Chapter 1165: Centaur Knight
Chapter 1165: Centaur Knight
"It’s my turn, draw."
It was Youxuan’s turn.
Not only was Shirley on the opposite side of the field ready for battle, but Akito and Mizoguchi, who were watching from the sidelines, were also curious about Godwin’s duel.
Mizoguchi was deeply impressed by Godwin’s formidable performance in the previous duel and worried that even someone as strong as Miss Shirley might struggle to handle him. Akito, on the other hand, knew Godwin was powerful but was more curious about what deck he would use this time.
In the few duels Akito had seen, Godwin had used different decks each time, with almost no repetition in his tactics. Akito was now curious to see what kind of duel Godwin would showcase this time.
Youxuan: "Normal Summon ‘Scrap Beast.’”
It was a canine-like quadruped, but its entire body was made of machinery, with half-yellow, half-silver armor covering its body, and cables and pipes visible all over.
[Scrap Beast, Attack Power 1600]
Indeed, it was the Scrap Deck, one of the early powerful decks in the Synchro era, which Youxuan had completed using Godwin’s authority in this dimension.
"Scrap?"
Akito muttered softly.
Sure enough, it seemed he had switched to a new tactic again.
Just how many decks can this guy handle?
"Battle", Youxuan declared, "Scrap Beast, attack ‘Apprentice Knight.’”
Although the young knight, who was dressed as a boy, would later become the illustrious Baroness of Flowers, she was still just an apprentice at this moment. Faced with the steel beast’s charge, she stepped back repeatedly, her face showing signs of tension.
Shirley: "Activate Cover Card, Trap Card ‘Flower Shield’!
When the opponent’s monster declares an attack, that attack is negated, and I draw one card!" (Original card)
Countless flowers flew out from the void, forming a vortex in the storm. The vortex transformed into a blood-red shield, blocking in front of the apprentice knight.
Scrap Beast’s sharp claws and steel teeth clashed with the flower shield, and the rebounding force immediately pushed the beast back. The flowers scattered in the air due to the impact.
"Draw a card according to the effect of Flower Shield!" Shirley drew a card.
"Negate an attack and still draw a card, that’s a nice trap."
Youxuan seemed to praise it casually, smiling and waving his hand.
"Cover two cards, my turn ends."
He covered two cards in his back row.
Mizoguchi, who had just suffered a loss at this person’s hands, clenched his fists, worried for Miss Shirley.
I hope Miss Shirley doesn’t end up as badly as I did.
Shirley narrowed her eyes.
"Two cover cards. Do you think that will make me hesitate to attack?"
Shirley shouted.
"My hatred is my strength! Years of hatred, years of pain, this power will not be so easily blocked!
My turn, draw!"
Shirley revealed a magic card in her hand.
"Activate Magic Card ‘Fusion Birth’!
Send the top five cards of my deck to the graveyard, and if there are Synchro materials that meet the conditions among them, perform a Synchro Summon using those Synchro materials!" (Original card)
Shirley drew five cards at once, quickly identifying two of them.
"Among the two monsters I confirm, the Beast-Type ‘Paladin’s Steed’ and the Light-Attribute Warrior-Type ‘Paladin’s Spearbearer,’ Synchro!"
A holy warrior bathed in light and a magnificent steed walking on a path of flowers transformed into beams of light and merged into a massive, shining vortex. The holy sword split the flower vortex.
"The Synchro condition is one Light-Attribute Warrior-Type monster and one Beast-Type monster! Synchro Summon—
—Centaur Mina!"
The upper half of the creature is a beautiful female knight, while the lower half is a centaur. The knight's curvaceous body is clad in silver-white armor, one hand wielding a gleaming longsword, the other holding a red shield emblazoned with golden patterns. Her hooves strike the ground, sending out transparent ripples.
Centaur Mina, Attack Power 2200
Shirley: "Change the 'Apprentice Knight' to Attack mode!"
Apprentice Knight, Defense 1000 → Attack Power 1000
The silver-armored knight transitions from defense to attack, her longsword spinning in a floral current.
"Battle!" Shirley commands. "Centaur Mina, attack the 'Scrap Beast'!"
Hooves thudding, the centaur's horse gallops forward, the beautiful female knight's red hair streaming in the wind like a blooming rose. Her snow-white longsword cleaves the air with a silver light, charging straight at the Scrap Beast.
Akito can't help but glance at Shirley. She immediately launches a Fusion Summon and attacks, and this blonde woman gives him a particularly unique impression. His intuition tells him she must be a formidable duelist.
"Centaur Mina, destroy the 'Scrap Beast'!"
The sword, carrying a vortex of flowers, slashes down without a hint of resistance. The sword's energy surges, splitting the Scrap Beast's steel body in one blow. The Scrap Beast's internal wiring fractures, and electric currents explode from the cracks, soon reducing it to a pile of scattered parts.
Youxuan, LP 4000 → LP 3400
"Not done yet!" Shirley declares. "Apprentice Knight, direct attack!"
Akito looks at "Godwin" or, more specifically, the Cover Card in Godwin's back row.
Godwin's Cover Card must have a countermeasure.
Sure enough, Youxuan immediately says, "Activate Cover Card, Trap Card 'Dimensional Wall'!
When an opponent's monster declares an attack, this card can be activated to reflect the battle damage back to the opponent."
The space around the Scrap Beast begins to shatter, like a mirror broken by a hammer. The ruptures form a barrier in front of the beast.
Akito is not surprised. Indeed, there's a trap!
But Shirley only snorts coldly. "A trap? I expected as much!
Centaur Mina's monster effect activates! Once per turn, it invalidates the activation of an opponent's Trap Card and covers it back to the field."
Akito: "You even have a counter for traps?"
Shirley shouts, "Cheap trap tactics won't work on me! Centaur Mina, invalidate the activation of Dimensional Wall!"
The cracks that had just appeared immediately retract, as if rewinding. The dimensional fissures vanish, closing back into the Trap Card Youxuan activated. The Trap Card is covered back on Youxuan's field.
"Figured out?" Akito mutters. "This woman actually countered Godwin's move?"
Shirley proclaims, "My vengeance and anger will be the sword of revolution!
'Apprentice Knight,' continue the direct attack!"
The young Apprentice Knight leaps forward, her transparent sword energy slicing through the empty field, striking Youxuan.
Shirley's morale is soaring.
Excellent, two consecutive hits at the start of the duel, giving her the upper hand in both the field and the momentum.
Youxuan: "Activate Cover Card, Trap Card 'Miracle Afterglow.'
Select a monster that was destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard this turn, and Special Summon it to my field."
Youxuan snaps his fingers.
"Special Summon 'Scrap Beast'!"
Scrap Beast, Attack Power 1600
Shirley frowns slightly. "The Scrap Beast's Attack Power is higher than the Apprentice Knight's, so I'll end my attack."
She gazes at the beast on the opponent's field, deep in thought.
Is he deliberately taking damage to keep the monster on the field?
(End of Chapter)
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