Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do? ...

As if escaping reality, Da Shan, stunned by the scene before him, let his thoughts drift to distant places.

"What has that guy Da Shan been doing since just now?"

Jaden Yuki, who was watching the duel with his arms crossed, couldn't help but wonder after seeing Ooyama's series of perplexing actions: "[Elemental HERO Wilder] can't be affected by the effects of trap cards at all... Isn't he just wasting cards with all this? Could it be... that he doesn't know the effect of this card?"

"...What did you say? Wilderness Knight isn't affected by the effects of trap cards?!"

Upon hearing the words spoken by Yuki Judai, Daiyama's mind instantly cleared.

Maintaining the extended arm pose from when he activated the card, Daiyama wore a bitter expression before slowly shifting his gaze to Yusei: "Why...why didn't you explain the effect clearly? Tell me your monsters aren't affected by trap cards?"

"You didn't ask me..."

Yusei, who had just watched a good show, spread his hands innocently, his face now bearing a rather speechless expression.

Just as he swung his arm to summon the monster, Daiyama had already revealed two face-down cards in the back row, giving away two cards in the blink of an eye...

Even Yusei, his rival, didn't expect Oyama to be so honest.

His seemingly ordinary action triggered a chain reaction, causing Da Shan to unleash all the hidden schemes he had been preparing...

"If I'm not mistaken, the two face-down cards you have left on the field should be [Divine Announcement], which requires 1500 LP to activate its effect, and [Divine Warning], which requires 2000 Life Points to activate its effect!"

Wiggle with his fingers, Yusei told Daiyama his guess about the two cards remaining in his back row.

"Uh... how did you know?"

As he uttered a questioning sound, Da Shan's expression became quite interesting.

After Musou, is the next thing to be mind reading and X-ray vision...?

With an opponent like this, what's the point of even trying?!

"That's because... this tactic is ingrained in my DNA... I can roughly guess your plan without even thinking about it."

Yusei tapped his Duel Disk, a nostalgic look on his face.

[Divine Declaration], [Divine Announcement], [Divine Warning]...

It can only be chained by the same three-speed card, a noble counter-trap card...

A triple attack from the old man...

These three cards have been used by Yusei countless times, and even in the chaotic OCG environment, they are considered powerful weapons.

If used properly, it can even infuriate your opponent to the point of pulling out the screws...

Yusei vaguely saw a reflection of his past self in the newspaper duelist, Daiyama.

Yusei was extremely familiar with his tactics.

"I see... It seems the Feather Duster wasn't entirely ineffective after all. At least for now, you've essentially rendered a Counter Trap card useless..."

With his palm on his chin, Yusei began to think about his next move.

The effect of [Divine Announcement] is to negate and destroy the Special Summoning of monsters, as well as the activation of monster effects.

The effect of [God's Warning] is to negate the act of Summoning, Flip Summoning, or Special Summoning itself, as well as to negate and destroy cards that contain Special Summoning effects.

【Elemental HERO Wilder】While it is unaffected by trap card effects, it still cannot escape the persecution of the old man.

After all, what the old man couldn't do was the act of summoning itself, not the monster Wildman.

The reason why Daiyama activated [Trap Hole] the moment Yusei summoned Wilder instead of [God's Warning] was simply because his health points were only half of what they were, or 2000 points, after he had previously activated [God's Declaration] to nullify Yusei's [Harpie's Feather Duster].

If he were to activate this card, it would indeed annoy Yusei, negating and destroying his summoning action.

However, at the same time, he will also lose 2000 LP. He will die instantly along with Wildman, thus losing the duel...

Therefore, when facing a mountain with only 2000 LP left, you just need to be careful not to perform a special summon.

Even if we want to recruit him, we need to reduce his health to below 1500 points first, so that he can't activate the effect of [Divine Announcement].

Without the heavy traps, what's left of a heavy trap deck?

Of course, all that's left is to take a beating!

Even without special admissions, the current situation is not insurmountable.

"Hmph! Even without trap cards, your mere 1500 attack power Wilderness Warrior is no match for my 1900 attack power Thunder King!"

Forcing himself to regain his composure, Daiyama, whose tactics had been seen through by Yusei, stretched out his arm and declared loudly, "With your current attack power, you can't do any damage to me at all... and even if you try to Special Summon a powerful monster, it will be negated by my face-down card!"

"...In this situation, I am invincible!"

"1900 attack power, huh... So what?" Yusei placed a card into the back row of his Duel Disk and declared with a wave of his arm, "Activate Equip Spell Card [Whirlwind Boomerang], Equip this card to my [Elemental HERO Wilder] on the field!"

A black boomerang appeared before Gale and Wilderness, which he then grabbed in his hand.

At this moment, Wilderness Warrior held a boomerang in his left hand and a large cleaver in his right, his body stained with green fragments of the Demon Chain, completely embodying the image of a berserker who could kill anyone in his path.

“装备了这张卡的怪兽，攻击力将会上升500点加//1+0~1/$7>4+-5|9|4|@9+}8！这样一来，即便不进行特殊召N=/J唤，一$}零+/①/}⑦@|④}>五=~酒$*④#>⑨&⑧荒野侠的攻击力也五/一*七~八&#八~零<}七~六{*一将会超过你的雷王了！”

(Elemental Hero Wilder's attack power: 1500 → 2000)

Da Shan: "...Damn it!"

"I don't need to tell you what to do next, do I?"

With a slight smile at the mountain, Yusei waved his hand and entered his battle phase: "Battle begins! [Elemental HERO Wilder] Attack [Thunder King]!"

"Take this! - Wilderness Gale Slash!"

With his machete and boomerang clashing in front of him, Wilderness Knight, having received the command, immediately charged toward Thunder King, who was floating low in the air.

Faced with this monster, which was wrapped in lightning and impossible to approach, Wilderness Knight simply threw the boomerang in his hand.

The Cyclone Boomerang, carrying a gust of wind, pierced through the energy source on the left side of Thunder King's body in a flash in mid-air. Then, it drew an arc behind him, destroying the energy source on the other side from behind, before finally returning to Wilderness Knight's hand.

Having lost its power source, Thunder King fell from the sky, only to be met by Wild Man's raised machete.

"Yame!!! Stop it!!!"

"...Who's going to stop! Idiot!"

The noble 2000 attack power is exactly 100 points higher than the Thunder King's 1900 attack power.

Amidst the desperate screams of the mountain, Yusei's mocking voice arrived along with Wilderness Warrior's slash, cleaving the powerless Rai-Wang in two.

(Dashan's LP: 2000→1900)

As a result of the aftershocks of the attack, Daiyama's life was also damaged to some extent.

"Thunder King... Ahhh... My invincible Thunder King, he's gone just like that..."

As the Thunder King slowly disappeared into particles of light, the mountain stretched out his arm, and tears of sorrow streamed down his face. It was unclear whether he was grieving that his tactics had been broken or truly pained by the departure of his monster.

"Oh no! You bastard!"

With his arm outstretched towards Yusei, the enraged, purple-tinged mountain declared, "Next round, next round I'll show you my true power!"

"Oh? Is that so? I'd really like to see what you can do besides the heavy pit!"

With an interested expression, Yusei then placed one of his cards in the back row: "Trap one card, end turn."

"Alright, now it's time for your performance..."

"Please...please don't let me down!"

Yusei emphasized his words and beckoned to the mountain with his finger.

269 ​​One-hit kill! Iaijutsu gacha!

"My deck! Answer my call!"

He placed his fingers on the deck and slowly closed his eyes.

"All the progress I've made in this year of cultivation will be gambled on this one gacha draw!"

"Come forth—[Pot of Greed]!"

Muttering the name of the Jar of Kunonos, the mountain with its eyes closed recalled its training experience of drawing cards in the waterfall, and then forcefully drew a card from its deck.

The mountains under the moonlight have staked everything on this gacha pull!

The surrounding dust and leaves scattered and flew up with his movements.

"This card is...?!"

His gaze sharpened, and a slow smile crept onto Da Shan's lips.

"Hahaha... It's here! It's here! The card I drew really is the [Pot of Greed]!"

Looking at the card he had just drawn, a happy smile appeared on Da Shan's face: "Now I can draw two more cards from my deck!"

Pot of Greed...

A magic card that allows you to draw two cards from your deck without any requirements.

In the OCG environment, it has long been a banned card and will never be released.

This magic card, which looks incredibly grotesque and repulsive, is, in Daishan's eyes at this moment, a million times cuter than any pretty girl card!

Seeing a glimmer of hope in the crisis, Da Shan felt an indescribable surge of excitement and wanted nothing more than to hug the card and give it a big kiss!

With this card, you can now perform a risk-free, high-profit trade of one card for two, and draw two new cards from your deck!

"Daishan's expression...did he get the card he wanted?"

Watching the situation on the field, Jaden Yuki raised an eyebrow.

It seems... he just heard Daiyama mention the name "Pot of Greed"...

"Poor child... Staying in the mountains for too long has turned him into this... Just a year ago he was the top student in the Obelisk Blue written test..."

Aunt Domi, who had absolutely no idea what a duel was, couldn't help but sigh as she watched the fascinating expressions on Ooyama's face change with the course of the battle.

Even if I don't understand what happened, it's always good to cheer them on!

"The spell card [Pot of Greed] is activated. With its effect, I can draw two cards from my deck!"

A large, green jar with a ferocious face appeared in the dueling arena as the mountains called out to it.