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Chapter 42: Seto Kaiba
Chapter 42: Seto Kaiba
"Duel!" x2
[Seto: LP 4000]
[Fujimoto: LP 4000]
"I'll take the first turn. My turn, draw!"
Seto drew a card and calmly revealed one from his hand, promptly discarding it into the graveyard.
"I activate the effect of 'Thunder Dragon' from my hand! By sending this card to the graveyard, I can add up to two 'Thunder Dragons' from my deck to my hand!"
As the card was sent from his hand to the graveyard, the duel disk automatically searched the deck, and two cards popped out. Seto drew them into his hand.
"I add two 'Thunder Dragons' to my hand."
Even with just this simple first step, You Xuan felt a twinge of excitement. In the GX era, deck searching still relied on duelists manually sifting through their decks, and they had to shuffle their decks afterward, which could be quite cumbersome for decks that required a lot of searching. It wasn't until the 5DS era that duel disks gained the full automatic searching and shuffling functions.
No wonder Seto Kaiba was ahead of his time; You Xuan's eyes were glued to that duel disk, and he instinctively started thinking about how he could get his hands on one.
"I Normal Summon a monster in Attack Position and Set three cards face-down in my Spell & Trap Zone. End Phase," Seto said calmly.
"Hmph, so this is the legendary duel of Seto Kaiba? I must say, it's underwhelming."
Fujimoto tried to calm his nerves but still put up a front.
One may lose their head or bleed, but one must never back down. In dueling, attitude is everything; you must never let your guard down.
Superstition aside, many duelists have found this to be true in practice. There's something about dueling that's quite peculiar—sometimes, when a person loses their nerve, their cards seem to fail them too. With a shaken mindset, their strategy falls apart, and their deck starts to brick.
"My turn, draw!"
Fujimoto's eyes scanned his opening hand, and he felt his confidence soar.
Never had he had such a marvelous starting hand!
This hand had potential!
"I activate the Spell Card 'Angel's Charity' from my hand. I draw three cards from my deck, then discard two cards from my hand."
After adjusting his hand, a cruel smile crept onto his face as he glanced at Seto's seemingly mundane face-down monster. "Hmph, it seems President Kaiba doesn't think much of me. What a shame. Even if you wanted to get serious now, it's too late!
I Normal Summon from my hand—
—Level 8, 'Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror'!"
A massive, pitch-black demon erupted in a blaze of crimson, akin to blood, its greatsword sweeping forth and generating a transparent wave of sword energy.
"Whoa, a Level 8 monster right off the bat." Keihei chuckled, adding to the atmosphere, "That's quite the statement."
"The effect of 'Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror' allows me to Normal Summon it without Tributing, but its original ATK is halved, and it will be destroyed during the End Phase." Fujimoto explained.
['Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror': ATK 3000 → ATK 1500]
"Hah, so it's all bark and no bite." Keihei laughed.
"On the contrary."
Fujimoto smiled, taking the opportunity to boost his style points while drawing another card.
"First, I activate the effect of 'Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror.' Once per turn, by banishing a 'Fiend' card from my hand or graveyard, I can destroy one card on the field.
So, I banish 'Fiend Soldier' from my graveyard to destroy your face-down card on the left!"
Seto remained unmoved, his arms crossed. The face-down card was flipped up, and it shattered with a crack, revealing a Trap Card.
"That was my Trap Card, 'The Golden Statue of the Evil God,'" Seto calmly stated, "When this card is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, I Special Summon an 'Evil God Token' to my field."
A golden statue of the evil god materialized on Seto's field, acting as a wall of separation.
['Evil God Token': DEF 1000]
"Pfft, of course, it had to be that," Fujimoto grumbled, annoyed at his luck.
Undeterred, he continued his play. "Now, I activate the Magic Card 'Double Summon' from my hand, allowing me to Normal Summon twice in one turn.
So, I use 'Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror' as a Tribute to Tribute Summon!
The dark overlord, the ruler of chaos—
—Level 6, 'The Great Beast-Gazelle the King of Destruction'! Appear!"
['The Great Beast-Gazelle the King of Destruction': ATK 0]
"The effect of 'The Great Beast-Gazelle the King of Destruction' modifies its ATK to double the original ATK of the Tributed monster used for its Tribute Summon.
However, since 'Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror' was already in the graveyard when this effect resolved, its original ATK is considered to be its full 3000 points.
Therefore, 'The Great Beast-Gazelle' has—"
['The Great Beast-Gazelle the King of Destruction': ATK 0 → ATK 6000]
"What?!"
Rarely had Fujimoto felt so proud of his starting hand, only to have it completely dismissed. He couldn't help but feel a spark of anger.
"As expected of President Kaiba, your perspective is indeed different. But it's not over yet." Fujimoto said in a deep voice, "I'll continue by activating the Quick-Play Spell Card 'Deal with the Dark Realm' from my hand! This card can only be activated when an 8-star monster is sent from my field to the Graveyard during this turn. Since my Level 8 'Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror' was sent as a Tribute to the Graveyard this turn, I can Special Summon this card from my Deck!"
He spread out his Deck and drew out the chosen card.
"Weaving together furious flames and the shadows of death—
—Level 8, Fierce Death Dragon, I summon you!"
[Fierce Death Dragon, ATK 3500]
"It's actually the Fierce Death Dragon!" Keihei exclaimed in surprise.
Not because it was particularly strong, but because this monster was once one of the trump cards used by the "Big Five", the group of villains who were expelled from KaibaCorp years ago.
"Oh, it's this guy," Kaiba hummed lightly, "Brings back memories."
"Then, I activate the Spell Card 'Shield Crush' from my hand, which allows me to destroy a face-down Defense Position monster on the field!"
The Spell Card floated into view, and Fujimoto pointed at Kaiba's field.
"I destroy that face-down monster on your field!"
A beam of magical light shot out from the Spell Card, aiming directly at Kaiba's field. However, just as the beam was about to hit the face-down monster, a cloud of black mist suddenly erupted and turned into a vortex, devouring the light beam within it.
"What?!" Fujimoto exclaimed in surprise.
"Trap Card, 'Scapegoat Darkness'," Kaiba said calmly, "When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I Special Summon an 'Evil God Token' to my field."
A golden statue of the evil god materialized on Kaiba's field, acting as a wall of separation.
['Evil God Token', DEF 1000]
"Pfft, of course, it had to be that," Fujimoto grumbled, annoyed at his bad luck.
Undeterred, he continued his play. "Now, I activate the Magic Card 'Double Summon' from my hand, which allows me to Normal Summon twice in one turn. So, I use 'Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror' as a Tribute to Tribute Summon!
The dark overlord, the ruler of chaos—
—Level 6, 'The Great Beast-Gazelle the King of Destruction', appear!"
['The Great Beast-Gazelle the King of Destruction', ATK 0]
"The effect of 'The Great Beast-Gazelle the King of Destruction' modifies its ATK to double the original ATK of the Tributed monster used for its Tribute Summon. However, since 'Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror' was already in the Graveyard when this effect resolved, its original ATK is considered to be its full 3000 points. Therefore, 'The Great Beast-Gazelle' has—"
['The Great Beast-Gazelle the King of Destruction', ATK 0 → ATK 6000]
(End of Chapter)
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