The younger sister, Grace, is entirely different in style from her sister, appearing more elegant and gentle.
Therefore, when she performs fusion, she does so differently from her sister.
"I will fuse Amazoness Pet Tiger and Amazoness Spy from my hand!"
"Ferocious beast of the dense forest, acquire the warrior's eye that targets its prey and appear as a new fierce beast!"
She spread her arms wide, her hair fluttering, and her skirt swaying in the wind.
"Fusion Summon!"
She slightly widened her pale green eyes.
"My beloved beast!"
"Appear!"
"LV 7, Amazoness Pet Liger!"
A fierce one-eyed tiger emitted a roar and ascended to the duel field. Below the duel field, a boy in yellow excitedly stood up and cheered.
Tenjo Hikari and the others looked down and, upon discovering it was Mitsuzawa, silently turned their heads.
Regardless of muscle-bound women or little girls, Mitsuzawa's true love will forever be tigers.
Amazoness Pet Liger, LV 7, Earth Attribute, Beast-Type, ATK 2500.
"Next, Spell Card, Monster Reborn, revive the Amazoness Swords Woman in the graveyard..."
"No way!" Seeing the opponent use such a card, Manjome immediately revealed his set card, "How could I let you battle in peace!? Activate Trap Card, Ojama Trio!"
This card allows the Special Summon of three insignificant monsters in Defense Position on the opponent's field!"
As he spoke, three oddly shaped monsters emerged from Manjome's Trap Card and flew to the opponent's field, lounging, exercising, or drinking tea, occupying the space.
Ojama Token, LV 2, Earth Attribute, Beast-Type, ATK 0, DEF 1000.
"Eh..." Amazoness Swords Woman, sword in hand, was about to enter the field when she saw the situation and froze there.
"Oops, sorry for the intrusion." "Apologies, apologies." "What are you staring at? Can't you see I'm working out?"
Grace found it hard to maintain her gentle smile.
She regretted strengthening her Spirit Power during Dimension Travel, which now caused the obnoxious Ojamas' voices to mess with her head, troubling her mind.
"Hooray!" Manjome also excitedly pumped his fist in place.
Finally, those three guys could settle down.
How about it, this is the Ojama Attack; the stronger it is, the more it disrupts, leading to a weaker duel state!
"Tenjo, later find a way to destroy those three monsters; they only have 1000 DEF, using the Ancient Gear Series' Piercing can cause a ton of damage instantly!"
"That can't be done." Tenjo Hikari, hearing Manjome's words, subtly glanced to the side and coughed, "That's not doable."
"Why!?"
"As expected of Tenjo Hikari." On the other side, Gloria set aside her playful attitude, loosened her crossed arms, and seriously stared at Tenjo Hikari.
Grace understood what Tenjo Hikari meant and, after calming herself with a deep breath, gently brushed her hair with her right hand and said, "As long as Amazoness Pet Liger is on the field, the opponent cannot attack monsters other than this one."
Gloria curled her mouth in a smile, widened her bright red eyes, and continued, "And as long as Amazoness Empress is on the field, my Amazoness Cards on the field cannot be destroyed by battle or effects!"
"Ugh!"
Manjome instantly felt heartache, like ten Ojama brothers were arguing incessantly by his ear.
His strategy didn't even require breaking!
In reality, as Tenjo Hikari saw it, Manjome did quite well.
He drastically changed card resources, breaking down the slow-paced strategy.
However... in reality, Tenjo Hikari initially intended for Manjome to destroy the Empress because, in his memory, Amazoness Empress' effect was "As long as this card exists in the monster zone, other Amazoness Cards on your side cannot be destroyed by battle or effects."
However, it wasn't the post-Oification effect.
But this made sense. After all, in the original work, the Tyler Sisters' cards had nothing to do with Pendulum; the post-Oification not only had Pendulum-related effects but also introduced "Amazoness Golden Whip Master" and "Amazoness Silver Sword Master."
It's hard to say these two cards have no connection with the Tyler Sisters.
The Tyler Sisters in this world probably still use the original version cards, hence the Empress herself also possesses resistance instead of the post-Oification effect, "Amazoness Cards other than this card cannot be destroyed by battle or effects."
"Battle, use Amazoness Pet Liger to attack XYZ-Dragon Cannon! During damage calculation, Pet Liger's ATK increases by 500 points!"
Amazoness Pet Liger, ATK: 2500→3000
"Ah! It matches the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon—"
What a perfect matchup.
The fierce beast lunged at the robot and soon destroyed it.
Boys Team LP: 8000→7800.
Amazoness Pet Liger, ATK: 3000→2500
"Ha, that was nothing..." Manjome, unbothered by such damage due to his middle-schooler mentality and Spirit Power, paid it no mind.
"So how about the second strike, Amazoness Empress, direct attack!"
Direct damage of 2800 points!
Seeing this, Manjome abruptly raised his hand: "Did you think I wouldn't anticipate this?!"
Reveals Trap Card, Explosive Trap! Pay 2000 LP to Special Summon a monster from the graveyard in Face-down Position!"
"Come forth, Masked Dragon!" Because it is Special Summoned in Face-down Position, it will not absorb ATK via Amazoness Hall.
Boys Team LP: 7800→5800.
"What are you doing, Manjome!!" Initially, Manjome paid LP to summon the wall. Although he lost 2000 LP, he still saved 800. Additionally, Masked Dragon can Special Summon monsters after being destroyed in battle, so logically, it was a pretty good defense.
But...
Mitsuzawa stood up and shouted at Manjome.
This surprised Manjome—nobody understands Amazoness better than Mitsuzawa!
"Ha ha ha, with Amazoness Empress on the field, all our Amazoness Monsters gain the [Piercing] effect!" Grace shook her head slightly, expressing regret.
Gloria patted her arm and said, "At this juncture, I have more news for you. Even if you find a way to remove the Fusion Summoned Empress from the field, her effect will activate to revive my Amazoness Queen, ensuring my Amazoness Monsters still won't be destroyed by battle."
Darn it!
Actually, his thought process and strategy weren't wrong.
But he used it on the wrong target!
"Battle continues," Grace lightly flipped her hair, "Amazoness Empress attacks the Set Monster!"
Amazoness Empress has an ATK of 2800, compared to 1100 DEF of the Face-down Special Summoned Masked Dragon.
The difference is 1700 points!
Boys Team LP: 5800→4100!
As Empress pierced through Masked Dragon, their Life Points decreased sharply again.
If it were singles, they'd already be on the brink!
Manjome massaged his arm, penetrated by virtual image; although not as devastating as a Spirit Duel, his pride made it more painful.
"Sorry, Tenjo, looks like I messed it all up..." The observing students mostly felt he meant well but ooops.
Of course, some who knew Amazoness Empress couldn't help but call him a hindrance.
"Don't say that, Thunder!" Tenjo Hikari couldn't resist extending a hand, gently rubbing his forehead, "You are the most proud Duelist; how could you mess up?"
You did everything right!"
All right!?
Now you comfort me?
Eh—
Wait!
Manjome suddenly thought of a string of ideas.
"Ah, I understand—That's how it is!" He narrowed his eyes, "I activate Masked Dragon's effect; only when this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard can I activate its effect. Special Summon one Dragon-Type Monster with 1500 ATK or less from the deck...
I special summon... LV 1, Flamvell Guard!"
Flamvell Guard, LV 1, Fire Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK 0, DEF 2000.
The classic Attack 0 Monster Card; such cards are all over Manjome's deck, and among many LV 1s, this card is particularly unique. When Tenjo Hikari, Judai, and other Fusion Department classmates competed to see who would draw the Rare Card first in the Activity Department, he drew this card—a LV 1 Tuner Monster with 2000 DEF, this stat is quite high in this world.
Furthermore, because it has 0 ATK, it won't even consume LP via Amazoness Hall.
"DEF 2000?" Grace gently raised her hand, lightly danced, saying, "Still trying to strengthen defense? But even if we cannot address the three Ojama Tokens on the field, just the Pet Liger and Empress are enough."
She set down two cards: "Then, I set two cards, end my turn."