Invitation from the Society

"Battle continues. Huge Battleship - Four Arms, attack Cyber Tutu!"

The battleship seemed to roar as its four mechanical arms shot out like tentacles toward the tiny tutu.

The petite figure was surprisingly nimble. She darted left and right within the encirclement of the four tentacles, stepped on one of them to leap into the air, grabbed another to perform an agile flip, and rapidly closed in, delivering a midair kick to the defensive layer before the core.

The defensive layer exploded with another boom. The recoil blasted Cyber Tutu apart into fragments in midair.

Asuka, LP 1500 → LP 700

"But Cyber Tutu's battle also destroyed one layer of defense," Asuka said. "Now Huge Battleship - Four Arms has only one counter left."

Huge Battleship - Four Arms, Counters 2 → 1

"Hmph, the last layer of defense is more than enough." Gin Ryusei snorted heavily.

In other words, unless she attacked with a monster next turn and destroyed Four Arms' final layer of defense, Gin Ryusei would still be able to use Four Arms' effect on his next turn to remove a counter, destroy her Back Row, and dismantle her defenses.

But with only 700 Life Points remaining, attacking would inevitably come with enormous risk.

"My turn is over."

Gin Ryusei was brimming with confidence.

"Your Life Points are already like a candle in the wind, while my Huge Battleship has the ability to keep itself alive indefinitely. So what do you say, Alexis Rhodes? Why not give up this pointless resistance, surrender, and join our Society of Light?"

"Society of... Light?" Asuka asked doubtfully.

"Exactly." Gin Ryusei said, "Lord Saiō's Society of Light is the finest gift this filthy academy, permeated by darkness, could receive! It is our chance to be cleansed and