Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter 821 - 794: Duel to the Death – Gladiator Beast Sword Fight
"Stop, kid."
Judai took a few steps forward and, unsurprisingly, someone blocked his path and revealed a Duel Disc.
"It’s not so easy to meet Lord Merlot."
"I figured as much."
Judai didn’t show a trace of disappointment; he looked eager and swiftly opened his Duel Disc.
"Come on! Let’s speak through a duel!"
"Ha, you’re quite straightforward." The society member chuckled.
"Duel!" x2
"I’ll go first, draw a card!" The society member said, "I summon ’Angry Ape’!"
[Angry Ape, Attack Power 2000]
"Oh, summoning a monster with 2000 attack points right off the bat, not bad," Judai chuckled, "Then it’s my turn.
Summon ’Elemental Hero Bubbleman’!"
[Elemental Hero Bubbleman, Attack Power 800]
"When Bubbleman is successfully summoned, if there are no other cards on your side of the field, draw two cards from the deck."
"Then activate the Magic Card Fusion! Fusion from hand ’Elemental Hero Wingman’ and on the field ’Elemental Hero Bubbleman’!
Fusion summon, Elemental Hero Sailor!"
[Elemental Hero Sailor, Attack Power 1400]
The opponent immediately taunted: "Going to such lengths to fuse and only get a 1400 attack power pest..."
"My heroes aren’t pests," Judai smiled confidently, "Activate Equipment Magic ’Power of the Mage’, equip Sailor.
For each Magic/Trap Card on your side of the field, the equipped monster’s Attack Power increases by 500."
"Then set a card facedown at the back field.
Next, activate Equipment Magic ’Assault Air Armor’!"
A new equipment appeared, like a layer of burning energy armor enhancing Sailor. Although it seemed unrelated to Elemental Hero and New Space series, the card illustration showed a Neo hero generating energy.
"As long as there is only one Warrior Race monster in your monster zone, equip that monster, and the equipped monster’s Attack Power increases by 300.
Now, with three Magic/Trap cards in my back field, the effect of Power of the Mage increases attack power by another 1500."
[Elemental Hero Sailor, Attack Power 3200]
"The attack power suddenly rose to 3200?" The society member’s face slightly changed.
"And with Elemental Hero Sailor’s effect, if there are cards set in my back field, I can attack the opponent directly!"
"What!?" The society member’s face turned pale.
With an attack power of 3200 and able to attack directly...
"But if it’s only this level, the light in my heart can withstand it..."
"No, it can’t," Judai interrupted mercilessly, "Before that, I’ll activate another effect of ’Assault Air Armor’.
Send this equipped card to the graveyard, allowing the equipped monster to attack twice in one battle phase."
Society member: "What!?"
Attack twice? Doesn’t that mean...
[Elemental Hero Sailor, Attack Power 3200→Attack Power 2400]
"Sailor’s direct attack!" Judai waved his hand, "Double strike!"
The weapon on Sailor’s arm, resembling an anchor, shot out with a long chain, piercing through the society member’s chest.
"Ahhh!"
[Society Member, LP4000→LP0]
The man in white kneeled on the ground, feeling an insurmountable dark shadow behind the red-clothed young man.
One Turn Kill.
Too much, I couldn’t even play a card...
Judai cheerfully stepped over the unconscious man, rubbing his hands excitedly.
"Alright, who’s next? I’m really looking forward to it..."
...
...
At the top floor, Merlot squinted slightly in the office, took a sip of red wine, and slowly stood up, speaking as if talking to himself.
"You let your friends create a diversion, drawing attention away so you could sneak in here?"
He spoke to the empty space.
"Is this really okay? You’re leaving your friends surrounded."
"It’s fine, they’ll have fun."
From somewhere in the shadows of the room, Yugen stepped forward, smiling.
"Your subordinates may not be very useful, but they are numerous. It would take quite a bit of time to fight through them all, especially since I wasn’t sure if you’d run away in the meantime. So..."
"Ha!"
Merlot let out a dry laugh.
"You don’t have to worry about that, I don’t plan on running anymore..."
He stood up, a dangerous look in his eyes.
"At least not until I’m rid of this troublesome problem of you."
"Good, I was counting on you saying that." Yugen stepped forward, "You kidnapped President Beckas and used his power, your deck should be considerably refined, right?"
"Well, you can see for yourself," Merlot smiled slightly, "I promise you won’t be disappointed."
"Is that so? Then I’m looking forward to it."
Both positioned themselves at opposite sides of the room.
"Duel!" x2
[Yugen, LP 4000]
[Merlot, LP 4000]
"I’ll go first, draw a card," Merlot said, "I summon ’Sword Fighting Beast - Shield Battle’ in Attack Position!"
The white, upright Fierce Tiger, wielding a heavy shield Sword Fighting Beast Warrior appeared on the field, letting out a resounding tiger roar.
[Sword Fighting Beast - Shield Battle, Attack Power 1600]
Merlot: "Then set two cards facedown in the back field, end turn."
"My turn, draw!" Yugen said, "To experience the power of the Sword Fighting Warrior from Ancient Rome, that’s exactly what I wanted.
Activate Continuous Magic ’Volcanic Wall’!"
The ground split open with flames, and a wall of fiery barrier shot up to the sky, forming a fortress-like barrier to protect Yugen.
Volcanic Wall, a card exclusive to the Volcano Card Deck used by O’Brien in the anime. Though never made into a physical card, it was included in Yu-Gi-Oh! classic single-player games and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links.
"Volcanic Wall allows you to send the top three cards from your deck to the graveyard once per turn. If there are Flame Race monsters among them, deal 500 points of damage for each."
This card’s effect in the single-player game mentioned is consistent with the anime, though it might have been considered overpowered in Duel Links due to the lower Life Points environment, and like most direct damage effects, the damage was halved.
Yugen drew three cards from his deck, displayed them, and revealed them.
"Two Flame Races, deal 1000 points of damage immediately."
The fiery fortress cheered, and two flames shot out one after the other, exploding on Merlot’s face.
[Merlot, LP4000→LP3000]
"Volcano," Merlot frowned slightly.
Yet another card deck that the Duel King hadn’t used in the records... But he knew that it was common for this person to switch between different decks.
Is he looking down on me, trying out new tricks on me?
Or... specifically prepared for me?