Chapter 294

"I choose you!"

Orc A pointed at Orc C.

"Based on the side effect, you may draw one to three cards from your deck!"

"Hahaha, big brother is too kind. Then I'll draw three cards from my deck." Orc C laughed as he drew.

Orc A: "And I recover six thousand life points!"

【Orc Trio, LP 4000 → LP 10000】

Orc C's eyes flashed with sharp light as he let out two eerie laughs.

"Thanks, big brother, for the cards—you've helped me draw them too."

He waved his hand and laid down a magic card from his hand.

"Continuous Magic—'Tribe's Unity'! All Orc Warriors on the field gain an additional 800 attack!"

A third identical continuous magic card appeared on the field. The three effects stacked, and a golden light, like a Saiyan's aura, engulfed every Orc Warrior.

【Blood Axe Demon, Attack 3500 → Attack 4300】

【Dark Scorpion Lion, Attack 3900 → Attack 4700】

【Cosmic Centaur, Attack 3400 → Attack 4200】

"This is the power of our brothers united—a wall of defense!" Orc A roared.

In an instant, three god-tier monsters surpassing the Obelisk class!

Three against one, brothers united—how could you possibly lose this match?

"I now summon 'Goblin Assassins'!"

【Goblin Assassins, Attack 1300】

"Of course, they're also Orc Warriors," Orc C said. "With the triple 'Tribe's Unity' effect, their attack rises by 2400!"

【Goblin Assassins, Attack 1300 → Attack 3700】

"And the Goblin Assassins' effect allows this card to directly attack the opponent player," Orc C sneered.

All three orcs began to chuckle coldly.

Attack nearly four thousand, with direct attack capability. One touch and you're done for.

"Too bad—in Battle Royale mode, no player can attack during the first turn. I'll let you live one more turn," Orc C said. "But the same rule applies to you—your next turn will also be unable to attack."

"So we still hold the initiative. Once we enter our attack phase, it's your death."

He drew another card.

"And activate the magic card 'Sacrificial Puppet'! Tribute one monster to special summon a level-seven monster from your hand."

Orc C glanced at his big brother beside him.

"Big brother, lend me your monster for a moment."

"Take it. Don't be so formal with your elder," the big brother said generously.

"Then I tribute 'Cosmic Centaur' to special summon a level-seven Orc Warrior from my hand!" Orc C cried. "Appear! Wolf Warrior Saint!"

【Wolf Warrior Saint, Attack 2700】

"And with the triple 'Tribe's Unity' effect, its attack rises further!"

【Wolf Warrior Saint, Attack 2700 → Attack 5100】

Attack of five thousand one!

Higher than the legendary Five Emperors Dragon!

Ten thousand life points, Five Emperors Dragon on the field—who could possibly lose this match?

"Heh, though I think you've already lost, I'll add this extra precaution—Continuous Magic 'Toll'!" Orc C said. "While this card remains on the field, all players must pay 500 life points to declare an attack."

The three orcs laughed sinisterly together again.

"Our life points are ten thousand—we have more than enough. As for you… heh."

Then came the final layer of defense.

Orc C glanced at another card he had drawn.

Trap Card—Explosive Armor.

A powerful trap that destroys any attacking monster. Now his field was nearly flawless.

"I set one card face-down. End of my turn," Orc C said.

A perfect wall of defense—with zero openings.

"Still time to surrender," Orc A sneered. "Admit who sent you and what your goal is. Maybe we'll let you die without too much pain."

"Hmm, this formation is indeed troublesome," Fujiki You Xuan said.

Orc A frowned.

Though the opponent spoke these words, he felt no sense of urgency at all.

Why?

I've set up such a perfect field—why isn't he running?

"My turn, draw." Fujiki You Xuan said. "Then, I'll borrow the resources you gave me with your 'Hand Destruction'."

"I banish from the game the Light-attribute 'Extra-Dimensional Warrior Woman' and the Dark-attribute 'Stubborn Old Magician' from my graveyard."

"I offer the souls of Light and Dark to the Chaos Field, summoning the legendary warrior—Heaven and Earth Open—"

"—Chaos Warrior—Messenger of Opening, Summon!"

Sword qi ripped through chaos; the Opening Swordsman arrived with tyrannical authority amid a golden storm.

【Chaos Warrior—Messenger of Opening, Attack 3000】

"It's the Messenger of Opening!"

"That swordsman!"

All three orcs were stunned.

Clearly, Opening had earned great fame during his long war with Orichalcum—even these spirit-world subordinates had heard of his name.

"Stay calm," Orc A was the first to recover, calming his two teammates. "Even the Messenger of Opening can't instantly wipe out all three of us."

"Is that so?" Fujiki You Xuan smiled.

All three felt a jolt.

"Bluffing," Orc A muttered.

We have multiple monsters with attack 4000–5000 on the field, traps and attack lockdown in the back row, and ten thousand life points—

How could you possibly wipe us out in one turn?

"Then, for safety's sake… activate my face-down card!" Orc A roared. "Quick-Play Magic—'End of the World'! When your opponent special summons a monster, activate one field spell from your deck! So I activate this card from my deck—"

"—Field Spell—'Light of the Sacred Seal'!"

The field shifted abruptly; a new sealing array spread across the ground, dominating Fujiki You Xuan's side.

"I declare a monster type—no monsters of that type may attack during the turn they are summoned. I declare—Warrior Type!"

"Uh…" Fujiki You Xuan fell silent.

He wanted to say, but I already couldn't attack because of Light of the Sacred Sword.

Or did seeing the Great Opening appear trigger some kind of reflex?

How terrified are you of Great Opening?

But it didn't matter—he never intended to attack anyway.

"Then, activate Magic Card—'Star Burst'! Pay life points in 500-point increments to reduce the level of any one monster on your field or in your hand by one star per 500 points paid."

He pointed at Great Opening.

"I pay 3500 life points to reduce the level of 'Chaos Warrior—Messenger of Opening' by seven stars!"

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP 4000 → LP 500】

In an instant, he was down to five hundred life points—leaving the three orcs stunned.

What kind of move is this? Why voluntarily reduce your life to a flickering candle?

And isn't Star Burst usually used to reduce a monster's level in hand to summon a higher-level monster? What's the point of reducing a monster already on the field?

"Normal summon 'Electro-Morph Dragon'."

And shouldn't a Star Burst normally reduce the level of the monster on your field and directly summon a higher-level monster? What's the point of lowering the level of a monster already on the field?

"Electro-Morph Dragon's effect: Banish this card and one card from your hand, then return one card from your graveyard to the top of your deck."

Fujiki You Xuan took the card returned from the graveyard.

"Then, return 'Silent Magician', discarded to the graveyard last turn, to the top of my deck."

Then Fujiki You Xuan played another card.

"Equip Spell—'Black Necklace'—equip it to the Messenger of Opening. The equipped monster gains 500 attack."

【Chaos Warrior—Messenger of Opening, Attack 3000 → Attack 3500】

"Even so, his attack still can't reach any of our Orc Warriors," Orc B frowned. "And even if his attack rose, you still can't attack."

【Chaos Warrior—Messenger of Creation, ATK 3000 → ATK 3500】

"Even so, his ATK still doesn't reach any of our field's Beast Warriors," said Beast B, frowning. "Besides, even if his ATK increases, you still can't attack."

At this moment, he looked at the three before him as if they were already walking corpses.

Some people are already dead—they just haven't realized it yet.

At this moment, he looked at the three before him as if they were already three walking corpses.

Some people are already dead, they just haven't realized it yet.

"Activate a magic card from your hand—"

"—Great Reversal Puzzle!"

The image of the magic card appeared behind Fujiki You Xuan's field.

"Send all cards in your hand and on the field to the graveyard, then guess the type of the top card in your deck," Fujiki You Xuan smiled. "If you guess correctly, both players' life points swap."

The Orc Trio: "."

N... What!?

What kind of idiot card is this?

The three divine messengers were instantly bewildered.

In an instant, they seemed to understand why this man had willingly refused the triple life points granted to him, why he had insisted they share a single life point pool.

So this was his plan all along?

"So I sent all other cards in my hand and on the field to the graveyard, then drew a card from my deck. What should I declare? Hmm... how about a monster card?"

Fujiki You Xuan drew a card.

He revealed the "Silent Magician" in his hand and smiled faintly.

"Lucky me. Seems it's a monster after all."

The Orc Trio: "."

"Therefore, our life points are exchanged."

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP 500 → LP 10000】

【Orc Trio, LP 10000 → LP 500】

"Damn it."

Orc A gritted his teeth.

He had been careless. He had assumed his own formation was flawless and the opponent could never break through—never imagined the opponent had never intended to break through at all.

But it wasn't their fault. After all, the Fairy Realm's culture was inherently simple and pure—who could have imagined such a completely isolated, antisocial device that interacted with nothing on the opponent's side?

"Don't panic," said Orc B. "We still have life points left. Even if it's only five hundred, our formation is as solid as a fortress—"

"The effect of Great Reversal Puzzle has resolved. Now, initiate another chain."

Fujiki You Xuan drew a card from the graveyard and calmly displayed it.

"The additional effect of the Equip Magic 'Black Necklace.' When this card is sent from the field to the graveyard, inflict 500 damage to the opponent."

The Orc Trio: "."

What?

The image of the Black Necklace materialized, coalescing into a green shockwave that lashed toward the trio.

In the end, the trio remained utterly bewildered.

Who am I? Where am I?

How did I just die?

【Orc Trio, LP 500 → LP 0】

Hmm, this chapter and the previous one were relatively short. Actually, today I planned to post five chapters straight to continue the plot, but I suddenly had to travel and caught a train at noon, so I can only do this for now.

But lately I've been posting ten thousand characters daily almost every day—I haven't slept more than six hours in a week, I feel like I'm cultivating immortality ().

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