Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Based on the effect of Shadow Mist Lady, Yusei retrieved [Elemental HERO True Neos] from his deck and added it to his hand. This card has the effect of increasing the attack power of monsters on his field, and using it during the battle damage calculation phase often has a surprising effect.

"A fusion monster with an attack power of 2400? This one's got some potential." Naki stroked his chin and commented on Dark Claw.

Dark Claw: "Hehe~"

"..." Yusei was speechless. In his opinion, this guy's comments made him seem like a dueling newbie. Not only did he not pay attention to his own back row, but he also only evaluated monsters based on their attack power.

He's supposedly a member of some overlord's direct command, how dare he show off with this level of skill?

Just like your name, Naki is truly worthy of you.

“It’s my turn!” Naki looked at his hand, seemingly certain of his victory, and said to Yusei, “Fool! I truly pity you! With my perfect hand, you’d better die!”

When Yusei saw Naki start spouting nonsense, he couldn't help but remind him: "I advise you to use your full strength, otherwise you may not even have a chance to fight back."

"Hmph! How arrogant!" Naki showed a disdainful expression at Yusei's words.

He had seen far too many arrogant idiots like Yusei.

Those guys who were full of confidence before the duel, after being defeated by themselves, all fell into collapse, crying and begging for mercy.

In Naki's view, Yushin was no different from the foolish rebels he had defeated before.

Therefore, upon their first meeting, he habitually addressed the other person as "the Fool," meaning a foolish person who rebels against a tyrant.

Naki smiled, drew a spell card from his hand, and said, "I activate the spell card 'Name Deduction' from my hand. The effect of this card is to have your opponent declare a Level. Until a monster that can be Normal Summoned appears, start flipping cards from the top of your Deck. If the Level of that monster is the same as the declared Level, all the flipped cards are sent to the Graveyard. If the Levels are different, that monster is Special Summoned, and the other cards are sent to the Graveyard."

Yusei: "Ah, this..."

Friend Hero: "(～￣▽￣)～"

"What's wrong? Are you shocked by this powerful effect? ​​Let me tell you fools! My deck strategy relies on a super strong burst of power by filling the graveyard..." Naki saw Yusei's surprised expression and put his hands on his hips, striking a smug pose.

Yusei suppressed a laugh and said, "I declare my level 1!"

The card 【Famous Deduction】 is frequently seen in Yusei's 【Lightsworn】 and 【Inferno】 decks. Both decks are characterized by their heavy reliance on resources in the graveyard, with most of their combos requiring Special Summoning from the graveyard. Friend Hero is the nemesis of these decks.

The only monster that can be Normal Summoned in the [Inferno] deck is the Level 1 [Inferno Decimal]. Yusei instinctively chose Level 1 after seeing the Spell Card activated.

However, even if you choose the wrong one, it doesn't matter, as Yusei has the [Divine Announcement] in his back row, which is specifically designed to counter Special Summons.

Everything in this duel was under its control.

Seriously, building a grave in front of his friend Xia, this guy is really brain-dead...

Yusei currently has 2000 life points and three God-level Trap Cards and one Negation Spell Card, "Royal Decree," in his back row. He could easily negate the Spell Card "Famous Deduction," but Yusei chooses not to do so because he intends to surprise his opponent and plunge Naki into despair while he is full of hope.

They're taking advantage of Naki's ignorance of the effects of [Masked Hero Dark Claw]; they're truly wicked...

"Level 1?" Naki asked after hearing Yusei's words.

“That’s right, it’s level 1,” Yusei repeated.

"Hmph! You're wrong!" Naki flipped over the cards in his deck one by one, preparing to send them to the graveyard. However, the graveyard of the Duel Disk wouldn't allow him to do so. As soon as he put the cards into the graveyard, they were immediately bounced out. He tried several times and the same thing happened.

Naki: "???"

"I forgot to mention earlier, when [Masked Hero Dark Claw] is on the field, any cards your opponent sends to the graveyard won't be sent there; they'll be banished directly. By the way, this effect is a continuous passive effect, so it won't chain~" Yusei kindly reminded Naki, indicating that there was nothing wrong with the Duel Disk and that he shouldn't try to force cards into the graveyard anymore.

Dark Claw: "Let's be friends!"

Naki: "!?"

At this moment, Naki felt like a million alpacas were galloping through his mind. The more arrogant he had been just moments before, the more embarrassed he felt now...

The effect of [Famous Deduction] has been activated, and the effect of sending the card to the graveyard cannot be canceled until a monster is drawn from the deck. He can only stare helplessly as his cards are banished one by one by his friend Xia.

It's simply too tragic to describe...

037 Vest Card Debuts!

After flipping over dozens of cards, Naki finally found a monster that could be Normal Summoned.

Before this, nearly half of his deck had already been banished by Friend Hero's effect...

As for his so-called "one wave of grave-piling" strategy, it naturally became a joke.

Just as Yusei had envisioned, Naki was using the [Inferno Machine] deck, a deck that heavily relies on graveyard resources.

Except for the Level 1 Hellfire Decimal mentioned earlier, the [Hellfire Machine] monsters cannot be Normal Summoned.

You can Special Summon a certain number of "Inferno" monsters to the field by banishing them from your hand or Graveyard when the total Level/Rank (Star Level of Xyz Monsters) of all monsters you control is 8 or less.

The summoning conditions are quite demanding, but in return, the [Hellfire Machine] monster's effects are extremely powerful.

Generally, duelists using the "Inferno" deck will choose to use card effects to fill the graveyard, and then use the monsters in the graveyard as resources to Special Summon "Inferno" monsters.

After all, the number of cards in your hand is limited, and you can only start with a maximum of 6 cards.

If you build the graves well, you can have dozens of resources available in the graveyard.

However, the graveyard build also has weaknesses, namely, it is particularly vulnerable to cards like "Cosmos" and "Masked Hero Dark Claw" that have the effect of locking down the graveyard.

Once you encounter this type of card, that graveyard becomes a blank graveyard...

……

"I admit I underestimated you a bit earlier! But if you think I can't do anything about it, you're sorely mistaken." Naki seemed to have found the card he wanted through [Famous Deduction].

He showed the card in his hand to Yusei. It was a Level 6 Normal Monster called "Summoning the Fiend" with an attack power of 2500. It was the same card that Yugi Muto, the protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! DM anime, used.

"Originally, this card required Tributing a monster on the field to be Summoned, but now, thanks to the effect of [Famous Deduction], I've flipped this card, so I can Special Summon this monster directly to the field!"

Naki placed the monster card he drew onto the Duel Disk, and [Summon Fiend] was Special Summoned to the field.

Under a flash of white light, a humanoid demon covered in skeletal armor appeared before Naki.

Just like when Naki first appeared, the demon crossed his arms over his chest, folded his wings behind his back, and held his head high, seemingly disdainful of everything before him.

"...Whatever makes you happy." Yusei really couldn't understand what was so great about a useless blank monster.

Seeing Yusei's dismissive attitude, Naki's tone turned unfriendly: "Hmph... still a fool after all! Can't even figure out something this simple. Your Dark Claw on the field has an attack power of only 2400, it's no match for [Summoning Demon]. As soon as I attack, your monster will be destroyed! You will also take damage equal to the difference in attack power!"

Faced with this pointless statement, which was similar to "If a person is killed, they will die," Yusei didn't even bother to reply.

At this moment, he began to doubt the intelligence of the person opposite him.

Seriously... are you blind? Do you think my hand traps and backrow face-down cards are just for show? With this level of skill, you dare to call yourself a powerful figure under the command of a powerful ruler? Are you kidding me?

"How about... you try to save him again?" Yusei said to Naki from the bottom of his heart.

“No need for you to say more, I’m planning to do it anyway.” In Naki’s view, this was Yusei complaining that his development was too simplistic, and he hadn’t expected that his intelligence would be questioned.

He is now preparing to take the next step.

Naki has 5 cards left in his hand after excluding the [Famous Deduction] he just activated, and 4000 life points. On the field is [Demon Summon] in attack position (Demon/DARK/Level 6/ATK 2500/DEF 1200).

"I activate the Spell Card [Fusion] from my hand, using [Summon Fiend] on the field and [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] in my hand as materials to perform a Fusion Summon!"

Yusei: "?"

"Aren't you using the Inferno deck?" Yusei asked.

"Hmph... Luckily I had an extra set of cheat codes, otherwise I would have been doomed here today!" Naki answered Yusei's question.

This guy actually added such a weird accessory card to the [Inferno Machine] deck, it's such a waste.

"Let the clash between demons and dragons emerge from the chaotic void! Fusion Summon! [Demon Manifestation] (Demon/Dark Attribute/6-Star/ATK 2500/DEF 1200)!"

Naki stretched out his right hand, and in front of him appeared the [Demon Summoning], its entire body enveloped in purple lightning.

Unlike before, the right hand and wings of the [Demon Summoning] before us have undergone obvious changes.

Its right hand became thicker, and its wings turned purple and became much larger.

"I thought you were going to summon the [Demon Dragon - Dark Dragon]?" Yusei said, expressing his inability to understand the bizarre thinking of the person in front of him.

【Demon Dragon - Dark Demon Dragon】is formed by fusing a Level 6 【Demon】 Normal Monster with a 【Red-Eyes】 Normal Monster.

In battle, the opponent cannot activate card effects until the end of the damage step. It also has 3200 ATK, equivalent to a weaker version of [Lightning Emperor (ATK 5000)], and has a certain degree of suppressive power when attacking.

If Naki summons [Dark Dragon], Yusei intends to use [Divine Announcement] to send it away, since his [Elemental HERO True Neos] card will be countered by [Dark Dragon] and cannot activate its effect to increase the attack power of his friend hero on the field.

However, Naki chose to Fusion Summon a variant of "Summoning of Demons," "Demon Manifestation," a Fusion Monster that is essentially useless.

Yusei simply couldn't understand the other person's way of thinking.

"【Summon Fiend】As long as it exists in the Monster Zone, its name is treated as 【Summon Fiend】. While this card is on the field, all 【Summon Fiends】 on your field gain 500 ATK! When 【Summon Fiend】 is sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 【Summon Fiend】 from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard!" Naki announced the effect of 【Summon Fiend】 in one breath.

The [Fusion] technique we just used, along with the [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] and [Demon Summon] used as materials, were all removed from the game due to the effect of Friend Hero.

Naki is currently essentially without a graveyard, so the effect of [Demon Manifestation] cannot be activated.

It's equivalent to a normal monster with an attack power of 3000.

The monster that Naki fused with three cards posed no threat to Yusei.

But the Najib people themselves are completely unaware of this.

Just like his initial reaction, Naki only had eyes for the monsters on his own field, and that their attack power was higher than that of the Friend Knight on Yusei's field.

As for Yusei's terrifying backcourt, he completely ignored it.

This foreshadowed his eventual defeat.

038 Heroic Flash

Yusei's initial plan to prepare for the red pits, which he had done with careful consideration, was not used at all.

It wasn't that he couldn't use it, but rather that his opponent was simply not worthy of using this tactic...

"Battle has begun! [Demon Manifestation] attacks [Masked Hero Dark Claw]!" Naki decisively entered the battle phase after successfully fusing and summoning.

The demon manifested, raising its thick right hand. In its palm, a ball of light crackling with lightning began to gather. Then it threw the ball of light towards the location of the Dark Claw.

The battle phase is divided into two parts: the declaration phase and the damage calculation phase.

If a card changes during the declaration phase, the attack can be revoked. For example, if the target of the attack leaves the field due to an effect, the attack declaration can be withdrawn. You just need to select a new target to declare the attack.

During the damage calculation phase, attacks cannot be canceled, making this the best time to use effects to increase attack power.

Yusei waited for the damage calculation phase to begin and decisively used the effect of [Elemental HERO True Neos] from his hand.