Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"I activate the Spell Card [Fusion] again, fusing [Elemental HERO Absolute Zero] on the field with [Elemental HERO Forestman] in my hand!"

"Fusion Summon! [Elemental Heroes: Sunrise Warrior]!"

To everyone's surprise, Yusei did not choose Blazeman on the field as the fusion material, but instead chose Absolute Zero, which he had just fused and summoned.

"Could it be?!" Jie seemed to realize something. She had seen Absolute Zero in the previous duel, but she hadn't had time to figure out his effects at the time.

Yusei raised the [Fusion] spell card in his hand. As the fusion was activated, Absolute Zero on the field and Forest Knight in his hand turned into white light and were sucked together.

As the white light gradually faded, a warrior wearing red armor, a horned helmet, and a blue cloak appeared in mid-air. He opened his right hand and waved it forward, causing the cloak behind him to flutter, allowing him to maintain his balance in mid-air before landing steadily on the ground.

"When Sunrise Summons a successful Fusion Summon, you can choose one Miracle Fusion from your deck and add it to your hand!" The indicator light on the Duel Disk lit up, and a card automatically popped halfway out of the deck. Yusei drew the card and showed it to Ria, indicating that the card was indeed Miracle Fusion, and then added it to his hand.

"At this moment, Absolute Zero's effect is activated!" Yusei stretched out his right hand and spread his fingers in Ria's direction.

"When this card leaves the field, destroy all monsters your opponent controls!" After saying this, Yusei clenched his outstretched fingers into a fist.

As he moved, the three monsters on the field were covered by a sudden blizzard, and the phantom of Absolute Zero appeared on the field.

Absolute Zero turned around, raised his right hand to wave his cloak, and stepped away from the monster on the field. A blizzard enveloped the monster, and it disappeared from the field along with his figure.

From beginning to end, Absolute Zero's movements were always so graceful.

Netizens exclaimed: "Holy crap! This effect is insane!"

Company employee: "Ah, this..."

Ria's monsters on the field were destroyed due to Absolute Zero's effect, leaving her with only one face-down card on the field.

"If only I had [Vampire Domination]... That way, I could not only nullify and destroy Absolute Zero's effects, but also restore his base attack power..." Ria muttered to herself with a regretful expression.

"I understand how you feel, because I'm stuck too," Yusei frankly explained his situation.

He also has one [Fusion] and one [Miracle Fusion] in his hand. Fusion requires monsters in the hand or on the field as materials, while Miracle Fusion can be fused using monsters on the field and in the graveyard as materials.

At this point, Yusei's graveyard contains multiple Hero Monsters that can be used as materials for Miracle Fusion, so Yusei can continue to perform Fusion Summoning.

"Just like I said before, I'm going to unleash the full power of this deck now! I'm going to perform my third Fusion Summon." Yusei placed Miracle Fusion in the back row of his Duel Disk and activated the card.

"I activate the Spell Card [Miracle Fusion] from my hand. This card can banish monsters from the field and Graveyard as materials to perform a Fusion Summon of an Elemental HERO monster! I choose Forestman, Oceanman, and Electroman from my Graveyard (which were previously sent from my hand to the Graveyard by the effect of Cursed Coffin) as materials to perform a Three-Body Fusion Summon!"

This is the first time since Yusei traveled to this world that he has used more than two Hero Monsters as materials to perform a Fusion Summon.

"Great and immense power! Heed my call and manifest! Fusion Summon! [Elemental Hero Earth Core Warrior] (Warrior/Earth/9-Star/Attack 2700/Defense 2200)!"

As Yusei's shout faded, a giant covered in silver armor appeared from the void. He remained curled up, and with the force of gravity, he crashed to the ground, causing the entire arena to shake as he landed.

After landing, the silver giant quickly stood up, and everyone was able to see his full appearance.

Deep red round beads are inlaid on the giant's chest and at the joints of his hands and feet. The beads are connected by red stripes, forming strange patterns on the giant's body.

031 The Victor of the Duel

The Earth Core Warrior spread his arms and let out a deafening shout towards the sky. Even passersby were affected by the shout and turned to look in the direction from which the sound came.

Fortunately, the building was spacious enough and structurally very stable to accommodate the massive body of the Earth Core Warrior, and the shaking caused by the summoning did not have a significant impact.

The Duel Disk only displays virtual images of the monsters, which weakens their impact. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the impact of Core Man's appearance alone would cause incalculable damage to the building.

Giant Tornado's body is considerably larger than that of ordinary heroes.

Core Man is even larger than Tornado Man; his body is almost as tall as a low-rise apartment building, and his height alone transcends the realm of ordinary humanoid beings…

"This is the full power of my deck, Triple Fusion Summon! If I didn't have a bad hand, I could do even better," Yusei said to Ria, having already completed his setup and preparing to enter the battle phase.

The Earth Core Knight's effect is more passive; its presence on the field at this moment serves primarily as a deterrent.

(Core Hero: I just came out to make a cameo appearance...)

"According to the second effect of Sunrise Warrior, the ATK of monsters on your field increases by 200 times the number of monster attributes."

Yusei currently has three monsters on his field: Earth Core, Light Sunrise, and Fire Blaze. All three monsters receive a 600-point attack power boost.

After receiving the attack bonus, the attack power of the three monsters is as follows: Sunrise Warrior: 3100 points, Flame Warrior: 1800 points, and Core Warrior: 3300 points.

At this point, Yusei's LP is 1300, and Ria's LP is 1400.

"I choose Flame Warrior on the field to launch a direct attack on Leah!"

Yusei gave the command to Flameman to attack. Flameman nodded, produced a flame from his fingertip, and then threw it toward Ria's location.

Yusei did not choose to activate Sunrise Knight's third effect: When one of your HERO monsters other than this card declares an attack, you can destroy one card on the field.

Because the effect of Sunrise Knight can only destroy cards but cannot negate the activation of effects, if Yusei chooses to destroy Ria's face-down card at this time, then Ria can chain Yusei's effect to activate and open the face-down card. Although the face-down card will be destroyed and sent to the graveyard, the effect has already been activated at this time and will not be negated, which is equivalent to wasting Sunrise Knight's effect for nothing.

Therefore, Yusei chose not to activate Sunrise's effect for the time being, and instead had Flamebringer attack to test Ria's backline.

Ria's health is lower than Flame Warrior's attack power. If she doesn't plan to use the card at this point, it means that the card is just a decoy, and I can continue attacking with peace of mind.

Once Ria uses her face card to block Flame Man's attack, it's not too late to activate Sunrise Man's destruction card effect.

Yusei had already devised various countermeasures in his mind, and he was determined to win this duel!

"Big brother is so cunning!" Ria also understood Yusei's tactics.

If she does nothing at this point, she will be directly attacked by Flamebringer, and her LP will drop to 0, resulting in defeat. Therefore, she must activate the face-down card on the field. Yusei did this with this in mind.

"They chose to activate the hidden trap card 'Vampire Awakening'. The effect of this trap card is to Special Summon a 'Vampire' monster from your Deck, but the monster summoned by this effect will be destroyed at the end of the turn."

Ria finally managed to open up the backcourt.

"Based on the effect of [Vampire Awakening], the opponent Special Summons [Vampire Red Calamity] (Zombie/DARK/Level 6/ATK 2200/DEF 2200) from their Deck in Defense Mode. When Red Calamity is Normal or Special Summoned, it can choose to pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon 1 [Vampire] monster from its Graveyard, but the monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack this turn."

As the trap card was activated, a handsome silver-haired boy dressed in an elegant formal suit appeared on the field. In his left hand he held a spiked scepter, and in his right hand, he wore a steel claw; a wicked smile played on his lips.

Beside him, a group of small bats were circling him, flapping their wings.

The handsome young man brandished his scepter, and with his movement, a black vortex appeared on the field, as if something was about to emerge from it.

"I choose to Special Summon the Vampire Red Reaper (Undead/DARK/Level 5/ATK 2000/DEF 1400) from the Graveyard in Defense Position."

Ria paid 1000 HP to activate the effect of the Red Calamity. Then, a blonde girl wielding a giant scythe emerged from the black vortex. She glanced in the direction of the Red Calamity, and the other party crookedly smiled back at her.

The two monsters were summoned to Ria's field in defense position.

After the Red Calamity appeared, Blaze stopped attacking, since with his 1800 attack power, he couldn't destroy the Red Calamity's 2200 defense power.

"There's really no other way now..." Ria sighed, putting down her Duel Disk. This Trap Card was her last trump card. She had originally planned to use it to set up an attack next turn, but it unexpectedly became her means of survival.

With zero cards left in her hand and no more options, she faces certain defeat.

Seeing Ria's reaction, Yusei continued to issue instructions: "I choose to have Flamebringer attack the Red Reaper in Defense Position! At this moment, Sunrise's third effect activates: when a monster on your field declares an attack, you can choose one card on the field to destroy. I naturally choose [Vampire Red Disaster]!"

Ria actually has a Continuous Spell Card on her field, "Vampire's Domain," whose effect is to pay 500 LP to Normal Summon a second "Vampire" monster. Then, when the "Vampire" monster inflicts battle damage to the opponent, Ria also recovers the corresponding amount of Life Points (LP).

However, compared to this card, the monsters on Ria's field are more worth destroying.

Blaze raised his blazing fist and swung it at Red Reaper, who blocked the attack with his scythe. After a brief stalemate, the weakened Red Reaper was ultimately defeated by Blaze's fiery fist and sent to the graveyard.

Red Calamity was also disrupted by Sunrise's effect, and Ria's last struggle was thus resolved by Yusei.

She has 400 life points remaining, and there are still two monsters on the field that haven't attacked yet.

It was clear that she had lost the duel...

"Sunrise Warrior attacks Ria directly! That's it, it's over." Yusei closed his eyes, no longer looking at the outcome. In any case, Ria would have no chance to turn the tide.

After receiving Yusei's instructions, Sunrise Knight began to emit light.

The light slowly spread towards Ria, and Ria, bathed in this light, quickly lost all her LP, signifying that Yusei had won the final victory in this duel.

032 A Day in Another World

Yusei remembers that Jaden Yuki would habitually taunt his opponent after winning a duel. His most frequent line was: "You won! What a pleasant duel!"

In his original world, Yusei was a sarcastic and cynical character who played a lot of bad heroes, not much better than the naturally cunning Jaden Yuki. It was only after arriving in this world and meeting the two Amamiya sisters, and experiencing their kindness, that he began to learn to be a moral person.

Before coming to this world, Yusei was basically in a state of being inhuman...

The tactics are all about using underhanded and despicable methods, and the deck is full of bad cards, which they call the "Invincible Tactics".

His hero deck could easily be called a "newspaper deck."

……

...

Once the duel was over, the crowd dispersed and returned to their posts.

Looking at the sky outside, it's still afternoon working hours. Their behavior of just watching was blatant slacking off. Fortunately, Miss Jie didn't care about these things, after all... she was also part of the onlookers.

"As expected..." Yui saw the outcome of the duel and showed an expression of surprise. Although her younger sister Ria was also very strong, she was still young and had not yet grown up, so she was obviously no match for Yusei.

Ms. Yu's business acumen told her that Yusei's abilities were unfathomable.

Just when you think you've gained the upper hand and are about to win, Yusei always shatters your illusions and delivers a counterattack, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Yusei's demeanor during the duel gave Yui the feeling of complete ease, as if he were simply doing something that was extremely simple, without any difficulty or suspense.

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The duel ended in Yusei's victory. He closed the Duel Disk, put the cards back into his deck, and the virtual images on the field disappeared as the Duel Disk was put away.

Ria took the Duel Disk off and handed it to Sebastian, the butler who was guarding behind her, and then took the teddy bear back from his hand.

"I tried my best, but I still lost to big brother..." Ria hugged the doll tightly and said with some resentment.

"Ria's dueling skills are indeed very strong. I look forward to our next duel!" Yusei said to Ria earnestly, without referring to himself as the older brother.

This duel was indeed quite dangerous; he almost suffered a crushing defeat...

There was an element of luck involved in winning this duel; if he had been stuck in a rut, even a god couldn't have helped him.

“Let’s pinky swear! When my dueling skills improve, I’ll come back to challenge you to a duel!” Ria walked up to Yusei, held out her little finger, and gestured for Yusei to pinky swear with her.

Yusei extended his hand and promised Ria that they would duel again later.

Seeing that the duel was over, Jie walked towards the two of them.

She patted Ria's head reassuringly, then turned to Yusei and asked, "The duel is over. How about I have someone take you to your room?"

“There’s this thing too…” Yusei paused, then remembered that Yui had told him to wait in the office for a while and someone would take him to the guest room. However, Ria’s appearance disrupted all of these arrangements.