Chapter 1115 - 1088: Nothing More Than This
"For the organization and companions, huh..."
Yugen looked at Akiza, suddenly feeling a strange sense of déjà vu.
It’s like hearing someone yell about friendship and bonds and then charging in, firing up the card printer to finish me off in mere seconds...
Well, since he’s playing the bad guy, let him act it out fully.
"But back to what I said earlier," he raised his eyes to Akiza Izinski, "right now, you’re just a puppet being manipulated by Diwein. Until you can truly accept your powers, accept yourself, and become a true independent-thinking duelist, you can’t beat me."
"You’ve been irritating me nonstop since the start!" Akiza angrily said, "All of your cards have been destroyed. Next turn, my Black Rose Dragon will return to the field, the advantage is still mine!"
"Maybe for now," Yugen said, "My turn, draw a card.
I activate the Magic Card ’Take Over 5’, sending the top five cards from my deck to the graveyard."
Yugen drew five cards and sent them to the graveyard one by one.
"I activate the Magic Card ’Spider Silk,’" Yugen said, "I can retrieve one card that was sent to the graveyard one turn ago.
The card I want to retrieve from your graveyard is this one." (Original Card)
A strand of spider silk shot out, darting into Akiza’s graveyard, grabbing hold of a Magic Card and bringing it back.
"I add the Field Spell ’Black Garden’ to my hand."
Akiza Izinski frowned.
This guy wants to use Black Garden too?
"The Phoenix Amaryllis has revived again, a troublesome monster that seems to reduce my Life Points regardless of battle or effect destruction.
Given that, then..."
Yugen slightly smiled, waving a card in his hand.
"I sacrifice your ’Phoenix Amaryllis’ on the field, and Special Summon this powerful monster to your field! The Lava Couple’s —
— Volcano Queen!!!"
The floor trembled, with cracks erupting, the blazing orange-red light bursting forth. Lava surged out like a giant serpent, mercilessly engulfing the Phoenix Amaryllis in the boiling magma. Black smoke mixed with sparks shot out from the cracks, turning the field into a bloodbath.
The heatwaves distorted the air, Volcano Queen’s body seemed to be covered with flowing magma, with giant wings spread wide, like a shell of cracked lava armor, every flap of her wings shedding hot stones from around her.
[Volcano Queen, Attack Power 2500]
Akiza Izinski: "..."
Really, hasn’t this ended yet?
Eating my Amaryllis again?
Can’t you show some new tricks?
And then Yugen continued: "One of the five cards sent to the graveyard by Take Over 5 is this one. ’Executioner Demon Asura.’"
The ominous spirit body covered in spikes appeared on his field.
"Within the turn Executioner Demon Asura is sent to the graveyard, I can activate a Trap Card from my hand," Yugen said, "Hence, I activate the Continuous Trap ’Mind Control Removal’ from my hand.
As long as Mind Control Removal is on the field, all card control on the field returns to the original controllers!"
Akiza: "!"
She glanced at the Volcano Queen on her field, her pupils slightly contracting.
Control returning means...
Sure enough, Volcano Queen flapped her wings and arrogantly returned to Yugen’s field.
Perhaps on purpose to annoy, after returning, she even patted her belly with her wings, letting out a satisfied belch, exhaling a jet of hot air.
As if saying, thanks for the hospitality.
Akiza: "..."
"Just like the Lava Demon God, I cannot perform a Normal Summon the turn Volcano Queen is summoned," Yugen said, "So let’s battle, direct attack with Volcano Queen!"
Volcano Queen’s magma patterns seemed to be ignited by the lava, filling her mouth with a searing heat that transformed into a swirling vortex bursting out like a cannon piercing the space.
"Activate Cover Card," Akiza said, "Trap Card ’Enemy Attack Alert.’
During the opponent’s attack declaration, Special Summon a monster from my hand, and the opponent must forcibly attack that monster."
Akiza showcased the monster in her hand.
"Special Summon the second ’Phoenix Flower Seed’!"
[Phoenix Flower Seed, Defense Power 0]
Phoenix Flower Seed No. 2, the seed before the Phoenix Amaryllis grows.
"A Defense Monster huh," Yugen said, "then Volcano Queen attacks ’Phoenix Flower Seed.’
In fact, he had no choice, as a monster summoned by Enemy Attack Alert must be forced to attack. Volcano Queen switched her offensive, charging again, spewing a dazzling fiery serpent from the magma vortex towards the Phoenix Flower Seed.
The exploding heat wave lifted Akiza’s rose-colored hair, her strands dancing like flames. Facing the incoming heat wave without fear, she fiercely declared: "I’ll let you feel my rage and pain with this card!
Activate Trap, ’Thorny Wall’!
When a Plant Race monster on your field is chosen as an attack target, all attack position monsters on the opponent’s field... are destroyed!"
A green wall of thorns rose high, like a shield protecting Akiza’s field. The fireball from Volcano Queen crashed onto the wall of thorns, instigating a fierce counterattack by the resolute thorns.
The flame rebounded, accompanied by countless thorny tendrils, instantly piercing through Flame Queen’s body, bursting quickly into a fiery explosion.
It’s basically a Reflection Mirror Power, but restricted to plants.
Yugen raised an arm to shield himself.
"Is this your anger and sorrow? The power to negate everything, destroy everything, and turn everything to ashes."
He stared directly into Akiza’s eyes, watching as the girl panted heavily due to the full-power exertion of telekinesis.
It seems telekinesis is slightly different from Dark Duel; while it materializes the cards’ power, it consumes physical strength.
It’s like every time an attack is materialized, the duelist has to inject energy into the summoned monster or activated card. If high-power output is maintained, it also poses a burden on one’s physical strength.
It seems Akiza has never mastered the switch to turn off telekinesis. Whenever she duels, even if she doesn’t purposely inject telekinesis, the card’s power will remain at a relatively low level of materialization.
After a few seconds of staring, Yugen’s lips suddenly curled slightly again.
"...Just like that."
Akiza seemed stimulated again, her body trembling, angrily said: "What did you say?"
"I said, just like that. Up till now, I haven’t seen anything that catches my eye."
Yugen shook his head, saying,
"The Volcano Queen used an effect summon this turn, so I can’t perform a normal summon. This ends my turn."
He made a taunting gesture, saying,
"Now my field is completely empty. Come on, if you’re dissatisfied with what I said, try striking me down."