Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Hayato had just eaten "One Drop" from that fanatical fan, Pegasus Gekko, a while ago, and now he'd had it again from Ramses II. Hayato immediately said unhappily, "You're not going to pull out a 'Shadow Wave' or 'Barrier Wave' to give me a Champion combo, are you? You can pull that out all you want, can you?"

"So you want to nullify the effect of my monster?"

"Needless to say? I wouldn't miss this opportunity to seal that monster's effect. Besides, 2500 attack power, if it gets boosted by [Summoner - Aleister] in your hand, it's quite a threat, isn't it?" Ramses II made his choice without hesitation, "I choose [Summoner - Merkaba] of course!"

As it turns out, Ramses II's intelligence network should not be underestimated. Having dueled with Hayato many times, he already knew that Hayato's [Summoner - Aleister] card in his hand had the ability to be sent from the hand to the graveyard to increase Hayato's Fusion Monster's ATK by 1000. He decisively chose to use [Forbidden Drop] to seal the effect and weaken the power of [Summoned Beast - Merkaba], which had not yet attacked.

"Huh?" Alai, who was just telling the [Saintess of Guidance] that she was in trouble, didn't expect that he would be the one to be hit. In a daze, [Forbidden Drop] hit the body of [Summoned Beast - Merkaba], and the spear that could erase most magic power and the silver armor lost their luster in an instant.

[Summoned Beast - Merkaba] [ATK 2500 → 1250]

However, the next moment, as the [Saintess of Guidance] arrogantly mocked the silenced [Summoned Beast - Merkaba] with "Sweating buckets, bro," the [Summoner - Aleister] card peeked out from Hayato's hand: "Holy crap, luckily I'm one step ahead."

"You're pretty fast at running away, did you learn that when you were being chased by the Shanghai King?" Hayato teased Alai in his hand, looking at the field and saying, "Because of the lack of an attack target, the battle rewind rule is triggered, so [Saintess of Guidance - Acrisia] can continue to attack. It's a pity that the effect of [Knight of Guidance - Friedrich] can only be used once per turn."

"I'm going to use her to keep attacking your [Horus's Glory - Imset] on the field!"

Upon hearing Hayato's words, Ramses II raised an eyebrow: "Using a monster with 2000 attack power to attack a monster with 3000 attack power? What kind of suicidal performance art is this? Don't forget that your current base score is only a mere 2000 points!"

"Hmph, fool, just you wait and see how powerful my monster is." Hayato answered without hesitation, ordering [Saintess of Guidance - Exeria], "The time for punishment has come! Unleash a thunderous chasm upon the enemy!"

"Caw! What a petty person! This is clearly sending me to my death!"

Despite clearly seeing that [Horus's Glory - Imset]'s attack power was far superior to her own, and that such an opponent should have been dealt with by her sister [Flederis], who also wielded a sword and shield, [Saint of Guidance - Exelia] still desperately raised her weapon and launched a suicidal charge towards the target.

Unlike [Horus's Blessing - Duamteph], which suffered from "Assimilation of the Voices" and had its display form manipulated, and unlike [Horus the Black Flame God], which was humiliatingly wiped out by [Shadowdeck - Nephilim] before the battle even officially began, [Horus's Glory - Imset] faced off against [Saint of Guidance - Exysia]'s attack in its full form.

3000 against 2000? The advantage is on my side!

Faced with an opponent who was clearly stronger than herself, the young saintess, seeing that her opponent had already taken a defensive stance and that the shield could block her warhammer's path at any moment, as well as the longsword that would soon follow and kill her before she could defend herself, decided to give up and simply closed her eyes and swung her hammer haphazardly.

"Whatever, may God protect us."

However, the pain she expected did not come. As she closed her eyes, [Horus's Glory - Imset], who wanted to swing her shield to counterattack, was completely unable to react, as if she had encountered "network lag" or "key malfunction". She watched helplessly as [The Guiding Saintess - Exelia]'s casual but powerful hammer blow struck her unsuspecting torso without her being able to react in the slightest.

The next moment, [Horus's Glory - Imset], who had the advantage in attack power and should have gained the upper hand in the confrontation, was smashed away by [The Guiding Saintess - Exelia] with a single hammer blow and embedded in the decorative structure on the deck, barely alive!?

The saintess, who had just opened one eye, was startled by the horrific state of her opponent in the distance: "Eh?! Is there really divine protection?!"

"Heh, do I look like a god to you?" Hayato's voice came from behind [Saintess of Guidance - Acricia]. Turning around, she noticed that at the same moment she launched her attack, Hayato had also played a spell card from his hand, providing her with the aid to turn the tide of battle—

Chapter 1155 Who made the wrong move?

"The Quick-Play Spell Card [Enemy Manipulator], I used this card to change the battle position of [Horus's Glory - Imset], so the one battling [The Guiding Saint - Exelia] wasn't [Horus's Glory - Imset] with 3000 ATK, but rather him in Defense Position!"

【Horus's Glory - Imset】【ATK3000→DEF1800】

Originally, [Horus's Glory - Imset] had a higher attack power than [Saintess of Guidance - Acrecia]. However, under the influence of [Enemy Manipulator], [Imset] was unable to use her stronger attack power to deal with the attack. Instead, she exposed her relatively weak defense, which is why she was smashed away by [Saintess of Guidance - Acrecia], whose attack power was increased to 2000 points.

"So you've turned my advantage into yours? Hmph, you've got some tricks up your sleeve. I originally thought the magic card you had prepared might be something like 'Mysterious Chinese Pot'." Ramses II glanced at the cable of 'Enemy Manipulator' that stretched from Hayato's back field to his own, and said, "But this isn't the optimal solution, is it?"

"The best way to use that card is to release one of your monsters to gain control of the rest, which is still your favorite tactic. What, you've suddenly changed your mind?"

Ramses II looked at Hayato with a surprised expression, as if he were seeing him for the first time. After all, in his understanding, Hayato had a particular fondness for NTRing other people's monsters, especially their Soul Card "Tamashi," and he especially liked to use the "Change of Heart" card he had stolen from others, shouting things like "This is proof of our bond and friendship" when he NTRed them.

How utterly despicable! —That being said, Ramses II, who had a particular fondness for changing the names of other people's buildings to his own and attributing them to himself, doesn't seem to have much right to comment on Hayato.

Unaware of what Ramses II was thinking about him, Hayato sent the card "Enemy Manipulator" to the graveyard, saying, "Now that 'Shadowdome Nephilim' has already attacked, releasing it to gain control of your monster is definitely the best option. It not only reduces the number of obstructing walls but also increases the number of monsters I can use to attack."

“Yes, why? I’m looking for the reason too.” Hayato paused and said with a smile, “Perhaps it’s just because I regard my cards as my dearest friends and family, my brothers and sisters, so I can’t bear to give up my old friends for a mere victory…”

Hearing Hayato say this, [Saintess of Guidance - Acyria] took Hayato's words to heart and looked at him, saying, "Is that so? Hehehe, I always thought you were a good person. Not only are you so good to your friends, but you even helped me fight just now. That guy who looks like a scumbag is definitely not trustworthy."

Unexpectedly, Hayato hadn't finished speaking. Upon hearing the words of the [Saintess of Guidance - Acyria], he deliberately teased her, saying, "...Even if we're going to liberate someone, it won't be my dear [Nephilim], but rather we'll start with the one I'm least close to, like that silly, short, gluttonous, and stunted blonde little girl."

"That's talking about me! No, no, I'm not stupid or short, and eating only ten pancakes in one meal isn't much at all!" [Saintess of Teaching - Acrisia] was clearly startled by Hayato's words. After retorting a few times, she quickly added, "Wait a minute, why are you freeing me? I even considered you a righteous person. You're very useful!"

"Whether it's freeing Sister Friedrich or that scumbag turned into a car, quack! Don't free me!"

“I can hear everything~” From Hayato’s hand, [Summoner-Aleister] peeked out, looking at [Saintess of Guidance-Acricia] who had actually believed Hayato’s nonsense and even his subsequent teasing, and was somewhat frightened. She shook her head helplessly and asked [Knight of Guidance-Fredris] on the other side, “Is she an idiot?”

The silver knight glanced at the blonde saintess, shrugged, and that was considered an answer to [Summoner-Aleister]'s question.

"You two are really bored, aren't you? It's your turn to attack now, don't you know?" Hayato said to the two spectators on the field, pressing one hand on the face of [Saintess of Guidance - Ecclesia] and pushing the face of the girl who was so anxious she was about to drop pearls. "Although [Horus's Glory - Imset], which was destroyed and turned into Defense Position, failed to cause battle damage, now the opponent doesn't have a single monster on the field to act as a wall!"

"Too slow, too slow, Oz the Second! I, Hayato Kobayashi, am still the world's strongest duelist. Whether it's my use of spell and trap cards or the strength of my monsters, I far surpass you!"

Laughing, Hayato pointed his left hand, which held the remaining two cards, toward Ramses II and commanded, "Chariots that bring victory, and the strongest knights, attack the opponent's duelist directly and secure victory for me!"

Although he had previously consumed the Forbidden Drop, Hayato's Summoned Beast Merkaba still had 1250 ATK. Combined with his own effect, the Knight of Guidance, Friedris, whose ATK was as high as that of Blue-Eyes White Dragon, the attack of the two monsters could easily wipe out Ramses II's 4000 Life Points, which, although still at full value, were now as fragile as a candle in the wind!

The sluggish Chariot of Light started up, charging towards Ramses II, who had two face-down cards but couldn't use either, together with the silver knight wielding a sword and shield. The double attack of the spear and sword easily took away Ramses II's last life points—or so it should have been.

The first to attack was [Knight of Instruction - Frideris]. Leaping from her chariot, she brandished her holy sword, aiming to strike Ramses II on the head. But just as the sword was about to touch Ramses II, he glared at her and shouted, "Who gave you permission to touch the Pharaoh's body with your sword, you one of the Light!"

The Way of Cards, Unrivaled in the World! With me, Ozymandias, there is heaven! Then Ramses II cried out, "[Rainbow Kuriboh] Save me!"

As the rainbow light formed a curtain, and to Hayato's as-expected surprise, Curipo, Curipo, jumped out of his hand!

However, this time it was not Hayato who used the Rainbow Kuriboh, but Ramses II!

"You're not the only one who can obtain Nefertari's radiance, Hayato Kobayashi. Do I need to explain the effect of Rainbow Kuriboh to you?" Ramses II smiled smugly as he inserted the Rainbow Kuriboh card into the Spell & Trap Zone.

"Played as an Equip Card when the opponent's monster attacks, preventing the equipped monster from attacking. Tsk, it's such a waste that this card is in your hand."

"Hmph, is it any of your business? This is my beloved Nefertari's gift to me." Ramses II snorted with a hint of arrogance. "I originally planned to use it when your [Knight of Guidance - Frideris] and [Horus's Glory - Imset] were fighting to the death, so that you wouldn't have a monster with enough attack power to defeat him."

"And unfortunately, you also used the [Enemy Manipulator], otherwise you could have released [Knight of Guidance - Friedriss] to take over my monsters. But there are no ifs. The current situation is that your monsters can no longer pose a sufficient threat to my Life Points." Ramses II glanced at [Summoned Beast - Merkaba] and said, "You, you made a mistake."

"Oh, run this arrogant bastard over with your car."

"Buga—!"

Ramses II had barely finished uttering his rather pretentious line when, in the next instant, Hayato unleashed his [Summoned Beast - Merkaba], and the silver spear in the cavalryman's hand instantly pierced Ramses II's abdominal muscles. Although the spear ultimately passed through Ramses II's body only as a phantom, the latter still winced in pain for a moment, and his base score dropped accordingly.

Ramses II: 4000 → 2750 LP

"Missed out? Yes, that's right, bro. But I paid my own life points, while you were genuinely attacked by my monster. How embarrassing." Hayato placed a card face down in his back row and said, "Now, who's missed out?"

"Set a card face down, and my turn ends."

[Kobayashi Hayato: 2000LP, 1 cards in hand]

[Summoned Beast - Merkaba] [ATK 1250 → 2500]

【The Saintess of Guidance - Acricia】【ATK2000】

【Knight of Guidance - Flederis】(Rainbow Kuriboh)【ATK3000】

【GaiKa】

Hearing Hayato's words, Ramses II rubbed his abs and looked at Hayato with displeasure, saying, "You're really arrogant, aren't you? How can you be so haughty in front of Yu, who is the sun?"

"Ha, the world doesn't need two suns. This is the human realm. You're the one who should get lost, aren't you?" Hayato waved his hand impatiently at Ramses II.

Although their conversation was clearly on the verge of a fight, almost to the point of mutual destruction, Marufuji Ryo noticed that both Ramses II and Kobayashi Hayato were smiling as they spoke. Rather than arguing, perhaps this irreconcilable, confrontational state was the perfect way for them to interact?

After all—while similar people can usually get along well, when two people are too similar, irreconcilable conflicts can arise. For example, the biggest conflict between Hayato and Ramses II was—

"The Duel Ritual may be a game, but it's not something to be taken lightly. Ultimately, playing a game is about winning!" Ramses II said to Hayato, "Stop treating it like a game and give it your all, Hayato Kobayashi!"

“But I refuse!” Hayato immediately replied. “If I always give it my all, even I get bored sometimes, so I refuse. I give 15 points of effort to a 10-point opponent and 200 points to a 100-point opponent. That’s enough for me. To be honest, if you hadn’t come to me, I wouldn’t have even brought out this ‘Shadow Summoner’ deck. I’ve already given you enough face.”

"Besides, before you show that arrogant attitude and point fingers at me, first push yourself beyond your limits and unleash a force that can pose a threat."

Upon hearing this, Ramses II snorted coldly and said, "He is just as arrogant as I am, which is equally infuriating. Even I have some sense of how others feel when they face me."

"But what power threatens you? I already have it, it's right here in my hands!" Ramses II glanced at the two cards in his hand and placed his finger on the top of the deck on the duel disk. "It's my turn. You're right about one thing: only the strong can boss the weak around. This turn, I'll show you my brilliance. Draw!"

Ramses II drew a card from his deck and immediately revealed it along with a card from his hand, saying, "During my Main Phase, I activate the effect of [Horus's Glory - Imset] in my hand, sending two cards from my hand, including Imset, to the Graveyard, adding one [Coffin of the King] from my deck to my hand, and then I can draw one card!"

It seems that due to the effect of [Blessing of Horus - Duamuteph], Ramses II not only drew [Rainbow Kuriboh] into his hand, but also the second [Glory of Horus - Imset] in his deck. Now he is about to use its effect again to continue the search that was interrupted by Hayato's [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] in the previous turn.

However, with Ramses II's turn, not only did another card that Ramses II intended to send to the graveyard along with [Horus's Glory - Imset] arrive, but also the effect of [Summoned Beast - Merkaba] on Hayato's field, which had already been freed from the influence of [Forbidden Drop].

Hayato's remaining unfaced card was the monster card, [Summoner - Aleister], but its existence was obvious to Ramses II. Ramses II was also aware of the effects of [Summoned Beast - Merkaba], yet he still used the power of [Horus's Glory - Imset].

Although he knew his opponent must have some ulterior motive, Hayato couldn't just stand by and watch Ramses II pick up [King's Coffin]. So he immediately discarded the card in his hand and said, "Then let's chain the effect of [Horus's Glory - Imset]. I'll discard [Summoner - Aleister], which is also a monster card in my hand, and activate the effect of [Summoned Beast - Merkaba]!"

"Once per turn, when a monster's effect, spell, or trap card is activated, you can send one card of the same type from your hand to the Graveyard to activate this effect, negate that activation, and banish it!"

"The Great God declares!"

The cavalryman on the silver chariot didn't even aim before swiftly throwing his lance, striking the man who had just entered Ramses II's graveyard along with another card before the effect of [Horus's Glory - Imset] could activate. Despite its impressive 3000 ATK, [Horus's Glory - Imset] was clearly not doing well. It had been defeated by [Saint of Guidance - Exeria] earlier, and now its effect had been interrupted by [Summoned Beast - Merkaba], suffering setbacks almost the entire time.

The cost of the activation is not returned to Ramses II's hand when the activation is invalidated. Hayato watched as Ramses II had only one card left in his hand, and the invalidated [Glory of Horus - Imset] was even dragged out of the graveyard by [Summoned Beast - Merkaba] by the hilt of its spear and banished from the game.

"So you don't have a third [Glory of Horus - Imset] in your hand, do you? But it's useless now, you don't have any ammunition in your hand to activate his effect, and besides, all three of his effects are limited to being used once per turn. Or did you draw [Planetary Transformation] and plan to pull out a field spell card [Royal Tomb Wall] to act as [Royal Coffin]?"

However, Ramses II shook his head, triumphantly flipping over the last remaining card in his hand, and said, "There's a possibility that I activated the effect of [Glory of Horus - Imset] all along just to mislead you? When the effect of [Blessing of Horus - Duamuteph] allowed me to draw a card from the deck last turn, [Coffin of the King] was already in my hand!"

"Continuous Spell Card, [Coffin of the King], activated!"

Golden light shone before Ramses II as a coffin, its surface inlaid with precious items such as gold, glass, and jade, and of the utmost luxury, slowly rose!

Chapter 1156 The Card Player's Subject One: Solving Millet

"Continuous Spell Card [Coffin of the King], activated!"

Very well, I'll now chain-activate [Shaddoll's False Tome] to fuse and summon a second entity, [Nephilim], and then send [Shaddoll Dragon] to the Graveyard to blow you up!

However, Hayato only thought this to himself. Although his deck contained [Shadowdome], he only included one copy of [God Shadow Nephilim] in his Fusion deck, and it was already on his field.

In addition, Fusion Summoning [Shadowdome - Seven Sages Giant Kun] is also a good choice. She has the ability to negate the effect of a face-up card on the field when she is Special Summoned. How powerful is that Kun?

However, Hayato did not choose to bring out [Shadowdome - Seven Sages Giant Kunma] at this moment, because negating the only face-up Continuous Spell Card [King's Coffin] on the field of Ramses II was completely useless, just like the crown on the king's head has great significance, but the crown itself that is taken off has no significance.

The effect of the King's Coffin itself is not the main point. Just like when Ramses II activated the Stone Wall of the King's Tomb to replace the King's Coffin, the existence of the King's Coffin itself is its greatest value.

Because as long as the King's Coffin exists on the field, the Horus monsters in Ramses II's tomb are awakened and can continuously revive from the tomb!

Sure enough, the moment the golden coffin rose, Ramses II immediately took out a card from the graveyard and said, "Because of the King's Coffin on my field, the Horus monsters in my graveyard have gained the power of resurrection. I will Special Summon the Glory of Horus - Imset, which was destroyed by battle last turn, back to my field!"

Without a moment's mourning for the exclusion of [Horus's Glory - Imset], the next to arrive on the battlefield was another [Horus's Glory - Imset]!

【Horus's Glory - Imset】【ATK3000】

The human-headed guardian of the underworld returns to Ramses II's field for the second time. The special summons of the Horus monsters from the graveyard are the same as the Infernal monsters, which are not chainable. Therefore, Hayato cannot chain Ramses II to special summon Horus's Glory - Imset and activate its back row face-down card. However, once it is special summoned and brought to the field, Hayato has the opportunity to activate the face-down card.

"In this instant, I will chain-summon [Horus's Glory - Imset], open my backrow face-down card, the Continuous Trap Card [Shaddoll's False Tome]!"

The term "pseudo-canon" usually refers to books with false names, that is, books created by people who are not prophets or sages to increase the credibility of their own works by attributing them to the prophets and pretending to be prophets. Later, it was also extended to refer to a fourth type of canon, which is different from the "canon", "secondary canon" and "side canon" in religious books. These canon books are usually not recognized by believers and are not included in the canon.

However, in the card 【Shaddoll's False Canon】, "False Canon" refers more to influence and assimilation. Just like in the card art, 【Demonic Serpent Staff Wielder】 was assimilated by the power of 【Pathfinder of the Divine Star】, which was transformed from the deeply corrupted 【Shaddoll Lizard】, into a member of 【Shaddoll】—【Divine Shadow of the Merchant Staff Spirit】.