Yu-Gi-Oh! Heroes

"Unforgivable! You bastard, I must defeat you and rescue the Jade Pegasus!"

With an unprecedented look of anger on his face, John, whose family had been taken away, stretched out his arm with all his strength, unfolded the duel disk on his arm, and took a fighting stance towards Keith.

You are not worthy of being called an elf user, so let me let you taste the wrath of the gem beasts!

"Yes, that's good."

Synchronously unfolding the duel disk in his hand, Keith curled the corners of his mouth, and a look of "the plan is correct" flashed across his face.

His target is not just the seven gem beasts, but also the ultimate gem god that is rare in the world!

"——Duel!"

(Keith LP: 4000)

(John LP: 4000)

As both sides shouted the slogans to start the duel at the same time, the duel between the elves officially began.

After smiling strangely in John's direction, Keith, who had ulterior motives, quickly reached out his hand and pulled out the top card of the deck: "First attack is mine... My turn, draw a card!"

Taking the initiative in the duel, Keith drew a card from his deck, looked at his hand, and placed one of the cards horizontally on the deck of the duel disk: "...I summon [Entrapped Spirit] (Defense: 0) in Defense Position."

As Keith's movements fell, a ghost with a clown mask on its face appeared in front of his body, crouching with its arms crossed.

The defense of this monster is a negligible 0 point.

Any monster can easily break through its defense.

"Next, I ambush three cards, and the turn ends."

With the corners of his mouth slightly raised, after summoning the monster, Keith immediately put his three cards in one breath to the backfield, ending this round.

"Three cover cards?"

Watching Keith's actions, John raised his eyebrows subconsciously.

He placed his finger on the deck and pulled out a card: "My turn, draw a card!"

"I summon this card in attack position!"

John pulled out a card and placed it on the deck of the duel disk: "Come out! [Gemmon Amethyst Cat] (Attack Power: 1200)!"

"Meow~!"

Following an elegant cat's cry, a purple-pink civet cat with an amethyst hanging on its chest appeared in front of John's body in the next moment, accompanied by light.

"I'll defeat you with a quick attack!"

John clenched his palms and waved his hands to activate the effect of the monster in front of him: "The effect of Amethyst Cat is activated, reducing its own attack power by half until the end of the turn, and launching a direct attack on the opponent!"

"Battle! Amethyst Cat launches a direct attack on Keith! Go ahead!"

John gave an attack order to the monster in front of him, and the Amethyst Cat, who received the order, also jumped over the monster's obstruction and pounced towards Keith.

"Oh, naive!"

Looking disdainfully at the Amethyst Cat that pounced on him, Keith also reached out his hand and activated the effect of a monster on the field: "At this moment, I return the [Trap Spirit] on the field to my hand, and activate its effect to bounce an attacking monster on the opponent's field back to my hand!"

The ghost-like [Trap Spirit] quickly stretched out its arms towards the Amethyst Cat in mid-air, grabbed its hind legs, and threw it forcefully back towards John.

"Monster effect?"

John stretched out his arms in front of him, intending to catch the amethyst cat that was thrown back.

However, at this moment, Keith, who saw this opportunity, flipped open the cover card in the backcourt: "At this moment, I activate the counterattack trap card in the backcourt - [Hunting Net]!"

"what?"

Just as the Amethyst Cat was about to return to him, a large hunting net suddenly appeared at a faster speed, completely wrapped around the Amethyst Cat's body and tied it back up again.

“…Amethyst Cat?!”

"Hehehe... [Hunting Net] is a card that can capture monsters that are about to be returned to the hand."

He looked at the [Gem Beast Amethyst Cat] that was trapped by the [Hunting Net] and now came in front of him.

Keith, who had a bad taste in his heart, showed a mocking smile in John's direction: "According to the effect of the trap card, your Amethyst Cat will come to my field as prey!"

In Keith's eyes, all the gem beasts John holds belong to him.

No matter whether it was the Jade Pegasus and the Topaz Tiger just now, or the Amethyst Cat that was captured now, these precious monsters should all belong to Keith!

"Ambush two cards...end of turn!"

John gritted his teeth and put his two cards in the backcourt, announcing the end of the round.

"It's my turn, my turn, draw a card!"

Having captured a new gem beast once again, Keith, with a proud look on his face, reached out and pulled out a new card from the deck.

When it was his turn, he reached out his hand and summoned the monster that had been returned to his hand to his field again: "Hehehe... I summon [Entrapped Spirit] in my hand in Defense Position again."

A ghost with a clown mask on his face appeared in front of Keith accompanied by light.

Looking at the monster that was the culprit, John frowned and stared at the Amethyst Cat: "Be patient for a moment, Amethyst Cat... I will definitely, definitely save you!"

"Oh, John, I believe you."

The Amethyst Cat, whose hands and feet were trapped, nodded at John.

"Oh my... what a touching bond~"

Keith shrugged his shoulders, watched the conversation between John and the elf, stroked his beard, and asked jokingly: "Do you really want to save your elf?"

"Does that need to be said?"

"Heh... Then I'll give you such an opportunity and give you my monster!"

706 Duelist, you don’t want anything to happen to your elf, do you?

"What? You're willing to give me my monster back? What on earth are you planning?"

When John heard that his rival Keith was willing to give up the gem beast he had captured, his first reaction was strong suspicion.

After all, no matter from his appearance or behavior, this elf hunter named Keith is not a good person.

He must have his purpose for saying this.

"No, no, no... It's not about returning. It's about letting in, giving up."

With an evil smile, Keith corrected the grammatical errors in John's words, then he pulled out a card from his hand and held it in front of him: "Activate the magic card [Dark Auction]! According to the effect of this card, I can return my prey (the monster originally owned by the opponent) to the owner's hand."

"...But, in order to redeem your monster, you must pay a corresponding price."

"cost?"

John raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, waiting for Keith's next explanation.

"Yes, that's the price... your life value will be the price."

With a devilish whisper, Keith demanded a corresponding price from John: "If you want to regain control of your monster, you have to pay the corresponding HP of the monster's attack power."

Elf master, you don’t want anything to happen to your elf, do you?

Want to redeem it from me?

Then... let me see your sincerity!

"Life value? No problem!"

Without any hesitation, John patted his chest when he heard Keith's words, indicating that he was willing to take the responsibility.

"Heh... Then you should pay the life value of Amethyst Cat's attack power."

Keith narrowed his eyes and looked at John who was giving everything for the Jewelmon without hesitation. Keith, who could also see elves, couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.

He actually hurt himself for those duel monsters. What a hopeless fool!

An idiot like you is not qualified to own a high-value rare card like [Gem Beast]!

"Well……"

(John LP: 4000 → 2800)

Red ripples appeared on John's body, taking away 1200 points of his health.

In exchange, the Amethyst Cat was freed from the constraints of the hunting net and gained corresponding freedom.

"Well, go back to your master, little kitty."

Keith spoke impatiently to the freed Amethyst Cat, while John on the other side once again opened his arms in a gesture of welcome.

"John...I'm sorry, it's because of me..."

"It's okay, I..."

"Hmph! At this moment, I activate the counter-trap card [Hunting Net]!"

After giving Keith a fierce look, the Amethyst Cat, feeling apologetic, walked towards where John was.

However, just before the Amethyst Cat was about to reunite with John, Keith raised a happy smile at the corner of his mouth, waved his hand to open the face-up card in the backfield, and activated the trap card with the same name as the one that had been activated before again.

Counter Trap Card [Hunting Net]...

The effect of this card is to capture a monster that is about to be returned to your hand and send it to your field as prey.

Under the effect of the trap card, the body of the Amethyst Cat was once again caught in the trap and hung in the air in front of Keith.

"Amethyst Cat!"

"John!"

"Hahahahahaha... John, you are so honest!"

Keith, who had played a trick on John, laughed out loud, holding his head.

With a mocking expression on his face, Keith once again sneered at John, who was showing his anger across from him: "Are you kidding me? How can I return such a precious prey like the [Gem Beast] to you just for the small price you paid?"

"You are too naive, aren't you?"

“…You bastard!”

His own family was being used as props for the opponent to play with. Looking at the Amethyst Cat who was captured again and was looking at him with sadness, John's face showed extreme anger.

Elf Hunter Keith, only this guy, he is absolutely unforgivable!!!

"Hehehehe... I ambush a card, and the turn ends!"

Having successfully aroused John's anger, Keith, with a smug look on his face, ended his turn with a wave of his hand.

John, who had been eager to teach his opponent a lesson, suddenly pulled out a card from the top of the deck the next moment: "My turn, draw a card!"

"Well……"

"Jade Pegasus...what happened?"

Just as John was about to launch a new round of attacks, he suddenly heard the voice of the trapped Jade Pegasus.

Looking at the transparent capsule hanging from the ceiling and the Jade Pegasus that was suffering from some kind of pain inside it, John couldn't help but show an anxious look on his face.

"Oh, it seems I forgot to explain it~"

Shrugging his shoulders, Keith slowly explained to John, who was puzzled, "The Jade Pegasus is trapped in a special container that can capture elves. This thing is very powerful, right? It can trap the elves you like...hahahaha!!!"

"You, are you going to take other elves as well?"

"Unfortunately, this thing can't preserve elves for a long time... Ordinary elves can't survive long in it."

Keith, having said this, pressed a button, took out another transparent capsule of the same type that trapped a weak elf, and placed it in John's field of vision.

As time passed, the elf in the capsule began to become weaker and weaker, and finally fell to the ground, turning into a point of light and disappearing into the invisible world.

John: “……?!”

Keith: "Hehehe... As you can see, if the elves want to survive in this world, they need things like air from the elf world. Without this thing, even the elves will die... However, depending on the different physical conditions, the length of time will also vary."

Glancing at the Jade Pegasus who was holding on to the pain, Keith smiled wickedly at the anxious John: "Heh, I wonder how long a precious monster like the Jade Pegasus can last in the capsule~~~"

Keith had no intention of losing the Jade Pegasus. To him, the precious jade beasts were extremely expensive goods and needed to be well taken care of.