The Black Scorpions swarmed Scabbed Knight, pinning him to the ground and pounding him with fists and kicks. There was no discipline or coordination to it whatsoever—their entire strategy was simply ganging up on the weak.
Looking at their attack pattern, it was easy to see why several members with over a thousand ATK each only had a combined ATK of 1000 when gathered together.
A rabble was probably exactly what they were.
Satou, LP 4000 → LP 3000
But as the beating went on, the Black Scorpions began to realize something was wrong.
"Wait, Boss, this doesn't feel right."
Mina suddenly stared at her hands in horror. At some point, they had become covered in green fragments, as though they had fallen off that armor.
"What is this!?"
Zallug said, "Why are you making such a fuss over—what!?"
Only then did he notice that he too was covered in the stuff. They looked like shattered armor fragments clinging to his body, and he could not scrape them off no matter how hard he tried.
Satou sneered.
"The battles Scabbed Knight and I have experienced are beyond your imagination," he said calmly. "Scabbed Knight Cannot be destroyed by battle.
"And monsters that have battled Scabbed Knight must receive a Scab Counter."
Qik desperately scratched at the shattered armor on his body. "Scab Counter? This feels awful."
"When Black Scorpion Thief Gang inflicts Battle Damage, the opponent must send one Spell Card from their Deck to the Graveyard," Kira said.
"A Spell Card?"
Satou frowned, thought for a moment, then sent a Spell Card from his Deck to the Graveyard.
"At the end of the Battle Phase, if the opponent has monsters with Scab Counters on the Field," Satou said coldly, "I gain control of those monsters."
The Black Scorpions froze