Chapter 76
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 1→2]
He glanced at the card instinctively, then his pupils suddenly contracted slightly.
"This card..."
After seeing the card clearly, King asked, "So, do you want to use it, AIBO?"
Yugi nodded and replied, "Of course. With Rafael's deck having a lot of equipment cards, it's highly unlikely she'll play [Pot of Greed], so we can give it a try."
With that, he inserted the card into the Duel Disk, "I activate the Spell Card [Time Capsule]."
Choose 1 card from your deck, Yugi it face down. During your second Standby Phase after activation, destroy this card and add it to your hand.
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 2 → 1]
A coffin appeared beneath the Yugi's feet. He then took out the card he had chosen, placed it inside, and the coffin disappeared.
"That concludes my turn."
Chapter 105: Hand Swap
Rafael stared thoughtfully at the coffin disappearing beneath the Yugi's feet.
He seemed to have thought of something, and frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.
Since the Yugi can only add that card to the hand after two rounds anyway, Rafael still has some time to prepare.
So he pulled out two more cards.
"My turn!"
[Rafael's hand cards: 1→3]
"Ah..."
Looking at the two cards in his hand, Rafael slightly opened his mouth.
The Yugi, of course, noticed this as well. "Could it be that they drew [Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians]?"
Rafael smiled at his reaction and replied, "Don't worry, Yugi Muto. I won't use [Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians] in this duel."
"What?!"
This surprised Yugi and King, as Rafael, a member of Doma, was not using that card.
However, they were actually quite happy that the other party didn't have to come out, since once that card was played, there was no turning back.
At this moment, Rafael picked up a card from his hand, inserted it into the Duel Disk, and said, "I activate the Equip Spell [Ring of Magnetism] from my hand. The equipped monster's ATK and DEF are reduced by 500 points. Your opponent can only attack the monster equipped with this card."
A green ring appeared on Hill's hand.
[Guardian Hill: Attack Power 1700 → 1200]
[Rafael's hand cards: 3 → 2]
"It actually lowered its own monster's attack power on its own..."
"But that's not Rafael's goal."
During King's conversation with Yugi, Rafael threw that card into the graveyard again and continued, "I activate [Guardian Shearer]'s special ability once more, sending [Ring of Magnetism] to the graveyard to destroy [Soul Reaper]."
Hill then removed the ring and threw it away. The ring transformed into a ball of flame, like a shooting star, and flew rapidly toward the Soul Reaper.
"Really..."
However, just before it was about to strike the undead, it suddenly shattered on its own, the flames passing through the air without hitting anything.
"If [Soul Reaper] becomes the target of an effect, it will be destroyed. Although this is not resolved by my effect, it is enough for me to make it disappear."
With that, Rafael waved his right hand and shouted, "Go! [Guardian Hill], attack [Revived Kuriboh]!"
Hill then opened his mouth and spewed out another ball of fire.
Bang--!
"Curry, curry~~"
"[Revived Kuriboh]..."
The last Kuriboh on Yugi field was also destroyed.
"It's not over yet. I'll use [Guardian Grall] to attack directly again, with Decisive Slash!"
Grall raised his giant axe again and charged forward.
"And activate the effect of [Guardian's Strength] once again, placing a Spell Counter, increasing [Guardian Grall's] attack power by 500 points."
[Guardian's Strength: Spell Counter 1→2]
[Guardian Grall: Attack Power 3500 → 4000]
The colorful light surrounding Grall grew thicker.
A single hit with 4,000 attack power can take away the rest of the Yugi's health.
The Yugi immediately announced, "At the moment [Guardian Grall] attacks, [Revived Kuriboh]'s special ability is activated."
The moment the words left his mouth, Grall stopped abruptly, his giant axe about to strike the Yugi.
Grall seemed to show a helpless expression; it could only retract its giant axe and wait for the Yugi to process the effects.
The Yugi continues. "When an opponent's monster declares an attack, you can Special Summon any number of [Kuriboh] monsters from your Graveyard by banishing [Revived Kuriboh] from your Graveyard."
"Come back once again, Kuriboh brothers!"
The five-colored Kuriboh were projected again.
[Kuriboh Ball: Defense 200]
[Kuriboh Brood: Defense 200]
[Kuriboh Circle: Defense 200]
[Kuriboh Pearl: Defense 200]
[Kuriboh: Defense 200]
"Curry, Curry~~"
The Kuriboh made a joyful sound in unison.
Rafael felt a pang of sadness watching these adorable creatures return to the field. °●⊥▲%≯
They blocked his way time and again, making it difficult for him to make a move.
Furthermore, it failed to trigger the effect of the [Seal of the Light Spirit Sword].
"Then I'll stop my attack..."
There's no other way; if we attack randomly, it will trigger Kuriboh Ball's effect. The main concern is that the Yugi might pull out some strange cards, which would cause trouble.
Once Grall had retreated to Rafael's side, he inserted a card into the Duel Disk, "Then I'll activate the Spell Card [Hand Swap]."
[Rafael's hand cards: 2 → 1]
"[The Hand Swap]... Could it be!?"
The Yugi's pupils suddenly contracted; he had realized what the other party was about to do.
"[Hand Swap] is a card that allows players to exchange one card from each other's hand; each of us only has one card in our hand."
With that, Rafael held up the last card in his hand.
"Therefore, let's exchange them."
The two then walked up to each other and handed over their cards.
"It really is [the Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians]..."
Looking at the card in Rafael's hand, Yugi hesitated, wondering whether he should take it.
"What's wrong, Yugi Muto, or the Nameless Pharaoh? Are you afraid to face the darkness in your hearts?"
Hearing Rafael's words, Yugi frowned slightly, "A card that awakens the darkness within...?"
The Yugi was actually relieved, since someone with his personality couldn't possibly have any dark side.
So he accepted the card without hesitation; if it were King, he probably wouldn't have dared to accept it.
Rafael accepted the card that the Yugi offered.
"I'll take this [Monster Reborn]."
After that, they all returned to their original positions.
Looking at the card that had already been handed to the Yugi, Rafael started talking about the darkness of humanity and the deep sins of humankind. Then he went on to describe how enormous Doma was, how it wiped out human history, and how it guided human civilization.
In short, each side describes the Doma organization in a grand and sophisticated way, but it's essentially a pyramid scheme.
"But I have never relied on the darkness within me."
The Yugi shook its head and said.
"Hmph, then prove the light in your heart that you believe in."
"I've already said, I won't use [Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians] in this duel. You're the one using that card."
"You should know the power of this card; those with weak hearts will become prisoners of their inner darkness when they use it. However, a duelist like you should be able to wield it."
"Since you're going to deny the darkness in your heart, then make perfect use of that card."
After spouting those words, Rafael ended the round abruptly.
"AIBO, you can't use that card! You should be able to sense the evil power emanating from it."
"Of course I know, the Other Me."
The Yugi wasn't going to use this card in the first place, and he had a gut feeling that if the card were used, something bad would happen, and it might cause the Legendary Dragon to lose its way.
As he was thinking this, he glanced casually at the spot where the coffin had disappeared.
Only then did he place his fingers on the card deck.
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 1→2]
After glancing at the card, Yugi inserted it into the Duel Disk without hesitation. "I activate the Spell Card [Card Advance], check the top five cards of my deck, and then put them back on top of the deck in my preferred order."
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 2 → 1]
"And this turn, in addition to Normal Summon, I will have one more chance to use Tribute Summon."
Of course, the Yugi doesn't have any monsters that can be summoned.
Then Yugi drew five cards from his deck, and the moment they were in his hand, Yugi's eyes widened.
Because one of the cards emitted a familiar voice, "Master, we are finally fighting side by side with you again."
"[The Dark Magician Girl]..."
Looking at one of the cards, the Yugi seemed to see the girl on the card wink.
"Um..."
The Yugi nodded slightly.
After adjusting the order, I put the cards back.
"Then I activated [Kuriboh Ball]'s special ability once again, sacrificing all five Kuriboh brothers to summon [Babylon Kuriboh]."
The five Kuriboh merged back into one, Babylon Kuriboh returned to the field.
[Babylon Kuriboh: Attack power 1500 → 3000]
"That concludes my turn."
Chapter 106 Rafael's Defeated Escape
As this round of the Yugi ended, the Swords of Revealing Light, which had been in use for three rounds, disappeared.
"My turn!"