"Duel!" x2
[Bakura, LP 4000]
[Heart Flying with the Wind, LP 4000]
"I go first!" Heart Flying with the Wind takes the first move, "Draw a card! I summon 'Gladiator Beast Sagittarii'!"
Appearing is a half-human, half-horse Gladiator Beast Warrior, holding a black metal bow and arrow, with a white horse's lower body, and long flowing golden hair.
[Gladiator Beast Sagittarii, ATK 1400]
"Then I activate Equip Magic 'Gladiator Beast's Battle Manica'!" Heart Flying with the Wind immediately activated the Magic, "Equip it to 'Gladiator Beast Sagittarii'."
A uniquely designed manica is equipped onto Sagittarii's arm, with complex patterns and ruby-like clasps on the shoulder.
He quickly drew his third card.
"Continuous Magic - Gladiator Rejection!"
A magic card appeared once again in front of him, surrounding the Gladiator Beast with a transparent energy that flows like water.
"As long as this card exists, Gladiator Beasts will not be affected by opponent's card effects outside of the Battle Phase," he said, "Turn end."
Indeed, Gladiator Beasts belong to a card deck that's hard to open first; this deck is better at organizing counterattacks after battle.
So here, Bakura naturally wouldn't let this opportunity go: "My turn, draw the slab!"
Hmm... though he shouted "draw a card," since what fell from the sky was a slab, let's consider it as drawing a slab.
"First is the Magic Card 'Allure of Darkness'!" Bakura shouted, "Draw two cards from the card deck, then banish one Dark Attribute Monster Card from my hand.
If no Dark Attribute monster exists in hand, all cards in hand must be sent to the graveyard."
A dark hole opened in the sky, and two slabs fell down one after another in front of Bakura. He smirked, picked one from his hand, which was quickly absorbed into the black dimensional vortex and disappeared.
"The card I banished is 'Necroface'!"
What appeared in front of Bakura is a pale, gloomy doll's head, with a cracked skull, red tentacles extending, and a mass of tumor-like red matter swelling out.
A terrifying monster that would give people nightmares for a whole week if seen at night, but indeed fits Bakura's preferences and image.
"Necroface's effect! When this card is banished, both players banish the top five cards from their card deck!"
During Bakura's words, the ancient Duel Disc in his hand flashed with gold light, five illusionary slabs were projected into midair, then absorbed and disappeared into the dimensional vortex.
Heart Flying with the Wind's side also had the top five cards automatically fly out, turning into golden light and dissipating in the air.
"Then I return three banished Fiend-Type monsters from the card deck, and special summon this guy from the hand! Appear before me!
Curse Necrofear!"
The center stone slab in front of Bakura was flipped, emanating deep, dark waves. The slender, dry blue fingers seemed to shred the darkness, the creepy silhouette burned with flickering blue ghostly flames, white eyes glaring like souls who died long ago.
The monster slowly crawled out, hugging a half-bodied, cursed doll whose mouth opened and closed with cracking sounds.
Like a vengeful ghost from a horror movie.
[Curse Necrofear, ATK 2800]
"Curse Necrofear cannot be Normal Summoned, but can be Special Summoned by returning three Fiend-Type monsters from the banished zone to the card deck." Bakura sneered, "How strong is it?"
Heart Flying with the Wind instinctively stepped back, the terrifying monster's appearance sending chills down his spine.
An Unyielding Hammer Eighty, observing from the side, seemed a bit surprised.
Summoning a High-Level Monster without losing a single card?
Something's not right, this isn't DM at all...
"Battle, accept the resentment of Curse Necrofear!" Bakura laughed menacingly, "Necrofear, attack 'Gladiator Beast Sagittarii'!"
Necrofear stood immobile, but the strange blue flames seemed to burn stronger. Her cold eyes flashed, two beams of light piercing through, hitting Gladiator Beast Sagittarii... the metal armbrace it was wearing.
"Effect of 'Gladiator Beast's Battle Manica'! Equipped monsters are not destroyed by battle!" Heart Flying with the Wind declared.
"But battle damage is still calculated." Bakura sneered.
[Heart Flying with the Wind, LP 4000 → LP 2600]
In this Ultimate Darkness Game, the impact on a Duelist is naturally maximized. Bakura hoped to see his opponent cry out in pain...
...only to find the opponent unfazed, like a normal card game.
Bakura was a bit shocked.
Such an amazing tolerance? Or can't this fool feel pain?
Indeed, Heart Flying with the Wind had long switched off pain simulation, feeling nothing...
"But because of the battle phase, 'Gladiator Beast Sagittarii' battled, so at the end of the Battle Phase, I can activate its effect." Heart Flying with the Wind said, "Return Sagittarii to the card deck, special summon another Gladiator Beast from the card deck.
At this moment, the effect of 'Gladiator Beast's Battle Manica' equipped on Sagittarii. When the equipped monster returns from the field to the card deck, this card won't be destroyed but returns to the hand of its owner."
Heart Flying with the Wind drew a card from the card deck, quickly revealing the card chosen: "According to Sagittarii's effect, I special summon 'Gladiator Beast Murmillo' from the card deck!"
The fish-type Gladiator Beast clad in blue armor flew out from a jet of water, equipped with high-tech aquatic heavy cannons.
[Gladiator Beast Murmillo, ATK 800]
"Murmillo's effect, successful summon by another 'Gladiator Beast's effect, destroys one opponent's monster on the field!" Heart Flying with the Wind waved his hand, "Destroy 'Necrofear'!"
The cannons behind Murmillo activated simultaneously, shooting streams that struck the eerie cursed doll and blew it into pieces.
"Next is the effect of Continuous Magic 'Gladiator Rejection'!" Heart Flying with the Wind declared, "When a Gladiator Beast is successfully Special Summoned from the card deck, one Gladiator Beast not sharing a type with a monster on the field can be Special Summoned!
The Gladiator Beast 'Murmillo' on my field is Fish-Type, so I Special Summon Winged Beast-Type 'Gladiator Beast Bestiari'!"
The face of the Continuous Magic Card radiated golden light, the transparent rejection wave transformed into a gale, and the bird-type Gladiator Beast clad in green armor soared out, spiraling through the sky.
[Gladiator Beast Bestiari, ATK 1500]
"Oh? The kid ain't bad at all." Six-Year-Old on the sideline watched with a detached smile, "Moving this far in an opponent's turn, destroying their ace and further summoning so many monsters...
Looks like you're in trouble, Bakura!"
"Tch, shut up and watch properly." Bakura glared at him.
Despite his words, Bakura realized perhaps he underestimated the opponent.
The guy in front doesn't exude any extraordinary power, appears ordinary... even somewhat silly. But unexpectedly, he's pretty strong.
However...
"Heh, your overconfidence at this stage is premature." Bakura waved his hand to set a slab face-down on the field, sneering with a sudden heightened voice, "Curse Necrofear's additional ability, is that it will never die!
This card is destroyed and sent to the graveyard in the opponent's turn; it revives unconditionally from the graveyard at the end of the turn!
Return to the field, my cursed doll!"