"My turn."
Tenjo Hikari took the first move; after drawing, he immediately slipped the card into his hand and smoothly pulled out a card on his left: "Activate Continuous Spell Card, Flame Swordsrealm."
"Starting with Flame Swordsman?" Burns pondered slightly.
Although Flame Swordsman is just a Fusion Monster with an Attack Power of 1800 and no effect, those who know Tenjo Hikari well are aware that he is most serious when using Flame Swordsman.
"Send the Mirage Swordsman from the hand to the Graveyard, activate the effect of Flame Swordsrealm. Fusion Summon Flame Swordsman from the Extra Deck."
The Flame Sword swung its longsword, laughing heartily, standing in front of Tenjo Hikari: "My Lord, watch me display divine might!"
Flame Swordsman, LV 5, Fire Attribute, Warrior-Type, DEF 1600.
"Turn end."
"With just one card, he performed a Fusion Summon, but the Fusion Monster summoned has a DEF of only 1600, and there are no Set Cards. Is this really okay?" While the Fusion Army soldiers were bound, the Frightfur Wolf retreated to the great door of the Sanctuary, shielding some young spirits with its body, while also asking worriedly.
If it were another time, Tierra would have confidently told the surrounding spirits that Tenjo Hikari was sure to win.
But today, she had to act like an expert.
However, although these spirits didn't seem too worried, on the other side, Burns was already frowning.
Even with just Flame Swordsrealm and Flame Swordsman, Tenjo Hikari's field protection was not to be underestimated at all.
The Mirage Swordsman used for the Fusion Summon of Flame Swordsman has the ability to revive when a Fire Attribute Monster on the field is destroyed; not only that, when that Monster battles with the opponent's Monster, they can even be destroyed together.
Moreover, even without using this ability, its ATK is 2800, and if it is destroyed, another Flame Swordsman can be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck.
Not only that, even if one of them is destroyed through battle or an effect, or if Tenjo Hikari's field is wiped clean, in the next turn, he only needs to use Flame Swordsrealm to Fusion Summon another Flame Swordsman, starting over again.
Quite troublesome.
Therefore, he had to prevent that from happening.
"My turn, draw."
He drew a card but didn't look at it immediately and instead activated a Spell Card right away: "Spell Card, Frightfur Patchwork."
"Frightfur?" Tierra instantly turned stern.
"Could this guy be the human recognized by you?" she implied dissatisfaction with the Frightfurs' choice of partner.
Fluffal Bear quickly shook its head: "No, no, Lord God, our partner is someone in yellow clothes, looking different from your attire."
Tenjo Hikari listened and speculated it might be Fukami Subaru.
"Lord God, let me explain, please. The little bear is our youngest child and doesn't know much," the lion approached Tierra, half-kneeling, saying, "There are two humans collaborating with our toy factory. One of them is about the same age as this human warrior, called Fukami Subaru.
The other is very young, named Sora Shiunin."
With this, Tierra was finally satisfied.
"That guy forcibly controlled some of my clan," the saw lion unwillingly said to Tenjo Hikari.
Tenjo Hikari gently nodded, not saying anything.
"Frightfur Patchwork can only be activated once per turn; add one [Polymerization] and one [Edge Imp] from the Deck to the hand."
"I'll add Polymerization and Edge Imp Sabres from the Deck to my hand."
Burns opened his Deck, searched for two cards from the Deck, showed them to his opponent, and then added them to his hand.
"The cards he took are the same as that human named Fukami Subaru," Tierra raised an eyebrow.
If it were only to this extent, thinking of defeating Tenjo Hikari would be wishful thinking.
After all, compared to his duel with Fukami Subaru, Tenjo Hikari had grown much more.
But soon, Tierra was about to see something different, something she wanted.
"Activate Continuous Spell Card, Toy Vendor."
Tenjo Hikari raised an eyebrow.
This showed potential.
"Once per turn, discarding one hand card can activate it. Draw 1 card from the Deck and reveal it to both players. If the revealed card is a [Fluffal] Monster, a Monster can be Special Summoned from the hand. If not, the drawn card is discarded."
"I discard Edge Imp Chain from my hand, drawing a card."
Burns touched the top of his Deck, exerting a bit of force, then drew a card, glanced at it, and snickered, displaying it to everyone: "Fluffal Rabbit."
"I will directly Special Summon Fluffal Rabbit."
A plush rabbit with a lifeless expression appeared on the field, covered in shackles, standing mechanically as if it had lost its will.
Fluffal Rabbit, LV 1, Earth Attribute, Fairy-Type, ATK 300.
"At this moment, the effect of Edge Imp Chain, which was discarded to the Graveyard, is activated. If sent from hand or field to the Graveyard, add one [Frightfur] card from the Deck to the hand. I'll choose Frightfur Patchwork."
"Eh—"
"Ooooh."
Some of the surrounding Fluffal spirits couldn't help but start trembling.
Even Tierra slightly raised her eyebrows.
After a series of moves, nothing was lost, and he even got another Frightfur Patchwork, which can be used in the next turn!