Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 42

Chapter 42 - 42: Seto Kaiba

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"Duel!" x2

[Kaiba, LP 4000]

[Fujimoto, LP 4000]

"I'll take the first move. My turn, draw!"

Kaiba drew a card, then calmly revealed a card from his hand and promptly discarded it to the graveyard.

"I activate the effect of 'Thunder Dragon' in my hand!

By discarding this card to the graveyard, I can add up to two 'Thunder Dragons' from my deck to my hand!"

He discarded the card, and the duel disk automatically searched his deck, ejecting two cards with a click. Kaiba took them into his hand.

"I add two 'Thunder Dragons' to my hand."

Even just this simple first step made Kira's eyes light up with envy. In the GX era, duelists still had to manually search and shuffle their decks—a tedious process for search-heavy decks. It wasn't until the 5DS era that duel disks fully automated searching and shuffling.

As expected of Kaiba, always at the technological forefront. Kira stared at the duel disk, already scheming how he might get one for himself.

"I set a monster in the front row, and set three cards in the back row," Kaiba said coolly. "Turn end."

"Heh, so this is the legendary Seto Kaiba's duel? Doesn't look like much to me."

Fujimoto tried to calm his nerves, but his words were still tough.

A duelist's pride: your head may break, you may bleed, but your mouth must never lose. In dueling, momentum is everything.

It sounds superstitious, but many find it true in practice. If you lose your spirit, your cards seem to fail you, and you're already losing before the duel starts.

"My turn, draw!"

Fujimoto glanced at his opening hand—and immediately felt his confidence soar.

The best opening he'd ever had!

This hand could win!

"I activate the Spell Card 'Graceful Charity'! Draw three, then discard two."

After replacing his hand, a cruel smile flashed across his lips as he glanced at Kaiba's unimpressive set monster. "Heh, looks like the great Kaiba doesn't think much of me. Too bad—for you, it's already too late to get serious!

I summon from my hand—

—Level 8, Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror!"

A massive, jet-black demon burst forth amid blood-red flames, its giant sword sending out a transparent shockwave.

"Whoa, a level 8 monster right off the bat," Mokuba chuckled from the sidelines. "Not bad."

"Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror's effect: Though it's level 8, it can be normal summoned without tribute. But if so, its original ATK is halved, and it's destroyed at the end phase."

[Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror, ATK 3000 → ATK 1500]

"So it's just a paper tiger," Mokuba laughed.

"Heh, not necessarily."

Fujimoto grinned, drawing another card.

"Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror's effect: Once per turn, I can banish a 'Fiend' from my hand or graveyard to destroy a card on the field.

So I banish 'Archfiend Soldier' from my graveyard to destroy your leftmost backrow card!"

Kaiba remained calm, arms folded. The set card was flipped face-up and shattered with a snap.

"You destroyed the Trap Card 'Statue of the Wicked'," Kaiba said, "When this card is sent to the graveyard, I special summon a 'Wicked God Token' to my field."

A golden idol appeared on Kaiba's field, forming a defensive wall.

[Wicked Token, DEF 1000]

"Tch, it just had to be the statue."

Fujimoto frowned but pressed on.

"Now, I activate 'Double Summon' from my hand, letting me normal summon twice this turn.

I tribute Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror to tribute summon!

The Dark Overlord, King of Chaos—

—Level 6, Great Maju Garzett, summoned!"

[Great Maju Garzett, ATK 0]

"Great Maju Garzett's effect: Its ATK becomes twice the original ATK of the tribute monster.

Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror's original ATK is 3000.

So Great Maju Garzett's ATK is—"

[Great Maju Garzett, ATK 0 → ATK 6000]