Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Upon hearing Magure's shout, the four Black Scorpion bandit members behind him also raised their weapons and joined the battle, standing on either side of Magure.

"Gao Ge, who possesses the strongest power in the Black Scorpion Gang!" The burly man, wielding a large hammer, brandished his weapon and assumed a fighting stance.

"Mina, the only woman in the Black Scorpion Gang, with a red dot of thorns!" With one hand on her hip, she tightened her grip on the thorny whip.

"Cliff, who is ineffective against any trap and specializes in destroying traps!" The tall, thin man, holding a dagger in his other hand, pushed up his glasses and revealed a cunning smile.

"After taking the treasure, it's time to retreat! I'm the fast-running Zeke!" Disguised as a transfer student, the short, blond boy bounced around, showing off his superhuman agility.

"Ah……"

"We are... the Black Scorpion Thieves!"

Led by Magure, the five members of the Black Scorpion Thieves posed together in a very peculiar way.

If I had to describe this pose, it would be somewhat similar to the pose of the three resurrected Gold Saints in the Hades arc of Saint Seiya when they used their combined attack against Virgo Shaka, who had awakened his Alaya consciousness...

Of course, it certainly won't have that much power.

The gesture here is more symbolic.

"...So, this is your tactic?"

With his arms crossed, Yusei glanced at Magure's field and adopted a leisurely posture: "One 5-star, two 4-star, plus two 3-star monsters... none of them can break through the defense of [Evil Hero Infernal Winged Demon]!"

"I think you should know that defensive actions are futile against the Blazing Flame Winged Demon, right?"

"Heh... It's not over yet! I'll activate the trap card in the back row!" Magure reached out and pressed the button on the Duel Disk, flipping over the card that had been placed in the first turn and activating it: "Trap Card activated! [Ultimate Move, Black Scorpion Combo]!"

Yusei: "...A sure kill?"

Magure: "That's right! This trap card can only be activated when you control 'Leader Zaru G', 'Black Scorpion - Trap Dismantler Cliff', 'Black Scorpion - Swift Escape Zek', 'Black Scorpion - Powerful Gogo', and 'Black Scorpion - Thorn Mina' face-up. According to this card's effect, only during the turn this card is activated, members of the Black Scorpion Thieves can directly attack the opponent. However, in that case, the battle damage inflicted on the opponent becomes 400 each."

It has nothing to do with the original attack power, but only with the number of monsters.

The Black Scorpion Thieves have a total of 5 members, which means that Yusei will suffer 400*5, or 2000 points of damage.

"We're about to go, men!"

After raising his arms and shouting, Magure immediately entered his fighting phase.

As the leader, he was the first to draw two pistols from his waist and point them at Yusei's location. The other members also drew their weapons, bypassed the Karmic Winged Demon that was hindered by the trap card, and rushed to Yusei's front.

"Take this! Thorn Whip!"

"Dual revolvers!"

"Trap Knife!"

"Earth-burrowing shovel!"

"Powerful Iron Hammer!"

One attack after another came rushing towards Yusei's location, blocking his every direction and leaving him nowhere to hide.

"Hahahaha... Yusei, let me tell you what you're about to face!"

Seeing Yusei about to be overwhelmed by the attack, Magure quickly opened his mouth and explained: "When I deal damage to you, you will randomly discard one card from your hand, or send the top two cards of your deck to the graveyard."

When Mina deals damage to you, you can add 1 card with "Black Scorpion" in its name to your hand from your deck or graveyard; when Cliff deals damage to you, you can destroy 1 Spell or Trap Card on the field, or send the top 2 cards from your opponent's deck to the graveyard.

When Zeke deals damage to you, you can return one card on the field to its owner's hand, or reveal the top card of your opponent's deck (the opponent cannot see it) and choose to return that card to the top or bottom of their deck.

When Gao Ge inflicts damage on you, he can return one monster card on your opponent's field to the top of its owner's deck, or send the top card of your opponent's deck to the graveyard..."

"With so many effects, it must provide you with a pretty good experience, right?"

Looking in the direction of Yusei, Magure, who seemed to have already foreseen the outcome, couldn't help but reveal a smug smile.

In his view, his victory was already a foregone conclusion!

"Hmm, not bad, very strong..."

Nodding slightly, which was a form of recognition for Magure, Yusei waved his hand and opened the cover card in the back row as the Black Scorpion Thieves attacked: "...But I refuse!"

"...Trap Card [Divine Protection - Mirror Force -] activated! When your opponent attacks, destroy all monsters in Attack Position on your opponent's field!"

A protective shield of sublime power opened up in front of Yusei, blocking all the incoming attacks in his place.

Upon seeing this scene, Magure's smile froze on his face: "What...!!!"

All five members of the Black Scorpion Thieves are currently on attack alert... which means...

"Let me...plunge into the bottomless abyss of despair!!!"

Yusei stretched out his arm and pushed up his non-existent glasses on his nose, forcibly suppressing his laughter. Looking at the group of Black Scorpion thieves who had foolishly fallen into the trap, a pleasant smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

Ah...that's the expression I wanted to see!

It's that twisted expression where hope gradually turns into despair!

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!

"Uh ah ah ah..."

"Boss!!!"

"Ugh... All my attacks were reflected back!!!"

"Such intense light! My eyes!!!"

The attacks aimed at Yusei were all deflected by the reflective power of the divine shield.

All the Black Scorpion Thieves who attacked Yusei, along with their leader Magure, were ejected from the monster zone by the spreading reflected beams of light. After tracing several semi-circular arcs in the air, they tumbled violently onto the ground behind them.

Their bodies were covered in mud and sand.

Despair, surprise, anger, confusion, resentment, panic...

A host of negative emotions began to spread across their bewildered faces...

392 The Legend of the Undefeated Pharaoh

Although Magure's health points did not suffer any substantial damage, after taking the full impact of "Sublime Power," his front line was completely wiped out...

The Black Scorpion Thieves' attack just now had used up all of his cards.

As a result of the counterattack, all the cards on the field were sent to the graveyard.

The number of cards in the front and back rows is 0, and the number of cards in hand is also 0.

It can be said that Magure is now unable to muster any strength to resist and can only passively face the consequences of being beaten.

Everything was because he acted rashly and impulsively, ignoring the consequences for Gaika; he had no one else to blame.

"No... shouldn't we be letting our attack get through at this time?"

Struggling to his feet, Magure's face was filled with disbelief: "Why... why did a card like [Divine Shield - Reflective Mirror Force] appear?! This is not scientific!!!"

"If that's the case, then all the groundwork I laid before, all the effort I put in, has become a joke???"

“Even if you say that…” Yusei, who was being questioned sharply by Magure, spread his hands innocently: “If I don’t plan to activate the face-down card, then what’s the point of setting it up?”

Why isn't the card activated? Is it just for show?

Before you attacked, didn't you think I would launch a backcourt cover?

Magure: "..."

Magure, who was standing there stunned, really hadn't expected that Yusei's back row would have a card like "Sublime Power".

"Enough talk, it's my turn now!"

Seeing that Magure had no intention of continuing, or rather, was unable to continue, Yusei waved his arm and entered his turn: "My turn, draw!"

"Heh... Given the current situation, there's no need for me to do anything more."

Facing the utterly defenseless Magure, Yusei didn't even glance at the card he had just drawn, and directly issued an attack command to his monster: "[Evil Hero Winged Demon]... Launch a direct attack on Magure! Infernal Blaze!"

The familiar dark blue fireball once again gathered in the hands of the Blazing Fire Winged Demon.

This time, with no monsters hindering her attack, she directly targeted Magure, unleashing her evil flames and stealing his last bit of life...

"Uh ah ah ah..."

"Wu Nian! I'm sorry, everyone!"

Engulfed in flames, Magure knelt down in agony, his life points dropping to zero.

(Magore LP: 1900→0)

"Boss!"

"...Boss!"

The members of the Black Scorpion Thieves rushed toward Magure, who had been knocked to the ground.

However, before they could reach Magure, the members, along with Magure who had lost the duel, turned into golden particles of light and disappeared from everyone's sight.

All that remained on the ground were five cards representing the members of the Black Scorpion Thieves, and the golden prosthetic eye that Magure had previously worn...

"I originally thought these guys were just ordinary thieves... turns out these guys called the [Black Scorpion Thieves] are also members of the Seven Stars?"

Holding the golden prosthetic eye in his hand, Yusei picked up the scattered cards from the ground, a thoughtful expression on his face.

He originally planned to retrieve the sealed key from the Black Scorpion Thieves after the duel, but it seems that their duel has unknowingly turned into a dark duel that gambles on their souls.

The loser will be sealed inside a card, just like Magure did earlier.

Although it was unintentional, Yusei still won this dark duel.

In the end, he was not in any danger, and that's enough.

……

The Black Scorpion Thieves' incident has temporarily come to an end with the defeat of their leader, Magure.

After that, the group of people who had lost their keys retrieved them from the places where the Black Scorpion Thieves had disappeared.

Time flies, and a new day arrives.

At the Duel Academy headquarters, in Professor Daitokuji's class.