Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Without the protection of the monster, Yusei instantly activated the Ambush Card in his back row: "Ambush Card Open! I activate the Trap Card [Hero Mark]!"

"Based on this card's effect, if a monster I control is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Elemental HERO monster from my hand or Deck!"

Raising his arm towards the empty void ahead, Yusei frowned and said in a deep voice, "...Come on! Dark attribute hero—[Elemental Hero: Shadow Mist Lady] (Defense: 1500)!"

As Yusei finished speaking, the female hero, surrounded by a ghostly mist and clad in black, form-fitting armor, appeared in the darkness, guided by the hero's mark, and crouched down in front of Yusei.

With the appearance of this monster, Aleister had no choice but to put away his twin serpent staff and interrupt his direct attack on Yusei.

Without the power of the fused form, the White-Robed Great Sage's attack power is only 1000 points, which is not enough to break through the Shadow Mist Lady's defense.

Obviously, it's impossible for Mr. Sato to possess summoning magic, light vehicles, lightning, or similar things that would allow Aleister to unleash his true power.

"Special Summon? Ha, I..."

"It's not over yet! At this very moment... I activate the monster effect of [Elemental HERO: Lady of the Mist]! If this card is Special Summoned, I can add one [Change] Quick-Play Spell Card from my Deck to my hand! I choose to search for the Quick-Play Spell Card—[Masked Change]!"

Interrupting what Sato-sensei seemed to be about to say, Yusei, while saying this, added the frequently used quick-play spell card that was almost etched into his DNA—[Mask Change]—to his hand from his deck.

If nothing unexpected happens, after getting this one, it will be Friend Hero's turn to shine!

Before that, the Continuous Trap Card that would affect it—[Graveyard of Ancient Creatures]—must be dealt with.

"Well, Yusei... I expected you to take such a countermeasure."

Adjusting his glasses and giving a knowing look, Sato-sensei, whose actions had been interrupted by Yusei, wasn't embarrassed. Instead, he pulled a card from his hand and held it up in front of him: "Now, let's move on to Main Phase 2. I'll activate the Spell Card [Callus Burst] from my hand!"

"...[Scabbing eruption]?"

"That's right. According to this card's effect, for each monster on my field that was originally controlled by my opponent, I can deal 200 damage to my opponent. Also, when this card is in the Graveyard, it can be used as a substitute for drawing during the normal draw phase, adding this card to my hand."

The illustration on the magic card depicts the figure of the [Scarred Scale Knight] with his body fully extended.

Just as the image on this card depicts, this spell card itself can be considered a support card for [Scarred Scale Knight] to some extent.

Theoretically speaking, the more monsters the bull sends, the more damage it inflicts on the opponent.

Combined with the magic card's effect of replacing card draws and continuously returning cards to your hand, it can also continuously damage the opponent, reducing their life points time and time again.

"There is a monster called [Summoner Aleister] on my field at this moment, so Yusei, you will suffer 200 points of effect damage as a result."

"Well……"

(Yusei LP: 2200→2000)

"Heh... my turn is over just like that."

Through the effect of the magic card, Yusei's life points decreased by 200 points.

Although the damage from this value is not high, it can cause some considerable trouble if it continues.

Upon seeing Yusei's life points reach 2000, Sato-sensei narrowed his eyes with satisfaction and waved to end his turn.

"My turn... My turn, draw a card!"

Place your finger on top of the deck and reach in to draw a card.

After looking at the Sky Warrior card he had just acquired, Yusei's eyes lit up, and a way to break the deadlock immediately came to mind.

Besides searching for HERO monsters from the deck, Sky Knight also has another effect: it can destroy Spell & Trap Cards on the opponent's field based on the number of HERO monsters on its own field other than this card.

With the Shadow Mist Lady currently on Yusei's field, now is the perfect opportunity to activate this effect!

"Let's go! Entering Main Phase 1, I activate the effect of the monster card in my hand—[Cross Guardian]—send this card from my hand/field to the Graveyard, and then Special Summon 1 [Elemental HERO] monster or 1 [Neo Slider] monster from my hand/Graveyard!"

However, monsters Special Summoned from the Graveyard using this effect will have their effects negated.

As he made this declaration, Yusei reached out and sent a monster card from his hand to the graveyard.

Through the effect of this card, he will now have the right to Special Summon a monster from his hand or Graveyard.

"Oh? Yusei... you plan to revive the Neo Spaceman in the graveyard, then find a way to pull out Neo Spaceman, and finally perform the rumored contact fusion, is that right?"

Guessing Yusei's plan, Teacher Sato immediately laughed and said, "But have you forgotten that I have the [Graveyard of Ancient Creatures] on my field that can block the actions of high-level monsters!"

"Even if you summon a new Fusion Hero, you won't be able to activate that monster's effect, let alone deal any damage to me. At most... you can only use it as a meat shield."

Teacher Sato still has 3000 HP left. As long as the attack power of the summoned monster is below this value, then Yusei will once again suffer the fate of having his monster run away by a bull.

Furthermore, based on the Taunt effect of [Scarred Scale Knight], attack position monsters on the opponent's field can only attack it, and cannot target [Needer] or [Summoner Aleister].

"...Solvadorcana (That's not necessarily true)!"

"Nani?!"

Seeing the look of surprise that unconsciously crossed Sato-sensei's face, Yusei suddenly swung his hand and slammed another monster card from his hand onto the Duel Disk: "The card I'm going to Special Summon is this one from my hand!"

"...Come forth! [Elemental Hero - Sky Knight] (Attack Power: 1800)!"

"It's Sky Warrior?!"

The hero, who died from overwork, spread his steel wings and arrived in front of Yusei.

At that moment, Yusei pointed to the opposite side and activated the monster effect of Sky Warrior: "At the moment of Special Summoning, I activate the effect of Sky Warrior to destroy as many Spell/Trap Cards on the field as possible, based on the number of HERO monsters other than this card!"

"Mr. Sato, the target I've chosen to destroy is your Continuous Trap Card—[Graveyard of Ancient Creatures]!"

"...?!"

Besides Sky Knight, the player also has Shadow Mist Lady, a hero with the Dark attribute, on the field.

Therefore, Yusei can choose to destroy one Spell/Trap Card on either player's field.

Unsurprisingly, Yusei targeted the Continuous Trap Card that severely limited him.

As he finished speaking, Sky Knight simultaneously extended his arm, creating a small whirlwind from his palm, which destroyed and sent Sato-sensei's Continuous Trap Card to the Graveyard.

After this Continuous Trap Card leaves the field, Sato-sensei is no longer able to do anything to stop or restrict Yusei's development.

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"As expected of Lord Yusei!"

"Great, this removes the restrictions on Yusei."

As Yusei broke through the blockade, the two girls watching from the sidelines immediately let out heartfelt cries of joy.

Meanwhile, Mr. Sato frowned after seeing his card destroyed, and responded in a deep voice: "Even if you destroyed that trap card, the effect of my [Scarred Scale Knight] will still exist... Your monster will not be able to target any other monster on my field..."

When the [Scarred Scale Knight] is attacked, the monster that launched the attack will also lose its original stance and join my side.

"It's alright, as long as you destroy your monster before its effect activates!"

The Minotaur effect of the [Scarred Scale Knight] is resolved at the end of the combat phase.

In other words, if the monster leaves the field or the duelist is defeated before the outcome is resolved, then this effect will not have a chance to activate.

"Heh... If you can do it, then give it a try!"

"Ah! I'll show you the true power that heroes possess!"

In response to Sato-sensei's provocation, Yusei drew a card from his hand and shoved it into the back row of the Duel Disk: "Spell Card [Summoning Magic] activated!"

"Send the Fusion Materials from your hand or field of a Fusion Monster Card to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck!"

That's right, the Spell Card "Summoning Magic" that was retrieved by the effect of "Summoner Aleister" can also be used as a regular "Fusion" Spell Card.

However, compared to regular Fusion Spell Cards, when performing a Fusion Summon of a [Summoned Beast] monster, this card can banish monsters from both players' Graveyards and use them as Fusion Materials to perform the Fusion Summon.

"I will send Skywalker and Mistress of the Shadows from my field to the Graveyard as Fusion Materials, and use them as Fusion Summoning materials!"

With his hands clasped together in front of him in a prayer-like gesture, Yusei shouted the name of the Fusion Hero: "...Fusion Summon! Come forth! Crimson Flash—[Elemental HERO Sunrise Warrior] (Warrior/Light/7-Star/ATK: 2500/DEF: 1200)!"

As a dazzling and warm light pierced the darkness and descended upon the world, a warrior clad in a silver-gray cloak, wearing a red horned helmet, and covered in red armor, appeared from mid-air and landed in front of Yusei.

Originally, Yusei planned to use the effect of [Mask Change] to transform the Shadow Mist Girl on the field into Tomokazu.

However, after thinking about it, he gave up on the idea.

After all, there are actually better options available right now.

701 Dual Fusion, awaken your sleeping elemental heroes!

As Elemental HERO Sunrise Descends from the sky, waving his cloak, a series of effects on the field and in the graveyard of the Starship began to chain together and trigger simultaneously.

A variety of dazzling lights and special effects, as if they were free, burst forth in this endlessly dark underground space, instantly turning the surrounding space into daylight.

Just as the name Sunrise Knight implies, at the moment of his appearance, there was indeed a magnificent scene where it seemed as if the sun was rising and the darkness was rapidly receding like melting snow.

"At this moment, the effect of [Elemental HERO Sunrise Rising] activates! If this card is Special Summoned, I can add one [Miracle Fusion] from my Deck to my hand."

"Then, following the effect of Sunrise Knight, I activated the effect of Elemental HERO Shadow Mist Lady, which I had just sent to the Graveyard as Fusion Material, and added one HERO monster other than myself to my hand... I chose to search for Elemental HERO True Neos Knight (ATK: 2500) in my deck!"

"It's not over yet! Next, I'll chain the effect of Shadow Mist Lady, activating the effect of the monster I sent to the Graveyard when I Special Summoned Sky Knight from my hand—[Cross Watchman]. If this card is in the Graveyard and I successfully Special Summon an 'Elemental HERO' Fusion Monster, I can banish this card to activate this effect. I draw 2 cards from my Deck, and then I choose 1 card from my hand and return it to the bottom of my Deck."

As Yusei announced the effects of the monsters one by one, he also drew four cards from the Deck area of ​​the Duel Disk, including Miracle Fusion and Elemental HERO True Neos, and added them to his hand.

One draw from the Shadow Mist Lady, two draws from the Cross Guardian and one draw from the Sunrise Knight.

After looking at his current hand, Yusei put one of the cards he didn't need for the time being back at the bottom of his deck.

In this back-and-forth process, Yusei essentially completed a large-scale search and hand replenishment operation.

Compared to the simple "Pot of Greed" which only draws two items, it offers the added benefit of precise plural search functionality.

"That light, and that card-drawing effect...tsk!"

Blinded by the triple-chain of light, Sato instinctively held his arms in front of him to resist the dazzling light. As he gritted his teeth, he also sensed an ominous aura.

Yusei's explanatory words kept echoing in his ears.

After realizing that he had used this opportunity to replenish a large number of cards in his hand, the resentment that had been building up in Sato's heart intensified uncontrollably.

The aftereffects of a single fusion summon can be so troublesome!

"You can replenish three cards in one go without using [Pot of Greed]... Yusei, you clearly have such an ability, so why, why are you unwilling to become the leader of the students and guide them onto the right path?"

Those who are capable should shoulder their responsibilities and guide those who have lost their way back to the right path.

However, what puzzled and baffled Sato-sensei was that Yusei had absolutely no such thoughts in his mind.

Unable to comprehend Yusei's way of life, and having never fought for himself before, Sato-sensei stared intently at Yusei's location as the light faded.