How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

A man's voice suddenly ringing out in the quiet night would naturally be frightening. The drunkard was startled by Yuuto, but breathed a sigh of relief after turning around and seeing Yuuto and Misaya Reiryukan.

He's just a hot-blooded kid who's trying to be a hero and save a damsel in distress because of his sister. How dare he ruin his plans!

Under the influence of alcohol, he suddenly became tough. Thinking that his appearance was intimidating, he put on a fierce expression and threatened them.

"Where did this guy come from? I advise you not to meddle in other people's business!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Jingmi's arm.

His smooth, soft brown skin had long been tempting him to roughly ravage it!

Hehehe, you want to be a hero and save the damsel in distress, huh?

So today I'm going to do it right in front of you—

There was no further explanation; his thoughts came to a standstill the moment he touched the skin of Jingmi's arm.

Unlike normal deadly poisons, the Silent Poison does not cause the poisoned person pain; on the contrary, it causes the poisoned person to die in a state of ecstasy similar to orgasm.

The same was true for this drunkard. The moment he touched Jingmi's skin, he completely lost the ability to think, and his whole being was immersed in that indescribable pleasure as he faced his death.

Tsk tsk tsk, it's hard to reason with a damned devil...

You Du shook his head, marveling at how fast this person could act.

Looking at the gruesome corpse, whose right hand was completely corroded when touched, he thoughtfully covered Reiko Misaya's eyes.

This is so scary, we can't let kids see it, or they'll have nightmares.

Misaya Reiryukan originally wanted to forcefully pry his hand away and loudly tell him that she was no longer a child.

But after Youdu quietly described the corpse's condition to her, she obediently withdrew her hand.

Reiryukan Misaya: I've already behaved, please let me go...

After 'consuming' the drunkard's soul and replenishing her magic, Jingmi turned to look in the direction where Youdu and the others were.

She did not recognize the identity of the wandering servant.

Before using the card, Yuuto himself was like an Assassin using a concealment technique, with almost no magical fluctuations on his body, and he was also dressed in modern clothes.

At most, the Millennium Puzzle hanging around his neck looks a little unusual, but that's about it.

In the past two days, Jingmi has also seen quite a few other people with even stranger and more extravagant decorations.

Is this some kind of modern... trend?

Based on the common sense that the Holy Grail passed on to her, that's how it should be said, right?

Like the drunkard, she believed that You Du's actions were an attempt to help her, so she had no intention of harming them.

Not paying too much attention, she planned to leave directly.

But while she wanted to leave, You Du didn't want her to!

Just kidding. If I let you go like this, wouldn't you be recruited by Aigo in a couple of days and then turn around and beat me up?

"Don't rush off, Assassin..."

Upon hearing this, Jingmi, who was about to leave, trembled slightly. The next second, her white dress was transformed by magic into close-fitting black clothing.

Although it's called clothing, it actually looks no different from simply sticking a few strips of cloth on her body. It can't even be called revealing; rather, you could say she's at least not naked...

After that, Jingmi, who had changed back into her Assassin attire, disappeared silently from Yuwatari's sight.

This is the effect of combining A+ level Agility with A+ level Aura Concealment!

Yuto stood there, seemingly unconcerned about the loss of tranquility.

He released his hands from covering Misaya Reirōkan's eyes, and the new red and white Duel Disk that Yugi Mutō wore in the Yu-Gi-Oh! movie The Dark Side of Dimensions appeared on his left arm.

Immediately, the Duel Disk's outer shell unfolded into a card placement area, and under the bewildered gaze of Misaya Reirōkan, an invisible domain began to spread.

Suddenly, a serene figure appeared not far behind Youdu. Colorless and odorless venom began to seep from her body and gather together, forming the shape of a duel disk, before solidifying.

Seemingly due to the forced extraction of venom, her body trembled slightly: "What... is happening..."

"What's going on?" Yu Wataru turned around, smiled, and gestured to the Duel Disk on his arm, saying in a matter-of-fact tone, "Of course, it's because duelists rely on this to decide the winner!"

Who are the duelists?!

Jingmi wanted to question Youdu loudly, but the flood of information in her mind made her swallow her words.

Misaya from the Linglong Pavilion next to her was also a little dizzy from the influx of information into her brain, so she quickly closed her eyes and tightly grabbed Yuuto's clothes.

After a short while, Jingmi, having understood the situation, straightened up and looked at Youdu opposite her.

"Noble Phantasm?"

At this moment, after trying and finding that she couldn't muster even a thought of hurting him, Jingmi had no choice but to raise her left arm as well, and the dark purple duel disk unfolded like a viscous liquid.

“DULE!” ×2

【Tranquility LP: 4000】

【Yoto LP: 4000】

Chapter 184 The Serpent God Venominaga

"My turn then."

Tranquility led the attack.

"I activate the Spell Card 'Pot of Greed', banish 6 cards from my Extra Deck face down, and draw 2 cards from my Deck."

With a gentle voice, Jingmi mercilessly counted out 6 cards from the top of the Extra Deck and sent them face down into the Banished Zone.

In return, she also gained two new cards from her deck.

At this moment, Misaya of the Reiko Pavilion had just sorted out the extra information in her mind and understood what was going on.

Yuwatari's Noble Phantasm, with its ability to directly instill knowledge into her mind, also struck her as quite novel.

No wonder the magicians of the Age of Gods were so powerful; they probably all learned their skills quickly through this method.

Misaya Reirōkan felt a little envious.

After all, by using this method, she could quickly learn all the magic knowledge, saving her a lot of time.

But despite her envy, she hadn't forgotten that they were currently fighting other Servants.

The way this fight is done is a bit unserious; it looks like they're just playing around...

"Field spell [Snake Venom Swamp] activated."

Tranquility placed one of the two cards she had just drawn into the Field Magic Zone, and immediately, a swamp-like terrain began to spread outward from the ground beneath her feet until it completely enveloped the surrounding streets.

The dark red swamp was surrounded by weeds, and the withered trees were faintly visible in the thin mist. The body of the drunkard sank into the swamp and soon turned into a white skeleton floating on the surface of the swamp.

Seeing the bubbles that kept rising and bursting in the swamp, Misaya Reirōkan stepped onto the soft, wet mud and quickly moved a little closer to where Yutō was.

Although this battle was quite different from what she had imagined a battle between Servants to be, it seemed to be just as dangerous...

But... the Snake Venom Swamp?

Yuuto vaguely sensed what deck Jingmi was using.

Snake Venom... or more accurately, the Snake Venom God Deck.

After all, it was a rare monster with all resistances and special victory conditions, so Yuwatari had a pretty deep memory of the [Venom Minaga].

"Then use the effect of the Normal Spell Card 'Snake Rain' in your hand to discard 1 card from your hand and send 4 Reptile-Type monsters from your Deck to the Graveyard!"

shhhhh--

By casually sending four cards that pop out of the deck to the graveyard, Tranquility easily accomplishes something that most decks cannot do with just this one card.

Not only can it accurately fill 5 cards in the graveyard, but this card's effect is not even used once per turn!

In other words, all the reptile-type cards are terrible, otherwise this card would have been added to the deck long ago...

"Finally, I set two cards face down and activated the Continuous Spell [Level Restriction B Region], and that ended the turn."

A trapezoidal mechanical platform rises from the ground, enclosing the four sides of the swamp. Each side is marked with a hexagonal pattern with a capital letter B in the center.

Tranquility ended her turn after emptying her hand of cards.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Yuto took over the turn and glanced at the two face-down cards in the quiet back row.

He was certain that one of those two face-down cards was the trap card used to Special Summon [Venomminaga].

"The monster effect of [Fantasy Encounter Magician] in my hand is activated!" Yuuto continued after sending the [Dark Magician] next to her to the Graveyard.

"This card can be Special Summoned from your hand by discarding 1 card!"

A circular magic circle appeared, and a blonde girl with the same brown skin as the serene "Dark Magician Girl," dressed in a purple robe, appeared in the magic circle. She looked like an inverted version of the "Dark Magician Girl."

[Fantasy Envoy Archmage]

【6 stars】

[Magician/Dark]

[Attack power: 2000]

"The effect of the Continuous Spell Card [Level Restricted Area B] is activated! While this card is face-up on the field, all Level 4 or higher monsters on the field are changed to Defense Position!"

She spoke calmly and unhurriedly.

The trapezoidal mechanical bases surrounding the swamp lit up, and a special force field enveloped the area, forcing the [Illusionary Enlightenment Archmage] on the swamp to crouch down and assume a defensive stance.

[Fantasy Envoy Archmage]

[Defense: 1600]

“Next, I’m going to open the face-down card.” Tranquility continued, pointing to the face-down card on her left. The card was then flipped open. “Perpetual Trap [Limited Resurrection] activated!”

"Based on this card's effect, I can Special Summon 1 monster with 1000 or less ATK from my Graveyard in Attack Position!"

"Appear! [Venom, the Serpent King]!"

A green snake, dressed in simple clothes like a human and with a red cloak draped over its back, coiled up and 'stood' in the quiet arena.

[Venomilon the Viper King]

【8 stars】

[Reptile Family/Dark]

[Attack power: 0]

"At this moment, due to the effect of the Continuous Spell [Level Restriction B Area] on the field, [Venomron the Serpent King] will switch to Defense Position."

As the tranquil voice faded, the serpent king, which had just coiled its body completely, suddenly shattered into countless fragments with a sound as crisp as shattering glass.

Misaya Reirōkan was startled: "Whoa! What happened? Why did her monster suddenly explode?"

"When a monster Special Summoned by using [Limited Resurrection] is changed to Defense Position, both that monster and this card are destroyed."

Quietly and calmly answered her question, but Misaya Reiryukan's pupils widened in shock upon hearing it.

This person used a combo of continuous spell cards and continuous trap cards, all just to destroy their own monster?

What is she after?!

"It's not over yet." After the Serpent King was destroyed, Tranquility reached out again and activated the last face-down card on the field. "Trap Card [Serpent God's Descent] activated!"

"When the [Venom the Serpent King] that I control is destroyed by means other than battle, I can Special Summon 1 [Venom the Serpent God] from my hand or Deck!"

The swamp, teeming with snake venom, began to churn, like waves on the sea, constantly rippling and crashing towards the edge of the swamp.

"Intensely hot, as if melting, this monster will burn your body and soul to ashes!"

"Come, be born in this swamp full of deadly poison!"

"【Venom Minaga, the Serpent God】!"

In the center of the swamp, a snake woman, resembling a Gorgon from mythology, slowly emerged from the swamp.

Her upper body was human-shaped, while her lower body was a thick snake-like body, and even her arms were two hissing venomous snakes.

"The attack power of [Venom Minaga] will increase by 500 times the number of Reptile monsters in my graveyard."

Jingmi spoke, and at the same time, the attack power of [Venomminaga the Serpent God] also changed.

"I have a total of 5 reptile monsters in my graveyard, therefore her attack power will increase by 2500 points!"