S:P Little Knight Makes a Grand Entrance!

"This is bad! Hieratic is gone!" Hearing that Youye used Munin's second effect, Chang Xingge's face was full of bitterness. With Hieratic gone, not only would the pressure next turn be gone, but she'd also have to use her field presence in her own turn to try and finish Youye, making the difficulty of securing a win even higher.

As for Youye misrepresenting the effect? Putting aside that she thought it was impossible...

The Dueling Rules had already displayed this part of the effect to her for confirmation. If she still didn't believe it, she would be questioning the Dueling Rules themselves.

Effect Resolution: C3 Munin's second effect successfully activated, destroying Hieratic, which was already pierced like a hedgehog by black feathers; C2 Hieratic's effect was negated; C1 Youye recovered 1000 LP (Youye's LP: 2400 → 3400).

"Ah, Xingge really fell for it!" Luo Hao sighed softly, and Wang Cheng, standing beside him, nodded silently.

They had dueled Munin before and knew the information of most Runick cards. Starting from Youye's End Phase, they had guessed that Chang Xingge would fall for Youye's trick.

However, neither of them would say that Chang Xingge did anything wrong. If they didn't know the effect, they would have done the same thing.

Despite the loss and the discomfort, Chang Xingge did not give up.

In her mind, Youye only had two cards left, plus the one he drew, making it three. She had two in her hand and two on the field. The card advantage hadn't been significantly pulled away yet.

Seeing that she hadn't given up, Youye didn't say much. He smiled slightly and said, "My turn, draw!"

After glancing at his hand, the corner of his mouth curved upward: "I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Runick Destruction! I choose to Special Summon a Monster, and the monster I choose to summon is Runick Fang, Geri!"

"Geri's effect when Special Summoned from the Extra Deck allows me to add one Spell Card from my Graveyard, except a Runick Archetype Quick-Play Spell, to my hand. I add the Field Spell Runick Fountain from my Graveyard to my hand!"

Seeing Youye activate things in the Standby Phase and even recover Runick Fountain, Chang Xingge's initial bitterness turned into a bit of discomfort.

Meanwhile, Wang Cheng and Luo Hao exchanged glances, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes. Having dueled Runick before, they understood that Chang Xingge was just a step away from losing.

"Any objections to proceeding directly to Main Phase 1?" Youye, who was thinking about how to handle things next, naturally didn't notice this. After recovering Fountain, he looked at Chang Xingge.

"No." Chang Xingge's only form of resistance, Hieratic, was lost in the previous turn's exchange. She had no other resistance, and even if she wanted to object, she couldn't do anything.

"I activate the Field Spell Runick Fountain. Then, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Runick Flashing Fire from my hand, targeting your Beast on the field. I destroy it, and then you Banish the top two cards of your Deck."

"Immediately following that, Fountain's effect activates. I return Slumber, Destruction, and Blazing Fire from my Graveyard to the bottom of my Deck in the order I choose, and draw three!"

After drawing three, Youye glanced at his hand and a mischievous smile appeared on his lips: "I Normal Summon Effect Veiler from my hand."

Chang Xingge: ?

She looked at Youye with a puzzled expression. She knew about Baronne, but Geri on the field was only Level 4, so it was impossible to summon Baronne.

Is he going easy on me? This thought crossed her mind the next instant, but seeing Youye's increasingly strange expression, she knew it definitely wasn't that.

The question was, what was it then? For a moment, her only answer was that Youye had another terrifying generic Level 5 Synchro Boss Monster that hadn't appeared yet!

So her bewildered face gradually became alert.

Compared to her alertness, Wang Cheng and Luo Hao were extremely excited. Another new generic Level 5 Synchro card was being born, and they were the witnesses!

As for why they said it was a new Level 5 Synchro, the reason was simple: in the Card Pool they knew of, there were no good Level 5 Synchro cards at this time.

"Youye, do you have another generic and powerful Level 5 Synchro Monster card?" At this moment, Munin, who hadn't spoken until now, asked curiously. As Youye's Spirit, she could sense that Youye was about to summon a powerful Monster, and she couldn't help but be curious about it.

"? No!" To their surprise, Youye directly denied it.

Wang Cheng/Luo Hao/Chang Xingge/Munin: ???

The three people and one Spirit were instantly dumbfounded. If he didn't have a Level 5 Synchro Monster, then why did he summon Effect Veiler? Wouldn't it be better to keep it in hand to negate a monster effect on the opponent's turn?

"It seems you've fallen into a misconception?" Seeing the three people and one Spirit looking bewildered and confused, Youye instantly understood that because of Baronne, they had thought incorrectly.

Seeing him Normal Summon Effect Veiler, they thought he was going to Synchro Summon.

Clearly, he wasn't planning to Synchro Summon this time, but rather Link Summon!

"Misconception?" When Youye said this, the three people and one Spirit became even more confused, not quite understanding what Youye was talking about.

What else could a Monster be if it's summoned using a Tuner + non-Tuner and isn't a Synchro?

"Seeing how ignorant you all are, I'll let you witness the power of the most generic Link-2 Monster in history!" Youye said slowly.

Link-2? Link Summon? The most generic in history?

The three were stunned for a moment. Youye didn't have any Self-Restrictions on summoning right now, so of course he could Link Summon. It was just that generally speaking, no one used Tuner monsters as Link Material, right?

And the most generic in history? What did that even mean?

While everyone was in a daze, Youye spoke.

"I set Effect Veiler and Geri as Link Arrows (←→)."

"Link Summon S:P Little Knight, Link Rating 2!"

S:P Little Knight

[Warrior Type/Link/Effect/DARK/Link Rating 2]

[ATK: 1600]

As everyone watched curiously, a girl dressed as a ninja silently appeared on Youye's field. The girl held a Kunai, and a gray scarf covered half of her face, adding to her mysterious aura.

After she appeared, her calm eyes scanned her surroundings, finally resting on Youye for a few seconds, seemingly contemplating something, before she silently looked forward.

Everyone looked at the girl on the field. She was clearly a girl like a ninja, a Link-2 monster, which should technically be a lower-level monster.

But everyone present had a gut feeling telling them that she was very strong, very strong, and they had to treat her with their full attention, otherwise they would suffer a great loss!

For a moment, the three people and one Spirit all began to think about her effects.

Just then, Youye's voice interrupted their thoughts.

"Little Knight's first effect: If this card is Link Summoned using any 1 Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Link Monster as material, you can target 1 card on the field or in either player's Graveyard and banish it. This turn, I cannot attack directly!"

"My Geri is a Fusion Monster, so I can target and banish a card. I'll target the Hieratic Seal of the Ash Blossom on your field!"

After Youye declared the effect, Little Knight threw a kunai at the Hieratic Seal of the Ash Blossom. The Hieratic Seal of the Ash Blossom tried to resist, but the moment it touched the kunai, it vanished from the field.

"Such a simple Link-2 to bring out? Just by paying a small cost to summon it, you can target and banish a card." Luo Hao's eyes were full of surprise. He paused slightly after speaking, then continued, "And it can't attack directly, but Runick doesn't even need a Battle Phase, so the restriction on direct attacks doesn't affect it at all!"

"It's just... she doesn't fit the Runick archetype; she's just a generic staple?"

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