Chapter 498: Rejected Content ② : April Fools Day Extra Chapter Part 2 (1/2)
I was super late, and it's going to be difficult to update it today…… so I'll update the continuation of the Rejected Content I posted before.
This is an unfinished story. I have only currently finished the story only until this part, as I have only written here before I discarded it.
I may write a continuation sometime soon if I felt like it again…… There are almost 14,000 characters in just this chapter alone, so I think it would really sometime soon.
Alice's training has made me reasonably strong in TBC, this world's most popular card game…… and I challenged Kuro to a match to get her Demon King card.
I need to win five consecutive rounds to win the right to challenge her…… Neun is the user of Equipment Beatdown Deck, which uses numerous Equip Magic Cards to explosively strengthen her monsters.
Raz-san, a user of Fairy-type Deck which allows her to deploy a large number of monsters and has various effects when her monsters cooperate with each other.
Dr. Vier, a user of an unusual Deck that has many cards that have effects that restore her HP, making her a persistent battlist with tremendous durability.
Zwei-san, a user of a Deck that was filled with Magic Puppet-themed monsters, which has the effect of sealing the opponent's Magic and Trap cards when they attack.
Ein-san is a user of an impeccable deck, both in offense and defense. Let's just put aside how most of the cards had ”Maid” in them for some reason.
I won the battle against the five of them, and finally won the right to challenge one of the Six Kings, Kuro…… but Kuro was so strong that it makes it look like the five I fought before were just newbies.
Kuro's deck, which is mostly made up of magic cards, blocked all of my offensive moves, and I was ready for my loss.
But the game was won by me by her unexpected self-destruction, and I was finally able to get my first Demon King card.
However, after beating the previously undefeated Kuro, I became the center of public attention…… and before I knew it, it was decided that I would challenge the other members of the Six Kings.
And now…… I was on the verge of the biggest crises since I started my journey in the world of TBC.
[……Don't wanna…… Don't waaaannnaaaa……]
[U- Ummm, Isis-san…… We're just going to battle with cards, okay?]
[……I don't want…… to fight…… Kaito.]
[N- No, but……]
Isis-san, who I decided to challenge after Kuro. She looked very happy when I came to visit her at her castle, but now…… She looks as if she is about to cry.
Apparently, Isis-san doesn't like the idea of ”opposing me” in any way. She's a cute angel like usual.
Of course, there was no way I could force Isis-san to battle with me, so I thought about it and came up with a compromise.
[……T- Then, how about…… we trade Personal Character Cards?]
[……Ahh…… Unnn!]
It seems like she liked that idea. As for me, I wanted to win against her in a battle and get it through proper means…… but Isis-san's tears are far heavier than my petty pride.
Well, I'll just try my best to challenge the next member of the Six Kings.
”……Umu, I can understand what you're saying, but it's impossible……. I can't even hold small cards like that.”
[I- I should have known……]
”That's why, I'll have you fight Fafnir instead. Of course, if you win, you can receive my card.”
Magnawell-san was too huge to play TBC, so he had me fight Fafnir-san instead.
Fafnir-san was a Power Deck user who makes use of powerful Dragon-Type monsters, but I have a trump card that I can use against Dragon-users.
[My turn! Draw! I use two of my monsters and Tribute Summon ”White Rose Valkyrie – Lilia” from my hand!]
[Mnhh……]
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Lilia-san's Character Card has ”Battle Destruction Resistance”, and can increase its status by the number of Dragons on the field. Although it has that demerit when a Level-10 or higher monster is summoned, it is still exceptionally strong for a card that can be summoned with two tributes.
[There are currently three Dragons on the field…… Making my Lilia have 4400 ATK! With White Rose Valkyrie – Lilia, I attack the Dread Dragon!]
[Kuhh!?]
[Upon destroying Dread Dragon, I activated Lilia-san's effect activates! When she destroys a monster by battle, it allows her to gain an extra attack!]
[Guhaa…… I- Impressive.]
Using Lilia-san's Character Card, I successfully defeated Fafnir. And thus, I got Magnawell-san's Character Card. With this, I've got the Character Cards of half of the Six Kings…… Let's do our best again in the next battle.
”It's my turn. I draw a card. Well then, I will activate the Magic Card, The Fruit of Fertility. With its effect, I could use the Guardian Tree on my field as a tribute for two. I then use Guardian Tree and Spirit of the Great Tree as a tribute…… and summon my Character Card.”
[……This is Lillywood-san's Character Card……]
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Lillywood-san's card didn't have a super-powerful firepower, but it was disgustingly tough. Lillywood-san's deck is a deck that uses high DEF monsters to block attacks and rapidly increase her HP.
Lillywood-san currently has 12000 HP…… which meant that Lillywood-san's Character Card's DEF had risen to 11000.
”In addition, I activate the Magic Card, ”Seed of the World Tree”. Whenever there is a ”Lillywood” card on my field, I Special Summon as many World Tree Tokens as possible in defense position. The World Tree tokens also have the same DEF as that of the Lillywood card of my field.”
[Five monsters with 11000 DEF……]
”That's not all. I activate two Continuous Magic Cards, ”Domain of the Guardian God” and ”Judgment of the Guardian God”……”
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”With the effect of ”Judgment of the Guardian God”, I destroy Kaito-san's monster. I end my turn…… At my End Phase, the effect of ”The World King – Lillywood” activates. I currently have 5 Plant-type monsters in my field. Therefore, I gain 5000 HP and inflict 2500 points of direct damage to Kaito-san.”
[Kuhh……]
Not only does it inflict direct damage, it also recovers Lillywood-san's HP. After she recovered HP, the DEF of her monsters also increased.
Even if I tried to attack her HP directly, I can't deal damage to Lillywood-san's HP due to the effect of Domain of the Guardian God.
On top of that, Lillywood-san's Character Card is almost invincible as long as there is a Plant-type monster on the field.
However, that doesn't mean I'm completely helpless. There's a combo in my Deck that can get me out of this situation. However, I can't do it with the cards in my hand.
That's why, everything relies upon this draw!
[My turn…… Draw! ……I activate a Magic Card from my hand, Fragments of Hope! When only the opponent has monsters on their field, I can draw two cards from my deck.]
”You're augmenting your hand huh……”
I don't know about the heart of the cards, but please…… Come!
[I activate the Magic Card, Hero Summon! I Special Summon a Human-type monster with an ATK of 1000 or less from my deck! I summon…… my own Character Card!]
”Kaito-san's Character Card…… What kind of effect does it have……”
[I activate my Character Card's effect! By returning it from the field to my hand, I can Special Summon a monster from my hand, ignoring its Summon Conditions! Special Summon…… ”The Dragon King – Magnawell”!]
”Wha…… Magnawell's Character Card…… Don't tell me!?”
Perhaps sensing my plans, Lillywood-san looked astonished. Yes, in a sense, Magnawell-san's Character Card is Lillywood-san's direct weakness.
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Magnawell-san's Character Card has excellent suppression abilities, and it can even attack all monsters on your opponent's side of the field. However, the most powerful ability it had at this moment is its ability to freely change the battle position of the monsters on your opponent's side of the field.
Lillywood-san's World Tree Tokens has an ATK of 0…… Monster effects may not work on Lillywood-san's Character Card herself, but it properly works on tokens.
”……However, I have 17000 HP…… Even though my ”Domain of the Guardian God” will lose its effect, the damage you will deal would just amount to 12000……”
[In addition, I activate a Field Magic Card…… Collapsing Fortress!]
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”Collapsing Fortress!? C- Could it be…… Kaito-san, you've seen through my Deck……?”
[……I had expected that Lillywood-san would be a user of a Plant-type Deck. Based on the characteristics of the Plant-type cards that I saw in the five consecutive games I had before reaching Lillywood-san…… Many of the Plant-type oriented cards have high DEF and HP recovery effects. So, I added them to my deck before the battle, thinking that I could use it as a hidden blade.]
”I see…… Well played. I lost.”
The DEF of the World Token will have the same value as Lillywood-san's Character Card. And Lillywood-san's Character Card's DEF is half of Lillywood-san's HP + 5000…… And there's no way for Lillywood-san to prevent Magnawell-san's Character Card from attacking her tokens.
Even so, that was a close call…… I only had 2000 HP left, so I would have lost the next turn. I felt like I was saved by that draw.
Now then, the remaining members of the Six Kings I've yet to fight are Megiddo-san and Alice…… I managed to defeat Alice at her miscellaneous goods store, but that deck probably isn't her main deck. She was probably holding back so that she could guide me.
……I have a feeling that both of them would be difficult opponents to battle against.
[Hahaha! Way to go, Kaito!!! You're quite strong, aren't you!!!?]
[Megiddo-san is the one who is strong…… What an incredible Power Deck you have.]
Megiddo-san's deck, as I had expected, was a bombardment of powerful monster cards. Many of his cards have effects activating during battle, and if I let even a single one of his attacks go through, I feel like I will be defeated.
That's why I was battling him with a defense-oriented Deck, using a lot of cards that negate attacks and reduce battle damage to zero.
[……Rather, Megiddo-san is going to fight me in that form huh?]
[Ahh, well, I can't hold my cards in my normal form after all.]
[……Is that alright?]
[Yeah, I don't mind if you see me in this form…… Or rather, why are you looking away?]
[N- No, it's just that I don't know where I should look……]
[Unnn? Well, whatever. My turn!]
Megiddo-san isn't in his normal form or in his humanized form…… He was battling me in his true form. Megiddo-san hates his appearance and rarely shows it to others…… but it seems like he doesn't mind showing it to me.
[I tribute three fire-attribute monsters on my field to summon my personal Character Card!]
[……So it's finally come out huh……]
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It really is a powerful monster, but I think it's rather weak compared to the other Demon King cards. However, my instincts are telling me that this isn't the end……
[That's not all, I remove ”The War King, Megiddo” from play…… and from my Extra Deck, I Special Summon my True form's Character Card!]
[Wha!? T- That card is……]
[Rejoice, Kaito! This is the strongest card in my deck…… and I've never summoned it before! Fufu, that shows how special this battle I have with you is.]
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W- What outrageous strength…… S- So this is Megiddo-san's true trump card. Strong resistance that made it impossible for it to be destroyed except by battle, the ability to prevent cards from being activated during battle, and the ability to ignore opponent's resistance effects. On top of that, if it destroys a monster by battle, it deals 6000 points of direct damage to his opponent. Can you cut me some slack with all these bogus-tier cards!?
The only weakness is that it can be unconditionally removed from play if it battles my or Kuro's Character Card? That means there are only two cards in my deck that can defeat it.
Although it doesn't have any way to increase its ATK, even Lillywood-san's Character Card, which specializes in high DEF, cannot block it.
[Well then, here I go! Kaito!!!]
[Trap Card activate! Compulsory Truce Decree! With my Trap Card, Megiddo-san's battle phase ends!]
[Hoohh, that's a good move…… Ending my battle phase before I can declare an attack. That's certainly something I couldn't do anything about.]
If Megiddo-san declares an attack, I will definitely receive 6000 direct damage. However, even if I survive in this turn, if I don't remove it from play with my or Kuro's Character Card……
[Well then, I'll activate the Field Magic Card, ”Colosseum of Warriors”. As long as this card is in play, monsters of Level-8 or lower cannot attack. Turn end!]
[Kuhh……]
What a troublesome card…… Now, I can't even use my Character Card to do a suicidal attack. The only way left to deal with it is using Kuro's Character Card…… which is currently not in my hand. I only have 1 card left in my hand…… my own Character Card, but is it even possible for me to draw that card out?
[Draw!]
It wasn't Kuro Character Card…… but, I see! I can do this!
[I summon my Character Card from my hand, and activate its effect! By returning this card to my hand, I can Special Summon a monster from my hand, disregarding its Summoning Conditions! Special Summon…… ”General Store Owner – Alice”! With this card's effect, I draw two cards!]
[……Those are good eyes. I see you're up to something…… This is great, come on! Bring it on!!!]
[And then, I banish Revolving Destiny from my Graveyard, and activate its effect!]
[What!? You're activating a Magic Card from the Graveyard……]
[By the effect of Revolving Destiny, all Level-4 or lower monsters summoned this turn are resummoned to my field!]
Due to my card's effect, my own Character Card is summoned again in my field. With this, All the conditions are now in place.
[I remove ”General Store Owner – Alice” and ”Miyama Kaito” from play, and from my Extra Deck, I Special Summon ”The Heart Titan of Bonds – Alice”!]
[What did you say!? …… What is that card…… That's the first time I've seen that card before!]
This card is a Character Card that Alice and I made together…… I wondered what would happen if we both touched a blank card at the same time…… Alice said nothing would happen, but when we tried it out, this card appeared.
It's one of the strongest cards in my deck right now.
[I send ”The Underworld King – Kuromueina” from my Deck to the Graveyard, gaining her original name and effect! And then, battle!]
[Guhh, my Character Card will be removed without damage calculation…… but I'm not defeated yet!]
[No, I will end it this turn! Alice's effect can be activated multiple times per turn! I send ”Sieglinde” from the Deck to the Graveyard, giving Alice the ability to attack a second time by halving her ATK. Direct attack to Megiddo-san!]
[Guwwooooohhhhh!?]
An additional attack with half of the ATK that had increased due to ”The Underworld King – Kuromueina”‘s effect. Megiddo-san was unable to withstand this attack, and I won.
In a way, it was kind of ironic though. Alice, whose Character Card was my trump card against Megiddo-san…… is now my next opponent. Alice is my TBC teacher, and she knows all about my strategies. It's going to be a tough fight.
I'm sure that her Deck would be something that utilizes the effects of Phantasmal King card's mass summon ability…… I think having the ability to control the situation would be the key to winning this battle.
[Whoa there. With Kaito-san Draw Phase, I'll activate a Trap Card, sending that card you just drew to the Graveyard.]
[Kuhh……]
[Fufufu, no matter how devilish your luck in your draws are…… It will all be nothing if those draws disappear~~]
Isn't this a Hand Control Deck!? She's making use of a lot of cards that have effects that make me discard my hand or stop my draws, so I can't even make the combos I had in mind.
It's a very stressful and annoying strategy, but it's actually very effective.
[……From my Graveyard, I activate the effect of ”Fragments of Hope”……]
[Trap activate! ”Ceremonial Requiem”! This card negates the effects of cards activated from the Graveyard.]
[Kuhh…… D*mn it……]
[Hey, hey, Kaito-san? How do you feel now, Kaito-san? How does it feel like when your reversal cards get blocked?]