Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

It seems to have the ability to summon other [Half-Dragon Maid] monsters, and it seems to be able to nullify certain effects? Dartz wondered to herself, not quite understanding what "cockroach" and "rabbit" meant.

However, compared to those, the relationship between that monster and Hayato seems a bit too intimate, doesn't it?

Dartz frowned as he watched the Radiant Dragon Girl affectionately snuggling against Hayato. "Back in Duel Kingdom, I already had my eye on Hayato, and that monster wasn't even there yet! I was the one who came first!"

Hayato, unaware of Dartz's thoughts, stroked the seemingly angular yet incredibly smooth dragon scales on the [Radiant Dragon Girl's] body. Under the slightly blushing gaze of the [Radiant Dragon Girl], Hayato drew a card from his hand and placed it face down on the back row: "Two cards are buried. My turn is over."

[Hayato: 2000LP, 1 cards in hand]

【Interlocking Overload Dragon】【DEF4000】

【Grantor, the Earth Spirit】】【ATK2800】

【Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl】【ATK3500】

[Future Fusion] [Signature Card] [Signature Card]

If Hayato's current setup was before the battle phase, it would be a decisive blow, since Dartz only had one face-down card, "Change of Fate," in his back row at that time. However, "Radiant Dragon Girl" has a full counter to Spell/Trap/Monster effects, and the fatal five-hit combo from "Chimera Overload Dragon," which wasn't changed to Defense Position by the negated attack, would be a decisive KO.

Unfortunately, it can't be changed. After all, Hayato was able to summon [Radiant Dragon Girl] thanks to Little Blue's [Half-Dragon Maid's Dress] which was dumped into the graveyard. Without [Radiant Dragon Girl], Hayato could only leave a few more monsters on his field that couldn't participate in the battle as a shield, and it might even become Dartz's breakthrough point for a counterattack.

Our little blue is so amazing!

Hayato, who had personally sent Little Blue to the cemetery, thought shamelessly.

"My turn, draw a card." With his displeasure at [Radiant Dragon Girl], Dartz began his turn, drawing a card from the top of his deck. He raised an eyebrow, seemingly having drawn a good card, but remained outwardly calm.

As Dartz drew his card, Hayato shouted, "At this very moment, my [Radiant Dragon Girl] card on the field has an effect that can be activated!"

“During both players’ Standby Phase, I Special Summon 1 9-star or lower [Half-Dragon Maid] monster from my hand or Graveyard.” Hayato said, drawing a card from his hand. “I Special Summon the pink [Half-Dragon Maid - Nursery Dragon Girl] from my hand in Defense Position and activate her effect when she was Special Summoned.”

"Special Summon [Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl] from the Graveyard again, come forth, Little Blue!"

"Awoo!"

[Radiant Dragon Girl] spread her wings, scattering starlight that fell to the ground, and summoned her two maids, [Infant Care Dragon Girl] and [Laundry Dragon Girl]. As soon as Little Blue appeared, she immediately jumped affectionately into Little Pink's arms, "Wow! I love you so much, Pink Sister, you really are my favorite sister!"

"Didn't you just say you liked me the most, Xiao Lan!" Xiao Lan had changed her tune after only one round. [Radiant Dragon Girl] put on an angry look and looked at Xiao Lan.

What can Xiao Lan do?

Hehehe~

On the field, Little Blue used "Cute Mischief" against [Radiant Dragon Girl], while Hayato also drew three cards from his deck and put them into the graveyard.

Dartz glanced at the monsters crowding the field around Hayato and exclaimed, "That's amazing, Hayato. You've managed to set up so many monsters on the field again in the blink of an eye. But the power of spirits is unreliable, because no one knows when they might cause trouble."

Hayato felt a little helpless upon hearing Dartz's words. Due to his personal experiences, Dartz was filled with prejudice against the power of the spirits. He believed that it was precisely because of the close proximity to the spirits that the Atlantean civilization was plunged into the abyss under the influence of "Orichalcos." Furthermore, he felt that the idea of ​​destroying humanity had been rekindled because the spirits had returned to humanity during the era when Yami Yugi lived three thousand years ago.

“I disagree with you, Dartz.” Hayato said seriously, glancing at the monsters on his field. “I consider each of my Pokémon to be an important companion, or even my dearest friends and brothers. They entrust their power to me and I will use it, so naturally I will trust them and entrust my life to them.”

"Stop trying to sow discord!"

Seeing Hayato's stubbornness, Dartz shook his head helplessly and said, "I know you can't accept it, but Hayato, what I'm saying is the truth I've learned from my own experience over the past ten thousand years. While elves may favor humans because of certain human traits, they can also easily betray them because of other external forces."

Darzal clearly remembered that the Atlantis civilization was built on the power of the elves, but after the power of "Orichalcos" descended, the elves did not stop its power from merging into the Atlantis civilization at all, and even began to distance themselves from humans, as if they were fleeing alone to protect themselves when they discovered that disaster was coming.

Dartz could understand this self-preservation behavior, which could be explained as the elves fearing the influence of the dark power of the planet residing on "Orichalcos". However, what Dartz could not tolerate was that, despite abandoning humanity, the elves intervened when Dartz realized it was too late to save everything and was planning to destroy the Atlantean civilization to start all over again.

“If you can’t believe me, let me prove it to you, Hayato.” Dartz said, waving his hand to give the order, “I activate the effect of [Sacrifice Demon] on the field!”

"Once per turn, I can absorb one monster you control as its Equip Card, Hayato, and gain that monster's ATK and DEF." Dartz pointed at the [Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl] on Hayato's field and declared, "The monster I've chosen is that [Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl] on your field, Hayato!"

"Get away from Hayato, you mere Card Spirit!"

If [Radiant Dragon Girl] were just a simple Duel Monster, Dartz wouldn't care so much. But he had already noticed that many of Hayato's cards contained spirits. How could he tolerate these spirits staying by Hayato's side?

"Want to play with a minotaur? Don't even think about it! I'm a pure love fan, watch my dragon maid annihilate the minotaur!" Hayato frowned, chaining the activation of the [Sacrifice Demon] effect, and declared, "The effect of [Radiant Dragon Girl] can only be activated when the opponent activates the effect of a Spell, Trap, or Monster, negating and destroying that activation."

"You dare to show off your meager skills in front of me? I'm the one who always bullies the monsters!"

With Hayato's double standard declaration, starlight once again emanated from the body of the Radiant Dragon Girl. However, this time the light she released was not to summon the other dragon maids, but rather it converged in front of her and transformed into a light sword, which pierced through the Nasagi Demon, who had not yet had time to open its eyes.

The Nargacuga was lucky to have survived the attack from the Chimera Overload Dragon, but this time it couldn't escape its fate of being destroyed again and was sent to Dartz's graveyard.

However, as a price for invalidating and destroying the [Sacrifice Demon], the light emanating from the [Radiant Dragon Girl] dimmed somewhat. When she landed again, she could no longer maintain her dragon form and had to revert to human form. Little Blue, who was standing nearby, hurriedly grabbed a cup of hot water that she had somehow pulled out and tried to flatter her, but she tripped over her own tail and fell, spilling water all over the ground.

【Half-Dragon Maid/Dragon Girl Butler】【ATK3000】

"After that, [Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Maid] returned to my Fusion Deck, and I Special Summoned [Half-Dragon Maid - Dragon Maid Butler] to my field."

Hayato stared intently at Dartz's [Requiem Demon] on the field, placing the [Dragon Girl Butler] card on the Duel Disk as he explained.

While [Radiant Dragon Girl] is quite versatile, its weakness lies in the fact that it can only be used once, after which it will revert to human form. Dartz's actions were incredibly obvious; he was clearly using the power of [Sacrifice Demon] to bait out [Radiant Dragon Girl]'s effect, ensuring that the card he drew this turn could be activated reliably.

Hayato had no choice but to use the effect of [Radiant Dragon Girl] as he had planned.

But it doesn't matter. Even without the suppression effect of the dragon form, [Dragon Girl Butler]'s attack is still a whopping 1 Blue Eye, and Dartz only has one card in his hand, so he's not afraid at all. I'm a card player—

"Activate the Spell Card, [Life-Slaying Treasure Card]!"

Chapter 664 Being Too Lazy to Choose a Name Is Also a Title

Hayato was somewhat helpless as Dartz drew the [Life-Slashing Treasure Card] this round.

Even if it were any other card, such as a feather duster or a lightning strike, Hayato would have a way to counter it, since his two face-down cards in the back row are not just for show. However, Dartz drew a card with an incredibly annoying card-drawing effect: the "Life-Slashing Treasure Card".

“Draw cards from the deck until I have five cards in my hand.” Dartz paused halfway through his sentence, and Hayato continued helplessly, “Then you have to pay a huge price, meaning you have to discard all your cards after five turns.”

"Don't use this kind of shameless effect to pad your word count, Dartz." Hayato waved his hand. "When I get back, I'm definitely going to have Kaiba and Pegasus nerf this card. People who use this card are shameless."

Oh, Hayato has this card too. Never mind then.

After glancing at the five cards she had drawn, Dartz smiled and said to Hayato, "I'm afraid things won't go as you wish, Hayato, because after drawing my current hand of cards, the winner of this duel is already obvious."

"To draw the [Life-Severing Treasure Card] at such a crucial moment, there is no doubt that the fate of this planet is tilting in my favor, wanting me to destroy the parasitic humanity!"

"The winds of victory are blowing from behind me, Darz!"

Dartz said, pulling out a card and holding it above his head: "Just in case, I'll activate this card first, the magic card [Great Storm]!"

"Destroy all Spell/Trap Cards on both sides' fields!"

As Dartz activated [Great Storm] and inserted the card into the Duel Disk, a sudden hurricane surrounded both of them. Although it was said to "destroy all of both players' cards," at this moment, only Hayato had Spell/Trap cards. Hayato's [Future Fusion] and two face-down cards on his back field began to tremble in the strong wind.

However, Hayato had anticipated this situation and had already set a card to deal with damage to the front or back row. He immediately pressed the activation button to set the card.

"Don't even think about ruining my backrow face-down card, Dartz, I am the approaching storm!" Hayato waved his hand, and the card beside him opened, revealing a new card. "Behold this 'trap card,' the trap card [Scapegoat's Darkness]!"

"You can activate this effect when a card on the field destroys the effect of your opponent's Spell/Trap/Monster. Negate that effect, and then send one Level 3 or lower DARK monster from your Deck to the Graveyard!"

This is the ultimate trap that Hayato prepared, capable of countering both [Black Hole] and [Feather Duster]. It's impossible for a mere [Great Storm] to destroy Hayato's precious back row. Hayato can even precisely graveyard a powerful monster card from his deck.

Thinking this, Hayato caught the Level 1☆ "Powerful Monster"—[Infernal Death Gunner]—found on his Duel Disk and sent it into the Graveyard. Before him, a phantom of [Infernal Death Gunner] appeared, raising its revolver towards the approaching storm and pulling the trigger.

The storm was instantly shattered by a seemingly insignificant bullet, and the figure of the all-out [Eternal Fire Death Gunner] vanished from Hayato's side.

“Thank you, [Infernal Death Gunner].” Hayato thanked the card beside him and looked at Dartz, saying, “See, Dartz? This is proof of the trust between me and the card I cherish. Don’t try to shake the bond between us.”

Dartz saw that although [Great Storm] revealed one of Hayato's face-down cards in the back row, it did not achieve the greatest effect. He was not too concerned at first, thinking that he had already used [Whirlwind] to dismantle one of Hayato's traps. However, when he heard that Hayato still believed in the power of the spirits, he frowned.

Knowing that Hayato would be hard to persuade, Dartz took a deep breath and said, "Is that really the case, Hayato? Nothing can shake the bond between you? No, that's not it. Spirits are not trustworthy beings."

Drawing a card, Dartz chose to prove his point to Hayato with facts: "I will activate this Equip Spell Card, Contract Fulfillment! Pay 800 Life Points to revive a Ritual Monster in my Graveyard and equip this card."

"Continue to complete the unfinished contract, rise from my grave, [Sacrifice Demon]!"

A contract appeared on Dartz's field. As a black aura surged from Dartz's body, his essence split into blood-red characters that slowly appeared on the contract. The paper was torn apart by a pair of sharp claws, and the [Sacrifice Demon] that had been destroyed by [Radiant Dragon Girl] reappeared on Dartz's field.

【Dartz: 2000→1200LP】

[Sacrifice to the Demon] (Contract Fulfillment) [ATK0]

Damn it! I don't have any cards in my back row that can counter the effect of [Requiem Demon] again. Hayato felt a surge of tension as he watched [Requiem Demon] reappear on Dartz's field.

Although he included cards like "Skill Drain" in his deck that can negate monster effects, it's clear from Hayato's choice to use "Radiant Dragon Girl's" effect to negate and destroy "Sacrifice Demon" instead of activating a face-down card that he hasn't drawn those cards yet.

Of course, it's actually impossible to get one now.

Hayato sighed silently as he watched as Little Blue's "Royal Decree," "Skill Drain," and his deck's trump card, the invincible "Exophysis," were sent to the graveyard at the start of his turn. "You actually sent my 'Pendulum' card to the graveyard! Unforgivable, Little Blue!"

(Little Blue: You thanked me last time!)

Although Dartz activated the effect of [Revengeful Spirit] once at the beginning of the main phase in order to bait out [Radiant Dragon Girl]'s Kang, which can only be used once per turn, its effect was reset and could be activated again after [Revengeful Spirit] was sent to the graveyard and then resurrected.

Duel Monsters, isn't that amazing?

"Activate the effect of [Sacrifice Demon]: Once per turn, target 1 monster your opponent controls, equip that monster to it, and give [Sacrifice Demon] the same ATK and DEF as the equipped monster."

As Dartz spoke, he pointed to the Chimera Overload Dragon, which had the highest attack power on Hayato's field. "The monster I chose is your Chimera Overload Dragon, which was changed to Defense Position by Fate Change. Rather than facing its end in such an ugly state at the end of its doomed fate, it's better to become one of the nutrients for my world destruction!"

Amidst the Chimera Overload Dragon's unwilling roar, the Nasamurai's wide-open single eye released a purple light that enveloped its entire body, causing the massive mechanical dragon to slowly sink into the ground. In its place, protrusions in the shape of the Chimera Overload Dragon were revealed on the Nasamurai's outstretched fleshy wings, as if it were being sealed inside.

Hayato could only watch helplessly as his old friend left him, facing the [Sacrifice Demon] whose attack power was starting to surge.

[Sacrifice Demon] (Contract Fulfillment, Chimera Overload Dragon) [ATK0→4000]

After a long period of stagnation and being relegated to a minor role on the field, [Narcissus] finally rose to prominence by absorbing the power of [Chimera Overload Dragon], becoming the player with the highest attack power on the field.

Although Dartz's [Narcissus] can only absorb one monster compared to Pegasus' [Narcissus], and cannot gain the effect of [Chimera Overload Dragon] at the same time, and even the retained damage reflection effect has become shared damage, a monster with 4000 ATK is already powerful enough on its own.

In particular, both Hayato's Earth Spirit Gransol (2800 ATK) and Half-Dragon Maid/Dragon Butler (1 ATK) are in Attack position.

However, judging from Dartz's current setup on the field, although it will cause Hayato some trouble, it will not be fatal. At most, it will only reduce his life points to a sliver.

In his quest for victory, Hayato even began to shamelessly euphoria with himself.

The problem is that after using [Sacrifice Demon] to absorb [Chimera Overload Dragon], Dartz didn't intend to enter the battle phase. Instead, he drew cards from his hand again to continue the battle.

"Having seen your monster switch sides to the enemy's camp, Hayato, how do you feel now? I told you, the power of the spirits is unreliable. You shouldn't trust them, you should completely and utterly dominate them." Looking at Hayato, Dartz inserted a card into the spell/trap zone and calmly said, "Spirits are those unreliable beings!"

"With this [Lightning Strike], I'm going to destroy all those annoying card spirits around you, Hayato!"

As Dartz activated his card, four powerful bolts of lightning suddenly appeared above Hayato's field, crashing down on the four monsters simultaneously.

It has to be said that Dartz is really cunning. He first pretended to want to stop the arrival of the Five Divine Dragons and therefore wanted to use the Great Storm to destroy the Future Fusion and the two unknown face-down cards, forcing Hayato to activate the Darkness of the Scapegoat in order to reduce the losses.

So now, Hayato, whose other card in the back row isn't a card like "Darkness of Scapegoat" that can be negated, can only watch helplessly as the lightning strikes.

[Gransol, the Earth Spirit], [Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl], [Half-Dragon Maid - Baby-Raising Dragon Girl], [Half-Dragon Maid - Dragon Girl Butler] - All destroyed!

"boom!"

The power of [Lightning Strike] destroyed all the monsters on Hayato's field in one fell swoop, and Dartz's triumphant laughter followed.

"Hahaha, finally, those annoying monsters have finally left your side, Hayato!"