"Duel!" x2
[Yue Hua, LP 4000]
[Bacchus, LP 4000]
"I'm taking the first move, draw a card!"
As soon as Yue Hua drew her card and glanced at her hand, the livestream audience exploded.
"What the heck is the streamer up to with this tricky play?"
"What deck is this? I've never seen her use it before!"
"666, this setup screams of a rich player's toy. But using such a thing in a storyline can really work?"
However, Yue Hua was intently focused on the game and ignored the comments: "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn!"
"Hah, getting the first move and only setting a wall monster? Such a duel will be instantly crushed by me." Bacchus said confidently, "My turn, draw a card!
I summon 'Worm Drake' in attack mode!"
Though called a worm, this monster actually looks more like a green dragon, with broad green wings and a sharp white spear, wearing light yellow armor on its upper body.
[Worm Drake, Attack Power 1800]
"Next is the card that will soon take your life... as a price for daring to disrupt the Sacred Ceremony!"
He raised his card dramatically, appearing manic. At the same time, all the followers behind him showed expressions of devout fervor.
"The Seal of Orichalcos, activate!"
A powerful magic force was released, transforming into a barrier that covered the entire field. The hexagram's light shot straight to the sky, ignoring the ceiling and piercing through to the beyond.
"I can feel it... I can feel it! Hahaha!" A hexagram mark appeared on Bacchus' forehead as he laughed maniacally, "This is the power of Orichalcos, the great god will cleanse this filthy world!"
Anna instinctively stepped back two steps, frightened by the crazed look of her once-familiar uncle.
Unconsciously, the girl had retreated to the chattering group behind which several people were wearing inexplicable hats.
Although she didn't know these people, the girl instinctively felt they were good people. Being behind them gave her some sense of safety.
After activating the barrier, Bacchus sneered: "You might not have drawn any powerful attack monsters on the first turn, so you plan to prolong with a defense position wall huh.
Well, let me tell you, against the great power of Orichalcos, that won't work! When Worm Drake attacks a defense position monster, if its attack power exceeds the defense, it deals piercing damage!
And because of the activation of The Seal of Orichalcos, Worm Drake's attack power increases by 500!"
[Worm Drake, Attack Power 1800 → Attack Power 2300]
"Now, attack the defense position monster with Worm Drake!"
The monster flapped its wings and charged, holding its white spear toward the single monster card Yue Hua had set.
The set card flipped, projecting the image of a fluffy creature with angelic white wings...
...Winged Kuriboh!
The crowd gasped in shock.
"Whoa, Winged Kuriboh!"
"I remember this being super expensive at Youyu's store, right? And you need a favorability level of over 30 with Youyu to get it!"
[Winged Kuriboh, Defense Power 200]
It's not particularly strong, but it's too cute to resist!
Moreover, Winged Kuriboh is the best partner of Yuki Judai, the protagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, obtained from Muto Yugi, which gives it exceptional significance to fans of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime.
So naturally, it's priced higher.
"Tch, a mere monster with only 200 defense! Tear it apart for me!"
Bacchus was bold enough to utter the taboo words that players dared not touch. Ignorant or fearless, this kind of courage deserves to be called brave.
Winged Kuriboh vanished with a "kuri kuri" cry under the spear's piercing, but Yue Hua's Life Points remained unaffected.
"What! Why?" Bacchus exclaimed, "Worm Drake can deal piercing damage when attacking a defense position monster, that attack should have caused significant damage!"
"During the turn Winged Kuriboh is destroyed," Yue Hua explained, "any damage to me becomes 0." (Anime effect)
According to the physical card effect, Winged Kuriboh's effect triggers when it is battle destroyed and sent to the graveyard, but in the anime, it triggers immediately upon destruction.
"Tch, avoided it with a little trick?" Bacchus scoffed, "But even surviving with a trash monster's ability is meaningless!"
"Then at this moment, I activate Kuribohrn's special effect from my hand!"
Yue Hua discarded a card from her hand to the graveyard, and a fluffy, white creature wearing a hat and cloak appeared on the field in a semi-transparent form.
"Kuribohrn can be discarded from the hand at the end of the Battle Phase to resurrect a monster destroyed in battle this turn!" she declared, "I resurrect Winged Kuriboh!"
[Winged Kuriboh, Attack Power 300]
"Boring!" Bacchus sneered, "Let's see how long you can survive with such a trash monster! My turn is over!"
The other players watching gasped.
"Did he just... call Kuriboh trash three times? Even the president wasn't this bold, was he?"
"666, I dare to call him the strongest."
Yue Hua's turn once again: "My turn, draw a card!"
Yue Hua completely ignored his taunts, drew a new card from her deck, and upon a glance, her eyes lit up.
It's here, it's here, it's here!
Well, no need for much explanation here. She first played a Magic Card "Upstart Goblin," giving the opponent 1000 LP, allowing herself to draw a card from the card deck.
[Bacchus, LP 4000 → LP 5000]
Drawing the card is secondary; the main goal is to heal the opponent. As we all know, in this game, you not only have to allocate your resources but also know how to allocate resources to your opponent.
Look at that big-browed guy across from her. He obviously doesn't get it; he keeps calling the Kuriboh a "weakling monster." He's clearly in more need of life points than Lady Yue Hua here.
So, she sympathetically gave him a new lease on life and invited him to take a puff.
Now, it's her showtime!
Lady Yue Hua first Normal Summoned a "Kuriboh"... Yes, she Summoned the Kuriboh, which was originally meant to be a hand pit for defense, and in Attack Position no less.
[Kuriboh, Attack Power 300]
The Kuriboh seemed bewildered, uttering a string of "Kuri Kuri" upon entering. Then, the Winged Kuriboh turned to explain a series of "Kuri Kuri" to it, at which point Kuriboh apparently understood and returned a string of "Kuri Kuri," as if they had come to a mutual understanding...
"Quick-Play Magic - Multiply!" Lady Yue Hua played this classic Magic Card, "Tribute the Kuriboh on your field to Special Summon as many 'Kuriboh Tokens' as possible!"
The magic effect activated, and the Kuriboh on the field began to rapidly replicate at a speed visible to the naked eye. One became two, two quickly became four.
Four Kuriboh Tokens and one Winged Kuriboh - five adorable little creatures instantly filled the field.
[Kuriboh Token, Attack Power 300] x4
Bacchus snorted, "Filled the field with five monsters in an instant? But no matter how many weaklings like this there are..."
For some reason, Bacchus suddenly shivered at this moment and instinctively shut his mouth.
Although it was mysterious and hard to explain, he had a premonition that if he continued to run his mouth, he might actually end up dead...
"Now, activate this card," Lady Yue Hua played the next card from her hand, "Equip Magic - Opti-Camouflage Armor! Only Level 1 monsters can be equipped with this!
The equipped monster can bypass monsters and directly attack the player. I'm equipping 'Opti-Camouflage Armor' to the Winged Kuriboh!"
Kuriboh chirped a few "Kuri Kuri," and its whole body seemed to be covered with a faint optical image.
"Direct attack?" Bacchus sneered, "What use is a weak... monster with only 300 attack power if it can directly attack?"
"Don't rush, next is this card! Activating Equip Magic - United We Stand from the hand! Equipping to Winged Kuriboh!" Lady Yue Hua shouted, "For each monster on your field, the equipped monster's attack increases by 800!
I currently have five Kuribohs on the field, so the attack power rises by 4000 points!"
"Na... Nani!!??"
Watching these adorable Kuribohs work hard together to channel all their power to the Kuriboh in the center, Bacchus expressed utter bewilderment.
[Winged Kuriboh, Attack Power 300 → Attack Power 4300]
Attack Power 4300... and it can attack directly!?
Holy...!
Wait, calm down!
Bacchus was panicking, gasping for air, but he quickly found a blind spot.
The girl earlier gifted him a thousand life points when she used "Upstart Goblin"!
So now his life points aren't at 4000, but at 5000!
These thousand life points came in handy! If she hadn't given him those LP, he would've been done for by now!
Bacchus's eyes brightened up quickly.
It's not over yet, he can still survive!
By the next turn... as long as he draws that card!
However, in the next second, his hopes were dashed.
"Activate Magic Card!" Lady Yue Hua played her last card from her hand, "Equip Magic - Mage Power! Equipping to Winged Kuriboh!
For each Magic, Trap Card on your field, the equipped monster's attack increases by 500!
I currently have three cards: Opti-Camouflage Armor, United We Stand, and Mage Power, so the Kuriboh's attack power rises by another 1500!"
Bacchus's face turned pale: "Na na na nani!!??"
[Winged Kuriboh, Attack Power 4300 → Attack Power 5800]
The overzealous players went wild.
"Whoa, a Kuriboh with almost 6000 attack power!"
"Kuriboh pinnacle!"
"Tell me, who is the eternal god?"
Yet Bacchus hadn't even realized what the real issue was. He stood there, dumbfounded: "Impossible, impossible, I can't believe I'm losing to such a weak monster..."
A Kuriboh whose attack power soared to 5800: "Kuri Kuri!" (Super fierce.JPG)
"Winged Kuriboh!" Lady Yue Hua waved her hand, "Direct attack!"
Kuriboh puffed out its chest, leaping over the head of the Worm Drake with a powerful phase charge, landing a heavy blow on Bacchus.
The latter let out a cry as he was knocked backward, crashing into the seal behind him.
[Bacchus, LP 5000 → LP 0]
The Seal of Orichalcos swirled and contracted, taking the soul of the defeated.
As the first man in Duel Monsters' history to be knocked out by a Kuriboh, and also the first to be OTK'd by a Kuriboh, he will surely be remembered forever.