Chapter 568

Johan moved his body slightly.

Wearing the armor made him feel a little uncomfortable.

However, he quickly accepted this status quo.

Previously, he had always wanted to have a formal duel with Tenjou Hikari, but he never had the chance, and he accidentally lost to others in the GX tournament, so he had no way to duel Tenjou Hikari's "Gem-Knight" with his Crystal Beasts on stage.

And this scene now seemed very appropriate.

"My turn, draw."

He noticed on the screen next to him that the number of people supporting Tenjou Hikari was significantly more than his.

Even though he was the "protagonist," it seemed that everyone generally supported Tenjou Hikari more.

Of course, he understood.

Just like when playing games as a child, everyone always had to divide someone to play the villain, but if a certain child was particularly popular, then even if they played the villain, everyone would instinctively help them say a few words.

In this Duel Academy, Tenjou Hikari was much more famous and popular than him, an international student; almost no one doubted Tenjou Hikari anymore, as he was the genuine Academy Ace.

But Johan could also understand.

It was a very simple matter; if Tenjou Hikari went to their branch school, he dared to say that his popularity would definitely be higher than Tenjou Hikari's—even if Tenjou Hikari's fame in the world was much higher than his own.

Supporting "one of their own" was a matter of course.

Therefore, the first thing he needed to do was to let everyone "get into character."

"I'm coming, Lancelot!"

"Come on—Artorigus!"

Johan drew a card from his deck.

He glanced at the card in his hand and said, "As a knight, betraying one's lord is something that can never be accepted!"

Tenjou Hikari was amused.

"However, you are also a noble knight, so I allow you to prove your martial prowess and purity in this sacred duel—ah, anyway, just use my family... knights, let me see your power, Knight!"

"Spell Card, Crystal Bond!"

A huge yellow crystal flashed on the field; whether it was an illusion or not, many students saw a strange armament, a tiger covered in armor, roaring as it appeared, and then turning into a yellow crystal.

"I add Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus from my deck to my hand, and at the same time, I use Crystal Beast Huang Yu Tiger from my deck as a Continuous Spell Card and place it in my Spell & Trap Zone."

"Crystal Beast!"

"I saw it in the GX tournament before; it is said to be the only set in the world, cards personally excavated and made by Mr. Pegasus!"

Johan laughed: "That's right, these are the only ones in the world, my family, my knights!"

"Johan, what are you playing?" Sapphire Pegasus flew to his side and asked Johan suspiciously.

For some reason, it had a lot more armor and equipment on its body, which made it feel a little uncomfortable.

Johan explained it to it slightly, and then it became interested.

Roleplay Dueling!?

Then, it was Johan's Round Table Knight!

"Defeat the villain!" Pegasus shouted, "Let me go!"

"Oh! You're really motivated! Sapphire!" Johan responded enthusiastically, and then summoned the monster in his hand to the field, "Normal Summon, Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus!"

"Neigh—"

The armored Sapphire made a brilliant appearance.

The pride of Crystal Beast!

Sapphire Pegasus!

Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus, Level 4, Wind, Beast, ATK 1800.

"When Sapphire Pegasus is Summoned, Special Summoned, or Flip Summoned, I can place 1 Crystal Beast from my deck as a Continuous Spell Card face-up on my field. I place Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat from my deck!"

"Yeah!" The purple cat jumped onto the field, shouted, and then turned into a purple crystal, remaining on the field.

"Spell Card, Rare Value." Johan showed a Spell Card to Tenjou Hikari, "I can only activate this if I have two or more Crystal Beast Continuous Spell Cards on my field. The opponent chooses one to send to the Graveyard, and I draw two cards."

Johan raised the corners of his mouth and looked at Tenjou Hikari: "Come on, Knight, what are you going to choose!"

"Of course, I choose Huang Yu Tiger." Tenjou Hikari pointed to the monster on the opponent's field, "A true knight should protect women and children; compared to a fierce tiger, it's better to keep the cat."

"That doesn't sound like something a traitor would say! And—if you underestimate the 【Cat】, you're going to suffer; that's not something a knight would do!" Johan felt the crazy roar of Amethyst Cat and couldn't help but lower his head and laugh.

Amethyst Cat was the one with the worst temper among his family. It almost didn't allow anyone to hurt him or other Crystal Beasts, and it was one of the very few spirits that would still swear; anyway, Tenjou Hikari saying that, it must be very unhappy.

Even knowing that this was "acting."

"Set three cards—" Johan set a full three cards quite kindly, and then smiled and said, "Lancelot, if you still have the pride of a 【Knight】, then use your power to break through the duel!"

Tenjou Hikari placed his hand on the deck and felt a slight resistance.

He glanced at the projection screen next to him; because of the fast and efficient turn and the "rare" cards, Johan's supporters gradually caught up.

Under Johan's "performance," the students gradually realized that this was not a score, but support for "Artorigus" and "Lancelot," so the supporters of Lancelot, as the villain, would naturally decrease and become supporters of Artorigus.

But Tenjou Hikari didn't care about this.

He found that when he drew a card, he actually felt a little resistance.

Sure enough...

He used his peripheral vision to observe Professor Palading slightly.

Sure enough, this so-called "Roleplay Duel" was not purely roleplaying; there was extra "energy support" in this duel.

Is it that supporter screen?

"My turn, draw—"

Tenjou Hikari quickly drew a card and continued: "Artorigus, I have never betrayed you, nor have I ever attacked you."

"But since you cannot tolerate and let me go, then, let a knight's duel make you understand my loyalty to the Round Table." He glanced at his hand, "Equip Spell Card, Future Fusion!"

"Use this card to awaken the future and show my determination!"

"Then—Set card!" Johan decisively activated a Trap, "Counter Trap, Crystal Miracle!"

He slowly clenched his fist and said: "I can activate this when a monster effect, Spell, or Trap Card is activated. Select 1 【Crystal Beast】 on my field and destroy it, negate that activation, and destroy it!

I destroy Amethyst Cat and send it to the Graveyard, negating and destroying your Future Fusion!"

Hmm.

Tenjou Hikari watched a clock rotate in the sky for a moment; Pegasus kicked, hit the clock with its front knee, and then slowly dissipated.

Damn...

"Justice will surely defeat evil; for a traitor, there is no 【Future】!" Johan shouted slogans handsomely, then posed a few times, and the support rate began to grow steadily.

Tenjou Hikari felt a slight pressure.

So that's how it is.

Is that so?

Roleplay Dueling is actually quite interesting.

He felt his "Spirit Power" being slightly honed.

This Professor Palading's research direction also has some quite unique and powerful aspects...

"Is that so—but, don't forget, I am the 【Strongest】 Knight; since you want to use crystals, then, let me show you my 【Gem】!

Continuous Spell Card, Brilliant Fusion!"

Tenjou Hikari casually lit up a Spell Card: "The effect of Brilliant Fusion is to send the monsters in my deck to the Graveyard as Fusion Materials and Fusion Summon 1 Gem-Knight Fusion Monster, changing its ATK and DEF to 0."

Tenjou Hikari took out his deck, searched through it, and took out two cards: "I fuse Gem-Knight Sapphire from my deck and Gem-Knight Nephrite from my deck!

The Fusion condition is Gem-Knight Sapphire and a Gem-Knight monster!"

"Gem-Knight Nephrite?" On the stands, many people raised questions.

They had never heard Tenjou Hikari use this card before?

And, why does this name sound weird?

"Shouldn't it be Gem-Knight Lapis and Gem-Knight Huang Yu? Who is this Nephrite?"

"That's true; this is not Hikari's previous summoning habit."

"That's for sure!" Tenjou Hikari seemed to hear the questions from the people below, "Because, I am the strongest knight, Lancelot, the knight who controls the magic sword—"

A group of students were somewhat confused when they heard this, but soon, they also understood Tenjou Hikari's implication.

At this moment, he was using the "villain" as a starting point for his tactics.

"Fusion Summon, Gem-Knight Aquamarine!"

A sturdy knight swung his hand blade and jumped onto the field.

This time it was a real "knight."

Gem-Knight Aquamarine, Level 6, Earth, Aqua, ATK 0.

"Gem-Knight?" Sapphire Pegasus looked at the monster that appeared on the opposite side and couldn't help but sigh, becoming excited, "So that's it, is this the duelist you mentioned, Johan, who also uses 【Gems】?

It is indeed a quite interesting monster."

"However, the ATK is only 0."

Amethyst Cat's spirit poked its head out from the Graveyard, clawing at the edge of the Graveyard, looking at the scene on the field: "If the ATK is 0, there's no need to worry at all."

Tenjou Hikari laughed: "At this moment, activate Nephrite's effect!"

"This card can only be activated when it is sent from the hand or deck to the Graveyard. Select 1 card in your hand and send it to the Graveyard, and Special Summon this card!"

Tenjou Hikari held up a card in his hand: "I send Gem-Knight Fusion to the Graveyard."

"Special Summon, Gem-Knight Nephrite!"

Hum—

A purple halo rose above Tenjou Hikari's head, and a purple angel halo slowly rotated and emerged.

Immediately after, a large number of puppet strings flew out from all directions, and then combined into a look that everyone was familiar with.

No—

Although it was a "familiar" monster, it was much smaller than that time!

A slender little monster slowly appeared on Tenjou Hikari's field.

Gem-Knight Nephrite, Level 4, Light, Angel, DEF 1600.

"Oh!!!"

"Isn't this, isn't this Nephrite?"

"So it's Nephrite—"

Many people suddenly realized.

Almost all students knew that besides the spirit called "Midrash," the spirit Tenjou Hikari trusted the most was Flame Swordsman and Gem-Knight Crystal, and Crystal possessed the form of "Shaddoll Construct."

Before, they were still wondering if other Shaddoll monsters had other forms, and today they finally discovered that Nephrite had a Gem-Knight form.

Tenjou Hikari looked at Nephrite, feeling indescribably excited.

This card was a brand-new card produced during this period.

It seemed that because "Lapis's" body was unsealed, the power of Gem-Knight and Shaddoll began to grow normally; not only was "Gem-Knight Seraphinite" successfully born, but even a card Tenjou Hikari had never seen before appeared.

Gem-Knight Nephrite!

Powerful, strong, mighty! After this card appeared, Tenjou Hikari instantly knew that his Gem-Knight build needed to be changed.

"Nephrite's effect, this card can only be activated when it is Summoned or Special Summoned. Add 1 Gem-Knight card other than 【Gem-Knight Nephrite】 from your deck to your hand. During the Main Phase of this turn, the effect damage the opponent receives is halved!"

"Such a strong effect!" Below the stage, Jūdai exclaimed suddenly.

Others hadn't reacted yet, and Wan Zhang Mu, who had teamed up with Tenjou Hikari, also instantly remembered that card: "Ah, so strong!?"

"Aha!" On the stage, the Tyler sisters' eyes lit up, and Gloria couldn't help but clap her hands, "It's that, 【Scatter】!"

"Nephrite's effect—add 【Gem-Knight Scatter】 from the deck to the hand!" Tenjou Hikari laughed and added Gem-Knight Scatter from his deck to his hand.

"Immediately after, use it!" Tenjou Hikari held up the card in his hand, and countless purple thunderbolts descended from the sky, illuminating his figure as terrifying, dark, and profound.

However, it was precisely because of this light, because of this influence, that the number of Tenjou Hikari's supporters began to skyrocket crazily.

To play a villain, you must have the self-awareness of playing a villain!

Boom!

Boom!

Under the thunder, Tenjou Hikari, wearing armor, seemed to be a hunter knight who had destroyed countless planets to hunt down monsters; his figure seemed incomparably tall, scaring many students in the "Noble Knight" faction into lowering their heads.

"Gem-Knight Scatter is a Fusion Spell Card exclusively for Gem-Knight; it can use monsters in your hand or on your field as Fusion Materials to perform a Gem-Knight Fusion Summon—however, when 【Gem-Knight Fusion】 exists in your Graveyard, up to two Gem-Knight monsters other than Rock-Type from your deck or Extra Deck can also be used as Fusion Materials!"

Johan, Sapphire Pegasus, and Amethyst Cat stared at Tenjou Hikari in a daze: "Fusion from the Extra Deck?"

Tenjou Hikari raised the corners of his mouth and said: "I use Aquamarine on the field, and Ruby and Huang Yu from the Extra Deck as Fusion Materials, Fusion Summon!!"

Boom!

A huge gem sword fell from the sky, and then, a pure white knight slowly swung his cloak, pressed his hands on the hilt, and erupted with terrifying purple thunder.

"Level 9!"

"Gem-Knight Master Diamond!"

Gem-Knight Master Diamond, Level 9, Rock, ATK 2900.

As the villain knight, he was the first to summon the "Knight King"!

(End of chapter)