Duels should be played with a smile.

Pandora's hand: 6 → 2

"My turn, draw a card!"

"I activate the Golden Goblin, I draw a card, and then my opponent recovers 1000 LP."

Leyou slapped a card with the Goblin Gang printed on it onto the Duel Disk, then drew another card, glanced at it, and slapped it down again.

"Let's go get the Golden Goblin. I'll draw a card, and you'll give me 1000 back."

[Leyou Hand Cards: 6→6]

Pandora LP: 4000 → 6000

This classic practice of turning gold into gold was unsurprisingly ridiculed by Pandora, making Leyou want to summon his stand to give him three pages of Ora.

Unfortunately, this isn't a street in Egypt.

Leyou glanced at the cards he had drawn and smiled.

Now I can finally move.

"I activate the Spell Card [Sky Striker Activation - Crossfire]!"

The Blade Woman's strongest card, even without its restrictions, it can easily defeat Pot of Greed!

Combined with the Link Monsters that can be recycled from this card, it creates an unbeatable resource acquisition mode.

Therefore, one or both of them must be on the restricted card list.

"This effect can only be activated if there are no monsters in the Main Monster Zone. Add 1 'Sky Striker' card from your Deck to your hand, except for 'Sky Striker Activation - Sky Striker Interchange'. I'm searching for the second 'Sky Striker Machine-Bumblebee Floating Unit'."

Who doesn't love targeted searches? Not to mention the follow-up.

"After that, if there are 3 or more Spell Cards in your Graveyard, you can draw 1 from your Deck. My previous 2 Golden Goblin, plus the first Bumblebee, make exactly 3."

The armored girl stood with her sword in hand, ready to work overtime.

I glanced at the cards I drew. I couldn't enjoy the thrill of exchanging cards, but it wasn't bad either.

"Then I activate the Field Spell Card I just drew, [Dare to Race]! As long as this card is in the Field Zone, all damage taken by players with less Life Points than their opponent becomes 0. You currently have 6000 Life Points, while I have 2400, so as long as the Field Zone is active, all damage will become 0 for me!"

A flash of light appeared in the dark space, but due to the darkness, it was not very clear; only a cliff could be vaguely seen.

“除此之外还有第二个效果，并且我要马上使用。双方玩家1回合1次，自己主要阶段可以支付1000基本分从（从卡组抽1张）（这张卡破坏）（对方回复1000基本分）里选择1个发动。双方不能对应这个效果的发动把魔法·陷阱·怪兽的效果发动。”

"I pay 1000 LP points to draw a card."

[Leyou LP: 2400 → 1400]

[Leyou Hand Cards: 6→7]

After a series of actions, you end up with an extra card in your hand, which is basically the part that card players love the most.

Pandora wasn't intimidated by Leyou's hand of cards. Instead, she shouted, "It's just a temporary escape. Once it's my turn, I can pay 1000 LP to destroy this field. It can't protect you at all. Besides, you only have 1400 LP left with Cricket. Any monster's attack can defeat you instantly!"

"But do you really have that opportunity?"

"I activate the Spell Card [Sky Striker - Rekindled Flames] from my hand!"

Chapter Fourteen: Was this also part of your calculations? DIODIO!

Sky Striker is a deck that uses Link Monsters in combination with Spell Cards to fight. However, if you ignore the Link Monsters, the deck's Spell Cards are quite valuable if you have 3 Spell Cards in your Graveyard.

For example, right now.

"The effect of 【Sky Striker Technique - Rekindled Flames】: If there are no monsters in your Main Monster Zone, you can target 1 face-up monster on the field and destroy that monster. Similarly, like Sky Striker Technique, if there are 3 or more Spell Cards in your Graveyard after this effect, you can destroy 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field."

"I activate this skill targeting your Resentment Killer Doll on the field, and destroy it!"

The magic card's effect activated, and a raging fire rushed straight towards the murderous doll. In the center of the fire, a semi-transparent girl in fiery red armor could be vaguely seen charging forward with a sword.

Even though the wooden doll became ferocious under the influence of resentment, it was powerless against the armored girl's physical exorcism and was burned to ashes. Even the wisp of resentment could not escape.

"Because my graveyard meets the conditions, the subsequent effect activates, destroying your leftmost face-down card on the field!"

The girl finished tidying up and was about to call it a day when her communicator suddenly received an additional command. The sword in her hand ignited again, and she slashed down at a card that was face down not far away.

It's a trap card, "The Tragedy of the Guillotine," a card that can be incredibly effective in this environment. However, unfortunately, it's not very useful in this duel.

Pandora watched helplessly as her monster and a trap card were destroyed. She felt a mix of panic and relief. Thankfully, it was only this face-down card that was destroyed. If it had been another card, she might have really panicked.

But when he compared his rock-solid 6000LP with Leyou's meager 1400LP, he felt reassured.

6000LP vs. 1400LP, a clean sweep! Even with a Flying Dragon charging right into the fray, they'd still win!

“I understand.” Pandora suddenly spoke up: “You think I’m unworthy because you saw my reputation as the strongest dark magician’s wielder, so you’re using this deck full of magic cards to fight me? That’s ridiculous!”

"Since I possess the strongest dark magician, I must also be the strongest magic user! And you, because you've used so many magic cards, are now even in the predicament of not being able to summon a single monster. How about that, was I right?"

Snap snap—Snap snap—

Leyou then proceeded to clap his hands and beat the drum.

"You're such a child prodigy!"

"You guessed three things correctly, but you guessed none of them right."

"First, the reason I'm using this deck isn't because you're strong, but because you're not that strong yet."

"Secondly, my deck does not use a lot of spell cards."

"As for the third point, what you said about me not even having any monsters..."

"I don't have it, but you do!"

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Sky Striker - Tiger Shark Cannon]."

"If there are no monsters in your Main Monster Zone, you can target 1 monster in your opponent's Graveyard. Banish that monster. If you have 3 or more Spell Cards in your Graveyard, you can Special Summon that monster to your field without banishing it. Monsters Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack."

"I target the murderous doll of resentment that I just buried in your graveyard, and instead of banishing it, I Special Summon it to my field!"

It was the same armored girl from before, but this time her armor wasn't as ornate, appearing rather simple. Now, instead of using a sword, she was wielding a massive cannon, aiming it at Pandora's graveyard.

A cannon blast rang out, but what flew out was not a cannonball, but an energy grappling hook, which pulled the murderous doll that had just gone down into Pandora's Graveyard directly into the Amusement Park.

"One code! You've fallen for their trap!"

Pandora smiled like a witch's father again and pressed the button on the Duel Disk.

"The moment you Special Summoned the Killer Doll, my Trap Card activated!"

"The effect of 【Dark Magician Resurrection Coffin】: When your opponent successfully Normal or Special Summons a monster, you can target that monster and 1 Spellcaster monster you control. Send those two monsters to the Graveyard. After that, you can Special Summon 1 DARK Spellcaster monster from your Deck or Graveyard."

"Come forth, the strongest magician! The Dark Magician!"

The murderous doll had just arrived at the new company and hadn't even seen what the boss looked like when he was sued by people from his former company for violating the non-compete agreement and was happily dismissed.

Having successfully used the Minotaur as a sacrifice to Special Summon her trump card, Pandora looked at the empty field of Joyful Wanderer and was overjoyed, feeling that victory was within reach.

“The Killer Doll isn’t a monster of the Mage race. If you had just chosen the Demonized Rijin, then there’s nothing I can do,” Pandora explained happily.

"While your revival of my monster onto your field was indeed beyond my expectations, your summoning of the monster was exactly what I had planned!"

"The moment you summon a monster, it will become nourishment for me, my trump card, a sacrifice for the dark magician!"

"And that's not all. When [Magician Rishin] is sent to the graveyard, I can also add a Spellcaster Normal Monster from my Deck or Graveyard to my hand."

"Just wait until the next round, and I'll show you what true cruelty is!"

With her comical tone and exaggerated movements, Pandora's behavior was undoubtedly aimed at seeing Leyou's expression meet her expectations.

"Was this part of your calculations, DIODIO! — Do you think I would say that?"

The exaggerated first half of the sentence and the bland second half, coupled with Leyou's expressionless and indifferent demeanor, were the biggest blow to Pandora.

"You're just going to pull out another dark magician next round, what's there to be afraid of?"

“You only have a mere 1400 LP, what makes you think you’re not afraid?” Pandora roared.

"1400? How do I still have 1400?!"

Continuing with an exaggerated tone and indifferent expression, Leyou slapped out another magic card from his hand.

"I activate the Spell Card [Sky Striker - Reignition] again! Target the Dark Magician on your field and destroy it! This time you didn't set any cards, so the subsequent effects can't be dealt with."

The girl went to work again and, using futuristic technology, sent the backward, unlucky magician back to the two-dimensional world with a dimensional reduction attack, cutting him into paper scraps. This time, she didn't have to work overtime and went home at the speed of light.

"Alright, now you have nothing left on the field."

"Backcourt block 2, round over, now it's time for your performance!"

[Leyou Hand Cards: 7→2]

Chapter Fifteen: The Ruthless Competitive Card Player

Life's ups and downs always come unexpectedly; after a period of chaos, nothing is left of the once bustling scene.

Pandora's smug mood vanished instantly.

But the thought that he still had his trump card and that it would be on the field again soon made him feel that he could continue living like this.

"My turn, draw a card!"

With four cards in her hand, Pandora began her action after a moment's thought.

"I activate the effect of the Field Spell Card, I pay 1000 LP to destroy it! Now you have no barrier!"

After issuing the declaration, the surrounding black mist suddenly passed through Pandora's body. He didn't feel anything was wrong, but he felt that the mist had taken something away from Pandora's body, though he himself didn't seem to realize it.

Leyou felt a chill run down his spine, because it was only then that he remembered that this was a dark duel.

He wasn't worried about winning or losing, but why didn't he feel anything was wrong when he was injured in the battle earlier?

[Hidden Achievement: The Ruthless Competitive Ranking Master]

[Effect: The score-obsessed player only cares about victory! During duels, they will not be affected by any external factors, including dark games. Even if the sky falls, they'll wait until they win this round!]

"Hey... isn't my deck all 'skill decks'? How did I become a 'ranking pro'? Where are my competitive decks?"

[The duelist's current deck has been determined to be a competitive deck.]

"???"

[Sky Striker Princess deck is a competitive deck]