Yu-Gi-Oh!: Starting with an Underworld Deck, Depressing the World, Part 208
[Defense Strength "880": 1200]
"Sartorius, no, Light of Destruction, I'll show you how to break down the wall of destiny you speak of!"
Aster immediately waved in response.
"Initiate the battle! [Destiny HERO - Dasher] Attack [Arcana Force VII - The Chariot]! Speed away, motorcycle!"
"Sizzle!!"
With a whooshing sound of motorcycle tires spinning rapidly, the black [Destiny HERO - Dasher] motorcycle monster in front of him roared and charged towards the [Arcana Force VII - The Chariot] in front of Sartorius in the distance!
In the blink of an eye, the [Arcana Force VII - The Chariot] roared and exploded with a "bang" into a ball of fire and smoke, completely destroyed!
The aftershocks of the explosion, including fire and smoke, quickly reached Sartorius!
This caused him to let out a muffled groan, slightly in pain.
His original [4000LP] health points also decreased by 400 points, becoming [3600LP]!
"Next up is [Destiny HERO - Drilldark]'s attack! Free the Diamond Man! Ultimate Pierce!"
"Snort!!"
Aster Phoenix.
The other red and black armored drill-wielding hero monster in front of him suddenly leaped into the air!
Raising the massive, sharp drill in his hand, he unleashed a rapidly descending attack towards the [Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude on the field in front of Sartorius, who had been Special Summon and controlled!
In an instant, it destroyed the [Destiny HERO - Diamond Dude], exploding into another cloud of fire and smoke!
The aftershocks of the explosion hit Sartorius behind him, reducing his health to [3600LP]. He groaned as his health decreased by another 200, bringing his total health to [3400LP]!
"As expected of a genius professional duelist! He completely reversed the situation in just one round!" Jaden Yuki exclaimed excitedly, clenching his fist as he looked at the scene.
"Indeed! Not only did he summon three monsters on his own field, but he also reduced Sartorius's life points!" Bastion Misawa and Chazz Princeton nodded in agreement.
Jiang He, however, was completely oblivious. This little gray- Aster Phoenix had truly turned the tide! Although Aster's attacks were indeed fierce, in reality, the damage he inflicted on that old schemer, Sartorius, was a paltry mere 600 points...
Jiang He stated that he had the Sphere Kuriboh, with its noble 300 points of attack power, kick it twice, and it would deal the same damage...
Most importantly, if the old cunning master Sartorius's underworld gambling -Arcana Force deck could control the coin toss, or rather, the card's position when it's flipped, it would be a perfect match.
Therefore, disrupting Aster Phoenix's current situation in one fell swoop would be quite an easy task.
Jiang He's prediction soon began to come true. "Then I'll lay two more cards in wait, turn over!"
After the little gray- Aster Phoenix laid two more cards in ambush, and the turn ended, 0 Sartorius seemed completely unconcerned, drawing cards from his own Duel Disk deck!
"My turn, draw! And through the effect of [Destiny HERO - Defender] on your field, I can draw an extra card!" "Aster, come and see your so-called struggle, your powerlessness in the face of true fate!" Sartorius said, directly showing one of the two cards he had just drawn! "I activate Spell Card from my hand, [Swords of X x]!"
A Spell Card featuring numerous Swords of X embedded in the ground with a moonlit background suddenly appeared on the field in front of him! "[Swords of X x]?! Is that the special Spell Card that comes with the Arcana Force deck?"
Bastion Misawa, Kaiser Zane Truesdale, and the gray-haired Aster, who was their opponent in the dueling arena, all showed expressions of surprise.
Jiang He revealed a knowing look on his face!
He'd call this [Swords of X] a "gambler's version of the Spell Card [Raigeki]"...!
"The effect of the Magic 5.2 Spell Card [Swords of X] is: when the card is upright, it gains a face-up effect, destroying all monsters on your opponent's field! If it is reversed, then it destroys all monsters on your own field!" Sartorius chuckled as he spoke towards Aster.
"Aster, it's up to you to call a halt, and witness your destiny once more!" As he spoke, Sartorius secretly glanced at Jiang He, feeling that his own disguise of being unable to control the forward or reverse position was quite "successful"!
Jiang He couldn't help but twitch his lips, almost unable to hold back his laughter.
He said, "With acting skills like that, you think you can compete with Jiang Daishanren?"
He almost believed it!
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"What?! Once in the right position, he can destroy all the monsters on the opponent's field?!" Compared to Jiang He, the others were completely unaware of Sartorius's true abilities.
Upon hearing the effect of the activated Spell Card [Swords of X], everyone was taken aback!
"Someone would actually use a card like this, with such huge side effects, completely dependent on luck!" Alexis Rhodes exclaimed in surprise. "Although Sartorius's timing for activating it was quite clever, when he had absolutely no monsters on his field, given the [Swords of X x]'s positional effect, Aster Phoenix still has a fifty percent chance of winning!" Chazz Princeton immediately said.
However, he had a vague feeling that there was something he couldn't remember deep in his memory, as if it was reminding him that something was wrong.
"Hmph, Aster, hurry up and call a halt. Even if you delay any longer, you can't change your predetermined fate!"
Sartorius continued to exert psychological pressure on Aster Phoenix, urging him on with "Ding ding ding!"
As the Sartorius spoke, the card images floating above the playing area in front of him began to slowly rotate clockwise.
He looked like he was just waiting for Aster Phoenix to call a halt. "Stop!" Hearing this, Aster, a bead of cold sweat appearing on his face, finally gritted his teeth and shouted, "Stop!" Crack!
Shortly after he finished speaking, the card, which had been rotating clockwise, paused briefly before finally coming to rest in the upright position! "It's in the upright position...!"
Upon seeing the lingering card shadow, the expressions of Aster Phoenix, Sartorius's duel opponent, and Kaiser Zane Truesdale, and Jiang He Jaden Yuki, who were watching the battle nearby, all changed instantly!
"Waaaaah! If it's in the correct position, then according to the effect of that Spell Card [Swords of X x], wouldn't all of Aster Phoenix's monsters on the field be destroyed...?!" Syrus Truesdale exclaimed pessimistically.
"Hmph, Aster, do you understand now? This is your so-called resistance, the powerlessness under true fate!" Sartorius chuckled, then quickly waved his hand, a sickly expression on his face. "[Swords of X]'s effect activates in its current position, destroying all monsters on your field! Sword of Judgment!" "Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!" As Sartorius's words fell, a burst of light suddenly shone from the Spell Card [Swords of X] that appeared on the field in front of him.
Several energy Swords of X materialized in front of him, then rapidly shot out, attacking the three D. hero monster figures on the field in front of Aster Phoenix! "Boom boom boom!!"
As the Swords of X pierced through in an instant, the three monster figures in front of Aster— [Destiny HERO - Drilldark], [Destiny HERO - Dasher], and the other two—immediately shattered into orange-yellow particles, completely destroyed and vanished!
Damn it!
Aster Phoenix's face immediately turned serious as he stared intently in the direction of the Sartorius.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, the situation turned completely unfavorable to him again!
Fortunately, the two hidden cards he had on the field were enough to allow him to withstand the direct attack of the Light of Destruction from Sartorius at the crucial moment! "Hmph, you think you still have a chance of winning? Then I'll show you the power of an even stronger Arcana Force monster!" Sartorius said, taking another card from his remaining five cards and placing it on the Duel Disk to activate! "Activate the Spell Card from my hand, [Arcana Deathscythe]!"
A Spell Card with an image of a strange monster with three enormous eyes suddenly appeared on the field in front of Sartorius! "This card's effect is activated by sending one monster with ' Arcana Force ' in its name from your Deck to the Graveyard. This turn, whenever an opponent's monster is destroyed by battle, you can inflict damage equal to that monster's ATK!" Sartorius said, raising his Duel Disk with a crooked smile.
He quickly accepted a Arcana Force monster that automatically popped from his deck and discarded it from the Duel Disk to the Graveyard! "I choose to send this Level 4 monster from my deck, [Arcana Force I - The Magician], to the Graveyard!"
"Huh? To activate Spell Card like [Arcana Deathscythe] at this time, which deals damage equal to the opponent's attack power when the monster is destroyed in battle?" Rei Saotome, standing next to Jiang He, couldn't help but exclaim in confusion.
"But there are clearly no monsters left on Aster Phoenix's field at 880."
"That Sartorius probably activated this Spell Card [Arcana Deathscythe] specifically to send a Arcana Force Monster from his deck to the Graveyard!" Alexis Rhodes said, her expression shifting as if she had guessed something.
Jiang He nodded approvingly at this.
He immediately saw through the old Sartorius's cunning intentions. If he remembered correctly, this guy's underworld gambling deck seemed to contain Arcana Force Spell Card that could send monsters from his own graveyard to the opponent's field as "traitors"...
Those monsters like Sartorius, which all require a coin toss or card spin to determine whether their effects are heads or tails—these are like gambler's monsters—once they're sent to the opponent's field as traitors, they can wreak havoc on their team...
Moreover, this perfectly complements the effect of the Spell Card [Arcana Deathscythe] that Sartorius just activated, allowing him to inflict damage on that little gray-haired Aster Phoenix!
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"Hmph, you figured it out, but it's too late now!"
As he spoke, the Sartorius took out one card from the remaining four cards in his hand and showed it to the Emperor.
"Activate the Spell Card from your hand: [Necro Sacrifice]!"
A Spell Card with numerous jet-black tentacles, holding a sphere containing a soul-like pattern, suddenly appeared on the field in front of him!
"This card's effect allows you to Special Summon 1-2 monsters from your Graveyard to your opponent's field. After that, the Tribute required to Summon a monster is reduced by the corresponding number!"
"As expected, they've arrived." Upon hearing this, Jiang He's face immediately showed an expression of "I knew it."
"I choose to Special Summon [Arcana Force VII - The Chariot] from my Graveyard, along with [Arcana Force I - The Magician] which I just sent from my Deck to the Graveyard, to your field!"
In the distance, on the dueling arena, Sartorius raised his Duel Disk and addressed the little gray- Aster Phoenix.
An orange-yellow light had already illuminated the area above.
"Of course, whether you summon in an attack or Defense Position is up to you, Aster!"
"Defense Position!"
Upon hearing Sartorius's words, Aster Phoenix immediately assessed the current situation and said solemnly.
"Then, resurrect on the opponent's field! [Arcana Force VII - The Chariot], and [Arcana Force I - The Magician]!"
As Sartorius finished speaking, two beams of orange-yellow light shot out from the graveyard of the Duel Disk he was wearing, landing on the field in front of Aster Phoenix in the distance.
In a flash of light, it transformed into the same gray-black, gourd-shaped, alien mechanical monster that had appeared before.
And then a monstrous figure appeared, dressed in a clown-like black and white outfit, with a strange, dough-like face.
With a sly grin, he crouched down and appeared in a defensive stance in front of the little gray- Aster!
[Arcana Force 1 - Magician]
[Star Rating: 4]
[Attribute: Light]
[Attack Power: 1100]
[Defense Strength: 1100]
"They actually Special Summon monsters to Aster's field!"
Jaden Yuki suddenly seemed to realize something and said in surprise.
"If those two monsters activate their effects, and the cards are rotated to reversed positions with negative effects, wouldn't that mean...?!" "Then those two monsters are pure traitors." Jiang He said without any surprise. As soon as he said this, Chazz Princeton, Bastion Misawa, Tyranno Hassleberry, and the others beside him, as well as the little gray- Aster Phoenix on the dueling field in the distance, all immediately realized this and their expressions became serious!
"Those monsters of Sartorius all have the potential to have negative effects! This time it's my turn to turn the cards of fate. Have you figured out which position it is?"
Seeing the two cards that appeared above the two Arcana Force monsters that Sartorius Special Summon on his field, rotating clockwise with a "thump thump thump," Aster clenched his fists and said solemnly.
"No, fate has already foreshadowed that the position you can rotate to will definitely have a negative effect from a reversed position, and a positive effect from a positive position!" The Sartorius Wang spoke with an air of unwavering confidence, almost like a charlatan. Clang... Crack!
Almost immediately after Sartorius finished speaking, the two spinning cards quickly came to rest in opposite and upright positions! "It really is one in an opposite position and one in an upright position!" Alexis Rhodes exclaimed in surprise.
Does that Sartorius really possess the ability to foresee fate?
Otherwise, how could I have known that one of the two monsters was in the correct position and the other in the reversed position?! "Hmph, I've already said it before, fate is my companion, everything is already predetermined, Aster. If you hand over the key to me now, then perhaps you won't have to endure the pain that follows." The Sartorius said seductively to the little gray- Aster Phoenix.
Their attempt was to obtain one of the two Satellite SOLA Key directly from Aster without resorting to a duel and revealing more information!
Before the Sartorius could finish his persuasion, he looked expectantly at Aster's words about his predetermined fate, but instead showed a bewildered expression.
Suddenly, he heard Jiang He, who was watching the show from the side, say something to him in a low voice.
"If I remember correctly, your ability to divine fate should have been blocked and interfered with by my Hummingbird Earthbound Immortal, right?" "Then how do you see the fates of this little gray-haired creature and those two Arcana Force monsters, which are in opposite positions?" "..." Upon hearing this, the Sartorius fell silent for a moment.
"..." The little gray- Aster Phoenix, as well as Jaden Yuki Judai, Chazz Princeton, Mizawa Daichi, and others, were all taken aback.
He looked somewhat bewildered.
So that's how it happened?!
Especially seeing the Sartorius's silent demeanor, they all immediately had a very strong urge to complain!
Good grief, you're cheating, aren't you? You're cheating!
Caught on the spot. jpg So, Sartorius, you can control this outcome, right? Then what you're saying about fate seems completely unbelievable!
Aster immediately looked at the Sartorius with a serious expression and said...