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"So, my lord, now you are the real clown."
"Oh my!" Mino's eyes widened immediately, and he rolled up his sleeves: "I don't believe I can't handle you. Shuffle the cards, let's play again!"
"Come just come, whoever is afraid of whom!"
Just as the man and his sword were about to engage in their hundredth duel, the cell door was suddenly slammed open.
"Hero, now is the time for interrogation—"
The black angel, Freyr, the torturer of the Demon King's castle, walked in with a cold expression.
Both master and servant stopped what they were doing, knowing that their peaceful life over the past period was finally about to be broken.
Inside the cell, Mino looked at Freer with a serious expression:
"Before that, shall we play a round of Rent cards?"
……
Chapter 442 Ultimate Dark Card - [Ah Mi No Death]!
Savage Forest, Mithril Wasteland.
"Ha! You mean you're going to use the next three cards to instantly kill me?"
Listening to Shana's fantastical theory, Turu smiled contemptuously:
"Leaving aside the possibility that you might flip over three cards in a row and they're all character cards, are you so sure that the characters on my field just happen to meet the summoning cost of the character cards in your deck?"
“I’m not sure,” Shana denied outright, but then added, “But I believe in my deck.”
"As the deck of the duelist, it will surely respond to me, because I have already staked my soul in this battle."
"A card is just a card; it's merely a tool for winning." Tulu couldn't help but shake his head.
"Hero Shana, I never imagined that you would believe in such mysticism and fortune as those ignorant duelists. How utterly naive!"
"This is not some legendary tale of justice prevailing as told by bards, but a gamble about interests and sovereignty, a duel of Lunt cards with a clear probability of winning. Gambling with a probability of one in hundreds or even tens of thousands makes it difficult to achieve true victory."
“You’re wrong, it’s clearly you, Turu.” Shana shook her head in the arena.
She drew the three cards from the deck one by one, under the watchful eye of the Duelist Covenant, without any pretense.
At this moment, I know it's impossible.
But for some reason, everyone's attention was subconsciously drawn to that fiery red-haired figure:
"The true essence of the Rent cards lies in pursuing even the slightest possibility, however small, on the cards themselves!"
"Turu, without a soul, you cannot defeat me!"
Tulu was startled as he watched Shana suddenly flip her fingertips, revealing the first card to everyone—!
"High-tier character card - 'The Cold-Blooded Iron-Fisted Perfect King - Kur II'!"
Falling into darkness amidst repeated losses and setbacks, yet forging new ambitions in the green light of hope and dimensions! The ultimate card form of Prince Ota, the ruler of the kingdom!
"Only high-tier character cards possessing both Dark and Fan Art attributes can summon this most impeccable heir to the kingdom. At this moment, the effect of 'After the Hero's Fall' is perfectly activated, forcing a summoning—"
Shana pointed a finger at the green-haired demon whose projection in the arena was gradually trembling:
"Using the 'Rotten Demon Queen' as a sacrifice, we summon the 'Perfect King' to the arena!"
The next moment, with a "whoosh!" sound, the green projection in the arena trembled, like a deflated balloon with a hole.
Immediately afterwards, it transformed into a bright green speck of light and floated into Shana's arena. A radiant hand reached out from the void and grasped it tightly!
The throne's glory shines throughout the world—
"This... is impossible!" Tulu was shocked. Looking at the high-level king character standing in the arena, he felt it was utterly absurd.
And wouldn't you know it, the high-ranking character that Shana chose during the deck-building phase could be summoned as a tribute by her corrupted cards?!
No… a chill ran through me.
It's quite possible the opposite is true: the opponent anticipated the presence of corrupted cards in their deck, and that's why they specifically chose this card—!!!
"Now is not the time to be distracted, Dwarf King."
"The reversal has only just begun—" Shana's calm voice reached my ears.
Tulu shuddered, realizing this was only the first character card. But getting even one was already a miracle; what more could he expect? Despite his thoughts, Tulu's eyes unconsciously drifted to Shana's hand.
There was no time to celebrate the birth of Ultimate Otto.
Next up is the second card!
The unique radiance of high-tier character cards bursts forth from the girl's fingertips—
"This, this is impossible!" Turu's eyes widened even more like copper bells.
"High-tier character card - 'The Supreme Pope - Tonks Moss'!"
The mad pope brings false support; at dawn, true believers will be revealed! Inheriting the mantle and will of the great pope, he will repent of the kingdom's shame, and guided by the core values of Minoanism, he will ascend to the highest position as the benevolent pope overnight!
"At this moment, the effect of 'After the Hero's Fall' has activated perfectly, forcing a conscription—"
"At the cost of the fall of 'Pope Brad,' a new star rises from the earth, bringing brilliant glory!"
On the field, Pope Brad's projection trembled violently, as if melted by the sun, and vanished into the field in an instant!
Immediately afterwards, a young pope in a radiant papal robe stepped out of the projection, with the core values of Minoanism flashing behind him like a vast starry sky!
A second high-tier character card!!!
Turu's heart was already trembling. At this moment, he had no time to pay attention to the rapidly deteriorating situation. Instead, he suddenly looked up and stared intently at Shana's fingertips raised above her head...
The third card appeared before my eyes—
The card depicts a red-haired hero dressed in chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur), wielding a jet-black holy sword, and striking a bizarre pose reminiscent of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
"High-tier character card - 'Burning-Eyed Hero - Shana Rek'!"
Inheriting the mantle of my brother Mino! Unleashing the full power of both sides within me! The all-consuming, blazing blade will finally bring the dawn as night breaks!
And behind all of this—comes the greatest kingdom's morning star, the unseen and silently supportive friend of the brave, the chief of the Round Tower!
"At this moment, the effect of 'After the Hero's Fall' has activated perfectly, forcibly conscripting:"
"At the cost of the painstaking efforts of 'Chief Lak,' what was summoned... is a Chaos Hero who surpasses even the strongest hero in human history!"
In the arena, the red-haired girl's projection was instantly enveloped in solid light, her fiery pupils flashing like day and night, finally turning into endless crimson, staining the entire arena.
Opposite her, the Dark Archmage, shrouded in a black robe, trembled slightly with a look of satisfaction, his body gradually disintegrating and disappearing like a candle turning to ash.
"This...this is impossible...why...I evolved the three strongest dark cards using the effect of the Free Hero...and it's just like that..."
“You’re still too naive, Turu.” At this moment, Shana raised her fiery eyes, but deep within them remained as calm as still water.
"To attempt to tarnish this solemn and sacred duel by relying on those Dark Rent cards that distort the truth and facts, completely forgetting:
The indomitable spirit of Minotaur flows in the soul of every human being!
"Every time the hero gives away his prize, it only makes the human side stronger!!!"
"Now, let's end this tedious battle."
Shana stretched out her bandaged arm, and three luminous projections in the arena emitted a solid and terrifying aura, forcing the dark duelist before her into a desperate situation:
"—Dwarf King, do you have enough reserves of dark characters?"
In the blink of an eye, the situation on the field was completely reversed.
Just like Erwin before him, Tulu was left with only the lone hero Mino, whose attack power was only 1000 points, standing in the middle of the field.
Meanwhile, Shana's three high-level character cards already had an attack power exceeding 10000 points. Shana canceled the effect of the Continuous Spell Card - Sister Complex Maniac and launched an offensive declaration.
"Perfect King, Supreme Good Pope, Blazing-Eyed Hero, Dialogue with the Hero, launch the attack!"
"Don't even think about it!" In his final moments, Tulu squeezed out a frenzied roar from his throat.
His bloodshot eyes were filled with an extreme madness for the pursuit of victory. At this moment, he played his last Dark Rent card:
"You forced me to do this! I didn't want to use such cheating methods, but you forced me to!!!"
"Dwarves, never to be defeated!!!"
Zhi——!
The entire Mithril Wasteland began to tremble, as if the manifestation of Tulu's dark cards at this moment had become a taboo.
Just as the attacks of the three radiant projections were about to land, the hero in the arena shuddered, and a jet-black light suddenly shone from his body. A huge and terrifying energy shockwave erupted, engulfing all the characters!
The three projections were instantly annihilated by the destructive light!
"What...what's going on?!" Erwin exclaimed in surprise.
"Hahaha! Go to hell!"
Tulu's maniacal laughter echoed throughout the arena: "What beliefs?! What souls?! Before absolute power, all are utterly vulnerable!!!"
"Watch closely!!! You have defiled the gods! You have blasphemed the abyss! What is about to be revealed before you is an ultimate act of utter self-destruction that no dark character could ever hope to achieve—!!!"
"I activate... the ultimate dark card!"
Turu roared.
The last Dark Lent card was played:
"—Outrageous Card—【Ah Mi No Death】!"