Chapter 637

【Dark World's Tutor - Ceruli, DEF 300】

The Queen looked at the Tutor that had appeared on her field, feeling very bewildered.

Although she did like charming the opponent's monsters for her own use, there was something that felt wrong about the opponent actively shoving one onto her.

"The effect of 'Dark World's Tutor - Ceruli'," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Activate this when this card is successfully Special Summoned by the effect of a 'Dark World' card. The opponent chooses one card from their own hand to discard."

The Queen frowned: "The goal is to discard one of my cards?"

"No, no, no, it's 'the opponent chooses one card from their own hand to discard'."

Fujiki You Xuan added with a smile.

The Queen froze for half a second before it dawned on her.

Right, the Tutor was shoved onto her field, so from the Tutor's perspective, the so-called "opponent" actually referred to Fujiki You Xuan.

At first glance, this card is very confusing. Its effect is to give the opponent a monster for free, and then force yourself to discard a card. If you look at this card in isolation from the system, it's pure, self-sabotaging trash. An average person might rack their brains and still not understand why such a traitorous card needs to exist.

But even the Queen immediately realized that within the Dark World system, this seemingly meaningless card suddenly had its uses.

The Dark World archetype is entirely based on triggering effects by discarding cards via card effects.

And if this discard effect is activated by the opponent, an even stronger hidden effect is triggered.

The Dark World Tutor not only has the effect of letting you discard a card, but it also defects to the opponent's side before activating that effect, manually turning itself into "the opponent's effect." Therefore, the power of any Dark World card triggered by the Tutor is doubled.

"That's right, the Tutor is now on your field, so I am the one who discards a card."

Fujiki You Xuan revealed a card from his hand and said.

"I discard 'Dark World's Military God - Sillva' from my hand."

The Queen frowned: "Another effect that triggers when discarded?"

"Haha, as expected of Her Majesty the Queen, very smart," Fujiki You Xuan laughed. "Congratulations on getting it right, the reward is this—"

"—When the Military God is discarded from the hand, it Special Summons itself to the field!"

【Dark World's Military God - Sillva, ATK 2300】

"And, if it is discarded by the opponent's card effect, you can add this effect," Fujiki You Xuan narrowed his eyes. "The opponent chooses two cards from their own hand and returns them to the bottom of the deck in any order they like."

Queen: "!"

Her expression turned somewhat ugly as she looked at her hand.

Have to choose two to return to the deck...

So this was this guy's goal all along?

Shoving the Tutor onto her to make it "the opponent's effect." Because of the 'Temporary Truce', he couldn't deal battle damage this turn, so he aimed his spear at her hand...

"Then I activate the Spell card 'Dark World Dealings'. Both players draw one card from their deck and discard one card from their hand."

The Queen frowned, drew a card, and then picked one from her hand to discard. Fujiki You Xuan did the same.

As Fujiki You Xuan discarded his card, a massive power erupted from his Graveyard. A pitch-black giant shadow flashed across his field, emitting a deep dragon roar.

"The one I just discarded was 'Dark World's Dragon God - Grapha'," Fujiki You Xuan said in a deep voice. "When Grapha is discarded by a card effect, I can destroy one card on the opponent's field."

Fujiki You Xuan hooked his finger.

"Destroy 'Charming Queen LV7'."

The Queen let out a shriek as she was hit by the Dragon God's breath, annihilating and shattering in the darkness. The guards on the side gritted their teeth, but they could only block battle damage for Her Majesty; they were powerless against effect destruction.

The Charming Queen was the core of her entire deck; all other cards existed only to support the Queen. Once the Queen was destroyed, the guards and the 'Charming Dance' in the back row all lost their meaning and became blank slates.

"Next, the other effect of 'Dark World's Dragon God - Grapha'," Fujiki You Xuan said. "If this card is in the Graveyard, I can return any 'Dark World' monster on my field except Grapha to my hand, and Special Summon this card."

"I return 'Dark World's Military God - Sillva', which was just Special Summoned by its own effect, to my hand, and revive from the Graveyard—"

"—Dark World's Dragon God - Grapha!"

Surging darkness erupted, and the massive phantom seemed to pass through the gate of the Dark World to become reality; the demon dragon descended with the aura of a king!

【Dark World's Dragon God - Grapha, ATK 2700】

Fujiki You Xuan: "Next, I activate the Spell card 'Dark Corridor' to add one 'Dark World' monster from my deck to my hand, then discard one card."

Although this card was released quite late in the physical game, it appeared very early in the anime.

When it first appeared in the GX anime, the card name was 'Dark World Path', but when the overseas version aired, the subtitles changed it to 'Dark Corridor'.

"I add 'Dark World's Tutor - Ceruli' from my deck to my hand," Fujiki You Xuan said slowly. "Then, I discard the 'Dark World's Tutor - Ceruli' I just added to my hand."

Queen: "!"

Discarding immediately after searching...

Right, the effect of this Tutor is...

"That's right, when the Tutor is discarded, it is Special Summoned to the opponent's field," Fujiki You Xuan smiled.

And so, the Queen gritted her teeth as she watched yet another annoying little demon old man appear on her field.

【Dark World's Tutor - Ceruli, ATK 100】

"Then the Tutor's effect: when successfully Special Summoned by the effect of a Dark World card, the opponent chooses one card from their own hand to discard."

The Queen's pupils contracted.

Because the opponent hadn't played the card yet, she already foresaw what Fujiki You Xuan was going to discard.

Just a moment ago, in order to Special Summon the Dragon God from the Graveyard, the Dark World card he returned from the field to his hand...

"Of course, I discard 'Dark World's Military God - Sillva' from my hand," Fujiki You Xuan smiled.

"When Sillva is discarded to the Graveyard by a card effect, it Special Summons itself."

【Dark World's Military God - Sillva, ATK 2300】

"And, if it is discarded by the opponent's card effect, I can further make the opponent choose two cards from their hand to return to the bottom of the deck."

Fujiki You Xuan hooked his finger again.

"Come on, choose two cards to return to the bottom of the deck."

He paused, then added with a smile.

"You can use any order you like, very user-friendly, right?"

Queen: "..."

Damn it...

Her Majesty the Queen was so angry her face flushed, and the rise and fall of her chest became even more exaggerated. But after gritting her teeth in rage for a long while, she realized she was truly powerless and had to sullenly return her last two cards to the bottom of the deck.

No errors in the content at a glance!

Now she was completely out of cards.

"Battle," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Dark World's Dragon God - Grapha, Dark World's Military God - Sillva, Dark World's Mad King - Brron."

"Attack the two remaining 'Dark World's Tutor - Ceruli' and the 'Queen's Guard' on your field respectively!"

A wave of Dark World attacks swept across, and the Queen's field was instantly wiped clean.

The Queen's originally snow-white face was now a pale blue with a flush of red—purely from anger, of course.

In the previous turn, she had summoned her strongest form, absorbed the opponent's two powerful high-level monsters, and established a dominant position, only to have it completely destroyed in this single turn. No, it wasn't just her field advantage that was destroyed; even her hand hadn't been spared!

In one turn, he had cleared her entire field and emptied her entire hand, literally forcing her into a desperate situation with no ammunition left. The only reason she was still alive now was due to the brief protection brought by 'Temporary Truce'.

But once this turn ended, that protection would also vanish.

The Queen looked down at her deck, her expression solemn.

No matter what, this last draw would determine her fate.

Will I lose here?

The Queen gritted her teeth.

What a joke.

She is the Charming Queen, one of the Evil God's most capable believers. She had already decided to bring back the spirits the Evil God wanted, even at any cost.

How could she lose in a place like this, and in such a pathetic way?

She would use this final draw to create the most magnificent comeback!

"I activate my face-down card," Fujiki You Xuan said slowly. "The Trap card 'Sealing Ceremony of Katon'. Skip the opponent's next Draw Phase."

The Queen froze.

Huh?

As if her brain had crashed, she remained dazed for several seconds before slowly looking down, seeing a magic circle resembling a clock face appear on the deck mounted on her Duel Disk.

Her deck had been sealed.

"Alright, my turn is over," Fujiki You Xuan gestured for her to proceed. "It's your turn. However, you cannot draw a card this turn."

"Other than that, there's nothing else. Do as you please."

The Queen bit her lip.

Damn "nothing else."

Do as I please? Do what as I please?

Stare blankly as I please?

Only now did she realize that it was all fake.

There was no final chance, no miracle draw to create a comeback.

The field was empty, her hand was wiped clean, and on top of that, even the chance for a miracle draw had been stripped away...

Even if a god-tier player with maxed-out fate power came to play for her at this point, they would likely be unable to turn the tide.

Even if you're a master of miracle draws, even if you could draw cards not in your deck, you'd at least need to be able to draw to make a comeback, right?

Even if you're a master of card-printing, capable of printing cards on the spot in front of others, you'd at least need to have cards in your hand to print them, right?

The Queen looked bitter, staring blankly for a long time, standing there like a wooden statue without moving a muscle.

Fujiki You Xuan displayed the patience of a gentleman, not urging her at all, just watching her with a smile.

Until time ran out.

"If you don't intend to make a move, then it's my turn again."

Fujiki You Xuan drew a card and waved his hand with a smile.

"Then, Dark World's Military God - Sillva, Dark World's Dragon God - Grapha, direct attack."

【Queen, LP 0】

(End of chapter)