Traveling in reverse through the Yu-Gi-Oh! world with the MD system

"You think you can escape?! I activate Counter Trap, [Warrior's Pride]! Negate and destroy cards that end battle!"

Instantly, a wave of air that had been spraying towards [Radiant Sword King] from the trap card opened by Yuma was shattered by the light bursting from the trap card opened by Ghosh, and vanished without a trace.

However, Ghosh's expression was not good, because he knew that Yuma still had a way to dodge the attack, while he had no way to deal with it.

"Then, I'll activate the effect of [Hope of the Emperor] again! Remove one of my Xyz Materials to nullify this attack! [Luna Shield]!"

As the ball of light entered [Hope Emperor]'s chest, its platinum wings immediately transformed into shields, protecting its body.

Even though [Radiant Sword King]'s sword strike was powerful and [Hope Emperor] barely managed to block it, he still managed to deflect the attack and protect Yuma from further damage.

Seeing this, Yuma couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Phew... saved."

However, just as Yuma breathed a sigh of relief, Ghosh reprimanded him without any politeness:

"Don't think you're all set just because you dodged [Radiant Sword King's] attack! As long as [Radiant Sword King] is on my field, you can't target any other monster on my field for your attack!"

"Give me a fair fight and a proper reckoning with [Radiant Sword King]! That's it, I'm ending my turn!"

"Is this a scam? Is it real?"

Upon hearing Ghosh's words, Yuma's face showed distress. After all, his current hand was simply insufficient to allow his monsters to deal such terrifying damage as 10000 points. However…

He did have other ways to win.

"My turn, draw a card!"

He drew the card into his hand, confirmed once again that he indeed couldn't surpass Yuma in attack power, silently closed his hand, and bowed to Ghosh:

"I'm sorry, sir's colleague."

"Hey, what do you mean by that?"

Faced with Yuma's sudden action, Ghosh was immediately taken aback and questioned him, to which Yuma promptly gave his answer:

"I know you want a duel where you compare and surpass each other, and defeat each other fair and square with your attacks! However, with my deck and hand, I can't do that right now."

However, I still have things to do! I absolutely cannot lose here! So, in the next duel, I might have to win in a way you don't like!

"I see……"

Hearing Yuma's words, Ghosh couldn't help but sigh inwardly, but he still managed a smile and began to encourage Yuma.

"Hey! Kid! If you think you can win that way, then bring it on! Whatever the duel, I'll prove I can win in my own way!"

Hearing Ghosh's encouragement, Yuma's eyes lit up instantly, and he immediately nodded and said:

"Alright! Then, I'm going up!"

So, Yuma immediately drew a card from his hand and placed it on his D-card panel.

"Then, I Normal Summon [I-I-I-Magician] from my hand!"

After the chained magician appeared on Yuma's field, Yuma, who had taken 200 points of field effect damage and whose LP had reached 3400 points, immediately revealed his other hand:

"Then, I activate the Spell Card, [GaGaGa Lightning]! When there is a monster with [GaGaGa] in its name on your field, you can destroy one card on the field!"

I chose…

With a flick of Yuma's finger, the chosen target was none other than [Radiant Sword King], whose attack power reached 10000 points.

"[Radiant Sword King]!"

However, despite being struck by the thunderbolt, [Radiant Sword King] remained unharmed, leaving Yuma stunned.

"How can this be!?"

"Nothing is impossible! This is the effect of [Iron Gloves King] on my field! As long as this card is on your field, each of the Warrior-Type monsters you control can remain undestroyed by battle or card effects once per turn!"

After explaining the effect to Youma, Ghosh spoke even more passionately,

"Furthermore, [King Iron Gloves] has another effect! When you declare an attack, it can restore my LP to half of the attack power of the attacking monster!"

"Yuma, if this is all the method you've got, you can't possibly defeat my combination of [Iron Gloves King] and [Radiant Sword King]!"

"Don't underestimate me!"

Upon hearing Ghosh's words, Yuma knew that this time, he would inevitably have to choose the tactic he was unwilling to use against Ghosh.

But for victory, he had to do this:

"I activate the effect of [I-I-I-I Magician]! Once per turn, this card's Level can be changed to any Level from Level 1 to Level 8!"

I'm going to turn it into a Level 7 monster!

Immediately afterwards, Yuma drew another magic card from his hand and revealed it to Gosh.

"Then, I activate the Spell Card, [GaGaGaFantasy]! This card can Special Summon one monster from your opponent's Graveyard to your field, and change that monster's Level to the same as one [GaGaGa] monster you control, except for one Xyz Monster!"

I've chosen to resurrect the [Heroic Challenger Swordsman] from your graveyard! And I'll raise its level to the same 7 as the current [I-I-I Magician]!

As the magic card lit up, the [I-I-I Magician] on the field immediately threw off the chains binding him and threw them in front of Ghosh, pulling a [Swordsman] out of thin air and pulling it to his side.

The [Sword-Giving Soldier] who arrived at the horse racing track instantly transformed into a level 7 monster.

"Now, I'm stacking my Level 7 [GagGagMagician] and [Swordsman] on my field! I'm building a stacking network with two monsters! Xyz Summon!"

Show yourself! [No. 11 Giant Eye]!

"No way! It's that monster again?"

Despite the startled cries of the Iron Man and the little bird beside him, Yuma felt he had no other choice; this was the best way for him to win.

"Now, I activate the effect of [Giant Eye], remove one Xyz Material from this card, and gain control of one monster on your opponent's field!"

As the excess materials caused [Giant Eye]'s enormous single eye to glow crimson, Yuma's finger immediately pointed at [Radiant Sword King] once more.

"Now, I will gain control of [Radiant Sword King]!"

"No...no?"

No matter how much Gorsh couldn't believe it, [Radiant Sword King] did indeed appear on Yuma's field after its eyes turned red. Even the effects of [Heroic Growth] and [Radiant Sword King] from the previous turn were still active, and [Radiant Sword King]'s attack power remained at 10000!

and so……

"Battle has begun! And now, as my Battle Phase begins, I will activate the effect of [Radiant Sword King]! My LP will decrease to 500! The ATK of one monster I control will double!"

I also chose [Radiant Sword King]!

The golden light flashed again, and now, [Radiant Sword King]'s attack power has reached 20000 points!

Yuma, pointing at [Iron Gloves King], gave the order to attack [Radiant Sword King]:

"Attack [Iron Gloves King], [Radiant Sword King]! [Radiant Sword Krau Solas]!"

Facing the golden pillar of light that seemed capable of splitting the sky and sea, Ghosh's hand paused on his last remaining face-down card. If he revealed this card, although he would still lose due to his LP reaching zero, he could still pull a free horse onto the field and achieve a draw.

However, he ultimately gave up, and instead laughed heartily at the golden pillar of light that pierced the sky and crashed down:

"That's right! This is the duel I've been seeking!"

Chapter 455 Ghosh's Longing and Homesickness

As the roller coaster slowly came to a stop, Yuma finally had the chance to get off and talk to Ghosh face to face. And the duel that had just taken place had indeed ended with the final strike of the [Radiant Sword King] that Yuma had seized.

However, Yuma also noticed some clues:

"You must have gone easy on me at the very end, right? You didn't activate either the effect of [Iron Gloves King] or that last face-down card, did you?"

"Oh? You figured it out?"

Seeing that Yuma had noticed his little actions, Ghosh also raised his hand in embarrassment and scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

In fact, Yuma was able to sense something was wrong because after he issued the attack command, his LP reached 300 points, the same as Ghosh's, and the attack power of [Radiant Sword King] equipped with [Heroic Growth] dropped from 20000 points to 10000 points.

This made Yuma wonder if such a powerful card that doubles attack power might have side effects, especially when Ghosh's life points exceed Yuma's.

The answer is yes. The card [Heroic Growth] halves the attack power of the equipped monster when your LP is higher than your opponent's LP.

In other words, if Ghosh activates the effect of [Iron Gloves King] to restore his LP, then the attack power of [Radiant Sword King] on the Yuma Field will drop to 5000 points due to the side effects of [Heroic Growth].

With such attack power, coupled with the [Iron Gloves King]'s ability to withstand battle damage once, he could easily overpower it with his recovered LP, or even take down Yuma with the help of a face-down card in the back row!

However, Ghosh did not do that.

During his duel with Yuma, he realized his true desire—to watch a gleaming warrior overwhelm his opponent with powerful attacks!

Even if this warrior is shining brightly on the opponent's field right now, it doesn't matter, and he will not choose to use his own power to extinguish that warrior's brilliance!

If it weren't for the fact that the effect of [Heroic Growth] was beyond his control, he would have even wanted to be defeated by the powerful attack of [Radiant Sword King] with 20000 points.

Therefore, he disdained to use the effect of [Iron Gloves King] to make the attack of [Radiant Sword King] even more dim and ineffective; he also disdained to use that trap card, which was almost a sneak attack, to ambush the brave warriors.

In the end, Ghosh chose defeat.

"I...I'm sorry!"

However, Yuma, unaware of Gorsh's true intentions, assumed that Yuma's words about having other things to do at WDC had morally blackmailed Gorsh, leading Gorsh to deliberately throw the game and let him win.

"If I hadn't said those things, you should have been able to give it your all and beat me to advance to the next round, right? I'm so sorry!"

"No, that has nothing to do with what you said."

Yuma, who had closed his eyes to apologize, soon heard Ghosh's voice in his ear. At the same time, Ghosh patted Yuma's shoulder and comforted him with a smile.

"Yuma, do you know what I most want to see is the powerful appearance of the warriors? Just now, your [Radiant Sword King] with an attack power of 20000 was really shining, so bright that I couldn't take my eyes off it."

Since you've shown me such brilliance and such determination, how could I not let you secure victory?

“Gosh…”

Seeing that Yuma was already on the verge of tears, Gorsh immediately straightened up and said, feigning anger:

"You're the victor, don't look so weak! Now that you've beaten me, smile more happily!"

As he spoke, Ghosh reached out and tried to pry open Yuma's lips, leaving the bewildered Yuma with no choice but to force a smile.

"Hmm~ Not bad, that's the expression a victor should have!"

After nodding in satisfaction, Ghosh smiled and said to Yuma,

"In addition, I would also like to thank you. Because of your duel, I have not only rekindled my passion for dueling, but also understood what I expect and found hope for the future."

"Hehehe, really?"