Chapter 111

Gloria carefully began to check the cards in the graveyard.

Tenjou Hikari only set one card, which was "Resh Shaddoll Incarnation," so if there was any card that could help her, it must be in the graveyard.

Not only that, he also retained his "Monster Reborn"...

She checked carefully for a while, suddenly narrowed her eyes, and found the card Tenjou Hikari had used in the graveyard.

So it was this card.

Her eyes lit up.

"Open set card, Monster Reborn!"

Gloria swung her right hand, like a female general, directing the card to flip open: "This card can revive a monster in the graveyard."

"Revive a monster in the graveyard? What do you want to revive?" The Empress was curious. "Could it be you want to revive my Warrior Chief? Or are you wanting to revive your teammate's Construct?

Heh, no matter which one it is, it's useless!"

The Empress confidently stuck her great blade into the ground.

After all, she still had Curse Mirror on her field.

Even if the opponent fuses the fake Empress again, the ATK is only the same as hers.

Protracted warfare?

Heh—

She wanted to resolve the opponent in her turn; she absolutely could not let the other side drag it out to the next turn of that warrior named Tenjou Hikari.

Now it seems that human warrior is indeed worthy of his reputation; no wonder he is so trusted by Misawa Daichi, no wonder the humans around would cheer for his appearance—however, this is a tag duel.

She would end the battle in her turn!

"Hmph, neither!" Just when the Empress thought Gloria was at her wit's end, Gloria took a card from the graveyard and slapped it on the field, "I choose this one—

Special Summon in defense position.

Tengu!"

What's that—

Under everyone's surprised gaze, an ancient warrior covered in arrows and wearing armor revived from the graveyard, and after it stood up, everyone was surprised to find that a huge mouth had replaced its abdomen!

Tengu, Level 5, Light Attribute, Warrior-Type, DEF 2100.

"Eh? When was that card?"

"Strange, the Tyler sisters' deck doesn't have that kind of card, right?"

"Tenjou Hikari's card?"

"When?"

The Empress was stunned for a while, then suddenly remembered: "It's the fusion material for Shaddoll Fusion!"

"That's right!" Gloria grinned.

"So it was Tenjou Hikari's card..."

"Didn't expect the captain would actually use Tenjou Hikari's card."

"Why say those things at a time like this!"

Some Tenjou Hikari fans hiding inside the Fusion Army immediately seized the opportunity and shouted: "Since it's Tenjou Hikari's card, then it must—"

"Ha, when Tengu is successfully Special Summoned, you can pay 500 life points to activate! Send the fusion materials determined by the Warrior-Type Fusion Monster from your hand/field to the graveyard, and Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster!"

"Sure enough, it's Fusion!!"

"It's monster fusion!"

Everyone present understood.

Gloria & Tenjou Hikari, LP: 5200→4700.

"Send Spiritualist and Queen on the field to the graveyard, Fusion Summon!"

"Amazoness Empress!"

Amazoness Empress, Level 8, Earth Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 2800.

"Tsk..." The Empress saw this monster appear and couldn't help but snort unhappily.

"Normal Summon, Amazoness Swords Woman." Gloria didn't stop.

Amazoness Swords Woman, Level 4, Earth Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 1500.

"Battle! Amazoness Empress attacks Magical Scientist—"

She didn't hesitate either, hurriedly getting rid of that dangerous monster.

"Amazoness Curse Mirror, once per turn, makes battle damage 0." The Empress snorted.

"Then how do you block this! Amazoness Swords Woman attacks Amazoness Empress—you should know its effect!"

"Tsk... the damage taken by Swords Woman in battle is taken by the opponent."

Empress & Mathematician, LP: 5000→3700.

"End battle, activate Spiritualist's effect in the graveyard, return Amazoness Swords Woman on the field to the hand, and Special Summon this card in defense position."

Amazoness Spiritualist, Level 2, Earth Attribute, Warrior-Type, DEF 1800.

"Set two cards, end turn!"

"By the way, Fusion Recycling Plant's effect, during the end phase, recycle a fusion material monster used for fusion this turn, return Queen to the hand."

She looked at the field and nodded with satisfaction.

She had forgotten this effect when she was thinking before; at that time, she hadn't thought about these things in her mind at all, because she always felt Tenjou Hikari wouldn't cooperate with her.

Now it seems she was still narrow-minded.

"...Magician, activate your set card."

"Oh? Ho ho ho, alright." Hearing the Empress's words, the Mathematician wouldn't refuse either.

He was just a guest, so since the host here wanted to use it, then use it.

"Trap Card, Skill Successor. Increase the ATK of 1 face-up monster on the field by 400 until the end of the turn."

"Looks like they want to decide the winner this turn." The surrounding audience saw it.

Misawa Daichi also explained appropriately: "Skill Successor can increase the ATK of a face-up monster on the field by 400 in the turn it is activated, but its more powerful point lies in banishing itself from the graveyard to increase the ATK of 1 monster on the field by 800—of course, these two effects cannot be activated at the same time; the effect in the graveyard can only be used in a turn it wasn't sent to the graveyard."

Gloria looked at her opponent vigilantly.

Wanting to decide the winner this turn?

Not that simple!

"My turn, draw card." The Empress drew a card, glanced at it, and sneered.

"Set two cards, is it? Don't know what kind of defensive cards they are, but—as long as there is this, it's enough.

Normal Summon, Amazoness Sage."

Amazoness Sage, Level 4, Earth Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 1400.

Gloria raised her eyebrows slightly.

When Amazoness Sage attacks, she can destroy 1 Spell/Trap card on the field at the end of the damage step.

A guy who dismantles traps.

And because the Empress is on the field, there is no need to worry about being destroyed.

"Battle!" The Empress waved her hand and pointed at the opposite side, "I'm going to attack that Spiritualist who actually dared to resist me!"

"Before that, look at this!" Gloria sneered and flipped open her set card, "Quick-Play Spell Card, Rush, activate by choosing 1 monster on the field. That monster's ATK increases by 700 until the end of the turn—I choose your Amazoness Empress!"

"Oh? This meaning?" Amazoness Empress immediately realized what Gloria was going to do, "Rescue, is it?"

"That's right!" Gloria opened her set card at the same time, "Trap Card, Rescue!"

It can be activated when a card targeting an [Amazoness] monster on the field is activated. Return the targeted monster card to the hand, and Special Summon 1 other monster from your hand.

"Heh, if it can't be destroyed, then use other means to resolve it; I admit, this kind of chain of yours can effectively deal with me, and you can also Special Summon monsters to supplement the field; if it passes, it will directly reverse the field. So, as a warrior who uses the Amazoness deck, your wisdom is already qualified... but! I am the King of the Amazoness!"

The Empress suddenly swiped a card from her hand: "Quick-Play Spell Card! Amazoness Secret Arts!"

"Send the fusion materials determined by the [Amazoness] Fusion Monster from your hand/field to the graveyard, and Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster!"

The Empress laughed wildly: "It's been a long time since I've been this passionate!

You two, not bad—but, my power is far from this!!

Let you see the brand-new power I possess after training in this critical point dimension!

Fuse me and Sage on the field!"

Her cloak fluttered in the wind, the beast bones used for decoration began to grow, and a huge metal throne like a halo stood slowly on her field.

In her eyes, blood-red light flowed, and she grinned: "The fusion condition is an Amazoness Fusion Monster and an Amazoness monster!"

"Fusion Summon—

My full-power form!"

"Amazoness Empress Queen!"

Amazoness Empress Queen, Level 10, Earth Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 3200!

"Ah?"

"Empress, can still fuse and evolve?" Grace was surprised.

She hadn't seen it either.

Gloria frowned, looking at her opponent solemnly.

Because all the cards lost their targets, the two cards she activated lost their effects.

Empress Queen shook her hands gently: "When I am successfully Fusion Summoned, I can Special Summon any Amazoness monster from the deck."

"Use the monster you used to attack me before—come on, Swords Woman, come to my side."

"Yes!"

The brave female swordsman appeared beside her.

Amazoness Swords Woman, Level 4, Earth Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 1500.

"Skill Successor in the graveyard, increase my ATK by 800."

Amazoness Empress Queen, ATK: 3200→4000.

Empress Queen moved her neck with her right hand.

"Using Empress or Queen as fusion material to Fusion Summon me, I can attack twice in one battle phase."

"Ah? 4000 ATK double attack!?"

"Hiss—what's going on, they're all aiming to kill the opponent in seconds!"

Empress Queen looked at her opponent, but she found that Gloria didn't seem nervous.

Oh?

Even more courage than before?

She actually still quite appreciated Gloria; if Gloria won, she might be willing to give her a share of her power.

But, now it seems, it doesn't seem possible.

She swung her huge great blade and rushed toward the opponent's Empress, slashing over.

Gloria & Tenjou Hikari, LP: 4700→3500.

Immediately after, it was the second slash—

Gloria & Tenjou Hikari, LP: 3500→2300.

Subsequently, it flew in front of Gloria, kicked her onto the target with one foot, making a clattering sound, not knowing how many targets were smashed.

It's just—

What she didn't understand was why the other side wasn't afraid at all?

"Looks like you only increased your power, not your technique." After enduring the double attack, Gloria laughed out loud.

"?"

Gloria wiped the corner of her mouth, the fanaticism and excitement on her face not dissipating at all, "Don't underestimate people too much, old woman—"

"What???" The Empress was stunned.

Gloria returned to her position, stepped on the rubble, and pointed her right hand at Tenjou Hikari: "Who do you think the guy beside me is?"

"He is the guy the Fusion Army has never been able to defeat, the one who dares to say the slogan even when everyone is hostile to fusion, the one who claims to understand all fusion—"

She opened the graveyard, took out a card, and showed it to her opponent.

Empress Queen's eyes widened immediately.

Amazoness Secret Arts!!!?

This is—

This is the card discarded by Fusion Recycling Plant!?

The second effect of this card clearly stated that this card in the graveyard can use monsters in the Extra Deck to fuse when an Amazoness monster fuses—why go through so much trouble?

The answer is obvious, the continued fusion of fusion monsters!

"Ha, Tenjou Hikari knew long ago that you had a more advanced form, but he didn't stop me." Gloria curled her lips in a smile, "But recognized my tactics!"

"If I'm not mistaken, although your current form is stronger, but—you don't have the piercing effect on the whole field! Right!

Otherwise, you would have dealt more damage attacking Tengu and Spiritualist!"

"...Tsk." Empress Queen had to admit.

She underestimated her opponent!

That's right, Empress Queen's current form increased extraordinary brute force, but the "technique" aspect was reduced; not only could it not protect the Amazoness monsters on the field, it couldn't even pierce the enemy!

"Amazoness Swords Woman attacks Tengu."

Gloria & Tenjou Hikari, LP: 2300→1700.

"Oh? Looks like even the ability to protect teammates is gone."

Thinking deeply, there are points that have become stronger, and points that have been weakened.

So that's it.

Gloria recalled the set card of Empress Queen that Tenjou Hikari destroyed.

Call of the Haunted.

It was originally used to revive the Empress, right? That would have had the ability to pierce and attack twice.

She looked at her hand.

She also drew Amazoness Hot Spring.

Her own ATK is 3200, and with Hot Spring and Curse Mirror, plus the remaining 3700 life points, it shouldn't be so easy to be defeated.

And, the opponent's life points aren't much either; with Swords Woman on the field, the other side shouldn't dare to attack easily!

For some reason, Empress Queen, who originally just wanted to test, now really wanted to win!

Having fought to this point, she couldn't just lose casually!

"Set one card, end turn!"

"It's up to you, Tenjou Hikari!" Gloria looked up and said, "Don't let us down!"

Tenjou Hikari shook his head with a light smile.

"Draw card."

He looked at his hand.

He didn't draw the card he wanted.

"Fusion Recycling Plant's effect, discard a card, add a [Fusion] from the deck to my hand."

Tenjou Hikari discarded Substitute Fusion and added Fusion from the deck.

"Substitute Fusion's effect, return El Shaddoll Construct from the graveyard, banish yourself, draw a card."

Tenjou Hikari drew a card.

Hmm, right.

"Normal Summon, Predaplant Sundew Kingii!"

Unlike Shaddoll Lizard, this is a living plant lizard full of plants.

Predaplant Sundew Kingii, Level 2, Dark Attribute, Plant-Type, ATK 600.

"Sundew Kingii's effect, during the main phase, you can fuse with monsters in your hand/field.

Fuse Predaplant Sundew Kingii and Shaddoll Lizard in my hand."

Tenjou Hikari revealed Shaddoll Lizard.

"It's time to devour everything—"

"Fusion Summon!

Predaplant Chimerafflesia!"

Boom boom, the earth began to churn crazily, countless green branches moved in the earth, and a huge pink flower rose from the earth, letting out ten roars.

Predaplant Chimerafflesia, Level 8, Dark Attribute, Plant-Type, ATK 2500.

"Spell Card, Shaddoll Fusion."

"When the opponent has a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, you can use monsters in the deck as fusion materials."

Tenjou Hikari opened his deck and showed two cards from it: "Shaddoll Falcon, Cyber Dragon, come to my side again, El Shaddoll Construct!"

El Shaddoll Construct, Level 8, Light Attribute, Fairy-Type, ATK 2800.

"Tsk..." Empress Queen saw this monster appear and couldn't help but mutter.

This is a bit bad.

The evolved her focuses more on offense and has no ability to protect herself.

But—

She looked at the field.

It's okay, the opponent shouldn't dare to attack Swords Woman.

Survive this turn, as long as the Mathematician uses Magical Scientist's power again, they can win!

"Strange, why doesn't Hikari use Chimerafflesia's effect to banish Amazoness Swords Woman, which has a lower level?" Misawa frowned.

That monster is too troublesome.

"When Amazoness Empress Queen is on the field, other Amazoness monsters cannot be targeted by effects, so I can't banish it." Tenjou Hikari heard Misawa's words while operating and shook his head gently.

So that's it!

Misawa Daichi suddenly realized.

"Change all monsters on the field to attack position."

Amazoness Spiritualist, ATK: 800; Tengu, ATK 1000.

"Battle! Chimerafflesia attacks Amazoness Empress Queen!"

"What?!"

"When Chimerafflesia attacks, it can make the opponent's monster's ATK decrease by 1000, and its own ATK increase by 1000!" Misawa shouted loudly!

Doesn't that mean a 4500 ATK monster can only die with it!?

"Then I activate Continuous Trap Card, Amazoness Hot Spring!" Seeing this, Empress Queen immediately flipped open the set card.

Chimerafflesia, ATK: 2500→3500.

Amazoness Empress Queen, ATK: 3200→2200.

Because of Amazoness Hot Spring, she didn't lose life points.

But this way, Empress Queen's luxurious makeup and throne were destroyed, and she could only helplessly return to the starting position.

"Then, Construct attacks Amazoness Swords Woman—don't battle, directly destroy!"

Countless puppet strings extended from the halo, wrapping around Swords Woman, causing her to disappear after a scream.

"There are no Amazoness monsters on my field, Hot Spring won't recover life points!"

"But, I still have Curse Mirror!" Empress Queen still didn't give up, she still wanted to fight!

"Amazoness Empress attacks directly—"

"It's useless, Curse Mirror's effect makes damage zero!"

This way, I can rest easy!

"Spiritualist and Tengu's total ATK is only 1800, we still have 3700 life points, so—we still have 1900 life points! No matter how you attack, it's useless!" Empress Queen swung her great blade excitedly, "We won!"

Tenjou Hikari raised his eyebrows and silently took a card from his hand: "Please don't forget, I also recycled this card, Resh Shaddoll Incarnation."

!

Empress Queen's eyes widened.

Quick-Play Fusion—

"Quick-Play Spell Card! Resh Shaddoll Incarnation!"

"Fuse Construct and Chimerafflesia!"

Tenjou Hikari curled his lips.

The second Midrash he got earlier was very useful.

"Fusion Summon—that's right, as always!"

"Listen to God's command!"

"God's messenger!"

"El Shaddoll Midrash!"

Swish—

Puppets, flowers, darkness, everything was fused together, and replacing them was that magician who was as expressionless as ever!

El Shaddoll Midrash, Level 5, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, ATK 2200!

Empress Queen's eyes widened.

All the recycled cards were used!

This human who fuses...

And Gloria was already laughing out loud: "As expected of you, Tenjou Hikari! Sure enough, as expected of the absolute fusion user Tenjou Hikari! Hahaha—too interesting!"

"Then, battle continues. Tengu, Spiritualist, and Midrash attack directly!"

Empress Queen & Mathematician, LP: 3700→2700→1900→0!