The transparent Divine Protective Shield, a dazzling radiance erupted from the Trap Card, like a towering tidal wave, countering against Venus.
"All opposing attack declaration monsters on the opponent's field are destroyed!" Tragodia shouted, "If it can't be used by me, then let it be destroyed!
Bury the Gorgeous Venus!"
"Useless."
Yugen snapped his fingers lightly.
The next moment, the Divine Shield shattered with a crisp sound.
"What!?"
Little Lobster was shocked.
"Why? How could the Reflection Mirror Power...!?"
Then he widened his eyes and saw the card that had unknowingly appeared in Yugen's backfield.
Continuous Trap - Royal Palace Notice.
While the Notice is present on the field, the effects of all Trap Cards, except this one, become nullified.
"Chain 'Divine Protective Shield - Reflective Mirror Force' with 'Royal Palace Notice' from hand, nullifying Trap effects," Yugen said, "Thus the attack continues.
Gorgeous Venus, destroy 'Dark Valkyrie'!"
The Valkyrie could not withstand an attack from Venus, the massive energy emerging from that Magic Staff seemed to penetrate deep into her soul. The wings that protected the Valkyrie's body shattered instantly, and her form was quickly engulfed in Holy Light and vanished like smoke.
"The effect of 'Temporary Truce' prevents battle damage, so the turn ends."
"Tsk, even the Traps have been sealed." Tragodia gritted his teeth.
To his surprise, not only did his reversed situation get reversed again, but the Venus that was the ace of this deck was also taken away...
The Planet Series has extraordinary significance to Little Lobster, and an important reason for controlling Mizuki to participate in the competition this time is because he learned the whereabouts of the "Earth" card in the Planet Series, and wanted to take it from Hibiki Momiji.
But considering the current situation, before he can take Earth, Venus is about to be taken first.
But it's not over yet.
"My turn, draw!" Tragodia said, "Activate Magic Card 'Magic Flowerpot', send the Continuous Magic on the field to the graveyard, and draw two cards from the deck!" (original effect)
He pointed to his backfield.
"Sending the Continuous Magic 'Celestial Court' to the graveyard, draw two cards!"
"Sorry, that won't work." Yugen calmly waved his hand, "Activate Cover Card, Continuous Trap 'Royal Decree'.
As long as this card exists in the Magic Trap Zone, all Magic Cards on the field have their effects nullified!"
Tragodia: "!"
Traps are sealed, and now even Magic can't be used!?
Wait a minute, this isn't right...
"Hold on, Notice and Decree can't be used together." Tragodia said, "While Royal Palace Notice is on the field, all other traps are invalid, including your own card. So 'Royal Decree' will also be nullified."
Notice and Decree, belonging to the "Royal Palace" series of lock cards, respectively correspond to the lock of magic and traps, which naturally makes people think of the magic and trap double seal combination. But in practice, this situation is invalid because the Royal Palace series itself is a Trap Card, and all will be nullified by the "Royal Palace Notice".
So, the ideal state of using this method for a double seal of magic and trap theoretically doesn't exist.
However...
"Hmm, can you even forget your own ace effect?"
Yugen smiled, pointing to that Great Angels on his field that had been recruited.
Gorgeous Venus.
[Effect: As long as this card is present on the field, the activation and effects of magic and trap cards controlled by oneself cannot be nullified.]
Tragodia was instantly stunned.
Then Mizuki, controlled by him, slowly opened her mouth, and her expression gradually twisted...
This...this this this...
With Gorgeous Venus on the field, the magic traps on Yugen's side couldn't be nullified. In other words, both Notice and Decree became one-sided locks.
Only the opponent can't use magic traps; Yugen can use whatever he wants.
So naturally, Royal Decree won't be nullified by Notice, and both cards work together to achieve the theoretically impossible magic and trap double lock in the Absolute Magic Domain of "Gorgeous Venus".
And it's not just that. Because Venus is present, the "Inhaling Flashing Magic Mirror" that should have been nullified by Notice is also protected by Venus. As a result, all Light Attribute monster effects activated from the field and graveyard become invalid.
And Little Lobster is now controlling Mizuki, whose deck is basically entirely Light Attribute...
Can't use Magic, can't use Traps, can't use monster effects...
...and facing the Planet Series ace that was recruited from his own deck.
What kind of suffering is this!?
Even Mizuki was stunned.
She had used Venus as a trump card to crush countless enemies for quite some time since getting Venus from Tragodia's hands, but she had never seen such a scene before.
Could it be that this was the correct way to use Gorgeous Venus?
Turn all the strongest locks into one-sided locks and plunge the opponent into the abyss of despair of "I can't duel at all today"?
Mizuki gasped, calling out "good guy" several times in her heart.
Suddenly, she couldn't help feeling lucky that the controller was robbed, and now Tragodia was playing. Although she dislikes this dark lobster, she must admit the skill of this monster is undeniably deep.
If she faced this situation herself, she would've likely collapsed and given up.
So let's see if Little Lobster can come up with any ingenious way to resolve this desperate situation...
...Hmm?
Mizuki realized something was wrong.
She tried moving her arms, rotated her neck.
Surprisingly found that the control of her body had returned.
And that cold dark aura surrounding her since the duel started seemed to have vanished.
"...Hey, are you there?"
She tried contacting the Back Spirit.
"Speak."
"Where are you?"
At this moment, Mizuki realized——
——her substitute had fled.
Little Lobster: What kind of hammer am I playing?
Being unable to use anything, not able to play a single card, why don't you solve this lineup for me?
It's over, completely over, person has fled, don't cue.
Mizuki was instantly bewildered.
No...
You put on such an act, and then couldn't win, patted your butt and ran, leaving me here under pressure, right?
Then Yugen's voice rang again.
"...If you're not doing anything, then it's my turn again."
Yugen smiled.
"My turn, draw." Yugen said, "'Royal Decree' at my preparation stage requires payment of 700 Life Points to maintain its presence on the field."
[Yugen, LP 2500→LP 1800]
"Wait...wait!"
Mizuki panicked.
"I was forced, I was taken hostage..."
"Hmm, I know."
Yugen nodded.
"Eh?" Mizuki was stunned.
Mizuki is a victim, he certainly knew. But knowing doesn't matter.
Even if she was forced, she indeed released killing intent. To survive, she wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone, even resort to despicable means outside the game. In the original, when Hibiki Midori duelled her, he had already won, but was taken down by Mizuki using the intel on Hibiki Midori's comatose brother Hibiki Momiji as a threat.
She wanted to kill him, so Yugen naturally wouldn't surrender. In the Dark Duel, there can only be one winner, and anyone blocking the path is an enemy, just knock them down.
Yugen: "Battle phase."
"No, wait..." Mizuki stammered, "Misunderstanding..."
"Gorgeous Venus, Wind Emperor Leiza, direct attack." Yugen didn't hesitate.
"Ahhhhhh!!!"
[Mizuki, LP 4000→LP 0]