Lucas has 4 cards, 2 monsters, 1 spell and 1 trap
[Vulcan, Flame warrior soul (lv 1)
Type: Fire
Atk: 100
Hp: 100
Race: Soul
Passive: Burning determination (the greater the determination, the stronger the flames burst out)
Skill: Fire punch (throws a fire punch dealing an extra 30% damage with a chance to inflict burn)
Info: A flame born with unmatched determination and courage. The greater its determination, the stronger its flames!]
[Fire ball
Card type: Spell
Effect: Fires a fireball dealing 100 damage with a 10% chance to inflict burn]
[Fire chains
Card type: Trap
Effect: Creates a series of fire chains that latch onto the target that attacked. The opponent will be chained and continuously lose 10 hp from burn. Can be broken]
[Hellhound (lv 3)
Type: Fire
Atk: 1500
Hp: 500
Race: Hot dog (get it? Hot... Dog... Hehe)
Passive: Sturdy (allows survival with only 1 hp)
Skill: Bite (has a chance to cause flinch), battle cry (when howling, increases 20% damage and speed for the whole team)
Info: A dog that, wanting to avenge its master, is willing to descend into hell to bite the culprit to death. Extremely loyal to its owner]
Yes, just looking at Lucas's 4 cards is enough to understand what kind of deck it's aiming for. The stronger the better.
Honestly, Lucas having Hellhound and it having a skill that boosts the team's stats is already excellent. Seems he's also lucky when it comes to creating monsters.
So what's the problem?
"MAMA!!!!!"
Lucas ducked his head. A punch slammed straight into the iron fence, denting it into the shape of a fist.
Whoa, he punched like that and it still didn't go through? Is the fence that sturdy?
"Hm!" Johnny threw a low kick. Lucas rolled to the side.
The fence gained another imprint of his shoe.
"SO STRONG?!"
"What's wrong? Scared?!" Johnny charged in and swung a punch aimed at Lucas's crotch.
Lucas dodged again. The punch slammed into the arena floor and made it shake violently.
"Heh, you dodged my Nut Shot technique. Looks like your luck isn't a lie."
"WHO NAMES A TECHNIQUE SOMETHING THAT DISGUSTING?!"
Lucas was extremely panicked and couldn't adapt in time.
With Johnny swinging attacks like a storm, he had no chance to use cards to attack.
And every one of his strikes felt like being hit by a truck!! Lucas had never experienced it but he felt like all his bones would break from just one hit.
On Johnny's side, he was getting more and more interested.
Not because the opponent had something that made him wary, but because the kid in front of him was dodging all of his storm-like attacks.
And also...
'This kid really amazes me. I can't predict his next move at all,' the eyes behind the sunglasses revealed.
They were a pair of bright golden eyes with cross-shaped pupils. This was the ability from his family's bloodline that allowed him to predict the movements of a body.
And yeah, Lucas moved completely on instinct, following not a single bit of logic, so his eyes became useless.
"LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN TAKE THIS HIT?!"
Johnny charged forward, grabbed Lucas tightly.
Then jumped really high!
"AHHHHH!!!!" Lucas screamed, crying in fear.
Then both of their heads aimed downward and slammed hard into the floor.
Bonk!
Lucas bounced twice, holding his head and shaking it side to side.
That was the most painful hit he had ever experienced. Even when his mother was angry she had never made him hurt like this!
"WAWAWA!!!" His head swelled into a perfectly round smoking lump. Lucas held it while feeling a bit dizzy.
Then he saw Johnny right under him, preparing to swing an uppercut.
THIS HIT IS DEFINITELY FATAL!!!!
The distance between his chin and Johnny's brass-knuckle fist kept getting closer, almost predetermined that there was no escape.
Right at this moment, under the arena floor
"Who are you betting on?"
"Stupid question. Can't you see Johnny is beating that kid into pulp?"
Everyone was betting on Johnny. After all, his reputation was clearly greater than a kid who had just stepped into the academy.
However, it wasn't like no one had faith in him.
"I'll bet 1 credit on Lucas, just for fun haha," someone who was just participating for fun bet on Lucas.
At that exact moment, the flow of fate was altered.
The instant someone bet on Lucas, the punch that should have landed from Johnny suddenly ran into a problem.
That was Johnny slipping!
"?!"
The punch only grazed past Lucas's chin, not injuring him at all.
"...?"
"...?"
Both of them looked at each other, stunned.
The whole crowd under the arena was also stunned.
Johnny blinked, then felt something was off and tried again.
A spinning kick was thrown. This time Lucas also couldn't dodge in time.
However, when he stepped back he stepped on a banana peel, and then threw a kick exactly like Johnny's.
The two kicks collided, pushing both of them a little farther apart.
"???"
This time no one understood anymore.
Where did that banana peel come from? How did Lucas create a pose exactly like Johnny's?! Even his leg didn't have any problems?!
Johnny looked at the banana peel, question marks filling his head.
He had clearly cleaned and inspected the hygiene very carefully. How the hell did a banana peel appear here? The surroundings are all iron fences.
Then suddenly Johnny realized something and looked over at the betting board written on it.
The number of people betting on Johnny was very high and Lucas only had exactly one person betting, and it was only 1 credit.
The problem was right here.
This betting game... also counted as gambling...
And Lucas... was extremely lucky when gambling...
"Hey kid, where does your family come from? Any relatives who are nobles or something?" Johnny asked.
"Huh? Well, the whole family are farmers, not related to nobility in the slightest," Lucas said straightforwardly.
...not related? So it's not power from a bloodline? Or does he just not know?
Blessed by some god? Or is he just lucky by nature already?
...whatever. The important thing is this kid is favored by the god of luck to an unreasonable degree, almost ignoring every law of the world. That means this match won't be boring in the slightest.
"Fine, let's see whether my fist is faster or your lucky god's protection is faster."
Johnny radiated an extremely powerful aura, then swung a sweeping punch.
Lucas suddenly lost his balance and tilted forward exactly like Michael Jackson.
Johnny saw that and used his elbow aiming for Lucas's head, but the kid suddenly felt the floor was slippery and tried to keep his balance.
Unintentionally, Lucas moonwalked and dodged the attack completely.
Then while moonwalking by accident, Lucas suddenly fell and dropped his 4 cards. One card slowly fell into his hand and he realized it was the Fire chains card.
Johnny was about to throw a kick right then, but Lucas in panic placed the trap card down, activating Fire chains that latched onto Johnny's legs.
Seeing the opponent stuck in the chains, Lucas was about to crawl up and grab Hellhound to summon.
Johnny broke the chains, then threw a jab at Lucas.
However, Lucas felt he was summoning monsters faster than usual. Normally it took him 7 or 8 seconds, but today it only took exactly 3 seconds!
"COME FORTH HELLHOUND!!"
A monster resembling a wolf with deep red skin and a few glowing orange cracks like lava appeared. The moment it came out it already charged straight into Johnny, making him step back.
Johnny was a bit surprised by the wolf's attack power, but afterward still managed by swinging the dog away.
Hellhound kept its balance the moment it grabbed onto the fence and then barked once in Johnny's face.
"Huh? Since when does a mindless summoned monster know how to bark?" Johnny was a bit surprised, not noticing that Lucas was about to summon the next one.
"Because I treat it like family! Come forth Vulcan!!"
Immediately a round fire-like creature with two hands appeared, its face full of determination to fight.
"Hellhound!!!"
As if understanding Lucas's intention, Hellhound used Battle cry and howled.
Immediately the stats of Vulcan and Hellhound increased by 20% damage and speed.
"Go, brothers!"
Both Hellhound and Vulcan charged at Johnny.
Johnny flipped once and swung a spinning kick into Hellhound's face, sending it flying far away.
With just one kick, Hellhound slammed into the fence and was left with 1 hp.
Holy shit, he hits that hard?!
Lucas was about to activate the spell card when Johnny charged in intending to finish him. Vulcan decided to block.
Vulcan swung punches continuously, but none of them landed. Johnny snorted and swung a punch.
Lucas saw the situation was bad and pulled Vulcan back, spreading his legs and sitting down.
Clang!
Lucas slowly looked up and saw Johnny's fist had pierced straight through the fence. He immediately sweated continuously.
He's... still holding back a lot!!
"Damn! How am I supposed to win like this?!"
"Talking during a fight is underestimating your opponent, you know!" Johnny pulled his hand back, then kicked at Lucas.
Lucas immediately clung to Johnny's leg, making that kick ineffective.
"Let go of my leg."
"No?"
"Then I'll make you pay."
Johnny swung the leg that Lucas was clinging to into the fence.
Lucas jumped up, struck a *insert Bully Maguire* pose, then hugged Johnny's head.
"Vulcan! Hellhound!!!"
Vulcan threw a fire punch at Johnny's leg. Hellhound charged and bit Johnny's arm, pulling him toward it.
Chance!
Lucas jumped down, clenched his fist, his face looking like a passionate shounen protagonist.
"Take this!!"
Bonk!
The spectators widened their eyes, not expecting Lucas to actually land a hit.
Johnny's sunglasses flew far away. Lucas smiled.
...and looked at his own arm that had already broken.
Then looked at Johnny who was slowly looking down at him with cross-shaped pupils.
"...your eyes are really beautiful~" Lucas sweated continuously and stammered a compliment to Johnny.
"Thanks, now get lost."
With just one sweep, both Hellhound and Vulcan were sent flying.
Hellhound and Vulcan both let out a few sounds before turning into particles of light. Only Lucas remained.
"This time let's see if you can dodge."
Johnny slid forward and swung his fist.
Lucas was about to dodge on instinct when the punch suddenly stopped, and Johnny's other leg moved.
Lucas panicked and moved his body in another direction, then the swinging leg stopped again.
Only for Johnny to jump with the remaining leg, flip in a full spin, and use that jumping leg to kick straight into Lucas's head.
HOLY SHIT, TWO FAKE MOVES?!!
Lucas was dizzy from the pain and was immediately grabbed tightly by Johnny's two muscular arms, then spun around many times.
"OAHHHHH!!!!"
Johnny threw Lucas. Lucas scraped his face across the arena floor. His face was now completely red.
Trying to stand up, his eyes blinked and he saw Johnny already right in front of him.
"Looks like your luck has run out. Accept defeat."
Johnny swung a punch at Lucas's face, about to make contact with his face.
As expected, this was a one-sided match. Lucas had no chance of winning.
'Even though I was a bit surprised by this kid's luck, that's as far as it goes,' Johnny thought to himself.
Yet right before Lucas's face received the attack, the flow of fate was altered once again.
Crash!
Something fell down, smashing through the ceiling and dropping straight onto Johnny.
"?!"
The whole crowd of spectators was confused. Lucas blinked for a while and realized something had fallen onto Johnny's position.
When the smoke and dust cleared, it revealed... a dairy cow with alien-like antennae on its head, along with a boy the same age as Lucas.
"T-TRYO?!"
Johnny tried to stand up to look at what had just fallen on him and saw a dairy cow with two antennae on its head trying to chew his tank top.
What the hell is this?
"Ugh... didn't expect them to drop me like this," Tryo held his head, looked around and saw Lucas and Johnny looking at him.
Huh? Why are you suddenly looking at me like that?
"My friend!" a feminine voice from above transmitted down. Everyone looked up and saw a UFO right above the academy building.
"How the hell did you drop me?!" Tryo shouted, jumping and cursing at the same time.
"Well, the gravity here is a bit too strange so I'm not used to it yet. Sorry my friend, Teehee~"
"Teehee my ass!!"
"Ah right, remember to take care of my little Bun okay! If you take good care of it then the two of us can be together~"
"No way!"
"Huh? You don't want to?" Suddenly the voice above became unnecessarily terrifying, making everyone feel something was wrong.
Right after that, a green energy beam shot straight down at the position of all three. All three turned pale and ran immediately.
BOOM!!!!
The entire arena floor was erased by the explosion, leaving nothing. The whole crowd stared in shock at the aftermath.
"That was a warning. Are you going to take care of it?" the voice above asked again.
"YES I PROMISE I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT LIKE MY OWN SON, PLEASE DON'T KILL ME PLEASE PLEASE!!!" Tryo cried and begged while hugging the cow that was still chewing Johnny's shirt.
"As expected I didn't misjudge you! My friend, next time I come back I'll take you to my home planet and hold a wedding, as long as little Bun isn't harmed~ bye bye!"
Then the UFO disappeared, leaving everyone there stunned.
...whoa
"Dude, how are you being pursued like that?" Lucas turned to look at Tryo.
"Don't, don't say anything more. I've endured enough..." Tryo looked miserable while the dairy cow walked over and chewed his hair.
Johnny looked at the arena floor that now had nothing left, then looked at Lucas and suddenly realized something.
...the god of luck might not be able to make him win because the power gap was too large.
However, there was no such thing as losing here.
Not being able to win doesn't mean you'll lose.
"Pfft"
Johnny suddenly laughed, making everyone pay attention.
"What is it, boss?" one person came over to ask, a bit worried.
"This match already has a result. It's a Draw."
Everyone blinked, not expecting Johnny to accept the result so easily when fighting was the thing he was most proud of.
"Kid, come here."
"Huh? Me?" Lucas jumped and pointed at himself.
"Yeah. Even though it's a draw, I'm happy, and because I'm happy you deserve to receive something." Johnny took something from his deck and held it up for him to see.
[Lucky Dice
Card type: Spell
Effect: When activated, immediately roll a die. Lucky numbers are 2, 4, 6 and unlucky numbers are 1, 3, 5.
Number 2: Allows destroy 1 monster on the opponent's field
Number 4: Allows revival of 1 of your own monsters from the graveyard
Number 6: Allows immediate summoning of 1 monster from your hand without conditions
Number 1: Must destroy 1 of your own monsters
Number 3: Must revive 1 of the opponent's monsters from the graveyard
Number 5: Allows the opponent to summon a monster without conditions]
"So strong?!?" Lucas widened his eyes, completely not expecting a card with such powerful effects.
"This is my first spell card. Unfortunately I couldn't use its full potential, so I should give it to someone who can use its full power." Johnny looked at Lucas with implication.
"Well then... I'll take it," Lucas scratched his head shyly and slowly walked over to take the card.
The moment he took it, Johnny put his arm around Lucas's shoulder and shouted.
"BOYS! TAKE A COMMEMORATIVE PHOTO!!"
"HUH?!"
Click!
And from then on, a photo of a boy with the Steel Lion, the gambling club president's arm around his shoulder, was hung in the center of the gambling club to commemorate the boy who became a living legend.
Gambling God, Lucas