"Impressive, impressive."
Yugen clapped in admiration.
Though Alice summoned her ace, she used up the battle phase to prepare for summoning this Puppet Chimera, so she couldn't attack this turn and had no choice but to end her turn.
"Then it's my turn, draw."
He slowly flipped over the Monster Card covered on the field.
"Since you didn't attack it, I'll reveal it myself.
Flip Summon 'Magic-guided Grocer.'
When this card is flipped, until a Magic Trap Card appears, keep flipping cards from the top of the deck. The first Magic Trap Card you find goes to your hand; all other cards are sent to the graveyard."
"Randomly picking a Magic Trap?" Alice asked.
"Then I'll start flipping." Yugen leisurely flipped the first card, showing it, "First card, Monster Card, sent to the graveyard."
"Second card, Monster Card, sent to the graveyard."
"..."
In the following moments, Alice's eyes widened in disbelief as she watched him throw nearly half the deck into the graveyard.
"Tenth card, Monster Card, sent to the graveyard."
"..."
"Twentieth card, Monster Card, sent to the graveyard."
"..."
"Twenty-seventh card, Monster Card, sent to the graveyard."
Alice's mouth formed an 'O' shape.
"You... How come...?"
Yugen smiled, gesturing towards his thick deck.
"This deck has a total of sixty cards." He smiled, "Guess how many Magic Traps are in it?"
Alice: "..."
"..."
"Thirty-second card... Ha, finally here." Yugen revealed a Trap in his hand, "The one Trap in my deck. So this card goes to my hand, and the previous thirty-one cards go to the graveyard."
Alice watched numbly as he tossed half the deck down, her small head filled with confusion.
What's the point of this?
"Among the thirty-one Monster Cards just discarded, one is 'Executioner Demon Asura.'" Yugen said, "In the turn this card is sent to the graveyard, I can activate a Trap Card from my hand.
Therefore, I activate the Trap I just got from my hand.
Trap Card 'Nest of the Undead'!"
"Nest of the Undead allows me to banish any number of monsters in my graveyard from the game to destroy a face-up monster on the field with a level equal to the number of monsters banished."
Alice was a bit confused: "Banish monsters of the same number... level..."
"Meaning, for example, your 'Puppet Chimera' is a Five-Star Monster. So if I banish five monsters from the graveyard, I can destroy your Chimera."
Alice realized: "That's how it works!"
"So I banish five Monster Cards from the graveyard, destroy Puppet Chimera!"
The energy of the five monsters surged into the Trap Card, shooting like arrows at the Cursed Puppet!
"Kida!" Alice exclaimed, "Send two 'Puppet Part - Gold' from the deck to the graveyard, negate Chimera's destruction!"
She sent two parts to the graveyard.
"And Chimera becomes stronger for it!"
[Puppet Chimera, Attack Power 2400 → Attack Power 3200]
"Then I'll banish five more Monster Cards and activate 'Nest of the Undead's effect," Yugen said, "destroy Puppet Chimera."
Alice was shocked.
This Trap isn't once per turn?
"Then... then I'll send two 'Puppet Part - Powder' from the deck to the graveyard, negate Chimera's destruction!"
Alice sent two more parts to the grave.
"Chimera's Attack Power increases again!"
[Puppet Chimera, Attack Power 3200 → Attack Power 4000]
"Banish five Monster Cards from the graveyard." Yugen calmly stated, "destroy Puppet Chimera."
Alice's face was already turning pale.
She fully understood his intentions but was powerless, forced to continue with a forlorn face.
"I... I'll send two 'Puppet Part - Red' from the deck to the graveyard, negate Chimera's destruction..."
[Puppet Chimera, Attack Power 4000 → Attack Power 4800]
"Banish five Monster Cards from the graveyard, destroy Puppet Chimera." Yugen said calmly.
Alice was on the verge of tears: "I... I..."
"Indeed, you have four types of Puppet Parts, each with at most three copies, totaling twelve, now all in the graveyard." Yugen calmly said.
"You have no parts left to send to the grave.
Though the curse can be countered endlessly by sending parts to the grave, the number of parts in the deck is limited.
There's no curse that can't be broken, nor a night that will never end.
Puppet Chimera, destroyed."
The Nest of the Undead again shot out dark rays, the cursed puppet pierced through its heart, finally exploded, no longer reviving as if even its resentment was shattered into dust.
"Nest of the Undead's effect activates again." Yugen said, "banish three Monster Cards from the grave to destroy the 'Confused Porcelain Doll - Alice' on your field."
The Nest of the Undead fired again, the last remaining monster on Alice's field, even her own essence, was shattered.
Alice's face turned paler, her lips trembled uncontrollably.
Please stop, I beg, don't explode anymore.
This isn't a duel!
"Then my field Spell 'Chaos Space,' every time a monster is banished, a Chaos Indicator is placed on this card."
Yugen calmly stated.
"So count, how many cards did I just banish this turn?"
"Huh?"
Alice paused in a daze.
Then the puppet started counting on her fingers.
"Hmm, each time Chimera is destroyed, five cards, plus three for destroying Alice..."
She looked up, tentatively asked.
"A total of twenty... twenty-three cards?"
"Congratulations, you got it right. So smart." Yugen smiled.
Alice felt a bit embarrassed, scratched her head and showed a shy smile.
But halfway through the smile, she froze.
Wait, now I'm almost being wiped out by him, why am I happy?
"Chaos Space's other effect, once per turn, can remove four or more Chaos Indicators from itself, choose a monster with a level equal to the number removed, special summon from banished monsters to your field.
So I special summon this card from the twenty-three banished monsters." Yugen revealed a Monster Card.
"Teacher Dade Temple, lend me your strength—
—Golden Artificial Life Form, summon!"
Like a Rock Giant made of gold, its colossal body was indeed a monster used by Teacher Dade Temple, an Alchemy Giant well-suited to the Great Cosmos.
[Golden Artificial Life Form, Attack Power 1500]
"Golden Artificial Life Form's effect, its Attack Power, Defense Power increases by 300 points times the number of cards banished from the game."
Alice trembled even more violently.
"The number of cards banished from the game, isn't it..."
"Correct. Apart from this Artificial Life Form, I have twenty-two banished monsters." Yugen smiled, "thus, its Attack Power becomes..."
[Golden Artificial Life Form, Attack Power 1500 → Attack Power 8100]
"Attack Power... eight thousand one hundred!?"
Alice's legs were weak, she had already fallen to the ground.
If this hits, I'll definitely break...
She truly cried.
Indeed, I should have listened to my intuition back then.
I shouldn't have come to this man's room tonight.
This place is like hell!
"Golden Artificial Life Form." Yugen said, "directly attack Alice-chan."
The Golden Giant swung its gigantic fist even bigger than Alice herself.
Alice crouched, holding her head in defense.
"Ahhhhh——"
[Alice, LP 1450 → LP 0]