CCTnovel Chapter 741 - 741
Chapter 741 - 741
Hoshino's eye twitched, and she echoed, "Don't say it. Ever since the 'Kisara' of this world showed up, I've felt like the whole art style has gone off."If the battle against King Utgarda had been a fight where they had to go all out to win, staking their very fate on survival, then the confrontation with the Ice King had completely turned into the style of a romantic comedy.
"Isn't that kind of nice, Hoshino?" Eve whispered into Hoshino's ear. "If we duel right above the relic, then we've got heaven, earth, and human harmony all on our side. Could this actually be Kaiba Man's real plan?"
Casting a skeptical glance at Kaiba Man, who stood nearby without saying a word, Hoshino felt a vague, nameless anger rising within her.
"You bastard, from the very beginning you were planning to use the Ice King's feelings to stir up a Duel, weren't you? That's really low."
"If I said this was an accident, would you believe me?" Kaiba Man explained.
"Not really."
"I admit, at first I did intend to lure her out with Blue-Eyes White Dragon. But the Ice King eventually locking onto you as her target was not part of my plan."
"Exactly, no matter how you look at it, she should have made Blue-Eyes White Dragon her opponent, right?" Hoshino said as she finally caught on, turning to the Ice King and warning her: "Listen, that guy, Kaiba Man, is a hardcore dragon-obsessed freak. He wouldn't have any interest in ordinary humans."
"Dragon-obsessed? You mean he only likes dragons?"
Although the dragon girl was hostile toward Hoshino, the slight twitch of her ear clearly showed that she was intrigued by Hoshino's words.
"That's right, that's right. Especially a dragon like you, one that can transform into a girl. He'd be completely powerless against that kind of thing," Hoshino nodded vigorously.
"Really? Then what kind of dragon are you?" the dragon girl asked suspiciously.
"I already told you, you've got it wrong. I'm not any kind of dragon…"
"Then you're lying to me!" the dragon girl declared firmly.
"What a troublesome type," Hoshino muttered helplessly, then suddenly thought of another idea.
"Or! Since Kaiba Man already refused, how about Kaiba takes his place? Just treat it as sacrificing a little of your looks to save the world."
As she said that, Hoshino grabbed onto Seto Kaiba's wrist and made her suggestion.
"Hoshino, can't you ever come up with a normal suggestion?!"
"What's the big deal~" Hoshino shook off Kaiba's arm and tried to sell the idea to the dragon girl. "Kaiba Man is wearing a mask, but his face is actually exactly the same as Kaiba's. I can guarantee that!"
"Sorry, I have no interest in knockoffs."
The dragon girl gave an emotionless, icy reply.
"A knockoff?" Hoshino looked at her in confusion.
If anyone was the knockoff here, to Hoshino, Kaiba Man — the one imitating Seto Kaiba — looked much more like the fake one.
"Stop wasting time talking to her, Hoshino! Whatever the reason, this development is exactly what we wanted!"
Kaiba Man stepped forward to stand beside Hoshino and raised his Duel Disk, taking a Dueling stance.
"Ice King, today I will bring an end to the battle between us!"
"Today?" Hoshino instantly caught the key word. "Could it be that you've fought her before?"
"Heh heh heh, so you really are siding with her, Kaiba Man," the dragon girl said, the icy chill in her blue eyes seeming to freeze even the traces left behind by her earlier tears.
"But Kaiba Man, you have never truly defeated me. Even now, with one more person added, the result won't change."
"Kaiba, so you've not only dueled the Ice King, but you've never won even once?" Hoshino asked in surprise.
But beyond her surprise, Hoshino also felt a familiar sense of déjà vu.
Kaiba Man had never won even once, and yet he still had the nerve to declare, "Today I will bring an end to the battle between us." That was exactly like Seto Kaiba repeatedly challenging Hoshino and Yugi.
In other words — those previous losses don't count. As long as I win this time, then it ends here.
["I never thought those two would be equally shameless."]
Hoshino analyzed: "But with Kaiba Man's strength, he still never won even once. So it really was the lack of that key Wyrm monster that could decide the Duel."
In their earlier Duel, even when Hoshino used Altera's effect to banish three Blue-Eyes White Dragons face-down, she still couldn't gain the upper hand. From that alone, Kaiba Man's strength should already have surpassed Seto Kaiba's.
"But this time it's different!" With a sweeping motion, Kaiba Man announced loudly, "Do it, Eve! Show her our hidden trump card!"
"Hidden trump card!" Eve's ahoge shot straight up as her whole body trembled in excitement. "So that's it — I'm the trump card, right? How cool! Finally, the moment has come for me to turn things around!"
Clasping her hands together and assuming the Star Relic ritual pose, Eve's body erupted with a radiant divine glow far more intense than before.
"Witness the full power of the Star Miko! — Secret Art: Star Relic Summoning Technique! Come forth, Star Shield!!"
["This 'Secret Art: Star Relic Summoning Technique' is definitely a name she made up on the spot, right?"]
With a sharp crack, the frozen surface shattered into a giant fissure.
The Star Relic — Star Shield, shimmering with sacred light, awoke from its thousand-year slumber and burst free from the ice.
"So this is the power of the Star Shield. It feels even stronger than the burst of power when the Star Relic awakened before!"
Hoshino drew her deck from the card case at her waist, and under the coating of pure white star particles, a brilliant Synchro light blossomed across time, space, and dimensional distance.
"That's Synchro Light?"
The dragon girl's expression changed noticeably as she frowned slightly.
"So that's how it is. I understand now. Hoshino Chiyuki, you are my destined opponent — and the demon from legend who will destroy the world!"
"Heh, if this were a few days ago, I would definitely have tried my best to deny that."
Placing her newly adjusted Synchro deck into her Duel Disk, Hoshino curved her lips into a slight smile.
"But now I can only say that I am indeed the great villain who is ready to overturn your world!"
Duel —!
[King Nidhogg LP 8000]
VS
[Hoshino Chiyuki & Kaiba Man LP 8000]
"I'll take the first turn, Nidhogg!!"
Drawing the card to go first from his Duel Disk, Kaiba Man began the Duel.
"I Normal Summon in Defense Position — The White Stone of Ancients!"
[The White Stone of Ancients ★ (Level 1)][LIGHT][Dragon/Effect/Tuner][ATK 600/DEF 500]
Selecting the monster card from his hand and placing it horizontally onto the Duel Disk, the card materialized. The white stone, which nurtured the power of Blue-Eyes, shone brilliantly.
["Aibo, that card is! A Tuner monster that can summon a White Dragon during the End Phase if sent to the Graveyard!"]
Continuing his play, Kaiba Man placed two cards onto the Duel Disk.
"Finally, I set two cards. Turn end!"
[Kaiba Man: 3 Hand Cards | 2 Set Cards]
"Oh, that's it? You're playing pretty conservatively, Kaiba Man~"
After drawing for her turn, the dragon girl teased them.
But for Kaiba Man, after taking the first turn, simply Normal Summoning a White Egg onto the field was indeed not very in line with his usual aggressive style.
"It's my turn now! Let me show you the true essence of a dragon!"
Selecting a card from her hand, the dragon girl opened the back row of her ice Duel Disk and placed the card there.
"— Continuous Spell Card Disciples of the True Dracophoenix, activate! Then, I'll release this Continuous Spell Card as Tribute for a Tribute Summon!"
"You can even release a Continuous Spell Card as Tribute material for a Tribute Summon?" Kaiba frowned.
"Small fry. I already told you the remaining Kings cannot be judged by common sense. Using a Continuous Spell Card as Tribute is still within reason," Hoshino said with a wave of her hand.
After all, even in Hoshino's world, there were beings like the Flame God and the Thunder God, who could use back-row Magic and Trap Cards as Tribute to Special Summon themselves.
"Rather than that, we should even be grateful she didn't use our cards as Tribute for a Tribute Summon."
"Come forth, soul of the True Dragon! Tribute Summon — Majesty Maiden, the True Dracocaster!!"
Slamming the card in his raised hand onto the icy Duel Disk, and with the release of the dragon girl's Continuous Spell on the back row, a Wyrm monster appeared through Tribute Summon.
[Majesty Maiden, the True Dracocaster ★★★★★ (Level 5)][WIND][Wyrm/Effect][ATK 2300/DEF 1500]
[When this card is Tribute Summoned face-up, you can release 1 Continuous Spell/Trap you control as a substitute for a monster.]
With a long staff wrapped in gale-force wind, the cute girl with dragon wings dancing behind her fluttered across the frozen plain.
"And when the Continuous Spell Card Disciples of the True Dracophoenix is sent from the field to the Graveyard, its effect activates — target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field. Destroy that card."
Drawing on the lingering power of the Continuous Spell Card, Majesty Maiden, the True Dracocaster guided the wind toward Kaiba Man's leftmost set card.
"If you can't understand a girl's feelings, Kaiba Man, you will never be able to defeat me! I'll destroy your set card with Majesty Maiden, the True Dracocaster!"
"Then I'll chain your destruction effect and activate this set card!"
Before the wind could strike, Kaiba Man quickly flipped his set card. Since it was going to be destroyed anyway, it was better to activate it early and reduce the loss.
"Women only affect the speed at which I play my cards! — Quick-Play Spell Card, activate! Successor Soul!"
Hoshino Alter complained: ["What kind of twisted logic is Kaiba Man even spouting?!"]
[Quick-Play Spell Card Effect: Tribute 1 Effect Monster, then target 1 Effect Monster your opponent controls; send it to the GY.]
A flash of white light enveloped The White Stone of Ancients on Kaiba Man's field, and the destructive energy surged toward Majesty Maiden, the True Dracocaster on the opposing field.
"I use the effect of Successor Soul to release my The White Stone of Ancients in Defense Position, and send your Majesty Maiden, the True Dracocaster to the Graveyard!"
A forced one-for-one trade — but trading a low-level monster with a last-words effect for a Tribute Summoned Wyrm monster didn't seem like a loss at all.
"Kaiba Man, you…" The dragon girl bit her lip in frustration. "You really are a total steel straight man!"
"Hahahahahahaha!" Kaiba Man laughed loudly, completely ignoring the other side's feelings.
"The effect of the Quick-Play Spell Card Successor Soul doesn't end there! After both monsters are sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 Normal Monster with Level 7 or higher from your Deck!"
"A Level 7 or higher Normal Monster, masaka!" Hoshino said.
After searching his Deck for the card, Kaiba Man raised his arm high overhead and roared to the sky.
"This is my strongest, noblest, and most magnificent dragon! If the road ahead is endless darkness, then I shall paint the darkness itself! — Come with me!!"
[Blue-Eyes White Dragon ★★★★★★★★ (Level 8)][LIGHT][Dragon][ATK 3000/DEF 2500]
With wings spread wide, the endless light of the white dragon that overturned the darkness extended to the edge of the sky.
["Kaiba Man may be a titanium-alloy straight man, but when he summons Blue-Eyes White Dragon, his praise for it comes one after another. Maybe that's what being a hardcore dragon maniac is like."]
Picking up the monster card from his Duel Disk, the dragon girl countered, "Then after the effect of Successor Soul activates, I'll chain the effect of Majesty Maiden, the True Dracocaster again—"
[Once per turn, while this card that was Tribute Summoned remains on the field, when your opponent activates a Spell, Trap, or monster effect: you can add 1 "True Draco" monster from your Deck to your hand.]
"The monster I choose to add to my hand is this card — Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter!"
[Majesty Maiden, the True Dracocaster] was sent to the Graveyard.
After searching her Deck, the dragon girl placed a second Continuous Spell Card into the back row of her ice Duel Disk.
"Then, activate the Continuous Spell Card — True Draco Heritage!"
[Continuous Spell Effect: During your Main Phase: You can draw cards equal to the number of "True Draco" and "True King" card types (Monster, Spell, and Trap) sent from the field to the GY this turn.]
"Since the True Draco cards sent from the field to the Graveyard this turn include both a Monster Card and a Spell Card, I draw 2 cards from my Deck!"
Restoring her hand to 6 cards, the dragon girl's field once again lit up with the special glow of a Tribute Summon.
"I'll also release the Continuous Spell Card True Draco Heritage as Tribute, and Tribute Summon Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter!"
"Wait!" Hoshino interrupted. "Even if True Draco can use Continuous Spell/Trap Cards as Tribute, a Tribute Summon that falls under the category of a Normal Summon should still only be possible once per turn."
After taking the Continuous Spell card from the back row of the ice Duel Disk and releasing it as Tribute, the dragon girl explained:
"All Continuous Spell Cards of the 'True Draco' series grant one additional Tribute Summon opportunity to a 'True Draco' monster."
[Continuous Spell Card Effect of True Draco Heritage ②: You can activate this effect during your Main Phase. Tribute Summon 1 'True Draco' monster face-up.]
[Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter ★★★★★★ (Level 6)][WATER][Wyrm/Effect][ATK 2500/DEF 1200]
"At the same time, when the Continuous Spell Card True Draco Heritage is sent from the field to the Graveyard, you can also choose 1 Spell/Trap Card and destroy it!"
Drawing on the remaining magic power, the WATER-attribute icy fist of Dinomight Knight, the True Dracofighter smashed into the ice surface, and the crack it opened directly destroyed Kaiba Man's last set card.
"If it's 2500 ATK, then Blue-Eyes White Dragon still has higher ATK!" Kaiba Man emphasized.
"Don't rush, Kaiba Man~ I'll make you slowly regret your decision!"
Without entering the Battle Phase, the dragon girl simply set two cards from her hand and ended her turn.
"I set 2 cards from my hand. Turn end!"
"The moment the turn ends! The effect of The White Stone of Ancients, which was sent to the Graveyard this turn, activates!"
From the Graveyard zone of Kaiba Man's Duel Disk, white light and the roar of a dragon surged forth.
The dragon power nurtured within the White Stone burst out in this instant, as though breaking free of its shell.
[Effect of The White Stone of Ancients: You can activate this effect during the End Phase of the turn this card was sent to the Graveyard. Special Summon 1 "Blue-Eyes" monster from your Deck.]
"This is the second one!" Guided by the light of The White Stone of Ancients, a second Blue-Eyes White Dragon descended onto Kaiba Man's field.
[Blue-Eyes White Dragon ATK 3000]
"I'm giving you both Blue-Eyes' power. Make good use of it this turn, Hoshino!"