cards in Kobayashi Hiroshi's back row!

"Tch, won't it become a target of a Spell/Trap Card effect... In that case, I'll activate this card, [Half-Dragon Maid's Rest]!"

Faced with the barrage of bullets, Hiroyuki Kobayashi moved his finger to the other side and opened another card. As he activated the face-down card, the "Half-Dragon Maid - Dormitory Dragon Girl" on his field disappeared from the field and flew back into his hand.

"The Continuous Trap Card 'Half-Dragon Maid's Rest' is a card whose effect can only be activated by targeting one 'Half-Dragon Maid' on my field. Return 'Half-Dragon Maid - Dormitory Dragon Girl' to my hand, and then I can add one card from my deck to my hand other than 'Half-Dragon Maid's Rest'."

Adding a card from the deck to his hand alongside "Dormitory Dragon Girl," Hiroyuki Kobayashi continued, "At the same time, 'Dragon Girl Butler,' which coordinates the 'Half-Dragon Maids,' also activates its effect. When any face-up Dragon-Type monster on my field other than 'Half-Dragon Maid - Dragon Girl Butler' returns to my hand, I can target one of my opponent's monsters and destroy that monster!"

As [Dragon's Cleverness - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA] unleashed its meteor shower, [Dragon Girl Butler], whose effect was triggered by [Dormitory Dragon Girl]'s departure, also found several short-handled throwing knives tucked between her fingers. A dense rain of light fell upon the cards in the back row behind [Dragon Girl Butler], and she simultaneously threw the knives in her hand.

"boom!"

"Crack!"

Hiroshi Kobayashi's back row cards and Hayato's [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = QUA] were destroyed simultaneously. In the explosion, Hayato also confirmed the last face-down card, the invincible [Explosive Armor]. Clearly, Explosive Armor still couldn't be activated today.

However, considering the card deck, his father's ability to set up the field is quite impressive. Leaving aside the versatile counter of [Lightbearer], he can use a continuous trap [Half-Dragon Maid's Rest] to achieve sustained recovery and retrieval. Combined with [Lightbearer] transformed into [Dragon Maid Butler], it can also achieve a single target-targeting destruction monster.

Then there's [Explosive Armor] to defend against powerful attacks, and [Breakthrough Skill] to counter monsters with troublesome effects.

Aside from his poor performance when building the graveyard, his father's skills were actually quite impressive. Maybe the claim that he was "unbeatable throughout London" wasn't just an exaggeration.

Meanwhile, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, who destroyed [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = QUA] on Hayato's side, was quite satisfied with this exchange. After all, although the cost of destroying his three face-down cards was not small, it was much better than Hayato's [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = QUA] which he had worked so hard to collect enough tributes to summon.

That kid only has three cards left in his hand now, and there's no way he can get rid of the [Dragon Girl Butler] on my field. Although the duel isn't over yet, no matter how you look at it, the final victory belongs to me, Kobayashi Hiroyuki. Hayato is still 20,000 years away from defeating me!

"Hmph, hehe, hahahahahaha—" Kobayashi Hiroyuki's triumphant three-part laugh had just begun when it abruptly stopped. He saw that at the spot where [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = QUA] had been destroyed on Hayato's field, the figures of two monsters that had appeared before had reappeared!

【Longhui Qiao-Tenchong 4γ】【ATK2000】

【Longhui Qiao - Right Pivot α】【ATK2000】

"Oh my, you're putting on a really surprised look, Dad," Hayato said smugly. "'That kid Hayato is still 20,000 years away from defeating me,' I suppose you were thinking that way when you just destroyed my [Dragon Art - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA]?"

"The monster that was previously released has been summoned back, that's what you're wondering, right? The answer is the effect of my [Dragon's Skill - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA]." Hayato held the [Dragon's Skill - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = QUA] card in his hand, which had been destroyed but hadn't yet been sent to the Graveyard by him.

Even if the starlight is temporarily obscured by dust, the stars still hang high in the same position. Even if they are no longer dazzling with the passage of time, the stars remain unchanged.

"If the Ritual Summoned 【Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor=QUA】 is destroyed, you can Special Summon any number of 【Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor=QUA】 monsters other than 【Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor=QUA】 whose total ATK is up to 4000 from my Graveyard."

"Then, I activate the effect of the Ritual Spell Card [Meteor Shower] in my Graveyard. While this card is in my Graveyard, I reduce the ATK of one [Dragon Shower] monster I control by 1000 points and return [Meteor Shower] from my Graveyard to my hand."