Chapter 43: Are You Even Human?
In a Tag Duel, alternating turns between the two players is the norm.
With Marik's permission, this Tag Duel officially began.
Rare Hunters surrounded the area, as the Lumis & Umbra were famously known within the organization for their "Tag Dueling" skills.
"Draw phase. I set three cards face-down. End turn." Umbra's moves were extremely fast, requiring no deep thought—a confidence born from long-term cooperative dueling.
Odion and Yu Miao were both duelists skilled in single duels; their coordination couldn't compare to the two brothers.
After all, these two brothers were... companions who mutually encouraged each other!
"My turn. Draw." Yu Miao drew a card. He glanced at the card in his hand and quickly made his move: "Activate Dark Magic Veil. Pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon a DARK Spellcaster-Type monster from my hand!"
[Yu Miao: 4000 LP → 3000 LP]
Appear, Dark Magician Girl!
A pink-purple magic circle lit up, and Dark Magician Girl, who had just finished her makeup, appeared.
[Dark Magician Girl, 2000 ATK, Spellcaster-Type]
"Hiss, it's actually Dark Magician Girl?"
"This is a super, super rare Monster Card. Rumor has it this card only exists in Yugi Muto's possession?"
"Judging by the quality, it doesn't look like a fake card at all..."
Upon hearing this, the perceptive Rare Hunters' eyes began to gleam with greed.
Among them, Pandora, the Spellcaster user, was the most intense.
Considering himself a connoisseur among Spellcaster users, although he possessed an ultra-rare card like Dark Magician, he did not have Dark Magician Girl.
A fake Dark Magician Girl, Pandora wouldn't give it a second look!
"Set 1 card. End turn." Yu Miao's moves were also swift.
Long combo turns are relative; sometimes a turn takes ages, other times it's just a Normal Summon and pass.
"Hmph, my turn, draw!" It was Lumis's turn. He revealed a malicious smile and shouted: "Normal Summon, Dunames Dark Witch!"
Ding~
[Valkyrie the Goddess of Fate, 1800 ATK, Fairy-Type]
"It's not over yet. I activate the Equip Spell Card, Cestus of Dagla!"
[Cestus of Dagla: Can be equipped to a Fairy-Type monster. The equipped monster gains 500 ATK. When it inflicts battle damage to an opponent, you gain Life Points equal to the damage inflicted.]
[Dunames Dark Witch: 1800 → 2300 ATK]
"A strategy of establishing a monster's presence by boosting ATK with Equip Cards?" Odion began analyzing their tactics.
Lumis gave Umbra a look, and the latter immediately understood.
"Hahaha, at this moment, I activate a Trap Card."
"Mask of Restrict!"
"As long as this Continuous Trap Card remains on the field, cards cannot be Tributed."
Yu-Gi-Oh! DM heavily relies on Tribute Summons. This Mask of Restrict undoubtedly hits a critical spot.
"Thanks, bro." Lumis said with a gleeful grin.
With Tribute Summons and various Tributing effects sealed, the 2300 ATK Dunames Dark Witch could be said to reign supreme.
Odion's expression remained calm. His deck consisted almost entirely of Trap Cards; this tactic seemed quite ordinary to him.
"Finally, I set three cards face-down. End turn." Light Mask used up almost all his cards in one go and ended his turn.
It was Odion's turn, and this guy truly gave Yu Miao an eye-opener.
This shady bald guy directly went and... set 5 cards face-down!!
"I end my turn like this." After setting all 5, Rishid ended his turn contentedly.
The Lumis and Umbra' expressions were no longer calm. They seemed to realize that the powerful continuous trap "Mask of Restrict" probably didn't affect Odion-sama much.
"Draw." Umbra drew a card. He focused his gaze on Yu Miao and said: "Activate the Equip Spell Card, Mask of the Accursed!"
Ding~
A distorted mask appeared and whooshed onto Dark Magician Girl's face.
"Damn it..." Dark Magician Girl cursed and struggled, but to no avail.
"The equipped monster cannot attack." Umbra said proudly, clearly intending to restrict Yu Miao's monster.
With Mask of Restrict on the field, Yu Miao also couldn't Tribute Dark Magician Girl.
Another important point: when equipped with "Mask of the Accursed," Yu Miao would suffer Life Point loss each turn.
"I set one more card face-down. End turn." Umbra said gleefully.
Back to Yu Miao's turn, he counted how many face-down cards were on the field...
Good grief, over ten face-down cards...
Is this the charm of a Tag Duel free-for-all?
Once a few shady duelists mix into a duel, it becomes truly despair-inducing.
Thinking about it, aside from the undoubtedly shady Odion, Lumis and Umbra were also hidden shady duelists.
"So I'm surrounded by three shady duelists..." Yu Miao realized this terrifying fact, so he decisively activated his set card.
"You shady bastards, I'm going to blast you into dust."
"Take this Continuous Trap Card, Royal Decree, ahh!!"
Ding~
Yu Miao's only set card was flipped face-up. It was none other than... the Royal series that makes all Trap Cards shake their heads.
[Royal Decree: As long as this card remains face-up on the field, all other Trap Cards on the field have their effects negated.]
Dong dong dong~
A king appeared, announcing something solemn in an incomprehensible language.
Although he couldn't understand it, Yu Miao roughly guessed the meaning.
"From now on, Trap Cards cannot be used!"
This Royal Decree made Odion's expression look as if he had eaten something disgusting.
All other Trap Card effects negated...
Nearly 98% of Odion's entire deck consisted of Trap Cards. Did that mean he couldn't play this duel?
"Yu Miao, what are you doing?"
"I am your teammate!"
Odion's face flushed red, clearly this child was quite angered.
Persecuting even your own teammate, Yu Miao... are you even human?
In response to Odion's query, Yu Miao looked up at the ceiling and said without a hint of apology: "Sorry, I have no teammates."
Teammates would only slow down his assault.
The best method is simply to eliminate even your teammates along with the enemy!
Lumis and Umbra' expressions were equally troubled. All the Battle Traps they had set on the field were... useless, including the invincible Mask of Restrict!
"It's okay, Dark Magician Girl is sealed and cannot attack."
"Right, my Dunames Dark Witch also has higher ATK."
The Masked brothers began comforting themselves; they didn't think Yu Miao could do much this turn.
"Is that really so?"
Yu Miao's words drew everyone's attention to him.
Even Marik couldn't help but want to know what Yu Miao planned to do!
"Normal Summon, Bull Blader." Yu Miao decisively played the ace monster card in his hand!
Ding~
[Bull Blader, 1600 ATK, Warrior-Type]
Bull Blader, wielding a silver longsword, appeared. It was overjoyed; its time to shine had finally come.
However, before Bull Blader could rejoice for more than a few seconds, Yu Miao immediately Tributed this earnest "Bull" right on the spot~
(End of Chapter)
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