Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"Based on the effect of this spell card, I can Special Summon a Hero Token."

As Tengu Jie finished speaking, a handsome blond youth with a golden appearance, wearing silver-white armor and a blue cloak, appeared in front of Tengu Jie, holding a golden warrior's sword.

"derivative……?"

Looking at the monster that appeared in the Heavenly Palace, Marufuji Sho had a puzzled expression on his face.

Unlike regular monsters, tokens are generally treated as normal monsters. Some effects are related to tokens in their activation or resolution; these effects are considered the effects of the card that Special Summoned the token.

Tokens cannot be face-down, cannot be used as Xyz Material, cannot be used as a cost to send to the Graveyard, and cannot be used as a cost to return to the hand/deck. If a card leaves the field, it is removed from the game without being sent to the Graveyard. (It disappears directly, not banished.)

Therefore, it does not affect the effect of "Book of the Moon" which states, "You can activate this effect by targeting 1 face-up monster on the field. Change that monster to face-down Defense Position." It also does not trigger the card effect "Activate when sent to the Graveyard" when the monster leaves the field.

However, derivatives can be used as tributes for Tribute Summons, as cost for banishments, or as Equip Cards for monsters due to card effects, or as Synchro or Link Summons materials.

Therefore, derivatives do have certain functions.

179 The Journey of Destiny

"The Hero Deck..."

Yusei was stunned for a moment as he watched the magic card activated by Tengu Yui.

At that moment, he recalled the fear of being dominated by AI...

If it's this deck, it can indeed achieve a one-card combo and multiple counters.

It looks like Jaden Yuki is really going to be defeated...

"A token monster with 2000 ATK? It's strong, but it's no match for my Stormbreaker on the field!"

Seeing the blond youth appear on the Tengu Kijuu stage, Jaden Yuki clenched his right fist and struck his left palm, revealing a smug expression to the Tengu Kijuu.

With an attack power of 2800, it cannot be destroyed in battle. So how do you solve this?

"The effect of [Alamysian Ritual] is activated: When you do not control [Path of Destiny], you can place one [Path of Destiny] from your Deck face-up in your back row."

Without responding to Jaden Yuki's words, Ms. Yui calmly began her own story.

The indicator light on her Duel Disk on her left hand flashed, and a card popped halfway out of the deck. She then pulled it out and placed it in the back row of the Duel Disk.

Because this effect is not activated, but simply placed, it will not be chained.

Of course, Jaden Yuki doesn't have any cards with the effect of countering cards on his field right now.

"Next, I activate the first effect of the Continuous Spell Card 'Journey of Destiny': Once per turn, add 1 monster with the Token Name listed as 'Brave Token' from my Deck to my hand, then send 1 card from my hand to the Graveyard."

“我选择将【流离的狮鹫骑手】（鸟兽族·风·7星·攻击力2000/守备力2800）从卡组里加入手牌，再将手牌里的【幻兽机·猎户座飞狮】（机械族·调整/风/2星/攻击力600/守备力1000/）送入墓地。”

Tengu Yui, who sent monster cards from her hand to the Graveyard, habitually activated the effect of this card.

"When [Phantom Beast Machine Orion Lion] is sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 [Phantom Beast Machine Token] (Machine/Wind/Level 3/ATK/DEF 0) to your field in Defense Position."

A semi-transparent fighter jet, its entire body shimmering with iridescent light, appeared on the field of Celestial Knot due to the Graveyard effect of Orion's Leo.

"What? Another derivative?"

From the direction of Jaden Yuki, only the outline of a fighter jet can be vaguely seen.

Before he could even be surprised, Tengu Kyou activated the card effect of "Wandering Griffin Rider," which had been added to his hand from his deck due to "Journey of Destiny."

"If I activate the effect of 'Wandering Griffin Rider' in my hand, and I control no monsters or 'Brave Tokens', I can activate this effect during either player's Main Phase. Special Summon this card from your hand."

Beside the blond youth wielding the holy sword, a giant griffin with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion, with black, red, and green wings, and adorned with magnificent decorations, appeared amidst a radiant light.

"At this moment, the second effect of [Journey of Destiny] activates once per turn. If a monster is Normal or Special Summoned, add 1 Equip Spell Card with the name of a 'Brave Token' listed in your Deck to your hand or equip it to 1 'Brave Token' on your field."

"Equipment Magic! [Dragon Rider - Dragon Carrier] Activated!"

Amamiya, having added an Equip Spell Card from her deck to her hand, decisively equipped it to "Hero Token".

A blue-bodied walking sub-dragon flapped its fleshy wings and leaped down from mid-air, affectionately rubbing against the blond youth's body.

The blond youth smiled knowingly upon seeing his companion arrive.

He gripped the reins of the dragon's head, leaped onto its back, and then raised his golden longsword at Stormman.

"When I activate the effect of the Equip Spell Card [Riding Dragon], if this card is equipped to a monster other than an Effect Monster, you can target 1 card on your opponent's field; return that card to its owner's hand."

"The target I've chosen to activate is your [Elemental Hero - Stormbringer] on the field."

Instead of choosing the face-down card in Jaden Yuki's back row, Yui Amamiya pointed at the Storm Knight on Jaden Yuki's field and activated the card bounce effect of "Riding Dragon - Carrying Dragon".

Upon receiving the command, the dragon opened its mouth towards Stormman and let out a roar filled with the pressure of its dragon species. Affected by this roar, Stormman was as if he had been struck by a heavy hammer, and a painful expression appeared on his face. He turned into golden particles of light and disappeared from the field.

Because Stormraider was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, he will return directly to the Extra Deck instead of returning to Jaden Yuki's hand.

While Stormbreaker can't be destroyed in battle, being bounced back to the deck by card effects is a different story...

"Storm Hero..."

With a reluctant expression on his face, Jaden Yuki put Stormman back into the card pouch on his waist.

Having used up a large amount of resources at once, he is now facing the bitter consequences of his own actions.

"How could this be... Big Brother's new trump card monster has been defeated just like that..."

Seeing that Tengu Yui easily bounced back the Storm Warrior, which couldn't be destroyed in battle, Marufuji Sho couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise.

"Jūdai! Go for it!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Hayato quickly tried to encourage Jaden Yuki.

The current situation is that Jaden Yuki only has one face-down card left on the field, while Yui Amamiya has a Brave Token with 2000 attack power and a Wandering Griffin Rider with the same 2000 attack power.

As for the Phantom Beast Machine derivative with 0 attack power...

Just pretend it doesn't exist...

Token monsters with zero attack power are generally used as fusion materials, Synchro materials, Link materials, or as offerings for higher-level releases.

The two monsters mentioned earlier alone were enough to deal 4000 points of battle damage to Jaden Yuki, thus winning the duel...

"it's over……"

Based on the situation on the field, Yusei made this judgment.

【Wandering Griffin Rider】has a second effect: This effect can be activated when you control a "Brave Token" and a Spell/Trap/Monster effect is activated. This card returns to its owner's Deck, negates that activation, and is destroyed.

Miss Jie didn't choose to flick the card back, but instead chose Storm Knight, which clearly had her reasons.

180 This hero is clearly incredibly strong, yet he's excessively cautious.

"I can activate the effect of 'Temple's Waterborne' (Spellcaster/Level 3/WATER/ATK 1500/DEF 1200) from my hand. This effect can only be activated if I control a 'Brave Token'. Special Summon this card from my hand."

Just as Yusei had expected, Tengu Yui, who had left Jaden Yuki with an empty field, did not rush into the battle phase, nor did it suddenly pull out a [Cosmic Cyclone] to banish Jaden Yuki's face-down card. Instead, it continued with the second round of development.

Because of the negative effect of the Spell Card "Alamysian Ritual" activated at the beginning, Tengu Yui cannot activate the effects of monsters on the field other than Special Summoned monsters this turn.

So even though Ms. Yui still had one more chance to Normal Summon, she chose to Special Summon [Temple Water] to the field through its effect.

In this way, she can avoid the self-restriction effect of magic cards.

As Miss Jie's voice faded, a female mage, holding a golden staff inlaid with sapphires and dressed in a noble blue and white robe, appeared before Miss Jie, surrounded by ripples of water.

Exuding elegance, she reached out and smoothed her long, flowing, light blue hair, revealing her exquisitely beautiful face to everyone around her.

"so cute!"

Upon seeing the pretty girl, Marufuji Sho's heart began to flutter again.

"This is terrible..."

Instead of being amazed by Kaka's beauty, Jaden Yuki took a few steps back when he looked at the three monsters (the Hero, the Griffin, and the Water Demon) on the field of Tengu.

2000 + 2000 + 1500... That's a total of 5500 points of damage...

Although Jaden Yuki still had a face-down card, [Attack Nullification], on his field, he couldn't quite figure out the effects of his opponent's cards...

Who knows what kind of effect will occur next, and it might even turn his backcourt upside down...

This older sister, who calls herself Yusei, is a beautiful young lady, but the deck she uses is ridiculously strong!

With its various quack remedies and interconnected chain effects, it's just too shameless...

For Jaden Yuki, Yui's "Hero" deck was full of unknowns. He had never seen a deck that used token monsters as its main element before...

Jaden Yuki suddenly had a strange feeling; he felt as if he were dueling his opponent's entire deck with his own hand...

Putting aside the duelists' individual skill levels, the two are simply not in the same league in terms of deck strength alone...

"I activate the third effect of [Temple's Water Attack]. This effect can only be activated if you control a 'Brave Token'. Place 1 Field Spell Card from your Deck with the Token's name listed in its field name face-up in your Field Zone."

A Field Spell Card was removed from the deck by Tengu Yui and placed in the Field area of ​​the Duel Disk.

"Descend! — [Dark Temple Zararam]!"

Upon hearing Miss Jie's command, the blue-haired female mage raised her golden staff, the blue orb in the center of which was now shining with a dazzling white light.

Centered on the gleaming staff, black mist began to spread out beneath everyone's feet, enveloping them all.

By the time everyone came to their senses, the surrounding scenery had undergone a dramatic transformation.

The previous scene of the Osiris Red Dormitory on the coast has disappeared, replaced by a dark hall with jagged rocks and an eerie atmosphere.

"Next, the final step is to equip the Equip Magic [Holy Sword of Light - Dannel] from my hand to the Hero Token on the field."

Like Riding a Dragon, the Holy Sword of Light can be retrieved by the second effect of [Journey of Destiny].

The reason why Miss Jie chose to search for Riding Dragon - Carrying Dragon was because she already had the Holy Sword of Light in her hand.

"The effect of 【Holy Sword of Light - Denel】 activates! The equipped monster gains 500 ATK from each Token you control that has "Brave Token" in its name.

"Because I have two monsters on my field, namely 'Temple Water' and 'Wandering Griffin Rider,' both bearing the names of 'Hero Tokens,' the Hero equipped with the Holy Sword of Light will gain 1000 ATK!"

(Attack power of Hero Derivative: 2000 → 3000)

Now, another holy sword has appeared in the hands of the blond youth who is a hero.

He tucked the golden sword to his waist and instead raised the Holy Sword of Light in his hands.

In this pitch-black hall, the blond youth, holding the holy sword and exuding confidence, suddenly became the only light in the place.