My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

As her voice fell, all the cards on her field were sent to the graveyard.

"That’s really brutal..." Alice said, raising her hand to point at her own field. "When Shinno Keiko is affected by a card, I activate the effect of Gang Meiyi that’s equipped to her, send it to the graveyard, and let the equipped follower perform an additional Form Transformation!"

"Keiko! Transform again!"

With Alice’s effect, Shinno Keiko performed another Form Transformation.

"It’s useless! Even if she transforms, she still can’t escape the effect!"

"Who said I’m trying to escape!"

"According to Gang Meiyi’s effect, I transform Shinno Keiko into [Hidden Magical Girl·Shinno Keiko]!"

In the next second, all the cards on Alice’s field were destroyed.

But at the same time, the timing window lit up as well.

"When Hidden Magical Girl is destroyed, I can activate her effect." Alice’s lips curled up in a confident smile. "I can reveal the top card of my deck for a follower check."

"If the revealed Life Card is a [Magical Girl] follower, you take damage equal to the number of my own Life Cards sent to the graveyard in this chain, multiplied by 500."

Looking at the amused Alice, Xinyuan Tanchun swallowed hard.

Including the Gang Meiyi she voluntarily sent to the graveyard this chain, Alice had a total of six cards blown away.

Even as she was speaking, Alice had already started her follower check.

Flip.

[Stage Magical Girl·Nakazawa February].

"I won the bet!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xinyuan Tanchun took 3000 damage.

However, Alice’s goal was indeed achieved; after her field got wiped, she had no way to continue her combo.

All she could do was use Shinno Keiko’s follow-up effect to Special Summon Nakazawa February to the field, then set two Spell Cards and end her turn.

"How’s it going?"

Shen Sui appeared beside Vivian and asked.

His appearance clearly surprised Vivian a bit. "You’re back?"

"Yeah."

"You’re not going anymore?" Vivian glanced at the time.

Shen Sui smiled and said, "It’s already over."

As he spoke, Shen Sui took out [Star Night Seal: Head of Haral] to prove his words.

Vivian looked at the Life Card in Shen Sui’s hand, and a glint of amazement appeared in her eyes.

She pulled out her phone and checked the time. "Counting the round trip to the Modu Exploration Bureau, you were only in the Mythical World for about three hours total?"

"Converted to Soul Card World time, that’s roughly a day," Shen Sui said. "Plenty."

"You sealed Haral’s head... in one day?" Vivian knew Shen Sui was strong, but she hadn’t expected him to be this efficient.

"If you drag it out, things go sideways. There are too many experts over there; the longer you stay, the more variables there are." Shen Sui shrugged. "Besides, it’s just clearing a Norse Divine System dungeon. Is one day really that fast? Back when I was recording speedrun videos, I didn’t even need half a day."

Vivian said helplessly, "Only you would say something like that."

Judging from Shen Sui’s speed this time, she could hardly imagine how long it would actually take him to speedrun Dawn Continent if he weren’t doing it for Life Card grinding.

"That’d probably take a bit of time." Shen Sui seemed to pick up on Vivian’s thoughts. "The Gods of Dawn Continent like to hole up in the Divine Realm; just finding those places takes a while. It’s not like the Norse Divine System, where you just go around the World Tree, hack away, and you’re done. Plus, my target was more specific this time."

"That said, I could speedrun other Soul Card Worlds too." Shen Sui spread his hands as he spoke. "But what’s in it for me? Better to let Alice grind more Life Cards."

As he said that, his gaze fell onto Alice’s Duel arena.

After getting her field blown up by Xinyuan Tanchun, Alice had immediately gone into Defense mode.

But she also lost the ability to stop Xinyuan Tanchun from developing her field.

All she could do was watch Xinyuan Tanchun enter another explosive combo state.

Xinyuan Tanchun only had one deck, so her playstyle wasn’t as varied as Shen Sui’s.

After restarting, she was still summoning those same old guys from her going-first turn.

Vampires are all undead; going to the graveyard is like going home for them.

With almost no effort, Xinyuan Tanchun revived several powerful Vampires that Alice had tributed, bringing them back onto the field.

"Right at this moment!" Alice finally flipped one of her set cards.

But it was useless.

Her first set card was negated straight away by [Vampire Prince·Teilind].

And her second set card, a Spell Card that destroyed an opponent’s follower, ran right into [Isabella’s Mobile Blood Pool] and was directly negated by Xinyuan Tanchun.

Still, you couldn’t exactly say Alice’s efforts were for nothing.

Whether she activated her set cards or not, once Xinyuan Tanchun entered the Battle Phase, the moment [Vampire Madman Talos] engaged in battle, all the cards on Alice’s field would be destroyed.

Besides, Alice still had one follower on the field.

"I activate the effect of [Stage Magical Girl·Nakazawa February] on my field." Alice triggered the effect of her only follower. "When I activate a Spell Card effect, she gains one Magic Counter."

"I activated two Spell Cards, so she gains two Magic Counters."

"Stop struggling! This Duel will end this turn!"

With that, Xinyuan Tanchun entered the Battle Phase.

"As you enter the Battle Phase, I activate Nakazawa February’s effect." Alice snapped onto the timing point decisively. "Remove two Magic Counters; until the end of this turn, I’m immune to all battle damage!"

Hearing this effect, Xinyuan Tanchun looked a bit helpless.

"Seriously..."

"But you probably don’t have any comeback cards left in your hand, do you?" Xinyuan Tanchun looked into Alice’s eyes as she spoke.

Alice glanced at her hand and nodded very honestly. "Nope."

Hearing Alice’s answer, Shen Sui slapped his forehead.

What a silly girl! This is exactly when you’re supposed to act all pretentious!

Even if you’ve got nothing in hand, you still have to put on a ’guess what I’ve got’ face.

Putting on an act is a Life Card Master’s instinct.

Seeing Alice being so honest and straightforward, Xinyuan Tanchun immediately relaxed.

This Destiny Tatta of hers was still the exception after all; her current end board was pretty oppressive for an average Life Card Master.

Even if she couldn’t finish the Duel this turn, it didn’t matter.

What, you going to topdeck a miracle or something?

Thinking of that, the heart she’d just put down suddenly leapt back up again. "You’re not going to topdeck godly again, are you?"

As soon as she said it, she knew she’d slipped, and rubbed her nose awkwardly.

Alice tilted her head, a bit dejected. "It’s not like I can god-draw all the time. Besides, I can’t even think of any card left in my deck that can crack this board."

Good. That’s good.

Xinyuan Tanchun secretly let out a breath of relief.

If she really lost to a newbie like Alice today, she’d be depressed to death.

"Then I end my turn."

After destroying the follower on Alice’s field in battle, Xinyuan Tanchun decisively ended her turn.

Since she couldn’t deal damage no matter how many times she attacked directly, she might as well just end.

"My turn..."

Alice began her turn, placing her hand on her deck. As if she’d remembered something, she said, "Oh, right. I think I just pulled a new Follower Card before this Duel."

"..." Xinyuan Tanchun was rendered speechless by Alice’s comment.

What, you think you’re about to lose so you’re bragging about your farming efficiency to balance your mentality?

"I remember her effect can crack your board, Tanchun," Alice said.

Huh?

Just as Xinyuan Tanchun was taken aback, Alice had already finished her draw.

Looking at the card in her hand, she couldn’t help but chuckle. "Ah! Lucky me, I drew it!"

She then showed the card she’d drawn to Xinyuan Tanchun and said, "In my Main Phase, I activate the Follower Card [Fallen Magical Girl·Nakazawa Kyu] in my hand."

"I can tribute up to three followers on your field, then Special Summon this follower to your field."

???

Alice!

NTM!