Chapter 22: Pot of Greed and Dragoon
The Panther lady seemed to snap out of the shadow of her defeat. She stood up and openly admitted her loss.
"You won. From now on, this stronghold is under your control."
"Although your plan to challenge all the stronghold leaders in this city alone is bold..."
"I believe you can do it."
The Panther lady considered herself one of the top-tier stronghold leaders in Domino City. Since Yu Miao could defeat her, taking down the other stronghold leaders one by one shouldn't be a problem.
However...
Even the Mask of Lumis and Umbra never dreamed of conquering all the stronghold leaders in this city.
It wasn't a question of strength.
The malice in people's hearts is often far more terrifying.
"I don't need to manage this stronghold; I just need to prove I defeated you through action." Yugao had no interest in managing this group of guys.
With Marik, that sneaky bastard, by his side, Yu Miao only needed to defeat all the stronghold leaders to prove his worth.
"Hmph, your strength matches your ambition." The Panther lady's expression shifted. She proactively took out her deck and tossed it to Yu Miao, saying, "I lost the duel. Take the card you want."
As a Ghouls hunter, the Panther lady also stole rare cards from her defeated opponents. However, she generally didn't target the weak—she only took rare cards from the strong.
The Panther lady considered herself strong.
Yu Miao defeated her, so it was only natural for him to take a rare card from her. If he didn't, it would be an insult.
The world of dueling is a dangerous jungle where the strong dominate the weak—it's the natural order!
This was the Panther lady's value system.
Holding the Panther lady's deck, Yu Miao didn't pretend to be polite. However, this time, he didn't resort to his usual "plunder" tactics.
He felt that the Panther lady was different from the typical Ghouls hunters who committed all kinds of evils, so he didn't go overboard.
As he flipped through the Panther lady's deck, Yu Miao's eyes widened upon seeing one particular card.
His pupils dilated with greedy desire.
The translucent Silent Magician, sensing the intense fluctuations in Yu Miao's heart, secretly peeked over and read:
"Pot of Greed."
Without hesitation, Yu Miao took this card.
Although he had extorted Qiang to buy one from within the Rare hunters organization, that Pot of Greed hadn't arrived yet.
Now, the actual Pot of Greed was right before his eyes—how could he let it go?
Besides, in this era, Pot of Greed wasn't forbidden.
Would anyone complain about having too few Pots of Greed?
A full playset of three was mandatory.
"You're only taking this one card?" Keith (Marik) was surprised. He thought this Pot of Greed was indeed useful, but strictly speaking, this card wasn't considered particularly rare or valuable.
The Sunshine Boy found Yu Miao unpredictable.
Clearly, sometimes he was a duelist even more ruthless than Ghouls hunters, yet at this moment, he seemed different.
—Very well, Yu Miao. You've successfully captured my attention more and more.
The Panther lady's opinion was roughly the same. She initially thought Yu Miao would choose other more valuable cards.
"No, I just want this card." Yu Miao returned the deck to the Leopard Woman.
He was afraid that if he didn't return it soon, his inner greed would compel him to ruthlessly plunder the entire deck clean.
"Let's go." Yu Miao called out to Keith (Marik) as if he were a mere lackey.
Marik, hiding within Keith's body, felt displeased. Although he was somewhat unhappy inside, his body reacted honestly.
To fully commit to the act, Yu Miao would maintain a certain degree—was this considered PUA?
[Hehe, your proficient people-handling skills are subconsciously taming this poor Sunshine Boy. Presumably, it won't be long before you gain his trust and friendship. Coincidentally, Ishizu's weakness is Marik. At that time, you just need to say, "Watch closely, Ishizu, this is how you use Marik," to shatter her mental defenses and subsequently mold her into the perfect...]
This damn narrative appeared again.
Yu Miao, his eyes red, turned around and saw the "badly bruised" Bull Blader still stubbornly raising his longsword weapon.
Would it kill this "Bull" to act normal for once?
The Panther lady noticed Yu Miao looking back. Her eyes flickered, and she finally sighed.
In the end, the Panther lady slipped a key into Yu Miao's palm and whispered, "This is the key to my room. Come late at night."
Yu Miao: ?
When Yu Miao was covered in question marks, it wasn't him who had the problem, but the other party.
Returning to the arcade, his home.
Yu Miao shut himself in his room.
He collected all the level-up rewards. Except for one item, they were basically all Crystal rewards.
[Card Key: Use on a sealed card to reveal its true form. It is one of the very precious items!]
It was precisely because of this item that Yu Miao rushed back to his room in such a hurry, not even in the mood to tease Marik.
He had previously obtained a mysterious card from his first victory.
Presumably, to unlock this mysterious card, he must use this "Card Key" item.
Yu Miao took out that mysterious card and began unsealing it.
[Prompt: Using the Card Key requires 2000 Crystals. Use it?]
"Dammit, this costs Crystals too?"
After careful consideration, Yu Miao decided to use the Crystals to unlock the prize.
First, this sealed card was a Fusion Monster Card.
What did a Fusion Monster represent?
It represented sheer nobility and beauty.
For example, if your monster is set face-down, you can't Synchro Summon, Xyz Summon, or Link Summon, but you can still Fusion Summon.
Fusion Summoning is truly a noble summoning method.
Secondly, as the saying goes, "With either Sleeping Dragon or Young Phoenix, one can pacify the world."
Sleeping Dragon refers to "Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon," shortened to "Dragoon."
Young Phoenix refers to "Destiny HERO - Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer," shortened to "DPE."
Although in the actual card game environment, there are quite a few ways to deal with Sleeping Dragon and Young Phoenix, this is Yu-Gi-Oh! DM.
Between the two, Yu Miao preferred Sleeping Dragon, because Dragoon was simply too powerful in the Yu-Gi-Oh! DM environment.
Majesty's Pegasus-like protection (Unaffected by other cards' effects, Cannot be targeted by opponent's card effects), a once-per-turn Omni-negate + ATK boost, non-targeting destruction + burn damage.
It was truly beautiful.
"Please, give me a Dragoon."
[Successfully used "Card Key"...]
[Card "unsealing" successful...]
[Congratulations, this card possesses a "Spirit's Heart"...]
The card in Yu Miao's hand emitted a dazzling light. Finally, the sealed part shattered, and the familiar card art and name gradually lit up.
This was a Level 8 DARK Attribute Monster Card with 3000 ATK.
Right, this was Dragoon's stats.
Yu Miao's heart raced as he focused on the name and card art.
The powerful, exquisite black armor on the card art, the majestic Red-Eyes wings, the cold eyes, and the sharp magic weapon...
That's right, it's the Sleeping Dragon.
"Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon!"
Yu Miao was excited. He knew there was no reason for an ordinary card to be sealed, requiring the Card Key item to unlock it.
If it were a very powerful boss monster, then everything made sense!
As a boss monster, Dragoon was undoubtedly qualified.
But a practical problem lay before Yu Miao.
He didn't have "Red-Eyes Fusion"!
Nor did he have extremely rare cards like "Dark Magician" and "Red-Eyes Black Dragon."
(End of Chapter)
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