Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"...What?!"

--boom! ! !

The intense flames, mixed with dust, engulfed the figures of the Four Heavenly Kings.

On the other side, a green defensive wheel appeared in front of Manjou, spinning continuously and negating the damage caused by the Destruction Wheel.

(Four Heavenly Kings LP: 0)

(Manjoume LP: 4000)

Once again, Wan Zhangmu won the duel without injury.

"Alright, now it's just you left!"

Staring at the fallen figures of the Four Heavenly Kings before him, Manjoume then turned his gaze to King.

King, who had been singled out by Manjoume, sneered and slowly stood up from his armchair: "Well done! You survived! You managed to climb this far using a deck you picked up; I'll commend you on your stamina and perseverance!"

Taking his deck from his waist pouch and stuffing it into the unfolded Duel Disk, the burly man named King arrogantly declared to Manjoume, "But... you were far too arrogant in the battle just now!"

"...Let me show you my strength as the pillar of Northern Academy!"

"Hmph! Enough talk, let's duel!" Manjoume sneered.

……

"Duel!" *2

Having found a spacious open space, Manjoume raised his Duel Disk and faced off against King from afar.

Thanks to the rest he had taken earlier, he not only didn't feel tired, but instead felt an even stronger sense of excitement.

If I defeat this student council president, I can consider myself the master of Northern Academy!

In this way, I can stand on the same level as Yusei and compete with him on the same stage!

"Hmph! Looks like you think you've already won!"

Seeing Manjoume's expression, King's face showed intense disdain: "...Let me teach you what a true strongman is!"

"My turn, draw a card!" As the challenged player, King decisively seized the initiative.

"I activate two Spell Cards from my hand, 'Sanctuary of Demons,' to Special Summon two 'Metal Demon Tokens' to my field!"

"Then I sacrificed these two derivatives to summon—[Demon Bull] (Attack Power 2600)!"

With a burst of light, a blue-skinned bull demon with a strong body appeared on King's field.

"Then place two more cards in ambush, end of turn!"

Crossing his arms, King addressed Manjoume, issuing a proclamation of surrender: "Hey! Manjoume, submit before me!"

"...It's Mr. Manjoume!" Correcting King's statement, Manjoume then placed his hand on top of the deck: "My turn, draw a card!"

Currently, King only has one Demon Bull with an attack power of 2600 on his field, so the tactics used to deal with the Elite Four are no longer effective at this time.

Gazing in King's direction, Manjoume began to consider his next move.

The card I was hoping to draw was that useless one, [Disruption Yellow], which was only good for annoying myself.

Therefore, Manjoume currently has no effective solution to the existence of the [Demon Bull].

"I summon this scum in defensive stance!"

With a hint of impatience on his face, Manjoume placed the [Disruption Yellow] on his Duel Disk.

Accompanied by the light of the summoning, the disruptive yellow, now possessing a physical form, eagerly cast a seductive glance at Manjoume the moment it appeared on the field: "Big brother~~ you finally summoned me~~~ As expected, I'm indispensable to you~~~"

"...I'll lay two cards in wait, turn over!" Ignoring the crude remarks that were disrupting Huang, Manjoume followed King's lead and laid two cards in wait in his back row.

"Hahahaha... I knew it! Your deck is full of junk!"

King's gaze, filled with intense mockery and disdain, swept across the room. He then abruptly drew a card from his deck: "My turn, draw!"

"Manjoume, now I'll show you an even more horrific hell!"

King slowly raised his arm, facing the space in front of him: "I open the face-down card in the back row and activate the Trap Card—[Metal Transformation/Magic Reflection Armor]!"

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[Metalized Magic Reflective Armor]

(Common trap)

effect:

①: You can activate this card by targeting 1 face-up monster on the field. Equip this card to that monster as an Equip Card that increases its ATK and DEF by 300.

②: By using this card's effect, the ATK of the monster equipped to this card increases by half the ATK of the monster being attacked when damage is calculated.

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"I'm equipping [Metallic Armor - Magic Reflection] on my [Demon Bull], which will increase its ATK by 300 and grant it an additional half of the opponent's monster's ATK when it attacks!"

(【Demon Bull】Attack Power: 2600→2900)

With a sudden wave of his hand towards the void in front of him, King, his face full of arrogance, began a new round of his maneuver: "I will release [Demon Bull] equipped with [Metalization Magic Reflection Armor], and then Special Summon [Metal Demon Bull (Steel Demon Zoa)] (ATK 3000) from my hand!"

Manjoume: "...?!"

A beam of white light shot upwards, piercing through the sand and dust, and swallowed the demon bull, whose body was covered with a layer of transparent armor.

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After the light dissipated, what appeared before Manjōme was a mechanical demon whose body was covered by dark blue armor and whose body constantly emitted an invisible pressure!

[Metal Demon Bull] Attack Power: 3000

"It's not over yet! I'll open my second face-down card and activate the Continuous Trap Card—Call of the Living Dead—to revive the Demon Bull in my graveyard!"

With a dazzling flash of white light, the blue-skinned bull demon returned from the underworld before King, displaying its ferocious form in the dueling arena.

As a result, two demon-shaped monsters had gathered in front of King.

One is the [Demon Bull] with 2600 attack power, and the other is the [Metal Demon Bull] with attack power comparable to the legendary dragon, the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]!

"See that? Manjoume? This is my trump card monster, a being that can rival the legendary dragon!"

King crossed his arms, raised his head arrogantly, and a frivolous look appeared on his face: "...In your scavenged deck, there can't be any monster with higher attack power than these two! Even if you plan to summon that annoying panda, you can only increase its attack power from 800 to 1800 at most. It's no match for my monsters!"

"In this duel, I have an overwhelming advantage because I know your deck so well! By the time you defeated my subordinates, I had already figured out your strategies!"

"Heh... Interesting!" Looking at King's arrogant attitude of considering himself the victor and acting as if no one else was around, Wan Zhangmu sneered and said, "Compared to those trash from before, you are indeed very strong... But in my deck, there is a strategy that you have never seen before, which I specially left for you!"

"Humph! Bluffing!"

King snorted coldly, showing disdain for Manjou's words, and then launched an attack: "Here I come! Take this, [Demon Bull] attacks [Disruption Yellow] - Demon X Scissors!"

As King waved his arm, the blue-skinned demon in front of him also began to move.

The demon stretched out its head toward the location of the disturbance, and then a blue X-shaped laser beam suddenly burst forth from the demon's head.

"That idiot brother of yours!!!"

Its body swayed from side to side, used as a shield by Manjoume, and it took the brunt of the laser damage head-on. Amidst its continuous complaints, it turned into particles of light and was sent to the graveyard...

"That disgusting guy is finally gone!"

Watching the disruptive yellow disappear from his field, Wan Zhangmu felt a sense of relief welling up inside him.

"Hahaha!!! Now the monster that was acting as a protective barrier has disappeared! Manjoume, take this direct attack from the Metal Demon Bull!"

"—Metal Devil X-Cut!"

King, laughing loudly, immediately gave the order to attack Manjoume directly after defeating the disruptive Yellow.

Then, the X-laser, identical to the previous attack, shot directly at Wan Zhangmu's location, taking away 3000 points of his health.

"……Well!"

Having withstood the massive damage head-on, Manjoume instinctively raised his arm to block in front of him.

(Manjoume LP: 4000→1000)

"Only 1000 points left? Ha... Manjoume, your life points are as fragile as a candle in the wind. At this point, the battle is over!"

Like a king's declaration, King's words carried a hint of pity.

Upon hearing these words, Manjou immediately recalled his past experiences.

Those heartbreaking failures and those glorious moments are all gone from his life.

Just like the name he had previously revealed to everyone.

The arrogant "Manjoume Jun" who couldn't see the essence of things is dead. Now, resurrected from the dead by the desperate adversity is a brand new being called "Manjoume Lightning"!

"A candle flickering in the wind...so what?" With his head bowed, having withstood the attack of the metal demon bull head-on without taking a single step back, Manjoume muttered to himself, "...This is the moment I've been waiting for!"

“…What?!” A sense of unease crept into King’s mind.

"At the very moment I was injured, I activated my back row face-down card!" Manjoume stretched out his arm towards the void before him: "Quick-Play Spell [Hellstorm] activated!"

Above the card, a giant fireball descended from the sky.

The fireballs that crashed onto the battlefield engulfed all the soldiers, both friendly and enemy.

"Hellstorm...?" King's eyes widened suddenly as he saw the cover card opened by Manjoume, and his throat began to move involuntarily.

"That's right... This card's effect is: when you take more than 3000 damage, remove all monsters from both players' decks and graveyards!"

With its head held high and eyes fixed on King, it defiantly brandished its blade: "...Next, banish all monsters from both players' decks and graveyards!"

"Hmph! You scared me! It just banishes all the monsters from my deck and graveyard... Anyway, I've already summoned my ace monster, so I'm not afraid of this effect at all!"

With a relieved expression on his face, King took his deck out of the Duel Disk and then picked out the Monster Cards and put them in his pocket.

There were no monsters in his graveyard, so there was no need to worry about the cards there.

"Speaking of which... Manjoume, you idiot! Are you planning to give up the match?" After putting the monsters from his deck into his pocket, King shouted a sarcastic remark in Manjoume's direction without hesitation.

How could someone be so stupid as to exclude their own monster?