Chapter 88
One is an Equip card for Etos, and the other is an Equip card that allows you to take a monster from your opponent's graveyard by paying 1500 Life Points.
"So it really is Rafael's ace monster [Guardian Ethos]..."
"Even if he's not chosen, he can still use the [Autonomous Action Unit] to steal the [Super Magician Warrior - Chaos Ruler] from our graveyard. It seems he's about to launch a full-scale attack, AIBO."
"Um."
During their conversation.
Bang--!
The [Autonomous Action Unit] shattered instantly.
"They're here!"
Once Rafael had the card in his hand, he kept firing it without stopping.
A long sword fell from the sky and instantly embedded itself in the ground.
[Dark Red Enchanter: Attack Power 2000 → 2300]
"At this very moment, due to the activation of Spell Card, [Dark Red Enchanter] places another Spell Counter."
[Dark Red Enchanter: Spell Counter 1→2, Attack Power 2300→2600]
Hearing the Yugi's instructions, Rafael chuckled nonchalantly, "Hmph, add whatever you want..."
As he spoke, he held up a card high in his hand.
"Appear, [Guardian Aetos]!"
The next moment, a bolt of lightning struck from the sky, and an ancient angel appeared before him.
[Guardian Aetos: Attack Power 2500]
[Rafael's hand cards: 2 → 1]
"Ahh--!"
Aetos clutched his head and cried out in pain.
The white wings were instantly stained black, and a barrier mark appeared on the forehead.
[Guardian Aetos: Attack Power 2500 → 3000]
Chapter 122 Spellbinding Dragon
"What is this? This overwhelming power, capable of dominating the entire arena in an instant?"
Seto Kaiba, standing behind, stared in astonishment at the angel before him.
"Yugi..."
Others also began to worry about the Yugi.
At this moment, Yugi frowned and asked Rafael, who was sneering, with a puzzled look, "Rafael, your most cherished Ethos has become like this, and you're unmoved?"
"Is this the time for you to let this kind of thing distract you?"
"Hmm..." The Yugi was somewhat dissatisfied with Rafael's response.
Rafael ignored him and reached his hand toward the grave entrance on his own.
"I activate the Spell Card [Shuffle Reborn] from my Graveyard."
You can banish this card from your graveyard, then target 1 card you control; shuffle that card back to its owner's deck, and then draw 1 card from your deck. During the End Phase of this turn, banish 1 card from your hand.
"The card you need to return to is the Equip Spell [Goddess's Holy Sword - Eagle Spirit]."
The next moment, the longsword stuck in the ground vanished instantly.
[Dark Crimson Mage: Attack Power 2600 → 2300]
After shuffling his deck, Rafael drew a card.
"Degeneration!"
[Rafael's hand cards: 1→2]
After glancing at the card, he ignored it for the time being and instead played another card from his hand. "I'll activate the Spell Card [Weapon Hole] again."
You can activate this effect by sending the top card of your deck to the Graveyard. Add 1 Equip Spell Card from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand.
[Rafael's hand cards: 2 → 1]
"The card I chose is, of course, [Goddess's Holy Sword - Eagle Spirit], which I just recycled into my deck."
After he finished searching, he drew another card from the top of the deck.
Looking at the card, Rafael slightly curled the corners of his mouth and meaningfully stuffed it into the grave.
"Hmm? That card..."
The Yugi certainly takes into account the opponent's facial expressions.
After preparing, Rafael activated the Equip spell again, "Activating the Equip Spell [Goddess's Holy Sword - Eagle Spirit] once more, this time equipping this card directly to [Guardian Ethos]."
The holy sword descended from the sky once more, but this time it was caught by Aetos.
[Guardian Aetos: Attack Power 3000 → 3300]
"They're here!"
But the Yugi is not to be outdone.
"Since you activated two more Spell Card, [Dark Red Enchanter] will place two more Spell Counter, increasing his attack power by 600 points."
[Dark Red Enchanter: Spell Counter 2→4, Attack Power 2300→2900]
"Hmph, meaningless. You should know Aetos's abilities." Rafael waved his arm and shouted, "Aetos's special effect, Sacred Sword Soul!"
Aetos then raised the Holy Sword, at which point the Yugi's Duel Disk responded to the action, breaking free from the Yugi's control and pulling on the arm to make him lift it up.
"Remove all monsters from the opponent's graveyard and absorb their power."
As soon as Rafael finished speaking, four cards flew out of the graveyard opening in the Yugi deck, and then those cards turned into energy and were absorbed by the Holy Sword one by one.
After finishing, Aetos swung his holy sword, assuming a fighting stance.
Two Macaron Marshmallon, one Witch of the Black Forest, and one Super Magic Warrior—their combined attack power increases by 4500 points.
[Guardian Aetos: Attack Power 3300 → 7500]
Seeing Anzu, Kyoko nervously covered her mouth, "Ah~ Attack power 7500 points..."
Everyone was awestruck by the powerful aura emanating from the angel.
"Yugi Muto, let's settle this once and for all!"
Rafael spread his five fingers and pushed his palm forward.
"Go forth, [Guardian Aetos], the Forbidden Truth!"
Eto's rushed forward immediately, raising his holy sword before the Crimson Archmage.
However, just as the holy sword was about to fall, it suddenly turned into stone and shattered instantly.
[Guardian Aetos: Attack Power 7500 → 3000]
"What!?"
Rafael was taken aback.
"What a pity, Rafael, your attack was ineffective..."
As he spoke, the card under the Yugi's feet was flipped open.
"That's because I just activated the effect of my Face Card, the Continuous Trap [Seal of the Light Spirit Sword]."
The opponent's monster declares an attack once, requiring 1000 Life Points to activate. That attack is negated.
[Yugi Muto: LP4000→3000]
At that moment, several lightsabers fell from the sky, separating Ethos from the monsters in the Yugi.
"Tsk, [Seal of the Light Spirit Sword] ruined my plans again..." Rafael's sure-kill attack was once again stopped by the same card.
"Did they avoid using this card before to lower my guard?! How cunning..."
The Yugi intentionally used the Graveyard to block the attack first, making Rafael think that the card he initially set was not for blocking attacks. This led Rafael to subconsciously believe that the attack would be fine, thus wasting this strong attack.
Then he showed a pained expression.
There was no other way; Rafael had to give up on this round for now.
"Then I'll set one more card face down, and the turn ends."
[Rafael's hand cards: 1 → 0]
"And since I have no cards left in my hand, I don't need to banish any cards from my hand due to the [Shuffle Reborn] effect."
As he spoke, he raised his empty left hand.
Seeing Yugi, Yu-Gi-Oh nodded and drew a card.
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5→6]
As he placed the card in his left hand, he said, "During my usual card draw phase, at the moment of drawing a card, I place a Greedy Counter based on the effect of the Continuous Spell [Fragment of Greed]."
[Fragment of Greed: Greedy Counter 0→1]
The Yugi then turned its attention to its Duel Disk, flipped the face-down card, and said, "Now I Flip Summon [Dark Magician] once again."
After the cards were flipped, the Dark Magician reappeared before the Yugi.
[Dark Magician: Attack Power 2500]
The next moment, he picked up one of the cards in his hand and played it directly. "Lend me your power once more, Timaeus!"
"Activate the Spell Card [Eye of Timaeus]!"
[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 6 → 5]
Roar--!!
A dragon's roar echoed from the sky, and Timaeus descended once more.
"Dark Magician Timaeus, unite once more!"
As soon as the Yugi ended, the Dark Magician leaped into the sky and joined the dragon, a ball of light enveloping them both.
"Appear, [Spellbinding Dragon]!"
As the voice faded, the sphere of light fell, and when the light dissipated, it revealed the combined form of the two.
Of course, their changes were not significant; it simply meant that the Dark Magician rode on the back of a giant dragon, while Timaeus was covered in runes.
[Spellbinding Dragon: Attack Power 2900]
Chapter 123 The Chaos Magician
"Due to the activation of the Spell Card, [Dark Red Enchanter] places another Spell Counter, increasing his Attack by 300 points."
[Dark Red Enchanter: Spell Counter 4→5, Attack Power 2900→3200]
"At the same time, the special effect of [Spellbinding Dragon] activates!"
If this card is Special Summoned, target any number of Spell Card in your or your opponent's Graveyard. Banish those cards, and this card gains 100 ATK for each banished card.
"What!?"
Upon hearing this, Rafael panicked.
"I will remove the two Spell Card [Eye of Timaeus] from my Graveyard."
As he spoke, the Yugi retrieved the [Monster Reborn] and [Illusion Magic] items from the graveyard.
"Then you banish the cards from your graveyard."
"Rafael, I'm sorry, there are still seven cards in your graveyard. Let me check which unknown cards are there."