Duels should be played with a smile.

"And it seems to be working quite well now."

"..."

"It's really good," Le You said calmly, a troubled look on his face.

"It seems I've lost any chance of winning this round outright."

"Advance to the combat rank...and then do not activate the Executioner's effect."

If the Executioner activates the Fierce Attack effect, with the current LP difference of 5500 between the two sides, the attack power can directly soar to 9000, and one strike is enough to take down Philvo and the others.

Ella didn't even have a chance to make a move.

However... even if the Executioner has a pseudo-all-resistance effect, the Weasel's Burst is a much more valuable effect on the player...

"Only 3500 attack power, I'll have to wait until the next round..."

Muttering to himself, Leyou gave the executioner the order to attack without the slightest hesitation.

However, at the moment the executioner's attack landed, it reduced its force considerably, so the damage was not reduced in the slightest, but basically no damage was reflected back to Philvo.

[Domestic Violence Group LP: 6000 → 2500]

"Should I thank you for your kindness?" Philvo's eyes held a strange look as he silently communicated with the snow maiden Ella.

'This guy doesn't seem like he's going to use that card anymore... If he really was going to use it, he wouldn't have needed to attack like that.'

'It certainly doesn't seem like it, and with his messy deck, his thinking is even more unpredictable.'

'Let's put all that aside for now. We've gone this far; let's focus more on other possible tactics... Of course, we can't let our guard down too much about that card.'

The brief exchange ended in an instant, and Philvo had just regained his attention when Leyou spoke up in a nonchalant manner.

"I can't exactly hit my wife, can I? If I really did... well, not now, but here, right?"

A barely perceptible blush flashed across his fair face. Philvo glared back and said, "I don't mind if you fight here... After you're done, let me give you a good beating with my Codeword Fist."

“No need for that... Anyway, your face-down strategy was very effective, so I'll end this round—of course, I need to face down 3 cards before that.”

Another 3-card set, filling the back row with 5 cards, but thanks to the previous resource replenishment, Leyou still has 2 cards in hand.

Philvo gave Ella, who was taking over the baton last, a helpless smile, shook his head, and handed the situation over to her.

The opposing team had 5 blocks plus an executioner, while our team had... 3 blocks, which was passable.

"Then, it's my turn?" Ella, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up to make her presence known. After Leyou nodded in acknowledgment, she also drew a card and stood in the position that Philvo had previously occupied.

Physical superiority.

“Main phase…” Ella appeared with a stunning smile—then did something that sent chills down everyone’s spine.

"Target the executioners on your field and activate the Continuous Trap Card [Major Arrest]."

"We all belong to you, we're inseparable... So, I'd like to borrow some of your things, do you have a problem with that?"

A stunning smile paired with a utterly detestable trap card left Leyou with nothing but an awkward yet polite smile in return: "Please go ahead..."

The invincible Executioner has a pseudo-all-resistance effect and is immune to activation effects... but it just so happens to be facing the equally invincible Great Arrest.

It doesn't trigger, but it lacks target acquisition resistance. However, once the Great Arrest effect successfully targets an enemy, subsequent effects such as transferring control apply to the Continuous Trap's effects and are not counted as part of the trigger effect...

All I can say is that they just happened to run into their nemesis.

As soon as she stepped onto the stage, Ella gave Leyou a big surprise.

"You can send this card later."

“No, to deal with you, what I need to do is launch a relentless offensive from the very beginning…” Ella spoke in a gentle tone, her words leaving much to the imagination, her every glance and gesture exuding captivating charm.

"Once an offensive is launched, there can be no slackening. We must seize your weaknesses, relentlessly pursue you, and then, when you are weak, press our advantage and finally take you down in one fell swoop."

"???"

Leyou was completely bewildered, feeling as if a relentless barrage of attacks was being pressed down on his face.

"Something's wrong with you. You've gone astray."

"Oh?"

Is it possible... that I was actually bad to begin with?

Leyou was momentarily stunned before suddenly remembering that although he hadn't used it in a long time, Ella's card... was indeed not the Emperor of Hope, but the God of Despair.

She only hid the part about the God of Despair because she needed those extra cards from her.

"You... never mind, you can continue, do as you please."

He wanted to say something, but in the end, he couldn't say anything... Leyou had always had a special feeling for Ella, and now, as he was officially dueling with Ella, this feeling made him even more complicated.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

A gentle smile graced her lips, and Ella exuded an aura of "orthodoxy" around her.

Even Yuki-onna and Philvo had to be moved slightly to the side.

"Normal summon... [Effect Veiler], you should understand what I'm going to do, right?"

After the hand trap was cleared, Ella's gaze fell on the dimensional barrier placed in the back of the field, full of implications.

"I have a time limit after I use my general recruitment skill. Would you like to consider activating your backline?"

Leyou curled his lip, finding Ella's probing quite amusing: "That's not necessary... It's just a Sigma after all. You guys were able to use Weasel Burst to block my Executioner, and my LP is already so low. Do you want to guess if my backline is like yours, with Weasel Burst as well?"

"Who knows if you'll just pull out a super-powerful Outer God or something after I declare my Dimensional Barrier Synchronization..."

"How could that be?" Ella chuckled again, clearly quite relaxed.

"At most, I'll just show myself."

Rolling her eyes in annoyance, Leyou complained, "That's not even as good as the Great God of Color."

"In short, you really don't have many LPs left... This is the last wave of your resources. In this round, we'll either completely 'drain' you, or we'll leave you lying here."

Her nimble tongue danced across her lips, and Ella's eyes were filled with a seductive allure she had never shown before, making Leyou's heart flutter and causing him to exclaim that he couldn't resist.

"Goodness... This is something I really like. I can study it in private. We're still in the middle of a duel, so let's be a little more serious."

“Okay.” Ella replied immediately, and pulled out a card, which created two whirlwinds as she rushed towards the back of the Leyou playground.

"Discard the Quick-Play Spell Card 'Double Tornado' from your hand and destroy two of your backrow cards!"

Two whirlwinds flew towards the cards on both sides of Leyou's backcourt. Leyou frowned and turned over one of the cards with some hesitation.

"Fine! Since you've gone this far, I have no choice! One last Divine Judgment! This is the only card I can't let you get rid of so easily."

"This is crucial to the outcome of this duel!"

[Leyou LP: 500 → 250]

LP was halved again, but there wasn't much left, so it didn't matter. However, Ella felt a renewed sense of vigilance. After the Twin Tornadoes were no longer usable, she slowly took out another card.

"As expected, the card that's been face down since the first round is the most crucial card... But everything comes at a price. Are you prepared to lose all your cards in order to keep that one card?"

"Spell Card [Harpie's Feather Duster], come on, let me see what your back row really is made of!"

A hurricane even more violent than before instantly formed on the field, and the fierce storm made Leyou frown.

"It seems you're even more capable of raking money than I thought."

In card games, the strongest is always the dog!

"But it's alright, it didn't exceed my expectations too much... Now that things have come to this, there's no need for me to keep pretending."

The moment Leyou finished speaking, Ella, Snow Maiden, and Philvo all showed expressions of understanding. They had been suspicious from the beginning, but after going around in circles, they finally returned to that card.

“But you can’t send it right now,” Ella replied calmly, nodding to the Snow Woman and Philvo.

The current situation is something they created together; whether they can achieve their goal depends on this last point.

"That's right, so a little setup is needed—activate the face-down trap card [Gift Card]! I'll give you 3000 LP!"

An envelope flew out; inside, three sparkling crystals were revealed...

"You... sigh..."

Ella shook her head and sighed, hesitant to speak. Snow Maiden and Philvo had similar expressions, both looking at the crystal inside the gift card with complicated emotions.

"You're incredibly patient... If you hadn't attacked me before, that might have been enough."

Leyou shrugged again, replying with a hint of helplessness, "There's nothing I can do. I have to try to lower your guard as much as possible, otherwise I won't have any chance."

"Even so, we cannot accept this gift... at least not now. Link your gift card and activate the Divine Declaration!"

"This card isn't just for you!"

[Domestic Violence Group LP: 2500 → 1250]

The other card that Philvo covered worked as intended, not only returning the opened gift card but also halving their LP again. Combined with Leyou's previous attack, the LP of both sides was now almost equal.

but--

"I'm so sorry, but you can't refuse this gift!"

"Pay half of the LP again and activate [Red Reboot] from your hand!"

[Leyou LP: 250 → 125]

The invincible three-speed counterattack god old man encountered an even more noble one, which could also be activated from the hand. Ella's hand froze in mid-air, with no chance to continue the chain.

She only had one Weasel Burst left in her deck, and she didn't have the same Red Reset in her hand.

Left with no other choice, they put the Solemn Declaration back on, took out a second Solemn Declaration from their deck and put it on as well, and then each of them let the crystals from their gift cards fly into their hands.

[Domestic Violence Group LP: 1250 → 4250]

"I accept the gift, but that doesn't mean we'll give you a chance..."

The Snow Woman also adopted a somewhat "fierce" expression and said angrily, "Yes, this gift... you really haven't given us any gifts before, have you? Consider this as you making up for what you owe us!"

Philwar didn't dwell on the gift; instead, she focused on the battle. Her brow furrowed slightly as she said, "Thanks to your attack just now, we only have so few LPs left. One gift card is far from enough..."

"Haven't you noticed something?" Leyou said with a smile. The moment the red reboot was completed, the game should have ended...

"What's up?!"

"So... you completely wiped out my backcourt!"

Once the red reboot effect was processed, the other effects continued to be processed. The gift card was forcibly accepted, and then... while Ella's side was focused on the gift card, the feather duster that they all overlooked had already cleaned up Leyou's backcourt completely.