Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Thinking rationally about the situation, Yusei looked up at the other side of the dueling arena.

Alright, Camus, what are you planning to do next?

"Gurgle...!" Faced with the approaching mechanical giant, Camilla's expression finally wavered, and she frowned slightly.

It seems that she currently lacks an effective means to deal with this monster.

"...My turn isn't over yet!"

Professor Chronos, having said this, placed one of his cards onto the Duel Disk deck: "Next, I summon [Ancient Mechanical Dragon] in Attack Position and activate its effect!"

From the scattered metal rubble, another small dragon with a steel body flapped its wings and hovered in front of Professor Kunonos.

【Ancient Mechanical Dragon】(Attack 1700 / Defense 1200)

"This card can only be activated the turn it is Normal or Special Summoned. I can add one Ancient Gear monster from my Deck to my hand, except for Ancient Gear Dragon. I choose Ancient Gear Box..."

Professor Chronos retrieved a monster card with a gearbox printed on it.

"...And if [Ancient Gearbox] is added to my hand from the deck or graveyard by means other than drawing a card, I can choose one more Machine-Type EARTH monster with 500 ATK or DEF to add to my hand! I choose [Ancient Gearbox] (Machine-Type/EARTH/Level 4/ATK 500/DEF 2000)."

As Professor Chronos finished speaking, a pair of hands and feet suddenly emerged from around the [Ancient Mechanical Box].

The mechanical box, standing upright like a living organism, reached out, opened its back cover, and took out a gear from inside, handing it to Professor Kunonos.

Summon flying dragons, search for mechanical boxes, and mechanical boxes can then be used to search for gears.

In this way, Professor Kunonos now has two more monsters in his possession from the "Ancient Machines" series.

In one round, Professor Kunonos demonstrated a set of exquisite search operations to everyone.

"Professor Chronos... what exactly are you planning to do with these monsters?"

As Professor Chronos continued to search his deck for Ancient Gear monsters, the crowd couldn't help but wonder.

344 The Demon God Descends!

Meanwhile, Camilla, while Professor Chronos was unfolding his weapon, subtly glanced at his own Geka.

After that, she adopted a spectator's attitude, patiently waiting for the other side to attack.

"Finally, this card!"

After spinning around in place, Professor Kunonos swaggered out a finger, pulled out a card, and slammed it into the Duel Disk: "...Spell Card [Fusion] Activated!"

"I will send the [Ancient Gear Machine] and [Ancient Machine Box] from my hand to the Graveyard as Fusion Materials to perform a Fusion Summon!"

A red and blue vortex, representing fusion, appeared from the void and absorbed all the metal fragments, along with the gears and mechanical boxes, into it.

"Gears of the ancient machine that inherit the soul! Form ranks and intertwine with the mechanical box... be reborn with new power!"

With his hands crossed in front of him, Professor Kunonos adopted a praying posture: "Fusion Summon!"

"Come forth! Level 8, the mechanical demon god—[Ancient Mechanical Demon God]!"

The gears were stained with darkness, and the thick energy cables converged, transforming into a massive arm.

With the roar of the mechs, a mechanical demon god emerged from the fusion vortex, unfurling its mechanical wings and extending six terrifying cannon barrels from its hands, and descended before the crowd.

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Ancient Mechanical Demons

(Mechanical race/8-star/Earth attribute/Attack 1000/Defense 1800)

Fusion/Effect: 2 Ancient Machines

The second effect of "Ancient Mechanical Demon God" can only be used once per turn.

①: This card is unaffected by the effects of other cards.

②: Can only be activated during your main phase. Deals 1000 damage to the opponent.

③: If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can activate this effect. Special Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" monster from your Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions.

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"[Ancient Mechanical Demon God] effect activated! Once per turn, during your Main Phase, inflict 1000 damage to the opponent!"

With a wave of his hand, Professor Chronos activated the monster's effect.

Upon receiving the command, the mechanical demon's goggles began to glow red. Aiming at Camilla's location, it raised its arm and fired six swift, small explosive bullets.

"……Well!"

The swarm of bats, who were also familiars, stood in front of Camilla and took the brunt of the bomb attack for her.

However, although the damage from the bomb was blocked by the swarm of bats that acted as familiars, Camilla was still affected by the aftershocks of the explosion and suffered 1000 points of damage.

(Camula LP: 4000→3000)

Camilla pressed his hand to his chest and let out a muffled groan.

"Well done, Professor Chronos! Just take him down in one go!" Manjoume cupped his hands to his mouth and shouted words of encouragement to Professor Chronos.

Professor Chronos has three monsters on his field: the Ancient Gear Giant with an attack power of 3000, the Ancient Gear Dragon with an attack power of 1700, and the Ancient Gear Demon with an attack power of 1000.

Camilla, on the other hand, only had one [Undead Werewolf] with an attack status and an attack power of only 1200 points.

No matter how you look at it, Camilla was unlikely to survive this attack.

"Battle begins! I'm attacking the Undead Werewolf with the Ancient Mechanical Giant!" Professor Chronos waved his hand, entering his battle phase, and gave the attack command to the Ancient Giant.

After that, Leo Ku swung his huge fist and sent the Undead Werewolf to the graveyard with a single blow, and dealt 1800 points of damage to Camilla.

(Camula LP: 3000→1200)

"A brilliant preemptive strike! You've reduced the opponent's health by a huge amount in one fell swoop! As expected of you, Professor Chronos!" Caesar cast an admiring glance at Professor Chronos in front of him.

"Duel is beautiful~ Look~ It's a must in battle!" Professor Chronos clasped his hands to his chest, striking what he thought was an elegant pose, and then prepared to launch another attack.

"Is that so... Then I'll launch a magnificent counterattack!"

Just as Professor Chronos was about to finish off Camilla, Camilla casually waved his hand, pulling the monster that had just been destroyed by Kuji back onto the field: "...Resurrect! [Undying Werewolf]!"

The wolf howls rang out again, and from the depths of the underworld, the blue-haired werewolf returned to the arena.

It wasn't resurrected from the graveyard, but from the deck, and its attack power has increased from 1200 to 1700.

"...What!?"

Seeing this unexpected situation, Professor Kunonos was immediately dumbfounded, and his hands and feet became flustered.

At this moment, the [Undead Werewolf] possesses the same 1700 attack power as the [Ancient Mechanical Dragon]. Further attacks would only result in mutual destruction, after which Camilla could summon a third [Undead Werewolf] from the deck…

Even without these, the remaining [Ancient Mechanical Demon God] only has 1000 attack power, which is insufficient to finish off Camilla, who has 1200 LP, this turn...

"Hehehe... Don't you know? When [Undead Werewolf] is destroyed by battle, you can Special Summon a card with the same name from your Deck and gain 500 ATK."

Camilla let out bursts of triumphant laughter.

Professor Chronos: "...Huh???"

"Hey! Don't you know, Professor Chronos?" Seeing the two's reactions, the onlookers couldn't help but ask Professor Chronos.

"I...I...of course I knew! Everything was within my expectations!" Touching his cheek, Professor Chronos, who was inwardly panicking, forced himself to stand up and put on an act that said, "I knew all along, I was just acting!"

"Bury a card, end the turn."

Blindly attacking will only allow your opponent to summon the same monster again.

Having made this judgment in his mind, Professor Chronos decisively ended his turn.

"My turn, draw a card!"

When it was Camilla's turn, facing the three Ancient Gear monsters before her, with most of her life points reduced, she didn't even glance at them before activating her spell card: "I activate the Field Spell Card from my hand—[Undying Kingdom - Herubania]!"

"Hrubania?! That's... a forbidden environmental magic card!"

The site was replaced by a smoke-shrouded European-style castle, with towering Western-style buildings rising up behind Camilla, enveloping everything around them.

The ancient mechanical monsters in front of Professor Chronos seemed to sense some kind of crisis and began to look around at the unfamiliar scenery.

"Forbidden Magic Cards? What are those?" Upon hearing Professor Chronos's exclamation, Jaden Yuki couldn't help but show a curious expression on his face.

"Simply put, it refers to those cards that are banned in some official competitions because their effects are too powerful~ Meow~"

"For example, the card 【Chaos Emperor Dragon - Messenger of the End-】 has such a powerful causal effect that it's prohibited from use in formal situations..."

In place of Professor Chronos, who was engaged in battle, Professor Daitokuji gave the answer.

"I see... I understand."

With a look of understanding mixed with confusion, Jaden Yuki nodded and then turned his gaze back towards the dueling arena.

"The effect of 【Undying Kingdom - Hrubania】 activates... By sending one Zombie monster from your hand to the Graveyard, you can destroy all monsters on the field!"

Camus spoke words that were astounding.

"Hey! If you do that... your monster will be destroyed too!"

A mocking expression appeared on Wan Zhangmei's face: "Moreover, due to the effect of [Undying Werewolf] itself, once it is destroyed by the effect, it will no longer be able to be Special Summoned, you know?"

"Another mutual destruction effect? ​​No... it shouldn't be just like that!" Yusei frowned slightly as he pondered Camilla's plan.

By deliberately activating this forbidden card, Camus clearly had made thorough preparations.

"Hehehe..."

With the speculations of Manjoume and Yusei still echoing in her ears, Camilla chuckled softly and turned her gaze towards Professor Chronos: "You know I won't end this so easily, right, Professor Chronos..."

“That’s right… You haven’t made any moves in this round…” Large beads of sweat appeared on Professor Chronos’ forehead, and fear began to show in his eyes.

【Ancient Machine God】is not affected by the effects of other cards, and therefore cannot be destroyed by the effect of 【Undying Kingdom - Hrubania】.

However, other monsters do not have such good resistance.

"I send [Vampire Lord] from my hand to the Graveyard to activate the effect of [Undying Kingdom - Hrubania], destroying all monsters on the field!"

As Camilla finished speaking, a red halo began to appear on the surface of the surrounding castle.

then……

Whether it was Camus's "Undead Werewolf" on the field or Professor Chronos's "Ancient Machine" monster on the field, they both seemed to be cursed, kneeling down in pain.