The protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! world might be the same person.

One is an Equip Card for Etos, and the other is an Equip Card that allows you to take a monster from your opponent's graveyard by paying 1500 Life Points.

"So it really is Rafael's ace monster, [Guardian Ethos]...."

"Even if he isn't selected, he can still use the effect of the [Autonomous Action Device] to take the [Super Magician Warrior - Chaos Controller] from our graveyard. It seems he's about to launch a strong attack, AIBO."

"Ah."

During their conversation.

boom--!

The self-regulating action device was instantly shattered.

"coming!"

Once Rafiru got the card, he kept hitting it without stopping.

A long sword fell from the sky and instantly embedded itself in the ground.

【Crimson Mage: Attack Power 2000 → 2300】

"At this moment, due to the activation of a magic card, [Crimson Mage] places another magic counter."

【Crimson Mage: Magic Indicator 1 → 2, Attack Power 2300 → 2600】

Hearing the game's instructions, Rafael chuckled nonchalantly, "Hmph, add whatever you want..."

As he spoke, he held up a card in his hand.

"Appear, [Guardian Aetos]!"

The next moment, a bolt of lightning struck from the sky, and an ancient angel appeared before him.

[Guardian Aetos: Attack Power 2500]

[Rafiru's hand cards: 2→1]

"Ahh-!"

Aetos clutched his head and cried out in pain.

The white wings were instantly stained black, and a barrier mark appeared on the forehead.

[Guardian Aetos: Attack Power 2500 → 3000]

Chapter 122 Cursed Dragon

"What is this? This overwhelming power that can dominate the entire arena in an instant?"

Seto Kaiba, standing behind, stared in astonishment at the angel before him.

"game......"

Others also began to worry about the game.

At this moment, Yugi frowned and asked Rafael, who was sneering, with a puzzled look, "Rafael, your most cherished Ethos has become like this, and you are indifferent?"

"Is this the time for you to let this kind of thing distract you?"

"Hmm..." The game was somewhat dissatisfied with Rafael's response.

Rafiru ignored him and reached his hand toward the entrance to the cemetery.

"I activate the Spell Card [Shuffle Resurrection] from my Graveyard."

You can banish this card from your Graveyard, then target 1 card you control; shuffle that card back to its owner's Deck, then draw 1 card from your Deck. During the End Phase of this turn, banish 1 card from your hand.

"The card I need to return to is the equipment magic [Goddess's Holy Sword - Eagle Spirit]."

The next moment, the longsword stuck in the ground vanished instantly.

[Dark Crimson Mage: Attack Power 2600 → 2300]

After shuffling the deck, Rafael drew a card.

"Fallen!"

[Rafiru's hand cards: 1→2]

After glancing at the card, he ignored it for the time being and instead played another card from his hand. "I'll activate the spell card [Weapon Hole] again."

You can activate this effect by sending the top card of your deck to the Graveyard. Add 1 Equip Spell Card from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand.

[Rafiru's hand cards: 2→1]

"The card I chose is, of course, the [Goddess's Holy Sword - Eagle Spirit] that I just recycled into my deck."

After he finished searching, he drew another card from the top of the deck.

Looking at the card, Rafiru slightly curled the corners of his mouth and meaningfully stuffed it into the graveyard.

"Hmm? That card..."

The game naturally takes into account the other player's facial expressions.

After making preparations, Rafael activated the Equip spell again, "Activating the Equip Spell [Goddess's Holy Sword - Eagle Spirit] once more, this time directly equipping this card to [Guardian Ethos]."

The holy sword descended from the sky once more, but this time it was caught by Aetos.

[Guardian Aetos: Attack Power 3000 → 3300]

"coming!"

But the game is not to be outdone.

"Since you activated two more spell cards, [Crimson Mage] will place two more spell counters, increasing its attack power by 600 points."

【Crimson Mage: Magic Indicator 2 → 4, Attack Power 2300 → 2900】

"Hmph, meaningless. You should know Aetos's abilities." Rafael waved his arm and shouted, "Aetos's special effect, Holy Sword Soul!"

Aetos then raised the Holy Sword, at which point the game's Duel Disk responded to the action, breaking free from the game's control and pulling the arm to lift it up.

"Remove all monsters from the opponent's graveyard and absorb their power."

As soon as Rafael finished speaking, four cards flew out of the graveyard opening in the game deck, and then those cards turned into energy and were absorbed by the Holy Sword one by one.

After finishing, Aetos swung his holy sword, assuming a fighting stance.

Two macaron marshmallows, one Black Forest Witch, and one Super Magic Warrior increase attack power by a total of 4500 points.

[Guardian Aetos: Attack Power 3300 → 7500]

Seeing this, Kyoko nervously covered her mouth, "Ah~ Attack power 7500 points..."

Everyone was shocked by the powerful aura emanating from the angel.

"Yugi Muto, let's settle this once and for all!"

Rafiru spread his five fingers and pushed his palm forward.

"Go forth, [Guardian Aetos], the forbidden truth!"

Eto's rushed forward immediately and raised his holy sword before the Crimson Archmage.

However, just as the holy sword was about to fall, it suddenly turned into stone and shattered instantly.

[Guardian Aetos: Attack Power 7500 → 3000]

"Nani!?"

Rafiru was taken aback.

"What a pity, Rafael, your attack was ineffective..."

As he spoke, the cover card under the game's feet was flipped open.

"That's because I just activated the effect of the face card, the Continuous Trap [Light of the Spirit Sword]."

When the opponent's monster declares an attack, it can only be activated by paying 1000 Life Points. That attack is negated.

【Muto Games: LP4000→3000】

At that moment, several lightsabers fell from the sky, separating Ethos from the monsters in the game.

"Tsk, it's that [Light Guardian Sword] again that ruined my plans..." Rafael's sure-kill attack was once again stopped by the same card.

"Did they avoid using this card before to lower my guard?! How cunning..."

The game intentionally used the graveyard to block the attack first, making Rafael think that the card he initially set was not for blocking the attack. This made Rafael subconsciously believe that the attack would be fine, thus wasting this strong attack.

Then he showed a distressed expression.

There was no other way, so Rafiru had to give up on this round for now.

"Then I'll cover one more card, and the turn ends."

[Rafiru's hand cards: 1→0]

"And since I have no cards left in my hand, I don't need to banish any cards from my hand due to the effect of [Shuffle Resurrection]."

As he spoke, he raised his empty left hand.

Seeing this, Yu-Gi-Oh nodded and drew a card.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5→6]

As he placed the card in his left hand, he said, "During my usual card draw phase, at the moment of drawing a card, I place a Greed Counter based on the effect of the Continuous Spell [Fragment of Greed]."

[Fragments of Greed: Indicators of Greed 0→1]

The game then turned its attention to its Duel Disk, flipped the face-down card, and said, "Now I flip-summon [Dark Magician] once again."

After the card was flipped, the Black Magician reappeared before the player.

[Dark Magician: Attack Power 2500]

The next moment, he picked up one of the cards in his hand and played it directly: "Lend me your power once again, Timaeus!"

"Activate the spell card [Eye of Timaeus]!"

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 6→5]

Roar--! !

A dragon's roar echoed from the sky, and Timaeus descended once more.

"Dark Magician Timaeus, unite once more!"

As soon as the game ended, the black magician leaped into the sky and joined the dragon, a ball of light enveloping them both.

"Appear, [Spell Dragon]!"

As the voice faded, the sphere of light fell, and when the light dissipated, it revealed the combined form of the two.

Of course, their changes were not significant; it simply meant that the dark magician rode on the back of a giant dragon, while Timaeus was covered in runes.

【Spell Dragon: Attack Power 2900】

Chapter 123 The Magician of Chaos

"Due to the activation of the magic card, [Crimson Mage] places another magic counter, increasing its attack power by 300 points."

【Crimson Mage: Magic Indicator 4 → 5, Attack Power 2900 → 3200】

"At the same time, the special effect of [Spell Dragon] activates!"

If this card is Special Summoned, target any number of Spell Cards in your or your opponent's Graveyard. Banish those cards, and this card gains 100 ATK for each banished card.

"Nani!?"

Upon hearing this, Rafiru panicked.

"I will remove the two Spell Cards from my Graveyard except for [Eye of Timaeus]".

As he spoke, the game retrieved the [Famous Deduction] and [Illusion Magic] from the graveyard.

"Then you banish the cards from your graveyard."

"Rafael, I'm sorry, there are still seven cards in your graveyard. Let me check which unknown cards are there."