Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 57

Chapter 57 - 57: The Revolver's Assault

"Now that Orichalcos has been activated, you have no more chances left. Let this duel become a ritual to resurrect the Evil God, using you and your beloved spirit as a sacrifice!"

Bandit Keith waved his hand grandly and slapped a spell card onto his duel disk.

"First, Spell Card—Fissure! This card can destroy the opponent's monster with the lowest ATK on the field!"

A green spell card unfolded with a flourish on Keith's field. Suddenly, the ground in front of Kira shook violently, as if in an earthquake, splitting open into a deep chasm.

"You only have 'Silent Magician' on your field." Keith sneered, "Such a short-lived beauty of a magician girl."

"Silent Magician, activate effect," said Kira. "Once per turn, negate the activation of a Spell Card. Negate the destruction of 'Fissure'!"

A burst of white light exploded from the Silent Magician. The 'Fissure' card was swept up by a transparent magical storm, bursting into powder with a snap. The broken ground on the field returned to normal.

"Tch, so it had such an ability."

Bandit Keith grunted in displeasure.

"Then I'll activate 'Snipe Hunter's' effect!" Keith declared. "Discard a card from my hand and roll a die. If the result is not 1 or 6, I can destroy a card on the field!"

Dice.

Kira recalled—this guy liked dice games, too. Including his trick of hiding cards up his sleeve, this man was a born gambler.

But obviously, he'd never gambled with Joey Wheeler.

Snipe Hunter was a powerful, often-used lower-level monster in old-school Yu-Gi-Oh!. As long as you didn't roll 1 or 6, you could blow up a card—a 2/3 chance. If your luck wasn't terrible, your success rate was pretty high.

"Although that 'Silent Magician' in the front row is an eyesore..."

Keith narrowed his eyes, his gaze sliding back and forth between the magician and Kira's set card in the back row.

"Silent Magician's ATK increases based on cards in the hand. You even reduced her ATK to set that card—so that must be a trap you value."

"Let me think, it's probably something like 'Mirror Force' that can turn the tables in an instant..."

Kira: "..."

"But it's useless!" Keith shouted. "I'll show you these shallow traps are nothing to me! Snipe Hunter's effect—Wheel of Fate!"

Although the effect described rolling dice, the Snipe Hunter's monster design replaced the die with the revolver's cylinder. The black-clad gunman raised his pistol, which had a spinning wheel at the back. The pointer spun rapidly, slowing down and finally stopping at the number "4."

"The wheel landed on 4!" Keith laughed. "So, I destroy your set card in the back row!"

Hand over your trap to me!

The sniper loaded his gun and fired. The set card in the back row was pierced and shattered.

However, the card's destruction was just a momentary effect. Keith caught a glimpse of the card image—it wasn't Mirror Force, nor any generic trap he recognized.

"Now your back row is empty." Keith said, "Then from my hand, I activate the Spell Card 'Fiend's Sanctuary' to Special Summon a 'Metal Fiend Token' to my field!"

[Metal Fiend Token, ATK 0]

"Next, I activate the Continuous Spell 'Precious Cards from Beyond.' Now, whenever I Tribute two or more monsters for a Tribute Summon, I can draw two cards from my deck!"

"Then, I Tribute 'Metal Fiend Token' and 'Snipe Hunter' to Tribute Summon!"

"Let the metallic roar bring everlasting nightmares to my enemy! Level 7—"

"—Barrel Dragon, Summon!"

The two monsters were tributed, and their released energy gathered in a summoning storm. Flying particles formed the heavy, dark steel body, three black gun barrels like cannons, sharp fangs, the sound of gears, and metal grating—the steel dragon stomped onto the field.

[Barrel Dragon, ATK 2600]

This was also Keith's ace monster in the anime.

"According to 'Precious Cards from Beyond,' I draw two cards from my deck!"

Keith drew two cards.

"'Seal of Orichalcos' effect! All monsters on my field gain 500 ATK, so Barrel Dragon's ATK increases!"

[Barrel Dragon, ATK 2600→3100]

"That surpasses your magician," Keith smirked. "Battle! Barrel Dragon, attack Silent Magician!"

Barrel Dragon's three shoulder cannons swiveled, locking on to Kira's Silent Magician.