Sheep Token, DEF 0 x4
"A spell to strengthen the defense."
With four tokens at once, breaking through would not be easy.
"Then I flip Summon my set monster, Fiend Tamer!"
A beautiful woman with long blue hair appeared. She wore a cropped outfit that showed her waist, long boots, and held a suggestive whip.
Fiend Tamer, ATK 800
As expected of the president of the girl card research club. His taste in monsters was consistent.
But then President Shimizu revealed another card.
"I activate a Spell Card! Upgrade Transformation! I send one monster I control to the Graveyard and Special Summon from my Deck a monster with the same race and attribute, but one level higher!
I send my Level 3 EARTH Warrior Fiend Tamer to the Graveyard, and Special Summon this card!"
He slapped the searched monster onto the field.
"Warrior of Zera!"
Warrior of Zera, ATK 1600
Yugen said nothing.
What happened to the burning love for beautiful girl monsters?
Why did it turn into a dark, muscular man in an instant?
As if reading his thoughts, President Shimizu puffed out his chest.
"To protect the domain of beautiful girls, we will borrow any power necessary," he declared. "Our bond with the Spirit maidens will not be cut by such trivial matters!"
Yugen nodded in understanding.
Such a convenient bond. No wonder the club was being abolished.
"I activate the Field Spell, Sky Sanctuary!"
The Spell Card was placed, and the field transformed. A holy temple appeared among the clouds, bathed in sacred light.
"With this, our Duel field is ruled by the domain of holy angels!"
He raised another card.
"Next, I offer Warrior of Zera as tribute! The sacred warrior reaches the Sky Sanctuary and is reborn as a great angel.
Great Angel Zerato, Summon!"
Brilliant light descended, covering the warrior. Wings of light spread from his back as he reappeared with a shining blade.
Great Angel Zerato, ATK 2800
"Great Angel Zerato cannot be Normal Summon. But while Sky Sanctuary is on the field, he can be Special Summon by tributing Warrior of Zera.
And he has an even stronger effect. By discarding one LIGHT monster from my hand to the Graveyard, I can Destroy all monsters you control!"
The members of the Moe Card Research Club cheered loudly.
"As expected of the president! He summoned his strongest ace at once!"
"Attack and show him our obsession with the Spirit maidens!"
Yugen stayed silent.
Even so, their president's ace was still a burly man.
"Effect Activation of Great Angel Zerato!" President Shimizu declared. "I discard the LIGHT monster White Magician Pikeru to the Graveyard and Destroy all monsters you control!"
Another girl card was discarded as cost, this time a small mage.
Zerato spread his wings and swung his blade, sending a fierce storm toward Yugen's field. At the same time, President Shimizu continued his play.
"Not finished yet. At this moment!"
He pressed a button on his Duel Disk, and a card in his Back Row flipped up.
"Trap Card Reversal Quiz Scale!
When the number of cards on your field is greater than the total number of cards in my hand and on my field, I draw cards from my Deck equal to the difference!"
He pointed at Yugen's field.
"I chain it to Great Angel Zerato's Effect Activation. Even though I discarded a card as cost, Zerato's effect has not resolved yet.
Right now, you have five monsters and two set cards, seven cards total. I only have Great Angel Zerato, Reversal Quiz Scale, and Sky Sanctuary, three cards total.
So I draw the difference."
He swiftly drew from his Deck.
"I draw four cards!"
Great Angel Zerato, Effect Activation!
It had to be said that this combination was strong on the field. Before Great Angel cleared the board, he chained "Judgment of the Scale," using Yugen's field to draw cards and quickly refill his resources. Then after Card Draw, the storm swept across the entire field.
The four Sheep were shattered one by one, and the set monster card was also broken through the Rift. For a brief moment, the eerie image of a red dog-like creature appeared, only to have its body pierced and collapse.
"The monster you Destroy was 'Demon Dog - Eight Ghost Hound,'" Yugen said. "When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, you can add a Level 8 Fiend monster from your Deck to your hand."
It was a friendly gift from the kind Spirit Masked Sorcerer he had met on his first trip to the Spirit World.
President Shimizu frowned. A Level 8 Fiend? What was that supposed to be?
"I add a Level 8 Fiend from my Deck." Yugen revealed the Card he searched. "'Lava Golem' to my hand."
President Shimizu: "Nani?!!?"
He had personally watched Seika Kohinata suffer under that eight star monster before, and he had laughed quite happily at the time. Naturally, he remembered this card very clearly.
Since when did your big guy come with a search effect?
Cold sweat began to form on his forehead, but he quickly forced himself to calm down. Lava Golem required two monsters on the opponent's field to be offered before it could be Summoned. As long as he kept only one monster on his field, it would be stuck in the hand and unable to Summon.
Right now he only had Zerato. Lava Golem should not be able to hit the field.
And with the opponent's field wiped clean, this was the perfect chance to attack.
"Great Angel Zerato, direct attack!"
The angel spread his wings and rose into the air, his blade slashing straight down.
"Then I activate my set card," Yugen said. "Trap Card - Dimension Wall! The battle damage is taken by my opponent instead!"
The space in front of him twisted as if a reflective wall from another Dimension had appeared. The angel's blade struck into it and the slash rebounded along its original path.
"A damage reflection card!"
President Shimizu was startled, but just as the returning slash was about to hit him, holy light burst from the temple in the clouds. The sacred glow formed a shield around him and blocked the reflected attack.
"The Field Spell 'The Sanctuary in the Sky,'" he said. "As long as it remains on the field, battle damage I would take from Fairy monsters becomes 0. 'Great Angel Zerato' is a Fairy, and the reflected damage is still treated as battle damage, so I take no damage."
The club members watching let out a breath of relief. As expected of their president, he had even guarded against such a tricky move.
"My Turn! is over!" President Shimizu declared. "See this? This is our burning resolve. This clubroom is our sanctuary of Spirit. No one is taking it away!"
No, I just saw you tribute one girl and discard another in a single turn.
Genshin Yu complained silently as his turn began.
"My Turn!, Card Draw," Yugen said. "Since your angel cleared my field last turn, I have no monsters. So from my hand, I activate a Spell Card! 'Treasure of Adversity.' If your opponent controls a Special Summoned monster and you control no monsters, draw two cards." (Anime-Original Card)
Yugen calmly performed Card Draw from his Deck.
President Shimizu narrowed his eyes. The opponent had one known card in hand, Lava Golem, but it needed to consume two monsters at once. For now, he should be safe.
"From my hand, I activate a Spell Card! 'The Shallow Grave.' Both players select one monster from their Graveyard and Special Summon it in Defense Position."
President Shimizu's expression twisted instantly. "Nani?!!?"