Why bother with the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

"I heard you mention Cleopatra. Are you still worried about your child?" Romulus lectured Caesar in an unquestionable tone. "A mere recognition of a child can be completed in an instant! It would be better to conclude a marriage in an upright manner. This is Rome!"

"Although... everything is as you said, but... that... I beg you..."

"Hmm, it's just like what the God Ancestor said. If I have a marriage partner, I won't care who he is. Even if the gods and Buddhas try to stop me, I will snatch him away!" Nero kept nodding his head to support Romulus.

Romulus knew Caesar was backing off when he saw him flinching. "If you have the chance, you can go meet Caster here. That female pharaoh plays a big role in your history. We will definitely meet again. Now, fight with me! Rome!"

"Rome!" Caesar was an excellent hero after all, and he immediately adjusted himself back to his state.

"Effect of [Caesar]: When this card is successfully Special Summoned, you can select a Servant on your opponent's field and destroy it. Then [Caesar] activates its effect on [Gilgamesh]!"

"I'm here! I'll see! The next step is conquest!" A powerful fighting spirit erupted from Caesar, and now everyone had a glimpse of the full face of this renowned Roman king. The sharp edge of his sword slashed towards Gilgamesh. Unable to activate the effect, Gilgamesh was unable to resist and was sent to the grave with a look of humiliation.

"Enkidu, when you go down later, ask Gilgamesh if he's considered adding a Grave Effect to himself?" The beast looked at the empty backfield and felt that Gilgamesh didn't seem to have any positive results. It blinked and asked Enkidu.

"It's better for you, Beast, to bring up this matter yourself." Enkidu rejected Beast's suggestion with a smile. He didn't want to see Jill go crazy.

"Activate the magic card [Glorious Empire of Maidens' Ode], and draw a card for each Roman Servant with a different name on the field!"

"Hmm, this is a praise to me!" He shrugged his shoulders in front of the God Ancestor, making Nero's nose go up to the sky.

"I drew too many! I activate the Trap Card [Beast IV Tail]. While this card is in the Magic Trap Zone, you can designate one Servant to destroy it. So it's you, Red Saber with the extra-large breasts!"

The card transformed into a white arm and stabbed Nero, sending her to the graveyard with Nero's cry of "Am I leaving like this?"

"The Golden Theater is essentially Nero's Noble Phantasm, so the Golden Theater must also be destroyed."

"Hey, Your Excellency the God Ancestor, why don't you try to play the card? Maybe you can keep it? How can you be so honest?!" Beast was surprised when he heard Romulus honestly tell him the effect of the card.

"Rome would not do such a thing." As the founder of the empire, Romulus naturally understood the importance of rules.

But Caesar looked moved: "Can it be like this?!"

"Of course not, I'm just teasing you~" Beast stuck out his tongue, a playful expression that didn't match his appearance. "Then my tail effect, when sending a card to the graveyard, can copy the faceplate of a card destroyed this turn. So it's you again, Mr. Gilgamesh, who died of overwork."

[Beast IV Tail] Attack Power 3000

Gilgamesh, made up of a tail, reappeared in the battle area, his dull expression exuding the aura of a handsome man.

"Then there are two Roman Servants in total. I draw two cards." Looking at the cards he drew, Romulus' eyes flashed with sadness. He gently stroked the card before declaring his advancement to the battle rank.

"【Caligula】Release your anger! Attack Enkidu!" Under the command of Romulus, Caligula roared and rushed towards Enkidu.

"You're actually using a Servant with 2000 attack power to attack the Heaven's Lock Jinchuriki?"

"How could the successor of Rome be so simple? [Caligula] effect, the attack power increases by 1000 after the attack declaration until the end of the damage judgment phase, and the target of the attack cannot be activated until the end of the judgment!" Romulus would naturally not do anything suicidal. If it was just a simple close combat, Caligula would not be afraid of any heroic spirit.

"My sins can never be forgiven... Devour my heart, moonlight! Flucticulus Diana!" As Caligula roared, the full moon representing madness shone on the earth.

[Caligula] Attack Power 2000→3000

"This momentum is truly impressive." Facing the oncoming Caligula, Enkidu expressed sincere admiration. "It would be even better if it were a little more peaceful."

□□LP4000→LP3500

Chapter 52 Rome!

"Anyway, since Enkidu has left the field, your bench effect has also been invalidated. I can add a [Heaven's Chain] from the deck to my hand."

"That makes sense." Romulus placed a card in his hand covering the backcourt. "I'm ending my turn. It's your turn."

"Good! I activate [Golden Rule of the Hero King] to select a Servant in my hand or on the field with an attack power of 3000 or more and a defense power of 2500 or less and release it. Draw two cards." The beast tapped the tail of Gilgamesh on the field. "Look, this is perfect! I will release it!"

Three cards fell into Beast's hands. "I'm not cheating. The effect of [Beast IV's Tail] returns the cards to their owner's hand if they leave the battle zone."

In this way, the beast was replenished to 4 cards.

"Even though Sword Marshal is truly a wimp, he still has some good stuff. I activate [Battle Summon]! Discard a card and Special Summon 3 Normal Servants with different names from your deck!"

【Macedonian Heavy Infantry】Attack Power 1400

【Macedonian Light Infantry】Attack Power 1200

【Macedonian Spearman】Attack Power 1000

Then part of King Iskander's army popped out from the deck.

Seeing Caesar's puzzled look, Beast explained, "That's normal. The retired servant deck is in my hand. Anyway, there's no rule on the card that only French servants can be summoned, right?"

"Alright, let me have a good meal. I activate [Nega Self] to destroy all servants on my side of the field. For each one destroyed, I draw a card and create a [Beast of Appreciation Token]."

The soldiers were swallowed by the tail that emerged from the ground. After a series of chewing sounds, several "soldiers" similar to them but fused with the limbs of other animals were spit out.

[Beast Derivative] Beast 1 Star Attack Power 1000X3

"Then I will sacrifice a token to Normal Summon Iskandar!"

【Iskander】Attack Power 2800

The red-haired man drove the ox cart into the battlefield, and he was still full of energy as usual.

"Hey, the first king of Rome, I'm so sorry that I couldn't satisfy you in the previous battle. You are really terrifyingly strong." Iskandar did not feel embarrassed at all because of his failure. He faced up to the fact that he was inferior to his opponent in skills.

"King of Conquerors, there's no need to be so modest. I represent all of Rome, and your defeat is nothing to be ashamed of." Romulus nodded approvingly to Iskandar. "You are a player worthy of serious consideration, and so you must be eliminated here! This is my regret, my sin, and the mark of my pain. But Rome must remain strong, and must reach the sky! I activate the quick-play magic card [No Cross-Border Holy Boundary]!"

The usually confident Romulus revealed a sorrowful expression. "I send my brother [Remos] to the Graveyard. I choose a card on the field, negate it, and destroy it. I will destroy the King of Conquerors [Iskander]!"

"Is it that myth? Then I am really honored, the first king of Rome. It takes great courage to uncover your deepest scars. Don't get angry." Romulus's spear pierced Iskandar's chest and sent him to the grave.

Romulus knew that Iskandar was the core of his deck and had to be dealt with immediately.

"When my brother [Remos]'s effect is sent to the Graveyard, add a [City of Seven Hills] to your hand. I'm sorry, my brother..."

"So sometimes I feel like recreating history is pretty hellish," Beast recklessly tore at Romulus's wounds. "I admire you players who can so freely use your own dark history as a combo. Aren't you worried about how you'll face the real culprit when they finally reveal him?"

"I will apologize to him, but why can't I use it? This is my history, the history of Rome. It will not disappear just because I run away. The honor and the sin are real. It is part of me, part of Rome. This is Rome!"

"I was wrong. I should have said this to Gilgamesh. You're really boring." Beast put her hands together and made a begging gesture. She was almost allergic to the word "Rome" now.

"Then I will activate the effect of [Beast IV's Tail] in the Graveyard and copy the King of Conquerors' board. This is the price I paid for activating [Call to Battle] just now."

A tail that mimicked the King of Conquerors sprouted from the ground.

[Beast IV Tail] Attack Power 2800

"Followed by the [King's Treasure Effect], summon two Equipment Cards from your deck and equip them to the token."

The two original weapons, [Dassetin] and [Direndar], were equipped to an unknown person. If Gilgamesh saw this, he would definitely go crazy.

[Beast of Appreciation Derivative] Attack 1000 → 2000

"Then the 2000 attack derivative attacks Caesar, and the tail attacks Caligula!"

The alien soldiers wielding the original treasures broke through Caesar's defense with extremely strange postures and sent him to the cemetery.

"The effect of [Caesar] is that you will not take combat damage when fighting!" Caesar is famous for his ability to conquer and fight, so it is reasonable that he has combat effects.

"So you've taken all the damage from Caligula's battle, right?" Beast didn't believe that this berserker had a similar effect.

Romulus LP3500→2700

"Next, it's the direct attack of the [Beast of Appreciation Token]! Romulus, take this 1000 damage attack!"

"The Graveyard effect of [Emperor's Privilege] banishes this card, negating one direct attack!" 1000 points of direct damage wasn't high, but Romulus had a feeling he couldn't widen the HP gap too much. He decisively negated the attack.

"Tsk, how stingy! You're blocking even this little damage." Beast complained about Romulus's caution. "Never mind. I'll cover two cards in the backfield and end my turn!"

"My turn, draw a card!" Romulus started his turn.

"Well, it's time. I activate the Field Spell Card [City of Seven Hills]."

Streams of light poured down from the sky, as if celebrating the birth of the empire. Rome, shining like gold, had arrived!

"When this card is activated, you can add a [Romulus] from your deck to your hand." A golden light shone on the card, and vibrant magic surrounded it. "And the card I'm going to add is this one!"

"【Romulus Quirinus】!"

Chapter 53: I’m going to explode with you!

"【Romulus Quirinus】can only be Special Summoned from your hand when there is a Beast Servant on your opponent's side of the field! The summoning of this card cannot be negated! And it cannot be destroyed by card effects! Rome will eventually reach the sky! I will put an end to your sins! I Special Summon - I (Rome)!" Romulus held up the card in his hand, and the powerful aura representing the crown condensed on the card.

The entire City of Seven Hills was cheering his name, and the thunderous shouts were calling for the arrival of the crown.

Romulus Quirinus: 12-star Lancer, 4000 attack points

"Release from my limbs the power of the gods, the radiant power. The power that will eventually reach beyond the stars!—"

The golden Supreme God Quirinus descended from the sky, his arms, the very arms that had conquered all of Rome, filling the heavens with his divinity. Light spears, representing the future of continuous progress and the glory of humanity, rained down like a torrential rain.

"Our arms extend all things, reaching the sky!"

As Romulus roared, a Noble Phantasm representing the concept of "the development and expansion of civilization" fell from the sky as a weapon. Its supreme divinity and power were unavoidable and unstoppable.

In the golden light, all enemies were destroyed.

Then, the golden city of Rome stood here.

"[Romulus Quirinus] Summons successfully, destroying all of the opponent's Servants!"

Beast's front field was wiped out, and the equipment cards were also sent to the graveyard. At this time, she only had one [Treasure of the King] and two covered cards left on the field.

"You've failed." Romulus crossed his arms, staring at the beast. "The world is filled with romance, illuminated by the glory of humanity. You, devouring humanity for lust, are trampling upon this romance! Ugly beast, perish here! Humanity has already passed this test!"

"I've already said I'm not a beast, and the duel isn't over yet! I activate [Species Creation] to Special Summon two Servants of level four or lower from the Graveyard, negating their effects. I'm resurrecting this ordinary-looking [Macedonian Heavy Infantry] and Mr. [Weber]!"

[Macedonian Heavy Infantry] Defense 800

【Weber】Defense 600

"Is this ever going to end? I haven't finished my work yet!" Big Weber covered his head with the documents in his hand, trying to avoid the fact that he was always busy. He felt that he was being pulled out too often, and he could already foresee his own death from overwork.

"Trying to delay by defending? It's useless. My attacks can penetrate defenses and deal double the damage!" The Crown's combat power is terrifying. Servants with attack and defense ratings below 2000 are practically nonexistent in front of him. "Enter the combat phase! I attack [Weber]!"

Red magical energy surged from the wings of the golden armor. Romulus's attack hadn't yet arrived, but the oppressive feeling was already there. The documents on Big Weber's face were shredded by his powerful air pressure.