Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

In this way, even if I lose, your companions will die in my place.

Hahahaha... So cautious and resourceful, I, Camilla, am invincible and immortal! Even if all seven stars die, I will still achieve eternal life with that lord!

(Destroyer Phoenix: Should I leave???)

"That Camilla guy... could it be that he's planning something again...?"

"Hehehehehe... If you don't want anything to happen to your companions, then surrender to me like Caesar did!!! Use your life to save their lives..."

Pointing to the crowd of onlookers, Camilla offered Yusei a seemingly wonderful suggestion.

Of course, after the Caesar incident, if Yusei were to believe her again, he would be a complete idiot!

"...Yusei! Don't believe her nonsense!"

Even if you surrender, she won't let us go!

Fearing that Yusei might impulsively agree to Camilla's request, Jaden Yuki quickly shouted out.

“…Shut up!”

Waving his arms, Camilla blocked the sounds coming from the onlookers, and his face showed obvious impatience.

One by one, they're all ruining my plans!

Why not just surrender? You could have gone to a new world under the guidance of the Phantom Demon... Why make this futile act of resistance?

"I……"

"Oh? Are you willing to switch?" Camilla looked at Yusei with a hint of eagerness in her eyes, anticipating Yusei's next decision.

Hmm... Looks like this kid's pretty sensible.

He's got a good face, and his strength is decent too. Once we get to the new world, I might consider making him my Camilla pet... Hehehehe...

"I'll change..."

With a calm smile, Yusei said to Camilla, "...Fuck you!!!"

As he said this, Yusei extended his finger and made a universally recognized friendly gesture (middle finger) to Camilla on the opposite platform.

"..."

"...!!!"

Camilla, momentarily stunned by Yusei's outstretched middle finger reflected in her pupils, visibly paled as she came to her senses...

It turned from white to red, and finally evolved into a terrifying blue...

Combined with her current monstrous appearance, it was simply... a perfect match!

"...Go to hell!!!!"

Enraged and realizing that he had been tricked by Yusei, Camilla finally ran out of patience.

...You shameless bastard!

Die, die, die...!!!

Go to hell!

Waving his arms wildly, Camilla seemed to be trying to swallow everyone present into darkness through means outside of the duel...

354 Plunge into the bottomless abyss! (5K)

As Camilla moved, more and more black mist began to emerge from the gold collar around her neck, which was engraved with an eye pattern.

After being amplified by Camilla's anger, the black mist seemed to be reborn, spreading unchecked and engulfing the surrounding space.

From the floor beneath your feet to the castle ceiling, everything is covered by them.

Naturally, under such intense influence, it wasn't long before Yuki Judai, Asuka, and the others were enveloped by layers of black mist.

With light and sound cut off, they seemed to have been captured by the enraged Camilla and were about to become bargaining chips to force Yusei to release the sharks into the sea...

However, at this moment...

Shortly after Yusei let out that powerful shout, the two fragments on his chest suddenly burst out with a dazzling light, instantly dispelling all the black energy surrounding his body!

"Varied……!"

The darkness that permeated the space was dispelled by the light, and Camilla, blinded by anger, was momentarily thrown into a state of panic and helplessness.

Camilla: Ha... I've lived for hundreds of years, what haven't I seen?

I've never seen anything like this before.

Ding--!

Under Camilla's horrified gaze, the two disc fragments on Yusei's chest, swaying in the wind, gradually merged into one, transforming into a complete disc.

The dazzling light that dispelled the black mist became even brighter after the disc merged.

Ignoring all obstacles around it, the light from the disc rushed straight towards Camilla, enveloping him completely!

What goes around comes around, and this time it's Camilla's turn to reap what he sowed!

"There's a warm feeling here. What exactly is this light...?" Feeling the warm fluctuations around him, Jaden Yuki paused for a moment and asked this question.

“I think… it’s because of the power of the Dark Items that the darkness from Camilla was dispelled!” Asuka, who had been holding her arm across her body, lowered it gently and gazed at the platform.

As the black mist dissipated, the survivors all looked towards the dueling arena.

Then, they saw Yusei, who was surrounded by golden light like a god descending to earth, and Camilla, who was enveloped by the radiance of the disc, whose transformation had been forcibly canceled, and who was kneeling on the ground in fear, as if he had been stripped of some power.

"No...impossible!!! Impossible!!!"

"How could a mere mortal possess a dark artifact that only the Seven Stars possess???"

Camilla, who had been reverted to her original form by the Holy Light, uttered a sound of immense fear and disbelief.

After personally experiencing the power of the disc, Camilla realized that the item hanging on Yusei's chest was a dark item of the same origin as his collar, capable of actively initiating a dark duel!

"...Brother-in-law, thank you."

Reaching out and grasping the disc at his chest, Yusei's face was filled with determination. Facing Camilla's location, he raised his arm and declared, "Camilla! This will ruin your scheme! Surrender now!"

In Yusei's back row, there are four more face-down cards, including some incredibly powerful surprise cards...

And then there's the skateboarder in front of him... cough cough... I mean, the [surfing prosecutor]...

Yusei couldn't fathom how Camilla planned to turn the tide in this near-desperate situation.

"Damn it...! Don't think this is the end of it!"

Camilla scrambled to her feet, ignoring Yusei's surrender proclamation, and with a wave of her hand, activated a spell card from her hand: "Spell Card [Spellstone Excavation] activated! This card's effect is to discard 2 cards from your hand, then target 1 spell card in your Graveyard; add that card to your hand."

"What I wanted to join was naturally rendered ineffective by you and sent to the [Gate of Illusion] in the graveyard!"

With a contorted expression, Camilla sent two cards from his hand to the graveyard, retrieved "Phantom Gate" from it, placed it back on the Duel Disk, and activated it: "Come on! 'Phantom Gate' activated! Destroy all monsters on your field!"

"Useless! I'll chain your [Phantom Gate] activation again to activate my backrow face-down card—[Phantom Wing]!" Extending his right hand, Yusei calmly opened his backrow face-down card: "According to the effect of this trap card, [Surf Inspector]'s ATK will increase by 500 points, and this can only be done once this turn, and it cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects!"

As Yusei finished speaking, a pair of seemingly alive, dark purple phantom wings appeared behind the skateboarder.

The machines that sealed everything have merged with the Wings of Freedom of the Undead Legion.

The skateboarder, now with wings, has gained a brand new life.

"Tsk! Since that's the case... then I'll revive the monster in my graveyard!" Having failed to destroy the annoying monster, Camilla clicked his tongue and abandoned his previous plan, instead taking a card out of the graveyard.

That was one of the cards that was sent to the graveyard as the activation cost of [Mining the Magic Stone].

"Descend! My trump card monster—[Vampire Creator] (Attack Power 3000)!"

A dark, eerie energy, accompanied by the roar of a ferocious beast, echoed through the grand hall in the dead of night.

Under everyone's gaze, the giant vampire that had once brought destruction to Professor Chronos crossed its arms and displayed its terrifying form!

"Heh... I activate the effect of [Vampire Creator], and..."

"Oh, right, according to the effect of [Surf Prosecutor], your monster's effects will be locked, meaning they cannot be activated."

"What……?!"

Seeing that Camilla was about to activate the effect of [Vampire Creator] and summon a new monster, Yusei quickly spoke up to stop him.

Although Camilla is no longer able to use other people's souls as substitutes for himself after the collision and influence of the dark tools of both sides.

However, Yusei was clearly uneasy about this vampire with a history of cheating.

"Since the effect can't be activated, then... I'll just launch an attack directly! Destroy your monster!"

After gaining the effect bonus from [Phantom Wings], [Surf Prosecutor]'s attack power increased to 2500 points, on par with the Soul Cards of previous protagonists.

However, this attack power is still no match for the [Vampire Creator], who has 3000 attack power.

Attack power 3000 against attack power 2500...

The protective effect of the Phantom Wings on the Surf Inspector was negated by the destructive effect of the Phantom Gate...

Currently, it seems that Camus has a certain advantage.

"...Wait! Did you forget something important before launching the attack?"

"For example... entrusting your own soul to a phantom demon?"

Seeing that Camilla seemed to be feigning ignorance and deliberately omitting a very important matter, Yusei narrowed his eyes and spoke up to remind him.

Powerful cards often come with a certain amount of risk.

To gain the power of the Phantom Gate, the user must also offer their own soul as a bargaining chip.

It was through this despicable tactic that Camilla was able to snatch the fruits of victory from Caesar's hands...

When she herself became blind, she deliberately ignored this step...

Ha! Dream on!

"...I haven't forgotten!"

"Hmph! If I win... the one whose soul will be stolen by the Phantom Demon will be you!"