Duels should be played with a smile.

“From the very beginning of Duel Monsters’ creation, when the rules were first established, there has always been a way of summoning them. Although it is rarely seen now that times have changed, it has never truly existed.”

"I will sacrifice the two Benten on the field as a tribute, Superior Summon!"

"All things in heaven and earth are born from existence, and existence is born from non-existence. They are born from nothingness and then return to nothingness."

"When it arrives, all things return to nothingness, [the ruler of nothingness]!"

The electronic angels vanished from the field, their energy absorbed by a suddenly appearing black hole. Then, a figure in white robes and green hair emerged from the black hole and stood on the battlefield.

The moment he appeared, something seemed to have appeared in Apollia's otherwise empty attacking third.

"At the same time, since Benten was released as material for a Tribute Summon, their effects are activated again, and I can search my Deck for Fairy-Type LIGHT monsters."

"I want to search for [Zhu Guangzhi's Proclaimer] and [Extraterrestrial Life]."

"Do you even know what a fake card with no limit on the number of times it can be used per turn if it's the same as another card?!"

Although his body was made of machinery, Apollia could feel his heart racing and his blood pressure rising because he saw that the number of cards in Leyou's hand hadn't decreased much.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Let Me See!!!

"Ugh, why do my rounds take so long?"

I have to say, it's pretty fun to bully these future (?) players with a pie chart deck. After all, if you were to actually play a tournament with Dragon's Roar deck, in the first game, not to mention whether you would get hit by a bunch of weird hand traps like Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring or get hit by a Meteor while you were having a good time setting up your board, in the second game, if you changed your side, you would definitely get hit by a series of counter cards including but not limited to Bird Lock.

Not to mention that in a best-of-three series, there will definitely be at least one game where you go second. If you encounter some strange decks when you go second, then you really have no choice but to play hard.

"The effect of Gamma in the graveyard, release the Radiant Light in your hand, and summon yourself."

"The ultimate dragon, the brilliance of the stars! The eye of the meteor! The zenith! This is the proof of seeking the heliocentric, the finishing touch to a masterpiece! Descend! [Dragon Radiance - Celestial Four Gamma]!"

The orange giant star transformed into a machine and flew out of the mothership. Its dazzling appearance signified that it was the most eye-catching star among the stars.

"After Special Summoning Gamma, I can Special Summon a lower-level monster from the Graveyard. I'll Special Summon Delta!"

"Then there's the effect of the Ritual Spell Card in the Graveyard: Target Delta on my field, Delta's ATK decreases by 1000 until the end of your opponent's turn, and this card is added to your hand."

And so, after having five monsters on the field, he still had five cards in his hand.

Apollia glanced at his hand. His starting hand was perfect, but he had a feeling that his cards might not be effective when his turn came.

"You summoned so many monsters, but apart from that one [Void Ruler], the other monsters don't seem to have anything special about them."

"Because the core of my deck hasn't been played yet!"

"what?!"

"This is a Ritual deck. Look at my field, do I have any Ritual monsters right now?"

"But don't worry, you'll soon see this monster so powerful it can even take down the Forbidden Card List!"

"For the last time, I activate the Ritual Spell Card 'Meteor Shower' from my hand!"

"Remove the last Xyz Material from Fafnir and Ritual Summon a Ritual Monster with an ATK of no more than 2000!"

"This is the initial declaration, and also the highest ceremony!"

"This is the first light, and the last sound."

"Seven-colored wings proclaim blessings, an angelic body proclaims divine pronouncements, born from the throne of Draco amidst the radiance of the stars! Ritual summoning! Light of light! [Announcer of the Radiant Light]!"

Above the sky, the giant mothership roared, as if issuing a command. Upon receiving the command, the meteors in the sky gathered together, accumulating power.

A beam of holy light fell upon the earth, outlining a shape that was both sacred and slightly eerie.

The seven-colored wings contained words that mortals could not understand; where holy light and starlight met, the angel's body descended with divine pronouncements.

[Light - 12-Star - Angel Race - Attack 2000 - Defense 3000]

"A 12-star ritual monster!" Apollia exclaimed in astonishment.

To summon a Level 12 Ritual Monster using a normal Ritual Summon, you must have that Ritual Monster in your hand, and you must have at least 12 Level Tribute Monsters in your hand and on the field, along with the corresponding Ritual Spell.

It takes at least three cards to summon such a ritual monster. So the question is, after you've gone through all that trouble to summon it, do you still have the resources to perform any further actions?

However, all these problems were easily solved by Long Huiqiao.

The condition for ritual magic has been changed to attack power, but this monster, which has a star rating of 12, only has an attack power of 2000.

However, coincidentally, all of the lower-level monsters of the Dragon King Tech are 2000 ATK. In other words, only one lower-level Dragon King Tech monster is needed to meet the summoning conditions. For the Dragon King Tech lower-level monsters, which can be repeatedly summoned by releasing Dragon King Tech monsters or Ritual Monsters, this condition is basically a freebie.

Furthermore, since Takumi Ryuki's Xyz Monsters can use Xyz Materials as the cost of the ritual, the already negligible cost is truly eliminated.

This ritual can also be self-recycled, and you only need one card to complete two ritual summons, which is incredibly profitable.

The best proof is that after Leyou completed this series of operations, the number of cards in his hand only decreased from the initial 5 to 4.

"Wait a minute, I'm not done yet. Since it's the core monster of the deck, it definitely deserves the treatment of a core monster!"

"Come forth! The circuit that guides the future!"

"The summoning condition is two monsters of the same race or attribute. Arrow confirms! I will set Gamma and Delta on the field to perform a Link Summon at the link to Kuriboh!"

"Show yourself! Link 2! [Alliance Transport Vehicle]!"

[Light - Link 2 - Machine Race - Attack Power 1000 - Arrow ↓ →]

"The effect of Union Transport can be activated by targeting 1 face-up monster you control. Equip 1 monster from your hand or Deck that has the same Type or Attribute as the targeted monster as an Equip Card that increases its ATK by 1000."

"I equip [B-Destroyer Dragon] from my Deck as an Equip Card to [Announcer of the Light]. When this card is an Equip Card, the equipped monster is unaffected by the effects of other Spell Cards of my opponent."

"Now, my performance is over. Please begin your performance."

"By the way, let me explain to you what this scene represents," Leyou said with a kind smile.

But Apolia already felt like she was about to have a heart attack.

"You cannot Special Summon monsters while [The Ruler of Nothingness] is present."

"【Link Kuriboh】can free itself to reduce the attack power of attacking monsters to 0."

"Then comes the effect of [Announcing the Light]: When you activate a monster's effect, spell, or trap card, or when you Special Summon a monster, I can send 1 Fairy-Type monster from my hand to the Graveyard to negate and destroy your activation or Special Summon."

"This effect doesn't only occur once per round~"

"By the way, Chongguang is not affected by magic effects right now, and the Ancient Saint Dai in my hand can still cast the target selection effect once. This is the treatment of an older brother."

"Right now, I have three Angel-type monsters, and I have a monster card that can retrieve two more Angel-type monsters, which means I can interrupt your actions a total of five times."

"In other words, you can't do anything, at least not for you."

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Watch Your Words, Kid.JPG

"My turn, draw a card."

Holding six cards in his hand, Apollia spoke as if he lacked confidence, sounding somewhat weak and listless.

If I remember correctly, Apollia's deck was the Machine Emperor deck, and Leyou still has some recollection of that deck.

Because not long ago he often saw the Machine Emperor and Longhui Qiao's cousin traveling together in a certain deck that was having a lot of fun.

To be honest, if he could choose his own deck this time, he would rather choose the fun deck than the ruthless pie chart deck, Dragon Radiance.

Although Long Huiqiao is his Tamash, he's happier in the dump truck~

"Is your deck designed to counter Synchro Monsters? If so, I can only apologize, because my deck rarely uses Synchro Monsters. Even when it does, it's usually sent directly to the Graveyard to mulligan other cards, rather than making some brain-dead plays like 1+1+2=4."

Apollia didn't answer, perhaps because he didn't know how to answer. In any case, he looked at his hand and thought for a long time before making his move.

"I activate the Field Spell Card [Mobile Fortress Extreme Sound], once per turn..."

"Stop. I don't care about the effects of your spell cards. Anyway, I'll chain-activate the effect of Solemn Light, send 'Extraterrestrial Life' from my hand to the graveyard, negate the activation of your spell card, and destroy it."

"A sublime divine oracle!"

The announcer, with its seven-colored wings, spread its wings, emitting a seven-colored radiance that blasted the magic card activated by Apollia into pieces.

"Then, if an extraterrestrial life in the graveyard is sent to the graveyard, it can remove up to 2 LIGHT Fairy-Type monsters and search for the same number of LIGHT Fairy-Type monsters of level 2 or lower."

“Except for the two Benten in the graveyard, I searched for [Zhu Guangzhi's Proclaimer] and [The Proclaimer's Shaman]. Alright, you can continue.”

[Leyou Hand Cards: 4→5]

"I activate the Spell Card [Remobilization]..."

"It's still a chain. Send the [Announcer's Shaman] to the graveyard to nullify and destroy your activation."

Apollia fell silent once again, and after a long silence, he finally spoke again.

"I..."

"Alright, Apollia, that's enough."

Zone's voice suddenly reappeared. Although no one was visible, his voice alone was enough to convey a lot of information.

"In this duel, just as he said, you lost from the very beginning."

“You’re right, I know that too, but I still want to fight back.” Apollia smiled bitterly. He felt that he had long lost his emotions because of endless despair, but today, when he saw some hope, he regained some emotions because of this duel.

Unfortunately, the first emotion I felt upon regaining was bitterness.

"I lost this duel."

With all his cards face down on the duel board, Apollia conceded defeat.

The moment he conceded defeat, the once-shining battlefield gradually dissipated, turning into a phantom and then into nothingness.

As the stars faded into the distance, Leyou looked up and his gaze met that of the mothership standing silently in the sky and the stars surrounding it.

Although they were just mechanical creations, Leyou could read a lot of emotions in their eyes.

It's recognition, it's friendship.

It's a bond formed from fighting side by side.

Before the mothership disappeared, two other meteors that had never appeared before streaked past it; these were known as the "Heavenly Dragon Meteors".

The Proclaimer of the Seven-Colored Wings was shrouded in divine radiance; He was born from the Heavenly Dragon Meteor and returned to the Holy Light of Heaven.

When all the sprites returned to the deck, the space fell silent once more.

Ella, who had been watching the battle from the sidelines for a long time, immediately came to Leyou's side to protect him and prevent any potential dangers.

[Temporary task completed]