Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Hmm?" Not seeing the expected attack, Atolis looked at Hayato with some confusion.

Hayato was also puzzled as to why [Dragon's Bizarre - Dragon's Meteor = DRA] hadn't appeared. Could it be that it had gone to maintain its parts? But when he touched the card, he could clearly feel that the spirit of [Dragon's Bizarre - Dragon's Meteor = DRA] was still residing in the card.

Not only [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = DRA], but even though Hayato only called out his name, he actually intended to summon [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = QUA] at the same time. Calling out only one of them made it easier for the other to launch a sneak attack. However, the same thing happened with [Ryugi Takumi - Tenryu Meteor = QUA]. Although Hayato summoned them, he couldn't make them materialize, or even detach from the card.

However, among the spirits Hayato brought, only a few, such as [Dragonlight Takumi], [Hellfire Machine], [Silver Castle], and even [AtoZ], seemed to be affected and unable to detach from the card. After a few attempts, [Shadowdee Midrash] and [Half-Dragon Maid - Dragon Butler] both appeared successfully beside Hayato.

However, with such a long delay, the surprise attack was no longer effective.

“Avalon is not a place where just anyone can enter. Here, only elves with permission can exist and manifest. However, I don’t understand what happened just now. Dragons should be able to appear.” Knight Atolis pointed his sword at Hayato and said, “But were you trying to attack me just now? It seems our communication can no longer continue, king of another realm?”

"In the end, it still comes down to swords and spears. Do you still only know how to solve problems by resorting to violence?"

"Dragons can appear, and then there are magicians. If we speculate, warriors could too, but machine and demons can't? This spell card looks like it's a knight, but a race knight." Hayato remarked, without explaining to Atolis that [Dragon's Skill - Heavenly Dragon Meteor = DRA] wasn't a dragon as he thought, but actually a machine.

After all, the "Dragon Clan" in Duel Monsters is quite magical. If you put together pictures of several monsters that look like dragons and ask people who don't recognize them to identify which one is a dragon, nine out of ten will choose the wrong one.

The reason why [Dragon Radiance] and [Hellfire Machine] cannot appear is probably due to the so-called restrictions of Avalon. The only exception is probably [Rainbow Kuriboh], which Hayato released beforehand. After Hayato tested each of the forbidden races, it was found that they also included the Beastmen, Beast Warriors, and Psychic Races.

However, since even Hayato doesn't have all the different races of elves, he can't test whether certain races can appear. He only knows that at present, only the warrior race, the mage race, and the dragon race can appear.

The only apparent benefit of this racial blockade is that it has brought Hayato unprecedented peace and quiet, since the most annoying "disruptors" are all trapped inside the cards because they are beastmen.

"Ha, do you really think you can persuade others with words? If that were the case, would King Arthur have been killed by Mordred? You can't even persuade your own son, yet you think you can persuade others?"

Hayato made a sarcastic remark, intending to provoke Atolis, but found that aside from a somewhat helpless expression suggesting the need for force, the other man didn't seem particularly agitated. It wasn't the kind of reaction of someone who hadn't taken something seriously and therefore wasn't angered; rather, it was more like someone listening to an unrelated story and therefore completely indifferent.

"The biggest restriction that Avalon imposes on those who enter, besides requiring special qualifications and the special ability to open the door, is that they must have a pure and kind heart that is detached from the world. Only those with noble character can enter Avalon. Therefore, I don't think it's necessary to resort to force."

Atolis glanced at Hayato, shifted the position of his sword, gripped the hilt with both hands, and stood upright in front of his body, the blade pointing towards the sky. "However, if force is the only way to continue the exchange, I will cooperate with you, because I believe I am not inferior to anyone else in terms of strength."

"Avalon, answer me!"

Raising his sword above his head, Hayato saw that after Atolis shouted towards the sky, a pure white beam of light suddenly descended from the sky and enveloped Atolis. Within that beam of light, armor appeared out of nowhere and was embedded in Atolis's body.

"Armor combination, huh? At least other people need a summoner and a satellite to transform, okay? You just raise a sword and transform?" Hayato retorted. "Then can't I just use my mind to summon light energy from the sun to transform?"

Unfortunately, when Hayato looked up at the sun, it was obscured by white clouds and did not respond to him (sad).

After the beam of light dissipated, Atolis did not transform into an armored warrior. Instead, he used his original clothes as a base layer and put on a set of silver armor that looked quite warm. The large metal joints were connected by mane ornaments to cushion and protect his body, making him look more like a knight and closer to the image of the [Holy Knight - Atolis] in Hayato's mind.

However, what attracted Hayato's attention even more was that after Artorius put the two-handed sword that guided the "transformation beam" back into his right hand and planted it in the ground, he raised his left forearm, which was suspended in front of his chest, and there was a piece of equipment that looked like a stacked shield. Although it was not exactly the same, judging from the general structure, it was clearly a duel disk!

Moreover, a stack of cards appeared out of thin air at the notch near the back of the hand!

"Duel!" Artorius uttered the duel opening phrase that Hayato was very familiar with, speaking in perfect English. The device on his left arm then unfolded, confirming Hayato's guess that it was indeed a duel disk.

"Ah, just as I expected." He pulled out most of the cards from his Duel Disk that were stuck in the monsters, then put them back in. In that one action, Hayato had already rearranged his deck into a fully rebuilt one, activated the Duel Disk, and set it up. "After all, this is the world of card masters. 'How about a game of Duel Monsters?' 'Of course, nobody in the class can beat me.'"

Hayato, who had been muttering to himself, put his deck into the Duel Disk and then became serious, calmly saying, "Duel."

[Hayato: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

[Artoria: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

"I get to go first, draw a card!" Hayato drew a card first and won the right to go first.

Although Artoria equipped and deployed his Duel Disk first, his cool-looking disk lacked Hayato's advanced automatic card ejection function, allowing Hayato to easily gain the first move. However, judging from Artoria's expression, it seemed he had no intention of gaining the first move at all.

Hayato didn't pay any attention to that. Instead, he glanced at the cards he had drawn. The [Shadowy Midrash] and [Half-Dragon Maid - Dragon Butler] beside him had already disappeared when he adjusted his deck earlier.

"Our opponent seems to be the legendary King Arthur, the Red Dragon of Britain. This card would be a good match for such an opponent, wouldn't it?" Hayato said, playing the card from his hand onto the field. "Normal Summon: Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl!"

"This time, I'm playing a 'pure [Half-Dragon Maid]' deck!"

Chapter 1019 I call it high efficiency

Dragon monsters, powerful!

Its own level is 2☆, which is very strong!

The effect of creating a graveyard upon entering the battlefield is incredibly powerful!

It can transform to level 7☆, which is extremely powerful!

The super-powerful monster with such a supermodel figure—[Half-Dragon Maid Laundry Dragon Girl]—arrogantly jumped onto Hayato's field, wearing a new set of clothes. At her feet, beside her, was a laundry basket containing a still-wet maid outfit, which seemed to have been soiled and changed out of yesterday because of the terrible British weather.

"Hahaha, Little Blue's here!" In her overly arrogant manner, Little Blue accidentally kicked the laundry basket, knocking it over and spilling the clean clothes onto the ground, getting them dirty again. "Whoa?! I finally finished washing them!"

【Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl】【DEF1600】

Xiao Lan's clumsy appearance perfectly matched Hayato's stereotype of her, so he wasn't surprised at all by her antics. Instead, he looked at Atoris and said, "Although Xiao Lan is a blue dragon, since she's wearing a white maid outfit, she can at least cosplay as Vortigern."

"This effect can only be activated if she is successfully Summoned or Special Summoned. Send three cards from the top of my Deck to the Graveyard." As he spoke, Hayato flipped over three cards from the top of his Deck and placed them in the Graveyard area, but then took one out of them and said, "Next is the effect of this card sent to the Graveyard, 'Half-Dragon Maid's Changing Clothes'. If this card is in the Graveyard, you can target any 'Half-Dragon Maid' monster you control."

"Add 'Half-Dragon Maid's Changing Clothes' from my Graveyard to my hand, and return the targeted monster to its owner's hand."

After using the effect of [Half-Dragon Maid's Changing Clothes] to retrieve the Normal Summoned Little Blue into his hand, Hayato immediately plays the [Half-Dragon Maid's Changing Clothes] that he just added to his hand: "Activate the Spell Card [Half-Dragon Maid's Changing Clothes], send the Fusion Material Monsters determined by the Dragon Fusion Monster from my hand and field to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster from the Fusion Deck."

"The required materials are a [Half-Dragon Maid] monster and a Level 5 or higher Dragon-Type monster. I choose [Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon] from my hand and a Level 5 [Infernal Curse Dragon] as Fusion Materials to send to the Graveyard."

"Come out, Waga Tamashii! The perfectly dashing head maid!"

"Fusion Summon! [Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl]!"

As Hayato placed a card with a purple border on the Duel Disk, a beautiful dragon with near-human proportions appeared in front of him.

The white abdomen and neck, set against the black of the rest of her body, appear as if peeking out from between layers of black silk. Red lines serve as a transition between white and black, adding a touch of allure to the dragon's form. Her pair of turquoise dragon eyes are truly the finishing touch.

【Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl】【10☆/Light】

[Dragon/Fusion/Effect]

[3500/2000]

A dragon that combines power and beauty makes a dazzling appearance! However, Atoris couldn't understand why Hayato would call her "the perfectly elegant head maid"—isn't she a dragon?

"I activate the Continuous Spell Card [Survival Treasure Card]. Each time I successfully Special Summon a monster from my Graveyard, I draw three cards from my Deck." Hayato placed a card on the back field, then set all three cards in his hand face down. "Next, I set three more cards face down, and my turn ends."

[Hayato: 4000LP, 0 cards in hand]

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

[Survival Treasure Card] [Face Card] x3

Judging from the scene set up after one round, Hayato's setup was quite compromised in his own opinion. It was basically at the level of a Shandong player who just makes a water-based attack and waits to die. Only the [Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl] had a three-color counter.

Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the "Avalon" world, most of Hayato's Pokémon are trapped inside cards and unable to respond to him. Just now, Xiao Lan's blind pile only contained one [Half-Dragon Maid's Changing Clothes] and two other cards of unknown meaning. The resources he had were only enough for him to create one [Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl].

However, this was only Hayato's own perspective; to Atolis on the other side, it appeared as a serious expression.

"To summon such a powerful spirit in such a short time, and that aura... it's a formidable foe. But if it's a dragon, I won't lose!" Artorias, who had remained silent during Hayato's deployment—a man who seemed to have no habit of chatting while playing cards—felt as if facing a formidable enemy, and patted his two-handed sword beside him. "Holy Sword, this enemy is worth fighting!"

"My turn, draw a card..."

The imposing Atolis had just drawn a card and hadn't even entered the main phase when Hayato suddenly spoke up: "During both players' preparation phases, the effect of my [Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl] is activated."

"Special Summon one Level 9 or lower [Half-Dragon Maid] monster from my hand or Graveyard." As he spoke, Hayato took a card from his Graveyard. "I Special Summon [Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl] from my Graveyard, and then trigger the effect of [Survival Treasure Card] to draw three cards from my Deck."

"And on your turn, the effect of [Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl] can be applied again. If it is successfully Normal or Special Summoned, send the top three cards of my Deck to the Graveyard."

The clumsy Ran returned to the field at the call of Hayato's Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl. When she entered the field, she was hopping around and almost tripped over a pebble and bumped into Hayato's Survival Treasure Card in the back field. Fortunately, Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl caught her in time with her flexible tail that could play all sorts of games.

After drawing three cards from his hand, Hayato sent the three cards from the top of his deck to the graveyard. Looking at the cards that Little Blue had put into the graveyard this time, Hayato's eyes lit up. Clearly, these cards were ten or even nine times better than the ones he had put into the graveyard in the previous turn.

Hayato, showing no awareness that it was someone else's turn, spoke again: "The cards sent to the graveyard by the effect of [Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl] are [Shaddoll Beast], [Shaddoll Falcon], and one card of unknown significance. Activate the effects of [Shaddoll Beast] and [Shaddoll Falcon] in turn."

"I draw one card from my deck using the effect of [Shaddoll Beast], and then Special Summon a card that was sent to the Graveyard by an effect to my field in face-down Defense Position using the effect of [Shaddoll Falcon]. At the same time, I trigger the effect of [Treasure Card of Survival] again to draw three cards."

In the blink of an eye, Hayato, who had been holding nothing, drew a total of seven cards, and there were two more monsters on the field than at the end of the turn.

【Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl】【DEF1600】

[Inner Side Guardian Monster (Shadowdow Falcon)]

Hayato was satisfied that he managed to get two Shaddoll monsters into his graveyard in one go, but considering that he had quite a few Shaddoll cards in his deck, it took Blue two attempts to get two Shaddolls into his graveyard, which averaged out to one per attempt. Thinking about it this way, Blue is really not good enough, he's too weak.

Come to think of it, it seems to be the opponent's turn now? Hayato, belatedly realizing that it was still Artorias's turn, wasn't in a hurry to activate the face-down cards he could use in his back row. Instead, he glanced at Artorias on the other side and said, "Alright, continue your turn."

"...During my Main Phase, I activate the Spell Card 'Rough Man's Expectation'," Atolis didn't complain about Hayato moving around so much during his turn. He simply glanced at the card he drew, activated it, and explained, "The effect of this card is—"

"—This can only be activated if you have no monsters on your field. Special Summon one Normal Monster of Level 4 or lower from your Deck." Hayato picked at his ear, interrupting Atolis. "I know that card very well. Just Special Summon whatever monster you want. But Level 4 Normal Monsters are just a bunch of weaklings. Can they possibly defy my beautiful, invincible [Radiant Dragon Girl] on the field?"

"That's right, that's right, [Radiant] sister is invincible, wahahahaha!" Little Blue also stood next to Hayato, imitating Hayato's arrogant laughter.

【Half-Dragon Maid - Radiant Dragon Girl】She glanced helplessly at the two figures behind her, one large and one small. In her dragon form, she wore a helpless expression. Please stop giving me the "Invincible" debuff. I was a little confident before, but after hearing what you two said, it feels like I'm about to die.

And it's one thing for Little Blue to be arrogant, but why is Master also grinning so arrogantly? And not only did you praise me for being invincible, you also praised me for being beautiful... If you're going to praise someone, do it when you're back home and no one's around!

Atolis ignored Hayato's trash talk and instead retrieved a card from his deck. However, "retrieve" was just a euphemism; he simply drew a card from the top of the deck and played it on the field, as if he already knew what the card looked like and didn't even bother to pretend.

"The card I Special Summoned from my Deck—" Artorius slammed the card onto what appeared to be a Duel Disk on his wrist, then took a sudden step forward. "It's myself!"

"【Paladin - Artorias】!"

【Paladin - Artorias】【4☆/Light】

[Warrior/Normal]

[1800/1800]

As Artoris stepped forward, a panel displaying his various stats appeared beside him, further confirming Hayato's earlier conjecture that "Artoris is [Paladin - Artoris]".

At the same time, as Artorias appeared, faint, indistinct singing could be heard all around, as if it were praising something.

"...The truth behind that fateful day remains unknown to posterity..."

"...Artoris drew his magic sword here, marking the prologue to countless great feats..."

"...People sang of Artorias's nobility and courage..."

Hayato vaguely heard the voice, and looked around strangely. He found that, as before, there was no one else on the grassland except for him and Atolis, so he assumed it was just his imagination. Having seen elves personally take to the battlefield before, he simply remarked, "You said you didn't want to use force, but you're quite eager to show up."

"But with a mere 1800 attack points, you can only bully Little Blue."

Hearing Hayato's words, Atolis shook his head and said, "Strength is not the key to victory or defeat; willpower is. As long as you stick to your will and gather like-minded partners, even dragons that seem invincible to human power can be defeated. And this is not the first time I have defeated a dragon."

"While I control a LIGHT Normal Monster, which is myself, I Special Summon this card from my hand in face-up Defense Position. The sun is high in the sky, the perfect time for your battle, come forth, Gawain!"

Just moments ago the sky was cloudy, but with Atolis's shout, the clouds suddenly parted, revealing brilliant sunlight. In this light, Hayato saw someone draw a sharp sword from its scabbard and appear beside Atolis to protect him.

【Paladin - Gawain】【4☆/Light】

[Warrior Race/Effect]

[1900/500]