Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Aleister's attack just now did indeed reach the monster and successfully inflicted combat damage on its opponent.

However, the monster remained standing in the same spot...

This means that the monster possesses resistance in this regard.

"Hehehe... What a pity, Yusei, the attack-status [Scarred Scale Knight] cannot be destroyed in battle."

With a triumphant laugh, Mr. Sato forcefully reached out and waved away the smoke from the explosion in front of him.

Although his health points have been damaged, he will also gain one chance to trigger an effect.

With a strange smile on his face, he pointed his finger at Yusei and Aleister in front of him: "It's not over yet! At this moment, I activate the effect of [Scarred Scale Knight]! Scar Curse!"

"Varied……"

Having taken a direct hit from the Archmage, the Scarred Scale Knight, though not destroyed in the battle, still suffered numerous cracks in the blue armor covering his body.

At that moment, as Teacher Sato uttered his words, the armor fragments that had just fallen to the ground were transformed into darts by the black mist and thrown towards Aleister's location. Then, like scabs, they settled on the surface of the Archmage's body.

Affected by these armor fragments, Aleister's eyes instantly turned a rebellious blood red.

In the next instant, he left Yusei's side without hesitation and went to Sato-sensei's front field.

"...Aleister, how did he betray us?"

"It must be the effect of that monster, the unique effect of a monster with 0 attack power!"

Saotome Rei and Asuka each gave their own evaluations of what was happening on the field.

As Yusei watched Alai leave him, a strange feeling instinctively arose in his heart: "Alai, you bastard! You've become a traitor and left me, haven't you?"

"...【Scarred Scale Knight】can curse an attacking monster, turning it into its ally."

Adjusting his glasses, Sato looked at Aleister, whose eyes were bloodshot, whose body was shrouded in black energy, and whose body constantly emitted chaotic fluctuations—from the outside, he looked exactly like a major villain. Sato-sensei chuckled, "Yusei, it seems your monster is more of a villain than mine!"

"...I heard your deck is a Hero deck. Do you really deserve to call monsters Heroes?"

"Ha, teacher... your vision is a bit too narrow. Are heroes such inconvenient things? It's not only monsters with 'hero' in their card names that deserve to be called heroes!"

Upon hearing this, Yusei immediately refuted Sato-sensei's teasing.

With the image of a certain "Hero of the Earth with Black Feet" flashing through his mind, he ended his battle phase and placed a card face down in the back row: "I have a hidden card. End of turn."

The battle phase is over. I figured out the opponent's monster's patterns and successfully dealt 1000 damage to the duelist. Overall, it was a small success.

Although Aleister betrayed them and went to the other side of the field.

However, on Yusei's field at this moment, there is still the [Dinosaur Wrestler Pankrasin Ceratops] with an attack power of up to 2600.

Under these circumstances, it's impossible for Mr. Sato to allow the traitorous Aleister to attack his original controller.

A monster with an attack power of 1000 fighting against a monster with an attack power of 2600 is a foolish move, tantamount to playing with fire.

The Minotaur effect of the [Scarred Scale Knight] can only be triggered at the end of the battle. As a price for activating its effect, Teacher Sato must bear the damage brought about by the battle.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Drawing a card from the top of his deck, and after looking at his hand, Mr. Sato placed one of his monster cards onto the Duel Disk: "I summon 'Need for Servants' (ATK: 800) in Attack Position, and then activate the Spell Card 'Lightning' from my hand! Destroy all monsters on your opponent's field according to this card's effect!"

"...Holy crap, a lightning strike?!"

Summoning a low-level monster unaffected by the effect of "Graveyard of Ancient Creatures," Mr. Sato glanced at the Triceratops dressed as a boxer on the field, then smirked smugly and activated a card that could be considered a "treasure."

As this spell card was activated, a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky in the next instant, shattering the frozen [Dinosaur Wrestler Pankrasin Ceratops] into golden specks of light.

Watching his monster being carried away by lightning on the spot, Yusei twitched his lips and subconsciously revealed a bitter expression on his face.

As for?

When dealing with students, using this kind of simple and brutal card...

Since that's the case, I have no choice but to retaliate with a feather duster!

"That way, there won't be any monsters on your field!"

After glancing at the empty space in front of Yusei, Sato-sensei said this, and then without hesitation gave the attack order to the monsters in front of her: "Attack! [Requester] and [Summoner Aleister], launch a direct attack on Yusei!"

Upon hearing Sato-sensei's instruction, the two monsters simultaneously swung their arms, launching their attacks at Yusei, who was currently facing an empty field.

One is physical, the other is magical.

Immediately following [Summoner Aleister]'s magical energy attack, came another physical grappling hook strike from [The Requester].

While enduring different types of damage from two monsters in succession, Yusei's health points were reduced twice, dropping to almost half of their original value.

(Yusei's LP: 4000→3000→2200)

"...Yusei!"

"Master Yusei?!"

Seeing that Yusei was at a disadvantage in the duel, the two girls watching immediately cried out in concern.

Upon seeing this, Yusei quickly waved his hand and explained his current situation with a smile: "...Ah, I'm fine."

As long as your health points aren't zero, there's still hope.

Having not suffered such great harm in a long time, Yusei instinctively felt a sense of surprise at this moment.

"Oh, it's alright, isn't it?"

Seeing Yusei's nonchalant expression despite his low health, and even chatting with the two girls next to him, Teacher Sato raised an eyebrow and waved her arm unhappily: "Well then, my turn is over. It's your turn next."

"Let me see how you plan to overcome this predicament, Yusei!"

"Ah! Just look forward to my performance, teacher!" Wiping his nose, Yusei, whose fighting spirit was gradually rising, reached out and drew a card from his deck.

"I summon [New Space Ranger - Sky Hummingbird] in Defense Position (Defense: 600) and activate its effect: For each card in my opponent's hand, I recover 500 Life Points. Honey Absorb!"

In a defensive stance, Sky Hummingbird, with its arms crossed, appeared in Yusei's forecourt.

As Yusei's voice rang out, the Sky Hummingbird flapped its wings and flew towards Sato-sensei's direction.

During this process, several bright pink petals automatically appeared in Sato-sensei's hand.

"Heh, an effect that restores a corresponding amount of life points based on the number of cards in the opponent's hand?" Looking at his own hand, Mr. Sato adjusted his glasses. "But... it's useless!"

"...What?!"

At Mr. Sato's shout, the petals that had emerged withered and fell in an instant, turning into countless fragments in the air.

The hummingbird was fast enough, but even so, it still couldn't catch up...

Unable to touch the petals, the Sky Hummingbird looked at the opponent's restored hand with a bewildered expression, and finally could only flap its wings and helplessly return to its original spot, crouching in front of Yusei.

At this moment, with a pleased smile on his lips, Mr. Sato slowly spoke again, explaining the full effect of his [Scarred Scale Knight] on the field.

"Useless Yusei, the scars wrapped around the [Scarred Scale Knight] will cause all life to wither and die. As long as it is face-up on the field, all life restoration effects will be nullified!"

"what?"

"Furthermore, at this very moment, I activate the effect of [Needer] to forcibly change one of your monsters to Attack Position!"

As Mr. Sato finished speaking, two restraining claws shot out from behind the "requester".

While locking onto the body of [New Spaceman Sky Hummingbird] with its grappling hook, [The Requester] also forcefully pulled it up from the ground, forcibly changing the New Spaceman, who was in defense mode and could avoid combat and Minotaur effects, into attack mode.

【New Space Hero - Sky Hummingbird】(Attack Power: 800)

"It's not over yet! The effect of [Scarred Scale Knight] has a follow-up! Any monster in Attack Position on your opponent's field must attack this card!"

In addition to being immune to combat destruction, being a minotaur, and having ineffective life regeneration, the [Scarred Scale Knight] also has a forced taunt effect.

Even if you don't want to come and deliver it yourself, you still have to launch an attack on him.

"Come on! Hummingbird of the sky, leap over that darkness and attack me!"

With a smile and arms outstretched, Sato-sensei struck a grand welcoming pose towards the new wind-attribute space warrior opposite her, whose eyes glowed red from the effect of being mocked.

With this attack over, Sky Hummingbird, just like Aleister before it, will leave Yuxing's side and come to his territory, becoming a member of his minotaur family.

"Don't even think about it! At this very moment, I activate my backrow trap card, 'No Entry!'! Force all Attack Position monsters on the field to be changed to Defense Position!"

Seeing that Mr. Sato was about to take away his monster again, Yusei quickly activated his back row face-down card, forcibly switching the monsters on the field into defense position.

The image on the trap card depicts a guard standing with his hands behind his back, marching in step before the iron bars of a prison cell.

Under the effect of this card, the monsters on both sides of the field suddenly and uncontrollably crouched down, changing to defense position.

In this situation, the Sky Hummingbird's attack naturally had to fail.

"Tsk... Geta, is it?"

With a hint of regret, Mr. Sato clicked his tongue. Having failed to perform the second Minotaur act on Yusei, a gloomy expression settled on his face.

Although there is still a face-down card in his backcourt at this moment.

But that card can't do anything about the current situation.

In any case, even if there are plans to take further steps, one can only wait for the next turn of one's own.

"I'll place another card in the back row, end of turn!"

With lingering fear, Yusei patted his chest and looked at the hummingbird in front of him that had almost been taken away on the spot. He couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead.

The effect of that Continuous Trap Card—[Graveyard of Ancient Creatures]—was quite restrictive for him.

We need to find a way to get rid of that card.

699 Where did these righteous people come from?

(Yusei LP: 2200)

(Sato-sensei's LP: 3000)

As Yusei buried one of his cards in the back row and declared the end of his turn, the initiative for this turn once again slipped from his hands and went to Mr. Sato.

Because Yusei activated the Trap Card "No Entry!" during the previous Battle Phase, forcing all monsters on both players' fields to switch to Defense Position, "Scarred Scale Knight" will also be unable to use its Taunt effect to bring Yusei's Sky Hummingbird over.

Furthermore, now that it is in a defensive stance, the [Scarred Scale Knight] will also lose its resistance that cannot be destroyed in battle.

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