Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"Is this... a person?" Yusei asked the boy, but the boy did not answer Yusei's question.

"Damn it! This thing is really resilient!" The boy saw the black creature crawling towards him and quickly raised his Duel Disk to fight back.

"I summon [Charging Captain] (Warrior/EARTH/Level 3/ATK 1200/DEF 400) in Attack Position!" The boy drew a card from his deck and placed it on the Duel Disk.

As the boy's voice rang out, a blond man wearing green armor and a cloak appeared in front of the two.

"Ah..." Yusei was a little confused by the scene before him, but he did not interrupt the boy and chose to continue observing.

The Duel Monsters seem to have a physical form here, but this doesn't seem to be the Duel Monsters world. What's going on? Yusei pondered these questions in his mind.

"Captain, charge into battle! Attack that guy immediately!" The blond man nodded after hearing the boy's order. He drew two longswords from his waist and slashed at the black creature.

As the sword flashed, the black creature was cleaved into several pieces by the blond man, the pieces scattering around.

The fragments of the black creature twisted their bodies, quickly gathered in one place, and eventually merged together, returning to their original state when they first appeared.

"An immortal body?" Yusei looked thoughtful upon seeing this.

"Ah... duel..." The black creature ignored the blond man and continued crawling towards the two of them.

"Damn it... I just can't get rid of this guy, he's so annoying!" The boy bit his finger, a helpless expression on his face. He turned around and shouted, "Hey! Forget about this guy! Let's get out of here!"

The boy retrieved his Duel Disk, and the "Charging Captain" disappeared from his sight. He pulled Yusei up and was about to leave when the road in front of them was suddenly blocked by a falling boulder.

"Damn it! The Overlord's men have caught up with us!" The boy realized what was happening when he saw this.

"Boom!!!" A humanoid creature wearing a huge black helmet and covered in heavy black armor jumped down from the sky and crashed to the ground.

Fortunately, Yuxing reacted quickly and moved away from the center of the impact before the heavily armored creature jumped down, thus escaping this misfortune from the sky.

The black creature was at the epicenter of the impact and was shattered by the shockwave. Even an immortal being capable of regeneration would likely take a considerable amount of time to recover.

The boy was also blown away by the impact of the man and crashed onto the bed where Yusei had been lying. The bed, which was barely maintaining its balance, collapsed with the impact of the boy's body and was clearly unusable.

"Hey! Are you alright?" Yusei ran to the boy's side and helped him up from the collapsed bed.

After being hit like that, a normal person would definitely be unharmed.

The boy forced himself to lift his head and said to Yusei, "I'm fine... I just need to lie down for a while..."

“There’s something even worse now… We’ve been caught up by the Overlord’s men…” The boy’s face showed despair. He raised the Duel Disk as if to fight back, but then lowered his arm because of his injury.

He can barely even raise his arm now, let alone fight.

"Let me confirm, all we need to do is defeat that guy in a duel, right?" Yusei pointed to the heavily armored creature in the distance. On the creature's left hand was an alien duel disk the same color as its armor, indicating that it was a duelist.

Ever since he jumped down, the heavily armored creature has been standing there with his arms crossed, showing no intention of coming over, seemingly waiting for the two of them to come to him.

"Don't joke around! That's the Overlord's direct army! The world is like this because of them. You don't even have a Duel Disk, and you think you can defeat him... Waaah... Waaah!"

The boy wanted to say something more, but Yusei decisively covered his mouth.

"Since this is a world of dreams, my ideas should be able to become reality too." Yusei tried to make the Duel Disk and cards appear in his hand.

He pondered the appearance of the Duel Disk that Ria had given him, as well as the types of cards in the Hero Deck he was using.

As Yusei imagined it, the Duel Disk, along with his deck, gradually appeared in his hand.

"Just as I thought..." Yusei was relieved.

Upon seeing this strange sight, the boy's eyes widened, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Yusei released his hand from Yusei's mouth, raised the Duel Disk in his hand and waved it at him, indicating that he was also a duelist.

035. Give your opponent a second of silence!

"Don't worry, with me here, there won't be any problems." As the Duel Disk appeared, Yusei's face showed a confident expression. He stood up and slowly walked towards the heavily armored creature.

After hearing Yusei's words, the boy seemed relieved and promptly fainted.

As the heavily armored creature saw Yusei approaching, it released its arms from its chest and said, "Fool who rebels against the tyrant! Are you ready to die?"

"Enough talk! If you're a duelist too, then duel me!" Yusei raised his Duel Disk and said to the heavily armored creature.

In melee combat, Yusei, being human, is clearly no match for the heavily armored creature.

But when it comes to dueling, he is confident that he will not lose to anyone!

In this dream world, it seems that dueling is the ultimate principle, so Yusei has nothing to be afraid of.

In Yusei's dream, it seems that anything can become reality.

The deck that Yusei just imagined is not the same deck he used to bully the kids.

He was using the same [Heavy Trap Hero] deck that had wrecked countless decks, including the most popular ones, in his previous life. He intended to let the show-off in front of him taste the feeling of being utterly crushed.

With no additional cap on duels and the ability to draw cards on the first turn when going first, Yusei's dueling prowess is now even greater than it was at its peak!

"Hehehe... I'm going to make this world feel pain..." Thinking about everything that was about to happen, Yusei's lips curled into a smile, a sinister grin spreading across his face...

Standing not far from the heavily armored creature, Yusei held the Duel Disk to his chest.

This action also foreshadowed the start of the duel.

Yusei: "Duel!"

Armored Creature: "Duel!"

As the signal signaled the start of the duel, both duel disks were unfolded.

On Yusei's side, the Duel Disks still automatically merge from the two front areas to form a Duel Disk. Meanwhile, the Armored Creature's Duel Disk seems to be integrated with the armor on its arm, allowing for immediate use.

"My name is Naki, and I belong to the direct forces under the Overlord! Challenger, state your name!" The heavily armored creature Naki pointed at Yusei and said.

“Naki… Trash? What kind of name is that?” Yusei was stunned for a moment and almost burst out laughing.

"My name is Yusei! And I am the one who will defeat you!" He suppressed a laugh and, mimicking Nasai's tone, announced his name, a sign of respect for his opponent.

“Yu... Hoshi? I feel like I’ve heard that name somewhere before?” Naki tilted his head, which was covered by his helmet, as if he was thinking after hearing the name Yu Hoshi.

Yusei wouldn't let this opportunity slip by, and he decisively chose to attack first.

"I'll take the initiative! My turn, draw!" Yusei drew a card from his deck; he was slowly getting used to the feeling of drawing a card first.

Naki: "?!"

Yusei looked at the card he had drawn. It was a spell card called "Hero's Arrival". Its effect was: if you have no face-up monsters on your field, you can pay half of your Life Points to Special Summon a Level 4 or lower "Elemental HERO" monster from your Deck. This card is usually used to start a combo. Although it requires paying a lot of Life Points, it does not take up your Normal Summon opportunity once per turn, so it is still worth adding to your deck.

Yusei glanced at his hand again; all five cards he saw had red borders, indicating that it was a hand full of trap cards…

"Hehe..." Yusei laughed out loud when he saw the card in his hand.

"What's wrong? Have you realized your powerlessness? Have you gone mad?" Naki said to himself, seeing Yusei's expression.

Yusei paid no attention to Naki's words, because in his mind, his opponent was already a dead man.

"I activate the Spell Card 'Hero Arrives' from my hand! Based on this card's effect, I Special Summon 'Elemental HERO Mist Maiden' (Warrior/DARK/Level 4/ATK 1000/DEF 1500) from my Deck to the field!"

A voluptuous female hero in black armor appeared on the field as Yusei spoke. She placed her left hand on her hip, smoothed her long, dark blue hair behind her head with her right, and then stood in front of Yusei, blocking Naki's view of him.

Naki: "?"

"Ahem... I activate the first effect of [Elemental HERO Shadow Mist Lady]. When this card is Special Summoned, you can add one [Change] Quick-Play Spell Card from your Deck to your hand." Yusei chose to add the Quick-Play Spell Card [Mask Change] from his Deck to his hand, preparing to surprise his opponent next turn.

Yusei currently has a Quick-Play Spell Card, Masked Change, and five Trap Cards in his hand...

The five trap cards are: "Divine Declaration" which negates the activation of spell and trap cards and the summoning, flip summoning, and special summoning of monsters; "Divine Announcement" which negates the activation of monster effects and the special summoning of monsters; "Divine Warning" which negates the summoning, flip summoning, and special summoning of monsters and includes the effects of special summoned monsters; "Royal Decree" which seals spell cards; and "Void Space" which seals special summons.

【Void Space】While it can seal Special Summons, this card is automatically destroyed when a card on your field is sent to the Graveyard. Since there are only 5 backrow zones, Yusei needs to save one for the Quick-Play Spell 【Mask Change】.

The three God-level counter-trap cards already include the effect of negating special summons, so Yusei chose not to use [Void Space] for the time being.

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"I've buried five cards. End of turn." Yusei buried all his cards except for [Void Space] in his back row at once, a move that surprised even his opponent, Naki.

"You only have one weak monster with an attack power of 1000 on your field. Are you looking down on me?" Naki's tone was somewhat angry. He felt that Yusei had underestimated him.

The creatures of this other world are too naive; they have no idea how terrifying the Heavy Pit Flow is.

In his eyes, there was only the Shadow Mist Lady in attack position, while Yusei's back row cards were completely ignored.

"Hmph! I'll show you the strength of the warriors under the Overlord's command!" Naki placed his right hand on the deck of the Duel Disk, drew a card, and indicated that he had entered his preparation phase.

At this moment, Yusei activated a Quick-Play Spell Card from the back row.

"At this moment, I activate the Quick-Play Spell [Masked Change]. It can only be activated by targeting one of my HERO monsters. That monster is sent to the Graveyard, and one [Masked HERO] monster with the same Attribute as that monster is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck to the field!" Yusei activated the Quick-Play Spell before his opponent could even enter the Main Phase and begin his play, allowing his Shadow Mist Lady to undergo Mask Change.

(PS: [Mask Transformation] is a Fusion Summon.)

036 The Heroic Friend Displays His Might

【Elemental HERO Shadow Mist Lady】has two effects: one is to search for 【Change】 Spell Cards in the Deck, and the other is to search for 【HERO】 Monsters in the Deck.

However, only one of these two effects can be activated per turn.

Therefore, in order to maximize his gains, Yusei deliberately activated [Mask Change] at the beginning of his opponent's turn. This way, he could activate the second effect of Shadow Mist Lady and search for a [Hero] monster from his deck.

"Based on the effect of [Masked Change], I can Special Summon a [Masked HERO] monster from my Extra Deck! When Lady of the Mist is sent to the Graveyard, you can add one [HERO] monster other than this card from your Deck to your hand."

As the Shadow Mist Lady's search effect activated, the indicator light on Yusei's Duel Disk on his left hand began to flash, and a monster card was automatically ejected from the deck and added to Yusei's hand.

"Hear my call, come forth! My friend! No... [Masked Hero Dark Claw]!"

The Mist Maiden leaped into the air, enveloped in the light generated by [Mask Transformation], before landing on the ground bathed in its glow. When the light dissipated, a brand new hero clad in black werewolf armor—Darkclaw—came into view!

The opening line of Masked Hero Dark Claw is: Let's be friends!

His tone was kind and his attitude friendly; he was a true hero.

However, the Dark Claw's effect is comparable to a humanoid [Cosmos] and a graveyard destroyer.

As long as he is on the field, cards sent to the graveyard by the opponent will not be sent to the graveyard, but will be directly banished, rendering many cards that need to be in the graveyard to activate their effects useless...

In addition, Dark Claw is easy to obtain and has a powerful effect, making it an essential extra card for hero decks.

Over time, the phrase "Let's be friends!" became a meme, and Dark Claw was jokingly referred to as "Friend Hero".

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