Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Although the specific circumstances of both sides are unknown, Vesas is clearly the more friendly side to Yusei and his group. Even if it is just to return to Earth as soon as possible and safely, Yusei and his group must lend a helping hand to Vesas and his group at this time.

"You...you're their general, right? Then...let's duel!"

"A duel? You're a duelist?" The unicorn sizing up Yusei, this alien whose appearance was so different from theirs, wore a mocking expression: "Hey, Vesas, are you too scared to fight yourself and planning to have someone else take your place in this sacred duel?"

"Heh... My intuition tells me that this boy you underestimated is an extremely powerful duelist!"

Wielding his greatsword, he knocked back the ogre and Fenrir wolf, and glancing at Vesas to the side, he also noticed the petri dish behind the unicorn.

After frowning, he continued speaking to the unicorn, "Unicorn, you... if you're too arrogant, you'll end up sinking in a ditch!"

"Heh... capsized? Interesting."

Touching his chin, pondering Vessas's words, and gazing at Yusei's unicorn, he slowly raised his left arm.

As he moved, the red crossbow that was originally on his arm transformed into a duel disk under everyone's gaze.

With its red color matching the armor and sharp barbs all around, the appearance of this duel disk is quite in line with his character design.

At first glance, he's a standard villain template.

"Then, let's duel, kid... using the new Master Rules of our world!"

The unicorn, having said this, stretched out its arm and unfolded its Duel Disk: "Let me see just how strong you really are... Duel!!!"

"Ah... Come on! Let this extraterrestrial demon witness the sublime power of us Hanno knights!"

In response to the unicorn's movement, Yusei unfolded his Duel Disk: "...Duel!!!"

483 I'm so handsome

"...Duel!" ×2

With everyone present as witnesses, the duel between Yusei and the red-armored warrior, Kusharu-Unicorn, who clearly appears to be a villain, began.

Vesas was responsible for dealing with the [Kusha Wraith Ogre] and the [Kusha Wraith Fenrir Wolf], while the unicorn, being a general, was left to Yusei to handle through a sacred duel recognized across all universes.

As per the Unicorns' request, this duel will use the new Master Rules that have become widespread in their world, which include no card draws on the first turn, double starting life points, an additional 15 cards, the addition of Link Monsters, and an extra EX zone, etc.

(Unicorn LP: 8000)

(Yusei LP: 8000)

"...Kid, since you volunteered for the challenge, you can go first! Let me see if your strength is as reliable as Vesas said!"

The unicorn, its red spear clenched in its right hand, plunged it fiercely into the ground in front of it, and drew five initial cards from its deck.

Facing Yusei, he raised his arm arrogantly and uttered these slightly conceited words.

Come on, prove to me that you are worthy of being my opponent!

"...Okay, fine."

After glancing at the unicorn opposite him and nodding, Yusei drew five cards from his deck.

Upon seeing his hand, a knowing smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.

The title of Knight of Hanoi may be just a bluff, but the desire to crush this unicorn in front of him is genuine.

Moreover, the deck that Yusei is currently using is not the new space deck that eliminated the aliens before, but the "Mizu Hyakuhou Yu" deck that he borrowed from Tengu Yu before setting off. It is enough to deal with various situations and is used as a backup.

Regarding the powerful deck used by the AI ​​humanoid "I'm so cool" from the past world, which is full of elements of playing dumb, he can only say... well, those who know, know.

When facing an opponent, this deck is the ultimate beast, but when facing an ally, it is the most beautiful new life, giving people an extremely strong sense of reliability!

"Hmm...firstly..."

After thinking for a moment, Yusei took out one of his cards and showed it to the Unicorn opposite him: "First, I activate the effect of [Temple's Water Dispatch] in my hand, banish this card from my hand and graveyard, and add one [Alamysian Ritual] from my deck and graveyard to my hand."

"Ha...naive. Chain your activation, I discard the [Ash Blossom] card from my hand to negate your search effect."

With a mocking sneer, and in conjunction with Yusei's search effect, Unicorn simultaneously pulled out the wide-foreheaded loli from its hand, that wretched Ash Blossom.

Kid, you want to search? No way!

Do you think I'm someone who's easy to fool? You're overthinking it!

“I’ll return your earlier assessment verbatim…”

Seeing the Unicorn on the other side pull out Ash Blossom, Yusei was slightly stunned for a moment before quickly realizing what was happening.

To capitalize on the activation of the hand trap, he pulled out another card from his hand: "...Chain with the activation of your [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring], I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Called by the Graveyard] in my hand, banishing the [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] sent to the Graveyard and negating its effect!"

"Damn it... the search can't be stopped? Then I'll block your special recruitment!"

Seeing that Ash Blossom & Joyous Springs was about to be countered, Unicorn, not intending to give up and let Yusei continue his run, activated another spell card, sending another monster card from its hand to the graveyard: "Discard 'G' from your hand. This way, every time you Special Summon a monster, I will draw one card from my deck!"

"That won't do. Chain with your [G of Multiplication], and I'll activate the effect of [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] in my hand, discarding myself to negate that card-drawing effect!"

This time, it's Unicorn's turn to be defeated by Ash Stream Recon!

At this moment, although Unicorn also has [Called by the Grave] in his hand, he cannot activate this card during Yusei's turn.

Therefore, he could only watch helplessly as both of his hand traps were rendered ineffective.

Following the reverse chain reaction, the final result of this chain reaction is—

Yusei's Ash Blossom → Unicorn's Proliferation G → Yusei's Named One of the Grave → Unicorn's Ash Blossom → Yusei's Water of the Temple.

Only after Yusei's Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring negates the effect of Unicorn's Multiplying G will the subsequent effect of Called the Graveyard, which banishes Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and blocks its effects, be processed.

"The effects cancel each other out, so the effect of [Temple Water Dispatch] is successfully activated. I add the Spell Card [Aramessiah Ritual] to my hand from my deck."

The hand trap and the backhand trap counteract each other, and after their effects cancel each other out, the search continues.

Yusei successfully and accurately retrieved the cards he needed from his deck.

At this point, the opponent is usually no longer able to stop his explosive outburst!

"Hmph! Even if your hand trap gets countered, it doesn't matter... With three cards left in your hand, you don't pose much of a threat to me." A slightly regretful look appeared on his face, and he seemed quite surprised by Yusei's countermeasure.

He originally thought that Yusei would be surprised by the effect of Ash Blossom, but to his surprise, Yusei quickly took countermeasures and also took out Ash Blossom to counter it.

This kid... could it be that he's already familiar with duels under the new Master Rules?

Tsk! Vesas... just where did he find this helper?

This is a bit tricky!

Three is enough.

Taking a deep breath and adjusting his mindset, Yusei then inserted the Spell Card he had just retrieved into the back row of the Duel Disk: "...Continuing the setup, next I'll activate the effect of this card, 'Aramaic Ritual.' This effect can only be activated if you control no 'Brave Tokens.' Special Summon 1 'Brave Token' (Fairy/EARTH/Level 4/ATK 2000/DEF 2000) to your field."

The blue-haired water witch waved her staff, using the power of the sacred spring to summon the blond young hero from another world to the field.

Suddenly summoned to another world, the hero, still unable to comprehend his mission, shook his head in confusion, instinctively drew his longsword from his waist, and assumed a guarded stance.

"The effect of the spell card [Alamysian Ritual] has a follow-up... If you do not have 'Path of Destiny' on your field, you can choose 1 more 'Path of Destiny' from your Deck and place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Zone."

Yusei took his deck out of the Duel Disk, opened it in his palm, retrieved a Continuous Spell Card, and then placed it on the deck of the Duel Disk.

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【The Journey of Destiny】

(Continuous Magic Card)

Effect: You can use each of the following effects of this card once per turn.

①: You can only activate this effect during your Main Phase. Add 1 monster from your Deck whose Token name is listed as "Brave Token" to your hand, then send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard.

②: This effect can only be activated when a monster is summoned or Special Summoned. Add 1 Equip Spell Card from your Deck whose name is listed as "Brave Token" to your hand, or equip 1 "Brave Token" on your field.

③: Once per turn, a monster equipped with an Equip Card cannot be destroyed by battle.

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"And then comes the important part... I Normal Summon the 'Three-Eyed Monster' from my hand, and at that moment, the second effect of 'Journey of Destiny' activates. When a monster is summoned, I add 1 Equip Spell Card from my Deck with the 'Brave Token' in its name to my hand! I choose the Equip Spell Card—'Riding the Dragon'!"

Another new search, and thanks to the effect of the Continuous Magic Card, Yusei obtained the Hero's Mount.

"The effect of [Journey of Destiny] activates. During my Main Phase, I search my Deck for 1 monster card with the Token Name listed as 'Brave Token,' then discard 1 card from my hand... I search my Deck for [Wandering Griffin Rider] and discard [Dragon Rider] from my hand."

"At this moment, the effect of the Equip Spell Card 'Riding the Dragon' activates. If this card is sent to the Graveyard, you can target 1 'Brave Token' on your field; Equip this card to that monster."

"Then I chain-activate the effect of [Wandering Griffin Rider]. This effect can be activated during either player's Main Phase if you control no monsters or if you control a 'Brave Token'. Special Summon this card from your hand."

With a cry of a bird, a giant griffin, its body painted in multiple colors, descended from the sky with a rider with bristling animal ears, and came to the side of the hero who was his companion.

Beneath the hero, a small, energetic, blue-green pterosaur had appeared.

"This deck... isn't it the acting principal's Hero deck?"

Jaden Yuki, who had been brutally beaten by Yui-san before, still had a very strong impression of the deck that Yusei was using at this moment.

Looking at the scene before him, he couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

"Hmm... I borrowed this deck before I left, just in case."

Having given an affirmative answer to Jaden Yuki's speculation, Yusei also looked towards his own spot.

After activating a mindless one-for-two Continuous Spell Card, and then using the discarded and pulled-back Equip Spell Card, which is practically free, Yusei continued to search round after round.

At this moment, although he only had one card left in his hand, there were a total of five extra cards on the field!

Furthermore, the formula for victory has already been assembled on his field, and what follows... is simply a matter of tanking!

"【The Wandering Griffin Rider】possesses the ability to send itself back to the deck to negate and disrupt the opponent's card effects. No matter what special preparations you have, even if you have Meteor or Bubble in your hand, you can no longer stop me!"

Raising his arm, Yusei felt an unprecedented sense of comfort. At this moment, as if a god had descended to earth, golden light shone in his eyes, and he simultaneously made this declaration to the unicorn.

Yusei is now playing cards with an OCG mindset. He has considered almost all possibilities and taken corresponding countermeasures.

Even though the Unicorn, as the opponent, is full of Beyblade monsters, and even though it transforms from a samurai into Blazing Teens in a state of extreme rage, it can no longer cause any trouble.

Yusei won't give him any chance to turn the tables!

"Tsk... There is indeed a meteorite, but I haven't handled it yet, otherwise you wouldn't be so arrogant."

Slightly annoyed, the unicorn clicked its tongue. It felt a little displeased by Yusei's confident words.

Looking at this boy who seemed like a completely different person when he played cards, a bad feeling welled up in his chest.

Perhaps... I just made a terrible mistake?

I shouldn't have let him attack first; instead, I should have maintained a cautious stance and chosen to launch the first attack.