Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

If the Rose Princess on the other side is indeed a special being who can see Duel Spirits, as she claims, then Yusei can naturally judge the truth or falsehood of her previous words by observing her reactions.

If she can't see the ball, then it can only mean that this princess is nothing but a charlatan!

"...Elves? What elves? More importantly...you still haven't given me an answer about the princes!"

Following the direction Yusei pointed, Princess Rose instinctively turned her gaze in that direction.

Then, Yusei saw a very obvious look of confusion on her face.

just like……

In her field of vision, there was no such thing as the [Spherical Kuriboh] Pokémon...

"Curry, curry~~~~"

Floating near Yusei's ear, the spherical Kuriboh conveyed its results to him.

Like Yusei, it was also unable to perceive the so-called prince-like appearance beneath the frog's exterior.

"I see, now I can finally be sure."

Having gained the spirit's approval, Yusei's face immediately showed a look of certainty.

Princess Rose is not a spirit user at all, and she cannot see any spirits.

The words she spoke were nothing but her own conjecture!

"...No matter how you look at it, the monsters you're pointing to are just frogs!" Yusei said calmly, expressing his opinion with a certainty.

"He's not a frog, he's a prince!"

Dissatisfied with Yusei's answer, Princess Rose immediately clenched her little fists and retorted, "I can see them! Although they are now living with ugly frogs... the handsome princes have always been protecting me!"

As Princess Rose spoke, she pointed with a look of rapture at the frogs in front of her: "Look~ Aren't they right here? My fairies, my lovers..."

Youxing: “…”

Jaden Yuki: "Uh... Prince, there isn't one? Isn't this just a frog?"

"Let's put the prince's matter aside for now and start our duel..." Too lazy to argue with the woman opposite him and feeling that she was being unreasonable, Yusei decisively ended this troublesome topic.

Then, without waiting for Princess Rose's reply, he raised his arm and inserted a card into the Duel Disk: "...Spell Card - [Fusion] Activated! Send the Fusion Material Monsters specified by the Fusion Monster from your hand or the field to the Graveyard to perform a Fusion Summon!"

"So... Princess Rose, are you planning to come?"

Yusei paused his actions and looked at the disgruntled princess opposite him.

At this moment, she seemed to still be brooding over things like the frog prince from earlier.

"...Hmph! Is that even a question? I can't let you successfully activate [Fusion]!"

Fusion Spell Cards represent infinite possibilities, and this is also the signature summoning method of Duel Academy.

The monster born from the vortex of fusion could very well pose a significant threat to Princess Rose's ultimate fate!

Therefore, without a second thought, Princess Rose temporarily set aside her dissatisfaction and activated the monster's effect: "Activate the effect of [Pancake Frog] No. 1, send [Piercing Frog] on my field to the Graveyard to negate and destroy the activation of [Fusion], then set it to my field!"

Following Princess Rose's instructions, [Frog] immediately opened its big mouth, stretched out its tongue, and swept [Fusion] across the Starfield, covering Princess Rose's backfield.

In the process, it also absorbed the fusion vortex that appeared on the field into its belly.

"As expected of a pure white beast! It's truly disgusting!" Yusei, who was swept away by the [Fusion], couldn't help but exclaim.

Then, having already anticipated this scenario, he placed a new card on the Duel Disk: "Normal Summon Aleister, and activate..."

"[Frog] #2's effect activates, sending [Magic Frog] to the graveyard to negate and destroy [Summoner Aleister]'s effect, and then setting it face-down on my field!"

The white-robed, scumbag summoner, adjusting his monocle, appeared before Yusei, accompanied by a blue summoning circle.

Raising his twin serpent staff and the Holy Codex, Zha Lester was about to retrieve them when he was suddenly overpowered by the frog on the opposite side.

A scumbag who's always snuggling up with countless girls and stealing other guys' girlfriends probably never imagined that he'd one day be snatched away by the other guy!

"Alai...go! I will remember your sacrifice!"

Adjusting his non-existent glasses on his nose, Yusei watched as Aleister was swept away and buried by the pancake frog, then looked up at the sky with a sorrowful expression.

Filled with emotion, he couldn't help but wipe the corner of his eye.

"Heh... Your summoning attempts have been used up, and your search and fusion abilities have been sealed. So, your development comes to an end here!"

As the instigator of a series of evil deeds, Princess Rose, who had successfully disgusted Yusei, looked at the empty scene opposite her and the man staring sadly at the ceiling, and couldn't help but let out a smug laugh: "Yusei... stop standing there in a daze. If you don't intend to continue, then hurry up and end your turn! I'll have my princes deliver the final blow to you right away!"

"Who told you I was planning to end this?"

"Varied……"

Yusei placed his right hand on his cheek, a faint smile playing on his lips, and let out a sinister, villainous laugh: "Hehehehehehehehe... Princess Rose, you're still too green!"

"You think... you've cornered me, is that it?"

"But have you ever considered that by using up all your Kang points, you've actually been driven into a corner by me?"

Princess Rose: "...?!"

Yusei: "Next, I'll show you what... true terror really is!"

Lowering his hand, Yusei revealed his previously hidden, handsome face, now brimming with exaggerated smiles, to the world. His aura shifted instantly, and he slammed one of his cards onto the Duel Disk: "...When you have no other cards on your field, this card can be Special Summoned directly from your hand! Come—[Heat-Soul Servant - Ascended Sage] (Warrior/Light/Level 4/ATK: 900/DEF: 300)!"

Holding a golden double-edged staff, the purple sage descended from the sky, appearing before Yusei amidst the light of the source number.

"Next, when you control only one Level 4 monster other than this card, you can Special Summon this card directly from your hand! Summon—[Heat-Souled Servant - Armed Sage] (Warrior/LIGHT/Level 4/ATK: 300/DEF: 900)"

With completely opposite basic attributes to the Ascended Sage, the Armed Sage, equipped with red and black alien armor and carrying a golden greatsword on his back, came from the distant Astral Realm and appeared in front of Yusei together with the Ascended Sage.

Just like the two [Frog] that emerged from the Xyz Vortex and appeared on Princess Rose's field, the [Different Heat Servant - Ascended Sage] and [Different Heat Servant - Armed Sage] that appeared at this moment also stood on either side of Yusei, holding their weapons and acting as his left and right protectors.

Heroes, summoned beasts, Hope...

And the long-unseen Death Prison and Ice Sword Dragon...

Even though Yusei chose to temporarily seal away the currently unbeatable and invincible [Tears of the Underworld] in order to ensure the fun of duels, there are still other small systems with extreme explosive power in his deck.

Incidentally, if the previous [Fusion] hadn't been countered, Yusei would have fused [Summoner Aleister] with the light-attribute [Different Heat Servant - Ascended Sage], thus summoning the true big brother of the summons, the god's chariot that once utterly crushed Manjoume—[Summon Merkaba]! This would have countered Princess Rose's [Pancake Frog].

Now, after the sacrifice of [Fusion] and [Summoner Aleister], Yusei has inherited their will and the real development of this round begins!

The obstacles ahead have been removed by the selfless acts of our comrades. Now it is time to call upon the warrior of hope!

532 chance to double your winnings, Hope is worth 10,000!

Unlike normal summons, which can only be performed once per turn, special summons are generally not limited in number. Therefore, some decks with explosive summoning capabilities (such as the former Phantom U-Shaped Lock and Secret Spin) often rely on this to tell as much as possible.

These decks, through multiple special summons, can treat their own deck as a hand while simultaneously filling their field with cards from the series through efficient resource management.

Even if some of their development points are blocked, these decks can still achieve the same result through other methods.

And this is exactly the situation that Princess Rose is facing at this moment.

After consuming two of [Frog's] three-color attacks, what awaits her next is a full-force attack from Yusei's million-horsepower attack!!!

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[Different Heat Servant - Ascended Sage]

(Warrior/Light/4-star/Attack: 900/Defense: 300)

effect:

The second effect of this card can only be used once per turn.

①: If you have no cards on your field, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.

②: "Hope of the Rising Sun" monsters that are Xyz Summoned using this card as material gain the following effect.

●This effect can only be activated if this Xyz Summon is successful. Add 1 "Rank-Up Spell" Normal Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.

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【Different Heat Servant - Armed Sage】

(Warrior/Light/4-star/Attack: 300/Defense: 900)

Effect: You can only use the second effect of this card once per turn.

①: If you control only 1 Level 4 monster other than "Fervor of the Heart Servant - Armed Sage", you can Special Summon this card from your hand.

②: "Hope of the Rising Sun" monsters that are Xyz Summoned using this card as material gain the following effect.

●This effect can only be activated if this Xyz Summon is successful. Add 1 "Heat-Summoning Weapon" monster from your Deck to your hand.

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Golden light appeared before everyone's eyes, accompanied by the radiance of the source number. Two Servants with similar appearances and the same heart appeared and came to Yusei's side.

The sages who came from the other side of the universe, although their basic attributes were not very good and they could not surpass the white beasts on the other side, contained a brand new power that would guide the path to the future!

"...There are two Level 4 monsters... Could it be that you're planning to perform an Xyz Summon, Yusei?!"

Seeing the two monsters of the same level appear in front of Yusei, Princess Rose's wide eyes widened in disbelief.

Despite being doubly blocked by the [Frog Pancake], he was still able to launch an attack.

Now that the noble path of fusion has failed, is the next step to go over-promote?

“That’s right, just as you think!” Yusei acknowledged the Rose Princess’s guess and raised his arm as he uttered these words, a smile playing on his lips.

"...I will stack the Level 4 [Different Heat Servant - Ascended Sage] with the Level 4 [Different Heat Servant - Armed Sage] to construct an Xyz Network and perform an Xyz Summon!"

As these words fell, the black vortex representing the Xyz Summon suddenly appeared in front of Yusei.

Upon witnessing this scene, the two sages transformed into two beams of light, one purple and one red, which simultaneously plunged into the ever-spinning vortex of supermassive energy.

The number NO.39 flashed by, and with a sudden swing of his arm, Yusei, under everyone's gaze, shouted out the monster's name: "...My battle begins here! Place your hopes on the white wings, descend! Incarnation of light—[NO.39 Hope Emperor Hope - Double]!!!"

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[NO.39 Hope for Real Hopp - Double Up]