Chapter 153: Filled with Determination
Yugi: "My turn ends."
[Yugi: 2900 LP, Hand 0]
[Queen's Knight] [ATK 1500]
Looking at his own Life Points, which were only 1900, and Yugi's Life Points, which were 1000 points higher, Hayato didn't feel pressure. Instead, his heart was filled with joy.
"Duel Monsters, it's truly interesting." Placing his finger on his Deck, Hayato drew a Card. He glanced at the drawn Card and smiled. "Infinite possibilities, and accompanying them, limitless fun."
"Activate Spell Card, Mallet of Fate! The Cards in my Hand currently can't form an Equation to defeat you, so Yugi, I'm going to change my Hand!" Saying this, Hayato shuffled the two Ojama Monsters, Yata-Garasu, and the Mallet of Fate in his Hand back into his Deck, then drew four Cards.
In Hayato's previous life's Real Card game, the Card Mallet of Fate also existed, but its Effect was to return any number of Cards from your Hand to the Deck and shuffle, then draw the same number of Cards. Although it could effectively prevent situations where Cards were stuck in your Hand and couldn't be played, it wasn't considered very useful.
However, the Card Hayato was using was an Anime Version Effect Card he opened from a Card Pack bought at Grandpa Solomon 's Card shop. Unlike the Real Card, the Anime Version Mallet of Fate, when returning Cards to the Deck, doesn't go to the Graveyard itself but returns to the Deck along with them. It's a Card with a considerably good Effect.
After drawing four Cards, Hayato thought for a moment, then drew one Card from them and placed it on the Field to Activate: "Spell Card, Nightmare Mirage. During your Standby Phase, Yugi, I can Draw a Card from my Deck until I have four Cards in my Hand."
"Then, I Set two Cards and Normal Summon this Monster." Having used up his Hand, Hayato played his last Card. "Come forth, my Bond Card, my Symbol of Will, my Tamashii!"
"Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight!!"
Before the Duel began, Hayato thought for a long time and finally made up his mind to include Gaia the Fierce Knight, whose Card Spirit had fallen into slumber and was no longer smooth to use, in the Deck he would use to Duel Yugi.
Before Gaia the Fierce Knight's Duel Spirit Awakened, Gaia the Fierce Knight had always been in Hayato's Deck as his Ace Card. Although during this time, more and more Powerful Cards were collected by Hayato, and Gaia the Fierce Knight's importance repeatedly decreased, losing its Ace Card status.
However, if he was facing Yugi, if he didn't include Gaia the Fierce Knight's Card, Hayato would always feel like something was missing.
On the High Platform, Pegasus's exposed right Millennium Eye narrowed slightly, thinking: *The seal placed on Gaia the Fierce Knight by the Millennium Eye was actually broken? Is it the Power of the Millennium Items he possesses? Or is it just through something as intangible as the Bond with a Duel Monster?*
"It's Gaia the Fierce Knight?" Yugi was slightly surprised.
"Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight's Effect is that if he is the only Monster in my Hand, he can be Normal Summoned without a Tribute." Hayato's face was beaming with a smile. "To face you, using this Card is indeed better."
"Go, Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight! Let Yugi see you as you are now!" Waving his Hand forward, Hayato gave the Order, "Attack Queen's Knight! With your Lance, pierce the heavens!"
Riding his swift War Horse, Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight's Spirit felt a moment of daze. For a considerable amount of time before this, he had been in a deep slumber in a patch of Darkness, unable to Awaken. He had Struggled, he had made Efforts, but everything was Futile.
Gripping the Lance in his Hand, Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight's Memory returned to just now. In his Hand, after sleeping for who knows how long, just moments ago, he heard Hayato's voice, heard Hayato calling his name. Then, a golden light, like the warm sun, dispelled the Darkness. When he came back to his senses, he had already re-Awakened and had been Summoned by Hayato onto the Field.
"Go, Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight!"
*Yes, My Lord.*
Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight, who wasn't good with words, remained silent as always, faithfully executing the Order given by Hayato, thrusting the long Lance in his Hand towards Queen's Knight, who stood in his Path. However, the sunlight he saw upon Awakening was now Engraved in his Heart, filling him with Determination.
"Ah~!"
Queen's Knight, with 1500 ATK, had no support from companions and no Set Card to cover it. It was sent into the Graveyard by Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight's single Lance thrust.
[Yugi: 2900 → 2100 → 1800 LP]
His Life Points decreased due to Battle Damage, but Yugi looked at the Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight on Hayato's Field, which hadn't appeared for a long time, and smiled, saying to Hayato, "Congratulations, Hayato."
"Mm." Hayato returned the smile. He had also Noticed that Gaia the Fierce Knight's Card Spirit, which had been away from him for a long time, had Awakened in this Duel, and he had Noticed it even earlier than Yugi.
When could it have been? Probably when he was about to Draw a Card, when he felt that long-lost familiar sensation coming from the top of the Deck.
"My turn ends."
[Hayato: 1900 LP, Hand 0]
[Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight] [ATK 2300]
[Skull Invitation] [Abyss Amulet] [Mirage of Nightmare] [Set Card] [Set Card]
Yugi: "My turn, Draw a Card."
"Then, during your Standby Phase, Mirage of Nightmare's Effect Activates," Hayato said as Yugi Drew a Card. "I can replenish my Hand up to 4 Cards, and then during my Standby Phase, I must Discard the number of Cards Drawn."
"You're really not giving an inch, Hayato. However, even though Mirage of Nightmare has that Negative Effect, you've already prepared Emergency Provisions, haven't you?"
Hearing Yugi's words, Hayato scratched his head awkwardly. Had he used this combo too many times? Had it become so deeply ingrained in people's minds? He had only played Mirage of Nightmare, and Yugi had already guessed one of his Set Cards.
Yugi continued, "But Hayato, did you know? Besides its own negative effect, Mirage of Nightmare actually has another flaw."
As he spoke, Yugi Activated the Card he had just Drawn: "Spell Card, Graceful Charity! At this stage of the Battle, how about we replenish our Hands?"
Hayato drew two Cards with a helpless look, then watched as Yugi drew a full six Cards triumphantly, even shaking them slightly in his Hand. "Indeed, it's quite a significant flaw. The flaw of Drawing too many Cards, resulting in only being able to freeload two Cards from your Graceful Charity."
Regarding Undertale, a widely known game, truly a divine creation.
Additionally, thanks to book friend "Weishu Jianmo Changheng" for the 100 points of reward. Many thanks.
(End of this chapter)