"Back to the hand. Back to the hand again!"
Vetrix, whose emotions had just calmed down with Shield Crest's arrival, exploded again.
"Do you not know any other moves!?"
Ever since this duel began, it had been bounce to hand, bounce to hand, and bounce to hand again. It never ended.
And this time was different from before. If La-Fien bounced Shield Crest back to the hand, Shield Crest currently had 3,000 ATK. Vetrix would take 3,000 points of damage from Shield Crest's ATK, which would instantly finish him off!
"Archlord Kristya is indeed a terrifying trump card. This Timelord Deck could certainly be said to be completely countered by it." Kira smiled playfully. "But surely you don't think I came here recklessly without preparing any countermeasures against Shield Crest?"
Vetrix frowned.
What did that mean?
The way this guy spoke, it was as if he had known Shield Crest's effect all along. But Shield Crest was hidden beyond hidden, his most deeply buried trump card—so deeply buried that it had only awakened two minutes ago. Even his own sons did not know Shield Crest's effect.
How could someone from another dimension possibly know?
Kira might have forgotten the effects of some more obscure Numbers, but there was no way he could overlook anime Shield Crest, something so overpowered and so crucial to the plot. Naturally, he had prepared a countermeasure—and more than one at that.
But Vetrix was not so easily defeated. "I activate my Set Card, the Trap Card 'Heraldic Change'!
This card can be activated when the opponent declares an attack. Special Summon one 'Heraldic Beast' from my hand to the Field, then forcibly end the Battle Phase!"
Vetrix's Trap activated, and a huge translucent heraldic emblem appeared before him. The Timelord's punch slammed fiercely into the