Duels should be played with a smile.

"I will specially recruit the [Black Fang Magician]!"

At this moment, the Faceless One had six cards in his hand.

However, Leyou no longer cares. He's currently in a "close your eyes and do whatever you want" state, just going all out!

"The tuner is a tuning monster! So watch closely!"

"I will use the LV4 Tuning Magician and the LV4 Black Fang Magician as materials for a Synchro Summon!"

Four rings and four stars appeared simultaneously, with the star-aligning rings corresponding one-to-one with the stars. Amidst the rhythm of magic, the roar of a giant dragon could be faintly heard.

"Heroic dragon, unleash those ferocious fangs as bullets! Synchro Summon! Appear, LV8! [Loading Barrel Savage Dragon]!"

[Dark 8★ Dragon 3000 Attack Power]

"The effect of the Savage Dragon! If this card is successfully Synchro Summoned, you can activate this effect: Select 1 Link Monster from your Graveyard and use it as an Equip Card on this card. Place Barrel Counters on this card based on the number of Link Marks. I equip Silver Princess from my Graveyard and place 2 Barrel Counters on it!"

With two sharp cracks as the gun was cocked, the Silver Princess transformed into a bullet and was loaded into the magazine inside the Savage Dragon's body.

At this moment, Leyou felt much more at ease.

Victory is within reach!

"If you have 2 'Magician' cards in your Pendulum Zone, you can Special Summon 'Magician' from your hand! And if you successfully Special Summon 'Magician', this effect will activate: your opponent gains 400 LP, and then I take 400 LP damage."

[Dark 1★ Mage 0 Attack Power]

[Faceless One's LP: 7000 → 7400]

[Leyou LP: 1350 → 950]

"It even increased my LP? Now, winning is going to be even more difficult for you!"

"Maybe so."

While giving a perfunctory reply, Leyou was thinking to herself that her LP was now below 1000, which was barely enough to be considered a candle flickering in the wind.

"The Tuning Magician is also a Tuner Monster! Therefore, I will use the Level 1 Tuning Magician and the Level 7 Cosmic Magician as materials to perform a Synchro Summon!"

Actually, by combining the level 5 Phoenix with the Tuning, you can summon a somewhat unpopular but very useful level 6 Synchro Monster, "Explosive Magician". With its effect and the Queen with a bunch of Spell Counters, you can completely wipe out the Faceless One's back row. Or, to be even more shameless, you can directly summon the forbidden card "Storm Magician" to send the Faceless One away happily.

With 17 magic tokens, winning couldn't be easier.

However, Leyou chose a playstyle that better suited his mood.

"Light and darkness are one and the same! Ruler of chaos! The violent power that bursts forth from light and darkness! Synchro Summon! LV8 [Chaos Dragon Chaos Ruler]!"

[Dark 8★ Dragon 3000 Attack Power]

The Chaos Dragon has powerful effects, but Leyou didn't activate it because the reason he summoned Tuning and the Chaos Dragon is actually... kind of awkward to say.

It's just to leave an empty slot for the Demon Queen to activate her effect.

"Demonic Queen's effect: Remove 3 Spell Counters, Special Summon the Spellcaster-Type monster 'Entertainment Partner Odd-Eyes Melter' from your Graveyard in Defense Position to this card's Link Zone!"

All three squares were occupied just now, but now that the cosmic reading material has been used, the squares are naturally freed up.

Now that we've gone to so much trouble to bring out this monster, we have no choice but to let it perform well!

"Odd-Eyes Fusionist's monster effect! You can activate this effect during your Main Phase. Send the Fusion Materials of a Fusion Monster, including this card, from your field to the Graveyard to perform a Fusion Summon!"

"At this point, you can use the material monsters in your Pendulum Zone as materials!"

"The fusion materials are two [DARK Pendulum Monsters]! I'll use Odd-Eyes Fusionist and Sky Magician from the Pendulum Zone as materials!"

"A hungry fang born from the abyss! Lure your prey with the scent of poisonous flowers and devour everything in your path! Fusion Summon! Appear! The all-consuming familiar dragon! [Tyrant Familiar Dragon: Ferocious Venom]!"

[Dark 8★ Dragon 2800 Attack Power]

The deep green dragon's body resembled a plant, its limbs covered in patterned armor. The Tyrant Dragon's eyes gleamed with a blinding light as it descended at this moment!

At that moment, the Faceless One sensed something unusual.

Staring at the ravenous, predatory creature, the Faceless One slowly spoke: "So, this is your trump card monster?"

"That's right, but not just the Ferocious Hunger Poison. I will use all my monsters to bring this duel to a close."

“Then…” The Faceless One revealed the card he had just drawn due to the Special Summoning of Ferocious Hunger and Poison.

"This card came at just the right time."

"The effect of [Primal Life Form Nibiru] is to release as many monsters as possible on both sides' fields, and then..."

"That's it!" Leyou's aura intensified. "You're doomed! You've already exhausted all your luck in the hands of the Time Mage!"

"Your meteorite came too late!"

"The effect of the Savage Dragon is that when the opponent's effect is activated, remove one barrel indicator, and that activation will be negated!"

"It's just a mere meteorite! Watch my Savage Dragon push it back!"

With a roar, the ferocious dragon spewed out the bullets already loaded in its chest, accurately striking the falling meteorite.

"Now, you're out of options! Just wait for defeat to come!"

"The effect of Ferocious Hunger! Once per turn, until the End Phase, copy the original name and effect of 1 monster other than yourself from your field or Graveyard!"

Upon hearing this effect, the Faceless One's eyes widened instantly.

"Masaka!?"

"It's that Masaka!"

"Fierce Venom, copy the Time Mage from the opposite graveyard!"

"Today! I'm going to swear a life-or-death bet with you!"

The Fiend opened its enormous maw and swallowed the Time Mage from the Faceless Graveyard whole. The Fiend's form changed as well, and a small roulette wheel appeared in its hand.

"I activate time magic! I declare! My prediction is positive!"

"And the final result will only be positive!"

"Now, I have a Savage Dragon and a Chaos Dragon with an attack power of 3000, a Venomous Beast with 2800, a Demon Queen with 1850, a Phoenix with 2000, and a Jester with 1800!"

As the roulette wheel spins, the trajectory of the pointer mirrors the trajectory of fate. The moment the pointer stops spinning, the destiny of a certain being comes to an end.

Under the confident gaze of Leyou, and under the despairing gaze of the Faceless One, the pointer stopped turning.

Just as the Leisure Travel Manifesto stated, it stopped in the area representing the positive.

"Total attack power: 14450! Therefore, the damage dealt is 7225!"

The ferocious poison, transformed into a time mage, unleashed its clumsy time magic, and as time flowed endlessly, all the monsters on the field turned to dust.

And at the end of this torrent of time, fate will also bring its conclusion.

A bell, seemingly coming from the horizon, rang out and reached the Faceless One's ears. He looked down blankly, only to see that his hands had begun to be eroded by the marks of time.

Then it stopped.

"Hahahaha, you still made a mistake in the end! Just because you helped me recover 400 LP, I still have LP left!"

[Faceless One's LP: 7400 → 175]

"These last 175 LPs are my trump card for turning the tide!"

"Solvadocana!"

A faint smile appeared on Leyou's face as he placed the last card in his hand onto the Duel Disk.

"I am a person who values ​​promises; I will definitely do what I promise."

"If I say I'm going to kill you, I will definitely kill you. If I say I'm going to gamble my life with you, then you won't be spared!"

His gaze was clear and resolute.

"Quick-Play Spell Card [Shaking Gaze]! Destroy all cards in both players' Pendulum Zones!"

"Because one card was destroyed, you are inflicted 500 LP damage!"

"Walking on the path of destiny, I wonder if your vision can still see what truly needs to be valued?"

"Or has your vision already been blinded by gambling?"

[Faceless One's LP: 175 → 0]

"Faceless One, who only possesses the outward appearance of being within a castle, if you truly understood the price of good fortune, would you still gamble everything on gambling?"

"Every gift of fate comes with a price."

"From the moment you overdraw your destiny, I have already embarked on the road to victory."

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Because I updated late yesterday, and I wanted to finish writing it all at once, it's only 6K.

So, are there razor blades or not...?

The issue of grid space can be easily overlooked, especially when playing Endy recently. When building large-scale battles, it's easy to get stuck on the grid if you're not careful.

Seriously, the satellite Shining is really strong! It's practically the spiritual successor to Beastia. With 15 hand traps for coordinated defense, it's poised to become a top-tier meta card!

So, is the Investiture of the Gods about to invite them?

Chapter Forty-Five: It can't be my fault, can it?

The black mist completely dissipated, and the Faceless One, who had been staring at Jonouchi's face with an expression of utter terror, finally returned to his original appearance. He opened his mouth wide, as if trying to call out something, and stretched out his hand, as if trying to grasp something.

But in the end, amidst a pale golden glow, it turned into an ordinary blank card.

"Hmm? This is..."

With a wave of his hand, the blank card seemed to have a mind of its own and obediently flew into Leyou's hand. Upon closer inspection, this card was different from the previous ones.

On what should have been a blank card, there was a faint outline. If you looked closely, you could roughly tell that it resembled a clock.

The Time Magician is one of the witnesses to the friendship between Jonouchi and Yugi Muto, and also represents Jonouchi's lucky nature.

"Interesting... Let me see what this thing is..."

Although it's somewhat fantastical, Leyou can sense that as long as he calms down and communicates with this card, he can obtain the information it contains.

Leyou put the card away and did not immediately communicate with it. He looked around and found that no one else had come to this place during his duel.

Leyou sent a brief message to Isono using the Duel Disk to report the situation. Standing on the mountaintop, he spotted the most bustling spot in the academy, took out his skateboard, and set off.