Allure Queen LV5, summoned!
"With the evolution to LV5, my Queen's allure has leveled up as well!"
The Queen laughed.
"Now Allure Queen can charm any Level 5 or lower monster to my side!
Once per turn, absorb one Level 5 or lower monster your opponent controls as an Equip.
Absorb 'Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World'!"
The remaining Dark World soldier on Kira's field was likewise bewitched by golden light, his gaze going hazy. Staggering like a drunk, he wandered into the opponent's field and settled behind the Queen as an Equip.
"So you turned all my Dark World to your side," Kira sighed. "How cruel."
Lately, why do I feel like NTR deck are multiplying too…
But Allure Queen's effect only removes the opponent's monsters by absorbing them as Equips; she can't take their ATK or effects.
Which is why, despite being an old archetype, it never caught on in the real card meta.
"Battle!" the Queen commanded. "Allure Queen LV5, direct attack!"
Red light flashed in her eyes. She hefted her golden staff, a beam of light blasting straight into Kira. The realistic impact made him stagger back two steps, smoke churning where he stood.
[Kira, LP 4000 → 3000]
"Eh!? You just let that through?" Eye yelped. "Isn't that bad? At this rate, I'm going to get snatched by the other side!"
"Seems so," Kira nodded. "You'd better start packing."
Eye: "…"
The Queen laughed. "At least you know your place. Continue the attack!"
She flicked her arm like a queen cracking a whip.
"Queen's Bodyguard, direct attack as well!"
At her order, the guards shouted in unison and drew their swords, cold edges flashing as they slashed toward Kira.
But just as the blades were about to land, the corner of Kira's mouth curved into a strange arc.
A dangerous smile.
The Queen: "!?"
The next instant, she watched in disbelief as her loyal guards—the lickspittles she was so proud of—suddenly turned with ferocious glares, bloodshot eyes, roaring as they charged at her.
The Queen blanched. "What are you doing? Rebelling?"
"I activated the Trap Card 'Confusion Chaff,'" Kira said, pointing at his backrow with a smile. "This can only be activated when a second direct attack is declared in the same Battle Phase.
It makes the second attacking monster battle the first attacking monster."
The Queen: "!"
The first attacker was her Allure Queen LV5, the second was the Queen's Bodyguard—
So now the battle becomes the Royal Guard attacking their own Queen?
The guards' chaotic blades had already cleaved into the Queen. She let out a sharp scream.
[The Queen, LP 4000 → 3300]
"Bastards… using my own guards against me…"
The Queen's voice went cold and low.
"But a Queen with Equips doesn't die! If Allure Queen would be destroyed by battle, you can destroy one of her equipped monsters instead.
So the one destroyed is your 'Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World!'"
In the backrow, Beiige exploded with a boom, destroyed in the Queen's place.
Even if your monster is immortal, battle damage still applies. The Queen had to take the damage herself.
Of course, the physical shock wasn't the main thing.
The main thing was—she was cut down by her own lickspittle squad!
Such humiliation—if she didn't avenge it, wouldn't the name of Allure Queen be tarnished?
"Your Majesty!"
The guards dropped their swords in panic, faces stricken.
"Are you alright?"
By the look of it, they were ready to commit seppuku at a word.
The Queen snorted heavily and waved them back, unwilling to speak.
"I set one card and end my turn."
"My turn. Draw."
Kira glanced at the draw, then revealed it.
"Spell Card 'Graceful Charity'—draw three, then discard two."
Graceful Charity was an early Dark World godsend. While it was a near-universal staple back then, if you had to say who suffered most after its ban, Dark World would be high on the list.
Kira discarded two. As expected, one of the cards he'd just sent to the GY immediately reacted.
"Snoww, Unlight of Dark World," Kira said. "If this card is discarded to the GY by a card effect: add one 'Dark World' card from your Deck to your hand.
I'll add this card—"
He revealed a Spell.
"The Field Spell 'The Gates of Dark World.'"
"Then I activate the Field Spell 'The Gates of Dark World!'"
He slid the field card in. Darkness burst outward from him, swallowing the field. The arena seemed to drop into a black abyss, and in the center stood a towering door, as if sealing some horror.
"Gates of Dark World: all Fiend monsters on the field gain 300 ATK/DEF," Kira said.
"And once per turn: banish one Fiend in your GY; discard one Fiend from your hand; then draw one card."
He revealed a Fiend in the GY.
"I banish 'Broww, Huntsman of Dark World' from my GY to activate the effect.
I discard one card, then draw one."
Immediately, the discarded card stirred. Black miasma boiled up from the disk, gathering on the field and forming a hulking figure.
"The card I discarded is 'Lucent, Netherlord of Dark World,'" Kira said. "When it's discarded by a card effect, Special Summon it. Come—
—Lucent, Netherlord of Dark World!"
[Lucent, Netherlord of Dark World, ATK 2400]
"Next, Normal Summon 'Brron, Mad King of Dark World.'"
[Brron, Mad King of Dark World, ATK 1800]
"Let's go straight to battle," Kira said. "Since I can't attack Allure Queen while the Guard is out, I'll start with the Guard.
Brron, Mad King of Dark World—attack 'Queen's Bodyguard!'"