"Because you activated a Counter Trap, Mortius's effect was triggered. Let's see."
Kira snapped his fingers casually.
"Psychic Nightmare just looked at my hand and gained attack power, so let's get rid of Psychic Nightmare first."
As his words fell, Sky Saint - Mortius fired out as a streak of light. The golden beam pierced straight through Psychic Nightmare's chest like a javelin. Countless green Electric Snakes burst from the fiend's body in every direction. With a miserable scream, it exploded into fragments.
"Psychic Nightmare has been destroyed again!" Pompadour Commentator exclaimed. "The combination of Counter Traps and Fairy Types—Kira has brought out an incredible lineup today!
"Endless Counter Traps negate every action his opponent makes, while activating those Counters earns him even more resources and more Counter Traps. Now, simply activating a Counter can even destroy the opponent's cards!
"By the time the Psychic Team realized what was happening, they were already completely trapped in the duel. The Dueling Should Be Fun Team's trap formation has taken shape. The more the Psychic Team struggles now, the deeper they'll sink! Can their remaining two members turn things around and break this formation!?"
Even the commentator's tone had completely reversed by now. In his narration, Kira had gone from being the challenger facing three opponents alone to the one being challenged. At first, he had believed Kira was at an absolute disadvantage under this format due to numbers alone. But now, though the opposing side still had two players left, that numerical advantage had become their disadvantage instead.
Black: "I Set a Card. End Turn."
Frustrated, stifled, furious—yet there was truly nothing he could do.
Counter Traps were inherently the noblest Spell Speed 3 effects, impossible to chain against or counter. In Kira's current Deck, the value of Counters had unquestionably