Yusaku revealed the card in his hand.
"I activate the Spell Card – Triple Tactics Thrust!"
"The effect of this card: if my opponent has activated a monster effect this turn, I can activate it to either Set 1 Normal Spell or Normal Trap, except Triple Tactics Thrust, directly from my Deck on my field.
And if my opponent controls a monster, I can choose to add that card to my hand instead of Setting it.
This turn, you have activated monster effects, and you do have monsters on your field, so I can add 1 Normal Spell from my Deck to my hand."
Hearing this, Kazama's smile deepened.
He had thought it might be something dangerous, but just searching a Normal Spell and trying to turn the game around with that? Impossible.
That was what he thought, right up until Yusaku's voice rang out again.
"Then, according to the effect of Triple Tactics Thrust, I add the Spell Card That Grass Looks Greener from my Deck to my hand!"
That Grass Looks Greener?
Kazama's brows furrowed slightly.
He remembered that card could only be activated when the number of cards in your Deck is greater than your opponent's.
With that in mind, he subconsciously glanced toward Yusaku's Duel Disk, and when he saw that thick stack of cards, his pupils shrank.
Right now, the thickness of that Deck… was nearly twice that of his own.
At that moment, Yusaku's voice sounded again.
"The effect of That Grass Looks Greener.
If the number of cards in my Deck is greater than yours, I can activate it. I then send cards from the top of my Deck to the Graveyard until my Deck has the same number of cards as yours."
"My Deck currently has 53 cards, and yours has 29. So I can send the top 24 cards of my Deck to the Graveyard."
After speaking, Yusaku took the top 24 cards of his Deck in one go and sent them straight to the Graveyard.
"Damn, 24 cards to the Graveyard at once—that's so many resources dumped!"
"A standard Deck is 40 cards. He just milled more than half of that!"
"It's actually a 60-card Branded build… 24 cards to the Grave… That's so many pieces getting loaded," Yusaku (the spectator) couldn't help saying. "I'll give you 50, you let me pilot from here, okay?"
Fire-of-Joy pushed his glasses up in a very tactical way, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.
"Just as I thought. That last card might not literally be Grass, but it's basically the same thing!"
At this point, the smile was gone from Kazama's face.
He stared tensely at the cards Yusaku was sending to the Graveyard.
"I don't believe it. There's no way you milled the pieces you need to start your plays!"
Yusaku gave a faint smile and flipped up one of the cards in his Graveyard.
"Sorry, but the card I wanted is already here."
Seeing the card in Yusaku's hand, Kazama's pupils shrank.
"How is that possible?!"
Yusaku (the spectator) let out a weird laugh.
"You wouldn't get it. For a Duelist, everything is inevitable!"
Yusaku raised his arm and shouted,
"I activate the effect of Despian Tragedy in the Graveyard, and chain Bystial Saronir's effect!"
"First is Bystial Saronir's effect!
If this card is sent to the Graveyard, I can activate it to send 1 'Branded' Spell or Trap from my Deck to the Graveyard."
Yusaku revealed a card from his Deck.
"I choose to send the Counter Trap Branded Retribution from my Deck to the Graveyard!"
"Next is the effect of Despian Tragedy!
If this card is sent to the Graveyard by a card effect, or banished by a card effect, I can activate it to add 1 'Despia' monster other than itself from my Deck to my hand."
"I add the Level 4 monster Aluber the Jester of Despia from my Deck to my hand."
After adding the searched card to his hand, Yusaku continued,
"Next, I activate the effect of Dracotail Urgula in my Graveyard!
While this card is in the Graveyard, I can target 1 Spellcaster 'Dracotail' monster in my Graveyard and activate this effect: this card returns to the bottom of the Deck, and that target is added to my hand."
"I target the Spellcaster in my Graveyard – Dracotail Faimena, and return Dracotail Urgula to the bottom of my Deck to add Faimena to my hand."
"It's not over yet!"
Yusaku shouted,
"Next I activate the effect of Branded Retribution in my Graveyard! I banish this card to add the Quick-Play Spell Branded in Red from my Graveyard to my hand!"
Once all the searched cards were gathered into his hand, Yusaku drew one more and slapped it onto his Duel Disk.
"Normal Summon – Aluber the Jester of Despia!"
Aluber the Jester of Despia
[Level 4 / Fairy / Effect]
[ATK 1800]
"The effect of Aluber the Jester of Despia."
"When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, I can activate it to add 1 'Branded' Spell or Trap from my Deck to my hand."
"I add the Spell Card Branded Fusion from my Deck to my hand."
After adding the card, he revealed another one.
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Branded in Red!"
"The effect of this card lets me target 1 'Despia' monster or 'Fallen of Albaz' in my Graveyard and add it to my hand.
Then, from my hand or field, I banish monsters that are listed as Fusion Material for a Level 8 or higher Fusion Monster to Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck."
Yusaku flipped up a card in his Graveyard.
"I add Fallen of Albaz from my Graveyard to my hand!"
With the card recovered, Yusaku immediately followed up,
"Then, according to the effect of Branded in Red, I banish the Fallen of Albaz I just added and the Aluber the Jester of Despia on my field as Fusion Materials!"
"Fusion Summon – Rank 8!
Descend – Lubellion the Searing Dragon!"
Fiery flames roared across the Duel Field as a massive red dragon clad in alloy armor let out an earth-shaking roar, emerging from within the blazing inferno.
Lubellion the Searing Dragon
[Level 8 / Dragon / Fusion / Effect]
[ATK 2500]
"Lubellion the Searing Dragon's effect activates!"
"When this card is Fusion Summoned, I can discard 1 card to activate it.
Then, using monsters on my field and/or monsters in my Graveyard that are listed as Fusion Materials for a Fusion Monster, I return them to the Deck to Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck."
Yusaku revealed a card from his hand.
"I discard Dracotail Faimena to the Graveyard, then return Fallen of Albaz and Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous from my Graveyard to the Deck!"
"Fusion Summon – Albion the Branded Dragon!"
The crimson dragon wreathed in flames vanished into a vortex of light, and in the next instant, a white dragon cloaked in radiant fire appeared from the whirlpool.
Albion the Branded Dragon
[Level 8 / Dragon / Fusion / Effect]
[ATK 2500]
"Albion the Branded Dragon's effect activates!"
"When this card is Fusion Summoned, I can activate it to banish Fusion Materials listed on a Level 8 or lower Fusion Monster from my hand, field, or Graveyard, except this card itself, and Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck."
"I choose to banish Dark Magician and Red-Eyes Black Dragon from my Graveyard!"
He's banishing Dark Magician and Red-Eyes Black Dragon?!
The moment they heard the names of the banished monsters, both Yusaku (the spectator) and Fire-of-Joy froze.
The two of them realized at the very same moment what Yusaku was about to summon, and couldn't help exclaiming,
"Damn—he's going to summon that banned card, and he's doing it properly!
The one with the double destruction effect!!!"
(End of Chapter)
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