Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Despite having a powerful weapon on the field and holding a clear advantage, Edward still chose the safest approach...

That's too stable, it's just too stable!

496 Tears, save me!!!

"Quick-Play Spell Card [Masked Change] activated... Sends my [Elemental HERO: Lady of the Mist] to the Graveyard, Special Summoning a [Masked HERO] monster with the same Attribute from my Extra Deck..."

With a slight sigh, Yusei, who was forcibly locked onto by Edward's Detopia, had no choice but to activate the magic card in the back row to transform Shadow Mist Lady.

If he doesn't do this, he can only watch as the Shadow Mist Lady is destroyed, and the [Mask Change] in the back row will become a useless card.

"This is the moment I've been waiting for!"

Edward had already noticed Yusei's actions and took corresponding countermeasures.

After anticipating the actions of the wandering stars, Edward gradually tightened the blockade, driving the hero to the brink of despair.

"I'll chain your [Mask Change] and activate the effect of [Destiny Hero - Destroyer Phoenix] to destroy himself and the Mistress of Shadows!"

Soaring flames erupted across the arena as the Phoenix of Destruction swept across the battlefield once more, dragging the Shadow Mist Lady, who hadn't had time to transform, into the abyss of hell.

Having lost its target, [Mask Change] was wasted and sent directly to the graveyard, leaving Yusei with only one face-down card on his field.

The lone, dark hero—[Friend Hero]—ultimately failed to manifest before Yusei after the Shadow Mist Lady, who served as his vessel, disappeared…

"If the effect of 'Elemental HERO: Lady of the Mist' is activated and this card is sent to the Graveyard, I can search my Deck for one 'HERO' monster other than this card... I choose 'Elemental HERO: Skywalker'."

After retrieving the overworked Sky Warrior from the deck and drawing Yusei, who already had the Fusion card in his hand, he vaguely saw a glimmer of light in the darkness, and his brows relaxed slightly.

Not yet, it's not over yet.

The outcome of a duel is never known until the very last moment!

"...Sky Warrior, is that it? But, Yusei...you don't have a next turn!"

Frowning slightly at Yusei's actions, Edward waved his arm and issued an attack command to his monster: "...Battle begins! [Destiny HERO - Antitopia] launches a direct attack on Yusei! Antitopia Punch!!!"

As the literal meaning suggests, the Anti-Utopian who received Ed's command simply held the remaining black sphere in his hand and absorbed it entirely into his body.

Then, he swung his fist, the size of a sandbag, carrying a destructive purple energy wave, and charged towards Yuxing's location without hesitation.

With his attack power surging to 3800, he was about to deliver a devastating blow to Yusei, taking away his last bit of health and securing the final victory for Ed Phoenix in this duel…

Everyone: "...Yusei!!!"

Yusei: "...Trap Card [Needle Worm's Nest] activated!"

Edward: "...What?"

In the very end, when all hope was about to be lost and his life points were down to a mere 400, Yusei flipped over the card that had been hidden in the back row.

This card, which held his last hope and strength of resistance, was not the "Lovely Touch" or "Sublime Power" card one might expect, but rather a self-harming trap card that left everyone utterly perplexed...

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[Needleworm nest]

(Trap Card)

Effect: Send the top five cards of your deck to the Graveyard.

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In a very concise and straightforward way, the effect of this card is as described above: it adds five cards to the graveyard, and that's it.

It cannot conjure up a Skybreaker deck full of materials out of thin air, nor can it call upon the reliable Twin Dome Oram to take the hit.

Its effect is simply a blind stacking, completely unable to have any impact on the battle situation.

"Is this your last hope?"

As the trap card was activated, the Depthonian temporarily stopped what he was doing and lowered his fist, which was the size of a sandbag.

After the trap card's effect is executed, his attack will once again strike Yusei.

Looking at the card that Yusei had flipped open in front of him, not only the audience but even his opponent, Edward, the genius girl who had emerged from the depths of hell after countless duels, couldn't help but show a rather surprised expression: "Are you... joking with me?"

Including such a useless card in a hero deck, Yusei... you really disappoint me!

I clearly considered you a worthy opponent, and I was fighting you with all my might, yet you made this inexplicable move...

Do you really care about this duel?

Or are you saying you simply don't care about the Osiris Red Dormitory you live in? Are you planning to deliberately lose to me?

"Don't doubt it, you didn't see wrong, and I didn't go easy on you. This card... is my last act of defiance!"

Ignoring the questioning looks from those around him, Yusei took a deep breath and gently placed his palm on top of the deck.

Surrounded by the shadow of the approaching Ottoman, Yusei, burdened by the pressure of defeat, silently closed his eyes and sent the top five cards of his deck to the graveyard in one go: "It all comes down to this, Duel Spirits, answer my call!"

--Ding!

What rang in everyone's ears was a soft chime that signaled the activation of a chain reaction.

And what followed were a series of similar sounds.

Whether it was good luck or something else, in any case... sending five cards to the graveyard triggered multiple chains at this crucial moment!

【The Demon King of the Swamp】, 【The Lament of the Pearl Clan: Siren Mermaid】, 【The Lament of the Pearl Clan: Merlo Mermaid】, 【The Reversal Between the Real World and the Underworld】, 【Ancient Guardian Argento】.

This is how Yusei sent five cards to the graveyard using the effect of a trap card.

Aside from 【Reversal of the Real World and the Underworld】 and 【Demon King of the Swamp】, which he already had, the other three cards were obtained from Vesas.

Perhaps even Yusei himself did not expect that his unintentional act, a simple act of helping others, would open up a completely new path for his future.

"...Multiple chains, what exactly is this?"

As Edward watched the chains that kept forming on the Yusei Duel Disk, representing chain effects, a look of considerable doubt appeared in his eyes.

what is going on?

At this point, she was still unaware of the seriousness of the problem.

"It seems that fate has not abandoned me after all!"

A surge of excitement welled up inside him. Yusei tapped his Duel Disk and began to explain the current situation: "If [Tearful Lament Siren Mermaid] and [Tearful Lament Mermaid] are sent to the Graveyard by an effect, they can be used as materials for a Fusion Summon!"

"I activate the effect of [Tears of Elegy - Mermaid of the Pearls]: If this card is sent to the Graveyard by a card effect, you can activate this effect. The Fusion Material Monsters of this card, including those in the Graveyard, that are listed on a Fusion Monster Card are returned to the bottom of their owners' Deck in any order from their hand, field, or Graveyard. Fusion Summon 1 of those Fusion Monsters from your Extra Deck."

"...I will use the [Swamp Demon King], which I will use as [Tears of Elegy Clan Renohart], along with the three monsters [Tears of Elegy Clan Siren Mermaid] and [Tears of Elegy Clan Merlo Mermaid], as materials for a fusion summon!"

【Tears of Elegy - Mermaid】Can use monsters from the field, hand, and graveyard, including themselves, as materials for Fusion Summoning.

The "Swamp Demon King" has the effect of replacing the material monsters listed in the card name as Fusion Monsters, and can be used as a substitute for the Material Monsters in Fusion Summoning.

Therefore, even though the original materials were not gathered, Yusei could still use these aquatic monsters in the graveyard as fusion materials to summon the evil god.

"...Three bodies united! Emerge! Ruler of the Pearl World, the One-Life Evil—[Karedohat of the Pearl Tear Elegy Clan]!!!"

Vesas's alternate-world counterpart, the advanced form of the [Tears of Elegy Clan Renohart] whom he had defeated—the tentacle demon god [Tears of Elegy Clan Kaledohart] who ruled the ocean world—appeared before Yusei amidst the waves.

With his appearance, the pressure exerted on Yusei by the Anti-Utopians was dissolved and vanished without a trace.

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【The Lament of the Pearl-Tear Tribe - Karedohat】

(Demon/Dark/9-star/Attack: 3000/Defense: 3000)

Blending/Effects:

"Tearful Song Clan - Renohart" + 2 Aquatic Monsters

This card cannot be used as Fusion Material. You can only use each of the following effects of this card's name once per turn.

①: If this card is Special Summoned, or if a Water-Type monster on the field is sent to your Graveyard by a card effect, you can target 1 card your opponent controls; return that card to its owner's Deck.

②: This effect can be activated if this card is sent to the Graveyard by a card effect. Special Summon this card and send 1 "Tears of the Gods" card from your Deck to the Graveyard.

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"The Tears of Elegy Clan? What exactly is this...?" Looking at the tentacle demon that appeared before him, Edward uttered the question that everyone else also wanted to know: "...Isn't your deck a Hero deck?"

"...Ahem, that's not important!"

Unable to answer Edward's question immediately, Yusei cleared his throat and began dealing with the chain of events before him: "[Ancient Guardian Argento]'s second effect activates: If this card is sent from the hand or Deck to the Graveyard, you can activate this effect. Send the top 5 cards from both players' Decks to the Graveyard. After that, if you have 'Reversal of the Realm and the Underworld' in your Graveyard, you can send 5 cards from either player's Deck to the Graveyard."

"Because I have the card 'Reversal of the Realm and the Underworld' in my graveyard, according to the effect of 'Ancient Guardian Argento,' after both players add five cards to their graveyards, I can add five more cards to my deck."

During Edward's turn, Yusei used the chain effect to pile up fifteen cards into his graveyard in one go...

In a sense, this graveyard-building maneuver is even faster and more ruthless than the Spell Card "Neighborhood Grass Cut"!

Ignoring the card advantage between the two sides, as if he didn't care about his own deck resources at all, Yusei raised his hand and placed ten more cards into the graveyard.

On the other hand, Edward gritted his teeth and reluctantly drew five cards from the top of his deck, sending them to his graveyard.

"Chain reversal: If the effect of 【Tears of Elegy - Kaledorhat】 activates at this time, and this card is Special Summoned, or if a Water-Type monster on the field is sent to your Graveyard by a card effect, you can target 1 card your opponent controls; return that card to its owner's Deck!"

Yusei pointed at the Anti-Utopia on the field, smiled, and then said, "That's right, the one I chose is the [Destiny Hero - Anti-Utopia] who almost killed me just now!"

【Karedohat of the Tears of Elegy Clan】is not afraid of being destroyed by effects. Rather, when he is destroyed by an effect, he will trigger his own effect the moment he is revived, bounce one of the opponent's cards back to the deck.

Therefore, neither the Destroyers nor the Phoenix Destroyers can be considered to have a good compatibility with him.

Upon hearing Yusei's words, Kaledorhat immediately commanded the tentacles floating around his body, giving the Antitopians a rare experience of bondage play...

After that, the humiliated Detopia was bounced back into Edward's deck.

Twists and turns again! This time, it was Yusei, who had received the blessing of the Tear of the Underworld, who drove Edward into the abyss of despair.

"Fear! Tremble! Surrender before the overwhelming power of the super-mainstream!"

With a standard villainous pose and a wicked grin on his face, Yusei simultaneously extended his arm, executing the multiple chain generated by the second round of graveyard destruction: "...If the Trap Card [Elegy of the First Era] is sent to the Graveyard, search for one [Tears of Elegy] monster card from your Deck...I choose to search for [Tears of Elegy - Little Mermaid]!"

"Similar to the previous [Ancient Guardian Argento], [Ancient Vanguard Kelberk] can be activated when it is sent from your hand or deck to the graveyard. Send the top 5 cards of both players' decks to the graveyard. After that, if you have 'Reversal of the Realm and the Underworld' in your graveyard, you can set 1 Trap Card from your graveyard to your field."

When [Reversal of the Realm and the Underworld] is in the graveyard, [Ancient Guardian Argento]'s effect is to send five more cards from either your or your opponent's deck to the graveyard.

The effect of [Ancient Vanguard Kelpock] is to recycle a Trap Card from the Graveyard and set it face-down in your backrow.