"Before the end of the turn, I'll activate this card, Continuous Spell, Veil of Attack."
The green-bordered Spell Card appeared on the Vampire Fraulein's field. The card image showed her yawning, gently drawing the curtains with a swarm of bats around her, preventing the moonlight from reaching her.
Elegant yet playful, that is the Vampire Noble Daughter.
"End turn."
"So, what do you think now? You realize you're not even in the same dimension as the young lady! She's from the Vampire Dimension..."
"Camilla?" the Vampire Fraulein softly called.
"...Oh, I understand." Camilla realized her slip of the tongue and quickly shut up.
However, even if she didn't say it, some smart ones could already guess a thing or two.
A Duel Spirit personally dueling, nine times out of ten, is a Duel Monster Spirit from another dimension!
"My turn, draw."
Tenjo Hikari drew a card, looking at her hand, and pondered a bit.
"We've got trouble!" Mitsuzawa Daichi, who had been focused on the duel and never considered the Vampire Noble Daughter's appearance, suddenly exclaimed.
"Huh? What's wrong, Mitsuzawa?" Judai and Manjome immediately asked for his opinion.
"Everyone knows Tenjo's deck is mainly based on Fusion Spells and Traps, with very few Fusion Materials, focused on fusion."
Those present nodded.
"To capitalize on Fusion Materials, Tenjo Hikari most frequently uses Continuous Spells like Flame Swordsrealm and Overload Future Fusion. Leaving Flame Swordsrealm aside, as for Overload Future Fusion, it requires sending monsters from the Deck to the Graveyard. Not only that, but the Scatter Fusion seen by Tenjouin-san earlier is also..."
"What about it?" Judai asked instinctively.
"Ah!" Manjome exclaimed loudly, "Vampire Kingdom!"
"Exactly! Due to the existence of Vampire Kingdom, Hikari's fusion will be greatly restricted!"
"What should we do then? It's impossible for my brother to fight off two people alone!"
"Don't worry, Shou, Hikari will think of a way!"
After reviewing her hand, Tenjo Hikari had already envisioned a strategy.
"Activate the Continuous Spell, Overload Future Fusion!"
"Ah, I told you, you can't use Overload Future Fusion!!" Shou exclaimed from the stands.
"Hmm?" Seeing Tenjo Hikari's move, Marufuji Ryo also seemed confused.
"I activate the effect of Overload Future Fusion, revealing the Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem in the Extra Deck, to send an Ancient Gear Golem from the Deck to the Graveyard."
!!
Marufuji Ryo's pupils slightly shrank.
Ancient Gear Golem...?
"Your friends were all reminding you, weren't they?" Fraulein questioned, opening her deck. "Activate the effect of Vampire Kingdom, sending Vampire Dragon from my Deck to the Graveyard to destroy your Overload Future Fusion."
"Haha, so now that annoying Ultimate Giant won't come out!" Although Camilla didn't understand Overload Future Fusion well, she was still haunted by being punched by the Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem earlier. Now seeing the destruction of the Golem and Overload Future Fusion, she laughed out loud in satisfaction.
"Heh... Then, I'll activate the Continuous Spell, Brilliant Fusion!"
"When this card is activated, send a Gem-Knight fusion material from your deck to the Graveyard, reduce an Attack and Defense Point of a Fusion Monster to 0, and Fusion Summon from the Extra Deck!
When this card leaves the field, that monster is destroyed."
"I send Gem-Knight Crystal and Thunder Dragon from my deck to the Graveyard to Fusion Summon Gem-Knight Prismaura!"
Gem-Knight Prismaura, LV 7, Earth Attribute, Thunder-Type, DEF 0
"What the...?" Marufuji Shou pointed at the stage in bewilderment, unable to speak.
"Strange, why?" Manjome was also puzzled. "There are two things I don't get."
"The effect of Vampire Kingdom can only be activated once a turn," Tenjo Hikari explained to them while stroking her chin. "Moreover, the effect of Vampire Kingdom is mandatory, meaning as long as I send a card from my deck to the graveyard, its effect will inevitably trigger, forcing the destruction of our card.
Given that, I might as well let it destroy it first."
The Vampire Fraulein slightly raised her head, her eyes faintly glowing red as she scrutinized Tenjo Hikari.
"Aha, so that's how it is!" Mitsuzawa Daichi excitedly punched the air. "I remembered, the effect of Prismaura is that it can discard a Gem-Knight card to destroy a face-up card on the field!
Whether it's Vampire Kingdom, Vampire's Domain, or the problematic Vampire Fraulein herself, they can all be destroyed by this effect!"
That would have been ideal.
Tenjo Hikari felt a bit helpless.
"I activate the effect of Gem-Knight Prismaura, discarding Gem-Knight Fusion from my hand to destroy Vampire Kingdom!"
Captain Crystal raised a long lance, charging it with energy, and it shot a white beam like a laser cannon.
"No way!" Vampire Fraulein extended her hand forward, and countless bats swirled around, forming a massive curtain. "The effect of Veil of Attack sends itself to the graveyard instead of destroying a card on my field."
The light cannon struck the curtain, causing ripples without ever being able to penetrate.
"Not again." Marufuji Shou, who had just felt a sliver of hope rise, became disheartened.
"What a pity, who would've thought there'd be a card even Hikari doesn't recognize." Mitsuzawa Daichi shook his head in exasperation. "The plan was to let the destruction effect be used up, then Fusion Summon Prismaura, and finally destroy Vampire Kingdom. If this strategy worked out, their situation would have improved significantly!"
Tenjo Hikari set two cards, glancing at Marufuji Ryo.
Marufuji Ryo was momentarily dazed for a second.
"End turn!"
Marufuji Ryo faintly felt that Tenjo Hikari was trying to hint at him.
Since Vampire Kingdom was going to be inevitably triggered, what was the point, precisely, of sending the Ancient Gear Golem to the graveyard? Isn't there Cannon Soldier? As a Fusion Material for the Ace Monster "Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem," it would be a total loss if sent to the graveyard.
Could it be—
He considered a possibility!
Tenjo Hikari was, after all, the Fusion Department's representative!
He smiled knowingly.
"Who would've thought you could smile under such circumstances?" The Vampire Lady giggled. "My turn, Normal Summon, Gozuki!"
The monster retrieved by the Vampire Dragon last turn was directly summoned by her. "Then, I activate Gozuki's effect to send myself from the deck to the graveyard, followed by activating the Spell Card, Monster Reborn, to revive myself."
Vampire Vamp, LV 7, Dark Attribute, Zombie-Type, ATK 2000.
She flapped her wings, attempting to mimic her lady by flying onto the field, but then Tenjo Hikari opened a Set Card. "Activate Trap Card, Flame Swordsdance. When a monster is Special Summoned, you can Special Summon a Flame Swordsman or a Fusion Monster with that card name from the Extra Deck at level 7 or lower."
"I Special Summon Black Flare Knight in Defense Position!"
Immediately following this, the effect of Flame Swordsdance flips Vampire Vamp into Face-Down Defense Position!"
This startled the vamp, preventing it from flying forward and promptly lying face down card in the field.
She didn't want to be buried in the dueling arena.
"What a boring struggle."
"Use Gozuki to destroy Black Flare Knight, and Vampire Girl to destroy Prismaura."
She didn't turn Vampire Fraulein to Attack Position; rather, she dared not do such a thing.
Not to mention Fraulein's ATK is only 600, she dared not command Fraulein to change her battle position.
"I'll Set another card, ending my turn.
Your move, don't struggle any longer; it's almost time for the young lady to rest!"
"This is bad; although we survived this turn, the number of Zombie-Type monsters on the field continues to increase. And with the presence of Vampire Fraulein, it seems like every one of their monsters can't be defeated directly..." Mitsuzawa Daichi furrowed his brows.
"Ahhh, brother—" Marufuji Shou was exasperated, scratching his head like crazy.
"Come on, Caesar, Hikari!!"
"Hmph—so naive and laughable!" Meanwhile, on the stage, Marufuji Ryo began to smirk. "Tenjo, thank you for protecting Cyber Dragon Vier for me!
I understand now what you were thinking—
So I too will use the card you left behind.
My turn, draw!"
"At this moment, activate Trap Card, Cybernetic Revolution!"
"Cybernetic Revolution!?"
"What kind of card is that!?"
"Looks like something left behind by Tenjouin-san!"
"Release a 'Cyber Dragon' on the field to activate it. Special Summon a Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck that uses 'Cyber Dragon' as Fusion Material!"
"In other words!" His face beamed with a healthy smile.
"My friend!"
"Cyber End Dragon!"