Chapter 300
Who is it?
"Well..."
Upon seeing Judai's completely unfamiliar expression, the man's lips twitched involuntarily.
Cronos, standing nearby, reminded Judai, "Judai, the person in front of you is Silver Meteor, also a former student of Obelisk Blue ~ Naonai."
"Oh, I don't know him!"
"Haha, I thought so too~ Naonai."
A hint of embarrassment appeared on Cronos's face. Even he didn't have much of an impression of this extra, because the person really had no presence.
"In short, the second battle is yours, Silver Meteor."
In the audience, Asuka turned to Misawa, who knew her best, and asked, "Do you know this person, Misawa- kun?"
The latter nodded and explained, "He was a former world champion in shooting Yugi, obsessed with warship shooting Yugi, but he's not particularly outstanding in duels, so he's not well-known at the Duel Academy."
"In other words, there won't be any pressure in this duel, Judai..."
Asuka was relieved.
The second duel began soon after.
"Duel!!" ×2
[Yusei Fudo: LP4000]
[Silver Meteor: LP4000]
After the two shouted that the duel had begun, Silver Meteor was the first to seize the right to draw a card.
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Silver Meteor Hand Cards: 5 → 6]
"I will absolutely win this duel, Yusei Fudo!"
"Ha, do you think you can do it? You're destined to lose if you fight me."
"Who would lose? As long as I defeat you, I can stay by Lord Saiō's side, and who knows, it might even allow me to debut in the professional dueling world."
"Hey~~" Judai raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.
Finally, there's someone somewhat normal in the Society of Light. His wish is quite simple and unpretentious; he only stood up against Jaden to curry favor with Judai. Let's just play along with him for a bit.
"Come on, let me see what you've got, Yusei Fudo!"
After speaking, Silver Meteor looked at his hand of cards.
He first drew a card from his hand and placed it on the field. "First, I will activate the Field Spell [Giant Fortress Zelos] from my hand."
[Silver Meteor Hand Cards: 6 → 5]
Swish!
As the Duel Disk reads the information about the arena, the surrounding environment rapidly transforms into a massive mechanical fortress.
"Based on the effect of [Giant Fortress Zelos] when activated, add one [Boss Rush] from your deck to your hand."
After taking the aforementioned card from the deck, Silver Meteor placed it into the Spell & Trap Zone without hesitation.
"Then, activate the Continuous Spell [Boss Rush]!"
"This card can only be activated on a turn when I have not performed Normal Summon, and I cannot perform Normal Summon as long as this card is on the field. However, during the End Phase of the turn when a monster with 'Giant Battleship' in its name on your field is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 'Giant Battleship' monster from your Deck."
"The Giant Battleship deck... Its unique feature is that it places counters on itself upon entering the battlefield. These counters are not destroyed in battle, but one counter is removed after each battle. If it has no counters, it will automatically destroy itself after battle. It's quite an interesting deck."
Listening to Judai's comments, Silver Meteor's face was covered in cold sweat.
"Hey! If you know everything, why would I need to duel?"
In response, Judai shook his head. "Then what kind of professional duelist are you? Your deck information has been revealed, and instead of finding a solution, you're just trying to figure out how to deal with it. What kind of professional duelist are you?"
"Uh... that makes sense..." Silver Meteor scratched his head, speechless after being refuted by a single sentence.
"Then I'll continue..."
He looked back at his hand, quickly made a decision, and drew another card from the top, placing it on the Duel Disk. "Field Spell [Giant Fortress Zelos] effect activated: Once per turn during your Main Phase, Special Summon one [Giant Battleship] monster from your hand."
"Come out"◎(∪∷≡‰∞∧○0 Wusou<. Search quN: Let's go, [Giant Battleship Giant Core Mk-2]!"
Immediately, the massive fortress opened a passage, and a red and silver warship, adorned with two enormous cores, flew out and hovered above the two.
"As long as the Giant Fortress exists on the field, monsters with '[Giant Battleship]' in their name gain 500 ATK and DEF, and cannot be targeted by the opponent's card effects or destroyed by their card effects."
[Battleship Core Mk-2: Attack 2400→2900, Defense 1100→1600]
[Silver Meteor Hand Cards: 5 → 4]
Silver Meteor clenched his fist and exclaimed excitedly, "Furthermore, when the Giant Core Mk-2 is successfully Special Summoned, it places three counters on itself. Also, when the [Giant Battleship] monster is Summoned or Special Summoned, it can add an additional counter, just like the Giant Fortress effect."
[Battleship Core Mk-2: Counters 0→4]
"In that case, my massive warship will be invincible, and my turn will be over."
Chapter 181 The Wind Emperor
"My turn! Draw a card!"
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 5→6]
After glancing through his hand, Judai drew two cards and said, "First, I'll discard one WATER monster [Ice Emperor's Vassal Eshaal] from my hand as a price to Special Summon [D.D. Crow] from my hand."
Buzz!
A golden light flashed across the field, and a red and yellow frog with ghost patterns was projected onto the screen.
[D.D. Crow: Attack Power 1000]
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 6 → 4]
"Due to the effect of [D.D. Crow] upon its entry into the field, send one [Yomi Frog] from your deck to the graveyard."
Then he threw out another monster card. "I tribute [D.D. Crow] on the field to Summon [Wind Emperor Raiza] in Attack Position."
The D.D. Crow that had just entered the field disappeared in the blink of an eye. Then, a sudden gust of wind swept across Judai's field, and a green giant wearing a bird-shaped helmet took shape in the storm.
[Wind Emperor Raiza: Attack Power 2400]
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 4 → 3]
"The Wind Emperor... so there are emperors other than the Four Emperors..."
"And their attributes are all different. Does that mean there are also DARK Attribute emperor monsters?"
"Who knows..."
As everyone speculated, Judai raised his right hand, staring at the giant's back, and shouted, "Reza's monster effect activates! When this card is summoned by tribute, you can return one card from your opponent's field to the top of their deck!"
"What? It's an effect that sends the card back to the deck!? But as long as Giant Fortress is on the field, you can't target Giant Battleship Monster!"
"So I've chosen your Field Spell, so put that card back in your deck for now!"
As soon as Judai finished speaking, a card slot popped out of the field area from Silver Meteor's Duel Disk with a whoosh, and the card flew back to the deck.
"In this way, the attack and defense capabilities of your massive warship will be restored to their original state, and it will be able to be affected by my effects."
As the site was blown away, the surrounding environment quickly transformed, returning to the appearance of the Real World.
"Oh no!"
Beep beep beep...!
[Huge battleship Giant Core Mk-2: attack power 2900→2400, defense power 1600→1100]
Silver Meteor gritted his teeth and stubbornly said, "But your monster and the Giant Core Mk-2 both have the same attack power of 2400 points, and the Giant Core Mk-2 cannot be destroyed by battle. My Giant Battleship Monster is even stronger now, and I will draw this card again next turn."
"Then let's destroy it with an effect this turn..."
Judai spoke, he played a Spell Card.
"I will then activate Spell Card [Card Advance] from my hand, check the top five cards of my deck, and place them back in my preferred order."
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 3→2]
He pulled out five cards from the top of the deck to examine them, quickly rearranged them, and put them back in their original order.
He then drew another card from his hand, saying, "After activating [Card Advance], I gain an additional chance to Tribute Summon a monster this turn."
"Offer the Raiza on the field as a sacrifice to summon [Raiden, Hand of the Storm] in Attack Position!"
As he slammed the card onto the Duel Disk, the Wind Emperor vanished from his spot amidst a burst of light.
Rumble--!!
Amidst the thunderous roar, a giant clad in heavy silver-white armor appeared.
[Raiden, Hand of the Storm: Attack Power 2400]
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 2 → 1]
Judai pointed at the warship overhead and commanded, "When the Thunder Emperor is successfully summoned, destroy one of the monsters on the field and obliterate that piece of scrap metal!"
Sizzle sizzle...!
The Thunder Emperor raised his palms high, and violent lightning erupted from them, shooting towards the core of the massive warship above him.
Rumble--!
An electric arc instantly spread across the entire massive warship, and the mechanical monster exploded as if it had encountered lightning, its nemesis, turning into dust amidst the flames.
Seeing this, Silver Meteor muttered, "Damn it! Why won't they fight me fair and square? I hate these roundabout duels the most..."
At the same time, Judai immediately waved his hand and roared, "Take this! Zaborgh launches a direct attack on the player!"
Upon receiving the command, the Thunder Emperor raised his palm, and another bolt of lightning erupted from it, hurtling towards the opponent.
Boom--!!
"Ughhh--!!"
[Silver Meteor: LP4000→1600]
After seeing his opponent lose most of their life points, Judai continued, "My turn is over now. Based on the effect of your Continuous Spell [Boss], you can choose to Special Summon a [Giant Battleship] monster from your Deck during this End Phase."
"However, this means the Field Spell [Giant Fortress Zelos] on your deck will be shuffled into your deck. And if you choose to pass this turn, you can only use the cards you already have in your hand for the next turn, and I guess you don't have any Giant Battleship Monsters with higher attack power than Giant Core Mk-2."
"Alright, how will you choose, Silver Meteor?"
"A choice between two options? Neither one is a good choice..." At this point, Silver Meteor's pig brain was about to overload. "Ugh!! This is too complicated! Making things this complicated isn't my style. I can't be indecisive!"
So he randomly chose one, "I choose not to activate the effect..."
As Judai predicted, the opponent chose resistance over resistance.
"It's my turn again, time to draw a card!"
"Activate the Field Spell [Giant Fortress Zelos] once more!"
Swish!
The Duel Disk reads the card's information again, and the surrounding scene transforms once more into the interior of a massive mechanical fortress.
Then, without hesitation, he played another card from his hand. "Using the effect of Giant Fortress once again, Special Summon [Battleship Core] from my hand."
The fortress suddenly opened a hatch, and a massive warship with only one core flew out from it.
"Due to the effect of the giant fortress, the attack and defense of the giant core have increased by 500 points."
[Battleship Core: Attack 2300→2800, Defense 1100→1600]
[Silver Meteor Hand Cards: 4 → 3]
"And in accordance with another effect of the massive fortress, place an indicator on the massive warship."
[Battleship Core: Indicator 0→1]
Judai, seeing this, revealed an expression that said, "As expected, all you have right now are these giant battleship monsters that require Normal Summon to place three counters. If you only have one counter, your monster will be destroyed after just two battles."
Chapter 182 The Evil Emperor
Listening to Judai's analysis, Silver Meteor curled his lip dismissively. "Hey, do you think I haven't considered that? A giant battleship that's a BOSS isn't so easily defeated..."
As he spoke, he played a Spell Card: "I activate the Spell Card [Shield Recovery] (anime card) from my hand. Monsters with [Giant Battleship] in their name gain three more counters."
[Battleship Core: Indicator 1→4]