The Protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Might Be the Same Person

The Sky Dragon opened its lower jaw, gathered lightning, and then unleashed a bolt of light towards Silent Magician, engulfing it.

An explosion rang out, kicking up a cloud of smoke.

[Yugi Muto: LP 4000 → 1500]

"Hehehe, now your ace monster is gone."

"I'll set one last card, and end my turn."

Marik said with satisfaction.

[Marik Ishtar Hand: 6 → 5]

At this moment, the smoke cleared, revealing Yugi's figure.

"What..."

Marik saw Yugi smiling inexplicably.

"During your End Phase, I have something to do. I activate your face-down card, the Trap Card [Dust Tornado]!"

Can only be activated when targeting 1 Spell/Trap Card on the opponent's field. Destroy that card. After that, you can Set 1 Spell/Trap Card.

"Of course, I'm going to destroy the card you just set,"

Yugi shouted, pointing at the face-down card. The card flipped over.

--[Mirror Force]--.

Then, a whirlwind shattered the face-down card.

Chapter 10: Chaos Phantom

"What's so funny?"

Marik asked, displeased, looking at Yugi's smile.

"Nothing, I'm just excited because you've helped me assemble the combination needed to defeat a god."

Yugi said confidently.

"Nani!? You said a combination to defeat a god!?"

Marik was stunned.

"My turn, draw!"

[Yugi Muto Hand: 6 → 7]

Yugi put away the card he just drew, then took out another card from his hand and placed it on his Duel Disk.

"First, I summon [Chaos Phantom] from my hand."

A mass of black mist appeared on Yugi's field.

[Chaos Phantom: ATK 0]

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[Yugi Muto Hand: 7 → 6]

"Hehehe, I thought you had some trick up your sleeve, but you just summoned a weak monster with zero attack power."

Marik immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then, at this moment, the special effect of [Slifer the Sky Dragon] activates, Lightning Blast!"

Activates when opponent Summons, Flip Summons, or Special Summons a monster. Reduce the ATK/DEF of those monsters by 2000 points based on their battle position. If this effect reduces the ATK/DEF to 0, destroy those monsters.

At this moment, the upper jaw of the Sky Dragon behind Marik spewed a ball of lightning that fell onto the black mist, instantly scattering it.

"With the special ability of [Slifer the Sky Dragon], no weak monster can exist before me, hahahaha!"

Marik burst into laughter.

"The power of the God Cards is truly immense, AIBO, you..."

The King trailed off, turning to look at Yugi, only to see him still smiling calmly.

"Don't worry, my other self, this was all within my expectations."

Yugi said with great confidence.

"All within your expectations!? Are you out of your mind, Yugi? Your monster has already been destroyed. Any plan you have is useless."

Marik said contemptuously.

"That's not true!"

Yugi retorted immediately.

"Nani!?"

Just as Marik was about to say something else, he suddenly saw an unbelievable sight.

The scattered black mist began to gather again.

"What the hell!? Why wasn't [Chaos Phantom] destroyed?"

Marik shouted in confusion.

"Didn't you just say it!? [Slifer the Sky Dragon]'s effect destroys monsters after reducing their ATK to zero. So, a monster whose original ATK was already zero isn't destroyed because its ATK wasn't lowered to zero by a God Card's effect!"

Yugi calmly explained.

"I see, so that's the biggest loophole in [Slifer the Sky Dragon]'s effect."

The King immediately understood.

"Next is my counterattack! I activate [Chaos Phantom]'s special effect!"

"Once per turn, you can target 1 Effect Monster in your Graveyard. Banish that monster, and this card is treated as that monster until the End Phase, gaining its original ATK and effects."

"The monster I'm banishing is, of course, [Silent Magician LV8]."

Yugi took a card from his Graveyard and tucked it into his pocket.

Then, a black mist materialized into the form of Silent Magician.

[Chaos Phantom: ATK 0 → 3500]

"It's not over yet! I activate the Equip Spell [Big Benkei] from my hand and equip it to [Chaos Phantom]."

"If your Life Points are lower than your opponent's, the equipped monster's ATK becomes double its original ATK. If your Life Points are higher than your opponent's, the equipped monster's ATK becomes half its original ATK."

[Yugi Muto Hand: 6 → 5]

"Because of [Chaos Phantom]'s own effect, this card's original ATK is 3500. Therefore, this card's ATK is..."

[Chaos Phantom: ATK 3500 → 7000]

"ATK... seven thousand..."

Marik was dumbfounded. The trash monster in his eyes had surged to 7000 ATK.

"Battle! I attack [Slifer the Sky Dragon] with [Chaos Phantom]!"

The Silent Magician-like phantom swung its staff, firing a massive energy blast at the Sky Dragon.

Bang----!!

With an explosion, the Sky Dragon was instantly annihilated.

"[Chaos Phantom]'s battle inflicting battle damage to your opponent becomes zero, so you did not take the excess two thousand damage."

Yugi said in a calm tone.

"Damn it, Yugi! My invincible God was defeated so easily..."

Marik said resentfully.

Yugi placed a card from his hand onto his Duel Disk.

"Finally, I'll set two cards and end my turn."

Yugi's back row was suddenly filled.

[Yugi Muto Hand: 5 → 3]

"Then, during my End Phase, [Chaos Phantom]'s effect ends, and this card's ATK returns to normal."

The phantom, resembling Silent Magician, turned back into a wisp of black mist.

[Chaos Phantom: ATK 7000 → 0]

Chapter 11: Toying with Slifer the Sky Dragon

"My turn, draw!"

[Marik Ishtar Hand: 5 → 6]

After glancing at the card he drew, Marik's previously heavy heart suddenly lifted.

"Heheheh. Although Yugi, you being able to defeat a God was unexpected, your monster's ATK is now zero. I can defeat you in one hit."

Marik said with a laugh, then drew another card from his hand.

"First, I activate the Continuous Spell [Graceful Charity]!"

"Activate when a monster is successfully Special Summoned to either player's Graveyard. Draw 3 cards from your Deck."

"Next, I activate the Spell Card [Monster Reborn]."

"Revive, [Slifer the Sky Dragon]!"

[Marik Ishtar Hand: 6 → 4]

Then, a beam of light shot up from Marik's field, and the massive silhouette of the Sky Dragon reappeared.

[Slifer the Sky Dragon: ATK 4000]

"At this moment, I activate [Graceful Charity]'s effect! I draw three cards from my Deck!"

[Marik Ishtar Hand: 4 → 7]

[Slifer the Sky Dragon: ATK 4000 → 7000]

At this moment, Yugi clicked a button, and a Set card was flipped face-up.

"At this moment, I activate the Trap Card, [Gathering of Strength]!"

"Activate by targeting 1 face-up monster on the field. All equipped cards on the field are equipped to the selected monster. Incorrectly targeted equipped cards are destroyed."

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"I equip [Big Benkei] to [Slifer the Sky Dragon], doubling its original ATK."

Big Benkei was immediately equipped to Slifer the Sky Dragon.

"Hehehe, foolish! Yugi, you thought [Slifer the Sky Dragon]'s ATK was zero, and that this card would reduce a god's ATK to zero... You're too naive! The god's true effect is..."

"This card's original ATK/DEF become the number of cards in its controller's hand x 1000."

"Therefore, [Slifer the Sky Dragon]'s ATK is..."

[Slifer the Sky Dragon: ATK 7000 → 14000]

"No!!"

The King immediately grew worried.

"This is the end! Battle, I attack [Chaos Phantom] with [Slifer the Sky Dragon]! Superconducting Thunder Force!"

Lightning gathered in Slifer the Sky Dragon's lower jaw once more.

"This is the moment I've been waiting for! Flip over my face-down card, activate the Trap Card, [Holy Lance]!"

"Can only be activated when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Restore your Life Points by the amount of that attacking monster's ATK."

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"Since this is not a Trap Card that targets a god, my Trap Card is valid!"

[Yugi Muto: LP 1500 → 15500]

"Tch, just playing tricks! But this will only let you survive one attack..."

Marik couldn't help but click his tongue.