Yu-Gi-Oh!: From Casual Gamer to Soulful Player

Hyoga reinserts "New Water Magician" into the deck, his gaze fixed intently on Pegasus, waiting for his turn to end.

Yes, it's still Pegasus's turn!

Pegasus only had one card left in his hand, and there were two 0-point monsters on the field, one with attack and one with defense. It didn't look good.

But Pegasus wasn't in a hurry. He ended his turn by placing his last card face down in the back row as well.

"My turn! Draw a card!"

After merging with the Water Demon, Hyoga's voice became even more imposing.

This was not only because of the mask's obstruction, but also because his "momentum" had truly increased.

The stronger the "momentum," the easier it is to deal with powerful monsters.

This time, Hyoga drew his card without any pretense, glancing at it once before slapping it onto the field.

"Summoning, Millennial Primal Man!"

A primitive man, with muscles all over his body, a single eye in the middle of his head, and carrying a large number of weapons on his back, appeared directly in front of the glacier.

[Millennial Primal Man, Attack Power 2750]

The attack power of the Millennium Primal Man exceeds Pegasus's LP. If this punch hits the Sacrifice Demon, then Hyoga will win directly.

Is it really that easy?

If it were the old glacier, I would still hesitate now.

But now, the glacier will only move forward relentlessly.

"Millennial Primordial Man, attack the Demon of Sacrifice! Millennial Meteor Hammer!"

Upon hearing this, the ancient man pulled out another meteor hammer from behind him and charged towards the sacrificial demon.

But Pegasus remained calm. "I activate the effect of Dark-Eye Illusionist. As long as it's on the field, it can target one of your opponent's monsters and prevent it from attacking. I choose Millennium Man, Dark-Eye!"

ha?

The glacier's momentum was interrupted by a single sentence from Pegasus.

What the hell? It can still work as a ritual offering? What kind of nonsense is this?

But looking at the opponent's duel disk, [Dark-Eyed Illusionist] was still there.

Thus, all Hyoga could see was that although Pegasus gave the order to [Dark-Eyed Illusionist], the Millennium Eye of the Demon of Sacrifice lit up, freezing the Millennium Primal Man, who had just jumped up to deliver a powerful blow to the Demon of Sacrifice, in mid-air.

Holy crap, you can do that?!

Pegasus was very pleased with himself, "Hyper River Boy, this is the power of 'Technique'. In the next round, the Millennium Primal Man will become a sacrifice..."

"I will never let the thousand-year-old ape become your food!" Hyoga's eyes glowed blue. "He will become my sacrifice at this moment!"

"I activate ritual magic, the Jera Ritual! With the millennia-old natives as sacrifices..."

"Be reborn in another's body! Evil demon, Jera!"

The evil deeds that occurred during Hyoga's first battle are now being repeated on Hyoga's field!

The flesh and skin of the ancient humans were shattered, and the evil demon race—Jera—was born from the crimson!

"Jera, keep attacking! Die, Pegasus!!!"

A surge of malice erupted from Jera, who fell directly from the spot where he was frozen with even greater attack power than the Millennium Primal Man.

The Dark-Eyed Illusionist froze the Millennium Primal Man; what does that have to do with me, Jera?

Victory is within reach...

But it was stopped!

Pegasus's card has been opened!

"Hyper River Boy, it seems you've been blinded by anger... How can you make the same mistake twice? What a pity!"

Pegasus's voice came over, but Hyoga had no time to respond.

Because Glacier saw the sign being covered...

Another [fusion]!

The Thousand-Eyed Cult God beside him merged into the body of the Sacrifice Demon once again!

"Reappear! Thousand-Eyed Najima!"

"The Thousand-Eyed Demon's effect: Other monsters are prohibited from attacking!"

Another monster, possessing even greater dark power than Jera, blasted Jera back.

Poor Jera, despite being a near-powerful evil demon, was no different from a dead dog in front of the big shots.

Oh, that's not right either!

It seems that the ancient people who were sacrificed twice were more pitiful.

Hyoga's eyes flashed with icy light as he looked at the Thousand-Eyed Sacrifice Demon opposite him, but there was nothing he could do.

In the next round, Jera will be eaten by the Thousand-Eyed Nassandra.

Once the glacier gains an advantage through its "momentum," the ice and water will melt away immediately, making it very difficult for it to turn the tide!

That being the case...

Hyoga addressed the still-present, gaping maw on the Duel Disk, "Lord Exodia, is your contract still in effect? ​​I'm willing to sign it!"

Exodia had been watching the entire battle. "Of course... but the details need to be changed! I'm adding a condition! You must include all of my cards in every single duel you play from now on!"

In Ekuzodia's view, Glacier was now a gambler who was sinking deeper and deeper into debt.

He hadn't agreed to his contract before because he still had that ridiculous conscience.

But now, he has lost everything he could lose, and even his elven companions have sacrificed themselves for him. He has no way out!

At this point, gamblers are willing to sign any kind of contract.

It's important to understand that if Hyoga's deck always includes cards from Exodia, then Hyoga will be forever controlled by Exodia!

Even Pegasus with the Millennium Eye couldn't possibly remain completely unaffected by Exodia in his deck!

As expected, Hyoga agreed without hesitation after hearing Eczodia's words, "But I have a condition! I want you to do everything in your power to help me win every Dark Game in the future!"

"Impossible!" This time, Ecuzodia refused. "I don't want to die with you!"

If this request is agreed to, and if Hyoga continues to challenge powerful beings, even Eczodia will not be able to win forever.

"Then cut it in half!" Hyoga's gaze was intense. "You must do everything in your power to help me win all the dark games that weren't started by me!"

Upon hearing this, Ecuzodia hesitated.

If the previous condition hadn't been present, and Hyoga had directly proposed this condition, Ecuzodia would have refused without hesitation.

but now……

I've already refused once! And the conditions were halved!

Furthermore, if Hyoga's deck contained Eczadia, Hyoga would be subject to Eczadia's control...

"Okay! I agree!"

Endless darkness gathered before the glacier, and a contract appeared before it.

Hyoga examined the contract using the knowledge left to him by the water sorcerer. After dispelling a bunch of incomprehensible patterns around the contract, he signed his name with magic.

whispering sound!

Seeing that the additional conditions had been removed, Eczodia stopped acting strangely, and an inverted pentagram mark appeared on the contract.

The contract is complete!

Darkness descends!

"Hoo hoo hoo ha ha ha!"

Ecuzodia's laughter rose and fell in waves.

The desert sky suddenly turned pitch black.

Pegasus, who had been confident of victory, changed his expression drastically upon seeing this.

Could it be that he...?

With the Millennium Eye activated, Pegasus looked into Hyoga's mind and saw a giant head laughing at him, blowing him out of Hyoga's mind with a single breath!

As expected, Hyoga Boy and Exodia have signed a contract!

This is such a hassle!