Chapter 51: Masked Sorcerer

Fujiki You Xuan, who discovered the correct way to open the Spirit World, was not so nervous for a while. He thought about it, he came in through the stone slab of the ruins, but he didn't see anything like a stone slab near this end after coming in, and there was no door-like thing.

So how to go back?

He thought about it and looked at his spirit: "Silent, what do you think?"

Silent Magician shook her head, seemingly having no clue. After all, the Spirit World is very large, and although it is collectively called the Spirit World, it is actually divided into many different dimensions. This place doesn't seem to be the dimension she is familiar with. But she tilted her head and thought about it, then reached out and pointed not far below the small hillside.

Fujiki You Xuan looked in the direction she pointed and found that it looked like a town.

"So that's it, ask the local spirits?"

Indeed, there is no better way for the time being. In the anime, the ordinary people in the Spirit World are quite friendly, and the locals might know some way out.

Fujiki You Xuan went around the hillside and came to the town. The streets were paved with bluestone, and there were mottled marks left by the years on the stones along the street. White brick and stone structures, colored glass embedded in the windows, complex totems and patterns carved on the walls, and some text symbols he didn't recognize.

The weird thing is that there was no one in the city.

Lonely shops, closed doors and windows. The hanging signs were lightly swaying in the wind, and the breeze rolled up fallen leaves, making a rustling sound.

"Is this normal in the Spirit World?" Fujiki You Xuan asked.

Silent Magician shook her head, holding her staff tightly and looking vigilant. It was obviously not normal.

She guarded Fujiki You Xuan's side, and the two continued to move forward. After walking for about a few minutes, some strange noises seemed to be heard behind a row of buildings.

Fujiki You Xuan remained calm, followed the sound through an alley, and hid in the shadows to observe the situation. He saw a few small spirits running away in a panic, he only recognized one of them—the small body with a huge key on its shoulder was quite recognizable, that one is 【Key Mace】 in the Duel Monster cards, a 1-star 400 attack ordinary monster.

And chasing behind these few spirits were black goblins similar to the ones he had just seen. The goblins screamed and rushed over, constantly drawing bows and shooting arrows.

The arrows seemed to be attached with some kind of magic power, and the spirits hit by them immediately screamed and fell to the ground, and then turned into a heavy stone slab on the spot, crashing to the ground with a boom.

Fujiki You Xuan was shocked. Good guy, being shot by this arrow actually means turning into a card directly?

I don't know if it's only effective for spirits.

Thinking of the experience in the woods just now, I felt a little lingering fear. Good luck, good luck, fortunately, I was more skilled, and I pulled out the Mirror Force fast enough...

It seems that the spirits originally living in this town were attacked by foreign races, and they might have all been turned into stone slabs, which is why it looks like there is no one here.

Silent suddenly became vigilant and flashed behind him. Fujiki You Xuan turned around and saw that a team of black goblins had appeared at the alley entrance behind him at some point.

"Boss, it's him!" A goblin screamed in a sharp voice, "It's a duelist! A duelist has broken into our territory!"

The goblin team separated to both sides, making a path. A monster spirit wearing a mask and with a gloomy atmosphere walked out slowly.

Fujiki You Xuan remembered that he seemed to have seen this monster.

【Masked Sorcerer - Curse of Throat】

A monster card used by the Light and Dark Mask brothers under Marik in DM. A 4-star 1500 attack ordinary monster.

However, the spirit's combat power obviously didn't matter so much. Because he discovered at a glance that this spirit was different from the others.

He wore equipment similar to a Duel Disk on his arm.

"Actually, there is an outside duelist." The sorcerer hummed, "But since you dare to break into the territory belonging to the God, you must have already prepared to become a sacrifice."

He waved his hand and drank back the small soldiers under his command, and unfolded the Duel Disk with a clatter.

Or rather, although it is also equipment similar to a Duel Disk, compared to the technology-side equipment in reality, this one has more biological sense, as if it grew out of his arm in the shape of flesh and blood.

"The victory or defeat between duelists can only be through the ritual of battle. You guys retreat, this guy is mine."

"Tch, sure enough, I have to play cards again."

Fujiki You Xuan knew that the duels in the Spirit World are similar to Dark Duels, which are rituals of battle that determine life and death. This card game has to be played, but it seems that only this spirit can play cards, as long as this one is handled, the others are small fry.

"Duel!" x2

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP4000】

【Masked Sorcerer, LP4000】

"I'll start first, draw card."

The sorcerer took the random first move.

"First, set a monster on the field, plus a set card, turn end."

It's a relatively routine deployment.

But the goblin younger brothers behind him have already started to beat gongs and drums.

"Sorcerer Master has boundless magic power!"

"Actually dare to challenge our Sorcerer Master, you are finished."

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Fujiki You Xuan ignored the mental harassment of the small fry: "My turn, draw card."

He sent a card from his hand to the graveyard, and then revealed another one.

"The effect of 'The Tricky' in the hand. Although this card is a level 5 monster, it can be special summoned by discarding a card from the hand."

"Therefore, I discard a card from my hand to special summon 'The Tricky'!"

【The Tricky, ATK 2000】

"Then the card I just discarded to the graveyard is the Quick-Play Spell 'Silent Burning'."

The card that just entered the graveyard then automatically exited from the graveyard area of the Duel Disk along with a burst of golden light.

"By banishing this card from the graveyard, you can add a 'Silent Magician' monster from the deck to your hand."

"Therefore, I banish 'Silent Burning' and add 'Silent Magician' to my hand from the deck."

Fujiki You Xuan unfolded the deck to complete the retrieval, and then slapped out the next card.

"Normal summon 'Breaker the Magical Warrior'!"

【Breaker the Magical Warrior, ATK 1600】

"When Breaker the Magical Warrior is successfully summoned, place a magic counter on itself, and the attack power will increase by 300 points."

"However, I want to activate his other effect. By removing his own magic counter, destroy the set card in your back row."

Breaker the Magical Warrior swung his sword, and the magic sword energy aimed at the sorcerer's back row and flew away.

But the sorcerer waved his hand: "Then activate set card, Quick-Play Spell 'Scapegoat'. Special summon four 'Sheep Tokens' on your field."

Four lazy sheep of different colors jumped out onto the sorcerer's field.

【Sheep Token, DEF 0】 x4

"In the turn 'Scapegoat' is activated, I cannot summon any other monsters, and these sheep cannot be used as sacrifices for upper-level summoning." He paused and smiled lightly, "Of course, this is not my turn, I couldn't perform summoning anyway."

Fujiki You Xuan thought it was indeed, this era is still so simple, you can't summon if it's not your turn. If it were modern Yu-Gi-Oh, it would be normal to read a book for three to five minutes on the opponent's turn.

"Then I will sacrifice 'Breaker the Magical Warrior' who has already used up the magic counter."

Breaker the Magical Warrior's body turned into golden light, spiraling into the magic circle that opened on the ground. Holy and soft white light erupted, and the center of the magic circle seemed to gather stars, and a slender figure walked out slowly, a white robe fluttering in the breeze, silver hair flowing in the cold light, flashing with faint luster.

"Silent Magician, summon!"

【Silent Magician, ATK 1000】

"Silent Magician cannot be normal summoned, but can be special summoned by sacrificing any Spellcaster-type monster on your field." Fujiki You Xuan said, "And, Silent Magician's attack power will increase by the number of cards in your hand x 500."

"Now I have three cards in my hand, so the attack power increases by 1500."

【Silent Magician, ATK 1000 -> ATK 2500】

The goblins watching from behind were restless.

"Summoned two monsters with attack power over 2000 on the first turn!"

The sorcerer was calm, only coldly saying: "Quiet."

The crowd of small fry didn't dare to make a sound.

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"Enter Battle Phase." Fujiki You Xuan ordered, "Silent Magician, The Tricky, attack the two 'Sheep Tokens' respectively."

The little sheep that hadn't woken up naturally couldn't resist the pincer attack of the two great mages, and immediately two sheep were shattered one after another.

"Then set one card in the back row, turn end."

【Silent Magician, ATK 2500 -> ATK 2000】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 52 =====