The weather was excellent tonight, and the starlight shone brilliantly.
The "Black Iron Battleaxe," once its remaining momentum had dissipated, tipped over to one side. Then, before it had tilted forty-five degrees, it suddenly shattered into scattered starlight.
"Deadly Throw" claimed the enemy's life—and its own as well.
The "Ox-Headed Axeman" vanished, body and bones alike.
Fallen!
"Bang!"
Victor Gaude slammed his hand viciously onto the card table. The pressure that had been building since before the match caused sweat to bead on his forehead.
He could accept the one-for-one price of sacrificing the "Ox-Headed Axeman." But the Pink Fluffy Rabbit that had endured that "Deadly Throw" merely looked up at the sky with a vacantly adorable expression.
Then, it pieced the "stump" that had been split in half back together.
It pieced it... back together!
"Damn!"
As fury and shock rose within him, the audience outside had already erupted into an uproar.
In the first thirty seconds of the first round, that mere two-star Pink Fluffy Rabbit had gripped the attention of everyone inside and outside the arena like a magnet.
The two commentators had been rendered speechless with shock.
Whether it was Victor Gaude or Dark Dimon himself, neither made any further move during that time.
After raising "Magic Beast: Ditto" to six stars, Dark stopped moving as well.
A cool night breeze swept through.
After discovering that the fierce, enormous black bull had vanished for no apparent reason, the "Fairy Tale Animal: Little Rabbit" was thoroughly confused. But it had not forgotten the order Dark had given it at the very beginning.
Thus, while everyone else stared dumbfounded, it alone remained resolute. It placed the "stump" back on the ground, then climbed onto it with little "heave-ho" sounds. After letting out a soft sigh, it