"It wasn't that it didn't trigger. It's my turn, so I have priority. Therefore, when we both trigger effects, mine triggers first, then yours. Those are the Dueling Rules," Youye explained.
"You had a trigger? Could it be Fenrir?" The Runick Fountain spirit looked over Youye's field. Only Fenrir had an unknown effect, and it immediately understood.
"That's right!" Youye nodded, then said, "Fenrir's third effect. After the opponent activates a monster effect, I can banish one face-up card on their field face-down."
As he spoke, Youye's lips curled up slightly. Pointing at the Field Spell Runick Fountain, he slowly said, "Naturally, Fenrir is targeting Runick Fountain!"
Banish face-down? Target a card on the field?
Hearing that the effect had successfully activated, Runick Fountain felt rather miserable. If this effect went through, didn't that mean it would lose another Fountain? It had three copies, but losing even one hurt badly.
"Youye is so strong! Youye is amazing!"
Unlike its misery, Munin and Hugin's eyes sparkled as they shouted encouragement for Youye.
The three animals also cried out excitedly, clearly very pleased with Youye's move.
Runick Fountain had already been upset because it had no way to stop Fenrir's effect. Seeing this scene made it feel even worse.
The only two things that made it feel better were that both Ash Blossom copies in Youye's deck had already been banished, so it did not need to worry about its Runick Fountain search being negated. Also, due to the last-in, first-out rule, its Fountain effect would resolve first. In other words, the Fountain would be banished face-down only after it returned three cards and drew three.
The Fountain might have taken a loss, but it had drawn three cards. That was barely acceptable.
Its voice rang out. "I activate the effect of