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

"So, shall I enter the battle phase?" Although King Hassan has a somewhat comedic tendency, his actual appearance is quite imposing. Jiang You was also quite envious of King Hassan's cards, so his attitude was undeniably good. "Nothing else to say, Your Excellency?"

“As my contractor, you naturally have the authority to command, and there is no need for you to ask me,” Wang Ha stated his position.

Jiang You felt that King Hassan's attitude towards him was a bit too nice, but he also knew King Hassan's character design in FGO; King Hassan wasn't some aloof Servant, so he just assumed King Hassan was approachable (?). "Then I'll enter the battle phase!"

Wang Ha has the ability to cause damage equal to the defense of the excluded servant after battle. In other words, by attacking a servant with the same attack power and defense power, Wang Ha can rely on his attack power to directly eliminate 4000 of the opponent's health.

What a coincidence, there is such a servant on the opposing field.

Seeing Jiang You look at him, the host Bai Mao couldn't help but swallow hard, revealing a rather awkward smile: "I, I will try my best!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Baimao. [Mountain Man] attacks [Baimao (Host)]! Death Angel!"

"This sword technique is not for severing life and death." Wang Ha took a step forward, blue karmic flames erupting from his body, seemingly burning away the space itself, allowing him to stand before Bai Mao in one step. "But that's enough. Hand over your head!"

In the end, Wang Ha chopped off Baimao's head.

"Don't even think about it!" Ilya knew that taking this attack would be the end of it. "I activate Geika [Origin Bullet]!"

"It's useless. [Old Man of the Mountain] won't be affected by the effects of other cards during the turn it's summoned!"

"I know, so what I'm going to destroy is—[Hyakuma (Host)]!" Once Hyakuma is destroyed, [Old Man of the Mountain] will be unable to end the battle with a single blow.

Just like Jiang You said, as long as we hold on, there will always be a way.

Facing the bullets shot at him, Bai Mao was obviously relieved.

Chapter 168 You're not Illya, you're Tendai

[Old Man of the Mountain] loses his target and his attack rewinds.

The remaining two Servants, Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Illya (Heaven's Robe), are both adept at preventing battle damage, but Illya's Einzbernka is almost completely depleted, while Minamoto no Yorimitsu can still work with other Heian-kyo warriors to achieve other effects. Therefore, the target of the attack is very clear.

"Then, [Yamano Ogura] will attack [Minamoto no Raikou]!"

With a single swing of the greatsword, Minamoto no Raikou left numerous scars on his body. No, rather than a spatially overlapping attack similar to Swallow Return, it was more like an attack erupting directly from within the target's body. Using only martial arts, he demonstrated an effect similar to Emiya's Alter Noble Phantasm.

Even someone as strong as Minamoto no Raikou was unable to withstand this blow and was sent directly to the grave.

"Minamoto no Yorikou will be banished by the effect of [Old Man of the Mountain]! And since Minamoto no Yorikou has a total defense of 2000, you, Illya, will take 2000 points of direct damage!"

Following Wang Ha's gaze, nameless blue fire erupted under Illya's feet and engulfed her.

"Ughhhhhhh—" The flames from King Hassan were no ordinary thing; the soul-tearing pain from the burning flames caused Ilya to let out a wail.

Ilya LP4000→LP3000→LP1000

"...Old Man of the Mountain, please show mercy for now." Jiang You still remembered that this was a dark game, and the pain it brought was even greater than that of a normal duel.

Wang Ha: "..."

Wang Ha really wanted to say that this thing was a guaranteed effect, and wasn’t it you who wanted to attack like this?

After the attack, Jiang You has no other actions to take. As long as Wang Ha is on the field, Jiang You will not suffer any damage. Illya has no cards that can be removed. In order to defeat Wang Ha, the servant's original attack power must reach 4000.

It can be said that Jiang You has won and secured the duel.

"I'll end my turn. Illya, you defend and summon the Heavenly Cloth. 1200 defense is just enough to end the battle and control the damage."

"Shut up!" Ilya got up from the ground. If it weren't for the rules, Ilya would have suffered far more than just pain. King Hassan's attack had a powerful instant-kill effect, which was almost certain to hit Ilya. "Never give up until the very last moment, didn't you teach me that!"

"Did I teach you that?" Jiang You said that if he encountered a game he couldn't beat even with his whole family, he would usually surrender at five speeds, or he would make a dignity-defending move. Where do you find someone who never gives up until the very last moment?

"My turn, draw a card!"

Unexpectedly, upon seeing this card, Ilya flashed a bright smile: "Jiang You, I won!"

"Huh?" Jiang You had all the cards that Ilya had, but he really couldn't think of any way to deal with King Ha. Even though Ilya had added Matou Sakura in her Imaginary Element form to her deck and even drew her, Matou Sakura's banishment effect only lasted one turn, and Jiang You could still block the attack with [Infiltrate Change] from his graveyard.

Furthermore, Illya doesn't have any special effects, so it doesn't look very powerful. Even Unlimited Blade Works has quite impressive special effects, so how could a card like this possibly defeat the invincible King?

Jiang You then looked at Wang Ha: "Old Man of the Mountain, you didn't burn Ilya's brain too, did you?"

Wang Ha wanted to roll his eyes, but his tightly fitting armor couldn't reveal his expression. After a long silence, he finally answered Jiang You's question: "My attacks can only bring death, not mental damage. This is your Noble Phantasm, Contractor, you should know this better than I do."

"You're the one who's out of your mind! You liar who breaks promises!" Ilya slammed the card onto the field. "I activate the Spell Card [Dream Fusion]!"

This is a card Jiang You had previously obtained from Illya's favorability. It can also be used as a fusion target for the opponent's field card, but Jiang You does not have a corresponding additional Servant card, so he has never added it to the deck. But Illya actually activated it.

"The fusion conditions are [Illya] Servant + [Old Man of the Mountain]. I will use [Illya (Heavenly Robe)] and [Old Man of the Mountain] on the field as fusion materials for this fusion summon—"

"What!" Jiang You felt his jaw almost drop. The fusion conditions for this thing were way too ridiculous! Who explicitly uses [Old Man of the Mountain] as a fusion material? These days, even Type-Moon characters are printing cards like this?

“Those who fail to abide by the contract deserve to be punished.” Wang Ha nodded, then slowly disappeared from sight.

Illya also left the field and returned to her main battle area.

In the dreamlike seven-color vortex, Illya transformed like a magical girl. The clothes on her body changed into the attire of the Mountain Hermit in the light, but the armor only covered her key parts. The skull-horned helmet of the Mountain Hermit also turned into the corresponding Faku and was worn diagonally on her head.

"——[Illya (Old Man of the Mountain)]"

Illya, wearing extremely revealing armor, fell into the battle area. She shyly covered her smooth belly with a giant sword that was bigger than herself.

【Ilya (Old Man of the Mountain)】 Assassin 12-star Attack Power 4000

The effect is identical to that of the Mountain Hermit. Rather than being a fusion, it's more like another card that plays against the Bull.

Of course, there's another use for this. If [Mountain Hermit] is used directly, using [Dream Fusion] can even summon it directly without the need for a 12-star sacrifice. This is also a very good summoning method.

"I can perform a Dream Fusion with any Servant to gain their abilities!" Illya nodded in satisfaction, looking at her Old Man of the Mountain form on the field. Powerful cards are truly delightful.

"Any?" Jiang You flipped through his Extra Deck with some uncertainty. This damn game didn't seem to have any limit on Extra Deck cards, although Jiang You didn't have many anyway. He glanced at Ilya's Extra Deck, which was even thinner than his. How could it possibly be any Servant? "Wait, this card of yours was definitely newly printed!"

Although Jiang You also defeated the final BOSS of the previous script by printing cards, he never expected that he would be tricked by the game character in the same way.

"In short, that's the effect of this card. So here's the question." Ilya looked at "herself" on the field, "I'm still here, so who is she?"

"Um..." Ilya, her face flushed, noticed everyone staring at her. "Could you please give me a piece of clothing? This thing is really too embarrassing."

Chapter 169 Magical girls are so tempting, I'm talking about the effects.

"As mentioned before, it's most likely Illya from 'Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya'." The term "Dream Summon" already says a lot. In fact, the Holy Grail system there is more suitable for the card classification of Yu-Gi-Oh!.

"Magical girls? That kind of thing from anime? How could that be? I'm just an ordinary elementary school student." Illya (hereinafter referred to as Magic Illya, and only called Illya when appearing alone) from the battle area replied weakly. She was still struggling with her outfit and was on the verge of tears, her eyes already welling up with tears. "So, could you please give me some clothes? Please!"

Illya was sure that the guy here was definitely not herself. Although she would be shy because of being too exposed, she would never look so soft.

It was like a side quest that could increase favorability, so Jiang You took off his coat and threw it to Mo Yi.

"Thank you..." Mo Yi put on Jiang You's coat. Because of the huge height difference, the swallowtail coat hung loosely on Mo Yi like a cape.

Jiang Youli got a card related to the magical girl Illya locally, a very small one, which increased his favorability, but not much.

“Illya from a parallel world…” Rin Tohsaka wasn’t too surprised, because the Tohsaka family had inherited part of the Jewel Mage magic and had some understanding of the effects of the second Jewel Mage spell, so it was perfectly reasonable for Illya to have a different personality. “She’s so polite, completely unlike the one here. But magical girl stuff, are you sure you’re not kidding?”

If the female magicians over there were called magical girls, Rin Tousaka couldn't imagine what she would be like if she were a magical girl. She quickly dismissed this terrifying possibility from her mind. At her age, how could she still act like a little girl who hadn't grown up? A magical girl like Rin Tousaka was simply impossible.

"You don't know about magical girls?" Although the term "magical girl" was something a certain rascal came up with for his own enjoyment, it's actually just a magical costume. But Illya should have accepted the name long ago, Jiang You guessed the reason, "Looks like it's Illya before the story started."

Moyi looked around curiously, and she soon saw Shirou Emiya lying on the ground.

"Brother!" She anxiously wanted to rush forward to check on Shirou Emiya, but due to the rules of the duel, she couldn't stray too far from her battle area. She then noticed that almost everyone around her was dressed in strange costumes, and several were even carrying weapons. The materials reflected a metallic sheen, clearly not ordinary props.

Add to that the scars left on Shirou Emiya's chest from the surgery, and Moyi's little head had already imagined a plot of about 100,000 words. Her legs were already shaking. "Could it be that you... are kidnappers?! If you want a ransom, Illya can do it alone. Can you..."

"You should at least look at what's in your head," Ilya said, tapping her head. She felt incredibly naive. "Jiang You's Noble Phantasm must have stuffed all that knowledge into your head. If you paid a little attention, you wouldn't have asked that question. Besides, I've never acknowledged this guy as family. And even by seniority, I should be the older sister!"

Illya still cares a lot about her family status.

"Huh?" Prisma turned her head, somewhat puzzled. In her mind, Shirou Emiya, a high school student, was much older than her; he was definitely her older brother. She was also curious why the person behind her was answering the question from her perspective.

Then Moyi saw Illya, who looked exactly like herself, and her brain went into a brief blackout.

"I get it! This is a dream!" Moyi quickly convinced herself.

"Maybe we should just drop this topic?" Ilya felt there was no need to dwell on the issue anymore; it was better to let her innocent and carefree self return to her own world. "Enter battle mode!"

"If you encounter any difficulties, feel free to ask me for help; I'll definitely come to your aid." Jiang You knew he was nearing the end; the card effects in his graveyard were sealed by [Illya (Old Man of the Mountain)], and his only backrow card was also unable to activate. So he called out to Magicia, attempting to open a new instance in a similar way to how Illya was used as the key to the Fifth Holy Grail War. If DogK had done that...

After all, magical girls are so tempting. Jiang You means that the effect of being able to melt the opponent's cards is too tempting.

"Huh?" Moyi didn't know how to answer this abrupt question. She looked at Jiang You, wondering why he was in her dream. Other characters like Matou Sakura, her brother Emiya Shirou, and even herself were all traceable. But she didn't know about Jiang You, Minamoto no Yorimitsu, or Medusa. "Um...why? And who are you?"

Seeing Jiang You using the same tactics to seduce her from another world right in front of her, Ilya was furious: "You bastard!!! I'm going to kill you today!" [Ilya (Old Man of the Mountain)] launched a direct attack on Jiang You!

4000 field attack is enough to scare people to death in the dark game.

"Is his name Jiang You?" Mo Yi felt that Jiang You had at least helped her, and she had a tiny bit of goodwill towards him. Besides, even without goodwill, getting her to hit someone was still beyond her capabilities. "Attacks... forget it. Ilya... eh... eh???"

But how could a servant in the combat area of ​​a duel disobey the orders of the main combatant? Moyi only saw herself engulfed in flames, and she came in front of Jiang You in a way that she could not understand at all.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Mo Yi had no idea where she got the strength to swing such a huge sword. The sword, glowing with blue flames, slashed from Jiang You's left neck all the way to his right waist. The wound, enough to cut Jiang You in two, was engulfed in a fierce, eerie blue flame.

"Waaaaaaah!" Mo Yibi Jiangyou screamed first.

Jiangyou LP1050 → LP0!

Illya wins!

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry!" The sensation of cutting open flesh with her own hands made Moyi's face turn deathly pale with fear.

Because the duel was over, Moyi's existence began to dissipate. She cried and apologized, and then as the duel space was lifted, she returned to her own world.

Chapter 170 Now Ilya has become the Duel King.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean for this to happen!" Ilya woke up with a start from her small bed, sitting up abruptly. Her small chest heaved violently; the sensation was all too real.

"It really was a dream." Ilya carefully wiped the sweat from her forehead. She could clearly feel the sweat soaking her pajamas from the tension, making her feel sticky all over. She decided to take a shower. "Looks like I'll have to watch less anime in the future, magical girls and all that weird stuff..."

But when Illya lifted the quilt, she saw the Victorian-style dress she was wearing. She touched the dress in disbelief and then pulled her face.

"Eeeeeeee—!" Ilya's mournful cry echoed through the house.

Jiang You lay on the ground, his eyes fixed on the sky. He had adjusted the pain level to the lowest setting before Mo Yi attacked, but even so, he still felt the pain like a blunt knife cutting flesh. This made him suspect that Konami was trying to kill the player.

The magical girl Illya's reaction was also quite amusing. Despite being the one chopping people up, she displayed a rather adorable expression: "I hope that Illya won't suffer any psychological trauma from this."

"Now all you can think about is someone else. Even though we're both Ilya, she's her and I'm me. Say the same things you said to her again. Do you even care about me as your Master anymore?" Ilya stepped on Jiang You's chest, but given her weight, it didn't feel like much.

"Although I know that you want her card, your attitude still makes me uncomfortable! From now on, you can only be my Servant!"