Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"As expected of the man who climbed up from the other side of hell accompanied by shouts of 'one, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand'! Manjoume is even more energetic than usual! He is definitely not someone that ordinary young masters can compare to!"

"Really? But in my opinion, Amon is more than just a rich kid..."

Witnessing Amon's decline under Manjoume's fierce attack, Yuki Judai and John also expressed their respective opinions at this moment.

In John's eyes, Amon seemed to have some unknown secrets.

He might not be the person Manjou-mu perceives him to be, someone who corrupts the Duel Academy using his family's wealth.

"Aside from that anomaly just now, the situation is still under my control so far..."

Glancing at the situation on the field, Manjoume noticed the calm expression on Amon's face through the two fused monsters in front of him.

Amon left Manjou with the impression of being like a cloud—calm yet mysterious, making it impossible for anyone to understand what secrets he harbored.

But no matter what kind of monster Amon intends to summon, Manjoume is confident that he can defeat it!

Amon Garlem...

I'd like to see how you plan to resolve this crisis!

"Hmph... Manjoume, have you ever tried gazing at the clouds floating in the sky?"

"……What's the meaning?"

When it was Amon's turn, he didn't rush to draw new cards from his deck.

As he laughed, he raised his arm and pointed overhead to the clusters of dark clouds that were once again obscuring the moonlight: "...constantly changing, changing every moment, have you ever noticed the shapes of these clouds?"

"What exactly are you trying to say, you idiot?"

Completely bewildered by Amona's inexplicable words, Manjou frowned, waving his arms and uttering a reprimanding tone: "...I'm not like you, enjoying a privileged environment and living a life blessed by the heavens! How could I possibly have the leisure to pay attention to the changes in the clouds!"

"Besides, this is a duel! Stop spouting nonsense and get to your turn!"

689 Rain Cloud Man and the Double Trap

"Ha... blessed by the heavens, is that it?"

The rebuttals from Wan Zhangmu echoed in his ears. Amon adjusted his glasses and smiled, ceasing the discussion on the topic. Instead, he reached out and drew the top card from his deck: "My turn, draw!"

"I Tribute two of my Cloud Monster Tokens to Tribute Summon this card!"

As Manjoume had predicted, it was Amon's turn. Unsurprisingly, he used the derivatives spawned by the [Cloud Demon - Sheep Cloud] as offerings for the superior summon.

As he placed the card in his hand onto the Duel Disk, Amon shouted out the monster's name: "...Come forth! [Cloud Monster - Rain Cloud Man] (Angel/WATER/Level 5/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)!"

A cloud monster, formed from cumulonimbus clouds and possessing a humanoid form, appeared on Amon's field as he moved.

Just like its name suggests, this monster, which contains a lot of water, is also very fat, or rather, bloated.

"Hmm? A 5-star monster... why does it need two sacrifices?"

Seeing that Amon had released all the monsters on the field, Manjoume thought he would summon a high-level monster.

However, to his surprise, what appeared before him was just a fat guy who was one star higher than a 4-star monster, but whose attack power was only a mere 1000 points...

"【Cloud Monster - Rain Cloud Man】When performing a Tribute Summon, you may Tribute any number of WATER monsters on my field."

Smiling, Amon answered Wan Zhangmu's question and continued, "[Cloud Monster - Rain Cloud Man] cannot be destroyed by battle, and this card's ATK will increase by 500 for each WATER monster sacrificed, while the ATK of any non-WATER monsters on your opponent's field will decrease by 500 for each WATER monster sacrificed."

"...Take this! Human shower!"

"What……?!"

As Amon finished speaking, in the next instant, raindrops began to fall from the dark clouds.

The mechanical monsters, corroded by the rain, saw their attack power decrease by 1000 points as sparks crackled across their bodies.

Meanwhile, the cloud monsters on Amon's side doubled in size after absorbing water, and their attack power reached 2000 points, surpassing the weakened combined monsters.

【Cloud Monster - Rain Cloud Man】(Attack Power: 1000→2000)

【VW-Strong Tiger】(Attack Power: 2000→1000)

【XYZ-Dragon Cannon】(Attack Power: 2800→1800)

"The battle is about to begin! [Cloud Demon - Rain Cloud Man] Attack [XYZ - Divine Dragon Cannon]!"

Compared to [VW-Strike Tiger], which changes the battle position of a monster, [XYZ-Dragon Cannon], which can destroy cards on the opponent's field an unlimited number of times, undoubtedly has a much stronger suppressive power.

Therefore, without much consideration, Amon chose [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] as the target of his monster's attack.

As Ai Meng gave the command, Yu Yunren's body dissolved into mist, transforming into a giant dark cloud that drifted towards the location of the [XYZ-Divine Dragon Cannon].

"...Don't even think about succeeding!"

Facing the monster's attack, Manjoume flipped up his face-down card in the back row: "Ambush Card Open! At this moment, I activate the Trap Card [Super Shell]!"

"Super Shell?"

"That's right!"

Pointing to the card activated in front of him, Manjou looked towards Amon and explained its effect: "After this card is activated, it becomes an Equip Card for one or more Machine-Type monsters whose names contain one or more of the letters 'V,' 'W,' 'X,' 'Y,' or 'Z.' The equipped monster gains 500 ATK. The monster equipped to this card is unaffected by your opponent's Spell/Trap/Monster effects."

The body was covered with a layer of green ripples, and the [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] equipped with the [Super Shell] gained all resistance attributes at this moment.

All effects that the opponent uses against it will be nullified.

【XYZ-Dragon Cannon】(Attack Power: 1800→2800→3300)

"Charge! [XYZ-Dragon Cannon]! High-Intensity Anti-Aircraft Gun!"

The attack power of [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] is 3300 at this moment, while the attack power of [Cloud Demon-Rain Cloud Man] is 2000. Amon, who initiated this attack, will likely suffer 1300 points of counterattack damage.

At this moment, he has 1200 health points remaining.

In other words, with the end of this attack, he will also lose the duel because his health points will reach zero.

"All-resistance effect? ​​That won't do."

Looking at the backstage area revealed by Manjoume, Amon was somewhat surprised, but he did not show much panic.

Just as [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] raised its cannon, preparing to launch a counterattack, in conjunction with the activation of the Manjoume Trap Card, Amon reached into his hand and pulled out a card, shoving it into the back row of the Duel Disk: "Quick-Play Spell Card [Book of the Moon] activated! According to this card's effect, Manjoume... I change your [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] to face-down Defense Position!"

"Varied……?"

When a monster changes from face-up to face-down, the Equip Card is automatically removed from the field and sent to the Graveyard.

Even as the chain continues, the card effect activated by Amon can still affect the monster of Manjoume.

As the projection of the spell card appeared in front of Amon, [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] was forcibly suppressed by [Book of the Moon] and changed to a face-down defense state.

At this point, the [Super Shell], having lost its equipment target, naturally detached from the [XYZ-Dragon Cannon]'s body and disappeared from the field.

"Goo! It chained my card effect, causing [Super Shell] to lose its target for activation, right?"

Gritting his teeth in regret, Manjoume then said in a deep voice, "However! Since the number of monsters on my field has not changed, you are unable to repel the Rain Cloud Man's attack!"

"Although he won't be destroyed in the battle, you will still have to bear the damage caused by the battle!"

The [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] has a defense of 2600 points. When the [Cloud Monster-Rain Cloud Man] actively pounces on it, it flips the [Cloud Monster-Rain Cloud Man] over and also suffers 600 points of counter-damage.

"……Well!"

(Amon Garham LP: 1200→600)

"...Three cards are laid in ambush, turn ends."

Feeling his life points draining from his body, Amon grunted and buried his three cards in the back row.

Then he waved his hand to end his turn.

"Hmph! Ah Meng, in the end you're just a rich young master!"

Having reduced his opponent's health to less than 1000 while still at full health, Manjoume uttered a poignant cry: "While you were leisurely watching the clouds, I had already fallen to the bottom of hell, where I eked out a living!"

"Huh? Hell?"

"Amon Garlem! Your leisurely life has come to an end!"

Pointing in the opposite direction, Manjoume continued, "It's my turn now. Even monsters that can't be destroyed by battle can be destroyed directly by the effect of [XYZ-Dragon Cannon]!"

"Hmm? Is this all the champion of the Eastern Branch School is capable of? If this continues, Manjoume will undoubtedly win, right?"

"However... that [Cloud Monster] deck is really quite interesting. I've never seen a deck like that before!"

"That's right, it truly lives up to its name as the Cloud Deck~"

Looking at the situation on the field, Saotome Rei tilted her head and gave her opinion.

!【"

Jaden Yuki and John, after laughing, used the word "interesting" to describe Amon's deck.

Asuka: "However, no matter how interesting Amon's deck is, Manjoume's side still has the advantage right now."

Yusei: "However, even when his health points dropped to 600, Amon still didn't show any signs of despair. Judging from his expression, he still looked quite relaxed..."

Generally speaking, Amon should have been anxious by this point, but he acted completely indifferent.

Or perhaps he doesn't care much about the outcome of this duel, feeling that winning or losing doesn't matter, and whoever wants the Golden Duel Disk can have it.

Either he has some kind of leverage that allows him to resolve his current predicament.

"My turn, draw a card!"

"At this very moment, during your preparation phase, I flip over the two face-down cards in the back row!"

With his palm placed above the deck, Manjoume suddenly drew a card.

Seizing the opportune moment when Manjoume was drawing cards, Amon narrowed his eyes and flipped over the face-down card in the back row.

As he moved, two huge projections of pink-bordered trap cards appeared one after the other in front of him.

"What? Activate a trap card during the preparation phase?"

Seeing Amon's actions, Wan Zhangmu was momentarily stunned.

"That's right, the effects of your monsters can only be activated during the main phase after this, so you can't activate their effects at this time."

Raising his arm and pointing towards Wan Zhangmu, Amon slightly curled the corners of his mouth and explained the effects of the cards he had activated: "Trap Card [Storm], Continuous Trap Card [Natural Disaster], these are the two trap cards I activated!"