Black Scorpion Thief Gang, summon!
Hmm, the Black Scorpion Thief Gang is missing one.
Facing Cliff, who looked utterly dejected, Thief Leader Zarug coughed.
"Well, it's not like we're targeting you on purpose, it's just that I really didn't draw you... "
Zarug promised.
"Next time! Next time for sure!"
Cliff pouted, and begrudgingly retreated off the field.
"Alright, if I'm not in, I'm not in. But you better win."
"Hahaha, don't worry, do you doubt my card skills?"
Zarug slapped his chest confidently.
"Just leave it all to me."
"Exactly, exactly." Zik added, "The boss's strength is undeniable, especially now that our brothers are gathered, no opponent stands a chance."
"That's right!"
Zarug laughed loudly.
"Looks like you had a hand disaster and couldn't draw a summonable monster, that's really unfortunate.
In front of our Black Scorpion Thief Gang, a single slip-up leads to destruction. Remember it well with your own body!
Battle! Then with my own... "
He paused, looking awkward, and quickly drew a revolver with his free right hand and pointed at the opponent.
"Hmm, because this is the real world, I must do it myself.
Then I will directly attack the opposing player with myself!"
He fired twice, the bullets already shot forth.
Yugen used the Duel Disc to block in front of him, fully taking the shot.
[Yugen, LP 4000→LP 2600]
Zarug was overjoyed.
No trap was triggered; it just went through like that. So it does seem to be a hand disaster, I must be lucky today.
"Then my own effect, when dealing battle damage, the opponent must discard the top card of their deck or randomly discard a card from their hand.
Of course, I choose to discard a card from the hand."
"Then I'll activate a Cover Card here." Yugen snapped his fingers, "Trap Card 'Damage Capacitor'.
When taking battle damage, discard a card from your hand, and Special Summon a monster with attack points less than or equal to the damage from the deck in attack position."
Yugen drew a card automatically searched from the deck.
"Special Summon 'Pyramid Turtle' in attack mode."
[Pyramid Turtle, Attack Power 1200]
"Oh? Barely summoned a monster to defend? Haha, but it's already useless." Zarug said, "The battle continues!
Then use 'Black Scorpion - Powerful Takaga', to attack 'Pyramid Turtle'!"
Takaga swung the heavy hammer in his hand, shouting loudly, and shattered the turtle with one strike.
[Yugen, LP 2600→ LP 2000]
"When Takaga deals battle damage, the top card of the opponent's deck is sent to the graveyard!"
Yugen followed the instruction to draw the top card of the deck and send it to the graveyard, calmly saying.
"Then, the effect of Pyramid Turtle. When this card is destroyed in battle, Special Summon an Undead monster with defense less than 2000 from the deck."
"Another last word?" Zarug frowned.
"Correct, I summon this card."
Yugen drew a card that popped out of the deck.
"Vampire Lord Special Summon!"
[Vampire Lord, Attack Power 2000]
The thieves finally understood.
"So it's a chain to summon an Upper-Level Monster in one go!"
Zik looked at the leader.
"Boss, we can't beat them now, right?"
"Shut up, I know." Zarug said irritably, "The remaining Zik and Mina are no match for the vampires, but don't think that this can make the Thief Gang helpless!
Activate Cover Card, Trap Card—Bottomless Trap Hole!
When a monster with an attack power of 1500 or more is successfully summoned, it is destroyed and removed from play directly!"
"Oh great, boss!"
The boys began cheering.
"If it's removed directly, this vampire is done for!"
Mina and Zik were already starting to warm up, ready to launch an all-out attack and take down the opponent.
"Then activate a Cover Card."
Yugen snapped his fingers.
"Trap Card 'Demon Deck Destruction Virus'!
Use your own Dark Attribute monster with an attack power of 2000 or more as a sacrifice. All cards in the opponent's hand, on the field, and drawn over the next three turns with an attack power of 1500 or less are destroyed!"
The entire Thief Gang was dazed for a few seconds.
"Attack power... 1500 or less..."
Zik and the thieves on the field looked at each other.
They realized after a few seconds.
"Na… Nani!!?"
Doesn't that mean most of their Thief Gang!?
"Sacrifice 'Vampire Lord'." Yugen said, "Activate Demon Deck Destruction Virus!"
The Vampire Lord chuckled twice, then was quickly engulfed by the magic power released by the trap, transforming into pure viruses that surged toward the opponent's field!
"Mom!"
The thieves were in a panic, quickly turning to run for cover, holding their heads. A swirling tornado of black virus swept across their field, followed by a series of booming explosions. After each explosion, a thief was blasted out, rolling a few rounds before falling embarrassingly back to the spectator seats.
At this moment, Cliff, who hadn't joined in earlier, adjusted his glasses, a bit relieved.
That was close, thank god the boss missed drawing him just now...
"Dammit..."
Zarug, dirtied and disheveled, climbed back to the Duelist's position, gritting his teeth.
Are you kidding me?
Sealing all monsters with an attack power of 1500 or less, isn't that equivalent to taking away their Thief Gang's lifeline?
Their entire combined family only has one with an attack power over 1500—Takaga...
Of course, now Zarug's field only had Takaga left.
[Black Scorpion - Powerful Takaga, Attack Power 1800]
The strong man was patting his bald head as if somewhat perplexed.
He couldn't understand why so many teammates vanished suddenly...
"Go Takaga!"
"Takaga, you're the only one left now!"
The teammates began to cheer him on.
With Zarug's card deck poisoned, only Takaga was left that could take the field, literally the whole village's hope.
"Then I cover a card and my turn ends." Zarug said gloomily.
"Activate Magic Card 'Angel's Charity', draw three cards from the deck, then discard two cards."
Yugen discarded two cards from his hand.
"Of the discarded cards is 'Scholar Spirit', which allows me to draw another card from the deck when it goes to the graveyard."
"Then activate Magic Card 'Revive the Dead'." Yugen said, "Revive 'Leader - Zarug' from your graveyard to my field."
"Kisama (you damned fool)!" Zarug cursed aloud.
But helplessly, the card in his graveyard flew out disobediently, landing in Yugen's hand. Yugen slapped the card onto the Duel Disc, but like Zarug's previous summoning, no 3D image appeared.
It's because this card was originally an Elf Card, and the elf inside slipped out into reality, making this card a mere shell.
The unwilling Zarug finally gritted his teeth, took a step, and walked over half the duel field to stand in front of Yugen, face to face in one of Yugen's Monster Grids.
"Is this alright?" Zarug gritted his teeth.
Yugen: "......"
Well, you're quite the rule follower after all.