Duels should be played with a smile.

"How can you be sure that I didn't deliberately make an aggressive gesture to lure you in?"

"Don't forget, I still have five backcourt seats!"

Two cards are revealed as welcome, one as welcome and one as farewell, and the remaining two are unknown.

Ed didn't know what monsters the Snow Woman could summon in her deck, but regardless, the scene of his entire hero family being wiped out in battle during his last turn was still vivid in his mind.

Five backcourt cards, without the help of a feather duster or a lightning bolt, are definitely worth respecting.

"You have a lot of backline troops, so I'll use even more heroes to break through them all!"

"My turn, draw a card!"

As he drew the card from the deck, before he could even draw it, a phantom image of someone speeding forward on tires flashed into Edward's hand.

"My hero... has answered my call!"

"The effect of [Destiny HERO Sprinter] in the Graveyard can only be used once while this card is in the Graveyard. When you draw a card during your Draw Phase, if that card is a monster, you can reveal that monster to both players and Special Summon it to your field!"

"The card I drew is Drill Man! I Special Summon it in Attack Position!"

"Don't stop! Keep drilling forward!"

The invincible Drill Man is back!

"The Drill Man's effect: Hand Card summons [Destiny Hero Divine Man]!"

[Dark 4★ Warrior 1600 Attack Power]

A strangely shaped divine being descended upon the battlefield. Upon seeing this monster, both the Snow Woman and the audience member Leyou hesitated for a moment.

How could anyone summon this monster? Aren't they all lying in the graveyard?

So, what are the effects of this monster?

If you're asking about the effect of a Divine being rushing into a Human's graveyard, then it's practically ingrained in my DNA. But if you're asking about any field-keeping effects, sorry, I've never actually tried it.

"The effect of the Spell Card [Dr. D] can be activated by banishing 1 [Destin HERO] monster from your Graveyard, then add 1 [Destin HERO] monster from your Graveyard to your hand or Special Summon it."

"I banish Sprinter from my Graveyard and Special Summon Detauren from my Graveyard in Attack Position!"

The Anti-Utopians are not restricted to Fusion Summoning, so after the Resurrection restriction is removed, they can be Special Summoned at will.

"Furthermore, the effect of Determinist has also activated. If it is successfully Special Summoned, it targets Determinist in your Graveyard and deals 1600 damage to you!"

The Anti-Utopians struck again; 1600 points of damage might not seem like much normally, but for the Snow Woman now, it was no small amount.

[Yuki-onna's LP: 2100 → 500]

When Labyrinth was defeated before, she took 300 points of damage. Now, she's not far from being a dying candle.

"That's not all! The effect of my Continuous Trap Card [D-Tactics] also meets the conditions! If you Special Summon a Level 8 or higher [Destiny HERO] monster to your field, you can activate this effect and banish 1 card from your opponent's hand, field, or Graveyard without targeting!"

It has a very powerful effect, but because this card is so barely noticeable, the Snow Woman almost forgot it existed.

"This is... a real headache."

Only then did the Snow Woman realize that she seemed to have made a rather big mistake.

In her mind, hero decks are all about one-shotting opponents, and as for hero trap cards... they're not really designed to troll heroes, so what great use could those hero trap cards possibly be?

"Your refusal to choose a partner is really a bit tricky."

"So, we can't let you use it!"

"Chain your D tactics, I'll activate the covered trap card Labyrinth Welcome!"

"Based on the welcome effect, I Special Summon Ariana, Ariana's best friend, from my deck!"

[Dark 4★ Demon 1100 Defense]

Ariana, who uses a candlestick as a weapon, has a slightly higher attack power than Ariana, but at the cost of far inferior defense.

"Just one special recruitment? That won't solve the problem of me interfering with you. I only have one goal: to clean up your backcourt!"

The welcome was exactly what Edward had expected. He glanced at his hand and said nonchalantly, "Now you have four backcourt cards... the threat is a bit less."

Is that really the case?

"what?!"

"Don't forget, you're still inside my Silver City, you know~"

The radiance of the Silver City was so dazzling that Edward was momentarily blinded.

"Because of Silver Castle's effect, my Labyrinth Welcome can also have the effect of destroying 1 card on the field without targeting!"

"Guess which card I'm going to destroy?"

"Of course, it's your D-tactic!"

The heavy crossbowmen of the Labyrinth City reappeared, their massive bolts piercing through the D tactics on the field.

To be honest, Yuki-onna would prefer to save this effect for the big monsters on Edward's field, but there's no way around it now; it's a case of "the arrow is on the bowstring and must be released."

"Because this is a continuous trap card, its effect is not processed after it leaves the field."

Ed felt a wave of dizziness. Since the last round, the Snow Woman had activated a series of traps, making him confused about the effects of all the cards. Now that he was being reminded of this, he felt a tightness in his chest.

After finishing this duel and figuring out the whole story, I should ask the King of the West to do a divination for me.

I'd like to ask how to avoid playing cards with people who are all scammers.

“This time, you have the upper hand... but I didn’t lose too much either. It’s an undeniable fact that you got fewer cards.”

"Furthermore, the D tactic has another effect: if this card in the Spell & Trap Zone is destroyed by a card effect, I can search for a Fate HERO monster from my Deck."

Edward picked out a card from the deck that he thought might be somewhat useful and began to reflect on his actions.

My mentality is still a bit unstable. It seems that the long winning streak in the professional league has made me lower my guard.

Sure enough, if you hang out with noobs for too long, you'll become noob yourself. You should definitely play against the pros more often in the future.

The Snow Woman was unaware of Edward's inner thoughts, but she knew how to effectively manipulate other people's minds.

"You say you didn't lose out, but I gained more."

"Because the additional effects of the field and the original effects of the trap cards are not processed simultaneously, by the time I destroyed your card, the Twin Maids were already on my field."

"Therefore, I may activate the effects of both of them at any time."

"Their two effects are the same: as long as you have a monster on your field that leaves the field due to my Normal Trap Card effect, I can draw two cards—or, you can change your attack target to my two little maids?"

The opportunity to draw two more cards brought a satisfied smile to Yuki-onna's face, while Edward's expression darkened even further.

Heaven knows if the cards the Snow Woman drew contained any strange or unusual items.

Ed is in a bad mood right now, but the audience is really enjoying themselves. This kind of interactive duel where one move affects the whole situation, one link leads to another, and there's a back-and-forth exchange of moves is one of their favorite parts of the show.

Interaction is one of the essential elements of dueling!

Therefore, it is quite reasonable for those cards that prevent people from playing Yu-Gi-Oh! to be sanctioned.

Look at those Dharma Kings, Color Branches, and Great Outer Gods; they all deserved to die.

In comparison, the Announcer of Light and the Announcer of Divine Light are more in line with the concept of interaction. You give out a card, I give out a card, you give out another card, I give out another card, there is a back and forth, and the chain can even reach 10 or more, which is very interactive.

"The effect of [Destiny HERO Dynamite] in the graveyard: banish this card from the graveyard, target any Anti-Utopia on my field, and increase Anti-Utopia's ATK by 1000 until the end of the next turn!"

A fat, muscular man who looked like he could explode at any moment popped out of the graveyard and handed a bomb to the Detauren, but the bomb looked like it could blow the Detauren up at any moment.

So the Detopia people threw the explosives back, landing them in the Snow Woman's back area.

"The second effect of the Anti-Utopia has been activated. If its ATK is different from its original ATK, target 1 card on the field and destroy it!"

There were four backcourt cards, and Edward randomly pointed to one because he couldn't tell which one was which.

This time, however, his luck seems to be not so good.

Or rather, his luck has been consistently bad ever since he retrieved Blood Demon D.

"Oh my gosh~ You've won the lottery~ The card you're going to destroy is another welcome card that I covered up before."

"Welcome! You can only send one message per round, so this one is for you~~"

If the Snow Woman weren't exceptionally beautiful and powerful, she would definitely be challenged to a real-life duel if she provoked someone in that tone.

This is why Leyou generally doesn't use overly unorthodox card decks.

Even the most handsome guy can't resist if the person opposite him is a man who isn't into that type!

Of course, if the other side really likes this kind of thing, then it's even more terrifying.

Chapter Thirty-Two: Come and Hit Me! Bounty: 16/23

"Heroes...it seems that new heroes have been born. The power in the new universe has dissipated into the fused dimension, and the heroes' power has also increased."

"However...it seems that many other powerful forces are also being nurtured, and I wonder what will happen in the future...I hope that what follows won't give me too much of a headache...I wonder how John and Edward are doing."

"This tournament is a great opportunity for us in Fusion Dimension, but organizing it well is no easy task... Hahaha... I used to only ask my teacher how to duel, and I never thought about learning these things from him!"

Under the cover of night, Judai gazed at the starry sky, speechless for a moment.

……

Having blown up an insignificant card, Ed could only consider it as eliminating a wrong answer and continue with his actions.

"I can activate the effect of [Destiny HERO Negation] in my Graveyard once per Duel. This effect can only be activated once per Duel if you control or have a [Destiny HERO] monster other than the same name in your Graveyard. Special Summon this card from your Graveyard!"

[Dark 3★ Warrior 1100 Attack Power]

"Another effect of the Negation Card: Once per turn, if a double summon is successful, you can activate this effect: Place 1 [Destin HERO] monster from your Deck, Graveyard, or banished monsters on top of your Deck!"

"I will exclude the demonic beings!"

"Next comes the effect of the Graveyard Demon: banish yourself and Special Summon a card with the same name from your Deck!"

[Dark 6★ Warrior 800 Attack Power]

The classic move of denying someone: jump up yourself, pull the demonic person back, then specially summon the demonic person, getting two monsters for free.

However, it seems that Edward does not intend to continue with Link Summoning or Fusion Summoning this time.

Drill, Divinity, Utopian Depths, Demonic, Denial – Edward has now gathered five monsters on the field. This is the power of a hero with graveyard resources.

It would be even better if we had a feather duster.