“DUEL!”
【Sea Horse Setou lp4000】
【Yu Xuan lp4000】
The moment Yu Xuan shouted “Duel”, he felt a stir within the system in his mind.
The system’s task bar appeared in his mind without any warning.
【Sudden Task: Complete a duel with Sea Horse Setou. Reward: Obelisk the Tormentor!】
Yu Xuan was ecstatic after noticing the task in his mind.
It’s here, it’s finally here! It seems that interacting with the main characters in Yu-Gi-Oh! triggers a task.
Dinosaur Ryu崎 and Insect 羽蛾 weren’t good enough, but the moment Sea Horse stepped in, the task appeared.
And the reward was one of the three God Cards!
“I'll take the first turn.”
While Yu Xuan was distracted by the sudden task, Sea Horse confidently took the first turn.
“I summon X-Head Cannon in Defense Position, set a card, end turn.”
Sea Horse’s turn was quick.
He summoned a gold and blue mechanical monster in Defense Position, set a backrow card, and passed the turn.
“My turn, draw.”
Yu Xuan finally snapped out of his thoughts, seeing the three cards on Sea Horse’s field.
He thought, “Damn, Sea Horse is ruthless, he took the first turn while I was distracted by the task!”
You have to be focused when playing cards, one lapse of attention and the first turn is gone.
“Aren't you going to summon your proud Blue-Eyes White Dragon?”
Yu Xuan looked at his hand and asked.
He thought Sea Horse would play the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and Fusion to summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon from his opening hand.
After all, Sea Horse’s luck in card games was so good that some people believed he didn’t shuffle his deck or that his cards were glued together with transparent tape.
“You need the skill to see your White Dragon.”
Sea Horse snorted, not wanting to reveal his ace card (wife) so soon.
He had watched Yu Xuan duel and knew that even Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon couldn’t stand against the effect of Jewel Knight Lapis Lazuli.
“Then I'll try harder.”
Yu Xuan had six cards in his hand: Jewel Armadillo, Jewel Knight Obsidian, Crystal Rose, Sacred Protective Zone - Mirror Force, and two Jewel Knight Fusion.
Seeing the two Jewel Knight Fusion cards, Yu Xuan felt a little helpless. This Fusion card has the effect of returning itself from the graveyard to the hand, so having one or multiple copies in hand makes no difference. More copies mean you’re essentially losing.
That’s one of the things you have to consider when building a deck, because the number of Fusion spells and Fusion materials in most Fusion decks need to be balanced.
“I Normal Summon Jewel Armadillo. I activate his effect, adding Jewel Knight Jade from my deck to my hand. Then I activate Jewel Knight Fusion.”
Yu Xuan sent Jade and Obsidian to the graveyard, Fusion Summoning Jewel Knight Amethyst.
“Then, using Obsidian’s effect, Jade revives from the graveyard. I then banish Obsidian from the graveyard and add Jewel Knight Fusion to my hand. Time to Fusion Summon again!”
Yu Xuan activated Jewel Knight Fusion again. This time, he fused the resurrected Jade and Amethyst, summoning Jewel Knight Lapis Lazuli from the Extra Deck.
“Hmph, your tactics are rather predictable. You want to use Amethyst’s effect to get rid of my traps, but that’s useless. The moment your monster’s effect is activated, I activate Warning Roar!”
Sea Horse chuckled and revealed the trap card he set.
It was a Normal Trap card with the effect of preventing the opponent from declaring attacks during that turn.
In other words, the opponent’s Battle Phase is useless for that turn.
Sea Horse obviously watched Yu Xuan’s duel and feared that he would clean up the field and go for a quick kill. So he put in cards that negate attacks as a countermeasure.
Yu Xuan was speechless, seeing Sea Horse act as if he had already seen through his plan.
Although cleaning up the field was his usual move, he didn’t intend to kill Sea Horse this turn.
It’s not that he was going easy on him in the duel. Instead, he didn’t have three Jewel Knights in hand or on the field, which means he couldn’t Fusion Summon Jewel Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond, a key card.
Summoning other monsters wouldn’t allow him to attack this turn either.
In other words, whether Sea Horse activated that card or not, it wouldn’t make much difference.
Sea Horse seemed like a startled bird.
“I set a card, end turn.”
Yu Xuan couldn’t attack, nor could he destroy X-Head Cannon on Sea Horse’s field. He could still fuse again and use Lapis Lazuli’s effect.
But it wasn’t worth it for a lower-level monster.
As he ended his turn, Yu Xuan slightly furrowed his brows, not because he was unhappy with the game.
But…
“Strange, why hasn’t that feeling of being watched gone away?”
Yu Xuan looked at Sea Horse Setou in front of him, confused.
The feeling of being watched earlier was probably Sea Horse using technology to track his location through security cameras on the street.
The weird thing was that the feeling didn’t lessen even though Sea Horse was in front of him, playing cards with him.
Was he being paranoid?
In the shadows between the floors, two pairs of eyes stared down at Sea Horse and Yu Xuan dueling below.
“Malik-sama!”
The robed man hidden in the shadows communicated with the leader of the Gurus, a slight tremor in his heart.
“What is it?”
The voice of a young man echoed in his mind.
Telepathic communication, this magical method was how the Gurus exchanged important information within their group.
Malik’s ability to transcend the power of nature and his unrestrained way of doing things were the reasons why they were willing to follow him.
“We have confirmed that Sea Horse has a God Card.”
The two robed men reported what they had discovered. One of their comrades had picked a fight with Sea Horse, but was completely defeated by the power of the God Card, Obelisk.
“So it’s in his hands. Strange, the God Cards don't choose just anyone. They choose those who are worthy.”
“Malik-sama, why are you so concerned about this? We just need to take the Obelisk from him, right?”
The Gurus member offered his opinion, trying to relieve the leader’s worries.
“Hmm, do you think you can do it?”
“Of course we can, you gave us the deck that can even seal gods. The guy Sea Horse is dueling against now, he’s the one who interfered with us last night. Should we take care of him at the same time?”
The two robed men cackled with confidence.
“Yes, go ahead. Remember, don't let these people lose so easily, make them suffer before you throw them into the abyss!”
Malik gave his order, then opened his eyes and severed the connection.
It was his turn to act now.
After sending his men, Malik, holding the Millennium Rod, walked into the darkness.