[Odin, Father of the Aesir with 8000 ATK!]
"He really is going all out…" Kira muttered.
Facing the overwhelming divine radiance on Odin's spear, he played another card from his hand.
"Then I discard 'Wightprincess' from my hand and activate its monster effect."
Halldor: "A monster effect from the hand?"
A petite figure with a skeletal face appeared on the field. Despite being a skeleton, it somehow gave off a quiet and ladylike aura, with smooth long hair and a long dress, drifting across the field like a ghost.
"When Wightprincess is sent from the hand or field to the Graveyard, until the end of the turn, all monsters on the field lose ATK and DEF equal to their own Level × 300. This effect can also be activated during the opponent's turn."
"All monsters lose ATK?" Halldor frowned. "If you do that, your own monsters will also—"
But before he could finish, his pupils suddenly contracted as he realized something.
The Meklord Emperor… only has Level 1!
It had such high ATK and such powerful effects, yet its Level was abnormally only 1 star. There was no monster more suitable for this hand trap than the Meklord Emperor.
On the contrary, all his Lord of the Aesir were Level 10. In other words, Wightprincess would only cause the Meklord Emperor to lose 300 ATK, while each of Halldor's Lord of the Aesir would lose 3000 ATK. In total, this tiny Wightprincess had stripped away 9000 points of offensive power!
[Odin, Father of the Aesir, ATK 8000 → ATK 5000]
[Thor, Lord of the Aesir, ATK 3500 → ATK 500]
[Loki, Lord of the Aesir, ATK 3300 → ATK 300]
[Meklord Emperor Skiel, ATK 2200 → ATK 1900]
Of course, even after being weakened, Odin was still stronger than Skiel at the moment. The Father of the Aesir's single eye blazed with golden light. Gungnir in his hand suddenly emitted a dazzling divine glow. The thunder gathered at the spear tip turned into spiral golden lightning entwined with ancient runes. With a war cry that shook heaven and earth, the holy spear unleashed a torrent of light that could pierce the stars.
Golden lightning shot toward Skiel's core with the force to tear space apart. The moment it hit, Skiel's super-alloy chest vaporized like thin paper. Its internal mechanical structure disintegrated layer by layer under the holy thunder. First the energy core burst into light particles, then the transmission frame shattered like fragile ice crystals, and finally the entire torso was broken down into basic particles. The shockwave of the explosion spread in golden rings. Every scattered mechanical fragment burned with holy flames, continuously disintegrating into star-dust-like metal powder as it fell.
[Kira, LP 3800 → LP 700]
"Then Thor, Lord of the Aesir, attack the face-down monster."
Halldor continued his orders. Thor swung his hammer, sending massive thunder toward the set monster on Kira's field.
Of course the special effects were flashy and the momentum was strong, but the remaining two gods had already been weakened to the point of being toothpicks. Thor only had 500 ATK. The attack was all bark and no bite. Halldor wasn't expecting Thor to accomplish anything; he was merely probing the face-down monster.
And the probe indeed revealed it. The set monster flipped over, revealing a black, ugly pot with a one-eyed face and a punchable grin.
[Morphing Jar, DEF 600]
"The set monster is Morphing Jar, DEF 600. Sorry, it's stronger than your gods," Kira smiled.
Morphing Jar grinned cheekily twice. Its small body pushed forward and actually bounced Thor's thunder back, reflecting it onto Halldor himself.
[Halldor, LP 4000 → LP 3900]
This could probably be considered the peak moment of Morphing Jar's life. Usually, the moment it flipped it became cannon fodder and was sent to the Graveyard. Today it had a rare moment of glory, becoming Kira's final line of defense. It blocked the attack of two gods and even reflected the power of the mighty Norse God of Thunder.
This Morphing Jar could probably be bragged about for a whole year.
"Morphing Jar's effect: When it is flipped, both players discard their entire hands, then each draw five cards from the Deck."
Halldor remained silent. He discarded his hand together with Kira, then drew new cards.
Airplane-head commentator: "Halldor has taken 3100 LP from Director Kira in one go and instantly regained the advantage!
Can Captain Halldor of the Team Ragnarok help his team turn the tide and end Director Kira's one-through-three myth?"
However, Halldor, who had made huge progress, still felt lingering fear: "Wightprincess is truly a terrifying card. It can be activated from the hand, making it impossible to defend against.
And it can instantly steal 3000 ATK from each Aesir. If used at the right time, it could even catch me off guard and OTK me…"
Halldor chuckled lightly and continued, "Thankfully, the trap Broder left me could strengthen Odin's power, forcing you to use this trump card just to survive.
If you had kept holding onto this card, it would have been extremely dangerous for me."
As he spoke, he drew three more cards.
"But my Odin is the omniscient and omnipotent god who rules over all gods. Odin's appearance exists to ensure the final victory of the gods. You no longer have any chance!
I set three cards and end my turn."
Kira: "My turn. Draw."
After drawing, Kira snapped his fingers. Beside his speeding Duel Runner, another vortex opened, and a small opossum popped out, floating beside the Duel Runner.
[Playful Possum, ATK 800]
Halldor frowned. "Playful Possum? But this monster should have already—"
He could barely remember how many turns ago this monster had last appeared.
"Yeah, but the last time Playful Possum left the field, it used its own effect to play dead," Kira said. "A Playful Possum that played dead with its own effect can Special Summon itself from the Graveyard during your Standby Phase.
This effect isn't limited to the next Standby Phase after using the play-dead effect. It can be activated even after many more turns."
"I see…"
Halldor understood.
It seemed this monster had quite good synergy with that Meklord Emperor. Playful Possum self-destructs to Special Summon the Meklord Emperor. Later, if the Meklord Emperor is removed, the previously self-destructed Playful Possum can automatically revive and self-destruct again, creating a new opportunity to summon a Meklord Emperor.
Wait, since it revived this turn, does that mean a new Meklord Emperor…
Halldor instantly became alert.
But before that, Kira played another card from his hand.
"I activate the Spell Card 'Nobleman of Extermination'. This card can target one set Spell or Trap Card your opponent controls, destroy it, and banish it from play. If it is a Trap Card, banish all cards with the same name from both players' Decks from play."
Kira pointed at the center of Halldor's backrow.
"Destroy that set card!"
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