Yu-Gi-Oh!: This card wants to go to you.

Melonica glanced at the loot cards.

They're all common cards; there isn't a single rare or valuable card.

A hint of disappointment flashed across his face, and with a flick of his wrist, he knocked the card to the ground.

"Too weak."

She continued walking forward, her expression growing increasingly grave.

There are three days left until the new enrollment for the Bian Yuelong Advanced Duelist Academy.

However, she hasn't yet collected all forty cards in her deck. It's not that she can't collect them all, but she doesn't want to fill her deck with weak cards just to make up the numbers.

The entrance exam for the Advanced Duel Academy must be quite difficult.

"Five more to go..."

Melonika murmured softly as she walked through the night market.

Bian Yuelong has been targeted by the Card Hunter [organization] these days. There are few pedestrians at night, and most of the shops are closed.

She is an outsider from the West, not a local resident of Bian Yuelong.

Wandering on the unfamiliar and deserted streets, I felt a little lost for a moment.

The footsteps of the pursuers sounded again, clear and powerful, growing ever closer.

Judging from the aura, there's a silver-level card hunter...

She raised her head, her brows furrowed, biting her lower lip tightly, and strode into a narrow alley. Traces of the magic cards she had just unleashed still lingered on the surrounding walls. Rain dripped continuously from her black parasol, mingling with blood as it flowed down.

She rounded a corner and arrived at an abandoned factory. The graffiti on the walls and the broken production tools inside revealed the ruthless ravages of time. Her pursuers rushed into the factory, their footsteps echoing on the walls, constantly agitating her nerves.

Melonica suppressed her rapid heartbeat.

He retrieved a rare trap card, "Trap Hole," from the supercomputing ring, and with a ruthless heart, shattered it.

Pitfall Trap Card: A rare-class trap card. When your opponent Normal/Flip Normal Summons a monster with 1000 or more ATK, target that monster and destroy it.

Magic Card Evolution: Acts as a landmine; after a period of time, the [Aura Sensing User] can detonate it at any time.

Sensing Aura: The process by which a Magician directs their own Aura to resonate with the spirit of a card, used for "Recognizing a Master". If Sensing Aura has been completed, even if the Magician card is stolen or destroyed, the timing of the effect activation or the control of the card spirit still remains in the hands of the "Sentient One" until the "Aura Dissipates".

A dazzling light gradually emanated from the shattered card, before it was eventually swallowed by the mist.

"Boom!"

The door was flung open, and a cacophony of footsteps filled the space. Melonica moved like lightning, rushing toward the first card hunter. A cold glint flashed from her fingernails, instantly shattering his weapon.

The vampire's familiars and retinues follow their master.

The battle unfolded in every corner of the abandoned factory, but as the number of pursuers increased and her strength gradually dwindled, a burning will remained in her heart as she fought desperately against each wave of enemies that came her way.

"A filthy card hunter..."

The smell of blood permeated the entire abandoned building. Melonica's weak body swayed precariously as she leaned against the wall, watching the card hunters rush in frantically. Exhausted and her wounds were tearing open.

Just when the pursuers gathered most densely.

She gritted her teeth and leaped out of the abandoned factory with all her might.

Simultaneously.

Detonate the rare-grade magic card [Trap Hole].

"Boom!"

A loud bang echoed in the rainy night.

The shockwave from the explosion swept across the entire rooftop, instantly engulfing the abandoned factory. Melonica was blasted away by the force of the bomb, her consciousness gradually fading. When the thick smoke dissipated, only ruins remained, but the silver-ranked card hunter miraculously survived.

Standing amidst the ruins, covered in mud and dust, yet his eyes were filled with mockery.

A shield-shaped Kalinga was flashing beside him.

【Eternal Flame Guardian, 1200/1700】.

Eternal Flame Guardian: Rare, 4-star Dark Attribute Demon.

If you have 0 cards in your hand, this card will not be destroyed by battle or card effects.

Silver-ranked card hunter Wu Hong slowly approached Melonika, his smile growing even more cunning. He raised the sword in his hand, the blade reflecting the lingering black light, and with a savage grin, his sharp gaze swept over the magic cards on her body.

"It's mine now, hahaha..."

His fingers slowly reached for the exquisite black and white Lolita dress, preparing to strip her of everything. His eyes revealed a cruel and pleasured expression, as if he couldn't wait to get everything he desired.

However, at the very moment of contact.

Melonika's body suddenly transformed into a swarm of bats.

Vampire Desire

Vampire Desire: A rare spell card that can be activated by choosing 1 of the following effects.

● You can target 1 face-up monster you control; send 1 "Vampire" monster from your Deck to the Graveyard with a Level different from that monster's Level. The targeted monster's Level becomes the same as the monster sent to the Graveyard until the end of this turn.

● You can target 1 "Vampire" monster in your Graveyard to activate this effect. Send 1 monster you control to the Graveyard, and Special Summon the targeted monster.

Magic Card Evolution: Allows the [Sensor] to exchange bodies with the [Vampire Familiar] / [Vampire Noble].

"Heh, he can run pretty fast."

Instead of getting angry, Wu Hong laughed, a look of pleasure on his face, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of hunting down his prey.

Not to mention... she was a beautiful vampire.

Following the trail of blood, he quickly caught up with the exhausted and pale-faced Melonika.

A dead end.

"Hahaha, go ahead and keep running!" Wu Hong laughed smugly.

Even God doesn't favor you.

On a rainy night, bad luck struck, and I stumbled into a dead end.

There was no one around, and there was nowhere to retreat.

“God…hehehe…” Melonika murmured softly.

Wu Honggang took a step closer.

She immediately shattered a [Death Meteor], and a raging ball of fire descended from the sky, forcing him back.

Marguerite (surname), noble to the death!

"boom!"

The earth was covered in a crimson glow, and the firelight illuminated her tragically beautiful face. Her eyes shone with an otherworldly light. The darkness became magnificent because of her self-immolation, and the rain could not extinguish the flames, which emitted an intoxicating radiance.

There is no fear, only freedom and liberation.

There was also a weak, self-deprecating laugh.

"God? Hah... There is no God..."

"Boom!"

A clap of thunder on a rainy night.

The self-immolation flames created a thick white mist in the rain.

It was probably a hallucination before death.

Fire and water vapor intertwined.

A strange wooden door is faintly visible...

It exuded an eerie black aura, like Pandora's box, drawing her hand closer and closer...

"Click!"

Chapter 14 Rua!

"Where...where am I?"

Melonica looked around in astonishment and confusion.

Before me lay a bottomless expanse of water, its surface as still as a mirror, shimmering with an eerie blue-white light. Night enveloped the surroundings, save for a single, bright white moon shining down from above, hovering in the air like a ghost.

She stood on the water's surface, but felt no sinking despite her feet touching the water, and a nameless fear rose within her.

"call!"

A gust of evening wind blew by, stirring up ripples and extinguishing the flames on her body.

She took a cautious step, the water rippled, but no sound came out. She tried to leave this eerie place, but no matter which direction she walked, the surrounding scenery remained unchanged.

The fear gradually escalated, as if an invisible hand was quietly controlling everything she did.

The white moonlight revolves forward.

A house flashed by in the distance, and a faint hope welled up in her heart. She decided to go and find the answer.

"Sanbai Chess and Card Room?"

Melonika froze in front of the store.

Card shop?

Open here?

Sell ​​it to ghosts?

She stepped into the card shop with a puzzled look on her face. The door opened unusually softly, as if there was no resistance at all.

A faint fragrance wafted towards me, making me feel both comfortable and somewhat eerie.

The store's layout is quite different from that of a typical card shop. Under dim lighting, there are ordinary wooden tables and chairs, not the mechanical tables used for duels.

There were glass counters on both sides, with all kinds of card frames scattered inside, some with gold edges and some with silver edges.

The cards inside have been removed.

The wall clock ticked slowly, making a creaking sound, as if reminding us of the passage of time.